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1916 All-Star Game
• Here are your 1916 All-Stars Northern League : P Doc Ayers from Sedona P Sherry Smith from Flagstaff P Hippo Vaughn from Flagstaff P Happy Townsend from Prescott P Bill Burns from Payson P Tex Pruiett from Payson P Fred Burchell from Cottonwood P Harley Young from Flagstaff P Dave Black from Prescott P George Dumont from Cottonwood C Ted Easterly from Payson C Ira Thomas from Sedona 1B Jake Daubert from Payson 2B Steve Yerkes from Flagstaff 3B Pep Clark from Sedona SS Otis Johnson from Flagstaff LF Zack Wheat from Sedona CF Benny Kauff from Cottonwood RF Del Young from Sedona 1B Jake Stahl from Jerome LF Sam Crawford from Flagstaff LF Harry Wolter from Cottonwood LF Guy Zinn from Payson 2B Johnny Evers from Grand Canyon 3B Butch Schmidt from Jerome Southern League P Willie Mitchell from Phoenix P Slow joe Doyle from Tempe P George Ferguson from Carefree P Barney Pelty from Tombstone P Reb Russell from Nogales P Smokey joe Wood from Bisbee P Erv Lange from Phoenix P Snipe Conley from Tucson P George Disch from Bisbee P Harry Suter from Yuma C Nig Clarke from Tombstone C Art Wilson from Carefree 1B Stuffy Mcinnis from Nogales 2B Heinie Zimmerman from Tucson 3B Harry Lord from Yuma SS Tommy Mcmillan from Yuma LF Joe Jackson from Nogales CF Ty Cobb from Tucson RF Babe Ruth from Tempe 1B Dick Hoblitzel from Bisbee LF Bobby Veach from Yuma RF Harry Hooper from Tucson LF Joe Connolly from Bisbee 2B George Cutshaw from Tombstone 2B Rogers Hornsby from Bisbee As for the game, the Southern League outdueled the Northern League in the annual summer classic in Show Low, winning 6-2. Willie Mitchell of Tucson was the winning pitcher, with Bill Burns of Payson taking the loss. Carefree C Art Wilson had two hits and scored three runs. Mitchell was the MVP however... |
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1916 Hall of Fame Induction
 Noodles Hahn, Pitcher (1901-16) The ninth pitcher taken in the Arizona League's inaugural draft had a long, prosperous career for the Payson Longhorns and later the Kayenta Turquoise Warriors before hanging it up after the 1916 season. The southpaw was part of Payson's 1901 championship team and threw a no-hitter against Sedona in 1904. Here are some other career stats and notables: • Final record: 262-210 with four saves and a career ERA of 2.48 (nice!). His ERA is currently third best on the career list. His win total is sixth best. • Top Hurler Awards in 1903 (23-15, 1.90 ERA) and 1909 (20-8, 1.51 ERA) • 2,059 career strikeouts (fourth on career list) • 44 shutouts (tied for second best on career list), 341 complete games • 1-0 record, 3.68 ERA in four post-season games (it's a shame he couldn't have been in the playoffs more) • He had three home runs as a hitter and three triples, though his career average was just .139 • Five All-Star appearances, all with Payson. He never made it after going to Kayenta in 1912. • Had a 301-strikeout season with Kayenta, which is a team record (NL record is 321 by Orval Overall). Noodles Hahn career at a glance: Code:
Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO Teams 1901 42 42 22 14 0 2.16 325.0 263 103 78 36 135 10 2 PAY,NL 1902 41 41 14 20 0 3.53 306.0 302 154 120 53 104 7 3 PAY 1903 40 40 23 15 0 1.90 360.1 285 102 76 52 111 33 4 PAY,NL 1904 38 38 21 16 0 2.28 336.0 262 116 85 60 92 35 5 PAY,NL 1905 37 37 18 15 0 2.71 316.0 246 122 95 56 97 29 4 PAY 1906 40 40 23 16 0 2.19 353.2 281 113 86 53 109 35 5 PAY,NL 1907 39 39 19 18 0 2.45 352.1 284 122 96 58 104 33 4 PAY 1908 37 37 20 13 0 1.93 322.0 240 96 69 48 126 26 3 PAY 1909 34 34 20 8 0 1.51 291.1 184 62 49 55 98 27 5 PAY 1910 29 29 15 13 0 1.98 254.0 204 79 56 45 102 26 4 PAY,NL 1911 16 11 5 7 0 4.45 97.0 117 60 48 23 69 7 0 PAY 1912 33 32 15 14 1 2.81 262.1 249 95 82 59 187 19 2 PAY KAY 1913 33 33 15 10 0 2.63 267.1 254 103 78 75 226 15 1 KAY 1914 40 40 16 19 0 3.25 329.1 344 145 119 72 301 22 1 KAY 1915 31 29 15 10 1 2.91 238.0 221 91 77 68 184 17 1 KAY 1916 8 0 1 2 2 2.81 16.0 14 5 5 2 14 0 0 KAY Total 538 522 262 210 4 2.48 4426.2 3750 1568 1219 815 2059 341 44 Arizona League Hall of Fame Members • Danny Green, outfielder (1901-1914) • Ginger Beaumont, outfielder (1901-1915) • Doc White, pitcher (1901-1915) • Noodles Hahn, pitcher (1901-1916) |
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1916 Retirees
