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With the game well in hand, Coach Ethan Allen decided to take a look at his bench. Among the substitutes he used was Hugh Sinclair, who played the last few innings at first base — his only appearance in the campaign. Bush was the exclusive first sacker for the remainder of the season. Coach Allen elected to pinch hit for Bush in the top of the ninth inning; Bill Howe flied out. Since the Elis were in process of losing the game, they did not have to take the field in the bottom of the ninth.

Another highlight was the rematch with the Cadets of Army played at West Point, where Bush emerged as the hero. Bush was not an offensive leader on the team. Of the twelve players listed in Table 1, Bush ranked ninth in batting average. Going 4-for in the final three games of the year against bitter perennial foes Princeton and Harvard , Bush upped his batting average from below the Mendoza line to.

Even though his batting record was far from pace-setting, his fielding performance was exemplary. Bush committed only two errors in total chances — including putouts and 4 assists — giving him a. During the Fall semester, Yale again competed in soccer.

Bush was among those from the undefeated season due to return to the team captained by Paul Laurent. However, Bush had come down with malaria and was unable to participate in any of the nine games in which the Bulldogs compiled a 3—3—3 ledger. Fortunately, Poppy had fully recovered in time for the baseball season.

Coach Allen utilized a total of 22 players in , eight of them returnees from The Elis compiled a 16—7—1 record overall. Thus, overall, Yale compiled an 18—9—1 won-lost-tied record for the campaign. Table 2 presents a listing of the eleven Bulldog players who saw diamond action on a regular basis during the season. Appendix B presents the line scores for the batting and fielding performances on a game-by-game basis accomplished by Bush, who again batted in the seventh or eighth slots in the batting lineup.

Yale also played two exhibition games not included in Table 2 or Appendix B. Neither of these exhibition contests was included in the full-season schedule. Bush was the starting first baseman for the Bulldogs and went 0-for-2; the Elis lost the contest, 3—0.

In the season opener, on March 29 in Charlottesville, Virginia, Bush was again the starting first baseman for the Yale Bulldogs. He batted seventh and in four plate appearances he reached base safely three times — a single, a base on balls, and a hit by pitch. He scored the fifth Eli run, which turned out to be the eventual winning run as the Blue defeated the Cavaliers, 6—4.

Bush also handled a dozen fielding chances without an error. So, once again Bush started off the season with a pretty good performance. He continued with a 2-for-4 showing in the next game, a loss to the University of Richmond Spiders, 8—7.

During the next six games he went 0-for, his batting average plummeting to. As in the previous season, his batting average was mired below. He went 4-for to boost his average to. Princeton and Harvard tied for second place at 7—5. On April 30, in the battle with Army at West Point, he was presented with a golden opportunity.

The Elis were trailing the Cadets, 4—3, with two outs in the top of the ninth inning. The Bulldogs had managed to get a couple of runners on base, but Poppy fanned to end the game. In the very next game, a rematch against Army, Bush again encountered considerable misfortune. He committed two fielding errors on one play which contributed to three third-inning runs.

Fortunately, the Elis staged a two-run rally to tie the score. After three more innings of scoreless baseball, a torrential downpour precluded further action, resulting in a 3—3 tie. With Yale trailing 4—1 in the seventh, Bush ignited a rally by leading off with a single and then scoring the first of five runs.

The rally catapulted the Elis into the lead and the come-from-behind victory earned them the trip to that first College World Series. The Yale varsity baseball team of , again coached by Ethan Allen, was composed of a dozen returning lettermen, and a total of 22 players would don the Eli uniform.

Bush, again wearing uniform number 2, was again the starting first baseman. Table 3 presents the batting performances of the thirteen Eli players who played on a regular basis in the 31 official college games of the season including six post-season tournament contests.

Appendix C provides the line scores for the batting and fielding performances on a game-by-game basis achieved by George Bush. Yale began its defense of the NCAA Eastern Regional crown with an early spring trip to the South where they were scheduled to play six games in eight days.

After rain prevented the playing of the first game against Richmond , the Elis opened the season against the University of North Carolina. George Bush went 0-for-3 as the Bulldogs and the Tarheels played to a 7—7 draw. In his autobiography, Looking Forward , Mr.

After getting a single in three at bats in the following game a 2—0 loss to Wake Forest , Bush hit a four-game slump, going 0-for He rebounded with a robust showing in a 7—0 vanquishment of the University of Connecticut on April 20; he smashed a double and a two-run homer over the left field wall at Yale Field.

Final standings and records: Dartmouth 7—1—0 ; Navy 7—2—0 ; Yale 6—3—0 ; Army 5—3—0 ; Cornell 3—4—0 ; Columbia 3—5—0 ; Pennsylvania 3—5—0 ; Princeton 3—6—0 ; Harvard 2—4—0 ; Brown 0—6—0. I was not able to determine who the other District 1 teams were in So, for , since there were no playoffs for District 1, Yale was simply selected even though it was not and could not be the EIBL champion.

