Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-06

| ping of Collins would have the same ef-
feet as did the tagging OF COBB. It's
very questionable II such would have
been the case, but Collins refused to be a
party to the Cub plans. Instead OF being
stopped, he went through the Chicago
| forces on high speed and put them to
rout.
| Mr.. E. Collins is some ball player. TIC
see him In short series OF seven games
does not do him justice. To appreciate
| his worth to a ball club his work day
in and day out through the long season
must be observed. He has all the nat
ural ability necessary to be diamond
star. is game to the core, and Is full OF
the fighting spirit of these modern times.
He never stops talking from the time
the game starts until the last man Is re-
tired First he crabs at the pitcher for
his failure to get the ball over the plate,
then he calls down some infelder for q
bIunder and yells at the outfielders when
they fail to play in the proper places for
the various batsmen. One nice thins
about Collins, he is consistent. He roasta
of the other players. I have heard him
call himself all kinds of uncomplimentary
names when he has popped up q ny In
a pinch or fell down on chance that
gave the opposition a run or two.
I'll WAGER the field umpire, Mr.. ODay.
heard Collins. at his best in the second
game of the series. when Jack Coombs
developed a streak of wildness that re-
suited in nine men being passed to first.
Off the field Collins and Coombs are great
pals. but when the umpire calls play. the
only friend Collins recognizes is victory.
I have worked games in which Coombs
has been wild and heard Collins get OF
his monolOgue. 1t goes something like
this:
well. you big farmer. can't you see
the plate? You're getting binder than
some umpires l know
There you go. trying to strike every
| body out. Get the ball over the plate.
Don't. forget there are nine Of us out
here"
| III you can't get the ball anywhere
| near the plate, let Connie put in some
one else. / could do better than you're
doing. and never did any pitching in
There you are in the hole again.
You've had the first man on in every in
ming since the game started. You're not
so good that you can handicap these
fellows"
For goodness sake. put that slow ball
in your grip. You've thrown it three
times today, and a hit has resulted every
time. 1 suppose you want some Of your
infielders to get killed"
What's the matter-have you gone
crazy? Don't give that fellow another
high ball or the game will be over. Keep
'em low and inside on him. He never
hit a ball there in his life
That's Eddie 1 G9ips from n,o.s the tim time the the
champion fighter Of the team. The play
ers know 1t, and no one ever resents
his verbal assaults. In closing don't for
get that Mr.. Collins is also Rah Rah
player. Columbia University is his alma
mater, as they say in college.
The success of the Athletics brings to
the front the non-playing manager. The
resourceful Connie Mack does all his
heavy work under the canopy Of the
bench, out of fans sight. In civilian
clothes he directs the play Of the Ath-
letics, and his teams record speaks for
his ability. Unlike most managers Con-
ME never has any use for the base ball
| uniform But Comics tailor IL the au-
thority for the statement that he wears
out an unusually large number OF trous-
ers during the summer months.
The Athletics are the heroes of 1911.
Who will get the applause year hence?
But then what's the use? A year is a
! long time.