The Washington times., 1935-12-20
Ed Collins
Boston
Bv KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

New Year, it seems to me that
the gentleman in the sports
picture I will least envy is one
Edward Trowbridge Collins,
who is somewhat more than
Just in the middle-he is on
the hot spot.
Should the Red Sox fail to
click now with their we'll over
a million dollars worth of base
ball acquisitions, I should dis
like very much to be in the
brogans Of Mister Collins. for it
Is undoubtedly he who has guided
Tom Yawkey in that lavish out
lay in order to buy, if possible. an
American League championship.
Limit to His Patience
Even as patient, forbearing and
tolerant a man as Yawkey can't
be expected to disguise his wrath
or disappointment much after
1895 were a pennant fail to flut-
ter over Fenway Park. Should
such a grievous boomerang befall
Uncle Tom. none could censure
him for looking around the base
ball horizon for another straw
boss than Edward Trowbridge.
Yes, it is now plainly up to
Collins to produce. Like a
veritable Santa Claus, in order
to make the firm of Yawkey and
Collins look good, the former has
reached down in his jeans and
Just about bought Collins all the
pretties on the Christmas tree.
There is Heinie Manush. for in
stance, the latest bauble of Collins
and Cronin's desire. 1t is plain
the Red Sox are taking quite
gamble on Henry Emmett in let
ting so superior an outfielder as
Roy johnson come to Washington
for the aging former local left
fielder, who is nowhere so near his
prime as is johnson.
Can't Believe the Facts
have yet to speak with a base
ball enthusiast who doesn't be-
lieve Griff skinned Collins alive
in that trade. Many believe Griff
hasn't spoken all the facts in that
trade and that surely some money
must have passed back to Boston
in the johnson and Reynolds, for
Manush. trade.
Locally, the reaction has been
mingled regret and surprise, re-
gret that the likable, wholesome
Manush will no longer wear a
Washington uniform, and surprise
that Griff was able to make an
even-Stephen trade of him for
johnson and Reynolds.
The next announcement that will
come from Boston will be that
Collins has talked Yawkey into
taking on Eric McNair and Roger
"Flit" Cramer, and possibly Bob
johnson or Pinkey Higgins, in ad-
dition to Foxx and Marcum, &C
quisitions of 10 days ago.
Collins Has Much on Mind
Add such brilliant names as
those to the tranSfereeS on the Red
Sox who have already spent one
or more years as members of the
House of Yawkey, and you can i'm
agine the mental anguish that will
be Eddie Collins next summer,
lest his menagerie fail to walk
away with the American League
pennant.
There will be Of the old guard
picked up here and there, Joe
Cronin ($250.0O0: Lefty Grove
($125, ,000); Bill Werber (estima-
ted at 100000; Rick Ferrell Che
and Lloyd Brown cost $55 ,000) !:
Foxx, Marcum, Cramer, McNair
1880, ,00O), and Yves Ferrell ($25,-
000).
If that rare collection. which
will probably bat in the following
order: Melillo, 2b: McNair. SIS;
Cronin, 3b; Foxx, 1b; Cramer, CT;
Werber, RI: Manush, If, and R.
Ferrell, c, fails to play those Red
Sox right into a world series next
October, it will be Collins, not the
players, who will go hence. for the
most expensive of the lot are past
their prime and will have to try
one or two more years around Bos-
ton 'ere Yawkey will have gotten
anything like their original cost
and accumulated salaries out of
them.
Around and About
Heinie Miller and Goldie Ahearn
wear the most Seraphic smiles Of
Washington's entire fight gentry
despite the fact they've seen the
Seamy side of the game.
Lou Gehrig batted himself out
of his early 1885 slump right here
in Washington in a Memorial Day
double-header. His batting average
May 90 was .238 and at the end
of the season 1923. Between those
dates he hit for a mark of 1885,
The Philadelphia Athletics won
13 and lost 6 games during the
past season in final innings; the
Indians 13 and 9 and the Red Sox
IA and 10. Fading innings were
luckless for Washington and New
York. Cleveland won 5 from Wash
ington in the last inning, and
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