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Show 111 THREE MITTS NEEDED W FOR JOHNSON'S SPEED M 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. Tom Hushes, i' j the veteran pitcher of the Washington b Senators, thrown some Interesting- sides' side-s' lights 'on Walter Johnson's ability as a h moundman. Tom tells the following t about the mighty Swede, who received rij a loving uup and several hundred dollars f; 1" new crisp 510 bills recently from the V 1 fans of Washington for his great pitch-Hi pitch-Hi Ing: X t "Johnson has so much a molt e he ac-,1 ac-,1 lually wears out three catchers' mitts a I season," says Hughes. ' 'i Tltere'a a point which needs little V study to grasp. i"1 You don't have to pity the gloves, for j j there are plenty more where those threo came from. But how about Catcher Ain-Uj Ain-Uj smith, the man who has to stand up there : behind the plate and catch the cannon ( balls? . How his hands must sting each spring ; J until he succeeds in breaking them In! |