The Washington times., 1915-06-26

games be has pitched would indicate
that he intends to be the same old
terror this season that he was in
1912 and 1913. l never saw him much
against the Tigers. We only got two
hits off him in seven innings and one
Of those was lucky. l know. because
l made 1t.
1t is a funny thing that Walter al
ways seems to furnish his own wealth
er. With his tremendous speed.
dark day helps him a lot and. as I
remember II. he seldom pitches
against Detroit on any other sort.
Twice this season We have faced him
on dreary afternoons and he has
beaten US both times Down in Wash
ington a week ago Saturday. 1t was
so dark that anybody who fouled the
, speed the big Swede" was throwing
vantage of the favorable atmospheric
conditions. too. serving almost all
| fast balls. When the sun Is out, he
curves good many of them. but get
him on dark day and you can be
sure that the limited express" is
going to be your staple article of diet.
walter never seems to have made a
goat out OF one club more than an
other Probably this is because he has
was just as likely as not to go and get
shut out when he was pitching a splen-
| did game. II he had been a member of
smuggling crew like the Tigers or the
old Athletics, he probably would have
been able to point to some wonderful
records of consecutive victories over
the whole bunch. I don't see how he
could lose game with our club behind
him. though we do get shut out now and
| then. Usually he Is the fellow who does
! the whitewashing act, however, so II we
I had him on our side we wouldn't taste
| the brush even as often as we do
Speaking of getting shut out. it is a
peculiar thing that the Tigers went as
far as the 18th of June with only one
set of blanks, and then they ran into
| two In a row. Johnson and Ayers set
| us down runless on the 18th, and Well
man turned the same trick the next
day.
Some of my readers may be interested
In learning that President johnson and
! have kissed and made up" We never
had any row officially, as a matter of
tact. The papers quoted Mr.. johnson as
ball because of my article on signal
stealing, which he interpreted, accord
Ing to the interviews alleged to have
been given. to be charge against the
White Sox. Naturally. didn't like the
tone of his alleged remarks, and in
vited him to come running. Since then
he has informed me that he was entire
y y misquoted, we met m;toL In TOLEDO last
were playing an exhibition game, and
had a pleasant chat. Nothing was said
regarding our newspaper war" and
there was really nothing to be said
after Ban had told me he didn't say the
things accredited to him by some over
| ambitious baseball writer.
However, those White sox seem to
have derived a lot OF inspiration from
stealing the signs, for they certainly are
going mighty we'll. The long road trip
that they are Just completing Is one OF
the best ever made by a Chicago club
in the American League, and 1t forces
the pennant dopesters to regard them
very seriously. There used to be an
idea that South side teams won all their
games at home, but the 1918 bunch is
doing as we'll on the trail as any In
the league. Now Rowland will have a
| long stay on his own grounds and he
is not likely to lose much ground in the
next month or so.
l still believe. as do most of the other
players in the circuit. that Boston is
the really dangerous club. The Red Soy
have been playing fine ball with a badly
! crippled team lately and when they
have their full strength in the game