Three gentlemen who threw no-hitters were among those hanging it up this season. Two other guys who didn't make the Hall of Fame make their case for a vote in later years with some solid career stats. News and notes on a few of the guys follow below this list: Jimmy Archer retires ... Frank Arellanes retires ... Sam Agnew retires ... Mack Allison retires ... Heinie Beckendorf retires ... Walter Blair retires ... Dick Bayless retires ... Red Ames retires ... Harry Arndt retires ... Al Boucher retires ... Zaza Harvey retires ... Chick Brandom retires ... Eli Cates retires ... Cliff Curtis retires ... Charlie Deal retires ... Ralph Caldwell retires ... Sam Frock retires ... Tom Downey retires ... Harry Steinfeldt retires ... Danny Hoffman retires ... Rabbit Robinson retires ... Joe Cassidy retires ... Doc Gessler retires ... Harry Lumley retires ... Mike Lynch retires ... Mike Mccormick retires ... Pete Noonan retires ... Hooks Wiltse retires ... Frank Schulte retires ... Howard Wakefield retires ... Jack Pfiester retires ... Charlie Rhodes retires ... Lew Moren retires ... Mike Mowrey retires ... Al Schweitzer retires ... Syd Smith retires ... Fred Stem retires ... Bill Sweeney retires ... Heinie Heitmuller retires ... Jul Kustus retires ... Doc Martel retires ... Bobby Messenger retires ... Ed Mcdonald retires ... Rebel Oakes retires ... Carl Sitton retires ... Kirby White retires ... Paul Meloan retires ... Dave Shean retires ... FLG: Harry Bay retires ... GCA: Frank Chance retires ... KAY: Mike Donlin retires ... KAY: Shad Barry retires ... KAY: Noodles Hahn retires ... He will be in the Hall Of Fame! PAY: Bobby Keefe retires ... PRE: Tim Jordan retires ... CAR: Cuke Barrows retires ... PHX: Ed Phelps retires ... • LF Dick Bayless and 1B Fred Stem are two more members for my Cup of Coffee Hall of Fame. Bayless appeared in one game in 1910 with Sedona, going 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored. Then, it was back to the minors, never to be heard from again. Stem played in one game for Cottonwood in 1909, also going 2-for-4... • Pitcher Red Ames tossed a no-hitter for Sedona against Lake Havasu in 1905. He finished with a career mark of 115-90... • As hinted at earlier, Harry Steinfeldt retired after compiling 2,357 hits with Tucson and Flagstaff. That's second on the career list behind Flagstaff's Sam Crawford (2,791). Steiny finished with 1,124 RBIs (third on career list) and 403 doubles (fourth). Is a .253 batting average combined with those other numbers Hall of Fame worthy?? Voters didn't put him in this season... He also had 109 homers (11th career). • SS Rabbit Robinson stole 92 bases and got caught 35 times during his career (1903-15) with Prescott. With a name like Rabbit, you'd expect more steals, eh? • Lew "Hicks" Moren pitched a no-hitter for Jerome (against poor Kayenta) in 1910. His career record turned out to be 69-116 (yikes)... He never had a winning record and went 8-21 in 1909. • Here's another potential Hall of Fame player, Frank Chance, who falls short of the "standard" but put up some pretty nice numbers during 16 years of starting at 1B for the Grand Canyon River Runners. His career line: 2,332 hits (third career), 1,127 RBIs (second career), 1,283 runs (second all-time), 674 stolen bases (second all-time), .337 OPS, .367 SLG, 360 doubles (eighth). Thoughts, anyone? His final batting average was .263. Methinks "Husk" will get the chance to get into the Hall sometime in the near future... • CF Mike Donlin finished with 1,992 hits during a long career with Kayenta. He had six games with five hits and two games with seven RBIs. He was the 1902 Big Stick winner and had a 22-game hit streak going in 1903... • 1B Shad Berry, also of Kayenta, had two 21-game hit streaks during the 1911 season. He hit for the cycle in 1914... • Pitcher Noodles Hahn (see Hall of Fame post earlier, also had a no-hitter in his career) was the third big-time player to retire from Kayenta this season. Why weren't the Warriors any good with these solid guys on board? • Tim Jordan was Prescott's starting 1B from 1906-1916. He had an eight RBI game against Kayenta in 1911 and won six Field General Awards. He got to be apart of three of Prescott's championships... Now, on to the Winter Meetings, coming to us again from the lovely town of Payson in the White Mountains... |
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04-16-2007, 01:25 PM
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1916-17 Winter Meetings
