The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-27
PITCHER GETS
 VOTES DESPITE
 FLOP IN SERIES
Slaughter, Ott and Owen Next in That Order;
 CamiIIi Eighth
By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor

By LEO HI. PETERSEN
 United Press Sports EditOr)
 New York, Oct. 27-(UP)-Mor- ton Cooper, the fast ball artist of the sEt. Lauis Cardinals, today was voted the National leagues most valuable player in 1942.
 A committee of baseball writers gave him a total of 263 points to make him the fourth pitcher to win the award since it was established in 1881.
 Cooper, who won the key games in the Cardinals stretch drive to the National league pennant only to flop in the world series. was given 63 more points than his team mate Enos (Country) Slaughter, the hard hitting outflelder. Trailing Slaughter were Manager Nell Ott of the New York Giants with 190 and Mickey Owen, Brooklyn Dodger catcher, with 103.
 A total of 33 players received votes while 26 others received hon. orable mention.
 Cooper, who won p games while losing seven, received 13 first place votes, five seconds, three thirds and was placed fifth, seventh and ninth once each. Slaughter was given six first place votes, five second, six thihrd, two fourth, one sixth and one seventh.
 Fourteen points are awarded for first place, nine for second and so on down the line to one for 10th.
 The only others to be given first place votes were Ott with four and Martin Marion, the Cardinals tall shortstop, who received one He finished seventh with a total of 81 points.
 Dolf Camilli, Brooklyn first base man who won the award last year, placed eighth with A votes.
 Copper is 28. He is six feet, two an done fourth inches tall, weighs 210 pounds and bats as he throws right handed. This was his fifth season with the Cardinals and he has a lifetime National league pitching record of 60 victroies against 35 defeats. Only in 1940 did he lose more games than he won 12 against II.
 "F1Opped" in Series
 He couldn't keep up his hot 1942 pace in the world series and los. the only game the Cardinals dropped in their drive for the championship. He pitched and lost the opener and was knocked out of the box when he attempted to come back in the fourth game. The Cardinals went on to win that game, however.
 Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants in 1883 and again in 1886; Dizzy Dean of the Cardinals in 1894 and Bucky Walters of the Gin ctnnati Reds in 1899 were the only other pitchers to win the award.
 Back of Owen, the goat of the 1941 world series, came Johnny yN1ize of New York with 97, fol- lowed by Pete Reiser, the 1941 bat ting champion of the Dodgers. with 91.
 Others who received votes were Marion, 81; Camilli, 42; Bob Elliott, Pittsburgh, 39; Clyde Passeau, Chi cago. 33; Walker Cooper, Mortons brother battery mate, 2S; Stan Musial St. Louis, 26; Ernie Lon1- bardi, Boston, John Beazley, St. Louis and Jimmy Brown, St. Louis, 24 each; Whitlow Wyatt, Brooklyn, p; Joe Medwick, Brooklyn, 20; Terry More, St. Louis, IS:
 Bill Nicholson, Chicago, 14: Stan Hack, Chicago and Johnny Wander meer, Cincinnati, II each; Tommy Hughes, Philadelphia. 10; Ray Starr, Cincinnati, g.; Larry French, Brooklyn, q; Peewee Reese, Brook lyn, and George Kurowski, St. Louis, six each; Ray Lamanno, Frank Mccormick and Gonnie Frey, all of Cincinnati, and Max West, Boston, 4 each; Al Javery, Boston, 4: and Eddie Miller, Boston, and Dany Litwhiler, Philadelphia, l each.
 Also Noticed Honorable mention went to Curt Davis, Hugh Casey, Arky Vaughn, Billy Herman and Kirby Higbe of Brooklyn; Hubbell, Mickey Witek, Ace Adams, Billy Jurges and Babe Young of New York; Lou Novikof1 and Clyde Mccullough of Chicago; Tommy Holmes and Jim Tobin, Boston; Al Glossop, Bobby Bragan and Danny Murtaugh, Philadel- phia: Walters and Gerald Walker Cincinnati: Truett Sewell and E.bie Fletcher, Vince DiMaggio, Pitts burgh: and Howie Krist, Johny Hopp and Max Lanier of St. Louis
 The vote was announced by Al Horwits of Philadelphia, president of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Those who participated in the vote, by cities, were:
 Boston-Gene Mack. Globe; Johr Drohan, Traveller; Edwin M. Rum mill, Monitor.
 Brooklyn-Tommy Holmes, Eagle Lee Scott, Citizen; Garry Schu' macher, New York Journal Amer1' can.
 Chicago-Leo H. Fischer, Herald America; Edward Burns, Tribune Howard s, Robers, Daily News. i.
 Cincinnati - Tom Swope, Post Frank Y. Grayson, Times-Star Lou Smith, Enquirer.
 New York--Ken Smith, Datl! Mirror; Herbert Goren, Sun; Jo' King, World Telegram. Philadelphia-Bill Dooly, Record Don Donaghey, Bulletin; Stal Baumgartner, Inquirer. Pittsburgh-Ed F. Balinger, Post Gazette: Charles J. Doyle, Sun Telegraph; Lester J. Biederman 1 Press.
 ] St. Louis-G Glen L. Waller, Globe } Democrat; J. Roy Stockton. Post Dispatch; Raymond J. Gillespie Star Times.
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