The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-16
OF BENDER
FEATURED SEASON
Old Time BASEBALL ARTIST
QUITS The GAME
There Is Something Touching About the
Leaye-Taking Of An Individual Like
The Indian; He Was One Of Those
Who Grew Up With the Pastime;
But One Of His Kind Now Left to
Handle the Big Mitts
II. G. HAMILTON.

H.. C.. HAMILTON.
New York, March 10.-There is al
ways something touching about the
passing of an old-time baseball play
Ter, ,oie of the men who grew up
with the game and saw it develop
into the sport of the nation.
1t was so with Chief Bender, just
as it has been true of other ball
players, and there is just shade
more of emotion in his passing for
it leaves only one Indian Sof promi-
hence in the major Ieague.
Strong, healthy, quick, drilled in
outdoor sports by inherited rfvalries,
the Indian never has been able to
Completely fatIiem the white mans
game of baseball. Many hundreds OF
the copper skinned men have been
called, but very few of them have
reached the pinnacle of perfectica
in the majors.
Bender was one of the most prom
inent members of his race who ever
played baseball, and Chief Meyers is
another. Jim Thorpe, wonder though
he is at sports, is nothing more than
fairly good as ball player, Socka- :
1exis will recall glorified athletics tos
many an old time fan, but he passed
as they all did Chief Johnson twas
wonderful pitcher and might still
be if he had cared to keep himself
in condition. 4
Bender was purely product. OF
the Connie Mack school. He was
picked up after making wonderful
record for a team at Harrisburg, Pa,
and then after summer Of illness
and>a season of no success, he blos-
somed. 1t was his work that did
more than anything else to- drive the
Athletics to pennant in 1911, and
then he came through with a worlds
series victory practically unaided
when Jack Coombs was stricken
down. His work held up the Mack
men when everything else twas going
bad, and. his final effort in the 1915
worlds series was a GROWING ATT
tempt to pull his team from defeat.
Connie Mack dropped him at the
same time he did Jack Coombs and
both the master hurlers passed into
the National league eventually
Bender after spending season with
the Federals He wasn't much of, a
pitcher, but he had used his expert.
ence to good effect and he was con-
sidered about half the strategical
board for the Phillies.
J. A. Eiker of Amboy was in the
city on business.
Mrs. Frank Fowler is reported as
seriously i'll at her home.
Mrs. H. Hammer of Rapidan was In
the city on business yesterday. ..
Frank Cooper of Vernon Center
was business caller in the city today.
Mrs. George Owen of Lake Crystal
was, in the. city. shopping yesterday.
Mrs. Joseph L. Gagan Of Madison
Lake was Mankato shopper today.
Mrs. NJ McGraw and daughters of
Madison Lake were shopping in the
city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Price Of Lake
Crystal were in the city shopping
today
Tony PolIei went to st. Paul yes
.terday, where he will spend several
days visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs M Owen of Lake
Crystal transacted business in the
city yesterday. IS,
Mrs. F. H. Morelock of Good Thun-
der was in the city yesterday shop
ping and greeting friends.
Mrs. L. Blum left today for Mason
City, Iowa, where she will spend sew
eraI days visiting relatives.
ryJ- 1Ir - Ga1H
who visited with relatives in the
city, returned to her home today.
Mrs. C. Cading and mother of st.
James were in the city yesterday be-
tween trains, while enroute to New
Ulm.
Henry Mayer, of the Mayer Tent and
Awning company, spent the afternoon
on business at Minnesota Lake and
Wells. ~t~s
Albert M. Schneeberg of Pleasant
Mound, former county commission
er, was in the city attending to bust
ness matters today.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Holbrook, who
were recently married at Grove City,
Mimi, have arrived in Mankaf0, and
will make their home here.
G. M. Serrurier, hardware deal
er of st. Cloud, came to Mankato. to
spend the week lend with. his wife.
who is a teacher at South Bend dis.
trict.,
George Eckstein, who is employed
at independence, Iowa, as engineer
for the Widell Construction company.
arrived home yesterday for q short
visit.
Rev.. and Mrs. Henry Moss left to-
day for Sioux Rapids, Iowa, to be
gone on a weeks visit. Rev. Moss
had church there before he came
to Mankato.
F.. l.. Bennett, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. O. E. Bennett, who is the propri-
etor of the Wrenshall brick yard at
Wrenshall, Mimi, has been home for
the past week visiting but returned to
his work this morning.
Nicollet Leader. DR.. F. E. Heidel
and Fred Zimmerman were up from
Mankato during the week doing some
work at their hunting cottages ait
Swan lake. Mr.. Himmelmann has
had his lodge moved from Dahms'
landing onto the Brooks island.
Rev. A. j, Schmidt, pastor of the