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Show I JY COBB AND EDDIE COLLINS EXAMINING ONE OF EDDIE'S PRIZED BATS I I This interesting photograph shows Eddie Collins, of the Chicago White Sox-at left-nnd Tyros Raymond Cobb, of the Detroit Tie-era, Tie-era, examining a bat especially constructed for Collins, ' " hieko?v durinrtiXM Ti w? ?, T'' ''r, r","!tl"i'n as Mfrpwdneer that he begged Collina' permission to us,, this piece of leawel he JdC f T I v" B"- , "" ",!" ' ' h aeni being the most euperstitione yer in the major ISt 11 w firmly believes ,n a malign influei called the "baseball .links ' and is sp.-mllv ,,, f. I bat certain little ntes are rendered up or that certain things arc not done to propiatiate that self-same evil power Collins' bats mustoe laid wav Ind r, '"V?"1 K8 "" be to the bat boy , iails to foul .be manager's order to lav them on way. And no one must touch these hit-slabs after they are laid out except Collins "finniehv" Ttt (1.e.rs,and that Cobb', request fell on deaf cars. In fact, it was not until nil the player. tbo up the shout of finnicky and the joshing grew almost unbearable thai Collins gave maud handed the bat over to Cobb toi a trial I a .ftSZ e bat did not ael a. . charm for the leaning majon league hitter, as in three line s L b ,,, not 00ax I f Collin,, and ' hJ Cbb DetrK.:r swtsrK. as trawsss0 m at h- -" |