Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 93, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 August 1927 — Page 15

ATT*}. 26, 1927

‘Larruping Lou ’ Gehrig to Be Crowned Greatest Baseball Player of 1927

Such Is Opinion of Farrell in Pre-Guessing Writers’ Pick. VALUABLE TO YANKEES Has Great Chance for Batting Records. By HENRY L. FARRELL United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—Crowning Lou Gehrig, the wrestler proportioned first baseman of the New York Yankees, as the greatest ball player of 1927 may be called contempt of court or an act of lese majeste. There are In the major leagues two juries of eight writers each from every station on the circuits, who are constituted as a jury to name at the close of the season the most valuable ball player in each league. To the player elected •roes a piece of parchment and, in the* case of the National League, SI,OOO. Pre-guessing the verdict of the jury in a civil or criminal court would be an act in contempt of court, but the statutes of baseball law are less severe and taking advantage of leniency we will offer a motion that regardless of Babe Ruth, the Waner boys, Charley Root, Gabby Hartnett, Hack Wilson and Harry Heilmann, Buster Gehrig is the outstanding ball player of the year. To be the most valuable player to his team, for which the prize and the citation are offered, the winner must not be an outstanding star player. Last year’s winners—Bob O’Farrell in the National L. ague

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and George Burns in the American League prove the point. But, if there is a more valuable player to his team than Lou Gehrig is to the*Yankees and if there is any star who stands out above him, you can sell that star to Col. Jake Ruppert for about one million bucks. Is Gehrig a great ball player? You can get the answer by reading the play-by-play stories of Yankee ball games in recent weeks. “Gehrig was parsed purposely,” you will read when the description is

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telling about what the boys call a tight filace or a pinch. The Babe has been through years of the same thing when a cautious manager ordered a careful pitcher to send the Babe down instead of giving him a chance to hit. Shooting at Records And there are other reasons why young Buster Gehrig has a chance to become one of the greatest ball players of all times. He Is shooting this year at a number of individual records that even the great Ty Cobb never achieves. Here are some of them: ' 1927 home run championship. 1927 American League batting championship. 1927 most runs scored. All time record runs batted in. All time reco.d for long hits. All time record extra base' hits. What more could any ball player strive for or any manager want in a ball player? Looks Like Goods And consider this! Buster Gehrig is 24 years of age. He is what a football coach would call a sophomore on the squad. He has years ahead of him and the way he is goijig his future Is like an orchard of yearling sprouts waiting only for age to mature. Not so long ago when Colonel Ruppert went for more than $200,000 on Babe Ruth’s contract the rival magnates chuckled with the thought—“what will the colonel do when the Babe is through?” The colonel can answer with the last chuckle, which is usually the best—- “ How are you going to pitch to that Dutchman?”

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Helen Wills, Kea Bouman Tangle By United Press FOREST HILLS. Aug. 26.—Quar-ter-final matches were scheduled today in the women’s national singles tennis championship. Pairings included : Helen Wills, California, vs. Kea Bouman, Holland. Helen Jacobs, California, vs Mrs. Edna Hauselt Roeser, New York. Mrs. Molla Mallory, New York, vs. Mrs. Charlotte Hosmer Chapin, Springfield, Mass. Beuy Nuthall, England, vs. Eleanor Goss, New York. Helen Wills and Mrs. Mallory, defending champion, were picked to go to the finals. RACES A'. FRANKLIN By United Press FRANKLIN. Ind., Aug. 26. Weather conditions for Thursday’s race program at the Johnston County fair were perfect and a rec-ord-breaking crowd was on hand. The 2:12 pace and the 2:16 trot went in stiVight heats, the former to C. D., with Hensen up, and the latter to Judge Leonard, driven by Goddard.

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