 The Carefree Blues hope to build upon a solid 1916 season. But does the franchise need a new nickname? One fan thinks so... PAYSON — Even though the Payson Longhorns had just won their third Arizona League championship, earning the right to host this year's Meetings, much of the buzz during the week centered on two topics: Babe Ruth and the Carefree Blues. Both had breakout seasons in 1916, and the chatter was all about what could be accomplished in 1917. Ruth made a cameo appearance with his brother early in the week but the crowds got to be too much, and the two retreated (along with their "triplet" — Phinieus "Lil Doc" Victory III, the grandson of the AZL's commissioner) for a little camping up around Show Low. The young Victory shares a birthday with the Ruth boys but has yet to break into the league. He'll try again this year, however, hoping to get a few pointers from the Babe himself... As for Carefree, the team's run to the playoffs last fall seemed to ignite the fan base there, and all around the Phoenix metro area. There was more "Blues" gear in town for the week than anyone can remember. Commissioner Doc Victory met up with one fine fellow who moved to Carefree about the same time the baseball team did back in the mid-1900s. His name was Don Gustafson, and he was a native New Englander. Victory just liked to listen to his thick Bostonian accent (he punctuated just about every sentence with a loud "right?"). The commissioner spent several hours at a pub one evening just giving ear shot to all of Gustafson's tales of coming out West when he heard of a place called "Carefree" that had roads named "Easy Street" (where the ballpark is located) and "Ho" and "Hum" avenues. Gustafson, a big baseball fan from his younger days in Boston, loved everything about the Carefree franchise and quickly became a diehard. He had bought season tickets every year, even during the many leans times, and knew every stat and record. He believes the pieces are now in place for the team to upstage Tucson as the new power in the Southern League, despite the Blues' loss to the Saguaros in the playoffs. There was one thing, though, he had grown to detest. Carefree's nickname. "I mean, Carefree Blues sounds pretty snappy at first, right?" Gustafson kept saying with his Boston drawl. "But it's kind of a downer when you think about it, right? I mean what kind of person who's so Carefree has the blues? There aren't any blues on Easy Street, right? He kept on and on about it. "I really think we gotta change the nickname. It's gotta affect morale to know your team is simply the Blues, and every time you lose, right?, someone is going to say, 'There is Carefree singing the blues again...' What do you think? Am I right?" Victory just laughed and enjoyed his new friend from Carefree, who gave him an open invitation to come to town and stop by his restaurant "Don G's Crab Shack" which featured New England clam chowder and clam cakes and other delicacies of the like. Victory wasn't sure he wanted to know where Gustafson got the seafood from and how it got to Arizona. But next time he was passing down Easy Street, he was sure to give it a try... No other real news from the Winter Meetings: • Another attempt to divide each league into two four-team divisions was turned down... • Show Low continued to receive kudos for its hosting of the All-Star Game the past few summers and will continue to host the annual showcase game. As always, Show Low baseball mogul Clyde Cooley continues to evangelize anyone who will listen on why his town needs an AZL franchise (the Show Low Double A team was second in its division this past season but outdrew a few of the Major League clubs) ... • Sedona never did find its uniform thieves but many fans sure have found the purple and silver jerseys, which keep showing up in strange places and black markets. The Scorpions have new uniforms now, and they were kept under lock and key until distributed to players... • Kayenta has kicked around the idea of calling itself the "Navajo Turquoise Warriors" to appeal to a broader base of fans in Northeastern Arizona, but no action has been taken on that front by that franchise... • The Nevada-Utah Baseball Association will not play this season, with plans to reorganize for a possible future re-launch. Commissioner Victory was glad of that news — and glad Babe Ruth didn't opt to go there...
