Evening star., 1923-01-08

other candidates for the assignment
Evans originally was a third base
man and it was while playing this
position for the Mississippi University
team that he first attracted the at
tention of big league scouts in 1914
The following year he was signed by
the Indians and farmed to the Amer
lean Association Club, which repre-
sented Cleveland that season. He
was recalled in midseason and fin
ished the campaign at third base for
the Tribe. In 1916 he was sent on
option to the Portland club of the
Pacific Coast League, where he held
forth at the hot corner for more than
half the season and was recalled in
August, finishing the campaign as
third baseman with the Indians. In
1917 he was the regular third sack
er of the Tribe and also played there
in 1918, but, with the acquisition OF
Larry Gardner from the Athletics in
1919, Evans was delegated to utility
roles.
Evans made his bow as a regular
outfielder with the Tribe in 1920, the
year they won the pennant and beat
Brooklyn in the world series, playing
only when southpaw pitchers opposed
the team. He appeared in the same
capacity in 1921 and last season
Evans Is IS Years Old.
Evans. although veteran. is cou-
pie of years the junior of Brewer,
who goes to Cleveland in exchange
for him, and is native of MISSISSIPPI
having been born at Meridian May Id,
1895. He is of average height, about
five feet nine inches, and weighs close
TO 40 pounds. He is one of the fast
est men in the game at getting down
TO first base, and his speed of foot
makes him one of the most effective
fychasers in the business, his ability
to go-get-'em being exceeded by few
picket men. He has better than
average throwing arm and is a. splen-
did type of college-bred athlete.
Used exclusively against portside
hurlers when Speaker revived the
outfield switch policy. with Joe Wood
on the other side of him and with
Jameson and Elmer Smith replacing
for the opposition, Evans for three
seasons has proved valuable work
man from standpoint of attack as
well as defense. In 1920, his first
season as an outfielder, with the team
going great guns, Evans pounded out
an average of .349, and the following
year wound UP with mark of 1888.
Last season, when the Tribe was In
the doldrums, Evans slumped along
with his mates, his average dropping
to .269, for thirty-nine hits out OF
145 times at bat in seventy-five games.
Evans announced at the outset or
last season that he would retire from
base ball at the close of the cam
cine, having received an NJ. D. de-
gree by attending school during the
off-season periods for the last four
years. He already has carried out
his design of entering actively into
the practice of the medical profess
sion in Cleveland, having bormed a
partnership with Dr. Castle, the club
physician of the Indians, but has
agreed to play ball for at least two
years more, giving Griff this assur-
ance when he accepted the terms Of
fered him following negotiations ex-
tending over many weeks.
Brower's Loss Regretted.
The departure of Brewer will be
keenly regretted by fans of the capi-
tai, with whom he has been a prime
favorite since he was purchased from
the Reading club in the summer of
1920. Brpwer earned considerable
fame as home run hitter in the In
ternational League, but failed to live
up to his reputation as a marathon
mauler with the Griffmen, the big
playing fields in the American League
handicapping him in this respect He
the Nationals, however, earning an
average of .311 in 1920, .261 in 1921
and .293 last year.
Turkey was a poor fielder when he
reported here, but improved to
great extent last season. 1t is an
utility outfielder and pinch hitter for
the Indians. With that short right
field fence in Cleveland as a target,
Turkey may be expected to prove
valuable asset to the Tribe. His
legion of friends in Washington will
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