The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-07

cochrane Fails to Replace Pete Fox;
Tigers to Stand Pat on "a 0utfieId
Dstroit's Outstanding Garden
Recruit Hits From Wrong
Side Of Plate

C0cnrane admits that the Detroit
Tigers could use another right-hand
hitting outfielder to advantage but
does not know where to obtain one.
That being the case, Cochrane has
decided TO do the next best thing
mako the most Of what he has. The
ignited lrishman did q fairly good
job Of that in his managerial bow
in 1894.
"Jo-Jo White developed rapidly In
the last two months Of the season.
I am counting on the littl Georgian
to start In center field, thanked BY
Goose Goslin and Pete Fox" says
Cochrane.
A great majority Of baseball men
could not associate an outfield COM
posed Of Goslin, White, Fox, Gerald
Walker, and Frank Doljack with .
pennant- winning outfit.
Goslin, 80 and with Is years Of SER
vice behind him, had been traded by
Washington for the younger Rocky
Stone. White hit only .252 in 1898,
and Fox only .288. Walker ran bases
like a chicken with its head cut off.
Doljack had minor league complex.
The outfield was 1.-The laugh Of the
league"
As Cochrane Sees It
while We were lucky in complet-
ing q season without serious In.
jury. and were regarded as having
had breaks in other ways, no other
American league club has strength
ened to a point where it is an out
standing threat explains Coch-
rane.
Il look for close and exciting race
with any one Of four clubs likely to
finish in front-Detroit, New York.
Cleveland, and Boston. Philadelphia
may be quite a bit better, and give
the contenders plenty Of trouble"
Fox, the right-hand hitting regu-
lar, is the outfielder Cochrane sought
to replace. The Evansville workman.
who wound up with an average Of
.288 last year, lacks the consistency
and power at the plate demanded Of
. flychaser.
Naturally. the Detroit club would
have liked to have landed Al Sim
mons. Of the White Sox. What array
wouldn't? There are other retrievers
whose presence in the lineup of Frank
Navin's aggregation would make its
in the 1885 world series
vastly more certain, but even an
owner with bankroll the size Of that
Of Tom Yawkey Of the Red Sox can't
buy everybody he fancies.
When Cochrane concluded shop
ping the best he could show was
Suitcase Seeds, purchased from
Cleveland largely because he hits
right handed. After five years in the
American League there is little else
to recommend the tall Texan.
Hits From Wrong Side
Unfortunately, the Tigers out
standing recruit outfielder Of 1885
swats the ball from the left side OF
the plate. He is Chester Morgan, who
gets places in hurry and who top
ped Texas League batsmen with q
mark Of .342.
Many do not give White and Fox
full credit for their speed" asserts
Cochrane. white really had q phe-
nominal year. He hit 1913, figures
show him to have been the most re.
liable baserunner in the American
League. and he covered acres Of
ground In center field"
Among them, White, Fox, and
Walker swiped = bases last season.
White attempted 81 thefts. and was
thrown out only six times, for a per-
centage of 1923, the best In the cir
cult.
Bill Werber, the Boston third base
man who led in stolen bases with 10,
was tossed out on Is occasions, for a
percentage Of .727. Fox. who pur-
Joined Is bases, was thumbed out 10
times. leaving him with percentage
Of ia. Walker, who stole 20. failed
to slide safely nine times for q per-
centage Of $50.
II Walker settles down to playing
sane baseball, he has it In him to fill
the right-handed hitting bill in the
Detroit outfield. That is why the
club hesitates to make q deal for the
Mississippian. Walker, who possesses
q vast amount Of natural ability, hit
800 In 80 games In 1894. Cochrane
wouldn't exactly care to see him re-
turn in enemy livery and break up
games at Navin Field.
Miracle Mike would rather win
pennants with the laugh Of the
laugh OF the league" than have the
laugh on him.