Milford News | 1931-02-12 | Page 3 | Jimmy Foxx at Initial Sack Satisfies Connie

Jinirny Foxx at Initial Sack Satisfies Connie Connie Mack gazed over the baseball base-ball field for 15 years before he spotted anyone as good as Jimmy Foxx at first base. True, when Connie picked up Foxx in 1925 he had a catcher. Cy Perkins was doing a neat job behind the plate and soou Gordon Cochrane was ae- f U. & r -tr'.K- I I ... : l tSSSj Jimmy Foxx. quired from Portland and so there wasn't much chance for Jimmy, who was ti.en sixteen. On account of his hitting ability there had to be a place found for Foxx. He was tried at third, but when Orwoll started to miss a few at first Foxx took up the work on sack No. 1. This was during the season of 1927 and the youthful Marylnnder has been there ever since.