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Athletics in the season Of 1912 that he
started with the Missoula club Of the
Union Association, and he has been IN
the American League ever since.
Bush pitched well for the AS in 1913
and 1914. but his work fell off after
that, and the 1918 season found him
with the Red Sox. He remained with
Boston through 1921. Then he was
with the Yankees for three years. and
last year served with the Browns.
He has a lifetime winning pitching
average Of .524, with 1873 victories and
166 defeats. In his major league
career he has batted at a .252 clip.
Last year Bush pitched In S3 games
for the Browns. winning IA and losing
as many. He toiled on the mound in
214 innings all told and went the route
in 15 games. He was taken out IL
times and used as q finishing pitcher
three times.
Hit for Many Extra Bases.
He yielded 239 hits. 81 passes and
struck out 63. Two batters were hit
by the ST. Louis slabman and he made
4 wild pitches. He allowed 4.ob
earned runs for each nine innings
hurled. At bat last year he made %
hits. including a dozen doubles and
. homes, for an average of .254.
Bush has been in five woIl series.
playing for the Athletics in 1913 and
1914, the Red Sox in 1918 and the
Yankees in 1922 and 1928. He won
and lost games In these classics.
He was born at Brainerd, Mimi,
November 81, 1892. He IS nearly o
feet tall and weighs normally around
1S5 pounds.
John Tobin, who was born at ST.
Louis May 4, 1893, stepped from the
sandlots to the Federal League club
Of his home town in 1918. His con
tract was assumed by the st. Louis
Americans in 1915, and with the ex-
ception of the 1917 season, when he
was with Salt Lake Of the Pacific
Coast League. he has been with the
Browns since.
Until 1924 Tobin was regular right
fielder with the Browns and hit and
felded in fine fashion for them. His
| lifetime batting figures. are .31S. Last
wear he got into II games as bats
man and made 5S hits for an average
| of .3O1. Eleven of his clouts We're
| doubles and two of them homers. He
pilfered bases In 10 attempts. He
| played afield in SO games and han
| died cleanly all Of his 81 chances.
Tobin Fast OH Bases.
He bats and throws left handed and
weighs about $50 pounds. He is feet
! 7Ia inches tall and when in condition
has a deal of speed that makes him
one of the most dangerous sacrifice
| htters in the league.
Zachary has been with the Nation
ais since 1919, but Ballou came to them
| only last August. Jonathan Thomp-
son Walton, TO give Zach his other
names. was born in Graham, \. c.,
| May Z, 1897. He gained some fame
as a southpaw slabman for Guilford
/ College in the Old North State, and in
1918 joined the Red Cross. While
waiting around Philadelphia for the
! transport that was to take him to
France, he did some pitching for the
Athletics under the name of Walton.
He returned from France the Sum
mer of 1919, and Immediately became
| a member of the Nationals. Zach has
ma jor league pitching record of .497,
with Sc wins and 81 losses, and dur
| ing his career in the big show has
/ hit for PSI. Last year, Zach's pitch
| ing figures We're .444. with IL wins
and Is defeats. He pitched II COM