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1917 Player Draft
Very slim pickin's this season. No Babe Ruth-caliber player, though there was a "Baby Doll" chosen in the first round and a guy named Slim. And there was one Shocker in the first round as well (haha) ... Here's the lineup. Hats off to Vic Aldridge, who became the first pick of this year's draft, taken by the always building but never-quite-getting built Kayenta Turquoise Warriors... Round 1: Kayenta pick: P Vic Aldridge Phoenix pick: P Marv Goodwin Bisbee pick: P Burleigh Grimes Flagstaff pick: P Allen Sothoron Tombstone pick: P Roy Sanders Grand Canyon pick: P Howard Ehmke Prescott pick: P Hod Eller Sedona pick: P Leon Cadore Nogales pick: P Tom Rogers Tempe pick: P Mike Regan Cottonwood pick: 1B Joe Harris Yuma pick: P Hal Carlson Jerome pick: P Urban Shocker Tucson pick: P Slim Love Carefree pick: CF Baby doll Jacobson Payson pick: 3B Tony Boeckel Round 2 : Kayenta pick: CF Joe Evans Phoenix pick: C Patsy Gharrity Bisbee pick: LF Fred Nicholson Flagstaff pick: SS Swede Risberg Tombstone pick: RF Sam Rice Grand Canyon pick: P Elmer Ponder Prescott pick: 1B Roy Leslie Sedona pick: P Oscar Horstmann Nogales pick: P Dave Keefe Tempe pick: CF Gene Bailey Cottonwood pick: 2B Mike Massey Yuma pick: C John Brock Jerome pick: P Paul Carter Tucson pick: P Jim Middleton Carefree pick: RF Sammy Vick Payson pick: SS Howdy Caton Round 3 : Kayenta pick: SS Adam Debus Phoenix pick: LF Earl Smith Bisbee pick: 3B William Marriott Flagstaff pick: 1B Walter Holke Tombstone pick: 2B Jake Pitler Grand Canyon pick: CF Ray Powell Prescott pick: 2B Al Baird Sedona pick: 1B Ted Jourdan Nogales pick: P Walter Anderson Tempe pick: SS Chuck Ward Cottonwood pick: P John Russell Yuma pick: C Fred Blackwell Jerome pick: C Pickles Dillhoefer Tucson pick: LF Charlie Jackson Carefree pick: 2B Jose Rodriguez Payson pick: 2B Patsy Mcgaffigan Round 4 : Kayenta pick: P Red Torkelson Phoenix pick: C Archie Yelle Bisbee pick: 2B Harry Pearce Flagstaff pick: P Ed Monroe Tombstone pick: P Walt Smallwood Grand Canyon pick: P Vince Molyneaux |
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1917 Season Recap — Northern League
  Payson, Jerome back at the top — and better? The same two teams that ruled the Northern League in 1916 led the way again in '17, the Payson Longhorns and the Jerome Copper Miners. The 'Horns have been the dominant franchise of the past decade or so, winning their fifth-regular season championship in the past eight years and will advance to the post-season for the sixth-straight season. Jerome will make a return trip to the playoffs after a drought and will hope for better October returns than last season. Pitching ruled in Payson yet again, with the rotation of Charley Hall, Bill Burns and Pete Schneider combining for 83 wins. Hard to top that. Here is their line for the season: Code:
Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws ERA W L S WHIP STARTERS Charley Hall 39 SP 7/27/1885 Left Right 2.01 26 8 0 1.07 Bill Burns 17 SP 1/29/1880 Both Left 2.58 26 12 0 1.08 Pete Schneider 6 SP 8/20/1895 Right Right 2.92 21 3 0 1.05 If Jerome had the offense that Payson had, the Copper Miners might have matched the Longhorns' gaudy W-L numbers. Pitching-wise, Jerome had the best ERA in the league (2.87) and held opponents to .234 average (second lowest in the league). But Jerome hitters just didn't produce the same fireworks. If you're looking for a hitting superstar on this team like Speaker or Bush, you'd be pretty disappointed. Only two players, Edd Roush and Doc Miller, had averages better than .300. Both platooned at left field. Roush hit .311, and Miller hit .349. CF Clyde Millan was the high RBI man, with 71. This will be an intriguing playoff series. At first glance, you'd have to say that Payson is the heavy favorite. But Jerome has pitching that can keep them in any game ... As for the rest of the league, hats off to the Kayenta Turquoise Warriors! The blue crew hasn't finished any higher than fifth since 1908. This year, they were third. OF Casey Stengel had a great year in Navajo country, batting .308 with 106 RBIs and eight homers. Pitcher Rube Marquard was 23-10. (Personally, I'm rooting for them to improve)... Prescott and Flagstaff, who usually are up among the leaders, had really off years. No pitcher from the Antelopes had a winning record, and only one Lumberjack hurler had a positive W-L record. Flagstaff 1B Steve Yerkes likely won't hold on to his Big Stick honor, but he had a great year for a bad team — .289, 96 RBIs, 10 HRs, .761 OPS. Here are complete standings from the NL in 1917: Code:
