The Washington times., 1923-01-08

6issA pinch hitter, has sought trad,
II Cleveland. Indians, where he is Ill
SCI In right field, especially when
home. Turkey" is demon swat
oy liners up against that right-feld Y
pSeakf z. partially completed this trade
~ during the meeting in New York, %
IKE aaidq President Griffith today. eft
asael1 hung upon Evans announced
Intention of retiring. agreed to
20 through with the deal II /
saaceaid get him to play for me. We
S5I4Aye been corresponding ever since
s.aaAiid he has agreed to play bali for
s4uswos more years, II need him that
oHyiorg. He's still young man and,
H3ft& ne gets going good, he may de-
satcide1to play here longer than tYo
sqSyearss
"a eseaAe principal reason for my ar
fAnEfng this deal is to get hold Of
snA good right hand hitter. That was
1o0nee Hf the weaknesses of the team
qu hse year. We had too many south
xuoRaW batsmen and, with q good
s1ptAhpaw working against US, we
~ ao0ked pretty bad.
asssvans hit for 1888 In 1921 and
EeE04e1 before. That was when the
Cleveland club was playing fine
xyihall1a He was just as good as the
.ob rasfso the team, which would indi-
~ gAteiohe has the winning spirit.
eft4haes what we want here, players
With the winning spirit.
OF e<saEyans 10 very. fast and I can
sipsG61 him playing center field for
sofnn2y. club next season and making
-e2a Zine job OF Il. He has always
: vsb played fine bali against ms and,
e1ssaWshe Is far from done, he ought
TO be big success here.
siTialUAe newest Griffman, upoR his
IN graduation from Mississippi Uni
i vegstty in 1914, Joined the Cleye-
HojNnd club. He was q third baseman
-Esshen1and not a bad one, either.
-ia .esyss
yfassW earecan sitting in the press box
N Cleveland one spring day In 1915
md listening to Henry Edwards. Of
the Plain Dealer, dean OF the sports
writer's In Cleveland, land this
srEOuhgster to the skies.
ss;SF He's 50 fast" said the honest
ns:HenFy, that when he lays down q
feuunt,p he's nearing second by the
time the catcher picks 1t up. They
have 10 throw to third to keep him
rom getting a triple whenever he
5 - ESx1ns was q bit shy with the VIII
QYs-though. when he came up and
IN 1916 he finished the season with
Portland in the Pacific Coast
league. He hit for 1858 out there
and the following year was the
regular thirdsacl1er for the Indians.
The coming OF the sIkfIIfuI ,I.arry
Gardner to the Indians made D
utillgE player out Of Evans. For
the past three years, though. he .
has allernated with Charlie Jamie. 4
sOn I'm left field, playing whenever J
Beffhand pitchers opposed Speak.
er's team.
Evans lisa high class outfieIder.
he played the sun field In C1syes
land and never looked bad, no, mat
ter what sort OF q drive went higl
way. xJn dftxsix games in 1920 he
hit for .349 and in fIfty-seven games
In 1921 his mark was .333
Last year, like many other MEM
bers OF the dispirited Indians,
Evans fell off in his work at the
bat, hitting for q Iowly .269 in
seventy-five games With a change
OF scenery he may once more flash
up among the batting leaders Of
the league.
While Evans Is now, rated as an
Outffelder. nevertheless, he is better
than an ordinary third baseman
and, il Clark Griffith fails to find a
90OA AOtCOEASFs SuSIOlan among
the candidates now booked for trial
at Tampa, he may decide to send
Evans to the bag, knowing the
new man capable Of playing good
ball there.
Turkey" Brewer was killing In.
ternational League pitching In 1920
when Clark Griffith bought him
from Reading. Brewer was play.
ing first base then and his total
or twenty-four home runs that
season had many scouts ON his
trail
Coming to the Griffmen, Brewer
found himself . sort Of "man
possible for him-to shove Joe
Judge off first base. He has. lost
MS form as . pitcher, his first
Job in baseball, and he was crude
as an Outffelder.
In eighty-three games for the
Gr1ffs In 1921 Brewer hit for PSI.
In 6orty-seven he performed in the
snQtdeld.
Ast year, after failing to impress
NEeAaent Griffith as a pitcher,
Brewer was sentenced to the out.
field. For q while he alternated
with Goslin or Earl Smith, but
with the release Of the latter Brewer
played every day in right field.
In 139 games last year, most of
them in the outfield, Brewer boost
S-Sa his batting average to .293 and
[ADAe many friends for himself
Nbdhg Washington fans His field.
ing average was .977 as against .969
for Joe Evans
Brewer IN a likeable chap. He
has only friends among the players
on the Washington club. His pass
ing to the Indians IL q part OF base
Ama1 Nd he I.xfI1
the best Of wishes from the players
and the fans.
Sfrading Brewer for Evans il
IN line with my plans for getting
together q younger, faster ball
club" explained President Grit.
fifth today. "When finish what
hfge In mind hope to have q