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Show EVERS SHIFTS CLUB UNIFORM THIRD TIME NEW YORK, July 23. For the third time in his basebali career Johnny Evers has shifted his club uniform I and his efforts with tho Philadelphia Nationals will be followed with interest inter-est by fans throughout tho country. The present season is tho fifteenth that Evers has served in tho big league. During this lengthy period, viewed from the standpoint of tho baseball player, Evers has had a remarkable uuu eijuuuiuuiar recora upon mo diamond. dia-mond. Noted for both his quick thinking think-ing and fiery temperament, ho has figured in some of the most sensational sensation-al of tho natiopal game episodes. Evers made his baseball debut with the Troy club of the New York State league in 1902, playing shortstop. The following year found him at second base for tho Chicago Nationals, and he held down the keystone sack for the Cubs until 1914, when ho joined the Boston Braves. Now ho has moved on to the Phillies, where it is expeoted that he will strengthen socond base. Some idea of Evers' ability can bo gained from the faco that up to the close of the 1916 season ho had played In 1,753 games with a resultant grand batting average of .238 and a fielding percentage of .813. oo |