Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-09-05 | Page 36 | Baseball Days of Mighty Chief over; is Outlaw, Then Released

Baseball Days of M Mighty Chief Chief Over Overs Is s Released r p G to retire with glory glor reIt ret re- re It t fusing to quit when the quitting was good Chief Bender finds himself today unconditionally released by bythe bythe bytho the tho Baltimore Feds Feda For years years' one of ot the greatest pitchers pitch pitch- ers era in the land rand a hurler who won seer several se sev- er eral erl l pennants and worlds world's championships championships champion champion- ships for the Philadelphia Americans ho he slipped so quickly when once he lie struck the downward pa path th that only onh a afew afew few tew months Intervened between his participation in the first game of ot a n worlds world's series and his ignominious re release release release re- re lease b by a league In which Bender would have found oun It difficult to lose a game had he been the Bonder Bender of 1913 Entering the American n league from Carlisle college In 1902 ho soon be became became became be- be came one of oC the brightest pitching stars of oC the younger circuit Possessed of oC almost perfect control an and a mystifying assortment of ot curves cures and slants ho he also o owned ned an nn uncanny knowledge of or orthe the weaknesses of the opposing batsmen batsmen batsmen bats bats- men and It was almost Impossible to bunch hits off oCt him Except when his habits caused him to show poor form torm he practically was Invincible His Hla strength however er beg began n to wane during durIng- the season of or 1913 and Connie Mack depended upon him to tos s save ve games started b by other pitchers and Ir rarely rely called upon him to start r cont contests The same practice was followed fol tol- fol- fol lowed In 1914 When preparing forthe for tor forthe the worlds world's series of last October Bender was dispatched to New York to watch th the Braves and detect their weaknesses es Bender however was waa a victim oleUm of or overconfidence and instead of watching the tho National league champions he put in the afternoon on Broadway The result was Iwas that tho the Braves hammered the famous Indian from CrOli the thc box in the first game of ot the series N Then Bender Dender began to listen to the persuasive Voices of oC the Federal league agents J. J and Mack lack released him outright rather than meet the salary bids of or the outlaws Soon afterward rd he signed with Baltimore and th the Feds Feds' of thought tho the pennant as good as as' as cinched But ut Bender Bonder was through uh l t tc I 7 J 7 t 1 gp I z c d. d CHIEF BENDER