The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-26
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EDITORS NOTE: This is the third of a series of six articles on Mickey COehrane's phe- ncmenal success as manager of the Detroit Tigers.
By F.. J. HILLIGAN


 DETROIT, Sept 26.-The "hot stove league" fans, busy through the winter making trades which would put new life into the Ian guid Tigers, got the action they had hoped for soon after Mickey Cochrane became manager of the Detroit baseball club.
 B Cochrane made news in the sports world and gave the fans in Detroit something to talk about when, without fanfare, he traded Johnny Stone, a Tiger outfielder, for Leon cGoose) Goslin, who pa trolled the outfield for the Wash ington Senators.
 It was an outright trade, with. no cash involved, and immediate ly many fans said Cochrane had traded a young, promising player ! for a one-time star now on the down-grade. But Cochrane knew what he was doing-knew what he wanted And in Goslin he obtained exactly the kind of player he need ed to aid him in convincing the young Tiger team that it was a real ball club and not a perennial second division outfit.
 Goslin Winner
 Goslin is a winning type" ball l player. as is Cochrane. Aecustom- Ted to winning, he imparted a win ming spirit to the youngsters.
 You going to be a second di- | vision club always?" Goslin asked x group of players one afternoon soon after he had joined the team. i And from that moment on he was Cochranes first lieutenant in the campaign to convince the Tigers \ they had the makings of a club I which could win the American league flag.
 Cochrane readily gives. Goslin U the credit for arousing the team to a realization that it could play H top baseball. A competitor of the Al finest type, he showed fighting HI qualities which other members of the club could not help but admire In Chicago, a few days after the | season opened, Goslin was under the care of a physician after hay ing suffered a badly fractured nose just at the end of the spring train ing season.
 Can't Keep Him Out
 You're taking a few days rest, Goose" said Manager Cochrane.
 "Oh, no I'm not" returned the Goose. I'm playing this afternoon. |"
 Cochrone couldn't keep him out of uniform, and that afternoon against the White Sox, Goslin did nothing out perform spectacularly | in the field and crack out four hits in five trips to the plate. Throughcut the summer his play linspired his teammates to heights lthey never before thought they {ISould reach
 Constantly coaching the younger of the squad, Goslin is lgiven credit for making Joyner (Jo Jo) White, the "Tigah man. Q lreal star White, used only as a lpinch- hitter, had been trying to lsmash the ball out of the lot in Istead of just trying to get his base hits. Goslin saw he was Q natural hitter with the wrong lidea and persuade him to choke kls bat and punch rather than take a full swing. White immedi- lately gained the 300 class, and became one of the best base run ners on the team, if not in the league.
 The rebirth of the Tigers dates from the signing of Cochrane; but the crafty Cochrane's act in ob- taining Goslin was almost as im- pcrtant a part of the Tigers 1884 zbistory was was Cochrane's decision Eo4 become a manager.