The Washington times., 1914-05-21

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son to open against Detroit on Sunday or
Monday, the matter of days being I'd to
the Supreme Court of the District.
which must pass upon the legality OF
| the national sport on the opening day
| of the week. -
! He was the Walter of old, this john
SON person, yesterday.
Not until the Griffmen had gone four
runs in the lead did the kansas comet
ease up and allow a hit. He had the
| Maps sewed, tied, .lassoed, nailed, STOP
! ped and down and out. They never
had a chance. In the first inning he
walked man and then had a balk call
cd, but aside from this momentary slip
ping he kept those paths absolutely
| cleared until he realized the dominance
! of his position. Victory was in sight,
so he merely lobbed them over in the
latter half of the contest, and the Nap
| landers. were credited with five hits.
In his last two starts Johnson has
won the everlasting gratitude of those
who were hacked almost to death ror
weeks answering the utterly foolish
query: what's the matter with wal
ter Johnson" In the opening game of
the series he allowed exactly one visitor
to live to reach second; YESTERDAY he
was equally as effective as long as he
wanted to.
Walter johnson has joined in the
general suffaw about his changing his
style of delivery in order to bring ef-
fectiveness. One of the wise ones dis
covered that johnson had quit his old
arm to the overland form of twirling.
The pitching car says this was as
much news to him as to any one else
who read it.
Apparently. johnson has done a De-
rd diSCnVnrPd fountain from
which flowed that now famous tonic
he was advised to take by one OF the
volunteer guardian angels. From where
we sit it looked like the tonic of vic
tory was all that was needed to bring
some to a realization of the fact that
W. J. is still the pitcher he always has
been.
Harry Compton, one OF the members
Of the loyal legion from CharlostesT1lle.
Swift" in action. He goes back to
Albermarle county 10 tell the folks that
johnson is still a pretty fair limitation
OF a pitcher.
1t is seldom that one hears Waiter
Johnson protest on decision. Rut yes
terday he went on record when Tommy
Connolly called a balk in The first in
ming. Graney was caught hat-fcOted
Oft Gret and as the pitcher starred to
throw to Gandii the runner made dash
for second. johnson started 10 throw
to first but then swung around and
heaved to Mcbride, who touched Graney
a couple of yards of second.
Connolly decreed that il was a vio-
lation of the protection for base run
nerS. At that, II appeared as though
the umpire was correct in his interpTe-
tation OF the rule covering The PORT
1t is said that Bill Martin. the
Georgetown shortstop. has given Joe
birmingham his word that ne will join
the Cleveland club IL he decides to go
into the professional ranks after grad
ustion. MSrtin and Birmingham had
dinner together at the Raleigh and It
is believed that the agreement was
reached at that time.
Al Williams was once more out of
the barrel" behind that bat. johnson
could not have asked for better catch
ing or better general support.
The only Washington error came in
the fifth. when Ed Foster muffed a pop
fly in front of third that ordinarily he
could have easily handled with one
hand. II did no damage, however.
Four times Foster faced the Cleve- |
land pitchers. Once he was passed and !
the other three times he came through !
with hits.
Yesterday IT was NcBrfdc's turn 10 !
crash into the calcium s glare by per !
forming the fielding feature Of the day. /
In the fourth inning he tore over to- !
ward second with all speed ahead. !
snaEsed a wicked drive from JacksOns |
bat. shifted the ball to his throwing |
hand without hesitatinG, and slammed !
10 Gsndil while still on the run. The !
throw was lof, but Gandil reached and
ZfnnrPd IN DinpGn
waved out the runner. There was moth !
nS to compare with il during the al
ernoon in the matter Of brilliancy.
incidentally, when dealing out your
.reuit for this Griffithian rush, do not
'oTget that Mcbride has been fielding
He has been TO the de-
,ense what Hofard Shanks has been to
he offense, and no praise is too strong
'Vr the work the field leader has been
ioInS in directing the whole team and
'teadylnG the young pitchers. During
nc seven wears he has been with the
u ashington club. George Mcbride has
1eN e. played better. more consistent. or
more brilliant ball than this spring.
roster made quick recovery OF a
rom Turner in the opener. lie had lit
lie time left but he fhippcd ii across
n time 10 get the out.
Bassler, the young Nap catcher seems
o be a much better man than Carisch.
estcrday he niCked johnson for two
II the live hits.
Little Linbold went back eight miles
aud rOObvd Howard Shanks Of what
to be a home run in the ii-L
Il WAS the hardest hit bal Of the T.. NJ.
and tine MOnacun had reason 10 be
Deeved as he started. toward second
and found that the sprint availed him
lOthinc.
The Nationals had two double plays
md would have made another had not
ieor2e Mcbride inadvertently failed to
ouch second when he had time before
hrowing to Gandil m the eighth.
Nean Gregg was never particularly
Effective against the Grinmen. Yester-
iay he went along indiGerentIy until
iftCr the seventh. when he gave way
o Lelivelt as an emergency hitter and
ames finished the bame in the box
Tom Swope has handed out the fol-
owing roast in the Cleveland Press:
Cleveland fans will hardly believe
hat Washington people could be
enough TO roast Walter ,
ohnson.
But johnson has felt the sting of
riiicism quite lot this spring
The great Waiter is fifteen pounds
ghter than usual. His loss OF VIC ght !
as taken some of the speed off n :