The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

around their noble necks. The score
or this engagement was to O, and
the official scorer, who was myself,
| chalked up six hits for the Farrell
ties and had to record that five of
them had been retired on strikes.
That will be about all for 1907, ex-
cept to remark that Johnson's percent
age OF victories was 1857 and his team S
1925. That year the nan who shattrr-
ed Chesbro's record failed to accom-
plish anything more stirring in the
way of low hit games than limiting
his opponents to four safeties. He has
done much better since, however,
though he has not as yet gotten his
portrait in what is alluded to as the
Pitchers Hall of Fame. admission to
which gallery is the twirling of a no
hit combat. Remember, however,
that johnson is young yet Che still has
TO celebrate his twenty-fifth birthday,
and that if he keeps on improving mis-
phiz will be in that Hall ere long.
In 1908 johnson had an average of
victories of 500. which was SO points
better than his teams percentage. He
twirled one contest in which his ad-
versaries reaped only pair of Safeties
and three games in which they had to
be content with a trio of Swats. Also,
he started going into the whitewash
business on the wholesale basis, three
shutout wins in row over the Har-
assed HighlanderS, on September 4, 5
and z. helping a lot.
Nineteen-nine, which was the last
year johnson was under the lead ersuip
of Joe Cantillon, saw him turn in
percentage of .342, while his team was
winning Cor, rather, losing) at a PTS
clip. He hurled one two hit contest
against the White Sox, which were his
best twirling feats of the wear.
In 1910 Jim McAleer took charge of
the National and Johnson, many think.
began, in consequence, to realize that
there was something else to the art
OF pitching than mere stuff. Sunny
Jim told me that year that Johnson
was going to be the greatest twirler
in r1le world, and also then volunteered
the information that the boy was be-
coming wise and was finding Things
out for himself. He lost a 1 to bout
with Ed Walsh because Patrick Henry
Dougherty, served with the kind OF
ball he fancied, fell on it and sent IL
hurting to the fence for three bag
ger when one of the Sox was on first
"Jim," said Walter to his manager,
'I oughtn't to have given Dougherty
that kind of ball, and he'll never get
another one like it." 1 presume that
Johnson kept his word, for Dougherty
made no more hits off Johnson that
season, and the game was played in
Junei
When the statisticians tabled up
Jchnson's 1910 record they found he had
pitched at a .595 clip, which was lbs
points better than his team s-one Of
the surest ways to find out how good
or how bad a boxman is. Moreover.
johnson had kicked in with pair 'lf
games in which he had held his oppon-
ents to one stingy hit, and one of these
hits never would have been a hit had
the crowd at the opening game in
Washington not spilled over on the
field. In consequence of the overflow
Harry Gessler couldn't capture a dy
raised by J. Franklin Baker and said
fly was converted into double. The
other one-hit game twirled by Johnson
two years ago was against the Browns.
Frankly Truesdale, think, obtaining It.
During 1910 Johnon also pitched pair
of two-hit contests and one three-smash
event. He also came mighty near
breaking the strike-out record for the
American league, getting 313 victims