| Chief Bender Quotes |
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I do not want my name to be presented to the public as an Indian, but as a pitcher."
"The practice at the traps not only provides a certain amount of physical exercise, but it trains the eye and mind."
"Trapshooting alone will not make a pitcher, but the quick calculation of the angle of flight of the target, its elevation and the effect of wind in deflecting not only the target, but also the charge of the shot, are not without value to the moundsman...The exercis you get in clay-bird shooting is not violent, yet it is not exactly the mollycoddle kind, for the handling of a shotgun throughout the 100-bird program, taking the mild pounding of a like repetition of recoil and the other activities of a half day at the traps are just about enough for the average man."
"You ignorant ill-bred foreigners. If you don't like the way I'm doing things out there, why don't you just pack up and go back to your own countries."
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| Quotes About Chief Bender |
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"A story worthy of a Dickens or a Stevenson lies back of the marvelous [Charles Bender's] solid skill...and of the stoicism that heard unheeded the roar of the crowd. It is the story of a life set apart by race distinction, of nerves hardened by many slights cast upon a sensitive spirit." - Philadelphia Press, October 18, 1910
"Bender, when it comes to pitching an individual game, has no equals." - F.C. Lane, Baseball Magazine
"If I had all the men I've ever handled and they were in their prime and there was one game I wanted to win above all others, Albert (Chief Bender) would be my man." — Connie Mack
"In a short series like the World's Champions' contests, no pitcher in the business can excel Bender." - F.C. Lane, Baseball Magazine
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