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Show MAY BOM PILOT j Trojan Returning From France After Serving- as ! Baseball Instructor. ! . I N'FW YORK, 1 ico. 9. Johnny Kvers. one of the greatest second basemen of fill time, who has been with our soldiers i in France as baseball in:,t rurtor for the Knights of Columbus, is on his way home. I The peppery one sailed on I ho Lorraine last Monday and will arrive in Ihi.s eity l o morrow in time for i in; annua! nuri- I ing of the National league, a gathering! he has not missel 1 hc.su ma n v ca i s. I Kvers cabled his wife in 'J' my, X. V.. I IniH Sun. hi y, i ha t he was on I tic poin of .sailing, and Mo- .-.miiinni--;ill'H with I 1. A. deary of Kinihur -t . I ,. I., one of! his warn ics I h h-nds. In la iking u J h I Mr. deare torl.tv ho a iv.-v. ered tin- ques- j lion of uliy the on- -time star of the j middle bag was, returning at thi.-i lime j by saying: "Cuess lie tt-an'M lo la- at the Waldorf j when the baseball men gather." ' Ah a mutter of fad. when Johnny Kvers discarded everything and cnli.slcd with tint Knights of Columbus to do IiIh jart hi the world v;ir and to give j HTwh help an he could furnish in providing pro-viding recreation for our soldiers behind i the lines, it was fur the period of the i war. I He went over not only as a secretary. 1 hut specifically as an in.struetor in base- ( hall, and it is quite prohalde that with the ' demnblliza tion per iod on, his sit- j vices in that capacity no longer are needed. It Is possible, too. that with baseball nut of the iiueslion during the winter, he is coming back for a short stay, only to return if his services are required next spring. His contract. howe or, practically practi-cally expired with the signing of the armistice, and he may fed that it is ncessary to come back a t. this time In look after his own interests for the approaching ap-proaching season. In any ease, he will be home tomorrow, tomor-row, when he can speak for himself. The playing days of Johnny Kvers are largely over, although lie said just before be-fore sailing last summer that his throwing throw-ing arm was much stronger than it had been in two years. Few men, however, arc bet tor qualified to manage, man-age, a team, and this is the time that he must he on hand if ho has anihi-I anihi-I tlons for such a position. The work ; of a manager begins long before the i snow is off the ground or the teams ! sitart for the training camps, i Last year Johnny Overs signed a con- : tract with the Ro.ston Red So as sort of first lieutenant, but some friction arose after Kd Harrow had been appointed ap-pointed manager and they parted company com-pany on the opening game of the season. sea-son. Later, every effort was made to engage Mm as manager of the. Newark club of j tho new International league, but he did 1 not see his wav clear to accept that ! proffer until a settlement had been ef- I feeted with the JJoston Red Sox. as his ! contract with them was still in force. ' Evors Is well qualified to take charge 1 of ft baseball team. Ho knows every i angle of the game and has an amazing j amount of initiative and drive. Further than that, he is so quick-witted and ! thinks so fast that he can handle any j situation which arises on the diamond like a flash. It is safe to say, then, that with anything any-thing like an even chance he vail make i a name for himself as a manager second i only to the name he has made for him self as a player. |