Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1917 — PITCHER “BULLET JOE” BUSH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PITCHER “BULLET JOE” BUSH

One of the Outstanding Figures in Baseball Because of His Loyalty to Connie Mack. When Connie Mack promised the fans that he would get into the American league pennant race this year, he based his statement on the belief that some of his new pitchers would come through. Myers, Nabors and others gave signs of this last season, but their failure has been absolute. The result was that Mack was left with only Joe

Bush to fall back on. “Bullet” Joe worked hard, so hard, in fact, that he has put himself out of commission and the case of the Athletics now seems hopeless. Bush is not only one of the greatest of pitchers, he is one of the outstanding figures of baseball because of his loyalty to Mack. He is more than Mack’s pitching staff and right-hand man.

Joe Bush.