Show P V P newspaper udona ne released leased by western courageous young man re the honor due him recently when the national leagues most valuable player 1 award for 1942 morton cecil COO cooper per the went to td the of big right handed pitching ace amazing st louis cardinals the award signalized signalizes a remarkable recovery recover y by cooper from an operation performer performed last summer on his elbow the operation g tk was a desperate and successful effort to prolong his pitching career caree the 28 ye year arola ar ola old hurler hurier from missouri M sour who w von on 22 billy games to lead the southworth redbirds into the world series and e eventual worlds world s was named by a committee champion championship shil p of the baseball writers association of america ile he re received 13 of the committees 24 first place votes and out of a possible points in the balloting ile he was the only player whose name appeared on every ballot the rating was determined solely on the basis of the regular season his rather unhappy experience in the series when he was twice lam lain basted by the yankees did not enter into the balloting nor did the fact that he was knocked out of of me the box in the first inning of the allstar game influence the voting behind him in second place with points was enos country slaughter ter cards slugging ng right fielder who barely nosed out mel ott manager of the new york giants these three and martin marion cardinal shortstop were the only players to receive first place votes all around value the award is based on the allaround value of a player to his club as well as his individual performance ott slaughter and marion deserved consideration they were strong candidates for the top honor rl L MORT COOPER cooper pitched the entire game in every contest that he won and led the majors in shutouts shu touts with 10 the last mark is the greatest number of shutouts shu touts a national league hurler has achieved since 1933 manager billy southworth gave him urn the toughest most important pitching assignments so his 22 vic tories ones came the hard way it was largely through his success that the cards ards were sparked to success in the he stretch battle with the dodgers uphill battle coopers selection climaxed an uphill battle the arm ailment about the middle of the 1941 season apparently parent ly cut short his career as a major leaguer after three years of no more than mediocre success with the cards last year he won 13 games and lost nine even though out of action during a large part of the campaign this was the most victories he had won in three thre e years with the cards he gambled gambl ed on 0 n an operation the outcome is evidenced by the manner in which he mowed his way through the national league this past season it is interesting to note that his 13 9 record brought him one vote for third place good for eight points in the 1941 balloting that gave dolph camilli of the dodgers the valuable player award slaughter was ranked somewhere in the first 10 selections by 21 of the baseball writers and ott 22 mickey owen aggressive aggressive catcher by for brooklyn came in fourth with points incidentally cooper is sure that the 13 votes he received tor for r first fir S t place lac must have so some me special significance during the cardinals summer campaign he get past his victory while I 1 e the no I 1 13 3 was on his uniform he discarded the number and started a winning streak |