Evening star., 1934-12-18
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

"A VIEW YORK, December 18. 1t
M seems to be highly debatable
in this years sporting round
up whether it was any harder
to beat the celebrated Dean brothers
on the base ball field than it was to
tackle Pug Lund or Stan KoStka, the
galloping Gophers, on the gridiron.
Whatever the feelings on this hypo-
thetical issue, the fact today is that
the world champion ST. Louis Cardi-
nails, featuring the Dean boys, emerge
the winners over Minnesota's unde-
feated foot ball champions in the AsSo-
ciated Press poll to determine the out
standing team of 1884.
The Cardinals are the third sue
cessive major league ball club to be
acclaimed the best team of the year,
in any sport, by vote of the Nations
sports editors and writer's, who rate
the finishing drive of the National
League champions as the greatest in
the history of the game.
Third Year for Base Ball.
"A S ONE observer expressed it: "You
~ can't crack guys without nerves,
like the Deans and Pepper Mar
tin. They never think about losing.
What putters those birds would be on
tie last green with the title at stake" !"
Previous base ball winners were the
world champion New York Yankees of
1892 and the Giants of 1888. The last
college foot ball team to be voted the
No. l sports aggregation was Southern
California's 1881 eleven.
Compilation of ballots in the big
gest countrywide response yet re-
corded in the annual A. P. poll dis
closed two-team race for votes from
start to finish.
Asked to name the three leading
teams, in order of preference, 60 out
of total of 109 experts cast their No.
l vote for the Cardinals, while "a
put Minnesota's Gophers at the top
of the list.
Cards Pick of Majority.
THE final standing on points was
st. Louis, 241; Minnesota, 215,
because the GopherS ran
stronger in second and third place
nominations. Minnesota picked up 48
votes for second place and II for
third. while the Cardinals collected
~ and z, respectively.
Points were figured on the basis
of three for first place, two for second
and one for third.
Only four other teams figured in the
flrst-place balloting. The Chicago
Bears received votes and finished
third in the poll, with 81 points,, de-
spite their defeat in the play-of
game with the New York Giants for
the National Professional Foot Ball
League championship.
The experts took this setback into
consideration, but decided it could not
offset the otherwise remarkable record
of the Bears on professional gridirons.
The Giants scored only II points.
The Detroit Tigers, American League
base ball champions, received 5 first
place ballots and wound up fourth
with AZ points. Two observers voted
the triumphant United States Walker
Cup golfers as the most outstanding
team, while the remaining ballot put
Yale's foot ball Iron men," the con-
querors of Princeton, at the top.
Tennis Not Overlooked.
Although covering wide range, the
poll took recognition of only one for
eign entry, the British Davis Cup
team, which was mentioned on nine
ballots and finished eighth on the
list with 10 points.
Since they will play in the Rose
Bowl foot ball classic on New Year
day, it is noteworthy that Alabama
''outpointed" Stanford, IA to 4, in
the voting.
California's crew. Poughkeepsie var
sity winner; Stanfords great track
team, intercollegiate title holders, and
the an-East polo four also were
singled out for applause.
L.