The Washington times., 1925-09-16
WHITE SOX
SLIPPING
BACK
Absence of Eddie Collins
Brings String sof Defeats
to Westerners
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER
Sports Editor. The Times

Sports Editor, The Times
When the Chicago White Sox
open their final series Of the 1925
season in Washington Friday
Eddie Collins will not be seen in
action. The star second baseman
Of the Westerners is threatened
with entire extinction as an active
athlete, though he will undoubted-
ly be retained as bench man
ager. The loss Of Collins has
been costly. It has caused q GER
tain third place club to drop back
into the second division where it
seems destined to remain, both
st. Louis and Detroit showing
greater power in the final rush
TO the tape.
Eddie Collins was showing bril-.
fancy as leader and az a PLAYER
when injured in Ynidseason. In
diving after q grounder far Is his
LEFT he pulled certain tendons loose
in his left hip and now the eminent
surgeons believe his playing days
almost at an end
When the world champions were
A~(C4ANAy Al SAANdSOp AOIl1AS, uNII1A
In the same hotel with them, was
hobbling around on crutches. Dur.
ing their visit he tossed away the
crutches and resorted to a cane,
though his gait was pttiful to zee.
At that time he said he would be
back in the lineup inside Of ten
days, but since complications have
set in and now he knows he's out
for the season.
Eddie Collins, closing brilliant
career In the major leagues, sur
pFised everybody By making q
contender out Of the Soy in his
first season as q leader. Not
only was he playing fine ban
himself. but he was urging on
his mates until they were out
doing themselves. They became
. most dangerous outfit inside Of
q few months.
with Collins on the shelf. Bin
Barrett went to the vacant position
and from that day the troubles of
the White Sox set in. It just 50 !
happened that whenever an error
had to be made deciding things
against the Sox, Barrett was the
goat. Whenever anybody had to
fan in a pinch or roll into a double
play, Barrett was the bird. The
result is that Chicago fans don't
want to see much more of Bill
Barrett, the hardest hitter on the
squad and an honest. earnest ath-
lete trying his little best to fill
giants shoes, the shoes of an Eddie
Collins. Only one Collins comes in
q generation, yet the fans on the
South Side thoughtlessly ride"
Barrett for not equaing him. Such
Il life!
with Collins hors de combat,
little Ike Davis began falling apart.
SO long as he was working with
Collins, Davis made noises like
being a major league shortstopper,
but working with Barrett was
something different. Barrett is still
playing second base, there being no
other man available, but Ike Davis
has given way to Johnny Kane, a
Texas Lacquer whose home is
within shooting distance OF
Comiskey Park. The White Sox
infieId has become sieve since
Collins went to the bench and the
world champions hope to gain by it.
Friday will be Ladies' Day, with
a single game on the program, but
on Saturday a doubleheader will
be played. That means that a
capacity crowd will be on hand,
the White Sox being popular and,
though now in the second division,
making a game effort to fight their
way back into the money before
the curtain falls.
The world champions have but
o single victory left to annex
he
the edge over them for the 1898
after that today. Walter John.
son and Ken Holloway will prob
ably be the opposing Fingers. III
rain interferes, a doubleheader
viii be In order for tomorrow.
Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary pro-
vided the big noise in the 5-to-3
victory of the Tigers in the opening
game Of this last series. He did
nothing more than to hold the slug
ging Jungle Cats to six hits and
he hammered home run over the
right field wall close to the foul
line. To pitch a winning game is
usually satisfactory to the Moth
Calina man.. but when he comes
through with a home run,-wow,
that's the real stuff.
Zach's home run came with no.
body on and none out in the third.
It put the Champions ahead, 3 to
2, walked up TIE fans, set the
Washington bench wild and brought
wide grins to the smuggling singer.
His face resembled a full moon
as he romped around the sacks
and, on his return to the dugout,
was greeted with many a hearty
slap on the back.
Probably because he would not
be outdone by Zachary, Goose Cos
nil duplicated the stunt after two
had died in the same inning. He
sent his drive over the distant
score board and Travelled around