The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
Cheer For L. Joe Bush. ].
Town Sure Was Wild


day riding on the shoulders of as
many admirers as could get near
him. A crowd of 1000 blocked the
tracks as the train backed into the
station.
J. w. Bush, the boys father, who
joined him at Minneapolis early in
the day, alighted first. A chorus of
hungry yelps went up Two or three
others came, and the mobs yelled,
"Show him to U.s."
Given Many Handshakes.
The breezy brown hat came into
view and Brainerd cut loose. Ii
Bush pitches again after that hand
shaking he is a wonder. Then he
was loaded into an auto with his
father and the mayor, and as many
town dads as could crowd in. The
baud struck up, the bass drum boom
ing valiantly, and there was more
hand shaking and cheers. After ten
minutes a way was cleared through
the jam. A bluecoat rushed over to
give assistance in eXtricating the
auto and fell victim to enthusiasm
by wringing Bush's hand until it
was limp,
Pretty Girls Were There Also.
A procession of twenty autos
moved off and all the small kids,
given temporary respite from
school, trotted along. The line cir
cled the business part of town, and
stores were. deserted as the clerks
crowded to the street
One hundred of the prettiest girls
in Minnesota came thronging from
the high school building and caught
up with Bush. They didn't drag
him from the car but stood along
side and gave him high school
yell and waved kisses at him. Lucky
Joe Bush.
This happened i'll one of the fierc-
est snowstorms imaginable. Long
horizontal lines whipped into every
ones face. but it only added to the
holiday spirit.
The Banquet Last Night.
The hero of Yesterdays celebra-
ton, perhaps does not understand
adequately himself To him the game
means the brilliant green Of the in
field, tire long, level outfield, the
filled stands in the fresh fall days.
To the people who gathered at the
Ransford hotel last night, his vic
tory meant advertising for the town,
and more or less comparisons Of
figures, batting and hits, and the
game averages.
When. as speaker after speaker
euloeized him to the flll, he nride
that showed in the face Of the
mother was proof enough that she
the real victor, and that for her there
! would be only one world series.
Though new stars may wax and
wane, she would remember the first
game her boy pitched and won.
Will Remain the Victor.
It showed that she would remain
victor when her son had passed
fro mthe big leagues aud he should
be only memory, as stars OF yes
terday now are.
The banquet, en- the lighter side,
was a symphony of B's-Bush, Ben-
der and Brainerd. It first was re-
ferred to by Mayor Henning, In
quoting the yell of the high school
girls:
1--WE raised Bender; we raised
Bush; we SHOULD worry; were the
push
Bush Makes Speech.
Bush himself came last. The
boy who feared the home folks more
than he did Larry Doyle, made a
hit with his frank bashfulness, and
seemed to reassure Mr.. Johnson,
who had warned him that Brainerd
was not Philadelphia and that they
all hoped he would be as modest as
he was in the sand lot days.
There was tremble in his voice
as he concluded and sat down,
lamely concluding for an orator, but
doing splendidly for big league
star, and his mothers hand stole
over toward his.
Charles Edward Bender, CHIEF
Bender OF Athletic fame, is to re.
ceive his first boost toward the ped
estal now occupied by Edward
Rogers, all-western end of Minnesota
in 1903, now chief Of all the Chip
pewas, on Friday, when the Chippe-
was of the White Earth Indian res
ervation meet in council at the White
Earth agency.
EacR year the Chippewas elect a
delegation to go to Washington to
present to congress the legislation
desired by the Chippewas. To be a
delegate is one Of the highest aims
of the reservation Indians. To see
the Great White Father at Wash
ington, and live in Washington with
all expenses paid, is an honor that
falls to few and in the past only the
most able chiefs of the tribes have
gone.
At the council on Friday, accord
ing to tribal leaders, Charley" Ben
der will be chosen one delegate and
ED" Rogers the other.
There the two Chippewas," states
The Tomahawk, the official organ of
the Indians, who are prominent not
only locally but throughout the coun-
try and we refer to Edward Rogers,
county attorney of Cass county and
Charley Bender the famous baseball