However, as it turned out, due to various schedule conflicts, that game was not made up. Blessed with three veterans and six hustling and willing sophomores, Coach Jeremiah molded a team that won seven of eight games and 13 of 16 over-all with one game ending in a tie.

The one loss was at the hands of Yale and the great Frank Quinn. A severe mental letdown followed [and Dartmouth lost the game, 1—7]. But the Elis were not able to continue their winning ways in the NCAA Finals in Kalamazoo, losing the three-game series to the Trojans of the University of Southern California, two games to one by scores of 3—1, 8—3, and 9—2.

The season was a good campaign for George Bush. He compiled a batting average of. As shown in Table 3, he again ranked seventh among the batting averages assembled by the 13 players regularly used by Coach Ethan Allen. In the April 24 contest against Amherst, Bush took part in a nifty triple play. With the game scoreless in the bottom of the fourth, the Lord Jeffs put runners on first and second with nobody out.

The next batter smashed a line drive over second. The Eli shortstop, Art Moher, snared the shot and stepped on the keystone to get the first two outs and then fired to first. Leary Jr. But the USC Trojans rallied for three runs to take the lead. In the Eli half of the frame, the Bulldogs managed to get their first three batters on to load the bases with nobody out. Most unfortunately from the Yale perspective , the next batter hit into a game-ending triple play. Had such a cataclysmic ending not occurred, the opportunity to produce a dramatic triumph would have passed to the next batter — Captain George Poppy Bush.

One can only imagine how differently things might have transpired. Table 4 presents the complete season-by-season collegiate batting and fielding stats assembled by the 41st President of the United States.

In 76 games, Bush assembled a career fielding average of. Bush, 41 — A Portrait of My Father. In , an article in the premiere issue of USA Today Baseball Weekly incorrectly stated that Bush was on the Yale baseball team for two years not three and compiled a career batting average of.

Unfortunately, the record is out there. Somebody came up with the figures,. Bush had a strong three-year career with the Bulldogs, playing only part of the season in addition to the two historic seasons to follow. Bush was as good a fielder as any on the team, fashioning. His career batting average was. In , Bush also hit one home run, one triple, seven doubles, knocked in 16 runs and scored 17 himself. In , Bush hit. The major points stated in my letter were published in the article without a by-line.

One might wonder how President Bush feels about the research I did on his baseball record at Yale. I sent my findings to the President while he was still in office and was pleased to receive a personal letter on White House stationery from him.

Figure 2 is an image of the letter. Three of these Bulldog alumni made it to the big leagues — Manville, Quinn, and Tettelbach. Appendix E provides the minor league records achieved by each of these Bush teammates.

Manville had two trials in the major leagues — one game two innings in with the Boston Braves and eleven games 17 innings in with the Chicago Cubs. In neither stint did Manville record a victory or a defeat.

After his diamond career, Manville went on to greater success as the co-owner of the Forbes-Manville Furniture Showcase which served retail outlets in the Midwest and Florida. In , after appearing in just one game for the Sox, he was acquired by the Washington Nationals commonly referred to by the nickname Senators and sent to their Chattanooga team Southern Association where he produced a 1—3 W—L ledger with a 6.

While Quinn was on the spring roster of the Senators in — even appearing on a baseball card in the Bowman set — he saw no more major league action. He worked as a bank executive in New York and Miami as well. In his later years, he worked in Florida real estate development. He ended up playing in two games, going hitless in five at bats.

With Washington, he cracked the starting lineup and in his first at bat — on Opening Day shortly after President Dwight Eisenhower had thrown out the ceremonial first pitch — he blasted a home run off Don Larsen. However, after 18 games he was batting only. Tettelbach made it back to the bigs in the beginning of the campaign, but batted a paltry. On May 15 he voluntarily retired from professional baseball. He also became a major force in the Connecticut State Golf Association as both a player and official.

He played center field for the Fordham Rams in the April 12, , contest against the Yale Bulldogs. Like Bush, he went 0-for-3 in that game. Frick Award among other accolades. Although he would bat a lackluster. While the focus of this article deals with the statistical record of Poppy Bush, there are other significant items closely connected to his performance on the diamond that merit inclusion here.

The George H. Bush Lifetime of Leadership Award was created by Yale University to honor Yale alumni athletes who, in their lives after Yale, have made significant leadership contributions in the worlds of governance, commerce, science and technology, education, public service, and the arts and media.

The award was named for Bush as the living example of one who successfully and selflessly addressed the global leadership demands of his position. All have been graduated for more than 20 years. Emphasizing that athletics is an important component of the Yale undergraduate educational experience, the award has been given biennially beginning in World All Time Top Adobe ended support for Flash after December 31 This means that Miniclip can no longer guarantee that Bush Shoot-Out will load and run properly after that date.

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