The Detroit times., 1910-10-24

obscurily into fame by the cruel way
I In which he handled the Tigers.
Adams was the town hero OF smoky
old fittsburg for many a day. His
success i'm the National league this
season was only ordinary. He was a
l commonplace man before his brief
period OF splendor. and he's common
/ place again.
All the dope went bad in picking the
probable busy-bee OF the big noise
this year Arden. and industrious Chi.
cago writer's fell upon Zimmerman.
when John Evers was hurt Evers
! himself writing with the aid OF a
crutch and stenographer who does all
the work. thereby hitting 3S9 In the
1 Newspaper league. which is more than
| Cobb owned when he got the auto. de-
clared loudly and in much large type
that zimmerman wodld be the sensa.
tion OF the series. He Is the sensation
all right. one of the most sensational
| iiatheads or the series. In Saturday >
game, for instance, with a left-hand
hitter up and man on first. the bat
ter, Strunk, hunted. Chance took the
ball. while Zimmerman camped on sec
ord TO take an impossible throw, leay
ing first base uncovered while Mr.
Cole. late of the South Michigan
league. and another youth whose base
hall bonnet isn't overlooking so he has
10 tie his hat on. stood ir the pitchers
box and wondered what was coming
off. Neither was the hero Jack Coombs,
who won two games more through
luck that skill.
The real undiluted ginger stick OF
the whole parade is Eddie Collins. Ii
;his man Collins can show anything
like as much during the championship
season Of 1911 he will be SO far ahead
of any other athlete la the American
leagre for allaround sterling work
that he will be the unanimous choice
of best ball players in the country.
In the contest OF Saturday, just by
way OF illustration, Collins chased
into center field for a fly ball that
was only a little distance in front OF
Strunk. because the recruit had been
throwing poorly. He nipped the ball
and cut loose a throw 10 the plate
that Bender pulled down when he saw
Chance vas sticking To third.
A few minutes later Schultz went
into second base feet first just as Col
Inns gathered in wide throw from
Thomas Talk about riding the base
runner into the sack, Collins made
high dive. tagged the Cub person on
the shoulder. turned somersault and
came up on his feet without losing
step. The whole performance was a
continuous motion so well executed
that stranger 10 baseball might
think fip-fiaps necessary adjunct TO
second basing.
The one hest Mackman bet, Col
Inns. spent a busy day In the last
game OF the series and covered him.
self with glory again. He only had
two doubles. a single. and two stolen
bases. He had five put-outs and four
assists. snaring one grCunder behind
I first base In the first inning he
singled and stole second. arriving so
far ahead of the ball that the play
was not close
In the eighth inning he doubled over
first base and on the next pitched ball
stole third Steinfeldt had the ball in
/ time Il get him but Collins slid
around and was safe In the ninth he
! doubled 10 center field The ball sailed
! oi. llUt over f1OlUldu , ntdu dnu Oii
! the Detroit grounds would have struck
! the score board on the first bounce
The Juvenile phenom certainly did
noble work.
! Collins has been able to steal bases
en- he great Jawn King and the
great Jawn isn't one of the Cubs who
/ has Jeffried.
In addition 70 these few little things,
! he thinks and passes signals TO the
outfielders so they may know what the
pitcher Is about TO throw. Every once
In while when the pitchers faltered
| Collins conversed with Ira Thomas in
the deaf and dumb signs; also he
kicked up a half-mile OF dirt about sec.
ond hase and rubbed his hands to-
! gether thousand times. Otherwise.
he rested
| II this young man Collins could only
play oae whole championship season
as ne has worked in the series he
| would be the baseball wonder OF all
| time The best thing about Collins In
! the fac that his brain Is quick and he
has the physical ability to carry out
his idas. When he first came into the
| American league, a raw collegian, he
was one OF the poorest appearing OF
big crop OF Juveniles Connie Mack
sprung about that time. But. the far
J seeing Mack vas wise enough TO dis.
Germ the glimmer OF baseball brilliancy
and strck with him till Collins devel-