New Britain herald., 1924-12-02
DAzzY VANCE MOST VALUABLE LEAGUER
Nationals Award Prize to Brook
 lyn Pitcher for 1924

New York, Dec. 2.-Arthur (Da2zy) Vance, Brooklyns famous pitcher and the past seasons most moundsmen, has ofIlclal- ly been voted the most valuable player in the National league for 1924. As d result Vance, who led al! rivals in number of victories and strikeouts for the year, will receive the $1,o0o cash prize, medal and diploma comprising the first award of this kind the National league has ever made. Tho money will be given to the pitcher next week at the an- nual league meeting, but the other marks of recognition will be present. ed with suitable ceremony some time next season.
 Nance's selection gives pitchers the highest individual laurels in both leagues, for Walter Johnson, vet eran star of the worlds champion Washington Senators, has been pick cd as the most valuable American league player.
 Vance, whose 2S victories were chiefly responsible for putting Brooklyn in contending position in ponnant race and enabling the club to finish second to the New York Giants, was awarded the leagues highest honor by vote of a commit tee of eight baseball writers, an- nounced today, which named the Robin ace in preference and Rogers HOrnsby, great St. Louis second baseman who led his circuit in bat ting for the fifth successive year with the highest percentage in modern baseball history.
 Received fl Votes
 Vance received 74 votes in the ballOting out of a possible so and w@ the first choice of six critics, while Hornsby was second with 62 votes and picked for first place hy the two remaining writers. An odd feature disclosed by the vote was that Hornsby despite his record breaking batting, was not placed at all on one of the ballots, each of which ranked ten players in the or der of the writer's judgment.
 Analysis Of the vote shows that Vance and Frank Frisch, captain Of the Giants, who was third with A votes. were the only players named on every ballot. Hornsbv and Zach Wheat, Brooklyn captain and out fielder, who finished fourth, were on seven each. Vance, besides his six frsts was rated second by one critic and sixth by another. Hornsby's vote was made I'D of two firsts, three sec onds, one third and one sixth place.
 George Kelly, lanky Giants first sackpr, was rated second by two writers, while Wheat and Rabbit Maranyille, Pittsburgh shortstop, were nominated once each as run ner-up. Friscl won three third places, while R0usch. Cincinnatrs outstanding star. was on only two ballots, getting seven votes on one and five on the other. Twenty players received one or more votes.
 As a team, Brooklyn carried off major honors. seven members of the Robins accommodating 155 votes, The Giants, with 115, ranked second in total votes, while the Pirates, with five players recognized, were next in this respect. Boston was the only club not represented in the voting. i The results of the voting were announced by Frederick C., Lieb, Of ! New York, chairman of the com mjttee of writers representing each 1 city in the circuit in charge of inc 1 National Leagues Most Valuable | Players Contest" Each member ot tho committee ranked ten players in the order oE his opinion Of their value and the votes were counted on tho hasls of ten for first, nine for second, an dso one.
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 Besides Lieb, the writers compos, ! ing the committee are: Thomas Rise Brooklyn; Jack Ryder, Cincinnati Irving Vaughan, Chicago; William, Brandt, Philadelphia; Edward Bal finger, Pittsburgh; Sid Keener, S Louis. Paul Shannon. Boston.
 The detailed results of the vote follow:
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