Show if ADDITIONAL SPORTS BUSHS BUSH'S CHILDHOOD AMBITION IS REALIZED WHEN HE BEA BEATS TS N. N Y By ED BANG Sporting Editor Cleveland News Now I the Tho ho of the Athletics 8 to 2 triumph over tho the Giant Giants last ast Thursday Is th ithe ho story of ot the the the- ambition of oC a youth Joe Joo 1 IesUe Bush by name namo In the way back days d s 's of oC long ago aso Charles Albert Bender first it saw tho the light of ot da day at Minn About nine years eara later Joe Bush also opened his ma J 1 yea for the first time and b by the tho same token Il It was at BraInerd I When Chief Bend Bonder r was WM helping the tho Athletics to down the thai rival American I ue dubs a decade ago this same ti Bush Busl Bush was going to school at Brainerd s 1 His playtime found Cound him on the sand k Jots ts pitching to his schoolmates t The hangers on often je jested ted with Bush Buah r that they hoped some da day he would emulate emu emu- tT Plate late the example of or Albert Bender Dender and work hl hwn to the big leagues Folks Laughed at Him I k t Dont worry about me Bush told his friends and neighbors whenever et they to do my fe mentioned Bender Im going 1 part to keep dear old ohl on the and dont don't be bo surprised If Inot I Inot ball ma map man not not OnlY ma make c my way to tho the big league leas abut but also look for Cor me to be a teammate of or I tho chief chiet Of Brainerd folks regarded this t COlm course e. e as u an Idle boast boaston the part of ot Bush I They were not even greatly greath perturbed h n 1 left rt to play ball baU with the Missoula Mont club They rhoy realized realised that he was still far tal away from the big league limelight But Dut was as he Connie Mack secured Bush from the Missoula team and the youngster has been one of at the dependable pitchers of the tho Athletics ever since Since he was purchased by the tho ackmon people have always linked the name of ot the youthful Bush with that of the tho veteran Bender Dender Didn't Think He Would Stick However th they didn't think that Bush would prove the success he has during tho the American league leas season And even after he had won on his spurs against the rival clubs In the tho organization they the didn't figure him as any great reat factor In the worlds world's series But although they had lived with Bush year ear after year car they didn't really know tho the youth Bush got his chance last Thursday a a chance that thousands of ot youngsters dream of ot but few tew realize Not ani only did he heget get his chance but he delivered a package e of ot pitching goods superior to that of at his fellow townsman on Tuesday and to that of at Eddie Plank on Wednes- Wednes day a If there was a single thing in the pitching line lino that Bush didn't t have I overlooked o ft it He had speed curves a slow ball and anel control And with It all aU ho he used brains and nerve His victory was well deserved He has made goodItis good his Itis boast or or let us call caU it Jt It his childhood n ambition |