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into the men under them. 4.
This is where Bush is expected to't
shine. Always aggressive. himself to
the point of pugnacity, the midget
manager has announced that he will
insist on his charges scrapping for
everything in sight at all times.
They'll have to hustle for DOME, or
else.
Although he will not be "ns-
kistnnt manager nor have any
recognized title, George Gibson.
as coach Of pitchers, IN expected
TO WELD an influence second only
To that Of Bush with the 1923 edi-
tion of the Nationals. Gibby has
earned a cOuntry-wide reputation
as n tutor Of young hurlers md. AS
such. will MI want long felt I'm
the capital.
Year after year mound stats of
great potential worth have delivered
but a fraction of real worth through
lack of a tutor able. to realize fully
on their possibilities
Gibson Supreme With Fingers.
Gibson will start toll with the first
bunch Of fingers to report at the
training camp in Tampa about a
month hence. and thereafter Will be
in active charge of them daily
throughout the season. 1t will be his
especial task to detect flaws in the
rockies. work>for their correction and
develop the strong points. His activi
ties will by no means end when the
training period is finished. however,
as he will nurse the twirlerS- along
during the championship campaign by
donning his big NIT and handling
them in the bull pen. 1t is to Gibby
that. Bush will look for the low
down" on when IA finger is At, and
when he displays signs of wabbling
and should be yanked
Although called "Mooney. In
Canada, where he was born, and
still makes his home, Gibson IL
best known as "Hack.- In Pitts
burEh, where he broke into the big !
the greater part of his career,
first as catcher and bsequently /
as pilot of the Pirates.
in an odd way. Gibson has no middle |
name, but it seems that when he |
first reported to the Buccaneers. one |
of the Smokey City scribes referred |
to his as George H. Gibson. Later, |
when Gibby began to catch prac- |
tically every game the Corsairs play
ed and finally established record |
for catching 40 consecutive games |
in 1909, he became George "Hacken-
schmidt Gibson. the strong man.
Evans After Job mt Third.
The Importance of Evans In the |
general scheme of things base baltic |
hereabouts from April IS on. Is cen
tered. not so much on the fact that |
he earned fine reputation with the
Indians as a capable and hard hitting
outfelder, but because of the likeli-
hood that he may plug the gap ex
ton machine. Since he "graudated"
to the Indians in 1914, direct from the
University of Mississippi. where he
starred is an infielder--at third, short
and secondhand as quarterback on
the "Ole Miss foot ball team, Evans
has been one of the fastest players.
once under way, in the league. 1T is |
a treat to watch him chase to get
distant drive or circle the bases on
q long hit.
Clark Griffith that be would get an
opportunity>to play regularly at third
that induced Evans to forego his de-
termination to retire from base ball.
Evans, who Is an accomplished sur
geon, announced his decision to quit
Following the 1929 campaign. when he
was in the training camp OF the
Tribe last spring and as soon as the
season ended he Joined DR.. H. NJ.
castle. the Cleveland Club physician.
and has been practising steadily all
winter Evans chief objection to his
birth with the Redskins, was that he
was compelled to alternate in left
held with Jameson as part of
Speakers celebrated outfield. shift
that included Iris himself in center,
with Joe Wood and Elmer Smith in
right, the combination that helped the
Indians to world championship in
1920. ,.a es
Adept at Stealing Signals.
One thing about Evans not ksn-
orally known is that he' II like
Iy to prove extremely useful to, I
Bush In getting singnals from the
servant. he and Al SOthoron hav-
ing done all the Indians signal
stealing during the past two years.
There are few nicer chaps ,in the
business than Evans. and none with |
more manly characteristics, He is
due to receive lot Of stir competi-
tion for the job at the hot corner
from the rockies Grif has .corralled,
including Conroy. Bluege, La Mott and !
Gagnon, but he Is capable of giving |
them all a battle, for he is fair
fielder with q fine arm. fast. smart
and game, the. type which will not
duck hot ones.
Evans trial Mt third will constf-
tute nm Interesting experiment. He
went TO the Indians as an infielder
and was changed into an outAeid-
er. He comes here ~ mn outhelder
TO he switched back into an In
Aelder. Should the effort prove
successful, IT will mark the Miss
issipplan as the most plastic bit
Of base ball material known te the
game.
A parallel case will be that of Tur-
key Brewer, who was a sluGging sem
sation as first baseman with Read.
ing, when purchased Washington,
but cavorted ALMOST exclusively In
the garden while here and now is
slated to contest with Stuffy Nc
Innis and Louis Guisto, for the honor
of guarding the initial sack for Cleve-
land.
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