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their places on August 2. OF the Wash
ington team. Tom Hughes, besides Wal
ter, alone remains on the Nationals. 1t
was Hughes who relieved Johnson after
Cliff Blankenship, who discovered Wal
ter in the bushes. batted for the young
slabman. Hughes since then has been
out Of the majors and in again, Aapdsis
the only surviving member of Joe Can-
dllons Washington team, besides John
son, who worked in the game that Gay.
Two Left For Detroit.
OF the Detroit Tigers Ty Cobb and
Sam Crawford are the only ones who
are still with jennings. Davy- Jones,
Bill Coughlln, who was a Washington
third baseman before his advent in a
Tiger uniform: Claude Rossman, Jerry
Downs. Charlie Schmidt, and Eddie
Siever. and Charlie O'Leary, then mem-
bers OF Detroit's pennant winner, have
gone their way out of the big league.
Some of them are still playing ball,
notably Rossman, O'Leary, and DaFy,
Jones, but only Ty Cobb and Sam
Crawford remain with the Tigers. On
that day when johnson got into the
limelight. Cobb and Crawford each got
q hit OF Of Johnson in four trips to the
plate. Will they again come through
with hits on August 2, or will johnson
prove master of the situation through
out?
Some idea of the enthusiasm which is
TO mark the presentation of the cup
tan be noted tomorrow when the Boost
ers' Club gets out to the Homecoming of
the Nationals when they open with st.
Louis at the concrete coliseum. The
boosters. under Bill Hoover's direction,
have been adding daily to the Walter
Johnson Cup fund. They have gotten
behind the movement with q win. stirred
Up the fans toward giving contributions
and have done much toward swelling
the contributions.
Goigs To Sound Welcome.
Tomorrow Boss Booster Bill Hoover's
crowd will have a special section for
the Boosters who. armed with Booster
gongs, will raise a racket for the Ma
tionals. Dreyfuss Brothers and J.
Charles Mcclure will have the reserved
section seats for the Boosters and
also will handle the gongs for the
Boosters.
This booster feature will be eclipsed
by the Walter johnson Night" to be
given at Glen Echo Park when the
members of the Nationals and st. Louis
team will be carried out to the park on
the Columbia from the Ebbitt House.
11dndSCT SSlllOGS mas DIOlAlSSO ~ PEI
cent OF the receipts at Glen Echo for
the Walter johnson Cup. and has added
all sorts Of features for the baseball
fans. Il will be a veritable baseball
bugs night at the park. and the Griff-
men, including Manager Griffith and
the greatest pitcher in the world, Wal
ter Johnson, are expected to be on.
hand .---i-s..sr .-t7'E 81 l..a ags-- :
Letters and congratulatiory messages
are coming in all the time with dona-
tions large and small. Old and young
in fandom have sent in money for the
cup. The Alexandria fans send in
their total with a few words Of appre-
citation for Walter.
You can put this down TO Best
Wishes" said little lady today Il
Fish il were more, but l wish to ex-
fress my satisfaction for what is be-.
ing done for Walter Johnson The
fannette was old enough to be Walters
mother, but showed the right spirit in
personally bringing in her donation.
This is from the Georgetown Boost
ers," said Ed MacCarthy. I'VE started