Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-30 | Page 16 | Here's First New 1920 Bee Johnson Buys Righthander

Here's First New 1920 Bee tf Johnson Buys Righthander j MIKE m pren.der.gast Special to Tfis Tribo&s. LOS AXOELES, Nov. 29. Word wafl received hare this evening from La-gtina La-gtina Beach, winter home of Emle John j son, inanstfcr of Ihe Hult Lake club, say-j say-j lug that Brnle bad pUi through hlfl firHt j official purohaso of a hail player for tho 1920 Beet, Tli1 man who wins th dls-! dls-! 1 1 notion of bfing first to attfaci favorable I notice from the Bees' new skipper Ih Mike i Prenderfaet, a mighty right-hand fiingfr, lie was acquired by purchase from the, Philadelphia club r tho National league ! of which Oavvy Cravath, close frleno of Johnson. In manager. The terms were not announced Prendergasl wn with the f.'hieago Xa-tlonals Xa-tlonals for several sars. Last year ho wan traded to the Phillies, He Is ac counted a pit i-her who nhould do well In tlie ' 'oast Icmkuc. helng steady and a hard worker, wltn mon than an ordinary gift of cuhnlng under ttli cap and power In his arm. v The Informal if ii from LagUns added I tin t John Hot i f.xpectM i f i go 'H fi t ii x ' month, to romalh over for t he annual meetings of both tin- National and American Amer-ican h'HgurH. It 1m Miild I tut f Johnson Iiuh nrifotlatloir- "it with ,"' V ml of (In- big 'league clubs.