Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1918 — EVERS WANTED TO BE SCRIBE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EVERS WANTED TO BE SCRIBE

Like a Lot of Other Athletes, Former Cub Player Nursed Ambition to Be Something Else. A lot of great athletes have nursed secret ambitions to be something else.

Bob Fitzsimmons wanted to be an animal trainer and used to keep a tame lion. Bat Nelson and Johnny Evers cherished similar ambitions. Both wanted to forsake the fields of sports and become writers. Bat took a whirl at it, but wasn’f much of a success. When Evers quits

baseball It wouldn’t be surprising to find him writing sport. He has the ability and knows a good story when he sees it. . . John L. Sullivan’s greatest ambWon was to be a farmer and when he left the ring he settled down on a little farm near Boston. Home Run Baker would rather be successful farmer than a great ball player. Hal Chase thinks more of his billiard playing than of his graceful work around first.

John Evers.