The Washington times., 1921-04-14

johnson needs a lot OF work anG,
as he is a natural glutton for work.
will probably get 1t. At Tampa he
pitched three innings. At jackson
I VILE he pitched one before rain
,halted his efforts. Returning home.
he pitched four innings against the
New York Giants. Thus. as prepara-
tion for yesterdays opening skirmish
Johnson had exactly eight Innings
Of actual toll.
whea Johnson left the squad at
Jacksonville II seemed to some that
he might better have gone with the
gang into the wilds of Tennessee, IL
Z only that he might have worked fire.
quently. This is no reflection upon
anybody connected with the team. 1t
is a mere statement of fact the mur-
merings coming to our ears more
than once. The murmerings were
well meant, too, the murmerers
thinking only of Johnson's own good.
AS compared with Zachary,
Schacht,' Acosta, and Erickson. John
son has done little or no work
this spring to At him for the rough
going of regular league campaign.
1t is probable that the Kansas
whirlwind will be a mere zephyr for
q while.
IS BUMPED RUDELY.
he Gr1HTnen y star HurleT pusHeu
the first one over for Oscar Witt
but the next one went, into the
crowd in right field for three bases
under the ground rules, Witt scoring
in moment later on Eddie Fosters
long fly to Lewis.
In the second three hits were
chalked UP against the big fellow.
though all three were of the fluke
variety. McInnis beat out slow
hopper to Harris. Ruers bounder
skipped right over Shanks' left
left field foul line went OF the
handle. But the inning showed that
Walters control was none too good.
He was having trouble getting his
fast ball over the pan.
Mike Menosky smashed clean GIN
gle to right in the third and Tim Hem
dryx jammed a steaming bounder that
O'Rourke did well to defect. Had NC
Innis not hit into a double play, some
runs certainly would have come over.
whether Walter himself advised re-
lief or Manager Mcbride took the
reins into his own hands. we know
not We care not. Walter. as we
know him, might have asked for re-
lief. AS we tl0nk Mcbride viii act
this year, the manager may have wig
wagged Johnson out and Erickson in.
roughly in the fourth, Scott and Ruel
driving singles to left and Jones
punching hearty triple between
Lewis and Rice. Erickson was on the
hill in the fifth.
PITCHERS NOT READY. ,
Immaterial as to official pronunciaS
fnentos. the Washington pitchers as
n squad are not ready for the grind.
One or two are farther advanced than
the others, but all need more work
against real opposition. or course,
now that the season is under way,
they'll get 1t, sometimes two and three
of them a day.
The series with the Giants indi.
rated more clearly than anything else
the comparative backwardness of the
Washington pitchers. While the team
rs a whole shaped up quite as strong
and quite as fast as the National
League favorites, the pitchers failed
to look as good as the Giants string.
One game does not make season.
Sam Jones victory, clearly earned.
too. does not doom the Griffs to any
cellar berth. Today Hughey Duffy
may have to drag out two or three
hurlers to stop the onslaught. But
the stubborn fact remains that Mana
ger Mcbride faces a deep problem
when he considers his pitching talent.
JONES SETTLES DOWN.
Sam Jones was being hit savagely
for three innings, and 1t began to
look as IL the Griffs had killed their
ancient jinX. Judge and Rice banged
out clean singles in the first. Shanks
iripled and singles rippled off the
bats of O'Rourke, F .cinich and Judge
In the second. Rice and Harris sim
Sled in the third. But thereafter
Jones was invincible.
In the last six frames just one
measly hit was obtained by the Griff-
men, Rice smacking a single to right
in the fifth. Mr.. Jones deserved his
triumph. his mound exhibition once
he settled down being excellent.
II Jones receives praise, certain of
his fellows horn into the picture.
Prominent among the stars OF the day