Evening star., 1932-05-13
CROWDER TO PITCH
! FIRST WITH TIGERS
FISCHER Will Not Start In
/ Series-ScheduIe Delay
T" Sets Record Here.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

A FTER a lay-off from sched-
" uled compe It'll o n that
\ amounts to a record for the
Griffith regime, Washing
tons base ball club was hoping to
return to action today in a tussle
with the Tigers.
For the first time since Clark
Griffith came here in 1912 to
manage the Nationals, the club
has been prevented from playing
for three successive days because
of inclement weather.
This schedule breakup has caused
Manager Walter johnson to alter his
pitching plans for the series with the
visitors from Detroit. Carl Fischer left
handler. who was to have opened against
the Tigers, will not face them at all
Instead Al Crowder was to get the call
this afternoon, with Lloyd Brown, who
hurled such a sterling game against the
Indians last Monday, going to the slab
tomorrow
The veteran Crowder isn't the type
of pitcher who can stand long lay
off from work He is at his best when
toiling regularly every four or five days
And Al hasn't been in a battle since
last Saturday, when he turned back the
White Sox.
Although there have been no games
the last three days. the Nationals have
not idled. Manager Johnson has had
them at the ball yard daily going
through workouts. Tuesday and We'd
neSday they went through their drills ca
the diamond. despite the showers, bat
yesterdays deluge forced them to ex
ercise in the runway under the grand
stand. While there was no batting
practice, there was plenty of throwing
and leg work for all the athletes.
Lack of competition irked the Ma
johnson reported ali hands in good trim
and rarin' to go.
DUMORS Of deal between the Ma
n tionals and the Red Sox are in
circulation, but no one authori-
tatively connected with the Washington
ball club has anything to say about
them.
According to a story sitting in from
down East, the Nationals are hot after
Danny MacFayden, bespectacled right
hand hurler of the Red Sox. IT'S said
that among the players wanted by the
Boston club in exchange for the ace of
its CORPS is Dave Harris, extra outf1elder
and formidable right-hand pinch bat
ter What other players the Red Sox
might care to get in the deal have not
been mentioned.
MacFayden might help the Nationals
immensely. He has pitched some mighty
good base ball since going to the Red
sox from his high school team in
Somerville, Mass. But the Nationals
cannot well spare any pinch batting
talent they now have at hand, 1t seems.
There may be something to the rumor,
but thus far no one connected with the
Washington ball club seems to have
heard anything. Of it.
A DMIRERS of Sam Rice-which in
N clude all Capital fandom, at least
are to be given every opportunity
to express their appreciation Of the
veteran and of what he has done for
the Nationals in his II seasons Of service
with them when he has his day in
Griffith Stadium on July 10, Tuesday,
when the Tigers again will be here.
The plan to honor Rice, originated
by the Optimist Club, has been for
mally adopted by other civic clubs and
fraternal organizations and a general
committee formed to make the affair
highly successful. Organizations sup
porting the movement are so numerous
that every fan interested In the event
will be contacted.
The committee, Of which Wash B.
Williams is chairman, includes Ray
mond L. Schreiner, treasurer; Mrs.
Inez Warren, secretary; John A. Kor-
man, ticket distribution; Joseph Kauf-
man, radio publicity; Henry T. Rodier,
newspaper publicity; George Keneipp,
contact; H. j. Horner, subscriptions,
and Harry Angelica, program and en-
tertainment.