The Washington times., 1921-03-27
BY LOUIS A. DOUGHER.

ny LOOlO "A. DOOUnEh.
TAMPA, Fla, March 27.-Most
empnatically Walter Johnson is not
ready for the approaching campaign
in the American League. He re-
quires considerable actual pitching if
he is to take his place on the mound
against the Boston Red Sox, April
13, with any chance of success.
Warming up is vastly different from
pitching baseball. In his warming
up the king of pitchers impressed
one with his fine condition. In his
first three innings of actual play
johnson looked frightful, the regu-
lars banging him all over the lot.
johnson accompanies the second
string to Orlando tomorrow morn
ing. He will engage in Tuesdays
game against Joe Tinker's club,
probably going four or five innings.
This means that he will hardly face
The Phillies at Jacksonville, but will
be ready for Birmingham or Chat
tanooga later in the week.
walter has been taking things
easy," explains Manager Mcbride; II
am in no rush with him. II he
comes along slowly. well and good.
He will take longer drills from now
IN and should go an entire game
tgsinst the Giants. That will round
him up for the opening game in
JOHNSON LACKED CONTROL.
Against the regulars here yester-
lay Johnson lacked, control of his
asst ball. 1t kept sailing away from
is true course. Taking off his
STUN. Johnson was soundly bumped,
FL the boys staying away from his
curve ball to pick on the crippled
[ast ones.
singles in the first frame. O'Rourke
doubled and Courtney singled in the
second. In the third, Milan, Lewis.
Eilerbe and Charity collected
ingles. with Harris stopping a
pitched ball with his dome and
D'Rourke, taking walk. In the
three frames Johnson allowed eight
bits, walked two and plunked an
bther. This doesn't sound much like
he real Johnson.
Nick Altrock'sN Mullins took the
tdge in the series with the regulars
~ winning the fourth game, 10 to
y. This gave the Mullins two vic
tories, one defeat and one tie game.
appearance of Tucker in the lineup
for the Mullins. He has been a sort
Of Joke in the training camp and
Ahere were smiles when Nick Altrock
sent him to right field in the eighth.
Fucker promptly gave thrilling
Exhibition of high and lofty tumbling
n full pursuit of Joe Judges homer
o the race track in right fiAd. The
kans and the athletes roared with
aughter. Judges long wallop
scored Shaw ahead of him and put
ht regulars ahead. 8 to Z. 1t looked
bAl over for the Mullins.
Then came the glorious ninth.
with one gone. Miller grabbed his
third hit of the day, beating out
slow one to Ellerbe. Foss came
through with a savage drive to left,
only to be forced by Eschmann. This
brought up the joke of the camp,
Dinwiddie Tucker. 1t may be that he
didn't know he was the Joke. 1t may
also be that he didn't care much.
Fucker delights in hitting. He ad-
nits he can't field much, but he
knows he can hit.
DID Tucker hit? Wen say he did.
He crashed into that pill and ham,
nered 1t on a line over Rices head
% the deep center. scoring Miller and
Fsschmann and easily making third
himself, though he did lose many
,teps in turning his head and tin
aiming. Dick Torres slammed a
ingle to left, bringing in Tucker and
Giving the Mullins a comfortable
cad;
ltETRIEvED HIMSELF IN NINTH.
A joke In the eighth, Tucker was o
,ero as be took his place in the field
or the last of the ninth. He strut
ed proudly to his position and looked
like Napoleon at Marengo. Inside OF
half a minute he looked like that
same Napoleon, but at Waterloo
rather than Marengo. Rice drove
biner right into his hands and Mr.
Fucker promptly dropped it and then
fell down, trying to capture the
pellet ..
Lewis singled and Marhafka sacri-
need, putting Rice on third from
where he scored while Foss was dis
,osing OF Ellerbe. The regulars
needed but one run to even up mat
ers. but they failed to get It. as
;oebel came in and sized ORourkes
Nv ball in short left. and nobody
even saw Tucker leave the fleld,
hough II was his tremendous whack
To center in the first OF the ninth
hat gave his team the victory.