Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-04
JOE CANTiLLOM. HEAD OF THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN
Val TERS.

ut in h ndghborhood of GAINESVILLE, Wis.,. liz IN section that the
initiated refer to as The tantnlon country. 1T Is III home OF he Seven
every fnh of thu ground. ~ there's earnes talk (around IN tim OF he
spring opening OF the league season) OF changing tn nant ot thu ~
ron GAINESVILLE to Joesyile. This. really. Is a matter OF minor detail. The
Important thing is that in this part Of Wisconsin,. the Cantilona were bred
Visitors of sporting trend pay ii liberal gratuity to the guides who point
~ tn xact spot where the early activities o the Can,nons. seven
cNentuatcd
aud c scout n coach and official scorer His brothers worked TOR him
At al early e the principal Cantilon came to "a appreciation of this Inn
l"rtance-theM Importance Of having someone else work for on. LATER h
ais heorie u int" the big world tina lay beyond Wisconsin, IN
tina 10 had thc correct system.
There were only seven Nantilons. but thcse were enough. Under III
training that young Joe ave them.t they developed into Il team that N
brothers arc himself into a squad hat ws nvinciMc in their class. He
got along without a shoustop n It enterhetder making the second nd
third ba%men 10 douhie duty in the protection Of the inheld. and causing
l" r'ght ma let hclder Il" De extra Nghant tin guarding tho outer works
These lamentations nigh not be successful all thu tim in the big league
gain bt they answered cry wn in Wisconsin, in the sos.
When he ~ reached that age where IA choice of occupations pre-
scented itself. Mast Je declared for baseball as Il profession M az
pressed much amaze when his six brother declined to cast in to mbrace
II. He knew. of coursc,t hat There we're poor hcathen peoples who had
never seen a baseball or a regulation ht or a mask. or II of he other
iRh marks OF tVihHauon-but those were avage M % b. ptued
\ Tree born American n would pass up q "a opportunity such III Joe Can
tuon sought to create-he Just lett hon and brethren nd all asso-
ciated himself with the Green Bay eam of 1884 IA second baseman. fol-
luwtngt this ~ with al 1886 yea in Dubuque with a Old Tom LOTUS
Mex eason he was manager of the Dubuque aggregation, and this handed
him Il habit he has ncvcr since broken
Joe played ball from Wisconsin To Oakland. Cal. and back again, an
pEayed it we'll all tho time The occasion of his Oakland debut vas
honorable Colonel Robinson. of the Oaklands, hnd s.t ut "A hurry
on for a class A player. somebody had responded with Joe CantIlon.
who "a youngsh II looked the boy. n wasn't impressive little bit
come back with an indignant query of his owlL where's % father"
asked Robinson. ~ didn't ride a half portion" Joe retrtcd in such *
pressive language that left the "wne n o longer in doubt rs to- hiso ccupa-
tn in ne and standing besides. Which is no reflection On he language
q graduate balp players. Cab drivers and stage manager are the same way
At all events. Joe Cantllon played ball all over the western map TO
give a sur oft the clubs he managed would h o give II list o cities of
had a million dollars worth OF fun and experience and that's a pretty fair
substitute for the cal coin.