The Washington herald., 1922-05-21
WALTER JOHNSON
HURLS HIS Widest
GAME, Still WINS
Barney" Issues s Walks,
His Lack of Control
Rivaling Courtney's.
NICKED FOR 10 HITS
Griffs Get Only Seven Safeties
Off Schupp - Judge
Makes Great Play.
NICKED FOR 10 HITS
By RAY HELGESEN.


Walter Johnson. fast-fading, in
fact almost removed from the
speed ball spotlight by the much
advertised unseen hand of time"
pitched one Of the widest games
he has ever hurled yesterday and
was nicked for ten hits. yet was
returned a victor over the White
Sox by a 4-to-3 score.
He who once was known as the
kansas Cyclone" but who is
slowly and surely fading into a
mere evening breeze. opposed one
Ferdie Schupp. the temperamental
portsider once with McGraw's
but more recently with the Kansas
City club OF the American Associa-
tion. and had il not been. for bril-
liant support and clever work Of
his own head. which manages to
buck times onslaught where the
"old whip" fails. his name prob
ably would have been entered in
the lost" column once again.
Control Is Absent.
Barney's control. or rather lack
of It. rivaled that which Joe Engei,
the widest pitcher ever in big
league baseball. used to flash when
he was a laborer on Mister Grin
fith's ball club. Eight members of
the White Sox checked in at first
yesterday all because johnson
couldn't get them over. A fieeting
glance at the official American
League records for the past ten
years fails to show where Barney
ever passed eight batters in a
single game and yet won the con-
test. In fact. We couldn't find any
game that Johnson had pitched
where he had passed more than
seven batters.
Ferdinand Schupp. southpaw and
of course temperamental. spent a
rather tough afternoon in his first
start in the American League. The
White SoX gave up a pair of play
ers and considerable cash to get
this 30-year-old youngster from
Kansas City and Gleason picked
yesterday as a soft spot in which
to introduce him to some of his flu
ture play-mates.
But the soft spot proved to be
considerable harder than reports
had Indicated and Ferdie. mainly
because the breaks" were against
>art thus taking the edge off his
debut in this league.
The youthful-appearing portsider
was niCked for a mere Z hits and
gave only bases on balls but an
error by Ernie Johnson at short for
the Gleasonites let the Griffs score
what proved to be the deciding tall
ly in their seventh turn at bat.
barney in Plenty Of Trouble.
johnson was continually getting
himself into holes. Four times he
started the opposition off by giving
the first batter to face him free
transportation to first. Once he
filled the bases by walking the bat
ter and twice he rid his system
Of three passes in a single frame.
That's unusual for a number of
pitchers one could think Of, not to
mention the usually reliable Barney.
Even Harry Courtney rarely passed
more than two batters in any one
inning though he is slightly more
cosistent than Barney.
II was none other than Joe judge.
who rarely fails to get into the
starring limelight at least once
each day. who virtually saved the
game for johnson and the Griffs in
the GIeasonites' ninth.
Starting the last inning the
White SoX were a pair of runs be-
hind. and with johnson apparently
just beginning 20 find himself from
the control angle, a number of the
fans began to feel their way out
Of the park. evidently with the idea
Of getting a late supper or early
breakfast. But the White SoN
weren't through. and those paying
Ill Il q.
late dinner. even though it may
be cold. than an exciting rally or
two missed the greatest play OF
the game.
Ernie johnson started the ninth
by slashinE to Peck. who tossed
him out at first. Gleason sent
Johnny MOsti. hard-hitting out
fielder to bat for Mcclellan, and
Mostil Immediately singled past
Shanks Eddie Collins then caught
one in the groove and drove IL
down the first base line for dou-
BILE. Mostil went to third, and
when Shanks' relay to Charity
was low. scored. Collins going to
third Shanks had taken the relay
from Harris in short right.
Judge Makes Great Play.
With Collins, one of the brainiest
players ever in baseball. resting
on third and only one out, things
looked none too bright for the
Griffs. At least an extra inning
game was in the ofing.
But this is where Judge made
his bow. With the rest of the in
field. Joe was playing in close to
make a play at the plate in case
the next batter hit to the infield.
Hooper. who had been hitting
them on the nose all afternoon,
caught one of Barney's shoots and
drove II on a line at the little first
baseman. Judge didn't have time
to move. All he could do was stick
up his right fin. the gloved one.
and hope that the ball would find
it's way there. 1t did. But it was
too hot for him to hold and he
pulled his mitt away. The ball
started dropping to the ground.
Judge grabbed it with his bare
hand just above his knees and after
Juggling IL a fraction of a second
got a body scissors on it, All this
took but a second or two and after
the suspense was over the first
sacker got a great hand.
Strunk lifted to Smith in short
left near the foul line for the anal
out and Barney's widest game on