Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-01-06 | Page 44 | Eddie Collins is Adept at 'Waiting'

EDDIE COLLINS IS ADEPT AT "WAITING" j E. Trowbridge Collins, . otherwise 1 known as "Kdclie," is the hardest man ' to pitch to in the American league. Tn other words, Collins Is the most conservative con-servative batsman in the junior circuit. Unlike many batters, Collins does not step to the plate determined to hit' a certain ball unless he has orders to do so. He makes every pitcher work the limit. He does not strike nt bad balls and for this reason it takes a pitcher with good control to keep him off the bases. During the season of 1917 Collins drew eighty-nine bases on balls, the equiva -lent of the same number of base hits, providing there are no runners on the bags ahead of him. The figures show that be struck out but sixteen times all summer, and in addition to the many free passes he got, he stole fifty-three bases. This made a total of H2 bases accounted for by Collins without having hit the ball safely to get them. And this , is why a player like Collins is so much more valuable than the player who , knocks the fences down now and then.