Show SAYS Since Sinca the cbs close clo- of the baseball season euon Eddie FAdie Collins famous sec second ond end sacker of the th Chicago bite SO has hs been th the central figure In many man mana a baseball rome rumo So far fr none of the gossip ha hai haR come true A year ago at Ihl this Urn time Collins fIgUred that he would be bp with the theL Yankees during the 1928 1923 cam- cam st Throughout hout the winter Int r the leal bet between een the Yankees and the ox hung tire fire but finally was passed up bv by both club clubs It has baa arnn been bren A ft t ambition of Collins to play ploy Uh sIth cw o c w lorl Ion h he ho tr 1 to the fu Yankee la-it la year a wee was n a disappointment In the spring of list lest year J hll hue for th the Chicago club I 1 noted the excellent ph con con- condition condition con condition of Collins Ills His sp speed d on the bases hases stood out roost mot I com corn commented commented on this feature and with witha a smile mlle he d Never e eer er as In better hap shape In my life Thought I 1 was as going to b be with tl New ew ew Tone TorI and wanted anted to go big so I rea started to condition myself at thel the close dooe of ot last tact season uon Hunting exercise and cars car cu as to m my diet has put me Tue In as s good shape hape a as I 1 ever er was The great work ork ork of Colllns last Tear Is proof f of U the 1 Ai h be had hadin hadIn i In his own condition lie fit had lia 1 one on of the beet wet years rears of his nt brilliant career Rumor has linked the name of otI I Colllns Collins an as Washington s a new nea man man- manier manA man s The fact tact that Owner Griff- Griff Griffth A ier i eger er a as Harris Harrl th his hu such uch a fine tine pla pa at second I Is one of the things s that casts cants a bit of ot doubt on such uch a a re- re report report re I port Harris l much than Colins I Is one o of If the game s a great- great sacker Bicker Ic Ie Colllns Collins was wasa wasa eat t second Iest II a star tar outfielder Instead of a 8 see sec second ond baseman laseman it would make the report that Colllns Collins was to manage the club sound much couch more logical ITh club need needs out- out strength fu far more than the of en an InfIeld to star What about the chances of Ed- Ed Ed Eddie Idle 1 die Collins Colllns to succeed as 03 a 1 big legue manager Hero Bero la is what rod Kid GleA On bad had to cay tay on OD that subject one ne day last summer when hen I I him Eddie Colllns ColUn Is the most yalu- yalu valuable able ball player I have v ci ver er en come comeIn comeIn comeIn In contact with A wonder me- me mechaniCally me mechanically he h has even a 8 keener brain ColUn Collins rarely makes a ms mR take ma take His brain seems to be work ork- ork I Ing a e couple of ot 1 plas la ahead all ithe tIme ime He H has haa the tha Ideal tem tem- for IL a ball player almost t to a II fault tault yet able to accept the bitter and the Sl with a smile mlle He seldom wonnIe Collins Is my Ideal of a 8 ball player play- play ln ler er en Unless I 1 am greatly mistaken t 9 will w be equally successful It if he to take talce up the manageri manageri- managerial al end of t the he game |