The Washington herald., 1916-07-27
Nationals Pitcher Has Never
Accomplished This Feat,
Although He Has Come
Near It,.
OTHER SPORT COMMENT
By WILLIAM PEET.

give almost everything he possessed to
pitch a no-hit, no-run game.
Johnson is regarded as the greatest
pitcher Of all times, and he deserves all
the good things that have been written
OF sa1d about him. He possesses a NUN
Der OF records which will probably nIRer
De equalled, but he has never pitched a
no-hit, no-run game.
1t Is doubtful is Johnson ever will ac-
complish this feat, although he has come
mighty near it several times.
Walter invariably lets down whenever
ms teammates establish a good. substap-
tlal lead. On other occasions when air.
tight pitching is required he usually gets
nlcked for several Texas leaguers or
swinging bunts which must necessarily
go as hits. and as was the case yester-
Day, errors frequently lose games for
him.
That Johnson himself would like to
piteh no-hit. no-run game. the writer
CLEANED from Johnson himself during
a conversation last month.
1t was just after George Foster. the
Boston Red Sox twirler, had establish
ed no-hit, no-run performance
against the Yankees that Johnson un-
bosomed himself. saying:
1t beats me how some of these
pitchers get away with no-hit games.
see where Foster is the latest and
hit pitcher. Mind you, I am not TAX
ing anything away from Foster.
talked with several of the New York
players and they all told me that he
went through his game in clever fash
ion and that the scoring was perfectly
correct, but to nv way of thinking
Foster is not a no-hit. no-run pitcher,
any more than others who have estab-
lished the feat"
There can be no doubt but that John
son is absolutely right, and the fact
that Foster could get away with such
a stunt made Walter just a bit envious.
Perhaps Walter will turn In a no-hit.
no-run game before he quits baseball.
His friends would like TO see him do so.
Here's hoping.
That great big IF" I'VE would be
so far in front now If Speaker was with
the club that there would be nothing to
this race" is the way the Red Sox fan
regards the pennant hunt in the Amer
lean League.
If Guy Morton had not injured his
arm six weeks ago the Indians would
teams would be forced to battle for
second place" is the idea which pre-
walls in Cleveland.
IF Baker and Gilhooley and Cullop
had not been injured just think of the
pipe those Yanks would he having" is
the explanation OF the New York fans.
But if the Red Sox had kept Speaker.
and Morton had not hurt his arm, and
the Yanks had not had so many in
juries, what about it? AL three teams
could not be running away with the
pennant.
Howard Ehmke, the young pitcher who
was with Buffalo, Federal, last season.
is setting the New York State League
afire. He has won twenty games thus
far. He is with Syracuse, which is fight
ing with Binghamton for the lead.
Ehmke is the former high school star OF
the Pacific Coast League
Jean Dubuc. the Tiger twirler, rooms
with Ty Cobb, and. according to Dubuc,
he expects w. J. Bryan to lead a Mexi-
can revolution for the admission OF rum
to all Carranza counties before any one
but Tyrus R. Cobb leads the American
League at batting.
Il am Cobbs roommate. and so long
as they are kicking the old cat around
lot, and raising some rumpus, let me
go down as saying that a fairer, cleaner
or better ballplayer never lived than
Ty." said Dubuc.
It's Cobb did this. Cobb did that. Cobb
did something else all day and every
where you CO. l would be frayed out if
1t were me. Ty is welcome to all his
hcnors. I would not stand that jamming
against the wind all the time.
''Ty's human. remember that, and
that's why he is so well liked. When
he has a great day with the stick he's
happy and when a slump spreads its fist
over his hitting he bucks and rifles. and
that's why he does not stay in slump
s,1-g
league in the batting averages every year
is no pipe Job. It's the hardest thing in
the world Pitchers work their ears of
against Ty, fielders are on their toes the
minute he comes up to the bat and the
fans all want to see him fooled, too.
''Ty never started a fight in his life. He
did not throw bat into the stand in the
West. That's a lie about the bat throw
ing.
Cobb loves baseball, that's why he is
so good. If he played for the home team
in every town We visit he would have
more friends
Il have never had a cross word with
Cobb in all the time l have known him,
and never expect to. He is the owner
Of sunny disposition and it shines all
the time.
Money! Why. it means nothing to
Cobb. He could have made 10000 if he
"oAtCu " sell nlIuSell 10 lHt SSItlltS
that are offered to him every day. He
could have made $4,000 as a moving pic
ture performer What movie star is as
well known as Cobb7
''1NIere are a hundred schemes that
l know hold out big profits to him. He
does not like to bask in the blare of
publicity
Those Tigers surely have it on our
club out in Detroit this season. and the
way Jennings crowd pulls games out
of the fire in the final chapters is moth
ing short of uncanny. Things cannot
continue to break this way, the worm is
bound to turn.
Ray Morgan finally got into the game
this is good news, for just as soon as
Morgan gets fairly started again, he is
going to add considerable strength to the
club.
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