The Washington times., 1923-05-07

4SSS we're geLL1ng OH IN q rot
ten way" said DOME Bush this
getting better the longer the season
lasts. You can't tell me we're
going to be taking lickings all rhe
time, no, not me. / know better.
We got good pitching through
the first week and couldn't get our
hits at the right time. Then we
went home to Washington and.
generally, we got plenty of hits but
our pitchers went to pieces.
1T isn't on record for a ball team
to keep on doing that. No, sir, it
isn't. Were bound to get good hit
ting and good pitching at the same
time and when we do, just watch
us win. / think we have a good
deal better club than we've looked,
though I'll admit we're not winning
with any regularity.
"YOu wrote something the
other day in your paper about
players not doing their best. You
said they wouldn't last long with
me. You're dead right. If
man keeps trying all the time, he
can stay with me. If you keep
on trying, you're bound to get
ehere some time. But If you quit,
you're done before you start.
II won't keep cutters, on my ball
club, and Mr.. Griffith will back NE
up in this, too. He has promised
me full support and l know Ill
get it. no matter what l want to
DO:
Yes, and the boys on the team
know It, too. There isn't one out
there on the field who isn't trying
all the. time and the moment / find
one who is soldering, out he'll come
IN a hurry. No ball club ever WAS
q winner without fighting all the
time"
BY this time Bush's eyes were
swapping and the back of his neck
was becoming red as a Holsters
Bush's temper. If it is merely
tanned, he's composed. If it's red,
and you're a ball player, lay off,
that's all, lay off.
I'VE have a flock of games in
the West on this trip" continued
Bush. 1.-THE way we're going now,
well be lucky to win half of them,
but we're going after all of them
from first to last. You can quote
me on that.
I'VE begin in Detroit tomor.
row. There's one place where I'd
like nothing better than to make
q clean sweep. was with the
Detroit club more than thirteen
years. / owe the Detroit club
nOthing-but I think it owes me
something. However, that's. an
other story"
Which brings US to our story for
today.
DOME Bush feds that the Detroit
club treated him shabbily when it
sent him to Washington on waivers
In the summer of 1921. 1t is true
that affairs have broken we'll for
him, giving him the leadership of
the Washington club, but he can
not forget the cold way in which
ne was let out by Frank Navin.
furthermore, there is deadly hos
tility between Bush and Ty Cobb
They did not speak to each other
Tor a year or two before Bush was
released, except on business, and
Bush seldom looked for any reason
TO talk to Cobb.
The Tigers are fighting for each
and every game now. This means
that Ty Cobb and DOME Bush are
almost sure to have a battle be-
fore this coming series ends Their
personal affairs are sure to crop
up, II they become deadlocked on
the diamond.
Bush blames Cobb wholly for the
action of Frank Navin in dropping
MIN on waivers in 1921. Matters
have turned out we'll for the midget,
but Cobb and Navin had nothing
TO do with that. Bush is still sore
On September 10, 1908, DOME
Bush played his first game IN
the big league, replacing Herman
schaefer against the New York
Yankees, at that time led by
Clark Griffith. Schaefer moved
over to third, replacing Wade
hlIeier' now a magnate in the
Coast League.
Can you remember your first
game for Detroit?" we asked Bush.
.PIMLIc0, BALTIMORE