Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1916 — SPEEDIER THAN AMOS RUSIE [ARTICLE]

SPEEDIER THAN AMOS RUSIE

Hugh Jennings Pays Unusual Tribute to Walter Johnson, Star of the Washington Team.

Manager Jennings of the Detroit Tigers recently paid' an unusual tribute to the pitching of Walter Johnson. The Detroit manager, unlike most of the stars of the old school, believes that tiie Washington twirler has a better fast ball than Amos Itusie of the New York Giants had in his prime. “I never batted against Johnson, but I have batted against Rusie,” said Jennings. “I used to let myself get hit by Rusie’s fast orie. I do not believe, howeyer, that I would take a chance on shoving my body into Johnson’s shoot. I hardly believe that Johnson throws a speedier boll than Rusie, but he sends up a heavier ball. It hurts more.”