Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
NJ 'GRAW DIFFERS
WITH LANCE ON
GREATEST MAN
Giants Scrappy Manager Picks
Collins, While Old SIugger
Sticks Out For Wagner.
By Bill Lange.
Famous Slugger Years Ago.

famous managers that baSeDali
has known, says Eddie Collins of
.s5 Athletics is the greatest player in
-hs game to-day, but l can't agree
With him. I think Hans Wagner, or
40 pirates. stands out above Collins,
and 7 would not even go SO far as to
say. that Wagner is the king of them
ali either. It's almost an Impossible
ask for any man to pick out the king
OF ball players.
duly influenced when he MADE tn2t
rernsrll about Collins. He saw this
wonderful young player at his best
and he noted how Collins brilliant
v,.orl, was robbing him of the cham
nionship OF the world. Many another
n,aver in either the National or the
American League might have done
the same thing had he been given the
opportunity.
= don't want to take any credit
.wav from Collins. but, in justice to
Wagner. one ot the grandest ball
tossers who ever put on a glove,
simply rise to speak few words in
his defense.
This wonderful Pittsburg infielder
has been playing major league ball
ever since 1897, when he started out
With the old Louisville club, when the
National League had ten teams on its
circuit He has been going ever since,
and he always has been right up with
the stars
Fans Tire Of Players.
Now. Collins has been at 1t for four
years only. ] will have to admit that
ne is a remarkable youngster and that
he has gotten away with some plays
which made the whole country talk
about him. But so had Wagner. We
we're reading about Wagner and his
work when Collins was little more
than child And still old Honus is
grinding away.
This leads me to believe that some
lines they tire Of the grand old men
of the diamond. The public iS looking
for new faces Collins is Just coming
20 the front, while Wagner has been
there so long that they probably con
slider him a has been. But he is still
yerv live and active tosser. and,
barring accidents. he will be good for
many a day to come.
Now comes Collins to the front with
Iu, Of his tlashy stuff. He has man
aged to dazzle the leader of the
Giants. who saw him do more than
any of the others to rob him Of the
Har'prouShip Of the world, It's no
wG"iar that Nuggsy takes his cap off
,, maria n,iarht do the same thing
r,,-o,r- undar tha same circ1In-
.. yn..-, I.7t am ont Of tHr gane for
er.rs
..7er '.7s r,l.,vad in a few. worlds
.tr-i.,43tn r,I,,asts l,imsaIC and
g.. .Ip.-e 5id shine more brightly
.' 'rv other felnvs. He was there
.~ -r, field at Tho ba+ and ON the
nns., ue served bic aIuh faithfuIIy
tool. his orlers and aIvavs behaved
Ike pentlaman
Trraars Collins viii no .s great 2
rrayer as V'aoner e,r,e da,, bu+ ne
must nut I'm a fa,, ,nora 500 G,ns he
fore Ne can MACS ain, in Tho sane.
crges Win ma ,,or r,or1 Dit+sb,ro
LET us soc if no can sttrI the wear
and tear like this old Pirate warhorse
""T STOOD IL during all these years
non. again. collins has been play
,.s Se'ppd baSe all the time IheN
-%ls never Sh'tted MN around. HOW
"''Al wagner why, he has done
very ."thg nut plt'n ana eaten, ana l
~ heard mat he Is there hehind the
"'' ana IN the box, too, II It comes TO
nlhNn
~" can MI IN any place. this big
.NN' ana ne never falls down
ef- Inev play him at first. sec
9"u, tAIrd and short. and sometimes
~ 'he outheld. | Will admit that ne
."S not been as active this season
~ lhe past. but this was principally
because ne was injured early in the
1Udsoh and was out for some 5V-Qdd