Show c w ft ft It Waner Most Valuable Player II i T AUT AUT WANE who was elected the most moat valuable player In the J PAUl t- t National league In 1027 1927 by a R committee of ot baseball writers received ii his hll rot pot of gold and the National league bronze medal before a I X large lare crowd at the Pittsburgh grounds the other day H Warier Waner had hall an amazing baseball record behind the winning of ot this i al player medal and and i J prize It was nil his second se-cond rt year r In the time big leagues and he be led that league ai u batsman without a rival having Ij I stated slated that he attend the state norK nor nor- K mat mal After Arter three years of school ft ho bo left lert In 1021 to pitch for tor the i Frisco club dub lie He was then hen nineteen years old ohl A sore lore arm ruined his l pitching career carrer at nt Its Us very begin begin- In 1621 t 1 10 e o Rot got his Imps chance to pIa play regular In the outfield anti ami I. I lr batted SoC a In the Coast Cout league In I he batted and won his bis big V a R batting percentage of league leogue trial In 1020 1920 Hornsby his bis closest contender a playing hit his bill first year batted O. O Waner played In for the tile Pirates be bat bat- bat bat- gomes games missing only one t e. e d contest Ho lie led his bis league bits with 30 He lIe WAS led in made 41 two bag bag- r- r gers gera and led his bis c that year by Dressier Dressler league In n three bag bag- cs u and Christensen Christen Christen- ft- ft gers with 13 19 and tier sen of the Hie Reds lied t t hy by y scored runs Williams of ot the hili Paul was pitcher pitch pitch- I arl Smith of ot the lIer Il lI er for his hla high rates and Stephenson of or ofHie school nine nt at Okla Oklahoma the Hie Cubs Cults but none ol or homa Noma City nt at the these played In ns os many n ago of fourteen aa as games 0 years At sixteen played In IH games Unit that y the Oklahoma City scar Dr and hud had some flume tl tech tech- h. h Western league club nien claim to the bat bat- wanted to sign him thug ling title his bis ver very GrM but tile his father In In- Paul Pul Waner t big Ig league year ut I It was WI pretty generally generall decided among p men rollo following Ing the sport FIOrt closely closI J that Margraves of the Heels who ho J played In to games game's and butted Ji the Paul was us champion con cun his bis great batting tit stride ride tills this i Tear although not yet t quite up to 0 J the high mark he be attained lust last year gi w. w 4 |