The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-10
YOUNG PITCHER
FINISHES GAME |
Ikea VETERAN
Trifle Nervous in Be-
ginning, but Confidence
Is Easily Born.
u
FATAL WILDNESS
FAILS TO APPEAR
Giants Patiently Wait for This
Development, but Ever the
Big Four" Close In When
He Seems Shaky, and Cod
die Him Along Until
Danger Is Over.
BY DAMON RuNYoN.

New York. October 9.-Squattcd in a
little cup they call the visitors' bench,
at the Polo Grounds, his spare figure
sharply outlined among the dull, dusty
looking uniforms OF his men. by his
inevitable garb of funereal black
Cornelius McGillicuddy- Mack.
the lean Jesuit of baseball, strug-
gled with desperate problem this
afternoon.
Before him. in long line, stood a
half dozen pitchers warming up"
Above the babble OF 10000 voices. the
irregular spat-spat of ball against
glove broke upon the muggy atmos-
phere like musketrv, as the eager
youngsters swung their arms in a
mighty effort to impress the solemn
freshman on the bench. for they knew
he was weighing each one we'll as he
wrestled with the question of who
should pitch the third game of the
worlds series for the Philadelphia
Athletics.
Plank had been beaten. and Bender
was down. at least for ethc time being
it had to be youngfer, and so the
thin Mahout of the White Elephants
watched that eager line. hrs brow
drawn to n plaintive pucker above his
nose
Chooses His Pitchc-.
Then suddenly. the eye of Cornelius
McGillicuddy caught the hop" to a
fast ball delivered by one eager youth.
and the lean Index finger of "Old
Sobersides" beckoned
YOU he said laconically
So Joseph Leslie Bush. rising twenty
years or age, and a little bit pale about
the gills, followed the beck OF Connie
Mack into the hall OF baseball fame.
where he inscribed his name below the
names of Babe" Adams of Pittsburgh.
and Hugh Bedient, OF Boston, thus:
j. Leslie Bush for such Is his youth
full cognominal fancy.
Had Cornelius McGillicuddy foreseen
that final score OF to ., he might have
decided to pitch the game himself with
one hand tied behind him; but the lop-
sized nature OF the tally detracts moth
ing from the work OF ]. Leslie Bush.
lie may have been a trlfle nervous in
the beginning, this young person, who
parts his name In the middle. but con-
ndencc is easily born OF five run
lead. and that was Leslie's portion after
the second inning.
Brainard. Mimi, like Trappe Md. has
much to answer for tonight. for It
was Brainard that gave j. Leslie Bush
TO the world n score OF years ago.
Just as ten years previous to that ir
presented us with Albert Bender. Les
lie gained his professional baseball ex-
perience with Missoula, Mont, away in
the Union Association: but Rrainard is
really to blame for him.
They have nick named J. Leslie "Bul-
let tnasmuch as they must nickname
all ball players something or other
nowadays, and Bullet" is descriptive OF
the young mans delivery to-day, after
having been treasured by those five
runs. Patiently the Giants waited for
a development OF that wildness to
which he is said to be addicted. and
patiently they made J. Leslie pitch and
pitch again to them. but ever the big
Four" closed in when he seemed to be
growing dangerous. and coaxed and
coddled him along until the youth An
ished like veteran.
Clear Path TO Victory.
Murphy, Oldring, Collins, and. OF
course, Baker. marched in front OF the
Montana marvel, clearing his path to
victory with their bats They made
nine OF the Athletics twelve hits and
scored seven OF tho eight runs. Wal
ter Schang, the Buffalo boy, who
studied baseball under the espionage
or Elbertus Hubbard, at East Aurora,
y. y. hit a home run into the right
held stand in the seventh inning. a ter
ritory commonly supposed to be sacred
10 the purposes of John Franklin Ba-
ker. y home run at such a stage OF
the game was merely home run.
however. 1t carried no thrill to the
multitude-in fact, the multitude had
commenced to thin out by that time.
There was rioting at the gates OF the
Polo Grounds before the game. The
police fell upon the Spectators. who
have been infestins Eighth Avenue
since the series opened, and en6eavor-
ed to clear them out. 1t may be the
police succeeded in this laudabIe en-
deavor. but the New York speculator
* to . in tho betting any time no
starts specuiatng.
The wonderful game ut Philadelphia
yesterday brought the crowd out look
ing for moro excitement, and they were
not wholly disappointed until the game
started. Several persons tainted In tho
stands, and n band played n variety OF 4
hymns and popular dialects. The un,-
per runways wero still jammed with
people seeking their reserved seats
when Reuben oldring, the only Now
York boy connected with the series.
ard Edward Collins. late of Columbia q
University, had singled In the Same
Girection-centre field M