Most Valuable

In Chicago last week, a committee of baseball writers announced the winners of their annual poll to determine the most valuable player in each major league. Most valuable National: Pitcher Jerome Herman ("Dizzy") Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals. Most valuable American: Catcher-Manager Gordon Stanley ("Mickey") Cochrane of the Detroit Tigers.

For the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals, Pitcher Dean last season won 30 games, lost 7, best National League pitching record since 1915. For the pennant-winning Detroit Tigers, Catcher Cochrane last season played in 121 games, had a batting average of .321, a fielding average of .988, made only eight errors.

In New York last week, where they were pitching in exhibition games while waiting to start a vaudeville tour which may bring their post-season earnings to $20,000, Dizzy Dean and his brother Paul ("Daffy") announced that they would demand that their salaries ($7,500 and $3,500 respectively) be raised next year. In Detroit last week the employers who last year bought him for $100,000 from Philadelphia, paid Manager Cochrane a $10,000 bonus.

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