Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1917 — TWO STARS HAVE NEVER BEEN WITH WINNING TEAM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TWO STARS HAVE NEVER BEEN WITH WINNING TEAM

Joe Jackson and Walter Johnson Have Not Had Chance to Break Into a World's Series. The two stars who are active in the game today and who have never been with a winning team are Walter Johnson, for years conceded to be the best pitcher in the American League,

and Joe Jackson, the hard-hitting outfielder. The case of Johnson is much the same as that of Rucker. Even when the Senators were down among the

last clubs in the American League Johnson pitched a caliber of ball that made him stand out more prominently and above the pitchers who were on winning teams. It has often been remarked that had Johnson been with the Cubs, Giants, Tigers or Athletics when those teamsr were winning pennants he would have established some pitching records that would have stood for all time. And Joe Jackson has been prevented from playing in a world’s series because he happened to be under contract to the hard-luck Cleveland team up to last year. There is still a chance for Jackson realizing his ambition, as he is now with a team that has been in the thick of the pennant race for two seasons, and Joe should be good for several more years before he starts on the path which all players eventually travel —backward. As for Johnson, there are at least four clubs in the American League that are so far ahead of the Senators that Walter will have little opportunity of getting into a world’s series unless he is disposed of to another club, or unless Clark Griffith becomes a miracle man and puts over an unexpected winning combination.

Joe Jackson.