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Payson 106 56 .654 - 109-53 -3 54-27 52-29 9-7 34-25 * W1 7-3 Jerome 91 71 .562 15.0 94-68 -3 47-34 44-37 7-6 31-28 - L1 4-6 Kayenta 85 77 .525 21.0 83-79 2 39-42 46-35 9-6 31-23 - L1 4-6 Grand Canyon 84 78 .519 22.0 84-78 0 46-35 38-43 10-8 34-31 - W1 6-4 Prescott 74 88 .457 32.0 72-90 2 32-49 42-39 13-10 27-26 - W1 5-5 Flagstaff 73 89 .451 33.0 74-88 -1 36-45 37-44 9-13 19-25 - L7 3-7 Sedona 69 93 .426 37.0 66-96 3 36-45 33-48 12-16 28-37 - W3 8-2 Cottonwood 66 96 .407 40.0 68-94 -2 31-50 35-46 3-6 19-28 - L1 3-7
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1917 Season Recap — Southern League
 Carefree not singing the blues after another great season; Babe powers Tempe Baseball is suddenly THE thing in the little town of Carefree, north of Phoenix. Of course, it helps that the Blues had another super season on the diamond. The Blues Boys had the best season in franchise history, posting 100 wins. That beat the previous best of 93 wins, set last season. No wonder the stadium is full most games. Carefree was a lot like Jerome in that solid pitching often overcame mediocre hitting. The Blues had just the 10th best batting average this season and were 15th best in home runs. But the team did score quite a bit, recording 784 runs (fifth in the league). Must have been solid in manufacturing scores. Carefree got great production from its starting pitching rotation. Check out this line: Code:
Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws ERA W L S WHIP STARTERS George Ferguson 60 SP 8/19/1886 Right Right 2.89 23 16 0 1.18 Raymond Bressler74 SP 10/23/1894 Right Left 2.96 19 9 0 1.31 Doc Crandall 5 SP 10/8/1887 Right Right 3.94 3 10 2 1.53 Marty Mchale 20 SP 10/30/1888 Right Right 3.43 25 13 0 1.27 Jeff Tesreau 17 SP 3/5/1889 Right Right 3.91 20 14 0 1.38 On the offensive front, Carefree didn't have a single regular earn a .300 batting average. Catcher Art "Dutch" Wilson was the team leader at the plate, batting .293 with 90 RBIs. He had a 20-game hitting streak during the season. 2B Larry Doyle batted .291 and new OF Baby Doll Jacobsen hit .292 (driving in seven runs in a game against Tempe over the summer). Hats off to reserve catcher Ed Blackburn. He made four plate appearances during the season (working behind Dutch) and went 4-for-4 with a double and three RBIs. "That's right, baby, I batted 1.000 this season." Speaking of Tempe (mentioned a few paragraphs above), the Sun Devils burst onto the scene thanks in large part to RF Babe Ruth. The Devils also had their best season in franchise history, winning 96 games. The previous best was 88 way back in 1907. Tempe has never won a Southern League title and has only finished second two other years. The Devils have never been last in the league but have finished seventh in the standings six times, sixth two times and fifth five times. In other words, Tempe usually isn't very good. Tucson, which usually is, missed the playoffs for the first time in seven years, finishing a few games behind the Devils. Babe Ruth has certainly upset the balance of power in the South. The Sultan of Swat certainly swatted a lot, recording 186 hits, batting .343 and bashing 33 home runs. For the second year, he crossed the 100-RBI plateau, finishing with 107. Ruth also walked a lot and now has 233 free passes in two seasons. He also has 59 career homers. That's a nice pace during this "dead ball" era. Ruth had a three-home game on July 17 against Bisbee. "I've never seen anything like him before," Ty Cobb said earlier in the season. "He just makes hitting look effortless. Pitchers just quake and crumble when he comes to the plate." 1B Fred Merkle had a 99 RBI season for Tempe. Pitchers Dave Davenport and George Baumgarder won 25 games apiece. Erv Lange had 21 wins. "Thank you, Babe. Thank you, Babe. Thank you, Babe." So Babe Ruth will make his first post-season appearance. And a new team from the Southern League will make it to the Cactus Champions Cup. Here are the final 1917 SL standings. After Tucson, the rest of the Southern League was pretty pitiful. Code:
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Carefree 100 62 .617 - 100-62 0 50-31 50-31 12-7 28-20 * W5 7-3 Tempe 96 66 .593 4.0 98-64 -2 49-32 47-34 8-11 26-27 - W1 6-4 Tucson 92 70 .568 8.0 90-72 2 41-40 51-30 8-8 23-23 - W2 6-4 Nogales 78 84 .481 22.0 79-83 -1 41-40 37-44 10-8 21-21 - L1 5-5 Bisbee 76 86 .469 24.0 74-88 2 38-43 38-43 9-6 25-24 - W1 4-6 Yuma 74 88 .457 26.0 78-84 -4 36-45 38-43 8-9 25-24 - L1 5-5 Tombstone 69 93 .426 31.0 63-99 6 34-47 35-46 4-7 26-20 - L2 4-6 Phoenix 63 99 .389 37.0 68-94 -5 32-49 31-50 3-6 16-31 - L2 3-7
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1917 Divisional Playoffs
