Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-02
.SCribes' Vote
For Sox Star
.|sLopsided
Wins Stick Crown
Despite Illness
All Summer
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2-For the
years most gallant comeback in
sports, Jimmy Foxx today was Sc
lected the American Leagues most
valuable player of 1888 by land
Slide vote of the Baseball Writer'S
Association of America.
Considered on the downward trail
year ago, and bothered all last
summer by sinus condition that
made the game anything but a
pleasure day after day, the likeable
Double x" not only stayed in there
for lag games, but dynamited his
way to the batting and runs batted-
in championships of the league.
1t was his big bat, above all else.
that enabled the Boston Red Sox to
finish in second place in the Junior
circuit campaigning after their
pitching staff fell apart.
Thus, Earring Jimmy. who polled
305 points of possible 1856, becomes
the first player to win the most
valuable award three times during
his career. AS member of the great
Philadelphia Athletics teams of a
few years ago he won the award in
1882 and repeated in 1888, when he
batted 1854 and 1856, respectively.
This year, his 14th in the American
League, the 3l-year- old husky from
Maryland'S Eastern Shore hit for
.349 and drove in a near-record
total of TIA runs.
Jimmy was named first for the
most valuable player award by 10
members of the 24-man Writes
Voting Committee, who polled their
ballots under new point scoring
system this year. Each writer Sc
lected a most valuable list of 10
players, ranked in the order he rated
them. A flrSt-place nomination re-
ceived IA points, second 9, third 8,
fourth 7, etc. In addition, each
writer selected an additional honor
list of 10, which did not count in
the voting.
Foxx on Every List.
Every member of the committee
put Foxx down on his most valuable
list OF the five who failed to name
him first, two selected him second
and one each ranked him third,
fourth and fifth. So powerful was
his backing that there really was no
contest.
The only others to receive first
place selections from the writers
were the world champion New York
Yankees top battery mates. betting
Bill Dickey and big Charley, the
Red, Ruffing Dickey received three
nominations and Ruffing two.
Dickey's first-place votes. together
with II second-place ballots, two
each for third. fourth, fifth and
seventh. and one for sixth, gave him
second place with 1876 points. Ruff
fling was fourth with 146.
In third Place, the writer's selected
Big Hank Greenberg. Detroit slugger
who failed in his bid for new all
time home-run record after wailoo-
ing So four baggers.
The story of the most valuable
award, however, was all Foxx. In
1887, Jimmy hit a weak 285, falling
below the 300 mark for only the
second time since he was brought
up to the big show from Easton,
Md, back in 1924. The experts
took that lowly batting average as
indication the 185-pound first-base
ace was all through, that his star
was on the wane after a brilliant
run which saw him lead the AtlI-
letics to three pennants and bring
Connie Mack s150,000 in cash in the
trade that sent him to Boston.
Jimmy Refutes Critics.
But from the start of this year,
these same experts" were forced to
eat their words. Foxx began taking
enemy pitching apart almost from
the opening gun. For the second
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