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Show Pitcher Joe Bush Once Sang for the Movies " .jt AYear Later He Pitched in World's Series Carl Zamlock (loft) shaking hands with Joo BubIj, tho scnsattonal pltchor, who was his rormer toammato at Missoula. -ROM a raw country lad who used I . to earn bis livelihood singing songs i "at a moving picture show to ono JL of the most promising young pitchers pitch-ers in baseball today is tho marvelous marvel-ous advancement of Joo Bush of the Philadelphia Atliletlcs in one Bhort year, Tho s'tory of the brilliant rise, which was tho sensation of the world's series when Bush went in unexpectedly and won a game over the Giants, is host told. by. Carl Zamlock. tho Golden Gate lad who was Joe's teammate at lUlssoiila. when he first broke into baseball, which was at .tho start of the 1012 seuson. In the San Francisco Chronlclo Zamlock Zam-lock has tho following to say: Honestly, I think Joo was ono of the greenest busbars over to break Into the game. JIo camo to Missoula at the start of the 1012 season and didn't know how to stand in tho box, much less make a pitch. V Joke at First. It tool: Blankonship sorao littlo tlmo to get Bush started right. Ho hud a nfco fast ball, but his cmVo wasn't much and hp didn't know a thing. Ho was a Joke, but proved a good-natured kid and was quick to Team. He began to pink up polntors and when the ooaoon got under way ho commenced to show form right off tho reol. He improved evory day, too, and pretty soon he was in tho box every other day, switching off with myself. Together we pitched pretty nearly all the games for Missoula Mis-soula and pulled down tho ponnant. I don't know how Connie Mack got word of him, but ho took him in the i- fall of tho season, and whon you stop to think about It, It Is some Jump from a clas3 D league Into a world's series lnsldo of a year. Has Sweet Voice. Joe Bush Is his real namo, but ho has slnco been nicknamed the "Songbird" "Song-bird" and "Bullet Joe," lie has a swell volco and used to entertain us In Missoula by singing from the hotel window Into tho streets, where a crowd would gather. Bofero getting Into haseball Joe had a position In a moving picture shoVv singing songs. It's no moro of that work now, however, how-ever, for Joe ha3 annexed an automobile auto-mobile for himself and has money in the bank besides. Connie Mack thlnk3 well of thin youngster, and predicts that next sea-eon sea-eon he will take his place with fho leading pitchers of the American league. Even before the world's series Connie told Danny Long, who was his guest in Washington, D. C, for throe days, that Bush had the makings mak-ings of a great twlrler. He has speed to burn, a nice slow ball and withal a curved that ho can mix in once in a while," Connie said to Danny "You Just watch this kid work , and you'll not think that I haven't pitchers." Meets Expectations. Sure enough Bush fulfilled Connie's prediction. At that the youngster was not much of a factor In -the American league race. He finished but five full games, although ho was started twenty times. Joo .participated .partici-pated in thirty-four contests, pitching pitch-ing 199 innings, but ho was not so offectlvo. So whon ho wont Into tho world's scries after being knocked out of the box In fifteen games you could not blamo tho Pbllly fans for foeilng n bit uneasy. That ho camo through with colors flying Is another cxumpla of Connie's great Judgment or players, Bush, as you well know, was born In tho samo town whoro Chief Bender Ben-der first saw the light of day, Bral-nerd. Bral-nerd. Minn. It Is quite a feather In the cap of tho small town to produce two such pitchers, and if Bush comes up to expectations you can look forward for-ward next season to a wonderful hurlor In this Joo Bush person. |
