The Washington times., 1910-09-29
JOHNSON IS NOT DONE
WITH RECORD MAKING
Should Increase His Present Strke-out Mark of 3O7 By
At Least Tweve-Thrteen No Hoodoo for
Washington
By THOMAS S. RICE.


can League pitchers this morning He
has famed 5J7 men, and there are still
nine games Of the American League
season TO be played by washington OF
this nine h viii probably pi;ch Two
and maybe three, and he should whiG
at least SIX in each Of two games. for
he has averaged more than ~ so far
At the rate OF halt a dozen in each
OF his remaining performances he VIE
make = record OF g19- Rube WaddeiIs
record of 301 stood six years having
been made in IsOG. hence--t can be seen
how long Johnson-s probiematical rec
ord Of 80 Will stand, OF even how long
his present 507 viii be an object for
The other gunners in this league.
Ben Dreyfuss is out to raise that 9th
er $50 to meet the $50 offered by Harry
Wardman IS half OF a purse TO John
son for breaking the said strike-OuJ
record
Washington showed Ssh OF its best
form yesterday by taking the third and
last game from Chicago The SOx never
had 3 chance with Johnson pitching
He let them down with three hits, and
had Il not been Tor a bad throw by
Milan they never would have scored
He rubbed II in by tanning ten men and
remaining steady until the end OF the
game. That is what ticlzles a Wash
Engton rOOter more than anything else
The only. weakness johnson has shown
this year has been a tendency to allow
the opposition 20 pile up punky hits
in the eighth or ninth inning, and win
from him waen he apparently had ev-
erythins cilched- He has not been
entirely responsible for this, as he has
hlhf0T him
which comparatively seldom had much
OF a lead on the enemy, and when said
enemy made a run OF tive ia the ninth
ming that was enough . win Il the
last month the explosions have not
been much in evidence. and Johnson
has been doing as good work Is has
ever been seen in this league
IN the LIST Of games pitched by John
son, 1t should be remembered that he
viii be charged in the final SUNNI y
with taking part in that one in St
Louis, where he was so wild ne was
yanked out Of the box IN thu first in
ming.
Washington has won thirteen and lost
nine games in playing Chicago. Stauge-
" enough, its record with St Louis
and Clevelan[ las been exactly .=2s
same While L-,-re was a reversal with
Detroit, which won thirteen from Wash
inEtOR and lost nine That Is a peculiar
coincidence in statistics which IS well
worth noting. AS the last game in the
West has been played, there IS no
chance for a change Thirteen IS an
unlucky number, but under the cir
CumstanCeS We are willing 10 take a
chance, and would rather have Il thir-
teen instead Of twelve, except in the
case Of Detroit
No game for Washington today The
only teams playing are Boston at Cleve-
land and Chicago at St louis
The Nationals jump into New York
tomorrow for q series OF four games.
johnson should be ready 10 pitch Sat
uTdsy II necessary II he Is not booked
for that day. he VIII probably BE- used
Monday as an extra attraction for the
poorest day in the week as far as the
gate is concerned For some reason.
the New TCrkers are not particularly
afraid Of the man who Is a terror TO
the rest o. the league, and there IS no
dead moral certainty that he viii win,
but the chances favor him
DOEgone that Cleveland team, il keeps
right on winning
We made the prediction when Dr.
Harry White lost his first game here
IN three years that the White Sox
southpaw would never again be the
holy terror he had been for Washing