| Show I 1 I I IBy By By BILLY EV EVANSA EVANS ANS- ANS ANSI ANSA I A As a no lu big league Iague I ath-I ath athlete i lete hole ever eser appreciated a 11 jok jolt mo mote 0 I I than Collins Collin famous second sacker of or the Chicago aio White Sox Now that Eddie wilt will be bo ger as well ell as os captain and s eon con l baseman haeman 11 ii will bo be interesting lIng 10 note it if h is ts still ible ibl to retain lila keen sense cne of or humor I When hn l i Chicago go pher is the th I of or some ome jol joke e he bl blames mes Colllns CollIns a as theler the per ler tor of oC o the stunt glunt that iii-idO iii him the target larget for lot Most Mot of or the Chicago pla plarA rA who ho spout Ol poll t a nickname tie hive e Colln Colins t to lv I llan l lame tot foi Ih ahus Ther Theme e Is h Earl Darl heel for tor In- In Inta instance tance In stance ta nee lie cle clever cleer er that sacker A AIJI AI I olen ankle that thet 1 wis n nes never Cr r prop prop- prop prop-eily ely t sit set I Isa ha haa Sho y ot of much of or his 1519 hi speed He lie e I Is s an- an nil nil- any anything thing hut but n a Gobi Cobb or Archdeacon i on the hases hae Collins named him Lightning i and th the title stuck tuek Ho lie I Is tinny tinny-i to 0 on the tho bill belt 1 them e I Is Johnn of I I Italian Hallan Lilian a Colllns dubbed ii him end ind to the lie rest t r C the tue V White bIb Sox be lie ha has no other name V When hen hen Bobby Roth Both a is was as is It II Chicago he gaso Sa 0 Colllns Collins many nany a a I I i laugh If It an player told ot of o sonic gr great play Itoh Roth nina ll always had a 1 bet t beter or Cr one which he lie eli tr I toi r- r tot fOI med mcd 0 a sa saw go Dra was the ni nickname Colllns Collins give hiM hin hinand I and anti It still holds goo cool I e ci en Hobby Dobby lies has passed out of 01 the big shown show And n 1 vo ao It goes do down don n the tine line linew a Ith the entire tram teens Col- Col Collins Collins lins Col-lins lins has haq a name fur e every esery cry pia er and it tits fits tho the In One Ono o of the best brt III laughs evo evem slipped mo me on the ball field as aa the originator lot of o the scheme It to Ih the con con- con f of or the pIt ph Ing inA field ot of th the thet t bite Sox Sot So pat pal k It It BO SO happens that IhaL much of or the ground wa was t 1 ifill III fill and lOd all of ot the lie stuff into the lie pullIng placing pIa In field fied was not d dirt li-I li Due to the fact tact that the tho foun foundation lion tion soil soli is was II a none too goo Soo I 1 it li n as asfor for ears carR ii a difficult matter to lell h the infield in good food trim The rise IJo bols s oten t n 1 kicked to the but to lo no avail all After a 11 strenuous I I des In which Colllns Collins n a halt half dozen ground bills with th hi his chest chet he ho decided to use 0 heroic I I m method In Iii some way he ho got an old I I rubber boot and It tt In Ih thia i g Sick bick of ot second base In I Ig running after i ball bali hit lilt 0 over er act act- ond onil the tho next day which winch he lie taILed failed to reach h he PUrPOSelY tripped and went ent s to the tho ground Getting to hlo feet leet he mad made roada a 1 close cloe inspection of ot the spot h win re rehe rehe tue he fell tell and after atter digging around for Cor a ft few tw seconds second pulled the old I boot 1001 out of o the tho soil coil It got ot a 0 big hugh from fons rom one except the tho gro The I next day he lie got Instructions Crom from the tho tip higher teeming with 10 0 lo I baseD langu-ise langu to get Bet the tile infield In shape hape He lie did Thio rU ue i rus o bad Iad I i 5 om 01 ked nO |
