Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1917 — AFTER STOLEN BASE RECORD [ARTICLE]

AFTER STOLEN BASE RECORD

Joe Evers of Richmond Club in Central League Is Burning Up Paths of That Circuit. Fired with an ambition to again place the name of Evers in the baseball world, Joe Evers, second baseman of the Richmond club of the Central league, is burning up the paths of the circuit, and in 64 games has hung up a total of 40 stolen bases, within seven of the mark reached last season by Gygll of Terre Haute. The stolen-base record of the league was set by Blount of Fort Wayne, who stole 7in 1909. Evers hopes to better . Blount’s performance. Joe is a brother of John Evers, former star of the Chicago who recently went to the Philadelphia Nationals. „