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Show Fickle Fate Is Kind to Former Pilot of the Decs I KJUVI JOMXBO. : BBW YOB If. Aug. If rat plays a toed lag role la th career ef many be.ee- bail etere. . Fate seems t hve decreed tbat Walter Wal-ter Jrhnso'i, greatest pitcher of all time, is never to play on a pennant winner. Johnson hae epnl his entire big league career with the Washington club, louring lour-ing th greater part of th time It has been a second division aggregation. It ha bees Johnson' bad lurk f hav caet hi lot with a entteni ioeev. The ambit kn of his Ufa, te pitch la a world aeries, probably 0vr will be realised. While fat frown n soots ef the able athletes. It smiles most blandly I on ethera, Tak the eaas of Krni Johnson af th hew Torh Yaahees. for laetanc. Jobneoa began th eaa with th ChVcas Whit fls. Salary difference delayed hie spring training. I.ck of nn-duioo nn-duioo got him sway to a bad start. To cap the eHmaa, the White Bos asked for waivers oa J no no a. Now for the blf break la hi rare. Th New York Ten see lacked eubstl tt Infleldwrs. Fear tbat Kverett Scott might break mad it ry that th Yankee eeeered SB unoeretudr. Tb Ysrkees decided to elalm Jobneoa, feeling feel-ing that the votersal shortstop Would b a very handy man t have around. Kntr Jeaasoa la a aeeioediy new role. Always a good fielder, ft was figured that be would be a tie t fill Mt gap at shortstop If Scot t faltered. Just a fair hitter, tb Yankee management didn't bank so strongly oa Johnson's batting prswea. Sine Joining th Tsnkees Johnson has had mil chanc to snow in ibo field, becaii Scott seems capable of Joins on forever. It IS St bat that ohnena haa atarrvd. When speaking of pteh bitters extraordinary, ex-traordinary, don't overlook Ernie John-eon. John-eon. In that meet difficult department , of the game he haa been th utstaod , log figure f th season. Jot- neon's debut In New York wse most suspicious. Sent tn aa s pinch hitter, be drove th first ball pitched Into th right field bleachers for a home rua. Hlae that time, la fifteen trips te ths 1st. Johasoa has hit safely eleven timea. la that collection of felts are numbered Blag lee. doubles, rlphs aad a heme run. , . Mis most reeeat nUwrthy feat la the ptnch hitting line wae etaged August Au-gust 11 t th Yeas stadium agalaet th Hotrolt Tiger. . ' M Wltk the seor f to In favor ef Petrol Pe-trol t. runners a first and second, snd .We ut in tb tet half th ninth. Jhneoa waa leted t do kla pinch M jLhwan) trtpled. tying the arort. N torh won out In th tenth Inning, t to When a eked for an esplanatlon of his remarkable run mt pinch hitting- feels. Jwhnaon eiwiply ronlUd: You must have plenty f lucli. I hav nng st th bil In ths sm. old way. but somehow th sll seems t find a soot where a n Is playwig. Tu l" st gott b lucky ssd bit where ll7' Jobneoa ewntlnaes his grest work be will hav more than earned a fat JltT. thS wld series 2 on of the contendere. Aad that seems II kely now. , . , |