Show Johnny Evers Should Pep Up Game As Assistant to Brave Manager Unpopular Player Really Has Has' Many Sterling Characteristics Says Farrell By Henry L. L Farrell N NEA EA Service Sports Editor NEW EW YORK YOnI Dec 22 The 22 The news was announced recently that Johnny Evers is returning to to the major leagues next season as assistant manager of the Boston Braves and it might be that some toddling fan fanor of or the sprout age will be asking th theold the tho l lold old baseball bu bug of the family family- Who Vho is Jc Evers pa 1 That would That would present a a. most dIfficult difficult dif dIf- dlf- dlf question to answer and would require a a. command of the tho superlative superlative tive five of ot every characteristic by which a human can be described There IB is nothing moderate or Inthe Inthe in inthe the medium about Johnny Ever Evers He lie is the cx extremist In every trait that he possesses A violent manIn manin man manin in his likes and dislikes He was one ono of the smartest men that ever played baseball lIe He was the crabbiest most sarcastic sarcastic sar sar- castic castle meanest tongued player that ever wore a spiked shoe and at the same lame time he ho was and is yet one or of f the nicest and finest little mUe gen gen- emen that ever lived Ills His enmity was a a. thing to fear his friendship a possession to be treasured Johnny is less violent in his emotions emotions emo emo- ions than ho was when he lie was a aart apart apart part art of an Immortal combination that hat has been passed down as B of ot the perfection of infield pla Tinker play lay Tinker to Evers Evens to Chance Chance- During the time that ho he was servIng serving Ing ng as the pivot man of that great combination he ho never spoke to Joe Jop Tinker rinker off oft the ball field and h he wouldn't say anything not necessary i on tho the field nd at various times during tho the turbulent days of his career he was on tho the outs with al almost almost almost al- al most everyone he knew Ills IUs fault was that he be couldn't I tolerate losing a a. ball game He was so smart himself that l Ivi ho looked upon slower thinking on the part othis of ot his fellows as an indication of ot sluggishness sluggishness slug slug- and indifference His nis disposition to expect every ban ball ail player to meet a a. situation ashe asha as aa he ha met it kep hiM bin on bad terms with the other players when he waa was wa wasa a player and even more so it handicapped handicapped handi- handi capped him when ho he became the th manager of ot the Cubs Ho lIe couldn't couldn understand why his Chicago players play play- ers era couldn't do the tho right thing thin when he had told them what to do I lIe He couldn't understand that there 1 la is such a B. thing its as Instinct When Johnny was released as manager of the Cubs he told me I and ho almost cried that every ban ball ballplayer player on the club with tho the exception Uon tion of Larry Cheney laid down on him Liim I asked Cheney Choney about It some som sometime sometime time later and he sal said l that every player on tho the club was hustling bu but the they couldn't keep up with Johnny's Johnnys Johnnys Johnny's Johnnys Johnny's John John- nys ny's brain and his quick thinking in a tL pinch Johnny ruined himself by worry worry worry wor wor- ry Cheney said He lie couldn't Understand un un- how players could bo ho s so 80 dumb and ho he began to fancy that tha they had grievances against him hini lIe He thought there was was- wasa a tL religious clique working against him and h ho worried himself into a n. where ho was in no state to think about tho the game Immediately a at hand band I tried to tell him that h hl his suspicions were foolish but yo you ou know Johnny Ho lIo couldn't bo ho con con- vinced At about the tho samo same time tn that Johnny was wa worrying himself o ohis off olf his f d with the Cubs Cuba ho he had pr rate business reverses SAIL All his savIngs savIngs sayings sav say Ings blew up with a business Investment investment in investment In- In vestment and his future In baseball was threatened He Ho was failing a aa as asa asa a manager and every owner In tn the major ajor leagues knew that It was his ungovernable temper and his unreasonable unreasonable I attitude toward th tb the players play play- ers rs that was making him a failure and nd that would prevent him from 1 I succeeding with any other club But the troubles and the disappointments disappointments did not harden Johnny They hey took toot the tho sharp edge off his tongue they softened his disposition disposition tion on and they gave him th the ambion ambition ambition ambi- ambi tion on to come back Johnny Is back now and everyone everyone every every- everyne one ne who ever has known him will rejoice No one more morl than the writer welcomed the news because he ie has learned to appreciate the real eal qualities of a fine little gentleman gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man by having had a terrible quarrel quarrel rd rel with him him about about nothing wo we ve both decided later There was a laugh when Judge EmU Emil Fuchs Fuchs- owner of the Braves announced that he would mana manage e his Is club and that Johnny would be beIs his Is assistant There may be a lau laugh laush h It f they succeed but the tho laugh will wUl wille be e directed at the first laughers Johnny may make malee Fuchs as the nominal manager and the judge I may make malee Johnny Jo as a real manger manager manager man man- ager ger because the judge is a cool i even ven tempered individual who knows mows how to handle men and Johnny needs Just such a person as asan asan asan an associate |