Show j 11 i ST STARS RS WHO WHO WILL WIL SHINE NEXT NEXT MONTH MONTH if I r 1 2 CHIEF BENDER BENDER C C. MACKS MACK'S BEST BET j jEH 1 I EH- EH BENDER ive PAID TO SEE You I PITCH A TIME I I d I I I II I I T ILL LL GET GT nr TW y 1 PA PAY X 4 You GoriE To SEE if I ti J 1 I 1 a ti I Ui f d r sly sly- s-S' S' BENDER is 15 isAN AN E EXPERT EPERT PERT k GoLFER mAp SHOOTER AND t BILLIARD S 'S CHARLES ALBERT BENDER PLAYER I INow VOWN L h As 45 CHIEF BENDE BEN R Nori Mc I. I I II Bur CHIEt CN S Et EveR aiA 4 INTO HE HAS BEEN I To 10 RUN MILE MILES To rc AVOID THE BASEBALL DUO Buo- ue- ue I I I BY BY SLOAN SLOANS GORDON GOnDO 1 1013 DiS 13 br by Syndicate l It Is Ia fashionable for a big league ball club to have haxe at least one In Indian lan nowadays so Connie Mack l has CotI for Cot I quite some time been presenting for approval ul Charles CharieR AI Albert bert Bender er known familiarly as Chief Ben Bender er Nothing Noth Noth- lug ing but chiefs ever c break Into base- base ball bail bal And most folks except the Giants and und Cubs and a few such approve approve ap ap- ap- ap prove of Bender Ch lles Albert is IK the th t typical Indian tall tal nn and amid straight with a reticence that approaches approach s the condition of being deaf eaf an and dumb The They sn say sa that ho can cnn goas gu sv guas I as long without talking as s a camel can without water 01 or 01 even e longer and the world is certainly sh shy on audiences at this writing Therefore he fills a rent reat void and positions could coul be found for more of oC his conversational ties tes But do not think Bender Bendel Is not payIng pay pay- Ing attention He lie Is a positive sponge e when It comes to listening and ho absorbs absorbs ab ab- ab- ab sorbs most of ot what blows his way ay especially that portion porton which is worth wi while 1 c. c J He lie n Buff DuJ His one obsession I in the baseball bug Ho He hates hate the breed and has been known to run miles mies to avoid one although he has been ben trapped and cornered once or twice in hotel lobbies where whelo he lie could cou not get gel aWa away Then I the amateur Interviewer has found that Charles Albert could coul tal talk and I what he has to say generally carries a 0 point and a punch in er c every p paia- paia ra- ra I graph One of those wise young oung fellows fel fel- J fel-J lows who wears weal'S a diamond in his j I necktie which would do 10 for tor a nice I memorial window and who rho goes goes out outon I on the road load with a swell line of or ladles ladles' hOHler hosiery breezed bleeped up to tv Den Bender er In the lobby of or a Chicago o hotel on ont night while I was standing near him Ho Hoare How are you ou Mi Mr 1 Bender Bendel r I have ha ha e I paid poil to tu see you ou pitch pich man many a tm time ho he he began and anI 1 I want to ask you rou some j I q questions u es t I a n Il get my pa pay whether you ou cometo como come comoto comoto to see sec me pitch pich or 01 not answered Charles Albert Albert and In iii a minute the thebuS bug buS was wondering wh why he lie felt so lonesome Bender is a Chippewa Indian born in Brainerd Minn on May Ia 6 6 5 1383 1583 al although although although al- al though nothing much was said about It at the time You can see h by his arrival arival date that he lie Is Js quite a veteran He lIe Is also an to honest-to-goodness your heart heart cross Indian Ho lie 10 started IS ol ot olage otage out to play pIny first base at years age for tor the tho Carlisle Indian school hut but nothing much over aver came of ot it I because I somebody r found lound out one day ho could throw a ball bal so fast that th time tho batter wondered whether It ha had passed or not when it i was in the catchers catcher's mitt mit After that he hc became afflicted with wih pitching and has haR never nc gotten over It I. I Connie Grubs the Chief The Tho next spring ho he pitched for DickInson Dickinson Dickinson Dick Dick- inson college at Carl Carlisle lc and later for forthe forthe forthe the Harrisburg Athletic club until Connie Mack heard of It and brought him to the 1903 He has hns Infested the American league ever er since Ince He lie ha has tak taken n mi part pait In three worlds world's series serle an and has never ne failed ailed to win iii at lea least t one game am at each He lie lc was responsible for foi the only Philadelphia Philadel phia victory in the series of 1903 with wih time the Giants Said ald Mack of his Indian tle pitcher one da day when the Athletics's manager manager was In a confiding mood which I Is seldom If I m mv team nee needed ed A pitcher picher to win winone winone one ono critical game g-amo Id I'd Id pick Bender He lie le has pitched ever every decisive contest contest contest con con- test In which tho the Athletics have ha taken part pait for foi the last several se years cars In tho the box he is a deep thinker and student of and never ne loses his cond con con- I d lence nce pitching through the toughest hest battles buttles battos with a smile smie He Ho i is 18 good at atm anything anything m thing he lie attempts being an expert golfer trap tr shooter billiard player and automobile driver And above e abo all al ho lie hoIs lieis 10 Is IR silent so much so that he generally sounds like the isIt of a deaf and dumb man to the whispering galer gallery |