Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-24
JENNINGS IS CONFIDENT
WILL WIN FLAG AGAIN
Big Lead Of Athletics Will Be Cot Down
Soon, HeSays-Kahoe Discovers
a Pitching Marvel

Schweitzer could not find the ball, finally
| locating il behind the screen before the
| bleachers. How the ball got in there is
| a mystery. but O'Connor insisted that
| the Waterman at the gate opening into
| the field from the bleachers had kicked
| it in.
| He could not convince either Connolly
or Dineen this point, however, and
| the kid got credit for home run. The
report that OConnor intends to protest
the game is absurd
Scout Mike Kahoe returned yesterday
from an extended tour through various
leagues and remote places in search of
playing material Mike has discovered a
pitcher He IS a collegian, and accord
ing to Kahoe is one of the greatest
finds in the history of the game. This
yOungSter is over six feet, a left handler
and has not been scored on in the last
eight games he has pitched What is
more he strikes out anywhere from
twelve to eighteen men. kahoe showed
documents to prove that in a thirteen
inning game his find pitched recently he
struck out twenty-eight men. Mike has
the youngster coraled all right but it is
question whether he can get his par
ents' consent to become a professional
ball player. a question which is to be
settled within the next few days In
the meantime Mike is on the anxious
! seat, for he believes that he has dis
covered the greatest find of recent years
Manager O'Connor is not apt to pitch
Graham against the Nationals again
very soon. Graham seems to be one of
the left handlers the locals can hit eff
fectively.
There was nothing 1ukey about Walter
Johnson's two hits. They were both
clean cut.
Hughey Jennings believes that Walter
Johnson mas more natural ability than
any other pitcher in the game TODAY.
What other pitcher can fool some of the
pest batsmen into striking out with three
fast balls that cut the center of the plate ?
know of none. Johnson does this re-
peatediy. and 1t is convincing proof to me
that he has more than any of the other
twlrlers in the game, today. 1t has been
| his misfortune to be with a team that
did not score many runs behind him or
am sa'lshed he would lead the pitchers.
have seen a lot of pitchers in my time.
but | must take off my hat to johnson
when II comes to having the stuff for he
is in class by himself
Having broken even with the Athletics
teat which probably proved more con-
soling 10 the followers of the Detroit team
than tnything that has happened this
spring. has. however. not had the effect
or leading the Tigers to believe that they
are up against easy game here. This
team has always given us hard run for
our money. said Bill Donovan this morn
ing. land from the way it las been going
of late ii may be more troublesome tina n
ever this trip. We have been up against
the game here too often to figure il soft
1t always takes our very best to beat the
Nationals"
For the first time since Walter John
son has been a member of the Nationals
Z ha hoe.
and lost five games. In former seasons
Walter usually lost a lot of close games
right at the outset of the season and
his average was always below the even
break mark. This year he has had bet
ter luck and the chances are that he
VIII have many more victories than de-