Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-08-07 | Page 15 | Tigers Had Deteriorated into Meek Kittens until Psychology Changed

Tigers Had Deteriorated Into Meek Kittens s-P.- s Until I Psychology Changed Goslin Caslin Says Players Figured They Were Merely Secand Second Sec Sec- and ond Division Outfit Editors Editor's Note This Note This is the third of six articles on the brilliant pennant dash being made ade by the Detroit Tigers in the American league By EARL J. J DETROIT Aug 7 P Psychology IP says ays Mr Leon Goslin was what did id it Goslin known more familiarly in baseball ns as Goose was talking about bout about the Detroit Tigers and their chances chalices of winning the American league eague pennant Gosh Goslin is Js in a position to know what chances the Tigers have being a member of the Tiger outfield and andone andone one ne of ot the main reasons why the Tigers igers have ma made e it uncomfortable for Cor or the rest of ot the league this summer sum sum- merThey merThey merThey mer They were a second division division- minded club club and and now they have been een made into a first division minded championship outfit says the he Goose and that's all there is isto isto to 0 it Goose Transformed Kittens The Tigers Goslin explains were in iii 1 the lower part of the first division or r in the bottom half so long that they hey didn't have the old winning spirit Thc They have It now he affirms in in i a degree which he thinks means the le American league flag Detroit fans give rive the Goose a large part of the credit for tor putting patting the fight tibt in a Tiger team which for years urs had been rather a kittenish group of ot ball players The liThe boys bos are out there trying to win vin every da day not only on the days in n which the thc other team doesn't go goo goso goso so o good said the Goose O Of course theres there's a re reason on for their fighting spirit Mickey Mickey Cochrane a great player and a greater manager The Thebo bo boys S are trying tring hard to win for him and and will Goslin known as the money monc player layer type has been a driving force forcen in n the Tigers' Tigers successful ul year A contant con con- slant tant counselor end adviser of the younger and less experienced mcm- mcm bers beroS ers of the squad Goslin has a friendly friendy friend friend- ly y cheering word when plays g go wrong or the base hits get scarce scarce- and nd Manager Mickey Cochrane gives him lim credit for continually keeping the ic entire team on its toes No Quit in His Lexicon Goslin the rest of ot the Tigers s say never ever has known what the word quit meant Early in the season suffering from a fractured nose he hc took ook the field against Chicago and cracked racked out the hits which meant the ic ball game Recently against the Yanks he doubled home the tying runs In Ina a 12 11 game In which the Tigers trailed by three runs going into the ninth In the field he be has electrified the fans ans by great ireat fieldIn field field- In big pWe p. p We h have ve a great in infield said the Goose There isn't a better one in inthe inthe the he game And with the of of the team earn pla playing ing just as good ball well we'll welle be e in there when the payoff pay comes in n October w i r t b 4 w 7 C r f k 4 I- I I I s LEON GOOSE GOSLIN