Show COCHRANE HAS TIGERS FIGURING THEY'LL WIN New Detroit t Skipper Imbues His Men l With Belief Belie t They'll Take American League Pennant t Dy By FRANCIS J 3 POWERS FOWERS Special to The Telegram Copyright 1934 I r 1 CHICAGO April As As 18 a manager Gordon COchrane of the Detroit l Tigers still must win his diploma In the big leagues But as a builder ot of morale the Honorable Miguel already has proved himself one of the j top hands ot of the business 01 Cochrane has has' his Detroit Tigers thinking they are arc going to wIn thel American merican league ant and he has hassold sold a lot ol of smart critics the same batch of goods although I 1 dont don't believe believe be be- lieve they'll take the pennant Detroit has not been a real contender con con- tender for the American lea league ue flagin flag flagIn In seventeen seasons and won it last in 1909 By and large however the squad Cochrane has Inspired with championshIp Ideas is very much the same outfit that finished miles behind be be- hind Washington So just how does Mickey y fIgure to make the Tigers pennant contenders this sea sea- son son Well first of aU all with a tine fine pitching staff Theres There's Fred Marberry Marberry Mar Mar- berry the old relief man of Bucky Barris' Barris championship years at Washington who now can go 0 nine innings quite as al well as he used to step two or three for the Na Na- Fred pitched the Tigers to an 83 triumph over the White Sox In the opener Tuesday Vic Sorrel Tommy Bridges and Carl Fischer other veterans on whom Cochrane is placing much dependence and all or of them are better bet bet- ter than fair Bank on Rowe I Then Cochrane is expecting great I things or of Schoolboy Rowe the bIg kid from Arkansas who made a brilliant start last spring sprin-g only to tobe be checked by a sore arm Well the arm is O. O K Konce Once more by Cochranes Cochrane's Cochranes Cochrane's Coch Coch- ranes rane's reckoning and Schoolboy is ready for regular work and plenty I of victories Elton Auker another youngster who wh came up during the tag end of the 1933 season is about ready for a a. a regular place on the pitching staff and Steve Larkin from Shreveport is showing tar far more than the average recruit from class claEs B B. B Vie Vic Frasier and Elon Hogsett are the other first flight pitchers and from that group of nine Cochrane expects to produce hurling that will be equal to the best in the league Detroit Is satisfied with Its It's Infield Gehringer and Rogell Roell I make a smooth pair around second see sec and ond base and Marvin larvin Owen has shown teat Improvement at third Owen Is starting on round ground balls baUs and has hal learned how to coo go goto to his left without loss of time Dick Greenberg Greenberr the big ble- first baseman Is a cracker at the bat Cochrane has been obliged to change his earlier plans for tor the DetroIt De- De troIt outfield but to the benefit of the team At the start of the training camp grind Mickey had nominated Pete Fox for tor center field but along came Frank Doljack to bat so well that Fox was relegated to the dugout D Doljack has been Detroit property property- for tor several seasons but until this spring his never batting matched his fine fielding and throwing Now he seems to have learned how to hit major league pitching and center centerfield centerfield field u is his property until he fails Gerald Walk Walker r happy Cochrane Cochrane Coch- Coch rane is playing superb ball in right field and his speed makes him a dangerous dangerous dan dan- person person on the base lines at atall atall all times Goose is the other regular outfielder elder but he is out for forten forten ten days due to getting a pitched ball ballon ballon on the nose |