The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-28
Ace Parker Named
 Most Valuable
 Pro Grid Player

New York, Jan 28. Clarence Ace" Parker, the Brooklyn Dodgers brilliant quarterback, today was named the National Football leagues most valuable player during the 1940 season by the Professional Football Writers Association of America. Ken Smith of the New York Mirror is president of the association.
 Parker, a former Duke university All American, will receive the third annual Joe F. Carr Memorial award, placed in competition by the league to perpetuate the memory of its founder and late president. Mel Hein, veteran New York Giant cen ter, won the first Joe F. Carr award and Parker Hall, the Cleveland Rams triple-threat back, was voted the leagues most valuable player last year. In addition to this newest honor, Ace Parker has been named quarterback by the writers aSsocia- tion on the first All-American pro- 4CoS1Olldl GCd1lI 1O1 tlA Cc COA1oCCub1NC seasons.
 Announcement of Parker'S selec- tion was made following tabulation of the votes from the Most Valuable Player Award committee of forty members of the scribes' committee.
 Tops With Ten
 Ten players figured in the poll ill which the spectacular Dodger field general defeated "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh, the Washington Redskins phenomenal passing star, by mar gin of 56 votes. Parker polled IS first place ballots and seven second place votes, total of III points. Baugh was named first on five bal lots and second on ten, giving him a total of 55 points. Sid Luckman, the worlds champion Chicago Bears great quarterback, was third, with 38 points and Don Hutson, Green Bays pass-catching wizard, fourth, with p points.
 Danny Fortmann, the Bears All League guard, and Davey O'Brien, Philadelphia mighty midget, tied for fifth place, with 21 points apiece. Joe Stydahar, the Bears All-League tackle picked of 16 points to take sixth place.
 John Drake. Cleveland's AL League fullback, registered 15 points to finish seventh. Byron "Whizzer' White, DetroitS All-League half back, boiled 12 points to land eighth place and Clyde Bulldog" Turner the Bears rookie center, was ninth with three points. It is interesting to note that four members of the champion Bears-Luckman, Fort mann, Stydahar and Turner-fig- ured in the balloting, while no other team was represented by more than one player.
 The fact that the scribes named Parker the leagues most valuable player is all the most remarkable be- cause he was seriously handicapped at the outset of the season. Ace Suf- fered fractured ankle while playing baseball with the Syracuse club cf the International league last sum- mer. As a consequence, he was obliged to wear bothersome, pro- ective brace during the early games of the football season. Despite this handicap, Parker's performances were consistently brilliant.
 Right Up There"
 Parker did not lead any depart ment of play in the leagues final statistics. but he was not far off the pace in any of them. He ranked among the top-hight passers, ground-gainers, scorers, punters and point er-touchdoWn makers. Tn intangibles, for which there Is no true yardstick, Ace" was everything his nickname implies. He was an inspirational leader and iield-gen- eral, a tremendous blocker, and his uncanny faculty in making the cor- rect analysis of enemy offensive maneuvers made him Q defensive bulwark.
 The Dodger star Is essentially a team player. The records prove that he does more things better than my other player now active in the Ma. tional Football league. Yet, the Acc is not big man, as professional football players go Actually, ht li one Of the smallest men in thC league, on the field, his appearance IA q direct contradiction of his pros faasIon Ile is a quiet, unabsumlnq chap. but, once he klCps on the field he becomes i0B p0nndh 0f football fury.
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