Show GEHRIG NAMED lEADING STAR Yankee First Fir s t Sacker Will ViII Receive Award In Junior Loop CHICAGO C Oct 12 By By The Asso Asso- Associated Associated elated Press Lou Lou Gehrig Yan Yan- Yankee Yankee kee kec first baseman and heIr apparent to the Uie sultanate o of swat should the theS S v v Lt perpetual per pet u a 1 Ruth RuthS S f. f feer ev ever er er weaken has hasS S S been designated by bya Y a committee ri frs frs' of baseball e writers cs as asS S a the most moat valuable 1 4 player I of the h l American an league agu in inSA v f SA 1927 Ban Johnson league president iL made sn a d e the t h e an announcement an- an announcement f it last I a at atS g S t 4 night S Seven of the S eight writer one oneS S S 5 from each city of S the league named Gehrig as their the 1 r first choice The Theother Theother other first place went to Tony Larsen Lazzeri second s ond baseman Gehrig won the award which is 13 honorary and without monetary value on his around all-around ability and value particularly his at bat Gehrig was the third best batsman in inthe Inthe inthe the league ana and was second s ond to Ruth in number of home runs nuns 47 Although his home run mark marie markas was cas far back of Ruths Ruth's record 60 60 it was the highest ever made in the league by anyone except Ruth Harry Hellmann who won on his fourth league le batting championship this year jear ear was runner up to for most valuable player honors Ted Lyons the White Sox pitcher was as just below Hellmann Heilmann to rank third President Johnson expressed pleas pleas- pleasure ure sire in n Gehrig's election pointing to him as a great example for tor the youth of today The league executive point point- pointed ed out that Gehrig causes no trouble to umpires plays conscientiously con and always has given his best efforts to his club and the league |