The Washington herald., 1910-02-13
Manager McAIeer May Trade
SOuthpaw TWirler Dolly Gray.
Athletics TO Open Season Here
by WILLIAM PEET.

Are the Nationals going TO lose Dolly
Gray. the only southpaw on the team?
The writer has been informed on good
authority that before the season opens
Gray will be traded for a youngster at
present on one Of the big league clubs
reserve list.
Manager McAleer stated when he was
here last December that he had one or
two trades in view, and If he could get
the men he wanted he would grab them
before the season opened.
The man McAleer is after in exchange
for Gray broke into big league company
for the first time near the close of last
season. and looks whole lot better to
MeAleer than he does 20 his present boss.
so it would not be at all surprising If the
trade were cOnsummated within the next
two weeks. as McAleer is now on his
way East. after wintering in California.
Gray joined the Nationals at the start
of the 1909 season, and, while he failed to
show consistent ability to win games
nevertheless pitched mighty good ball
against some clubs. Detroit always found
Gray hard nut TO crack.
The American League schedule will be
released for publication probably the last
Of the week For Washington, the season
opens here on April II, and Philadelphia
will be the opposing team. one holiday
is granted District fans-July 4-and the
Boston Red Sox will be with US As has
been stated before, the entire list calls
for ia games and will undoubtedly be
adopted.
Tom Andrews, the veteran sporting
writer of Milwaukee. where George Nc
Bride, the Nationals clever shortstop,
makes his home. sends out a story from
that city that Mcbride has signed his 1910
contract and that the document IS now on
IT'S way 70 Washington. Mcbride was
given a handsome boost in pay. and he
deserves il.
The signing OF Mcbride totals up fifteen
men OF the Washington team who have
climbed inside the breastwOrks with sign
ed contracts. The other men are Ober!in,
Obi. Gessler. Rapp, Reisling. Browne,
Witherup. Crooks, Conroy, Gray Schae-
fer. Miller, Unglaub, and Street
There is quite an array Of talent yet
outside the breastwOrks, but there is very
little kicking going on. and a conference
with Manager McAleer and President
Moves win quickly put everything to
rights.
President Noyes will attend the meet
ing Of the American League in Chicago
next week and will meet there Manager
McAleer, on his way home from the
coast.
The meeting should be finished by
Thursday or Friday. McAleer will go 10
his home, in Youngstown for week
and then come on TO Washington BY
that time the players will be dropping
into the city. and the remaining days OF
the month will be busy for the man
ager as well as the officials Of the club.
The club owners OF the two major
leagues will get together this week, when
the schedules for the coming season will
be decided upon and the new rules adopt
ed by the rules. committees Of the two
leagues will be ratified There will be
some other business transacted, but these
are the principal matters from national
standpoint.
The meeting of the American League
viii be held at Chicago, and it is ex-
pected to be a very quiet affair.
The National Leaguers will get to-
gether at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New
York.