Show MRS MOODYS MOODY'S COMEBACK PRAISED Jimmy Foxx M Ranks Next 11 To Net Star I Tote Note This is fourth of a series analyzing results of the eighth anual an- an Li ual Associated Press sports poll i It t deals with replies of the naon's nations nation's na- na tion's on's ons sports editors to the question th What were the leading sports comebacks of 1938 NEW EW YORK Dec 15 5 Hero Hero Hero- I 0 of the outstanding sports comeback come come- back of 1938 is Helen Wills WiUs Moody I The talented San Francisco tennis player earned the No 1 l bracket in a close race with Jimmie Foxx c clouting 1 0 U t i fl g first baseman o othe of the Boston Red te Sox Twenty four o othe of the 70 sports crit critics I crit-I ics participating in the eighth an annual I an-I nual Associated I Press poll cas cast I I their first place ballots for Mrs I T Foxx Moody and her herl I achievement i n inning winnin the Wimbledon championship champion champion- ship after a year three lapse ven I I four y-four other place first votes went I o Foxx for recapturing the Amen Ameri- can league batting crown for the I C time since 1933 and 1933 and that after f or season eason in 1937 But second t and third place support swung the theto theu thea u a decision to Mrs Moody who rolled gland P 1131 points against 97 for Foxx o 0 Points Point were awarded on a 3 2 basis with each expert naming three three comebacks in the order of his I hoice choice I I n The he result marked the second time ime in four years that Mrs Moody ue figured prominently in the come Ck aek section of the poll In 1935 when she emerged from a year two-year Retirement to defeat Helen Jacobs forthe the Wimbledon title Mrs Moody Ji finished second to Jimmy Brad- Brad lock ock in the annual poll u Dizzy Dean Third Jerome Herman Dizzy Dean Dea r. r ho followed a season late-season comeback come- come CU ba back ack k with a well-pitched well though osing game in the world series 11 o oak ook k third place in the final stand- stand I ns by a narrow margin over Joe JoeLouis JoeLouis JoeLouis Louis heavyweight champion and Solly Krieger Knieger N. N B. B A. A middleweight jV champion Louis figured in a Mf comeback role on the score of round one-round knockout of Max S avenging his 1936 setback setback set set- back bk at the Germans German's hands i i The poll covered a wide range of comebacks 42 in all an One wit I added led a third forty third Hugh Hugh R. R Wilif Wil- Wil 11 if I American ambassador to Gerp Ger- Ger Geri i p lany who came back to report II Jewish problem 0 The tabulated results m u. u Five ive and one-half one points Alice Alices s arble U. U S. S tennis champion Five Five points each Paul Runyan Golfers' Golfers association associationS S ion Paul Dean pitcher reby re- re j c by St. St Louis Cardinals from u Houston 2 B Four Four points each Chicago Cubs a Notre Dame football Young Cor- Cor U bett III ill middleweight boxer points each Fred Fitzsimmons Fitz- Fitz simmons Brooklyn pitcher Max Baer heavyweight boxer Amos 1 Aonzo Stagg football coach at Co College Col- Col 1 liege lege of Pacific Chicago BlackI Black- Black hawks ha ks hockey team Bob Feller Cleveland leveland Indians pitcher I Lombardi Lombard Mentioned Two points each Jim Braddock heavyweight boxer Johnny Re- Re ota Vota professional golfer Michigan II football Joe Gordon New York Yankees Yankees' second baseman Ernie to bardi Cincinnati Reds' Reds catcher si ney Wood tennis player Patty erg U. U S. S women's golf champion i Rowe Detroit pitcher tent sent to Beaumont Tommy Armour professional golfer One half point Southern Cali- Cali in- in ornia football H Total Firsts Ints I Minn lm Wlm- e eI i 1 champion 21 24 I 2 I. I loxi o Red Bed 1 Sox Rox first an 34 24 97 TT 3 Dizzy Dean Chicago Cuba Cubs 1 pItcher i 1 26 20 Jh A 4 Joe Louis Loula heat hea weight champIon J 4 25 I I 8 Solly leie New i lork k 1 middleweight 4 2 21 II 11 Rank Hank Greenberg Detroit 1 1 Tigers Tiger baseman 3 16 10 II Lefty Grove Boston Red I 1 Ill Sox tz pitcher pitcher 2 11 8 IS Howard r cheJo Jones S Southern th m California football coach 0 O 11 j 8 Vernon Gomez New loric n tJ Yankees Yankees' pitcher r 1 T 7 Derringer Cincinnati Reds Reds' pitcher 1 3 6 |