Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09

given than the one johnson has
offered
professional athletics may breathe
more easily because Of Barney" saws
the Minneapolis Tribune. "fIe has in.
spired faith in professionalism when
doubts were scudding across the base
ball horizon. He has demonstrated
that playing the game-intelligently
and sincerely and WELLS the best
test of true sportsma nship, and that
the standards of the professional, like
I the standards of the amateur. may be
quite above reproach. AS base ball
pays tribute to it's distinguished vet
eran: 1t but partially repays a debt
which can never quite be measured"
The admiration of fans all over the
country Is voiced by the Bay City
Daily Times, which AYERS that 'he
mas been their ideal from the stand.
point of conduct"
| The Muskogee Times Democrat
states of another occasion. a world
series game, I'VE remember the day
that Walter Johnson gloriously failed
| ana we can never forget the day, as
the tide turned against Bucky Har
IT'S, that he called again upon the
! man whose heart he knew was game
out there into the box with the New
York sluggers facing him and sent
tnem down. one by one, TO bring
i victory to the man who believed i'm
him."
AS his long career on the diamond
draws to close, his matchless char
acter will more and more draw the
compliments of an admiring public"
IN the opinion of the Charlotte OBJ
server, and the Toledo Blade. declar-
ing that character is everything in
whatever game man plays" con-
tlnued: The celebration was not
meant merely to pay tribute to his
pitching ability. Without his good
right arm and the cunning of his
brain he could not. of course have
attracted public attention But II
was his wholesome character that
won him universal acclaim" The
Helena Montana Record Herald finds
further cause for commentator in
the fact that during all the years
Walter Johnson has been in the lime.
light. he has borne his honors grace
tuliy; his modesty Is refreshing
"A pitcher of wonderful ability and
endurance, unspoiled by success, a
fine type of American manhood, not
only Washington but the entire coun-
try joins in felicitating Johnson on
his anniversary" says the Ports
mouth Times, and the Bangor Com
merclal sees in his career "a service
that has been of inestimable ad
vantage both to his club and to the
professional game"
1T Is a unique record" IL is pointed
out by the Hartford Courant, when
ball player continues to pitch two
decades for one club. The base ball
statisticians love to figure the num-
Der of contests in which the old
Master has taken part, the hun
dreds of StrikeoutS to his credit
the no-hit contests he has pitched
and the victories he has won. But
the figures tell only small part
of the story of Walter Johnson. II
is a story of clean living. loyal serv-
ice and true craftsmanship. There
can be no better exhibition of true
craftsmanship on the part of a ball
player than that shown by the fact
that in 20 years Johnson has lived
in peace and harmony with umpires'
having never been fined, and never
put out of the game for any offense.
The Portsmouth Sun concludes;
There should be some way OF i'm
pressing it upon the youth of the
land that the Lindberghs, the Byrds,
the Chamberlins. the Johnsons, the
men who do the big things and who
last, are men who control their hab.
its and do not weakly let their habits
control them" .x..@s..s -...