The Washington times., 1910-12-16
M'ALEER LOOKING
TOWARD MINORS
Manager of Nationals Remains Over In New York In
Hopes of Obtaining Promising Players At Last
Minute-Flynn Deal About Dead.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

Il the hope that It might be possible
10 make some sort OF a deal at the last
minute, President Tom Moves and
Manager Jim 8IcAIeer remained over
IN New York today, instead Of coming
10 Washington, as hads originally been
planned.
AS soon as the meeting adjourned
yesterday most OF the American League
owners hurried back home, but there
are several National and minor man
ayers who are still in the big town. and
1TcAIeer wants TO talk over matters
with most OF these before he leaves
There does not appear to be the
slightest chance that anE- players viii
be obtained by the Nationals until the
meeting OF the league in February
As was brought out. in these columns
during the. meeting IN New York. the
GT1EEsr Of 81 Louis was blow 10
1CAleer. as he had confidently hoped
TO land the latter player Bob Hedges.
president OF the Browns and McA4eer-
his former manager, are about as close
as the two ends OF the earth, so all
negotiations would have been conducted
by President NOEeE- Moves had planned
TO take the matter I'D with Hedges. but
as soon as the St Louis man reached
New York he learned that Clarke could
he obtained. 50 he gave a most pTOmiS-
ing lnielder for q catcher VINO is sup
posed to have passed his best DAYS on
consistent with the Inconsistent policy
OF the temDest-i0ssed Browns
Detroit Refuses To Trade.
Both HuEhey Jennings and President
2Savin came back with point blank re-
fUsals when McAIeer tried to make a
trade by which Davy Jones was to come
here The National pilot offered Bob
Groom and a big cash consideration.
but the Detroit people turned away and
It was al on there.
The clyde EnEls proposition IS still
unsettled although the Indications are
that ne VIII finally land here owner
Taylor Is willing 10 let EngIe go II BOs-
ton can get any good player in exchange,
ana by the February meeting McAleer
VIII have several combinations which he
Wll o1er TO Boston EuEle is equally
good IN the iufieId and N the 0utfield. Is
fast and a good hitter
lIcAIeer wanted GriEEs first and then
Jones but when he failed in attempts
10 get this pair he turned 10 Engle, and
believes that r he can obtain this man
Il W1U bolster I'D N 2 considerable de
Eree the WsshinEtCn outfeld-
1Tatty lIcTntlrA has outIi-ed his use
tullneSS in Detroit and MCA1eer would
not be adverse TO giving him a chance
here, but the showing the Tiger made
last sumner has not Justified ars- lively
bidding so II at lands here & win prob
ably be because Washington refused to
waive
Deal For Flynn Dead
The deal for Jack FIynn TO come here
from PittsburS Is practically dead. Nc
Aleer insists that entirely too much
stress was placed on the proposed deal
with Pi-tsburE and declares that. while
he would liked 10 have gotten the
PLAYER. he was not Wild over the fdee-
When Fred Clarke asked for waivers on
FIvuu he found that the player vas
stii popular IN the National Lea que
and two clubs decIine5. 10 pass bin uu-
so washington VAS cut on
j the Washington officials really
had any idea Of diSgosful- of Charley
Street IT was indeed an iT-tfued move
70 have him at Hot Springs az this
Tlue- Tn some way the report reached
The New o-E baseball HEADQUARTERS
that Street was in miserable condition
ana the -urCCr shot through the lob
aies at such q rate that one would
think that i WAS almost tine to -y-e-
pare condolences for -bereaved widow.
Both AcAleer and [oves. Of course.
prt IN strenuous deniaIs- but the i'm
preston could not. be changed. and
Street Was virtually useless for trading
purposes The Nationals were not
over anxious TO get rid Of Street. but