Beaver County News | 1916-09-01 | Page 5 | Collins in Batting Slump

COLLINS IN BATTING SLUMP White Sox Brilliant Second Baseman Gluing Through Unusual Experience Experi-ence in Hitting Line. It is an unusual experience for Eddie Collins to be away down in the American Ameri-can league batting list as he is this year. Eddie's mark up to date is but .251. It is probable that he will better this before the season closes, as he is hitting in better form than he was, but lie will have to go some to get within the charmed .300 circle, where he has been a shining light for a number of years. Last year Eddie finished second sec-ond to Cobb in the American league batting averages, with .332. This year Eddie Collins. hie has hard work in striking his stridt in stick work. Eddie, however, is a most valuable man on the White Sox roster and can always be depended upon up-on to play his best. Ills batting slump is something that all ball players experience ex-perience occasionally in their diamond career.