Evening star., 1932-08-12

YankeeS-Bill Dickey and
all-are coming to town for
a two-game series with the Ma
tionals. When they breeze in
from the West tonight for the
tussling to get under way in Grif-
fifth Stadium Saturday afternoon,
Zone Punch" Dickey will be along
and Manager Joe Mccarthy has
said the w-breaking catcher will
be behind the bat for the YankS
in the two engagements of the
set.
It is understood that those in charge
of the New York club we're willing to
permit the catcher who dealt the
smashing blow to Carl Reynolds jaw
during the July 4 double-header here
to remain out of Washington while
the YankS visited for their last series
of the season in Griffith Stadium. They
feared Bill might be embarrassed by
the service of papers for possible
legal action resulting from the unpro-
voked attack upon the Nationals out
fielder
Dickey has said he does not antici-
pate any such trouble, however, and
the manager of the New York club does
not believe the employment OF the
catcher. who returned to work only
week ago yesterday after months
suspension for his unseemly act, Will
result in any unpleasant demonstra-
tion by Capital fandom.
Mccarthy has been quoted as say
ing Probably nothing out OF the or
dinary will happen in washington II l
have Dickey behind the bat, Bill has
been punished plenty. The months
suspension was bad enough for him,
but that 81 900 fine was worse blow
But he took it we'll and l look Tor no
trouble when he shows up in the wash
ington park
HERE'S a new one on that July al
i fair. These close to the Yankees
now alIege that Reynolds was not
the only one involved in it who SUI
fered physically They claim that
Dickev sustained a broken breastbone
when Reynolds ran into him at the
plate. 4.o,,
has been made as a result of this claim.
According to one New York club fol-
lower it was the pain OF this breast IN
Jury, along with the fact that ne mao
been knocked unconscious IN Boston Ihe
day before by Outfielder Roy Johnson.
who bumped him at the plate, tndt
made the New York player go hayWlre
for few moments and take his unfortu-
nate sock at Reynolds.
Oddly. however, that Dickey was IN
jured in the mishap-as this New YORK
follower terms the affair-bec2me known
only last Tuesday while the YANKEES
were in st. Louis. 1t seems that DlcKey
had complained of pains in his cheSt
for two weeks after the miX-up with
REYNOLDS, but did not know what had
happened to him until an X-ray dis
closed a fractured breastbone ana nga-
ments torn in three places.
OF course the johnson smash-up In
Boston that knocked Dickey unconscious
had nothing to do with the catchers
ailments that were not made public
until more than a month after the
Washington incident.
Report has it that "the injury has
been slow in healing and still bothers
Dickey when he bats and throws" 1t
also is claimed that nothing was said
about it (Dickey's hurt) at the time for
fear it would lcok as if the club was
trying to get sympathy for the tall
Arkansan."
AL THOMAS is expected to take the
"A hill for the Nationals t0morrow in
the opener of the brief series with
the Yankees. Thomas was trounced in
his last two starts in the West, but not
because of poor pitching particularly.
He was given little offensive backing.
The Yanks have several clever pitchers
available for the set, but if they go as
in earlier games in Griffith Stao1um
they'll have trouble winning. The New
(4I,. -l1 fr-n xY~ig0
hurlers in Washington this year, for 1t
has been beaten in seven of nine starts
in the Georgia avenue ball yard. The
left-handed Gomez and the rlght-hand-
ed Pipgras managed to score victories IN
the Capital.
BY taking the games with the Yam
KEGS, the Nationals would assure them
selves of an even break at least With
the league leaders this season. To date
the series between the clubs stands nine
games to eight in favor OF the Nationals
VITASHINGTON'S ball club stopped of
w in Youngstown, Ohio, yesterday
and took its usual exhibition game
licking 1t was overcome by the
YOUNGSTOWN Buckeyes of the Central
League, 9 to 8. and much of the way
the Nationals had their regular team
in action. However, they looked to their
manager. Walter Johnson, and their
rookie, Ed Edelen, for the hurting, and
the pair had a rough time of IT..
Youngstown, which is composed largely
of youngsters who have had Spring
trials with the Washington Club, sailed
into johnson for five hits and as many
runs in the first round then got another
tally in the fourth, his last inning on
the hill Then they nicked Edelen Tor
three runs in the eighth.
AS the Nationals had gone ahead in
the sixth session at the expense Of
Joe Hospodor, a hometown right
hanGer. Edelen was charged with the
loss. Edelen yielded five safeties, seven
hits were made of Johnson, pitching
for a Washington outfit for the first
time since 1927. Two were homers and
both were hit by National tryouts.
Gordon Phelps the bouncing Bowie
nnv got one in the first with runner
-. 2no Jake-the- Plumber Powell, the
--akoma Park wonder, got one in the
fourth with mo one on the paths.
Eddie Ainsmith. Johnson's old battery
partner, now coach with the Nationals,
caught all the way He's still good
receiver, but high fouls threw him.
The Nationals got 13 hits, their last
one off Walter Masters, erstwhile team
mate, who relieved Hospodor in the
ninth