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Show j EVERS CODING BACK TO MANAGE PSOATES Veteran Will Succeed Hugo Bez-dek, Bez-dek, Who Has Resigned. Former Leader of Cubs and Braves Is in Better Health Than for Several Years and Is Confident of Making Good. Johnny Evers is to be back in the National league next year as a manager. mana-ger. He is to replace Hugo Bezdek as pilot of the Pittsburgh Pirates, according accord-ing to information obtained in Cincinnati Cincin-nati during the world's series. The announcement of his appointment will probably not be made until the meeting meet-ing of the league in December unless President Barney Dreyfuss desires to start building up his club earlier than usual find asks Evers' assistance in doing so. Dreyfuss, in choosing Evers to re-pla;'e re-pla;'e Bezdek, is not discharging his manager, but is said to have accepted his resignation. Hugo is a college coach and is now devoting his time to drilling the Penn State football eleven and it is understood he would prefer to stay there all season, writes Oscar Reichow, in Chicago Daily News. This past season he experienced a nervous breakdown as a result of trying to keep the Pirates in the race. Rather than impair his health he left the club flat on its back in New York and rushed to his home in Pittsburgh for a rest. This, it is believed, convinced him that his duties are with the college. col-lege. The Pirates' president attended the series games in Cincinnati and was in conference with Evers on several oc- John Evers. easions, but denied he was talking to him for the purpose of securing him to lead his club. It is known that Evers Is most desirous of returning to baseball base-ball after an absence of two years. He declared to the writer that his health is finer now than it has been in many years and that' he believed he is capable capa-ble of taking a club and making a success suc-cess of it. While he did not solicit Bezdek's position, it is known that several friends went to the front for him and succeeded in arranging a meeting with Dreyfuss. Evers managed the Cubs in 1913 and finished third with the team. He replaced re-placed Frank Chance as leader, but was let out after the race and sold to the Boston Braves, for whom he played in 1914, assisting materially in winning the National league and world's series pennants. Evers was not a success as a manager, although there are few in baseball, if any, who know more about the game or the running run-ning of a club on the field. His only difficulty was in getting along with his players. He was too drastic on the field and by his severity aroused the displeasure and incurred the enmity cf his players. Had his men played ball the way he desired them to the Cubs might have won the championship that season. Evers realized the mistake he made and now that his health is greatly improved im-proved feels he can take a ball club and handle it as well as any other manager in the game. He wants the chance and is going to get it with the Pittsburgh club, with which he may prove himself capable, as the team has players around whom a championship champion-ship organization can be molded. Evers knows this, and for that reason would rather lead the Pirates than any other club in the league. |