The Washington times., 1910-10-03
JOHNSON TO PITCH
THIS AT TERNOON
McAleer Making Desperate
Attempt to Regain Sixth
Place Today.

NEW YORK. Oct 3.-The Highland
ers have only four more championship
games to play on the Hilltop grounds
this year.
Today and tomorrow Hal Chase's men
Will clash with James Royal McAleer's
rejuyenated Senators. while on Satur-
day they will play a doubIe-header with
the Boston Speed Boys The New York
team viii spend Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday in Philadelphia. the Giants
having the local field 70 themselves on
these three days.
Walter Johnson. the Idaho phenom.
who now holds the worlds strike-out
record for the major leagues. having
famed 307 men this season, viii be the
Washington gunner this afternoon, and
probably will be opposed by Jack Quinn.
johnson has won only one game from
the New Yorks this year, while Quinn
has been conquered only once by the
Senators.
McAIeer Rejoins Today
Manager McAIeer viii rejoin his team
this afternoon, having Leen away from
it for three days. When James r. was
commander Of the ST. Louis Browns
he used 10 be Of a peevish disposition
and almost worried himself TO death
about the showing OF his club. NcAleer
Sidestepped an attack OF nervous pros
tration last fall by resigning the man
/ agement Of the Browns and accepting
the leadership Of the Senators. Now
sunny Jim no longer worries when
/ his team loses a close game and looks
ten years younger than he looked in
/ 1909
McAIeer thinks the Nationals have
good chance 20 finish IN the first dlvi-
sion in 1911 lie considers that he has
picked up a pair OF promising young II-
fielders in SOmerlOtL and Cunningham.
and says that without any doubt his
two juvenile catchers-AInsmltl and
Henry-are among the finds OF the year
Henry is an Amherst graduate, and
backstOpTed for Larry Mcclure, who is
the property OF the Hlghlaudcrs, on The
! Purple and White combination Nc
Clure and Henry were considered the
star college battery Of the college year.
but the pitcher never was able 90 show
what he could do ln fast company, hay
ing q sore arm all the time he was on
the Hilltop
Talks About Johnson.
Mcclure stU SIS on the Highlanders
reserve list and win bee taken South iu
the spring. lie finished the season with
a club out in West Virginia.
McAleer says Walter Johnson viii be
even a better pitcher next season than
he IS now. THAT big kid" remarked
the Nationals leader last Friday, lis
becoming wiser every minute He has
developed a slow ball and has more In
his repertory now than any pitcher
| know OF.
johnson has become a great student
of the batters, and now knows just
what they cannot hit. Patrick Henry
DOugherty. of the White SON broke up
. a game against Johnson early in the
year and hasn't made hit or the man
from Idaho since.
4 have a splendid set Of players and
have thoroughly enjoyed my stay IN
Washington. I wouldn't 90 back 90 81.
Louis if Bob Hedges presented his hall
club 10 me, which offer he isn't likely 10
make. / haven't signed for next season
Yet, but probably viii do so In the near
future. The owners Of the Senator's
want me 10 live In Washington during
the or season and I desire 10 live in
Youngstown. That's the only difference
between us. Washington is fine city,
but they don't make towns any nicer
than Youngstown"
Have Gone Good.
The Nationals already have Won more
games this year than they won last
season under Joe CanuHou, whose Min
neapolis team captured the American
Association pennant- Almost all Of Can
ullons FASTENERS this year were men
who formerly played in the Byron Ban
croft Johnson organization The Min
neapOlIS OUtnelderS were Cactus era
yath. Claude RosSmau. and Tip"
o'Neiu III. and Jhe infelders were
Warren gill. jimmy Williams. Kobe
Ferris. and David Altizer. Gill never
played with the American League. bat
he was with the Chicago White Stock
ings on their spring training trip.
Owens, formerly Of Chicago, and
Smith. once OF Washington, did most
OF the catching for the MINNEAPOLIS
team, whose pitchers were Roy Patter-
son, Tom Hughes, Louis Fiele, and
/ Nick Althock.