Show Name Bob OFarrell As wAs w Best In National wormer OTmer Sandlot Rookie Gets 79 Out of 80 SO Points in 1000 Cash Prize Selection Is I Son of Fire Chief Tr Tie list of ot player whose names hive have been en Inscribed on n the mor maor league MInor Knor nor roll of oC alu valuable able players player follows AMERICAN Ll AGUE Points x Ty Ty Cobb l 84 4 x Ul x 1112 Trl Speaker eland Ceveland I 59 It x I x 1914 x Collins Chicago 65 61 George eorge 1932 SIr Sl lr r St SI Loula 55 56 Babe Habe Ruth Euth New York 84 64 Walter 1924 W ller Johnson Washington ash 55 iS Roger 1925 Roger Roter 45 4 George 1936 Burnt Durn Cl CI elAn v l nd d 63 3 XA NATIONAL I Ii 1921 Vance YAnce Brooklyn 74 Rogers 1123 Rogers St Eit SL Louis LpuIs i 73 Dob 1926 Cob OFarrell gt Et t Louts Louis Loul 79 7 x x awards lust tt January In recognition of o s r to tot teams m in seasons eaon Indicated NEW EW YORK Dec By 10 10 ByThe The Associated Pross Press of oC Bob Hob OFarrell catcher ot of o the champion St Lolls LoiI CArd Card- Cardinals Card Inala nals u a i the th most mOlt mo t valuable player In n the National league leacue during during- the 1926 race wa was announced today by President John Johi A OFarrell received 79 7 out ofa of ot a 0 fO SO points point from of the tho th Ba Da Writers committee making the award vard award the th highest vote oto ever polled by a player Ire He II Is the first fint catcher In either league upon whom the honor bonor has been conCe conferred and Ith his selection election goes coes oes a cash prize of ot 1000 OTHER Three Thre other Cardinal players finished among amons the th first ten In Inthe the voting Tommy Tommy brilliant shortstop Iester Bell third basemen baseman and Flint PItcher Second honors however howver were taken by Hughie Hughle Critz big guardian ot of the th ne ds tor for whom GO CO point s were ere recorded Pay flay Kretner Kr mer Pittsburgh pitch pitch pitch-er er with 32 points was third with Ith 30 20 points fourth arid and Hack Wilson lIson Chicago out out- outfielder outfielder out fielder with 23 25 was fifth Rogers Hornsby manager or ot the Card Card- CardInals Cardinal male inal and winner of ot the prize last lut year crr and PilLs PilLs- burch burgh burih who finished To this list lift the th committee add Add- Added added ed Cd the lh honor bonor roll Haines and Kh Bottomley first base and aud l Iou Dou- Dou thi of o the tho th Cardinals Cl Cuyler r Adams Adam pitcher and Earl S Smith catcher of o the tho Pirates Roush and CI and Ford and Dres- Dres 11 n InfIelders or of o the tho th nods Redl HIrIl infielder and J 7 Welch outfielder o of the Ule Braves Bravos Jackson New ow York Fournier Brooklyn baseman barman Philadel phia catcher atcher ChIcago second to t tailed failed to get I within the th first ten this year Neither winner nor runner thi year were ere among Iho tho tho lead lead- lead Inc In log league learue hitters hitter J post post- poat log Ing a batting average of and Critz of o 2 69 The committee considered however that the former was one on of b the lh most mOlt time time- time timely ly iy h hitters on the Cardinal team tea Ka In addition to being a cap capable ble receiver a 0 deadly thrower and a 0 dependable handler handier of ot He appeared In out of lU games sames CRITZ DEFENSE SCORES SCOnES In spite of Critz low batting mark the committee decided that lie bo has flashed the th the mot mar mar- mar elous defensive play seen In the majors for tor many a year He also was considered a dm dat If not prolific batsman hatsman The committee making the theaward award aard was compos composed d of James JamesM JamesM M 17 Gould of o St Louis chairman George W Daly Daley of ot New York J 3 Roy Stockton of o St LouIs Robert Robort Newhall of ot Cincinnati Stoney of ot WIlliam II H Decker Becker of ot Chicago oNick NIck Flatley of Boston Doston Ed Bal Bal Bal- Ballinger Bal linger of oC Pittsburgh e rd ad Abe Abo Yn Yager er of ot Brooklyn The rules governing go selections pro for tor first place votes otes to tobe tobe tobo be recorded as ten points second place nine third as al eight etc The following foll were voted for tor on that bull bash V HD VOTED Total St Louis Critz Id 1010 10 10 s 10 10 10 20 79 10 10 7 Cincinnati 8 4 3 10 S 8 9 9 9 GO Pittsburgh h 5 o 0 o 0 o 0 6 6 S 7 3 7 32 St St Louts Louis 6 0 1 6 0 7 7 30 3 Chicago j 1 S 9 9 8 2 40 4 0 0 0 25 0 20 L I Bel St Louis q 3 8 5 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 24 4 f Hargrave Cincinnati 2 0 o 0 7 0 3 C 6 24 t St Louis I 4 3 2 o 0 S 0 2 4 20 0 New New- York 0 S 0 0 S 0 0 17 0 0 I Boston 0 o 0 o 0 4 3 5 5 a 17 0 0 17 C prison Philadelphia hla o 0 o 0 o 0 z S 7 4 3 1 tc o-tc 0 Waner Vaner Pittsburgh o 0 7 6 0 2 00 0 0 15 0 0 Traynor Pittsburgh 3 0 0 0 0 S 5 3 2 20 0 O o 14 H PIp Cincinnati E 0 0 7 5 0 0 0 O 0 o 12 0 E B Brown Boston Herman o 0 s 5 s 5 o 0 o 0 o 0 1 I o-io o 0 Herman lIerman Brooklyn It a 0 s 6 o 0 i 1 i 1 o 0 o 0 o- o S 8 Root Hoot ot Chicago Hornsby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08 8 Hornsby St Louis Butler 7 Q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07 7 70 Duller Butler Brooklyn 0 0 o 4 o 0 o 0 o 0 o II 1 15 1 5 Sout St LOllis Lotis 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 05 0 5 St Louis ys o 0 o 0 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 n ft s- s ss 5 s Irs Ir's Cincinnati 1 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 i 1 1 2 24 2 4 I lit lly New York o 0 o 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 02 41 2 Walker Cincinnati 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 1 lie ite was rated a 11 first class cla i back back- backstop backstop stop until Gabby Harnett crashed Into the th limelight with hI hit cluster of home runs relegating to second string trIng J service WAS W ts IN IX Then came a trade trad with St Louis In 1927 1923 which gaY rIl his opportunity to retrain regain the heights Ills His work behind the bat Jat for tor the th Cardinals that ear arwas was hith Class hus and from the tart of t the th campaIgn he h loomed as a bit big factor In I the heI I Cardinal pennant c D Dependable cool and sure aure ure of er 11 himself both on and tIe tIe- de defense took tool his place as asan asan nn an outstandIng out cog In the th St StI Lou machine l dU him as a the th most mort vain vain- abl able player In the th league l fu and considered him the tho most rno t dan dan- dangerous dan dan hitter on th the team in a crisis crisie OFarrell who recently passed his thirtieth birthday anniversary Is ii the th son Ion of a a former Waukegan tire fire chief He H Is husk husky boyish boyish- l looking likeable and single His JIls name goes gou coe down among the great catcher ot of o all time timi along alongside side aide thos those of ot Archer and ICing Sc an and Schalk Meyers hyers and |