The New York herald., 1922-06-29
VETERAN JOHNSON
SHUTS OUT YANKS
Wins Pitching Duel With
Waite Hoyt at Washing
ton, 1 to 0.

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. June 2s-The
veteran Walter Johnson and the youth
full Waite Hoyt mingled in a sensa-
tIonal pitching duel In the opening game
OF a short series between the Yanl-ees
and the Senators this afternoon. and the
peteran won, to 0. for his thirl con-
secutive shutout since he was batted out
of the box at st. Louis on June IA.
Though hit with ponderous vigor from
time to time. the Coffeyville cyclone was
supreme in the pinches and in the end
it was the youthful Hoyt who cracked
under the strain.
In the first eight innings Hoyt
was even more effective than Johnson
in the sense that only two hits-a dou-
bic by Smith in the second, and sin
gle by Judge in the eighth-were carved
cut of his delivery. He was wild at
times. and walked four men and hit
one but got the ball across when he
had to. and seldom was In trouble.
In the ninth. however, ne slipped a
cog, and the winning run flowed over
the plate. The Senator led off with a
single to center, and moved along to
second on Brewers sacrificIal bunt.
Harris was hit with a pitched ball. and
with Left Fielder Earl Smith at the bat
the Yankee infield closed In for possible
play at the plate.
If Whitley Witt had remained In his
accustomed position the Senators prob
ably would not have scored. He came
in with the rest, however. and was un-
able to get back in time to grab Smiths s
liner. which grazed his upstretchGd An
gers and fell beyond his reach for the
hit that broke up the game.
The Yankees had numerous chances
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the first. and again in the sixth they
lad runners on first and third with
only one out. but failed to shove a run
across.
With one out In the first, McNally
singled to left. and sprinted around to
third on Ruth's long single to right.
This brought Bobbie Meusel to bat, and
the California clouter registered the
first of three strikeouts. Pipp then
grounded to johnson, and that chance
had petered out.
No other Yankee batsman reached
first base until Scott singled to left
after Ward had been retired in the NTH.
and Cottie's blow went to seed for lack
of a followup. In the sixth, Whitley
Witt singled to left. and after McNally
had perished on an infield fly. the Babe
sent the agile Albino around to third
on another long single past Judge This
gave Meusel another chance TO pull a
costly strikeout, and he did. after which
the Babe was caught stealing on hit
and run. which catcher Pichinich frus-
trated by calling for a pitch out. In
the seventh Scott doubled, and in the
ninth. Pipp ripled. but there were two
out in each instance. and the succeeding
batsmen were easy outs.
A total of nine strikeouts were regis
tered by Johnson. including the three
achieved at Meusers expense. Johnson
had binding speed on tap, and II was
largely through this agency that he
famed Meusel in the first Ward. Scott
and Hoffman in the second: Ruth and
Meusel in the fourth Meusel again in
the sixth. and Hoyt and Witt in the
ninth.
Most of his strikeouts were regis
tered on called third strikes. Johnson
was batted out of the box In the sixth
inning of a game played at st. Louis,
June IL. but since then he has blanked
the Chicago White SoS with five hits.
the Athletics with six. and the Yankees
with seven thus completing a run Of
twenty-seven consecutive scoreless in
nings, during which three opposing
clubs have ground out a total of only
twenty hits. The score: