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Show mm LEAGUE TO SELECT GREATEST ALL AROUND PLAYER Famous Ty Cobb and 1 ris Speaker Barred From Competition; Veteran Sports Writers Named on Committee to Make F 1 na 1 Selection; Selec-tion; Memorial Will Be Construcced CHICAGO, Aug 12. (By the Associated As-sociated Press. ) For the first time in itu history. the American league officially Is to designate this year Its "greatest all-around player,'! The star will be honored by having his name inscribed on a massive monument mon-ument to the national game, which will be erected in Flast Potomac park, Washington D. 0 , to commemorate the sport Names of stars selected at the con- r-lnvlrin t,f fiitiin, o'lcnnv w 1 1 i In- :,ill- ed to the monument. The magnitude of the memorial can be Judged oy tho fact that the American league has appropriated J100,OQ0 to build it and leading sculptors of the nation will be asked to submit designs. The plan that has been adopted I by the league proposes that the He-) lection of th player shall be made , annually by a committee of sport 3 writers of the eight cities In the J league L E Sanborn, a veteran re-, tired baseball writer. Is chairman of the committee and its other members ire J. C. O'Leary. Boston; Harry 1 Welly Chicago; H. P Edwards. Cleveland. Cleve-land. H.G. salslnger. Detroit. V. B. Hanna. New York: J C Isamlngor, 1 Philadelphia. J. Ed Vra. St. Louis,' and Denman Thompson, Washington. 1 STABS BAJvREjTX Ty Cobb, the Detroit manager, and J Trb Speaker, the Cleveland loader. I w-ili not be eligible for selection on account of being playing managers, but the competition is wide open for all other players. Batting. fleldin-and fleldin-and pitching records 1 alone are not to be the basis for selection, but faithfulness, continuity of service and conduct both on and off the- field are to be items t consideration The rules for governing the award ol the trophy announced today by President Ban Johnson follow; The purpose' of the American league trophy Is tQ honor the base-1 bull player who is of greatest all- ; 1 rund service to his club and credit I to the sport during each season. To I recognize and reward uncommon skill 1 and ability when exercised by a player j for the best Interests ot his team; and I to perpetuate his memory. : Tiie selection of the player to be awarded the trophy shall be made by Bj committee of eight active baseball base-ball writers, one from each city In the American league. It shall be the duty of the trophv jconimuue to determine the best ', Pa 01 the year bj careful oni-eratlon oni-eratlon of ability and achievement in all departments of the game. CO watch for and encourage the "winning ball P'ayor. ALL-AROUND PLATER. Batting, 'fielding or pitching aver-ageu aver-ageu shall be glveD due consideration but not Such as to constitute them the sqIc. factor in thfl choice, renumbering re-numbering that combined offensive and defensive ability is not always Indicated by uny system of records Patthi ulnesa. continuity of service during a season, freedom from or lability to injury and illness shall be taken into consideration Conduct 00 and off the tie-Id absence ab-sence from games on account of the oxercle of discipline by managi 1 dub owners., or league officials shall ! constitute part of the players' records oith url,oe' Of the award. ..laying managers shall not be eii- S'blc to the trophy contest la th. nature of the game the manager, If e also acts In the capacity r.f a flayer, lB of greater aluo to his team and places ail other players at a disadvantage dis-advantage In the contest. Phe trophy committee shall be appointed ap-pointed by a chairman, who shall n.a no votlug power; nor any financial finan-cial Interest, elthei directly or In4t- rectly n baseball He shall be appointed ap-pointed by the president of the Amor- n league or otherwise, as the club owners may direct COMPOSITE BALLOT, th v 'roPhy committee shall choose J1'3 player b a composite bailor easeu un an amplin, utlou of the point 2!J used to determine tho wln-ulnK wln-ulnK team of a track and field meet. US a date prior to the end of eac h nunptonship season, each member of thf rpl,y committee shall mall t... Chairman a ballot containing tho names of the eight players who he believes have been of greatest service to their respective teams during tho season. Each member shall arrange those eight names on the ballot in the order of his preference. First place on the ballot shall count eight points for the player so honored. hon-ored. Second place shall count seven points, third place, six points, and so Oli. The chairman shall tabulate these ballots, according to the aforemen tioned system, and announce me com- 1 poslte result, the award of the trophy to be made to tho player who shall , be found to have received the highest! total number of points. To permit each member of the committee to express Ills choice free- j ly and without possible outside lnflu-ence, lnflu-ence, the ballots shall be confidential, known only to the chairman who shall j promulgate only the composite ro- suit, provided that the ballots with' their signatures concealed, shall be Open to inspection and verification by any interested party. These rules may be amended, modified modi-fied or slmpimeu by a majority vote of the trophy committee, the chairman chair-man to cast no v ote except In case of a tie. i-.n |