The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-16
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY

Major League spring training
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 BY GEORGE KIRKsEY
 United Press Stan COrrcspOndent)
 Lakeland, Fla, March l6-(UP- The skin is peeling off Mickey Cochrane's nose. It's sore and 50 is he. The Tigers cracked up on Cochrane last year so he's cracking down on them this spring like he never has before.
 Things Cochrane tolerated in spring training a year ago are taboo this year. His most drastic ultima tum was to bar all player'se wives from camp, even his own. Three players wives, Mrs. Tommy Bridges, Mrs. Elden Auker and Mrs. Gerald Walker, who wintered in Lakeland had to pack their trunks and leave town. Cochrane parked so loud the wives moved a 100 miles away to Daytona Beach.
 "T'm cracking down on the boys for the first time since I've been manager of the Tigers" says Mick ey. Why? Because we finished l9 Ia games behind the Yankees last season and I don't want that 10 happen again this season. We are working with the pennant as our goal and I want the players think ing, talking and eating baseball. I don't want to have anything else on their minds"
 The Tigers luck changed on them last season after two pennants and two years without major injury. They had four key men out. Hank Greenberg broke his wrist and play cd only 12 games. Cochrane had nervous breakdown in June and had to leave the team for nearly six weeks. For the first time in 12 years in the majors he failed to catch 100 games. Alvin Crowder, a 16-game winner in 1885, was only with the team six weeks. Schoolboy Rowe's father died and he was away from the team a week and failed to re- gain his form for another two weeks.
 "Those misfortunes ruined us" says Cochrane. With our full strength the Yankc might have beat us. but not by 19M games
 Cochrane has regained his health. He weighs 188 and looks and acts like the old Cochrane. He says he'll catch 100 games again this year. Hayworth and George Tebetts. a great rookie from Beaumont, will catch the rest. Greenberg's wrist apparently is as strong as ever and he expects to play 154 games at first base. Schoolboy Rowe, after long siege of bad luck, thinks he's head ed for the greatest year he's had in the majors.
 What does Cochrane need to make the Tigers into a championr ship team? Mickey says give him two pitchers to go with Rowe, Tom my Bridges, and Elden Auker and the Tigers will win the pennant.
 We have a fine defense and plenty of punch" says Cochrane. If our young pitchers develop we'll be all set. Give me two pitchers who can win l2 or IA games apiece and the Tigers will win again."
 Bridges is still the same skinny, wiry fellow who won g games last season. Some say he's the best pitcher in the league. He and Rowe will be the Tigers two aces. Auker had bad year last year but Coch- rane is counting on him coming back strong.
 The best of the young pitchers are Paul (Dizzy) Trout from Indian- apolis: Jake Wade, who won four games with the Tigers late last sea- {. son; Pat Mclaughlin from Beau mont; Bob Logan from Indianapo- lis; Clyde Halter from Milwaukee and George Gill from Beaumont. Trout talks like Dizzy Dean. It re- mains to be seen whether he can pitch like him. Cochrane says he has penty but is wild. The Tigers need southpaw badly. Wade, Hat ter and Logan are the leading hopes for this spot.
 The Tigers infield probably will be Greenberg at first, Charlie Geh- ringer at second Bill Rogell at short and Marvin Owen at third. Coch- rane plans to try Rudy York, who played first base for Milwaukee and was voted the most valuable man in the American Association, at third base because of his punch. If York wins job with the Tigers, it'll have tp be at third because Greenbcrg has shown he's ready to pick where he left off when he was hurt. Frank Croucher from Beaumont is a prom ising infield rookie.
 There'll be wild scramble in the outfield. Al Simmons, with his old confidence back, is in shape to play right now. He dieted during the winter and took off 19 pounds in four weeks. He's down to playing weight of i95. Cochrane will shift him to left field, where he and Goose Goslin will compete. Jo-Jo White and Gerald Walker, who hit 1858 last year. will battle for center. Pete Fox and Chet Laabs, who hit 324 for Milwaukee are the right field candidates. Laabs is a great "aR