'Underdog' teams advance to AZL championship Northern League Scores Jerome 8, Payson 4 (10) — WP: Fred Link Payson 7, Jerome 0 — WP: Charley Hall Payson 8, Jerome 5 — WP: Bill Burns Jerome 5, Payson 4 — WP: Fred Link Payson 8, Jerome 4 — WP: Charley Hall Jerome 5, Payson 3 — WP: Bill Burns Jerome 2, Payson 1 — WP: Fred Link Southern League Scores Tempe 11, Carefree 0 — WP: Dave Davenport Carefree 16, Tempe 0 — WP: George Ferguson Tempe 4, Carefree 3 — WP: George Baumgardner Carefree 9, Tempe 1 — WP: Raymond Bressler Carefree 6, Tempe 3 — WP: George Ferguson Tempe 6, Carefree 4 (10) — WP: George Baumgardner Tempe 7, Carefree 4 — WP: Dave Davenport No matter who wins the Cactus Cup, the Arizona League will have a new champion in 1917. The two teams who advanced past the Divisional playoffs — the Jerome Copper Miners and Tempe Sun Devils — have never won the AZL before. Tempe has never even played for the Cup before, while Jerome lost in its only appearance in Cactus series, back in 1903. Surprise. Suprise. Most observers put their money on Payson being in the finals from the Northern League. And most likely rooted on Babe Ruth and Tempe to beat the blue-socked boys from Carefree. Babe admirers will get their wish. Some of the league's best pitchers duked it out up North. Fred Link of Jerome stood tallest after the dust settled, winning all three of his starts. He held the Longhorns' bats quiet in Game Seven, giving up just four hits and one earned run. Jerome scored the winning run of Game Seven in the seventh inning. Tommy Clarke drew a walk off Frank Miller to lead off, then the next two hitters struck out, including Link, who was trying to bunt his catcher into scoring position. RF Gus Williams then delivered a double to the gap in right-center to score Clarke. Link went to work from there, giving up just one hit over the next three innings, a harmless single to Jack Barry in the ninth. Clarke had a great series overall for the Miners, batting .451. LF Guy Zinn was about the only Payson hitter to solve Jerome pitching. The No. 8 hitter batted .481 over the seven games, bashed three home runs and drove home an amazing 12 scores. A 13th or 14th RBI was what the 'Horns needed to stay alive and defend its AZL championship. Or someone else to step up with a clutch hit or two. There was big time partying in Jerome once word got back to the town built on the side of a mountain that the Longhorns had been felled in Game Seven. Even diehard fans from Prescott poured in to celebrate at places like the Spirit Room and the Haunted Hamburger. "We miss these kinds of celebrations on Whiskey Row," one fan from Prescott named Ric, interviewed by the Verde Independent newspaper, said. "It's been too long since we've been in the playoffs." Down in the Southern League, gaudy scores ruled through the early part of the series. Tempe shelled Carefree with 18 hits in an 11-0 Game One win. Babe Ruth didn't disappoint in his first playoff game, finishing 3-for-4 with three runs, two RBIs, one steal and a home run in the sixth inning. Carefree pitchers also walked him twice. Payson pitcher Charley Hall proved virtually untouchable, giving up just four hits. While Tempe put a hurtin' on Carefree the first night, the Blues paid them back the next. Carefree had 19 hits in a 16-0 schellacking. Instead of the Babe, this night belonged to Baby Doll Jacobson, Carefree's sweet swinging leftfielder. Baby Doll went 3-for-5 with SEVEN (7) RBIs. 2B Larry Doyle batted home four runs to go with his 2-for-3 night. Seven Carefree starters had at least two hits, and three had three hits. Whew. The teams settled down from there, and aside from a 9-1 Carefree win in Game Four, played pretty evenly matched baseball. The Babe cooled a bit (finishing with a .296 average and four total RBIs for the series), while Baby Doll virtually disappeared (just three more hits in Games 3-7, with no RBIs). CF Joe "Dode" Birmingham ended up to be Tempe's most dependable hitter. The 33-year-old lead off man batted .355 for the series with a key RBI double in Game Seven. SS Simon Nicholls also hit well behind the Babe. So, the improbable match-up is set. It's Tempe vs. Jerome for the Arizona League's biggest prize. Can the Babe win a championship in only his second year in the league. Art Nehf is scheduled to get the ball for Jerome in Game One. Erv Lange will throw for Tempe. Both pitchers went 0-2 in the divisional playoffs. Could be an interesting start... |
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For anyone tuning in, how difficult is it to publish the yearly league almanacs on the Web? How much space would it take up (I would imagine a lot)? How long does an upload take?
