Show I I L BRUSHING f UP SPORTS m By Laufer e i I cs Ic r I. I put r i ii r y ii I I r I 1 i. i J N i I JL r TJ I I L I I THE EDDIE HEINIE COLLINS-HEINIE footrace in the 1917 world series is still a subject of hot stove league dis discussion It is unfair I U r to lay the entire blame on Zimmerman however as there was a aI I n I GG T combination of mental errors on the play Here is the setting EdI EdO Eddie Ed Ed- I die Collins was on third when Joe Jackson tapped the ball to Pitcher 1 O N I s Rs Rube Benton Benton whirled and caught Collins off third A rundown rundown rundown run run- down between Collins and Catcher Bill ensued Colins Collins Col cor- lins jockeyed up and down the line until he slipped by while was holding the ball Too late to throw chased Collins across the plate with the winning run Walter Holke who should have covered the plate was fast asleep on first base Who should have been blamed for the boner |