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Show j GRIFFITH BUILDING GREAT TWIRLING STAFF. WASHINGTON'S GREAT HURLERS, LEFT TO RIGHT, JOE BOEHLING AND WALTER JOHNSON. Washington, Aug 2 -Happy In the " belief that ho has at last whipped m- rt 10 8nf,JK" a 'earn that win win a pen- B fj nant. either this season or nex' Ot Manager Clark Lrifflth has come om 8 'T with the statement that he has the - greatest right handed t wirier In the pame aml ;i .votuigsiei wIki will SOOll bt 2 be recognizer! as one ri the most ptjt fecthe southpaws balldom ha6 ever t L known The v'ung men who navts 10 f fllclted such hiqli praise from the Clld .9 Fox are Walter Johnson and Joe hl Boebllns Around this pair Criffit'i t J hopes to organize a pitching corps tt that will round out his team to a 1 I V nicety Johnson's reputation is already 68 tablisbed This broad shouldered Swedish boy from the farms of low has. with the aid of his terrific speod and wonderful control. pitched his way to the front rank of big league boxmen. He is the unanimous choice-of choice-of the fans for thp place that Christ v Matbewson the Great must Inevitably vacate In spite of his game-wlnuln ability. Griffith has no Intention a: overworking Johnson. The veteran manager recognizes the worth of the hlg Swede and it la his one aim tl preserve this marvel of the speed ball for the time when he will ro out on the mound in a world's series game To Nick Altrock, the old star pitcher pitch-er of the Chicago White 8ox, in the days when that team won the world's championship, who is now coaching the twirlers for Griffith, belongs the credit for the splendid Bhowlng made by young Boehling this seuBon When the youngster joined the Senators squad tor spring training be showed a deal of promise, and Immediately every player on the team began to hand him all sorts of conflicting ad vice. The lad waij bewildered for a r while, but old Nick Altrock took him In tow, told blin that he had been pit, bJng professional ball for even-!,.,, even-!,.,, v.,rs and promised that if .loo would forget all of the well meant advice of the rest of the players, be, ltrock would divulge some of the knowledge of the art of pitching he-had he-had acquired during his long career Naturally. Boehling jumped at the offer. of-fer. Altrock has had Boehling under his wing over since and is receiving all the credit from Joe tor the latter'd great string of successive victories. |