Evening star., 1932-07-17


- veteran outhelder with the Ma
tionals. is to have his day.
Tuesday-day after tomorrow
-wher the Tigers, led by Bucky Har-
ris, formerly teammate of the Wash
ing,cn ol6-timer. has been set for the
testimonial Of fans Of the Capital to
the player who has been a member of
their club since late in the 1915 cam
paign.
No contributions have been sought
by the committee that for some time
has been arranging for Rice day. None
will be- All asked is that the fans ex-
press their appreciation Of the bril-
liant and earnest effort made by Sam
in the cause of his and their base ball
club by attending the contest. In no
better way could they honor Rice.
Tuesday will be old Man O. Wars
day-and it's coming to him.
Not until tomorrow will the commit
tee in charge-and the committee Is
one truly representative of the Ma
tional Capital-annOunce details CT the
Rice day program, but the occasion
will be tittingly celebrated.
President William Harridge Of the
American League had hoped to attend
the game that he might personally pay
his respects to the veteran player, but
has found he will be unable to do so.
In telegram received yesterday by
Wash B. Williams. chairman of the
= Rice day committee, the league preSi-
dent said:
Regret my inability to accept your
kind invitation to be present in Wash
ington on Sam Rice day. Tuesday. July
10. Nothing would give me greater
pleasure than to be able to personally
pay my respects to one of the Cutstand
ing players in the American League.
Mr.. Rice, aside from his great abil
ity as an outfielder and base runner
has always been credit to base ball
because of his splendid character and
department on the field
Il am sure the day will be big
success and one to be remembered by
Mr.. Rice for all time"
i series with the Tigers that opens
here tomorrow. The set will be
ushered in with double e-header-that
played off-then solos will follow for
three days.
For the twin sketch tomorrow Man
ager Johnson says he will send to the
pitching mound Lloyd Brown and AL
Crowder. Both started against the
Browns last week and had tough time
Of it, but each has trimmed the Harris
horde this year. Brown scored over
the Tigers in Detroit last month, get
ting the Nationals their lone victory OF
the four-game series. Crowder blanked
the Tigers here in May, but he lost to
them out West.
Ty, CIV @I,iz
Nationals have battled the Tigers to
an even break. Two were bagged In
the ain-abbreviated series in Griffith
Stadium. That set in Navin Field in
June, though, wasn't so sweet for the
Nationals. But the Tigers were at the
top of their game then. The last two
weeks they have played no better than
500 base ball.
THAT humping Roy Spencer took
L when Fred Schultz crashed into
him at the plate as the game-sav-
ing double-play was completed in the
eighth inning Of Fridays clash with the
Browns hurt the catcher more than he
thought at the time.
Then Spencer. although bowled over
and so badly Jared he had to take sew
eral minutes time out, came back to
catch the ninth. He reported at the
ball park yesterday, however, with a
much swollen right knee, did not don
uniform and may be out of action three
OF four days more.
The injury troubled Spencer so little
Friday night that instead of resting
the limb as he had been cautioned to
do the catcher attended a movie and
also walked about some. Now the knee
is in such condition that an X-ray may
have to be made In an effort to de-
termine how serious Is the hurt.
While Spencer Is on the casual list,
Moe Berg will do the catching for the
Nationals. Moe did a good job Of back
stopping yesterday. He also drove
across two runs. one the hrst Of the
game. ---I. -