Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-27
WALTER JOHNSON
NOT GOING BACK
Idaho Twirler Is Pitching
the Best Ball of His
Career.

Who said Walter Johnson, the ia
nous Idaho find, was slipping? Evil
IDENTIFY the fan who doped the Weiser
pitcher up in that form had been smok-
ing the pipe. Walter is again striking
his peerless stride. In fact, he has
been pitching for the last two or three
weeks in even better style than when
he made that wonderful run of score
less innings With his going at the
present rate Washington has better
chance at the pennant than ever before
His many admirers both in Idaho as
well as every other state in the union
look upon Johnson as ono of the great
est pitchers in the history OF organized
ball and they are not very far wrong.
1t has been claimed by many who
have been watching Walter that he
would be even more effective If worked
oftener. This has proved to be true,
because Griffith AS been pitching him
every series for the last three week s
with only two days rest between
games. Johnson seems to thrive on the
hard work, and undoubtedly has been
more effective since this system was
adopted than ever before.
Walter, right now, has more stuff
than at any time in his career. He
probably has no more speed, but his
increased knowledge of the art of
pitching has meant great deal, and he
has developed curve ball that has few
superiors in the repertoire of any big
league hurler. Walter has also com
menced to vary his smoke with a slew
ball. 1t is laughable to see a batter get
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him fall all over himself going after
the slow one
johnson Now at Ills Best.
Not a run was scored against Johnson
in his last four starts until yesterday.
He has blanked New York, Boston and
Detroit in succession, and the Red Sox
failed to get a run off him twice in the
same series Walter went against New
York and beat Warhop l to 0. Two days
afterward he started the first game o.
the series with the Red Sox by beat
ing Rankin Johnson, the young pitcher
who has two shutout victories over
him, y to 0. Two days after that he
again beat Boston, to 0, with Rankin
Johnson again pitching against him.
Last Monday Johnson blanked Detroit,
3 to 0. Besides these four shutouts
Johnson has a victory over st. Louis to
his credit before the team left en- its
road trip.
If Johnson keeps on pitching in his
present form there is not much doubt
that he will make one of the greatest
records ever set by any pitcher, He is
working so well that he loafs along I'M
til he gets somebody on the bags. Then
he tightens up and prevents score. He
is doing remarkably well. even for
Walter johnson.
1t is rather interesting to note the ex-
ceptional success that Rankin johnson
of the Red Sox, has had in his games
with Walter Johnson. Rankin is pos
sessed of no great amount of stuff and
yet he seems able to hold down the Ma
tionals whenever he works against
them, especially If Walter johnson is
his opponent. In the first game of the
recent series with the Red Sox Wash
ington got to the offerings OF Rankin
and pounded him rather severely,
though not until after his teammates
had put him in bad. Two days later,
though, Rankin bobbed up again, and
pitched another 1 to game against
the mighty Walter