Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06
HARRIS TO FILL IN
FOR VET IN RIGHT
Griffs Tackle AS Following
SPLIT With Yankees in
New York.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.
nTY AnET EuTA August,

in the right garden against IllS
Athletics today as his club opened
its two-game series here, and may
be out of the lineup several days.
The usually dependable outf1elder
has been out of stride for some
time, and at last Rice admits the
long hot spell has left him all
but down.
Should he not get into action,
the right fielding of the Nationals
will be cared for by Dave Harris,
husky right-hand battler who has
served as utility gardener for the
Nationals since he was procured
from the White Sox in June.
Rice remained out of the first game
Yesterday until the eighth inning, when
he informed Acting Manager Joe Judge
he felt clipper enough to play. he
carried on through the second part OF
the double-header, too, but was PLAINLY
weakened by the strain and told Capt.
Judge he feared he would be OF no help
to the club for some days.
II was planned by Manager Walter
johnson to relieve Rice when the Ma
tionals were playing Cleveland more
than two weeks ago. But the player, IN
his sixteenth season with the club, IN
sisted upon remaining in action. HIS
work fell eff noticeably, though. he
slumped at bat and covered little ter
Titory afield.
of the season Rice was the batting
leader of the league, hitting 800 and
better. During the past two weeks,
though, he has been woefully weak at
the plate. In his last IL games he has
made only 5 hits in 43 times at bat.
That's hitting at a rate of .116. 1t ap-
pears Rice does need rest.
WITH Fred Marberry on the shelf
wv nursing a broken wrist. some OF
the members of the Nationals
mound corps who have not been par
ticularly prominent in box scores mere
tofore may be seen at action frequently.
OF course, Sam Jones, Al Crowrder and
Bump Hadley will continue 10 perform
regularly. but those in charge OF the
CLUB may look to Bob Burke, string bean
Ieft-hander, instead of AID LiSka, sub
mariner, for starting service, and should
Burke be so used Harry Child, chunky
rignt-hander, probably would be pressed
into use as a relief toller.
Burke has had comparatively little 10
do this season, but he has done most
of that little well. True, he mas nao
some trouble with hard-punching right
hand batters. But who around the
league hasn't? The good right-hand
batters have punished alike left ana
right hand hurlers. Against the south
paw swingers, though. Bob has pitched
remarkably well. He has banning curve
and Is fast enough to make trouble Tor
many who might face him.
Liska has peen too inconsistent In
his pitching 70 date to have been OF
n.ucn help to the Nationals. Those
directing the club have been very pa
tient with the submariner and they
still believe he will develop into clever
moundsman They doubt, though, that
he will be able to do much more than
relief hurting in the remainder OF the
campaign. =,
Although no one in authority viii
make a direct statement regarding the
switch from Liska to Burke as start
er. 1t seems likely the switch will be
made.
Child has appeared to advantage
twice in relief roles and is regarded a
good hurler TO take up the mound
burden for perhaps two or three m
nings in an emergency. HIS use 700
would spare the regular starters, pol
icy, ana a sound one, with the WASH
ington management.
THAI dcuble-header in New York
Yesterday made the Nationals par
with theft schedule, but they are TO
engage In another twin bin Saturday
in Washington. 1t will be with the
Indians. The twin sketch was ar
ranged with the Cleveland club, origi-
nally billed to play only four games in
the series starting in Griffith Stadium
Thursday, in order that it might not
be forced to return to the Capital again
for a one-game stand on August 10.
The change, of course, will save some
shekels~ for the Cleveland outfit. There
will be no extra outlay for railroad
fares and MOTEL accommodations. But
it's not such a nice change for the
fair fans of Washington. August 10
falls on a Friday, so one Ladies day at
Griffith Stadium is out.
DREAKINGr even in the double-head-
ID er in New York yesterday the Ma
ticnals held the Yankees at bay and
picked up half game on the league
leading Athletics. The first game saw
the Washington club in batting mood
and it won to 4, but it failed to do
ANYTHING startling at the plate In the
second and took 7-to-1 licking.
AS generally happens in double
head in Col Jake Rupperts big
plant, the fans got their homer thrills
Thrce were hit, Joe Judge and Babe
Ruth connecting for round-tripperS IN
the initial clash and Charley Rufnng
for one in the second.
Judges and Ruftiings were drives
into INC right-heId bleachers. But the
Babes was prodigious smash into the
ce,lter-fieId bleachers. It was the f1rSt
time any player ever clouted the ball
into this particular stand during a
game. Ruth caught hold of one OF
Irving Hadley's pitches at the start OF
the sixth inning and how the ball
travelled. It went into the stand back
hat q hiG white sign
reading "429 feet" indicative OF the
distance of that part of the wall from
the nome plate It cleared the barrier
with plenty to spare and landed IN the
seventh row Of seats at an estimated
distance Of 45o feet from The hitting
A great wallop, every way considered
IN the first game Irving Hadley out
ptched the veteran left-hander,
Herb Pennock, and Henry Johnson.
right handler But it was some job foI
H91lev. Although he held the Yanks
10 ,ipnt hits and flve passes, twice Tx
found himself in hot water with Ruin
and Gehrig coming up. With two OH
and one out in the seventh, however
he threw third one by the Babe anc
famed Lou. With Two on IN tne
ninth. Hadley famed Reese, but Rutf
drew a base-filling pass. Gehrig's
best. though, was a grounder tna'
forced out Ruth at second while run
crossed. Then Hadleys triumph wa'
completed when Lazzeri popped u
Myer.
CEHRIG'S double and Lazzerl's SIN
" gle In the fourth gave the Yank
their first tally With two GU
after the Babe hit his great homer u
the sixth. Bengough walked ana count
ed as Harry Rice's bounder on the left'
field wall became good for triple q