Take Me Out To The Ball Game.
Found in an old 1946 sports story book, By Bill Stern

He was just a kid when he hit the bush leagues.
He reported one day to the manager of Junction City, a class D club in the old central Kansas league.
He was a husky, strong lad, fast on his feet, keen of batting eye, with a powerful throwing arm, and he could sock the ball a mile.

He told the manager that his name was Wilson and that he could play the outfield. They gave him a chance to show what he could do.

Wilson was a ball hawk in the field and batted like a major leaguer. He began to blaze in the bush leagues like a Kansas brush fire. He quickly became the best outfielder in the league.

His fielding record was perfect. In game, after game, Wilson played with out making an error.

No rival base runner dared stretch a hit on any ball that went in to Wilson’s territory, for the flashy outfielder could throw the ball like a rifle shot.
As for his hitting, he became one of the best sluggers in the league. In his first week he went along at the blazing pace of .355, fancy hitting for any league.

All in all, Wilson was a player who seemed sure to make his mark in big-league baseball before long. And then a strange thing happened. After only playing 14 games, Wilson quit. It made a great sensation.

But Wilson offered no explanation. He packed his baseball shoes and left the club. In a few weeks, the excitement died down and was quickly forgotten.

Wilson left the club in the more then forty years ago, and no one ever heard again of the promising bush league player. No one heard of him, that is, until a little while ago.

Then the once-upon-a-time outfielder for Junction City popped up again and revealed his long forgotten baseball skill and his boyhood ambition to play professional baseball.
“Wilson” created quite a sensation with his story.

This unknown bush league baseball player of many years ago is today far more famous as;
President Dwight D. Eisenhower “Ike”.