FWIW, that September 5, 1908 game was the second of three shut-outs in a row that Johnson pitched against the Highlanders, with the third coming in the first game of a double-header on Labor Day, 9/7/08. Found a neat little blurb about the feat in searching for more info:
When the Senators arrived in New York City for a series on Labor Day weekend, Washington was in seventh place in the eight-team AL. New York was dead last. Senators' manager Joe Cantillon decided to give his prize pupil the utmost exposure to the skeptical New York baseball writers.
The New York newspapers heaped praise on the young fireball pitcher in the gray Senators uniform. With his tongue firmly planted in his cheek, W.W. Aulick wrote: "We are grievously disappointed in this man Johnson of Washington. He and his team had four games to play with the Yankees. Johnson pitched the first game and shut us out. Johnson pitched the second game and shut us out. Johnson pitched the third game and shut us out. Did Johnson pitch the fourth game and shut us out? He did not! Oh, you quitter!"
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