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Circa: 1934
Condition: Used
Country of Origin: United States
Manufacturer: Unmarked
This drawing is of Sam Rice, who is depicted here with the Washington Senators. Edgar Charles Rice (1890-1974) was written up mistakenly as ‘Sam’ by a newspaper man and it soon stuck. Playing mostly right field, Rice's biggest defensive assets were his quick feet (for which he was fondly known as "Man O War" after the great racehorse) and his strong arm. In 1924, Rice led the American League in hits, the Senators won their first pennant and took on the New York Giants in the World Series. In a seven-game thriller, Rice hit .207 with two stolen bases, as the Senators earned their only World Championship. The following season, the Senators repeated as AL champs, but lost the Series in seven games to Pittsburgh, despite Sam's .364 average. Rice reached the 200-hit mark six times in his career, including 1930, when he was 40 years old. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1963. The drawing measures 7½" x 14". It was autographed by Rice while he was still a player, in 1934. He signed at the lower left, under his left leg, in black ink. The autograph is bold and clean.

The artist was my father, Arthur Haas, who lived in New York City until 1938. A commercial artist by trade and a huge sports fan, he would render the player's action pose in charcoal and pen & ink and then label the drawings by hand with the player’s position and team name. When a team would come to town he'd take his artwork to the game and seek out the subject for an autograph, whether in the dugout or in the locker room. This piece was done on heavy weight drawing paper, and may have been sprayed with a fixatif. It is signed and dated by my dad. We are pricing this as if it were an autographed 8 x 10 photo, since my dad was an unknown artist.