The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-04
JOHNNY FVERS
IS SENSITIVE
Manager of Cubs Takes Ev.
cry Bit of Adverse Crit
icisrn Seriously.

chicago, April 3.-Don't IMAGINE
that managing a big league ball club
is an easy task. Likewise don't think
that John Evers' initial f1ier into the
ranks of pilots is a Joy ride for the
little second sacker. 1t is anything
hu. mat. and to know that the Cub
ieader is already worrying over his
JOB one need only to take a good look
at him and note the change that has
come over him since the Cubs went
into training less than two weeks 2
Evers has actually aged. The lines
IN his face have deepened, and It Is
evident that he is finding the burden
OF a big league ball club a little more
M he reckoned with before he took
tne Job vacated by the former leader.
Not only has the ball club itself been
a nightmare to the Trojan. but he IL
bothered by the fact that he is being
panned more or less by scribes who
are peeved by Murphy's ousting of
Chance, and who r venting their
FEELINGS on the successor Of the big
Californian. "e
All this works on the mind of Eyers.
VINO even as a player was high strunR
n sensitive. With the added respon
sibiiities he Is irritable. nervous. and
lacking in patience. He has shown
this by his actions on the field when
players would not obey his commands
as quickly as he wished. Not that
EVers wishes to be a stricter disciplin-
arian than his predecessor, but nature
did not endow him with the dispoai.
ton OF a natural leader. hence his
tendency to Grab"
Is a Changed Player.
That the Evers Of today is a chang.
cd man over the Evers OF last season
Is vident to the players as we'll az the
war scribes. and some Of the men
have even remarked about happenings
on the ball field in which Evers has
taken them to task for little things
that in years before passed unnoticed.
one Of h Cubs. and not a new M
said mat unless Evers changes a great
deal between now and April 10 he will
be fired out Of a game and suspended
ny the second day Of the season. This
wasn't said in a Joking way. but be-
cause the player realizes lust where
the manager stands.
Admitting that Evers has worked
himself into a dangerous condition,
there is still the possibility Of his ton.
ing down" between now and the time
the bell rings. 1t may be that the
excitement and worry attendant upon
getting the squad to working right
on the southern drill grounds have
caused it, but this ID hardly likely,
as the men have shown an unusual
willingness to work their heads of.
and Evers has had nothing to do but
direct the training. and for the most
part the athletes have done the diYer-
ent things Of their own accord.
n Evers took the Job last fail,
Immediately after Chance and Muir.
ply had opened their war, there wa
a lot OF gueswork az to whether he
would be able to stand the strain OF a
season at the helm Of a club that
would most likely be in the thick of
a nerve-racking pennant fight. opin-
ions varied, but the majority were free
to admit that the Trojan would break
down before he had gone half way
through the campaign. It is, q ciIch
that John is not making q very good
start. but he may fool us all by brac.
ing up and weathering the storm once
ne becomes accustomed to the duties
he has assumed. 80 ~
Expect Him to Make Good.
Ol course. no one IN going to wish
any bad luck OF the little fellow. Chi.
cago fans are undoubtedly ranklSd
over the Chance episode. but the m
Of Murphy should not be CHARGED a
lagainst his manager. Evers 'hsSl.Si.