Evening star., 1916-09-24
AD|EU FOR JOHNSON
Pitches Final Game of 1916
Against Detroit Today.
EHMKE WILL OPPOSE HIM
Walter to Be Worked Out Of Turn
in Effort to Swell the
Attendance.
EHMKE WILL OPPOSE HIM
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, September 49, Walter
Johnson viii pitch his last major
league game of 1915 tomorrow. Man
ager Griffith announced today that
the big star would be worked out Of
turn to help pull q crowd for the
final Sabbath game of the season in
this city. johnson pitched thirteen in
nings against Cleveland Thursday, and
has had only two days Of rest, but he
says he will be able to show as much
as though he had been given q longer
time in which to recuperate. After
this contest Walter will be excused
for the remainder of the year. and the
club will return to the east for its
series with New York and Philadel-
phia without him.
Several other veteran players on the
Washington club also will go to their
use his youngsters in the few remain
ing battles. SO as to get a line on
them for next season.
Manager Jennings will send Howard
Ehmke, his sensational recruit from
Syracuse. against Walter in the Sab
bath fray. Howard was beaten by
Boston the last time out, but pitched a
fine game. and Hughie believes that
he is the man to get decision over
Johnson II anybody can.
The attendance today was 3.119. the
poorest Saturday crowd Of the sea-
son. After the disastrous Boston
series the Tigers friends forsook them
ing at stake there was lot OF good
fielding on both sides.
Young had ten chances. four put
outs and six assists, and several Of
them were very difficult ones
Bob veach lost hit In the nth.
when his warm smash bounded straight
into Fosters hands If the ball had
been a little nearer second base It
would have been triple and would
Cobb got one clean hit and one that
was very doubtful The latter came
in the eighth on a ball that Leonard
had to take on a bad hop; Judge
much the same sort Of a wallop.
though Witt had a better chance to
play his ball than Joe. and with Ty's
errors could have been charged In
both cases without stretching the
getting short, and the batters re-
ceived the beneft OF the doubt.
Gallia did not seem to have much
founa that his q. ' spttsr wouidnt % Work
he began to curve them. with excel
lent results. In the third inning he
famed Cobb and veach, Ty swinging
at low one for the third. and Robert
looking on ono that Billy Evans said
was over.
Gallia got q double to the scoreboard
and hit the ball hard on two other
occasions. but he did not get another
safe.
Witt had bad luck In his batting, Rice
making two good catches Of long and
| hard drives to left field.
i Smith had to chase out to the front
| of the bleachers to get Crawford's ny
| In the eighth. Cobb was on second at
| the time with two out In the next
| inning Heilman led on with another
smash to right, ana Elmer made an
!, other neat killing.
| Heilman's homo run was the sec
ond that ever has been hit into tho
| bleachers on the bound Bob Veach
/ got the other, also in game against
Washin gton. on a day when there was
! a ground-rules crowd. Grin protested
!, to Ban johnson on this occasion. but
+, was ignored.
| Jones grabbed q scorching liner from
Leonard's bat in the fourth and held
| on, though the ball almost knocked
| him down The catch saved run, as
! there was a man on second.