Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 15, 1912, Page 11

e FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 1912. EVERS FACES TOUGH PROBLEM AS WARALL.. Johnny Evers, New Manager of Cubs. Stepping into his new job as man- eger of the Cubs with the best wishes of the fans, Johnny Evers neverthe- less faces about the fanciest bunch of trouble ever gathered under one tent, eays the Chicago Evening Post. Before signing him up—and Evers - THE EEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ‘while,” Evers admitted, after he had| Then, too, Murphy’s hand bad been Dame to a contract which| forced by statements that he was put his Frank Chance, Ex-Manager. made him manager of the team for the next five years. “There will be| many changes. But Mr. Murphy has | essured me that I can do anything I want to in the way of trades, and I will be responsible for whetsver hap- pens.” There had been many repcrts that pfter Chance had been completely shorn of any authority to protest the Cub team would be torn to pieces, end Evers’ statement appears to sub- stantiate these rumors. The circumstances under which | Evers stepped into Chance’s shoes were explained by a member of the team. “Evers didn’t want the job, and it 2l | took & lot of persuasion to force him wasn't exactly yearning for the job— Charles Webb Murphy made him agree to carry out some of the policies! which Frank Chance, out of the wealth of his experience as a baseball gener- 2l, had refused to consider. “It looks like tough sledding for a to it.” he declared. “In fact, there wasn’'t a man on the team who want- ed to become maneager. Tinker frank- | Iy said he wouldn't take it under any | circumstances, and when he was called cown by Murphy for meking these statements for publicaticn Tinker repeated them to Murphy's face. “But Evers’ situation was different. Johnny has been unfortunate in finan- cial matters, and the added salary as Ak hkkkhkkkhkhkhkk manager was a great inducement. Bhe only authorized *“Vanity rair’ dong, VANITY FAIR ( Waltz Scag) Written, Composed and Sung by STELLA MAYHEW Tempo dz Valse. Now in Vaudeville 1. If you seek in - for - ml-uan on something that's fine, 2. If you come home at night and you're tir-ed and blue, is sim - ply di - vine, is cer-tain-ly new, o — York has its Con-ey and Bos ton its beach, They are ver - y mnice pla-ces but quite out of reach, I will may be tc-mor-row,it may be to-day, Andit may be in Fris- - AR .| co or on ’Gan-sett Bay, But there’s stalling and was having trouble find- ing anybody who would work for him, and he was determined to sign Evers. “It was a case of become manager or quit baseball. Evers couldn’t re fuse. Nobody knows better than he does what he is up against, but he is game and may make a success of it He doesn’t go into the job with any illusions. He has been playing for the Cubs for ten years, and he knows .- | Murphy. Johnny isn’t harboring the | delusion that he is lying down to|® pleasant dreams in a bed of roses. “If the fans will stick by him until he gets a fair try-out, that’s all he asks. And he believes they will. TIt!3 looks like a second divisien team for & the West Side for a couple of years, but after the new machine gets to working properly Johnny thinks he |3 can bring it up to the top again.” “I'm glad it’s all over,” said Chance, “The strain of the last few develop- ments in my case has been a tough one for a man just out of a hospital. I'm locking forward to a good rest on | § my ranch, where there will be noth- |3 ing to worry me. “There are no hard feelings be- tween Evers and myself. I want you to emphasize that point. It is a pro- motion for Johnny, and he deserves it. He will make good. The boys will . play ball for him after the bitterness ‘wears away, and Johnny is popular | with the fans. No city can show a|§ | more loyal bunch of fans than Chi- |} cago has. 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