Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-14
American League Adjourns
Without important Trades.
CANTILL0N STANDS PAT
Won't Part With Stahl Without Get
ting His Equivalent.
NATIONAL MAGNATES MEET
Old Organization Adjourned Last
Night-Sullivan Won From
Goodman.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

quiet WtuCh tiutu tio Wlloie diidiI ioohSu
like the good old days with Comiskey and
Ban Johnson sitting at the head Of the
table. and the champagne Dreaming in all
directions. Some of the eastern delegates
had to leave early to catch trains, but
the great majority stayed on. heard some
good speeches and had royal time.
Joe Cantllon. Washington's new man.
ager, hllcd prominent place at the BAN
quet, and was gazed upon with much In
terest. He went through his first big
league meeting without being skinned of a
single valuable asset, and he gained a
reputa t:on for willingness to gold-brick his
rivals. That is what counts with new
manager. 1t will be remembered that Fred
Tenney debutted as big league manager
last season. and that he was gayly skinned
as soon as they could get hold of him.
Before Fred could emerge from his first
big meeting he had been mulcted of Willis
and Moran. about the only valuable assets
he had in hand. 1t was otherwise with
tantiilon. He played the sphinx when
they tackled him. and made impossible
propositions when they wanted to hear him
talk. Everybody was after Stahl, but Joe
held to him. and Jake sat at the banquet
last night with slightly puzzled express
sion, like that of man who has been hit
by q cyclone and yet finds himself in his
original location.
Cantlion and Comiskey did not ask
waivers on any players, which more than
puzzled the other leaders. 1t was supposed
that ice had a few men he was willing to
toss away, and that Comiskey might part
with man or two. but neither of them let
go of single player. For that matter.
none of the men whom waivers were
asked amounted to much
Pitchers Let Out
The Athletics let go of Coakiey, Schuman
and Holmes, pitchers, and Byrne, catcher.
Byrne might be a good catcher if he had
chance. but nobody offered to take him on.
and SO he recedes to the minors. Coakley
is to get trial with Cincinnati, as Hanlon
thinks he is a good young pitcher.
Detroit lets out Morgan and Lindsay.
Morgan with Boston last season, but
was only loaned by Detroit. He did not
do very well. and one seemed to want
him. Lindsay looked like a star in 1868.
but fell way off last season. New York
lets out Doc Newton. This veteran left
handler is afflicted with lazness. and when
he isn't lazy he is sick. Boston decided
to turn Hayden and Goodwin loose. Hayden
is said to have a permanently crippled arm
from foot ball injuries, and Goodwin did
not make good batter. ST Louis lets
go -koehler. wonderful little .outfelder. but
weak hitter, and Cleveland has sold Out
fielder jackson. a fair-?asS player, to Co
lumbus. Jackson is king in the minors
but does not show we'll in fast company.
jacobsen was the only man on whom
waivers were asked and refused. Nc
Aleer thinks he is all in. and wants to at
tach the degree of T. C. (tin CAM to the
southpaw. Comiskey says he can still
pitch good ball. and is willing to give him
a show If St Louis doesn't want him.
The big deals and trades that were so
confidently expected this time will all
come off al the next meeting. History
show that the big trades are generally
made al the later meeting. when the man
ayers have had time to canvass their ma
terial and figure out just how they want
to boost their teams. There might have
been more doing at this meeting had it
not been for the general but erroneous
idea that Joe Cantillon was there to be
skinned. Everybody went after ice to
fragile him. and got hold of bag of fish
hooks. BY the time they discovered that
Patten and Stah couldn't be had except
for big equivalent ii too late to do
any other work in the trading line.
No Trades for Comiskey.
81 didn't do anything in the trading line, -
said Comiskey. why should 1 when /
have the only team that ever happened?
OF course, if l saw my way clear to grab
a valuable batsman ia do so, but can af-
ford TO stand pat and make other people
come to me-
II had srndry propositions submitted to
me- said Captillon, but none of them
looked good; l passed them up. OF course.
1 am there with the goods if any one Of
fers me something worth the getting
An attempt was made during the day to
arrange a triangular deal. New York Of
fered Delehanty and Yeager to Detroit for
Mcintyre, and the idea was for Detroit to
then give Delehanty and OLeary to Wash
1ngton for Stahl, but the cruel Cantilon
said he wanted Yeager, too, and 50 800 so
the negotiations ended abruptly Boston
offered Grimshaw, even up, for Stahl, and
pointed to GrimShaw's fine batting record
but Joe said nit.
with bringing Johnson and Comiskey to-
gether. Years ago, Ban and Commy had
another falling out, and on that occasion
they shook hands at the grave of Matt
hiiiiiea' who thought great deal OF them
both, and had tried hard to reconcile them.
TINS time Henry killilea worked his best
TO reunlte them. and succeeded.
Secretary McRoy I'll.
Secretary Robert McRoy of the American
League was taken suddenly i'll YESTERDAY
and, as a result. the final session of the
league meeting had to be postponed till aft
ernoon. Mr.. Mercy did not come down to
the morning meeting. and nothing could be
done without him. They had to have the
league books: Mr.. Mercy had the keys and
the combination to the safe. A hurried
journey to his home showed that he had
been attacked by heart failure and was in
considerable pain. though not in serious
danger. The safe was duly opened after
considerable experimenting, and the after
noon session was started at 1880 Some
of the joshers had Herman Schaefer UP in
the air again as the result of another
imaginary exchange. They had him
snapped to Boston for Bill Dineen, and he
was furious.
Il have personally reserved Schaefer' -
said Comiskey, mot as ball player but
as a sailor. He has great future ahead
of him upon the rolling deep, and l shall
see that he is not defrauded out of It.
Why. before We had been afioat two days
he had learned how to beiay the mast
head and reef the forecastle as II he had
been at 1t all his life.''
Cantillon Wide Awake.
The climax of the many Stahi deals came
when Cantillon demanded Mcintyre and
Mullen from Detroit. This caused a sud-
den freeze-up In the negotiations and for
the balance of the day Hugh Jennings ran
for his life whenever he saw cantillon
nearing him.
Jimmy Callahan remarked today that the
reconciliation of Johnson and Comiskey was
a joke on him. Where do l ana my law
suit ger off at IL they have made lin9''