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Show CELEBRATES THIRTY-FIFTH THIRTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY Captain of Chicago White Sox Observes Birthday. Ec'dls Collins. Was Picked Up by the Philadelphia Athletics In 1906 6'.ilf. Playing Wonderful Came at the Keystone Sack, Eddie Collins, second baseman and captain of the Chicago White Sox, one of the greatest stars ever m baseball, celebrated his birthday recently. "Captain Eddie" was thirty-five years old, or more appropriately, young. In the fifteenth year of his long and honorable major league career, ca-reer, he Is going as strong as he was In the first, or the fifth, or the tenth, and It can't be safely predicted how Eddiv wwiina. many more years he will be playing his old, steady, wonderful game around the keystone sack, ut bat and on the paths. Kdward Trowbridge Collins was born at Millerton, N. J, May 2, 1887, aud played Ids first baseball, aside from that with other small urchins, on the town common in 1004, with the Columbia university team at New York. lie was a college player In l!0."i and 1U00, and In 1SWC he was picked up by the Philadelphia American Ameri-can league club. In that first year he used the name of "Eddie Sullivun," because be-cause as a college player he could not participate In organized baseball i, mi rutnin b! niunteur standing. When Collins first went to Philadelphia Philadel-phia he was tiled out at short and third base, and the ensuing year he played shortstop. In 1908, with the Athletics, he alternated at second base, third base and shortstop In 102 games, und hit for un average of .273, his low-est low-est average since he entered the ranks of organized baseball. The White Sox rnptaln has been In six world's series, bus stolen more bases than any other world's series player, and ins Wvrk la thoss? dani probably outshone that of any other Individual. Collins came to Chicago in 1014 by transfer, the Sox paying a reported ?.V).H) for him. The Sox Infield leader Is a resident of a Philadelphia suburb. He has two sons, one four and the other ten years of nge. Eddie's latest hobby is radio. |