The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
MARION MOST
 VALUABLE BY SINGLE POINT
BY GLEN PERKINS United Press Staff Correspondent)

New York, November g. - (UP) Martin Marion, star shortstop of the champion St. Louis Cardinals, nosed out big Bill Nicholson, slug ging Chicago outfielder, by single point today to win the National Leagues most valuable player award for 1e44 in the closest race in the history of the balloting.
 On the basis of votes cast by a committee of the Baseball Writers Association of America, Marion boiled total of 190 points - in cluding seven first place ballots worth IA points each. Other vote values ranged from nine points for second place vote to one for 10th. The committee, made up of three writers from each city in the senior circuit, voted for 10 players each for point values and an additional 10 for honorable mention.
 Marion, who saves on the average of two hits per game because of the tremendous amount of ground he covers, has been chased by many veteran baseball observers as the most brilliant fielding shortstop of all time. In accepting far more chances than any other shortstop in the circuit, he fielded .972 and hit .269 in IA games, driving in GA runs. In addition to the first place votes he boiled six second place, one third, two fourth, two sixth and one each for eighth, ninth and 10th places.
 Clutch Hitter
 Nicholson received four first place ballots. He was 8 tower of strength to the fourth place Cubs and the most feared clutch hitter in the league. He led the circuit in runs driven in with 12O, scored the most runs, 116, and hit the most homers, B, to become the first man in his tory to lead the National League in the important runs driven in column and home runs for two consecutive years.
 Dixie Walker, with three first place votes and point total of 145, was third in the balloting. The vet eran outf1elder of the Brooklyn Dodgers won the major league bat ting crown in his 24th year of or ganized baseball with an average of .357 in 147 games.
 Last years award winner, Stan Musial, hard-hitting St. Louis Car dinal outfielder, was fourth this season with 136 points which includ- ed three first place votes. Musial, who won batting honors last year also, fell 10 points off his average with .347 mark in 146 games.
 The first pitchers mentioned were Bucky Walters, veteran of the Gin clnnati Reds and rookie Bill Voiselle of the New York Giants, who tied for fifth place with 107 points each. Walter won g games and lost eight for the third place Reds and Voilesse, only rookie to figure in the first ten players named, won 21 and lost 16 for the firth place GontS.
 Iron man Ray Mueller of Cincin- natl, who set record for consecu- tive games caught this year, was seventh with 85 points and was fol- lowed by another catcher, Walker Cooper of the Cards, who had 72. Brother Mort Cooper, 22-game win ming pitcher for St. Louis was ninth with 63 points and Bob Elliott, third baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was 10th with 57.
 Remembered
 Other players who receievd votes were Rip Sewell, Pittsburgh, 49; Babe Dahlgren, Pittsburgh, 33; Frank Mccormick, Cincinnati, 32; Phil Cavaretta, Chicago, 27; Ray Sanders, St. Louis, 25; Mel Ott, New York, 20; Jim Tobin, Boston, 13; Johnny Hopp, St. Louis and Ron Northey, Philadelphia, 10 apiece: Joe Medwick, New York, g.; John Barrett, Pittsburgh, T; Tommy Holmes, Boston, 6; Ted Wilks, St. Louis, 4; Tony Lupien, Philadelphia, 3; Max Lanier, St. Louis, Connie Ryan, Boston, and Stan Hack, Chi cago, 2 each; and Augie Galan, Brooklyn, George Kurowski, St. Louis and Jim Russell, Pittsburgh, 1 each.
 The committe which voted on the. players included: Boston-John Trohan, Traveller; Bill Grimes, American; Howell Stevens, Post. Brooklyn-Lee Scott, Citizen; Har- old Burr, Eagle; Roscoe McGovern, New York Times. Chicago-Irving Vaughan, Tribune; Edgar Munzed, Sun; Herbert Simons, Times; Cin- cinnati-Tom Swope, Post; Frank Grayson, Times-Star; Lou Smith, Enquirer. New York-Harry Cross, Herald Tribune; Ken Smith, Daily Mirror; Joe King, World Telegram. Philadelphia-Bill Dooly, Record; Stan Baumgartner, Inquirer; Don Donaghey, Bulletin. Pittsburgh Ed Balinger, Gazette; Charles Doyle, Sun Telegraph; Dick For tune, Press. St. Louis-Martin Ha- ley, Globe-Democrat; J. Roy Stock ton, Post Dispatch; Ellis J. Veech,