Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-09-30 | Page 17 | Only Five Tigers Return from 1935 Pennant Winning Detroit Machine

Only Ony Five Tigers Return From 1935 Pennant Winning Detroit Machine By GRAHAM HOVEY DETROIT Sept 30 INS UNS- INS Only five Tiger players who helped give Detroit its worlds world's baseball championship in 1935 will be on hand when the club opens its 1940 effort Wednesday against the Reds at Cincinnati Cincinnati- and only four of them will be in inthe inthe the up line-up at any anyone one time Charley Gehringer perennial I Tiger second baseman will be 4 back at his old post and hitting in third place just as he did five years ago against the Chicago Cubs Hank Greenberg likewise will willbe willbe willbe be hitting in his old up clean-up spot but on I defense will be patrolling left field instead of first base Pete Fox will be back in right field but will be batting in seventh place rather than eighth as in 1935 And Schoolboy Rowe and Tommy Bridges will take their regular turns on the mound against the Reds just as they did against the Chicago Cubs Del Baker now manager of the Tigers will be stationed on third base just as he was when a Tiger coach under Mickey Coch- Coch rane Gone is Cochrane old fighting Black Mike who piloted the Tigers to the championship championship championship cham cham- and scored the winning run in the ninth inning of the sixth sixth game Gone too is Leon Goslin the goose who laid the golden egg by dropping a single into short right field which scored his boss from second with the run which meant the title Gone are Jo-Jo Jo White Marvin Owen Iy y Rogell Gee Walker Flea Clifton General Alvin Crowder Elden Auker and other heroes of that 1935 victory Owner Missing Gone too is Frank Navin then owner of the Tigers who waited patiently year after year for the championship which finally arrived Frank Navin who planted a kiss on Goose Goslins Goslin's Gds Gds- lins lin's cheek in the dressing room after the victory and said Now I can die happy happy and and did shortly shortly shortly short short- ly thereafter Petey Fox was the batting star of that 1935 classic powdering the ball for an average of to finish 10 percentage points above Gehringer who hit for forthe forthe forthe the six games Greenberg who was injured in the second game and did not play in any subsequent subsequent subsequent quent contest got only one hit in his six trips trip to the plate