The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-27
PITCHER BUSH, OF ATHLETICS, IS A MAN
 AND A VOTER TODAY

Brainerd in Minnesota, is not exact ly a metropolis. Uncle Sam's nose-s counters. on their last roundup, could find only 8,52e. human beings within Brainerdss corporate limits. AS a producing center for star baseball pitchers, however, Brainerd is about the 1fvest town on the map. Chief Charles A. Bender, the famous red- akin twir1ers who was recently turned loose by Connie Mack after more than g decade in the service of the Ath- lettcs, claims Brainerd as his native town So, too, does Leslie J. Bush, also of the Mack brigade, and the hero of the 1913 worlds series. Brainerd has turned out several other swir1ers of lesser renown, and, 1t is D giant Chippewa Indian youth who Is expected to startle the major cir. cults in . year or two.
 Incidentally today is the twenty first birthday of Leslie Bush, who was born in Brainerd on Nov. 27, 189S. Leslie is now man and voter, as we'll as a benedict Joe joined the ancient and respectable order of mar ried men immediately after the dis Rstrous session with the Braves, talk ing as his bride Miss Sylvia McMahoI, Of Rhilade1pI The marriage was the culmination of a romance of the diamond, as the young twirler met eS1r-~ Summer. The post-season tour of the West was the honeymoon of the happy pair
 As BoE Bush. held no particular ambition to shine in the box, and on the amateur and high school clubs of Brainerd he played in every position except behind the bat. After q time, however, it became evident that he had the raw material of a. star twir1- CT, and be was signed to play profess sional ball with Missoula, Mont, in the Union Association.
 From Montana the news of Bush's prowess with the pellet percolated eastward until 1t came to the atten- ttion of one MT. Cornelius McGillicIddy, who thereupon dispatched a scout to give Leslie the once over. The scout gave him the 70. K" brand, and in the Autumn of 1912 the youthful westerner turned up in Philadelphia. On a September day he made his de- but in the pitchers box for the Attn letics, the Detroit club opposing the Mack men The anfeeling Tigers fell upon the youngsters delivery and bat ted the ball all over the yard. But Connie was not discouraged, and his faith in Bush was more than Justified last year. when Bush became popu- lar idol in the Quaker City by vin- ming an 8-2 contest from the Giants in the worlds series. In the recent unpleasantness with Boston, Bush ac- qaitted himself so well in atwelVe- inning battle with the enemy that, against any team less aggressive and determined than the Braves, he must have won. Bush's wild throw to third, which gave the Bostoniansstheir hardest-fought victory Of the series. nearly broke Joe.s heart, but his team mates, with due consideration for their own failings. were not in cliued to be critical. 4sf
 Bush's nickname is Bullet, :, an ap- pellation wished on him by the Attn 1etics early in his big league career He can certainly shoot 'em over in a style which makes that name highly appropriate Bush is occasionally ad- S11cted to wi1dness, but on occasions he can work with all the coo1ness and steadiness of a veteran. At twenty one, he ought to be good for many years in the big show.