Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-12
LARRUPINC LOU CEHRIC IS VOTED
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER IN 1927

CHICAGO, Oct. II -"Larruping
Lou" Gehrig, first baseman with the
world champion Yankees, tonight was
proclaimed the most valuable player
in the American league for the 1927
season
Selection of Gehrig, who gave "Babe"
Ruth a sizzling battle for home run
honors, and finished with total Of
AZ, more than any other player in
baseball history with the exception of
the Bambino himself, was made by a
committee of baseball writer's COM
prising the cities of the league All
but one of the first choice votes were
given to Gehrig, who won the coveted
honors with Sc points out of a possible
a.
Gehrig's nearest competitors for the
honors were Harry Heilmann, Detroit
outfielder and 1927 batting champion
of the American league, and Ted
Lyons, star pitcher with the Chicago
White Sox, Heilmann had 35 points
while "a went to Lyons.
The only dissenting vote was cast
for Tony Lazzeri, as the most valuable
player to the Yankees, while all the
others chose Columbia LOU not only
as the most valuable player to Miller
Higgins, manager of the Yankees, but
the greatest in the league. Twenty
five players were named in this years
competition
President Ban Johnson of the
American league, in announcing the
results of the ballotting, praised Geh-
rig as a great example for the youth
of today. Gehrig caused umpires no
trouble, President Johnson said tends
strictly, to business, and has always
given his club his best efforts.
Gehrig finishing third in the bat
ting list of leading American league
hitters, closed the season with the
honor of driving in more runs than
any other player in the league. In
154 games, Gehrig was at bat 584
times He made 218 hits for a total
of 427 bases. These included So
doubles, 18 triples and his Al homers.
He drove i'll ITS runs, averaging better
than a run game. Gehrig is re-
garded as q natural" ball player. He
is a fine steady fielder but his terrific
hitting was the important thing in
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committee in his favor.
Gehrig, born in New York, June 10,
1902, began his baseball career with
the Brooklyn high school He joined
the Yankees in 1925 and was later sent
to Hartford He returned to the New
York club the following year in time
to play in the last ten games of the
1924 season When the veteran Wally
Pipp retired, Gehrig, who had been
Pipp's. understudy, became the guard-
ian of first base.
Stockily built, and somewhat shorter
than Ruth, Gehrig follows through in
batting with the same powerful swing
that enabled the Babe to set base
ball record of all times with his go
home runs.
Gehrig's name in the American
leagues hall Of fame, adds to the list
which began with Ty Cobb in 1911,
Ruth was the choice in 1928, Walter
johnson in 1924, Roger Peckinpaugh
in 1925, and George Burns in 1926.
other leaders in the balloting were:
Gordon Cochrane, of Philadelphia.
catcher, with IS votes. AL Simmons,
Philadelphia, outfie1der, 10; Leon Cos
lin, Washington, outfielder, Is; Harold
Ruel, Washington, catcher, Is; James
Dykes, Philadelphia, infielder, IA; Luke
SeweH, Cleveland, catchen 10; and
Tony Lazzeri, New York, infielder, 8
votes