The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
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 HS three sons and two oa0eA$eTs. were a& hls 6eGsi6e.
 Johnson had been critically n since last Apral when he suffered a stroke induced eg what then was described as a *pr0ErosSape block age of a SmAn cerebral Ar%err,~ rt developed, however, that he was Safseraae From brain eumor which paralypeo has left Saae,
 He was stricken on the sS2~acEe GeVmantcwn. A&a> farm where he he'd lived quietly since his resare> ment from baseball an August 1S&S,1 and was remozeo eo GeorgetoWn Hospital where he died,
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 "A half aosen times. life ha6 eoheo desperately low for Johnson. And . half aonen times he rallip6 w1th the same Nameness that made him the paragon of pitchers-perhaps the ereatsss. certainly the fastest. of Ail time.
 Bua JohnsOns Garnsang hesEt. weakened Ay the long Croeaa. was unequal so the laSt great chanenge.
 The fabulous slreoaller, whose achievements are recorded an base Anlls sszan of Fame" at CoopeEs- town. \. F. did al his major league pitching for the Washington Sena- tors. Re broke in with them 1n 1907 and closed out his active playing career in as2e after suffering erok- en aeg an Spring training.
 In thai span. the eAg uew-oOned rarhs-aander from Humboldt KAnss fashioned one os the ereassst pitch i'm records an baseball history.
 Always RuIIlng Team ThrSugh
 He won Sl4 games. a recard sur passed only hv cy Young. Those FraumpAs. achieved, with c team that finished sn the second division dur inr as of JOansons 2l big league pasching years, earned him the nick naxne Big Traan"-he always was pulling his teammates through with out much support.
 He cumpaled an an-siEne Enas0r league record or 1ls Shusouts.
 It was 5ohns0nS olax1ng fast ball that inspired the famed. and unan- Swerable. baseball a1iba-~Tou can't hit ,em when you can't see iem-"
 And it was his high hard one that brought him a big league str1ke0uE record that hasn't even been ap- proachea-sSs7. His strikeout v1c- tins included all of the mightiest American League sluggers of his time -Shoeless Joe Jackson. IT Cobh. Eddie Collins. Babe Ruth, Harry Heilmann, This Speaker. George Sis- Ter, Lou GehElg. Jimmy Foxx- Lisa Rltrhezs Ie Seasons
 Johnson led the American League pitchers in str5keOutS for i2 yearss set a record. since tied. of six oon- secutive strSkeou1s in one game. and struck out SIS bazters in one season --s5 short of the new record fash- toned in l9&6 by Clevelands B0e Teller. J0hnsonis successor as the speed bah king Of the majors.
 Among his many pitching fea1z were 56 consecutive sc0reAesS innings and two nO-hirtens-0ne Q ra4n- shortened seven-anning affair.
 Johnson pitched sixty to 0 games winning co and losing %. He led the league in victories for three year and twice went over the 30-vicb0Tg mark-with g triumphs in 1912 anC 36 in 1913.
 He finished his major leagni pitching career as he started it. los ing to the Detroit Tigers
 Often Delivered Blow to Win Though best remembered for hi } pitching, Johnson also was a fear. some hitter. A long ball hitter. hI frequently delivered the blow tha won his own game.
 Johnson took part in two Work SerieS-an 1925 against the New Yorl Giants and in 1928 against the Pitts
 burgh Pirates. The two serie brought exactly opposite results fo Johnson and the Senators. Against the Giants, Johnson los
 his first two starts. but eked out
 12-inn1ng ( to 3 victory in the de
 ciding game. That victory came ol one of the best-remembered freak l AA AA WOtA 2E41Go AA4otDA - grounder by Earl McNeely that hit ] pebble in front of Third d-Basemaa Freddie Lindgtrom and bounoes
 away for the blow that scored Mud dy Ruel. who had doubled after be [ ing repr1eved when New Yozi r Catcher Hank Gowdy stumbled ol
 his mask and muffed a pop-np. The following year. Johnson Wol his first two starts against the Par ates. but lost the deciding game, e-7 It was a heart -hreakeT. for John , son lost the battle on unearned run . when his infield. slipipng and sid .. ing in the rain. collapsed behind hin After he hung up his pitchin
 glove in 1927. Johnson turned t
 managing. He piiOted the Senator from 1929 through l9s2 and ende'