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Show ; Jpoes Not Intend to Retire 7 Despite Writings of i ; Sport Editors. - TROY, N. Y., Doc. 2. Johnny Evers, I irnatlvo Trojan, does not Intend to re N "tire from baseball despite the fact that "a number of newspaper men about 1 1 "the country have almost written him I out of baseball since it was announced i that ho Is a free agont and privileged j 1 to do business with any club In organized organ-ized baseball. While Evors. has not dickered with any of the major or minor league I -J clubs, it is a certainty that he is not i "going to quit baseball for another year iat least. Recently Evers attended a "smoker of the Knights of Columbus '-council and at this smoker Evers out-I out-I "lined briefly his plans for the 191S ' .'.season. "If I fail to become a mem- I .ber of one of the big leagues or am .;unable to obtain a manager's position , "with a minor league team, I will not i :give up baseball." said Evors, "I noth- ;, ing else turns up I will operate an in- ( -dependent ball club' in Troy in 191S " and with no New York league baseball II '.I believe independent baseball will be t.i success." Close friends of Evors insists that j .he has had the proposition to provide Troy -with independent baseball next , year In consideration for some time land that he has practically decided to ' :give Troy a strong independent team next vean It is believed that Evers I ;would have a strong team on the field tand that Saturday and Sunday games I rwould be played as well as on week I days when major league clubs passing 1 ..through Albany could be induced to -stop off for a game in Troy. ; A suggestion has been heard that Evers might put a Troy team in the ' "Sta"te league but after his rather dis-j dis-j astrous experience In backing such a "club a vear aero he is not likely to lis- I "ten to-such talk. Anyway, from all the '( r.talk heard heroabouts it doesn't look ! like there would be any New York ! 'State league next year. |