Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1919 — TENNEY OPENED EVANS’ EYES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TENNEY OPENED EVANS’ EYES

Steve Was Amazed at Way Former Giant Played First Base and . Threw Down, His Mitt. “When Steve Evans came up to the major leagues with the Cardinals some years ago,” says Heine Zimmerman, “he was a first baseman. Like most young ball players, Steve thought pret-

ty well of his own ability. He was quite satisfied that he would make pood as a first sacker in the big show, and then one day he saw Fred Tenney. Tenney was a wonder in those days, and Evans was amazed at the way he covered that old bag. He looked at him in silence foriperhaps five minutes and then, walking to the dugout, he threw down his first basepqjn’s mitt. ‘I thought I was a first baseman,’ he said, with a shake of his head, ‘but Tm not. That bird out there is, though. From now on I’m going to devote my time to the outfield.’ “And,” supplements Heine, “he did.”

Fred Tenney.