Evening star., 1924-05-24

FOR many seasons now lugubrious
followers of the national pastime
nave been singing dirges over the
passing of%the once great Kansan.
put Barney yesterday demonstra ted
ne mas some distance to travel before
reaching the base ball graveyard and
Hny corroboration needed may be ad-
Guced from the performers on the
pay roll of G. A. ComiSkey.
All Johnson, the feeble old wreck
could achieve at the advanced age
or th1rty-seven and in the eighteenth
season of his major league career
was limit the Pale Hose to a solitary
single and fan fourteen of them to
establish record for the current
campaign.
In registering the 10Sd shutout of
ms career, which is nearly twenty
! more than the total of Grover Cleve-
Gohnson boosted his record number
Yof strikeouts to 3.l19 and came
within two of equalling the modern
big league mark of sixteen strike
outs for nine-inning game set by
Robe Waddell; with the st. Louis
BY whiting kamm and Falk in
the second inning. tanning French
Schalk and Leverette in the third
ana vlctimizing Mostil on strikes at
the start of the fourth round, Walter
tied the American League record of
SIX consecutive strikeouts held joint
ly by T. J. O'Brien of the Boston
Red Sox and Jack Scott of the Chi
cage White Sox, both established in
1913, and came within one of the
major league mark Of seven recorded
Ny Hooks Wiltse of the New York
iiantS in 1906.
collins and Sheely alone of the reg
mar White Sox array yesterday con-
rived 10 escape the epidemic of Whit
nng engendered by JohnSon's battling
Two pinch httters called on by Pilot
collins. succumbed, while Mostil and
hamm each famed three times in
succession. Even Harry Hooper,
ts t~nose lazy looping single in the
fourth inning prevented Johnson
rom registering the second no-hit
game OF his career, waved futiIeIy
on ms flnal appearance at bat.
All told, but one more than the
minimum of twenty-Seven White Sox
faced Johnson. Hooper, who received
barney only pass in round was
the first of the visitors to get on base,
and he promptly was doubled up
when Collins lined to Harris. When
Hooper made his safety in the fourth
he was forced by Collins. who rolled
TO the box. and had Johnson's throw
to Harris at second been trifie low
er the boss of the Pale Hose probably
would have been doubled up again.
WhlIe johnson was turning the Sox
pack about as fast as they came up
ms mates were taking considerable
liberty with the offerings of Gorham
Leverette
They swung into action with no
loss of time. Leiboh got a life on
Schalk'S high throw of his bunt, gall
loped to third on blast past kamm
by Harris, and scored when Rice got
a single on a drive over second that
Collins knocked down. Goslin then
forced Rice, and on an attempted
double steal Harris was picked off
third when French whipped Schalk's
third out when Falk chased nearly
TO the bleachers for his long drive.
Ruel paved the way for run No. >
in the second when he poled a double
down the left-feld line Prothro
promptly sacrificed. and Muddy tai
lied while kamm was tossing out
Peck.
The ratio of run to an inning was
maintained in the third. which Lei
bold started by beating out a bunt
to Kamm. Harris sacrificed, and after
Falk's circus catch of Rice's liner
Memo Tailed on Goslin's line single
TO left.
After an interInission Of one inning
the tally-a round program was re-
Sumed in the fifth. Leibold led off
with a drive to left center that Faik
could not quite reach and which
netted two bases. Memo scoring on
sacrifices by Harris and Rice. the lat
ter's being a drive that Hooper had
TO back up against the fence to get.
That ended the scoring.