The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-16
VOTE To HOLD
JOHNSON DAY
Anacostia Fans Tell Griffith
They Are with Big Twirler
Heart and Soul.
POTOMAC LEAGUE MEETS
Masonic Hall damned to Welcome
Old Fox as Guest of Evening.
Speeches Are Interesting.

The Potomac League in particular.
nacostia fans in general. have de-
Cided TO give Walter johnson a sure
enough welcome home.
Before tie season is many days old
johnson dy will be celebrated and
Anacosria Will have whole lot TO
say about this particular celebration.
President Marbury of the Potomac
League. assured Manager Clark Grit
nth, who WAS the guest of honor AT
the second annual entertainment of
the league. that the fans of his sec
tion were tiCkled to death that Wal
ter had been shown the light and
would he with the Nationals in 1915.
No date for the johnson day has
been set. but il is understood that the
celebration will take place shortly
after the season opens i'll April.
Old Anacostia was in high links
last night. Masonic Hall was packed
TO the bulwarks with enthusia site
fans, members of the Potomac Base
ball League, and others. TO welcome
as their guest Manager Griffith. of
the Washington baseball club.
Griffith was introduced by Tony Sousa-
The Old Fox told in part of his expert
ence in getting Walter Johnson back for
the Washington baseball team. He said
correspondence last fall before the latter
jumped to the Feds. but that Walter
virtually asked him to come out to ka\.
saS City and talk over matters. He said
johnson was like a lot of other human
beings who did things on the impulse
and were sorry afterward He added
that Johnson was glad to be back in
organized baseball. and would stick. He
explained that he wanted to bring John
son over with him last night for the
fans of Anacostia to enjoy the first op-
portunity of welcoming him to the city.
hut he was told the banquet would not
be held until the last week in February
and that he wrote johnson to that effect
and supposed Walter had planned to be
present on that occasion.
The Old Fox said that he would not
he outdone by the Citizens Association.
and next year he would present the win
ming team with cup: also that he would
like to have the league find a good hall
player for him this year. Every other
section of the city had turned over one
except the burg from across the Branch.
President Marbury. of the Potomac
League and Manager Griffith arranged
for a Johnson day for the fans of Ana
costa to welcome johnson home during
the first series to he held in this city.
Anthony \. Snusa gave two or three
Italian stories of his own composition
that put the crowd in a happy frame of
mind. A buffet lunch was served later.
The entertainment consisted of sew
eral vaudeville acts. interspersed with
vocal and instrumental music. Milton
Fillius sang two songs. followed by Bob
Mulhall in exhibitions of bag punching.
Sanderson and Wiley We're supposed to
give a two-part minstrel show. but Mr..
Sanderson was i'll and it was given as
a onc-part affair. The Montrose Quar-
tet sang several numbers that pleased
the large crowd and the quartet respond
ed to an encore by singing It's a Long
Way to Tipperary." Frank G. Green. a
local ventriloquist. entertained with his
black boy and then walked through the
audience while singing. inviting the crowd
to see if they could Letect his lips NOV
ing.
President Marbury introduced as the
first speaker of the evening Mr.. Barrow.
chairman of the Citizens Association of
AnaCOstia. who presented the Reach cup
to the winning team of the Potomac
League. which was accepted by Manager
Robert Emmert Kelly, who made a few
remarks and thanked the league on be-
half of the Eastern Athletic Association.