The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-19
Gunder Haegg Voted Athlete Of The Year
SPUD CHANDLER
PLACES SECOND
in THE AP POLL
Footballer Bertelli Lands
Third Spot In Bal
loting


der Haegg, Swedish runner with
the violinist's' hair cut, is 1913 S
athlete of the year.
Haegg, whose eight straight tri,
umphs on United States tracks this
summer ct t d approximately
$4,000 for the Army Air Forces
relief society. received 100 points
in the Associated Press poll tc
determine a successor to Frank.
lie Sinkwich, Georgia footballer.
Twenty-seven of the SO sports
writer's who cast ballots listed the
Swede in first place. Twelve
others ranked him second and four
listed him third. Points were
awarded on basis of three for
each first place vote, two for
second and one for third.
Sturgeon Chandler, whose 20
victories for the New York Yank-
ees won him the American Lea
CUES most valuable award, was
g distant second to Haegg with
eight first palce votes and an ag-
gregate of 50 points.
He finished Only two points
ahead of Angelo Bertelli, former
deluxe passer of the Notre Dame
football team, who collected IL
firsts.
Ensign Cornelius WarmerdaAn.
who pole vaulted Is feet 8 IL
inches at the Chicago relays, was
fourth with % points and three
first places to his credit.
In winning, Haegg becomes the
first foreigner to ever walk off
with the banner in the IS years
of the poll. He also is the first
track man to be honored since
Jesse Owens, the Ohio State bull
let, triumphed in 1886 following
his four Olympic Games victories.
Haegg, however, does continue
the virtual monopoly which the
amateur athletes have had over
the voting since Joe Louis annex
ed the laurels in 1885.
Only Joe DiMaggio of the Yank-
ees, whose consecutive hitting
streak of 56 games won for him
in 1941, has been able to crash
through from the ranks of the
play-for-pay boys since then.
During his U. S. stay Haegg,
who is "a and says he is too old
to do much more running, lower
ed the American standard for the
two-mile to 8:51.3 and dropped the
country's mark to 4:05.3 for the
mile.
Since his return to Sweden
Haegg has announced that he will
write a sports column for the
Idrotsbladet and that he will quit
the Gaevle Fire Department on
Jan. l to operate haberdasf1ery
store in Malno.
While Haegg was in this coun-
try his fellow Swede, Arne Anders-
son, wiped out pair of his world
marks, shaving the mile record to
4:02.6 and the time for the 1,50G
meters to 3:45. Andersson's efforts
got him three thirds in the poll.
The leading athletes of 1913 with
the sports IN which they starred:
First place IN parenthesis)
Athlete, Sport Points
Gunder Haegg, Track cd 100
Spu Chadler, Baseball 80 :. SO
Angelo Bertelli, Football Q2) 81
c. Warmerdam, Track 80 =. %
Stan Musial, Baseball % =. IS
Mort Cooper, Baseball t2) :. II
Don Hutson. Football CO =. u
Bill Smith, Swimming ca =. II
Otto Graham, Football 90 =. II
Sammy Baugh, Football CD II
Also rams: Sid Luckman, loot
ball % 8; Andy Phillip, basket
ball g; Byron Nelson, golf 7; Tom
my Harmon, football % 5; Bill
Daley, football % S; Robert Odell,
football q; Bob Montgomery, box
ing % 3; Arne Anderson, track
3; Nick Etten, baseball % g.
Two points each-Dick Wake
field, baseball; Hal Davis, track;
Bill Dickey, baseball; A. A. Stage,
football coaching; Creighton Mil
Ter, football.
One point each-Francisco Sc
gura, tennis; Beau Jack, boxing:
Paul Mitchell, track; Luke APP
ping, baseball; Manuel Ortiz, box
ing; Gil Dodds, track; Doug Bent
ley, hockey; Joe Gordon, base
ball
Previous winners Of the athelete-
of-the-year designation in the AS
ISOLATED fress' annual poll:
1931-Pepper Martin, baseball.
1932-Gene Sarazen, golf.
1933-Carl Hubbell, baseball.
1934-Dizzy Dean, baseball.
1935-Joe Louis, boxing.
1936-Jesse Owens, track.
1937-Don Bulge, tennis.
193o-Don Bulge, tennis.
1939-Nile Kinnick, football.
1940-Tommy Harmon, football.
1941-Joe DiMaggio, baseball.
1942-Frank Sinkwich, football.
1943-Gllnder Haeoo traolS