Evening star., 1909-08-31
WALTER J0HNSON'S
PITCHING ARM GONE
Clever TWirIer May Not
Work Again This
Season.

When the Nationals pulled out of Chi
the regulars took the back trail for home
They were Walter johnson, Wild" Con
roy. Clyde Milan and Dolly Gray. Man
ager Cantil,on figured that it would be
the Mound city, and result the four
players reached Washington last even
ing.
The one big piece of news brought east
by the quartet is the fact that Walter
Johnson's arm is gone and he may not
pitch again this season Johnson was
seen last night stroling up the avenue
BY a Star reporter and during lengthy
conversation, said in part:
II hurt my arm in Cleveland in some
way, but paid little attention to il as |
thought it was only sore. l told Cantil-
ION about it and he said he would work
me on Sunday, provided / warmed up all
right.
When | warmed up Sunday | couldn't
throw an overland ball TO save my life
and my shoulder hurt me very much
Joe asked me how l felt and / said my
arm was no good, but he told me to so in
and he would have a couple of pitchers
ready TO help me out All | had was
slow underhand ball, but the best the
Sox could do was one run and they got
that tally on a rank decision at first base
when ISbpti fhraun o,rtl l,,-tb
lsbell slid for the bag and while lying on
the ground told the umpire he had made
rank decision as he was out BY ten
feet. But there was no come back for US.
and lsbell scored the run that beat
US.
Toward the sixth inning / could hardly
throw the ball TO the pate and when
lannehlll made the hat that scored IsDell
Street slgEaled for a curve, but l couldn't
throw II. Charley Smith then went in
and made the Sox look foolish.
Monday night, coming III from Chicago,
hy shoulder Kept me awake all night
just like u bad toothache. Right now /
cant raise my arm more than a foot and
If 1t doesn't get better I'm going home
Tor good rest up. No more winter ball
for me-
Dolly Gray was also seen later and
asked about the freak game Saturday
He said:
MY performance was something fierce
l II admit, bat the umpire missed a couple
Of strikes on me and this made matters
worse. | never tried harder in my life
10 throw bal true. but when I tried 10
toss curve the ball went straight. and
when | fell back on a straight one the
dam thing would curve
Alter l had reached my fourth man
Nol Snould nave heard Street and Schaef
er. They both gave it to me bot aud
from the shoulder but the harder 7 tried
the worse ] became and Street was the
craZiest of the two. The only satisfac-
ton ] got, came from CantiIIon Too
said: Well, Dolly. I'm glad Won cot that
out OF your system and won't spring such
stunt again next season. After that
inning the control came back to me like
a fash and the freakish Witness certain
ly has me guessing as to its cause
Wild conroy Endorsed everything John
son and Gray had to say and the old boy
was asked about the looks of the Tigers
That bunch has certainly taken on coal
for the run home. and | can't see any-
thing to the race but the Tigers. Donovan
has his arm back all right and he was as
chesty as kid, which is the best of
evidence. Mulln believes he is in for a
long string of victories, such as he per-
formed in the spring. and when this pair
are feeling right, you know the champions
can play some ball.
.'Then there are Summers and Willetts
TO fall back on, to say nothing of killian
who is in splendid shape once more
''Delehanty and Tom Jones are not play
ing any better ball than Schaefer and
Rossman did, but being strangers to the
other players on the team a general
wake-up has resulted. the exact thing
Jennings was figuring on. Jennings told
me he knew Schaefer and RoSsman were
full of good base ball. but they were in
the dolldrums ans looked like the best
men 10 let out.
."rhe race down to the wire TO nv way
of thinking, will be a breeze for the
Tigers, but. of course. ali calculations
may be knocked out by the Athletics and
Bostons cleaning up things when the
western clubs come east"
When asked about the new players with
Cantillon, Conroy said that Hardy looked
the ball player all over, but said that
Jimmy Sebring had not gone west with
the club. but was at his home in Will
Transport. The old boy didn't feel exact
ly right. and he decided to go home and
wait until next spring for a new start
Wigg-Don't YOU think Mss Antique
keeps her axe remarkably well?
n G. Afo v{, .