Evening star., 1932-07-05
WOULD BAN DICKEY
AS REYNOLDS |DLES
Blow Smashing Carts Jaw
Apt to Hurt YankS, Who
Drop Two to Mats.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

- Dickey in the course Of the
holiday base ball bill on the
Georgia avenue lot probably
hurt the Nationals cause con-
siderably and if President Clark
Griffith Of the Washington club
has his way will result in no good
for the league-leading Yankees
In the seventh inning of the
early fray of the twin bill the
rangy Yankee catcher landed a
sturdy right on Carl Reynolds and
broke the Washington players
jaw. The injury put Reynolds out
of commission for 80 days at least
and Griffith has requested William
Harridge, president Of the Amer
ican League, to retire Dickey SO
long as the victim of the catcher's
blow is unable to play.
Dickey is the only hieh-class catcher
with the Yankees and also is one OF
their strongest batters. Though still
holding a seven-and-a-half-ga game ad-
vantage over their closest rivals in the
flag chase despite the double licking
handed them yesterday by the Ma
tionals, the Yanks, deprived Of the
services of a player of Dickey's type
for a month or more, might find the
dizzy pace they have been setting for
the circuit quite difficult to maintain.
Minus Reynolds, the Nationals OBJ
viously are handicapped. He has been
their only regular to keep his batting
mark above 300 from the outset of
campaigning and he has been among
the best of the club at driving runs
over the big base. While at times
Carl'S hitting has not been startling, 1t
has been really helpful. The Nationals
more than likely will miss Carl keenly.
When Dickey landed that right on
Reynolds jaw he handed the Wash
ington club a severe jolt.
president GRIFFITH did not
L mince matters when he dispatched
his telegram to President Harridge
shortly after Dickey made his swing.
Never saw anything as dastardly on
a ball field before" declared the wash
ington boss after the double-header,
land feel my club Is entitled to an
even break in the affair. We lose one
of our stalwarts and think it would
be only fair for the Yankees to lose
Dickey SO long as Reynolds cannot
play. That's what I am after In the
telegram sent the American League
president"
Here's what Grifith wired Harridge:
Witnessed today (Monday) most
atrocious act one bah player ever per-
petrated on another when Catcher
Dickey swung a mighty blow on
Reynolds when he was not looking and
broke Reynolds jaw. Am asking you
impose maximum fine on Dickey, that
he be suspended until Reynolds is able
to return to the game and also that
Dickey or New York club shall pay
Reynolds hospital and doctor bills"
That's asking plenty Of the league
president, but it would seem that the
Washington club is entitled to as much.
Let the punishment flt the crime.
That's President Grifdths view.
DICKEY landed that blow on Rey-
- nolds right after the latter had
toted across the run that dead
locked the game. Carl had opened the
seventh with a single and moved to
third as WeS Kingdom hit for base.
Roy Spencer fouled out, and with the
Nationals 2 nuns to the bad Manager
johnson sent up Johnny Kerr to bat
for Monte Weaver. 1t appeared that
q squeeze play might have been called,
for with Vernon Gomezs pitch Rey-
nolds broke toward the plate.
The pitch was wide, though, and
Kerr didn't meet it. Dickey quickly
whipped the ball toward third, aiming
to trap Reynolds, but Bills heave
brushed of Carl's shoulder. This de-
flected the ball just enough to have
Third Baseman Sewell miss the catch.
joey recovered the ball in trice and
threw home. Reynolds, under full
beadway. went in standing up and as
he crashed into Dickey the catcher
dropped the throw, which had come in
somewhat high.
Dickey staggered back, regained his
balance and rushed at Reynolds, who
was being congratulated by the Wash
ington clubs mascot a few yards from
the plate Reynolds back was toward
Dickey as the latter swung with his
right and landed flush on the Washing
ton players jaw Carl would have been
felled by the blow had not one of the
Nationals caught him.
AS soon as he could straighten up
Reynolds rushed at Dickey, but by that
time players of both clubs were around
the plate and they kept Carl and Bill
apart. Umpire George Hildebrand, OF
course, Immediately ordered Dickey
from the game, then Reynolds walked
Nf the field. It was a matter of 5
minutes or more, though, before play
was resumed
After he dressed, Reynolds was rushed
to a hospital, where an X-ray revealed
a jaw fracture. The break received i'm
mediate treatment, cast was put on
the jaw and Reynolds sent to his home
According to the club physician, Rey-
nolds will be out of the game at least
30 days and maybe six weeks.
Splitting double-headers isn't being
done by the Nationals this year They
have played nine this year. In four
they took both games. In five they lost
both Four Of their twin bills have
been with the Yanks. One Of two in
New York was total loss for the Ma
tionsls, but the league leaders have
slipped in both double-headers played
here
Licking the Yanks, to 3 and u TO
6. yesterday. the Nationals ended a los
ing streak that had run to three games
and clearly demonstrated there still is
a lot Of fight left in them The double
VIII dlSO put ltltIl DdCk III LOuIbu pldSf,
for the Indians, who had assumed the
berth Sunday, could do no better than
break even in their holiday pastiming
with the White Sox.
ZACH of the Yankee starting pitch
IL ers was handed his second defeat
Of the season. incidentally the
other losses suffered by Gomez and
Johnny Allen were to the Washington
club and on the ball lot here.
For Gomez. the defeat ended string
OF wins that had extended TO IL games.
Cscmez went the route in the first game,
at Allen gave way TO Walter Brown in
the fourth frame of the second game.
C~-nez allowed just seven hits, but
Johnsons charges did well with them.
In the second set-to. l6 hits were made
on the New York hurlers
weaver opened fire for the Nationals
in the initial encounter and outside OF
the first round, when the Yanks with