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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

A week or so earlier (from the above date) Chapman was facing
Walter Johnson (also a sidearm pitcher) at Muncipal Stadium in
Cleveland. In the late innings the fog started rolling off Lake
Erie and mist started covering the playing field. I believe the
story goes....that after a pitch, Chapman told the Umpire that
he could not see the ball. When Johnson heard this he insisted
that the Umpire stop the game. Walter Johnson intensely feared
that his powerful sidearm pitches could seriously injure a batter.
Because of this he would not throw at a batter. Cobb knew this
and he was one of the very few that hit good against Johnson.

Johnson was not only the greatest pitcher, but also a real fine
gentleman.