Show EVERS FACES TOUGH PROBLEM AS 11 0 A 48 1 tl johnny evers new manager of cubs stepping into his new job as man ager of the cubs with the best wishes of the fans johnny evers ne less faces about the fanciest bunch of trouble ever gathered under one tent bays says the chicago cawing post before signing and evers wasn gasn t exactly yearning for the job charles webb murphy made him agree to carry out some of the policies which frank chance out of the wealth of his experience as a baseball gener al at had refused to consider it looks like tough sledding for a while evers admitted after he had put his name to a contract which 4 4 eel av frank chance ex manager made him manager of the team tor for the next five years there will be many changes but mr air murphy has assured me that I 1 can do anything I 1 want to in the way of trades and I 1 w ill be responsible for whatever hap lap pens there had been many report reports that after chance had been completely shorn of any authority to protest the cub team would be torn to pieces and evers statement appears to sub stant late these rumors the circumstances under which evers stepped into chance chances s shoes were explained by a member of the team evers didn t want the job and it took a lot of persuasion to force him to it he declared in fact there wasn gasn t a man on the team who want ed to become manager tinker frank ly said he wouldn t take it under any circumstances and when ha he was called down by murphy for malting making these statements for publication tinker repeated them to murphy e face but evers situation was diff different erent johnny has been unfortunate tn in finan cial matters and the added salary as manager was a great inducement then too murphy a hand had been forced by statements that he was stalling and was having trouble find ing anybody who would work for him and he was determined to sign avers it was a case of become manager or quit baseball evers refuse nobody knows better than he does what he Is up against A but he Is game and may make male a success of it he ile doesn t go into the job with any illusions lie ile has been playing for the cubs tor for ten years and he I 1 no i v murphy johnny isn t hiLr borini ane delusion that he Is lying down to pleasant dreams in a bed of roses it the fans will stick by him until he gets a fair try out that s all he asks and he believes they will it looks like a second division team teara for the west side for a couple of years but after the new machine gets to working properly johnny thinks he can bring it up to the top again I 1 in glad it s all over said chance the strain of the last few develop ments in my case has been a tough one tor for a man just out of a hos hospital lital I 1 I 1 ir fal looking forward to a good rest ret on my ranch where there will be noth ing to worry me there thero are no hard feelings between evers and myself I 1 want you to emphasize that point it is a promotion for johnny and he deserves it he ile will make good the boys will play ball for him after the bitterness wears away and johnny is popular with the tans fans no city can show a more loyal bunch of tans fans than chi cago has they have blen u my friends in the past and I 1 believe they are my friends now all I 1 can say Is that in return for their loyalty I 1 have always given the best that was in me |