Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-04
EvERS To RULE
CUBS N|TH|RON
HAND IN 1874
lawn Declares He Will Change
His Managerial Tactics When
Season Starts Next Year.
By Davenport.

~ HICAGO, Nov. 3.-From Novem-
Der l to April 10 or whereabouts,
is some jump, but the festive fan
who follows the doings of the heroes
Of the diamond is accustomed to
jumps and almost any old thing is
possible in the Hot Stove League
Hence this brief tale deals with what
may happen when the tar begins to
ooZe out of the bleacher seats about
five months from to-day.
When the Cubs answer the clang Of
the gong next April they will find a
decided change in the makeup of their
boss, Jawn Evers.
1t goes without saying several of
the Cubs who took orders from the
| Trojan this past season will be on
| the pay roll next April 1, but they
will hardly know their former boss.
Experience is a great little teacher
| and wise Is he who sits at her feet
and drinks in wisdom.
Profits by Experience.
The experience Evers had last sea
son In the way of mana Sing a real
ball club has opened his eyes and he
will profit by it.
Up to the first day of last August
Manager Evers had not assessed q
fine upon member of his club.
He tried to get along without the
unpleasant task Of kidnapping some
players coin and the players soon
abused the kindness.
True, he assessed a fine Of two hun
dred cool simoleons upon the great
Zim when the two clashed at st.
Louis, but after sleeping over the
proposition, Jawn rescinded his ac-
ton and remanded the fine the very
next day.
Upon several other occasions he
threatened beIligerent members with
a fine, but never carried out the
threat.
This little courteous plan OF action
proved a boomerang, for the players
soon began to take advantage OF
Evers' kindness and then came a de
cided change in the Trojan's methods.
Rules With Iron Hand.
He cast aside the cloak of kindness
and became an austere manager, Il
real boss, and some of the trouble
makers began to tremble.
There was a rea son, for Evers had
learned from experience that the only
way In which TO manage a club was
to manage It,
Then came the exit OF the veter-
ans, overall, Richie and Reulbach
heard the tinkling Of the tinware.
One hot day In July when Evers
was being pestered with suggestions
from his men. he said to the writer:
''yVhy, have pitchers on my staff
who know so much about pitching
that they will not permit me to offer
even q suggestion. What's fellow
going to do?
They know more about baseball
than do, and they do not hesitate to
tell me So"
1t did not take Jawn long to decide
upon a course of action. The disor-
ganizers went their way and straight
way there came period Of peace on
the Cub club.
This era of peace brought forth re-
suits, for figures show the Cubs
played the strongest ball Of any club
in Tom Lynchs little aggregation
during the last few weeks of the sea
son.
Evers To Be Boss.
What's this all about? Simply this:
Jawn Evers will manage the Cubs
next season and every member OF the
club will be made to know right Oft
the reel that he Is the man who put
the l in 1T.
He intends to rule with peaceful
methods II possible, IL not, the other
means viii prevail.
1t wac only natural that when
Evers assembled from the ranks and
became the head Of the club, he
should sympathize with the players
and try to make their pathway easy
but he soon learned that there Ia a
wide chasm between a player and a
manager,
He believed at the time he succeed -
ed to the throne, that Frank Chance
was in some way hard manager
but no learned later that Chance did
not choose the easiest way simply be-
cause It was not the easiest
The Trojan is doing little talking
these days but he said enough toward
the end Of the season to enliRhten one
al to what mis- future actions VIII b.