The San Francisco call., 1913-10-24
Hero Worship as a Wasted
Power

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WASTED WORSHIP.
By William F. Kirk
If some genius worship of this world
he would be the harnesser of million Niagaras
game worlds series being played
the polo grounds New York. the afternoon of October The
big Enclosure was filed always filled during
worlds SERIES Of the
grown. Hero worshipers ALL
they were not vaguely orshpng having kept
the pitching staff Of the Giants before he showed
SHIPPED Marquard he had the Philadelphia Athletics help
less for innings.
when he's good there pitcher like him.
His speed is so great that the ball looks pea
We might well go home. They couldn't hit that big left
handler with cricket bat"
There's only Marquard."
only Maquard and what there of him began
inning historic game The visiting
players began solve his bewderng speed and to hit the ball
successfully successvey like pea them
like goldfish globe The thousands worhes sat
Aztec might have stunned to the mighty turned
dead The Athletics Furnishing Marquard! The
Athletics conqueng the nvincbe pitcher to whom they had
pinned their faith Plainly they could longer worship Mar
the concentrated 10000 hero worshpers
sailing OF INTO space like meteor burning up IN the ar was
energy that did benefit Certainly had helped
hapes pitcher Then energy osand lost forever
so far as the actors this
Maquard through for the day. with the but well
way. He of completely Harold the
Hastings Plainly the hero worshiper could
him But there Bender Marquards opponent
and quickly created energy they began worship him.
Bender, tall skned Philadelphia pitcher heard the
mighty approval that had transferred him
10000 worshping him. and he did He
hero worshper but baseball pitcher Every
every fiber of his BRAIN muscle necessary his craft
being brought play, all many single end
Twenty thousand thinking about Bender Bender
thinking about except the batter he battling His ges-
for the popuace Back each urked
cunning motive His thrilled by the volume of
cheering That old him. Twenty centuries before
the gladiator had heard the mad cries of acclaim in
Roman aphtheate with full knowledge of the usssness
of grateful noise Out there in the pitchers box oomed the baiy
Indian, sober, self-ce1tered of book.
dgn6ed lawyer, with important try next day.
menty apopexy imminent The day might find him
without spark of energy wherewith his Ben
did
Next him shipping clerk who had lied his way
afternoon off and spending what little mental
left mouthng words of acclaim for the Indian day
might find him sending piano Paterson, NJ j. to
South Bend Ind Bender did The shipping was
working for him, and it not his piano.
stenogapher nudged doctor and together worshpcd
Athletic pitcher They agreed that he crisis that
his speed binding that his control They told
important line of testimony day. the doctor
might diagnose of eryspeas neuralgia Bender
did He wasn't making mistakes like that He was
pitching and he winning More than that he could
The game The thousands their home
discussing then they would surely discuss hours the
game the probable They
loud their of the subtle Indian who had the
decisive victory for his and himself They
thinking about hin.
Up the clubhouse Bender thinking about
He was rubbing his pitching
He preparing for his game.