I was just curious. I thought about posting all the league files somewhere, so folks (with too much time on their hands) could sort through the details ... I'd probably do it on a yearly basis. Thanks, AZ |
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1917 Cactus Champions Cup
 Babe Ruth, Tempe Sun Devils win title Series Summary  Game 1 Jerome 7, Tempe 4 JEROME — "Gloomy Gus" Williams has an upbeat day for the Copper Miners, finishing 3-for-5 with a double, a triple and two RBIs. Jerome jumps on Tempe early with three runs in the first inning and then piles on three more in the sixth to pull away. Art Nehf gets the pitching win. Erv Lange is the losing pitcher but hit the longest homer of his career as a consolation prize. (Jerome leads 1-0)  Game 2 Tempe 3, Jerome 0 JEROME — The Sun Devils strike back behind the strong pitching of George Baumgardner, who holds the Miners to just four hits. For the second game in a row Babe Ruth is 1-for-4. He still doesn't have an RBI in the series. CF Jim "Dode" Birmingham (3-for-5, 1 RBI) and 2B Ivy Olson (two-run homer) provide the most offense for the Devils. (Series tied 1-1) Game 3 Jerome 2, Tempe 1 TEMPE — CF Tim Hendryx hits an RBI triple in the top of the eighth to give the Copper Miners what would be the winning run. Tempe, trailing 2-0 at the time, gets one back in the ninth on sac fly by DH Jack Martin. But Ivy Olson can't keep the rally going and grounds out to second to end the game. Fred Link gets the pitching "W" for Jerome (his fourth straight playoff win). Babe Ruth strikes out four times. That's the golden sombrero! (Jerome leads 2-1) Game 4 Tempe 10, Jerome 5 TEMPE — Babe Ruth makes up for his poor day at the plate in Game Three in a big way. The Sultan swats two homers and a triple, and finishes 4-for-4 with three runs and four RBIs. 1B Simon Nicholls has a great day right behind Babe, finishing with three hits and two RBIs. Erv Lange gets the better of Art Nehf from the mound in this one. (Series tied 2-2) Game 5 Jerome 5, Tempe 2 TEMPE — Bill Doak limits the Sun Devils to five hits in all. Babe Ruth has another 0-for afternoon at the plate and leaves the game after three at-bats after getting beaned by a pitch. "Prince Hal" Chase of Jerome cranks three hits. Jerome heads for home needing just one win to clinch the series. Questions loom about Babe Ruth's status for Game Six. How badly is he hurt? And how badly would his absence hurt Tempe's chances? (Jerome leads series 3-2) Game 6 Tempe 9, Jerome 0 JEROME — Babe Ruth does play and unleashes a fury of anger on the Copper Miners, hitting two more home runs and finishing with four RBIs. 3B Ossie Vitt records four hits in five at-bats from the No. 8 hole and drives home two more scores. With 27-year-old hurler Dave Davenport humming fastballs by Jerome hitters (he gives up only three hits), the momentum suddenly swings the Devils' way going into Game Seven. (Series tied 3-3) Game 7 Tempe 6, Jerome 2 JEROME — Babe Ruth is quiet by Ruthian standings — one hit, no RBIs, one run scored. But the man hitting right behind Ruth has a field day. 1B Fred Merkle, who had missed the first five games of the series due to a calf injury, drives home four runs. His biggest hit is a double in the eighth that clears the bases and essentially puts Jerome away. It was 3-2 at the time. Erv Lange wins again from the mound. Losing pitcher Art Nehf, admittedly nervous as heck, walks a career high 11. Tempe walks away with its first Cactus Champions Cup... Series Notes: • Babe Ruth finished his first post-season with a .309 average (17-for-55), hitting five homers and recording 12 RBIs. He did strike out 23 times and was walked seven times. |
