Evening star., 1932-03-02
SAM TO Be AIDED
IF MANUSR BALKS
Heinie's Hardness in Signing
Likely to Prove Factor in
Makeup of 0utfieId.
BY TOM DOERER.

nOXI, Miss, March 2.-Your
K Nationals, at first glance,
- appear to be practically a
stand-pat club, with only
one. change due in the lineup that
carried on-or did its best to car
ry on-in the 1881 season. But
there's another fight scheduled
here that wasn't on the schedule,
all because Sammy Rice never was
a man to give up his job without
a fight.
Sammy, a bald-headed gentleman,
who still can cover miles and miles of
outfield, arrived in camp last night.
Heinie Manush, who gets his name on
the schedule as the regular left fielder,
might have seen the storm signals go
up at practically the same moment Rice
dug the last train-cinder out of his ear.
Rice already has been selected to flll
soft, unsplintery spot on the Wash
ington bench this season, while Carl
Reynolds holds down right field. But
Sam without making any great ado
about it, has designs on regular spot
in the lineup, for the 'Steenth straight
season.
Manush Still Unsigned.
Manush has yet to sign his contract.
Griffith has announced that getting
Heinie's mark on the dotted line Is
aere formality, but Manush is notorious
for his ability to stage longer, bigger
bottor holIontc UhiIe no npVpr has
had any great love for the tiresome
routine of a training camp.
Hence, it would be no great surprise
to any one if the big outflelder put up
a swell fight before ne finally said
Uncle" and reached for the fountain
pen.
If Manush does produce his "holdout
of 1882" he may find our old friend,
Sammy Rice, playing lert field when
the season starts.
Manush had bad year in 1881. His
fielding was nothing to write letters to
the President about while his batting
consistently fiirted with $50, dropped to
q not particularly inspiring .307.
Rice also got away 90 bad start
last year, and was forced TO do time on
the bench while Dave Harris did things
out in right field, but Sam finally broke
into the lineup again and ended the
season with a batting average of $40,
three points higher than that of
Manush.
lot of good base ball for the Washington
club, and, if his presence In the line
ZIP promises to put the team up in the
running for the flag, he will be in the
game
Sam took his first workout today,
making the third Of the second squad,
or regulars, to be on the scene.
Reynolds Poles That Ball.
Carl Reynolds, the answer to Clark
Grif1ths prayer for q hard-hitting
right handed outfielder, took his first
workout yesterday and acquitted him
self nobly at the plate.
Reynolds, showing fine appreciation
OF the great things expected Of him, de-
posted the ball in various hitherto un-
explored portions of the spacious Biloxi
Stadium and finally caused the Cham
Der OF Commerce to Just miss a sun
stroke or heart attack when he parked
one ball just a few feet from the fence
1nasmuch as the chamber has offered
q reward for any and all players who
can hit ball over this fence on the
ny, there was Just cause for concern.
- OuiL otdIl IlCu oOiHcIIlAIiB IKE IIlIS edlly
In the season, 1t might become habit
and an expensive one for the Chamber
of Commerce
Buddy Myer, handsomely encased in
a green rubber shirt, is quickly Kidding
. himself of the supercargo about the
waistline
Myer was overweight when he showed
up in camp, but with Mike Martin
showing fine cooperation with the
Biloxi sun the surplus flesh already has
become just a memory
Bobby Burke showed more than his
usual ambition in practice, getting from
some unknown source enough energy
to run around the park twice in success
sion. Bobbys best previous all-time rec
ord was halfway around and that re-
quired two rest periods