Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-07-16 | Page 2 | Senators Will Honor Johnson

SENATORS WILL HONOR JOHNSON WASHINGTON July 16 By By The Associated Press A A celebration that will be in keeping with his stirring years jears in big league baseball Is 15 being planned for Walter Johnson who on August 2 2111 will round out a score of seasons on the mound Singularly enough on that day Washington Washington's s great pitcher will be behie behIe behie hie to take the box against the De De- Detroit Detroit troit t Tigers the first team he faced m n his major circuit debut in 1907 The Intervening years ears between that first contest and the game gam next month have rendered Walter Johnson h on an Institution in the capitals capital's base base- and many fans tans who will turn turnout turnout turnout out for the celebration were not base I born bom when he first donned the Senators Senator's uniform Although the passing of time has slowed the h speed ball of other years j jIs lh the Big I Train as hes he's known still Is among the top wp In the big leagues and his skill mellowed by the experience of many hard fought battles today finds him a mounds- mounds man dreaded by opposing teams Secretary Hoover a baseball fan of first tint rank is 15 chairman of the cele cele- celebration celebration bration committee The American Amerl n league is s to present its dean of pitchers with the first Distinguished Service Medal of the circuit ever awarded it is planned the rne medal was especially created to tor honor r Johnson The erection of a shaft or tablet Procured by popular subscription at the Griffith park here is Ls expected to be another memorial WESTERN J ASSOCIATION Yesterdays Yesterday's Rt Results suits Joplin 6 Springfield gf Q 5 5 Topeka 5 Muskogee 1 1 Fort Smith 6 Okmulgee 7 4 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION J Results us alts MIn Toledo 5 S Minneapolis 8 8 Indianapolis 6 Milwaukee 8 8 Louisville Louls 0 o O. O Kansas City 4 Columbus 2 St St. Paul 10