Show I I It Speaking Sneaking ca Pays of Sports po to toBe toBe l Be a Slugger Awards Show By y HERB HER A A HUSKY DUSKY nosed large Italian- Italian American catcher and a burly first fast baseman from Maryland's east cast eastern castern eastern ern shore captured the spotlight briefly for baseball from a sports world intent on football when the Baseball Writers Association of America picked the two most valuable valuable valuable able players to their teams in the National and American leagues The catcher was Ernie Ernic LombardI who swung a hefty bat for tor the Na leagues league's Cincinnati Reds dur dur- during during during ing the 1938 season The first base base- baseman baseman man was Jimmy Foxx of at J e Amer Amer- American American ican cm leagues league's Boston Red Sox whose gallant comeback from rom the down and and trail a year ago won him hima a landslide vote in the poll To Lombard Lombardi the award comes late in his playing career has been In the major leagues since 1931 The big catcher rolled up points or 63 ahead of Bill Lee the Chicago Cubs' Cubs pitcher who nho finished second LombardI who lives In Oak Oak- Oakland Oakland Oakland land Calif CaliC led the league in hitting lilting with and according to his man man- manager manager ager Will fill l had much to todo todo todo do with the success of the Reds' Reds sensational young oung pitching stag staff this year ear |