Evening star., 1922-12-13

Il >rrappy. huSt.iig bunch that can
thing III sight To this extent. at lea
fruit. IL ;h, din;nutivc cx-TIger Is
acquainted with his temperament fc'
dicect',n who iaiiS to give his best
rcniain N the lineup.
The naming of EuSh comes a$ a
crmDl.," surprise. to the great ma jor-
ity "i '3i,.al fans. Tor although it
has been pr.rtically Il f"rrSonc con-
.lu>,uu slice :il- cIust. al the rrc' ut
"anIp;.ISn. iii when the Nationals
proved u d.+u:.l Ia.lur-. that clyde
Milan W"u.I hot again lie at the helm.
c"nJ'"iur' "a /" tiS successor WAS
liuIIiru l. ..iik- nelly. pilot "f the
champion =. .'aul club -, the .\uirri-
can .ASsuc.it,nr. and Grin himself.
whom MANY h,i...v"d would again get
into barn. and direct his players
from the hCltn.
'.IiI !.aad> New Pilot.
\un"unr':nrnt '.i his choice of Bush
a. l';tutr ..r t.Ir lHea season was made
by Griffith yer th,. l"ug-GIStaucc trl,-
Wh"rc IN" - Attending III" sessions ot
TN" MAYOR !t.-uc udcn!ttS. and
where fHSn 49, III conference with
ntIr. ha,l"S come on from Indian
.;puIi> ni.> home. tirift asserted he
had S'.N''r.:i III. Il Gnd,r con liberation
TOR tn" p''>I;Iu:r. bur that alter care
fuliN W"':hinS tn"ir qualifications,
r"s''h"d III conclusion that Lush Is
Ja>t t.,r i"an need, d.
i:u>h - "l, uf tn" kctnest stu
u,ntS at h't>, bail ;hr game ever has
produced. ';riif asserted. He is
popular with everybody connected
with the sport. players and public
ALIKE. ana with his tSGr-sSive spirit
is calculated To imbu. tn, WaShIng-
ton players With ;h. quality they
S.S
II" j. thoroughly grounded IN the
fundamentals 81 ba>- bali. not only
in Il theoretical. but III practical
WY. tor H.. has teen continuously )
in S,rNr" IN tEr Amtricar L"asU.
tor rh.. past iit..u >"aS"nS and his
rli.N N'r- ~ opposing teams Is exceeded
by H. .;ir-
''i:rish VII Hr given the fullest CO.
ci"";tIjru- .>l,. ci4iiH IN the pr'rnr.
ni.nI "f amy addIti"nai talent hr may
con ~Id.I necessary. am sure his
chpir,. will m,"t with the approval
III ,h. Washington pui'iir and feel
confident that Il. will not only have
,hc whnichctrt-,l support OF III.
ianS. tut Will justify their conf
uenCc.
Hush Wakes No Predictions.
Bush himself wisely declined to
commit himself on his plans. assert
formulated any.
I'm not stEong on making predic-
tiunS" was the way Bush put it.
I'm going to do my best and will
expect the same thing of every player
AT all times. | believe we have the
material for Il first class ball club
and hope To produce Il team that the
iaus VIII he proud Of
Bush is the third manager for the
Nationals in as many years. When
,;.tftith relinquishtd the reinS 1T the
lose of the 1872" season George Nc
Erid- was elevated to the leadership
and after being injured by being
struck ON the head with Il thrown
ball in midseaS"n stepped out at the
close Of an indifferent year and was
succeeded by Milan. The latter, in
poor health himself for a greater part
of the 1922 campaign. and handi-
capped by Il crippled pitching staff
and the failure of several highly
t"uted recruits to make the grade.
failed to land Il team regarded in the
preseason calculations as a certain
peuuant contender higher than sixth
place. and naturally felt greatly dis
outraged.
DOME Broke In In 1905.
Bush. who celebrated his thirty
fourth birthday last October is Il ma
tive of IndianapoIiS. where H.. ma lcs
ii
: unmarried. He played his first pro-
frssionai game in 1905 with the Sault
Ste. Marie club OF the Northern Cop
per League. The following year he
was with Saginaw of the Southern
Michigan League but early that sea
son was released to Dayton of the
Central League. In 1907 he was with
South Bend of the same organization
and that year was awarded to Detroit
in the draft. He was loaned to his
home team of the American Associa-
tion during the campaign of 1908. re-
called by Detroit at it's close, and par
ficipated in twenty games under the
management of Hughey Jennings
that fall. He was installed as regu-
lar Shortstop of the Tigers in 1909.
succeeding Charley OLeary. and from
then until season before last covered
his assignment with Detroit. being
released To Washington by the waiver
route in midSeaSon of 1921.
Since coming here Bush has filled in
at short; second and third. and has
been considerably in evidence on the
coaching lines, most Of ms active
work being confined To the far corner
where he participated in thirty-seven
games this year. For at least ten OF
the fifteen seasons he has played III
the American League Bush was rated
with the top flight of shortstops
One OF Best Lend-On Men.
Never hard hitter, he always. was
a dangerous man at the hat. espe-
rially in the pincheS. and as ground
coverer he had few SuperiOrs. but
perhaps his greatest value aside from
the faculty he had for imbuing team
mates with the Scrappy qualities he
possesses in such a generous meas
ure was his ability To get on the
bases. With an eye as keen as an
eagles. he seldom was tricked into
"ffering at bad balls. and his ability
TO wait 'em out got him on the bases
50 frequently that he was regarded
as one OF the most valuable lead-off
men the game had produced.
Bush last spring incurred the cen
sure of his boss for failure to report
on time at the training camp and
for a period faced indefinite suspen-
sion. He escaped drastic punishment
when il developed that his tardiness
was due to remaining in indianapolis
TO have his eyes treated. 1t was
trouble with his optics that really
forced him out of active service
rather than weak legs. to which his