The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22
As Jim .Corbett
 Tells #
By JAMES J. coRBErr

l Have you been noticing the onrush of ithe Giants
 The most rabid of Gotham fans feel l that the men of McGraw are going to duplicate the feat of the 1914 Braves l of rising up from the July cellar and world championshiu in October. Who is responsible for it all? | The infusion of new blood Into the Giant lineGp-that has been one reason. The advent of warm weather, which en- abled the veteran Giant twirlers to reach 1 top form-th is q second reason, But ! who will deny that the main cause of 1 it all is none other than Johnny Evers? l Ever since the Gilnts hired the never say-die" veteran as assistant manager the team has disported itself in fashion vastly different than at any time during the season It became filled with en- thusiasm with pep, with confidence, and with fight
 Evers was a remarkable ball player in a mechanical way, but most valuable because of his ability to lead his sealn- | mates on, and ever on toward victory. | He never knew that there was sucn 3 word as quit; nothing ever discouraged or daunted hin. He was in the game | ighting-hghting all the time. No club in bl seoall looked more color less than the Giants prior to the time
 
 and began to spur on the athletes from the coaching lines and the bench. rney looked ike and conducted themselves in the fashion of hopelessly beaten war riors.
 ALONG COMES EvERS Evers ce me along-Evers, the man who reckons nothing lost while shred of hope remains And Evers it was who aroused the Giants from lethargy, who drove out of them the thought that they were nothing but National League foot ball, and told thcn that if they played the game of which they were capable they had glorious chance to win. Then, while Evers was rejuvenating through a few deals that were master strokes as far as the Giants were con cerned He suppjanted the ageing Fletcher with Dave Bancroft. who at once began to play in a fashion more brilliant than usual in new surround ings. He shooed Benny Kauff into the minors and replaced him with a young ster named Spencer who has been a great improvement in center field And at this psychological moment. Larry Doyle found himself again after
 spending weeks on the bench because of impotency in play. Larry vent back
 and now is fielding in splendid fash
 ion and hitting with a good deal of his
 ld-tlme yiSOr.
 GET STARTED
 Once started-once convinced by the scores thai they could win ball games; ;
 that they were good as Evers had
 told them-the Giants raced on and on.
 They met the toughest opposition in
 the league-opposition before which
 they previously had bowed-and they
 beat it to pulp. Day by day the Giants
 crept upward in the league standing passing one aggregation of rivals after
 another.
 And now the Giants are in a fight for
 the pennant, playing better baseball
 than either the Reds. or the Dodgers; playing with new-found confidence; battling with say-die spirit--in
 fused with battle fury by the fiery. fighting, brainy Johnny Evers.
 Perhaps the Giants will not hurdle to the top and hold the lead until Octo- Der. One or the other of the tough est of their powerful rivals might develop a sudden winning streak and go on and open a tremendous gap. But if the Giants continue playing baseball during the next month in the fashion they have shown for the past few weeks, it wouldn't be surprising if once again John McGraw led his outfit into world series fray.
 And to Johnny Evers-game, cour- ageous. brainy-must go lions share of the credit.