Show LOU GEHRIG WINS PLAYER A W AR Yankee Ace Leads Field FieldIn FieldIn In 1936 Poll CLEVELAND Oct 16 UP Lou UPI Lou Gehrig the iron man first baseman baseman baseman base base- man of the world champion New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Yankees and leading home run hitter of the 1936 American league season was named today by bythe bythe bythe the Baseball Writers' Writers Association of f America as the most valuable 1 player l yer to his team The association announced that v its official junior i loop op 1936 poll gave the award to Columbia Lou with r. r 73 13 votes His nearest rival was f Luke Appling sensational shortstop of the Chicago White So Sox who received 65 votes Four members of the associations association's associations association's associations association's tion's committee of eight named to conduct the poll poU picked Gehrig for top ranking g while three chose Ap- Ap lIng Ung Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Detroit Detroit De De- De- De troit Tigers out with injuries this year ear received no mention Greenberg Greenberg Green Green- berg received last years year's award A Averill Third Earl Cleveland Indians Inc outfielder was third with 48 8 votes Charley Gehringer the Detroit Tigers' Tigers dependable second baseman finished in fourth position with 39 and was the only player besides Gehrig and Appling to receive a first place mention which carried I 10 votes Following Gehringer were Bill Dickey New York Yankees catcher 29 votes Joe Kuhel of the Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Senators and Vernon t Cen- Cen ennedy en- en nedy White Sox mound star rack brack bracketed rackEted eted at 27 21 votes and Joe DiMaggio star tar Yankee rookie outfielder with 26 28 DiMaggio received two second choice votes for nine points each Other American leaguers receivIng receiving ing five or more votes were Tommy Bridges Detroit Tigers pitcher 25 Hal Trosky Cleveland home run hitting first bagger 19 Jimmy Foxx Boston Red Sox first baseman baseman baseman base base- man 16 Gerald Walker Valker Detroit outfielder 14 Beau Bell St St. Louis Browns 10 Wallie Vallie Moses Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia Athletics 7 and Bob Lefty Grove Boston hurler 5 Appling and Averill received the most third choice votes each being named twice for that position Others receiving votes were Jimmy Dykes Chicago White Sox playing manager and Rip Radcliff his teammate 3 each Sammy Vest West St St. StLouis Louis outfielder two and one vote each to Eric McNair of the Boston Red Bed Sox and Zeke Zelte Bonura of the Chicago White Sox 1 Hes He's Valuable S I i I Lou Gehrig lIes He's also baseballs baseball's base base- balls ball's iron man |