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Show FAMOUS STARS MEET FOR THEJFIRST TIME Wl en ra n interfered with ths final gan e of the ter es between the P rates an 1 Ph 11 es on August 1 Ph ladelph a w messed a ceremon wh ch was mem orable to say the least It was the i cetlnp for the f rst t nle of Walter I Tohnson la etSdll s greate t p tcher and lohn HeDr Warner baseball 8 greatest batsman Johnson can e to Ph ladelph a with the Wash ngton team to start a series ot gan w th the thlet cs He was accompanied bv Mrs Johnson the daughter of Congresman Roberts of Nevada and both hurr ed mmediately to Nat onaj League park with the ex pressed determ nat on to see and n eet Wagner Upon arriving at the ball ard Johh son went to the Pittsb rg bench where Mike Mitchell introduced the pa r They clasped hands and stood and looked at each other 1 ke bashful schoolbovs who were aboit to speak their f rst piece but had forgotten the Une9 Finally the famous ba I tosers reabied that they were ba9e ball placers and enjragea n carist con erat on I robabl they b ti pa th zed w th one another o er the ta 1 re of the r teams to do the expecjed and w n the pennant th s season When it came time fo the P rates to take their batting practice Wagner re luctantl qu t Tohnson s de but the great pit her d d not lea e ,he 1 ench mmediatelv He watched eterv mo e of the D ( hman as he swung h s b st ck at the late and re-jo nei Mr" Johnson n the grandstan 1 onl wl en the ai legan to fall so stead Ij that t was certa n the game could not be plajed I hai lool ed forward to tl s la for ti an rears sa d Tohnson af p ward B er since X was a bo ba k on the farn n 1 anas, I hare wanted to meet Honus Wagner and sec h d p!a When T got into baseball t wa n the Vmer can lea- e an I o happnp 1 hat I ne er was near where the P ttsburg cl b was In a t on on an off da for onr team T alwa h pe 1 we wp Id whedule an exh b t on game with the Pirates buU t was not to be Hon of nn se Id not ha e m cl to a wl en the new paper men were around But lei enture the state n ent that he guessed ohnson was some p tcher and he sure d d look the part Wagne a d he was glad he wa able to shake hands w th the fa mous Wash ngton spool merchant |