The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27
Sporting News Names BoseboII Stondouts

St. Louis, Mo, Dec. 27.-Tor honorS of the year on the diamond. as awarded by The Sporting News, the national baseball weekly. in its annual selections of the No. men it was announced today, went tc William o. Dewitt, general man. ager of the Browns. among the business executives; Luke Sewell of the Browns among the managers, and Marty Marion, Shortstop of the Cardinals, among the players. Singling out the scouts for special mention as the forgotten men" who helped to solve the manpower shortage by uncovering needed tal- ent. Wish Egan, ivory hunter of Detroit, also is cited.
 RunnerS-up were named as Jack Teller, general manager of Detroit; Billy Southworth, manager of the Cardinals, who won first awards in 1941 and 1942; Hal Newhouser pitcher of Detroit. and Joe Cambria. scout of Washington.
 Picked as No. l in the mniorS were William G. Mulligan. business manager of the Seattle Pacific Coast Rainiers; Al Thomas, manager of the Baltimore International Orioles, and James (Rip) Collins, first base man-manager of Albany in the Eastern League. Ranked next to them were John Stiglmeier, general manager of the Buffalo Interna- tional BiSons; Kiki Cuyler, pilot ot the Atlanta Southern Association Crackers, and Pete Gray. one-armed outf1elder of the Memphis Southern Association Chicks. who gets trial with the Browns next season.
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 Dewitt and Sewell were given credit for the surprising showing of the Browns in 1944 that enabled them to give St. Louis it's first Amer ican League pennant and first ex- elusive Worlds Series. the general manager being praised for his wise puggling of talent that saw veterans of the team, previously considered mainstays of the outfit, sent else where in favor of new players. more Or less turned, who meshed as cogS in the pennant-winning team. Al. though the Browns were called a 'team of destin'.y' Sewell man. agerial touch was cited as having made them click. instilling in them spirit of dogged courage that enabled them to carry on in the face of many handicaps and show ing skill in taking advantage of every bit of strength available and of the weaknesses he discovered in his opponents.
 Tribute was paid Marion as hav- ing covered the position of short- stop as it had not been done since the days of Hans Wagner, Marty being called the tenth man on the Cardinals, who broke up many threatening rallies by his uncanny fielding and exerted a steadying influence. not only on the pitchers, but on the entire team.
 Recognizing the work of a scout is diffcult to guage, Sporting News gave Egan credit for uncovering most of the talent that made the Tigers @ pennant contender to the last day of the season. especially for his discovery of Dick Wakefield, whose return to the line-up, July l3. was held largely responsible for lifting Detroit from seventh place to the top rung.
 Mulligan was commended for the prominent place Seattle took in the minors, both at the gate and in the field: Al Thomas praised for hiG handling of the Baltimore team in winning the International League pennant and play-offs and in de- feating Louisville of the American Association for the Junior World'H Series title and Collins lauded as an outstanding example of q veteran player with much previous service In the minors refusing to surrender