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Cactus Champions Cup standings Through 1917 season Arizona League Championships Prescott: 5 Payson: 3 Bisbee: 2 Cottonwood: 1 Flagstaff: 1 Grand Canyon: 1 Nogales: 1 Phoenix: 1 Tempe: 1 Tucson: 1 TOTAL = 17 Cactus Champions Cup appearances (and winning percentage): Prescott: 6 (.833) Grand Canyon: 4 (.250) Payson: 4 (.775) Nogales: 3 (.333) Tucson: 4 (.250) Yuma: 3 (.000) Bisbee: 2 (1.000) Flagstaff: 2 (.500) Jerome: 2 (.000) Cottonwood: 1 (1.000) Tempe: 1 (1.000) Phoenix: 1 (1.000) Tombstone: 1 (.000) Sedona: 0 Kayenta: 0 Carefree/Lake Havasu: 0 TOTAL = 34 Past Results 1901:Payson beat Nogales 4 to 2 1902:Nogales beat Grand Canyon 4 to 1 1903:Prescott beat Jerome 4 to 2 1904:Prescott beat Grand Canyon 4 to 2 1905:Bisbee beat Flagstaff 4 to 3 1906:Prescott beat Grand Canyon 4 to 3 1907:Flagstaff beat Tombstone 4 to 3 1908:Cottonwood beat Yuma 4 to 1 1909:Grand Canyon beat Yuma 4 to 3 1910:Prescott beat Nogales 4 to 1 1911:Bisbee beat Prescott 4 to 1 1912:Payson beat Yuma 4 to 1 1913:Prescott beat Tucson 4 to 1 1914:Tucson beat Payson 4 to 2 1915:Phoenix beat Tucson 4 to 2 1916:Payson beat Tucson 4 to 1 1917:Tempe beat Jerome 4 to 3 • Interesting to note that only four Cup series have gone the full seven games. This year's was the first since 1909 ... • The Southern League holds a 9-8 series edge (remember Prescott was in the SL for its first three titles before moving to the NL) |
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1917 Award Winners
Top Hurler Awards Payson's right-hander Charley Hall was untouchable much of the season. The "Sea Lion" struck out 231 batters in 314 innings of work. His ERA was a stingy 2.01, and his record 26-8. He had 29 complete games and five shutouts. He ended up 1st in the Northern in ERA and 1st in wins. Hall, who also went 2-0 in the post-season, earned the award for the 2nd time in his 10-year career. The 1917 Southern Top Hurler Award winner is from champion Tempe this year. Dave Davenport put together impressive numbers on the mound this season as well, his first time mounting a winning season in three years in the league. Opposing players hit .230 against Dave this season. While posting an ERA of 2.75 he went 25-15 in 40 starts, fanning 115 and walking 144 hitters. He had 40 complete games and 3 shutouts. He was 2nd in the Southern in ERA and 1st in wins. Big Stick Awards The SL's Big Stick winner was no surprise but a relative no-name took the honor in the North. A great season convinced the voters that Sedona centerfielder Benny Kauff was worthy of the NL Big Stick Award. His season featured a batting average of .369 (224 hits in 607 AB), 41 doubles, 8 triples and 8 bombs. Kauff collected 88 RBI and 112 runs as well. He was 1st in the Northern in batting, 6th in homeruns and 9th in RBI. Kauff will be one to watch. In four seasons, the 27-year-old has 797 hits. Nice. The 1917 Southern Big Stick Award winner is a repeat from 1916 -- Surprise, surprise, it's Tempe's rightfielder Babe Ruth. Ruth hit for a .343 average this season. He had 72 extra base hits along with 333 total bases, resulting in a .614 slugging percentage. He was 3rd in the Southern in batting, 1st in homeruns and 1st in RBI. Ruth wins the award for the 2nd time in his 2-year career. Wonder if he can catch Sam Crawford's nine Big Sticks during his career. Rookie of the Year Awards Flagstaff's Leon Cadore was almost in tears when he heard the news. The 26 year old pitcher was named the Rookie of the Year winner in the Northern League. Opposing players hit .265 against Leon this season. While posting an ERA of 3.76 he went 17-18 in 38 starts, fanning 125 and walking 138 hitters. Cadore pitched one shutout and 29 complete games. Carefree rightfielder Sam Rice has worked hard to reach the big leagues. His work paid off s the Southern named him the Rookie of the Year winner Rice batted .291. He added 24 doubles, along with 80 runs scored -- another reason many believe the Blues to be on the rise in the AZL. Field General Awards Northern Field General Award Winners: Pitcher: King Cole (CTW) Catcher: Wally Schang (CTW) First Base: Hal Chase (JER) Second Base: Morrie Rath (KAY) Third Base: Frank O'rourke (FLG) Shortstop: Ernie Johnson (PRE) Leftfield: Edd Roush (JER) Centerfield: Tris Speaker (PAY) Rightfield: Danny Moeller (PAY) Southern Field General Award Winners: Pitcher: Carl Druhot (TOM) Catcher: Tex Erwin (TUC) First Base: Babe Borton (YUM) Second Base: Del Pratt (PHX) Third Base: Ed Hallinan (TOM) Shortstop: Tommy Mcmillan (YUM) Leftfield: Chet Chadbourne (CAR) Centerfield: Sherry Magee (NOG) Rightfield: Sam Rice (CAR)
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