The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-19
IS
EXPECTING
HONOR
National League to Announce
Most Valuable Player
Next Monday
By DAVIS J. WALSH
international News Service Sports

AnsornSSAonAA SSst.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The
National League announced today
that its ''most valuable player
award" for the season of 1925
would be brought into the light
Of day on Monday next. No in
timation as to the identity of
the awardee, so to speak, was
given. No intimation as to his
identity is needed.
Rogers Hornsby, successful
manager of the st. Louis Cardi-
? mails and greatest of the present
day stars, either will get what
he is entitled to this TIME or Hip
pockets are for the exclusive use
OF handkerchiefs.
A year ago the committee Of
baseball writer's was constrained to
give the prize to Dizzy Vance,
star right handler Of the Brooklyn
Dodgers. This action was pre-or-
dained when z member OF the
committee. in a moment OF alb
straction or depression, failed to
vote for H0rnsby at all in naming
his first ten choices. The Cardinal
star thus was eliminated automati-
cally.
At the time, however, the atti-
tude of the committee was against
that. The votes, in fact. leaned
strongly toward Frank Frisch Of
the New York Giants, but since
Friseh had been but recently cx-
onerated Of Jimmy O'ConnelI's
bribery charges, it was deemed ex-
Pedisnt to pass the award along
elsewhere.
Hornsby, At that moment, had
LED the National League i'm hitting
for five consecutive seasons. Since
then, he has added sixth. This
= should be sufficient and enough
there IS more. H0Fnsby not only
81 q great i1fIelder, but one OF
baseball's fastest men on the bases,
although far from q prolific base
stealer. He doesn't have to be
with q gent like BOttomley hit
ting I'm his immediate rear.
And, since the National League
declines to bar player managers from
the competition, we must consider
the fact that Hornsby took over the
Cardinals in mid-season and turned
an absolutely failure into a near.
contender.
If this array Of facts is not con-
elusive, then Pixies Peak Is mere
grade crossing.
At this premature juncture, in
fact, the most interesting angle OF
the situation should develop in the
competition for second place. There
were plenty of so called valuable
players In the National League
last year and some Of them were
good
The writer has reared quite a
complex on Max Carey. the elderly
young man of the champion Pirates.
Max. after fifteen seasons in the
major leagues, still is quite q
Peitfzen. He hit above .340 led his
league in stolen bases, and was
just as spry in the outfield as the
day he came up. He was the.
writer's idea Of the Pirates real
star OF the world series.
However, there are several other
candidates available, notably Guy.
Ter, Wright and TraynOr. The lat.
ter happens to be the greatest
young player to come to popular
notice in a generation and, bOtli
as q hitter and q third basemaD,
was the most sensational indi-
viduaI entry Of the late series.
Wright Is a great shortstop and
cleanup hitter and has yet to come
TO his best. Cuyler was better than
a $50 hitter, led his league in runs
scored, and was Carey's runner-up
on the bases. He won two games
of the series with his hitting and
one OF them happened to be the
finale.
Bottomley also is a plausible
young man; Dave Bancroft, as
player manager, was not exactly. a
ball and chain TO the progress of
the Braves; George Kelly viii not
draw his unconditional release from
the Giants until further notice, and
:. one can expect to see Ed Roush in
y Cincinnati next season. These ale
few of the candidates that come,
offhand. to mind. There are more.
But, as the fellow said, what Of