Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

season. He won % games and lost
only seven. and was voted the most
valuable player" in the American
League by a jury selected by the
league officials.
In the National League another
pitcher won the high honor of having
been the most helpful to his team.
"Dazzy" Vance, who scored 90 VIC
tories against six defeats, was ac-
claimed the best. Vance kept the
Brooklyn team in the race to the last
week.
The batting leader was Rogers
Hornsby of the ST. Louis Cardinals,
unquestionably one of the greatest
hitters of all time He compiled the
high average of .424 and led his
league for the fifth year in succession.
The American League leader was the
famous George II. (Babe) Ruth, who
proved that he could do other things
than merely "kilI' the ball for home
runs by hitting for an average of .37S,
heating for the first time such stars
as Ty Cobb and Iris Speaker. He
also made as home runs and was the
undisputed home-run champion of the
year. Jack Fourier of the Brooklyn
team was the National League leader In
circuit clouts, with 81
One of the real batting heroes OF
the year was Leon Goslin, left fielder
of the Nationals, who practically bat
ted his team into first place and the
world championship by driving 12s
runs across the plate during the run
of. the season and beating Ruth. who
held the honor as the best emergency
hitter the previous year.
Goslin showed that he was no false
alarm by going through the world
series with three home runs, tying
Ruth's record of the previous year.
and in one game making four hits
and fairly winning a game single
handed.
Bribery Charges Exposed.
On the eve of the world series one
of the most sensational cases of at
tempted bribery in an effort to have
n game thrown" came to light In
a statement to John A. Heydler, pres
ident of the National League, Henry
Sand shortstop of the Philadelphia
club, asserted that Before the next to
the last game of the season in New
York, when the result of the league
race between the New York and
Brooklyn. teams was still in doubt, he
was approa ched by Jimmy OConnell,
a substitute outfielder of the New
York team, with the proposition that
If he did not bear down" in the
game that day he would receive $500.
Heydler submitted the statement to
Commissioner lands, and O'Connell
confessed. involving 'Cosey" Dolan,
coach of the Giants, and naming three
other players-Frank Frisch. George
Kelly and Ross Young-as being &C.
quainted with the details.
Dolan's replies on cross-questioning
were such that Commissioner Lands
placed him, with OConnell, on the
ineligible list. The other players de-
MED any knowledge of the conspiracy
and were acquitted.
Following the exposure, Byron Ban
croft Johnson, president of the Amer
lean League, made n statement at
lacking the New York club and advo-
eating the abandonment of the world
series. He was outvoted by the base
ball commissioner and President
HeydIer, other members of the ad-
visory council in charge Of base ball
affairs, and the series was played.
At the annual meetings of the Ma
tional and American leagues, held in
New York in December, a vote of
confidence was given Com missioner
Lands for the way he had handled
the bribery situations