...in the Philadelphia North American says: "Outfielder Daley and pitcher Leslie Bush have impressed Athletics manager Connie Mack by their work in southern training. Bush, from the Midwest (Brainerd), has terrific speed and is mastering some...

...Club ? 4 miles North on Hwy. 19.100 years ago (1913)Brainerd's own Leslie Bush pitched a six-hitter to lead Connie Mack's Athletics to a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. It was his debut game in the big leagues. He is on...

...outboard motor race at 2 p.m. and send them over the course in Steamboat Bay to Floan's Point.100 years ago (1912)Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics has secured Leslie Bush, the pitching speed king of Brainerd, from the Missoula, Mont...

...owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, has wired Frank (Hatbox) Jones of the Missoula professional team for a price on Leslie Bush of Brainerd. Hatbox set a price of $2,000 but has not yet heard from Pittsburgh manager Connie Mack as to Bush.

...Daily Missoulian published a photo of Brainerd's Leslie Bush in his Highlander uniform. Manager Blankenship said, "Connie Mack wants him and the boy will make good there. We get $750 now and $750 more on Dec. 1 if he shows anything."

...pitcher for Missoula in the Union League, arrived here on the midnight train from St. Paul. He leaves Sunday to join Connie Mack and the Philadelphia Athletics in Chicago. At Missoula the Brainerd boy pitched in 47 games, winning 34 of them.

Legendary Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack gave Charles Albert "Chief" Bender the ultimate tribute. Photos Back | Next Back | Next "The Chief was undoubtedly the greatest...

"Anytime you've got a benefit, wherever it happens to be, whether it's spending or taxes, people don't want to give them up," --Connie Mack, chairman of the president's tax commission.

...ran up to fever pitch Thursday. One of the dozens of battling examples could be seen on MSNBC, as Republican Sen. Connie Mack of Florida and Jack Quinn, a former staffer for Vice President Al Gore, went into verbal combat, exclamation points...

...standards -- not just Ebbets Field and the Polo Grounds, but Shibe Park in Philadelphia, where Athletics' manager Connie Mack presided in business suit and tie, and League Park in Cleveland, where the ''illogical dimensions'' gave birth...