Show I Heal Hal Voted Most Valuable Star Spar By JACK HAND NEW YORK Nov 21 UP Hal P-Hal Hal year old pitching ace of the world champion Detroit Tigers today added a second straight American league most valuable player award to his harvest har har- harvest j har-j vest of laurels I The slim Detroit native who Steve O'Neill's Ben Ben- gals to a pair of s series ies triumphs including the seventh decisive tilt with the Chicago Cubs had a runaway runaway In the voting of the Baseball Baseball Base Base- e- e ball Writers Writers' Last year just squeezed past teammate Dizzy Trout by four lour points but this time the talented left-hander left polled a point 72 margin over his nearest rival second baseman Eddie Mayo another important cog In the Tiger machine Detroit fans tans will agree with the of ot the writers for lor It was Hurricane Hal who came In on relief to save the pennant game against St. St Louis on the final day of at the season picking up his win to nine defeats defeaU Over a a. two- two year stretch has piled up 54 51 victories against 18 losses His strikeouts were tops In Inthe inthe the league and he also showed the way with eight shutouts in innings innings innings in- in pitched and 29 complete games Only once before In the history of ot the tho mo most moat t valuable voting in the Junior circuit had a n player won the crown two years running Jimmy Foxx did In 1932 and 1933 He also won it in 1938 Joe Di- Di Maggio Lou GehrIg Hank Greenberg Greenberg Green Green- berg Mickey Cochrane and Walter Johnson each was wall honored twice but not In successive seasons One of Johnsons Johnson's dates back to the old Chalmers award days Dave Ferriss freshman Boston's who stepped out of ot the army air corps to win 21 games in his first shot at the big time was fourth with points behind George points followed by George Myatt a key keyman keyman man In Washington's pennant drive that just did fall faU short Myatt had 98 votes to 94 91 for Vern Stephens of St. St Louis The point scores on a basis of ot 14 points for first place nine for second eight for third and so on down to one for tor lOth Flat Flut place votes volu In la 9 Mayo 7 7 4 t Fern Red Rd Sox 2 14 Myatt Senator natora 1 1 08 Sla Browns Browne 64 94 Stephens D e Wolff senators Senator 78 Boudreau Indiana Indian 70 CUt Case Senator 60 Richard etl 33 35 Mike Treib Trub White Sox ox 33 Jo Joe Kuhel Senators Senator 1 20 29 Roy CUllenbine I ere 26 n kC g Hank ir Tigers 25 Nick Etten Yankee Yank 21 Tony White Sox Box 18 Dizzy Trout Tigers 17 11 Dutch Leonard LeonardI Senator 16 i Roy Schalk White Sox Sox 13 Jeff Heath Indiana 10 20 George 8 Senator O 0 9 Bob g gr J Ii Browni Browna 8 S SAI Al AI te Benton t Tiger 6 0 Rick Ferrell lr Senator t 6 Bob Hob John Johnson Johnon ion Red Sox Box 6 e eMark i Mark Browne Brown B 6 I Roberto Athletic fi 5 Frank Hayes Indiana S b bRoger I Roger Cramer Tigers Tiger 4 Wally Vally Moses Mou White While Sox Box 4 I Eddie Lake Red Sox Box 2 Run Rue Christopher Athletic Athletics 1 Skeeter Red Sox Box 1 Rudy York Tiger 1 |