WALTER JOHNSON B STILL A STAR Pitching the Wa*hiii?ton Am ericans to a Sliut Out Vic tory Over Philadelphia ill Oi Ganie Prove* It. By JOHN II. FOSTKK C???n?M. 1121, by Th? Alianc* New York, April in.?When Wai-| tor Johnson started the Washington American* oft with :i shut out vic-l tory over Philadelphia, he r?'aUt?'rt*?ll the 104th nliut out of his career ami Incidentally rraiuin?'d down theirl throats the assertions of some of liitJ spring critics that hi* showing in th*4 South was "Just luck."? If then- was any outstanding fact about Johnson's work In the South It was that his was the pitching of a star, and the wlnnlug <>f tin- first game of the season by a shutout gO"i a long way toward proving that this grand old pitcher still is in the star claas. The major leaguers who faced him down South were taken along to three halls and two Htrlkes and then struck out. That did not happen oc casionally. but frequently. It wasn't mo much tho fact that he achieved strikeouts, but tho manner in which he mado them, that convinced old timers that Johnson was in for a big season. Of the four hits that the Athletics made in the season opener, one was made by Simmons. The highly rated newcomer Strand couldn't And him, nor could the majority of th?- old time Philadelphia players. If John son keeps up thA pace he has started his pitching undoubtedly will have a good effect on the success of the, Washington team. A two hit game by Dob Rhawkcy on opening day added a lot to his reputation. He pitched a three hit ] game against Boston at the opening of the 1923 season. Two openers j with a total of Ave hits is consider-' ably above the average. The pitchers of the American League were batted for 5 4 hits in the four opening games and those of the National League for 86. Four American League Clubs played with out an error. Not a club In the Na tional played perfect ball. It seemed as if the American League plunged Into a violent flght for the pennant right from the start. Groomed for a hard and bitter flght. the clubs an* going after it with their toes dug In. The victory that gave the most satisfaction to one board of strate gy on opening day was that of Cln-| clnnnti over Pittsburgh, for the Reds flmired that the Pirates had been their early season Jonah. Hut the I Pirates came right back Wednesday and evened the count. Things are hilarious In Detroit, owing to the two successive beatings handed out by Cobb's men to their deadlier rivals, Cleveland. Cobb has been Insisting that it was no acci dent that his club beat Cleveland for second place last year and he wanted to start the season ofT with a show of superiority. As long as the per centage column looks the way it (Ros now, Cobb will continue to be a happy manager. It reads: Detroit 1.000. Cleveland, .000. THAW CAIlltIK* KAMK DIGNITY HK WOltK AT Ml'IlDKIt TIMAL (Continued from Page 5.) down by the alienists who will at tempt to prove that he is still In sane. Even the sanest, most com posed of men, under such scrutiny day after day. hour after hour, might easily wince and betray some worried emotion. Rut not no with Thaw. He has the assurance of ego. There is no greater In all the world. The present Thaw proceeding Is a queer Jumble. Thaw Is flKhtlng for his release and for his right to spend the millions which have accumulated to hia fortune since he was confined and kept away from the big white lights. In this light lie has enlisted once more the every-ready aid of his devoted old mother who wants hla companionship In these last years of her life. The mother la rery old.! Thaw is but 50. His mother h*s' been pictured as hla "only friend."! Soon she will be gone. Who will' befriend Thaw then? Thaw Is being most vigorously and most effectively opposed by the trustees of his estate. They do not agree with his mother and they are combatting the notion that he Is sane and competent. No matter how i vital Evelyn Nesblt may feel her in 1 terest In the matter, her Interven tion Is more or less casual. The op ! position Thaw has feared has been from his own trustees. They have not been.so easily coddled and per suaded a? the mother who has fol lowed her wayward son through thick and thin. Thus Thaw s move for freedom is- belli;; fought by his best of friends, as well as the ex wife who was discarded when the electric chair no longer cast its men acing shadow across his path. The peculiar conditions of the present trial recall the odd rule of evidence which governed the murder trials. District Attorney Jerome claimed that he could shatter almost every word of Evelyn's strange story .of her ruin and her IttlWIQUlt life I with Thaw. But the court held that If she to'd that story to Thaw and thereby Inflamed his brain. It made I no difference whether the tale was true or not. The only question was, did she tell the tale to Thaw? She said she did and there vas no way to dls prore It. Mr. Jerome, far from "persecuting" Harry Thaw, has al ways believed Mm Insane. He has felt he was "criminally Insane." however, and should be committed for life. Apparently In the lexicon of untold wealth, though, there is no such word as life. Habeas corpus Is more popular. Mrs. R. E. Qulnn and sons, Ray and Carl, of Wilson, arrived Friday j morning to visit Mrs. J. H. Wilkins.l 227 North Road street. Lord Jerome Cigars ? Big 5c Value ? ? Wholesale I>i?trlhutor? ? D. It. MORGAN & CO. NICE BLOATERS JUST RECEIVED All |iork anil all Beef Dried Sausage, machine Meed. M. P. GALLOP CO. Phones 3 and 57 f Send a real Easter Card J /this year. Your PHOTOGRAPH ? 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