Show BOOST FOR FORI I I. I i PETE JOHNS JOHNS f Columbus Baseball Writer ri tel j Says Bees Have Secured Secured f Valuable Player if FIELDER AND ND ANDA J A FAIR HITTER q Has Dependent Mother and andi i Sisters and Is 29 Years 1 Old f Special l Feb eb 5 Salt Suit i J COLU Lake baseball ase aJl fans may Inay i rest est assured that their man Juan Sigel has secured one of the most useful ball hail players who whoever ever er er broke into AA A ball in ill the person of William E. E Johns It Itis Itis is with downright regret that Columbus fans will part tart with him as he lie has been a stand-by stand Zuid uld a fixture here Manager Jo fo Joe e c Tinker disposed of lim simply because it was wis another ease case of n fi player having ing been heen too long longin in one cit cily something which in base base- baIl all appears to bo he n a disadvantage rather titan than a recommendation o Pete as he has been known n to his players fellow ers is perhaps the most moet versatile ver toller toiler who ever over broke Into a a. Columbus uniform He Is still a young oung ball player and he has hns a 0 disposition which appeals to the manager and the fans He lie never nover shirks or kicks s on conditions conditions con con- but can be Le counted on to perform perform perform per per- form a consistently sensational fielding field field- in leg ing game every day of oC the season and hit well welt with tho the average Johns was born at Cleveland January Januar January Janu- Janu ar ary 17 Ii 1389 Ho is IF 5 fe feet t 10 inches high and weighs 16 pounds lIe He bats an and throws He was drafted from Lima 0 O. by Columbus In 1010 and was tent bent to Akron for Cor the balance balanco bal bal- ance anco of that season Columbus recalled him from Irom rom Akron In August of 1911 but again sent him back to Akron in 1912 Tie Jio was at this time a a. he failed to become a regular in this po- po because of 01 his extreme youth Ho lie took to playing various infield po positions positions po- po and nd was a star with Columbus tin 1913 1914 and 1915 HilS The Tho White Sox bought him at Ut the close of the 1915 j season seaMon but ho was sent back bacle in Mardi March I of or the thC following following- year car and remained with Columbus until sold to the St St. l outs Browns at the close of oC the 1917 season Johns s in his time Lime with Columbus has hasl played l ed the outfield third base baso shortstop short short- stop top and second ha base c Ho lie has cau caught ht n n. few ow ew games gaines ames in a pinch and In fact can play lla anywhere except p pitch lie has worked at second base basc most mORt of oC the thc time during the l past a t two seasons reasons The rhe Browns Browns' scouts thought ht enough h hoC of oC Johns Johns' playing at al second base last reason MeRson to recommend him to tn 1 Fielder Jones as a successor to Derrill Pratt He lie Is not lIot a world beater heater as aM a hitter but hut he Is A l smart batter and one of oC the best run hit men Columbus has evor had On the fielding end there will be he no rio one In the Pacific Coast league who has much on him Johns Is a Scotchman ant and a vcr very il dc- dc athlete His Ills home Is at Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land au and he is the support o of a widowed wid- wid owed mother and several se younger brothers and sisters |