The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-10
Young Bush Acclaimed New Pitching Hero;
Minnesota Youth Holds Giant Hitters In
Tow all the Way; Thousands Turned Away
ONLY THREE BALLS
TO THE 0UTFlELD

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New York oct. ia new star blaz-
go forth tn the worlds baseball firm
arnents when leslie Bush, formerly of
Brainerd, Mimi, pitched the Athletics
.toaXictery eyer. the. Giants I'm the! third
tgame of worlds. series ssltoE 2.
8dssAss Ito 30; did not fffechs*pphe-
In. ti e baseball: hall Of fame ny the.
savage batting Of his teammates, but
the. major portion. of the glory is ac-
corded to the ..youngster who startled
the diamond veterans with his speed
and control. While his pitching was
not as spectacular as that of the vet.
Grams, Mathewison and Plank. his boz
work was of a caliber emitting him
to a niche alongside of Bedient and
Adams. So effective was ,Bush's pitch-s
ing that the Giants obtained but five.
hits. three Of them scratches. $50.
The Athletics tore into. TesreaI WITH
g. fusillade. Of raps the first two SIM
nings that netted them five runssand:
relieved the youngster. of the strsin@of
pitching with the margin of safety.
narrow or missing, =,
Not :Yets2o. i.
Bush. not yet 2o,"'did4 not pitch phe-
non,enal ball, but his delivery had too
much speed for the Giants to grow. ia.
miliar with. Just wild enoughSt t keep
them guessing and a Guickness. In
changes Of pace. added a. handicap.
to them. He walked. four and httsthe,
fifth. but each time he .faitereds his:
nerve and the brilliant fielding BY. his
teammates lifted him back to safety.
Bush's victory is exceedingly .popu-
ents. while Tesreau's showing was dis
appointing to the Giant contingent,
his moist delivery breaking at all an
giles, but he could not control It.
The Athletics batting auartette,
Murphy, Oldring, Collins and Baker.
refused to hit except when the ball
was yer the plate, then laid against
IT. Justify, making nine hits between
them. ~ rs.
So vigorously did the Athletics clout
the sphere that the Giants defeat
would have been an utter rout but for
the sensational stops and throws by
Doyle. Fletcher and Herzog.
Captain Doyle played desperately,
and his stops and plays in the second
and seventh, were Of a brand that made
Wagner's name famous. Collins car
ried off the fielding honors for the
Athletics.
Only Five Hits.
In contrast to the Athletics vigor-
Gus assault on the offerings of Tesreau
and Crandall. were the five hits. scat
tered through nine innings. that mark
ed the Giants efforts with the bat.
Not a single National league represent
alive secured two hits. and Shafer's
double was the only n good for owe
one base.
Bush halls from the same town as
"Chief' Bender. 1t has been known
for some time that he had great posi-
yesterdays test his status was simply
that Of any big league player.
Bullet joe" as he has been nick
named because Of his great speed.
broke into baseball as a member Of
an amateur team In his home town.
During the season Of 1910 he played
in every position except catcher. His
first professional engagement was with
the Missoula. Mont, team Of the Union
association. Here he was spotted by
one Of the Athletic scouts and Joined
the Macknen In. September. a year
ago. Today his admirers are pre-
dieting for him a future record like
those achieved by Walter Johnson,
Christy Mathewson and Cy Young.
Tesrean Disappointment.
contingent over the downfall OF Tes.
reau is as keen as the citation among
the Athletic rooters because of Bush's
splendid work. Tesreau was looked
upon before. Thursdays game as the
Giants second best card. When Mar
guard and Crandall were knocked out
Of the box in. Tuesdays game, the loy>
al adherents pinned their faith to
and Tesrau. The old
master did more than wax expected |
OF him Wednesday. but Tesreau fell
Just al heavily before the Athletics
batting as did the Giant twir-
lers in the opening game.
The defeat Of the Giants is Q severe /
setback to the New York club contin-
gent. for Mathewson's wonderful work |
encouraged the belief that
the league standard bearers would
continue the pace set by the old mas.
ter.
Thursday ss,sss fans paid to pass
the Polo grounds turnstiles. exceed.