The Washington times., 1920-04-25
WALT JOHNSON
0NH|LL TODAY
Blonde Bomber Due to Make
First Home Start Against
Boston Red Sox.
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

Walter johnson is due TO make his
hrst home start of the 1920 cam
paign today and he draws a tough
foeman in Joe Bush, the Red Sox
: speed merchant
johnson has been ailing since that
awful transforming trip OF the
lGriffs. His performance in Boston
ION April is, when the curtain went
up on the game in the Hub, was far
below his ordinary calibcr. He has
! been fighting of influenza ever since
I and today believes himself capable
| Of delivering the real Johnsonian
! brand of twirling.
Joe Bush. who ioafed all last year
+ with a lame wing. has appeared twice
| already on the Red Sox hill, each
! time showing he had come back win
all his old-time speed. With Bush
in shape. Ed harrow has an exper-
Rienced pitcher who can stand Iot
| of work. Bush should take carr
Mays place on the Boston CLUB.
Grns Go to Gotham.
The Grirmen leave tonight fo- New
York. where they hope TO hnd mem,
| selves during tho four games oooke"
! far the Polo Grounds. They VIII re-
turn Friday 10 open long stay al
| Georgia avenue, playing the ipii'"-
| ing schedule:
Yankees, May o. ., 2, So.
Tigers. May IL IL. ID, "a:
Browns. May IS, 16. H. IL.
white Sox, May 90. 2l, ~, 70.
Indians May ~. 2b, 26
The schedule should prove OF CON
siderable assistance to the Washins
ton club, as the Western ciups mus.
come here before the local kids ~.
the road. This will permit OF ,a ay
morning drills for the green lhhe'o-
era sors,e thing yital,y necessary.
Pitcher. Net In Shape.
II is apparent that Clark Grifhths
pitchers are far from being IN shape
This goes for all but oiat Ir,InSon
! vbose game in Boston was All that
Could have been desired. Further
morc. he twirled a few innings mere
arainst the Red Sox and looked gooa'
put the others need warmer wea'nei
and lot Of work. CO
Al Schacht is in fair condition. 90
lis Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary' =.
walter johnson today shows himseh
ready TO take his turn. the Grinmeh
will be fortunate. for the rest OF the
staf Ia behind in condition.
That the Grinmen are new team
even with the veterans In the lineup
has already been shown Washington
fans. Zeb Milan and Sam Rice are
| both playing out OF position Inc
hall roes to them at strange angler
and they will not be at home IN their
present places for several weeks yet
They have been running in circles TOO
much for veterans.
Waite sox Surprise All.
The white Sox. in rompinE away at
{ the TOP of the heap, are SURPRISING
most Of the critics. This goes, too,
for the Red Sox. who were doped TO
Get away down around the bottom.
Instead, the Tigers have shown them
selves the early bloomers.
Feeding on the weak Brownies and
| Tigers. the White Sox and Indians
have made successful starts and are
sure to be up there when they come
East for their first swing around the
circuit. Both teams seem to be get
ting the best of pitching and all kinds
of hitting.
In the older league the situation is
much the same, with the Chicago
cubs down at the bottom and the
Giants barely ahead of them. Supe-
rior pitching, always valuable in the
Spring, has put the Brooklyn Dodgers
IN front. The Pirates and Reds have
also been given good hurting and they
are we'll UP toward the top of the