The Washington herald., 1922-01-26
RICE AGAIN SIGNS
WITH CRIFFS FOR
ASINCLE SEASON
Griff Shows Signed Con-
tract, Spiking Rumors
Of Trouble With Sam.
By RAY HELGEsEN.

President Clark C. Griffith of the
Nationals is at least certain OF. hav-
ing an outfeld to canter to the
post when the American League
barrier Is. sprung in April. Follow
ing a short but snappy CONVERSE
tion with one Edgar s. sam" Rice
Yesterday afternoon the "OId Fox"
sprung on the pslpitating public the
Information that despite the much
advertised fact that he was sup
posed to be in the throes of deep
argument anent money matters
with Sam" nevertheless ne now
has the signed contract of the hu-
man Man o. War in the Nationals
strong box.
The signature Of Samuel on the
dotted line now assures the Ma
tenais' boss of a complete outfield
when the whistle blows in April.
sam was the last OF Griffs garden
ers to see the light, but. according
TO Grin, there was never any argu-
ment as to money matters. II there
was an argument of any kind 1t Is
believed to have hinged on the num-
Der of years for which the Speed
boy" was to sign. This matter was
settled yesterday as the present con-
tract calls for but a single season.
Meets Judge Today.
Griffith stated last night that he,
would have conference with Joe
Judge some time today. He insisted
that his negotiations with Judge have
been free from trouble so far, and
fnttnated that tile first-sacker would
probably sign his contract this week.
Judge and Grifith had some trouble
In coming to terms last spring. At
that time Judge. it is said. was sat
ishd with tn financial terms offered
him, but wanted to sign for q period
of three years. Grifith, however,
finally got him to sisg for a single
II these two have any trouble this
spring. it will probably again be in
regard to the number of years and
not the salary, as the two are said
10 have agreed on this question al
ready.
With the signing OF Rice, the boss
OF the Nationals now has i've gar
deners in the fold.
Milan. in addition to managing
the team, will cavort in the sun
ne1d; Rice. of course. will play CEN
be seen IN right field. Earl Smith
utility berths.
Though President Grinith fol
lowing, his custom-diplomatic
refused to name the salary for
which Rice win labor. it is almost
certainty that the speedy gar
dener is one OF the four highest
paid men on the Grifts' roster. The
three others are Johnson, Milan and
Judge. probably in that order.
Milan Got Big Increase.
Milan. Rice. Brewer and Smith
have all signed for a single sea-
son, while the youthful Goslin has
signed for longer period OF years.
The amount of Milan's' salary is
known only TO officers OF the club,
but il is known that the Linden
Flyer" was given a considerable
increase over what he drew last
season.
Rice mas been with the WASH
ington club since 1915. He came
here as a pitcher in that year, but
participated IN but four games.
The following year he was used
as pitcher in some games and in
the outfield in others. taking part
in a total OF Ss games. He hit .293
that season.
The following year Griffith. resliz-
ink the potential value of Rices
speed and hitting powers. sent the
Virginian tc the outfeld exclusively.
In this. his first year as a regular.
Rice took part in 155 games and ended
the season with a batting average
OF .302. He also stole s5 bases
In 1918 Sam went into the service,
but returned in 1919 and hit SCI.
In 1920 he dropped to 800. but last
season he led the, Nationals with a
mark Of $50 and appeared to be just
cnminr into his OWL