The Washington herald., 1913-05-22
BY WILLIAM PEET.

Cleveland, Ohio. May N.-Manager Grit
fifth was fired out of the ball park by
Umpire Silk o'Laughlin today. because
he resented being called vile names by
first baseman Johnston.
The man who started the trouble was
allowed to remain on the field. For no
apparent reason whatsoever, unless II
was that victory had been snatched out
OF their grasp. the Cleveland players put
up the most foolish kicks possible, halted
the game by dilatory tactics. and first
sacker Johnston walked over to the third
base coacher's box, and called Manager
Griffith a name which would be unfit
to print. Griffith replied to the TRADE.
and O'Laughlin quickly banished him,
but said nothing to Johnston.
Members of the Washington club are
tonight very bitter toward the Cleveland
ers- They have taken up the cudgel in
Grif's defense, and unless all signs fail
Walter Johnson will tomorrow help his
pals administer such a licking that will
not soon be forgotten.
when we were beaten yesterday by
fiuke, We didn't pull any OF this rough
stuff said one member of the Nationals
tonight. I'VE took our beating and said
nothing. yet today this Cleveland crowd
to a man yelled like stuck pigs, blaming
the umpires and declaring that we were
lucky Just wait until about the first
of July. they'll have to fire OF a bunch
of hrecrackers in this city to call at
tention to the ball club which will by
that time be down where it belongs, in
the second division"
President Ban johnson still refuses to
allow Nick Altrock on the coaching lines,
and il was learned today that he had
suspended the comedian because Altrock
coached in Detroit at a time when Griff
was carrying more than the twenty-five
allotment of players.
BY pitching one and one third innings
today, Walter Johnson not only gets
credit for winning the ball game, his
tenth straight, but hangs up a mark
of seventy innings pitched. during which
time only three runs have been scored
by opponents of his delivery.
II doesn't take much delving into base
ball figures to discover why Walter John
son has won ten games for Washington
this season in as many starts, for the Ma
tionals have backed up Johnsons defen-
sive work with some mighty nifty Of
fensive results. In seventy innings the
Idaho wonder has allowed just three
runs. That's an average OF .O43 runs to
they have been required to bat while
Johnson was their pitcher the Nationals
scored thirty-three runs, or .i99 runs to
the inning. Putting these figures into
their equivalents for a nine-inning game
we find johnson has allowed .3s7 runs to
the game, which is a pretty nifty mar
gin in favor of Mr.. johnson, especially
when Il is considered that in the TWEEN
ty-nine games played by Washington the
Nationals have scored 1lS runs, or Al
to the game.
Clark Griffith claims that his big
twirler has not been really pressed this
season. and that he never puts forth his
best efforts until under fire. But what
Johnson has shown in his 1913 work is
good enough for anybody.
Besides holding his opponents to an
average OF about one-third of a run to
the game. he has famed forty-eight men
in seventy innings. or 6.H to the nine
inning game. He has given only nine
bases on balls. has hit only two batters.
and has had no wild pitches. II he
doesn't pitch his best until forced to do
so to keep the enemy away from the
plate.
AS Grin suggests, johnson has been
pretty stingy with his base hits, for he
has allowed only forty-one in all the
time he has worked. an average of ). =,
to the nine innings. Here's Johnson's
complete record for the 1918 season: