Thursday, July 27, 2023

Alaska leagues

 Fourth of July tournament
    1922 Douglas Firemen

    1922-7-04 Jimmy Manning, Douglas High School pitcher, won three games in two days to win first price for the Douglas Firemen. He struck out 35 batters and allowed six runs in 25 innings. 
    Four teams competed - two cash prizes of $200 and $150. 
    Commentary only. 
    1924-7-04 Boxes.  Juneau 11, Soldiers 5. (Play by play) Douglas 6,  Juneau 5. Manning won for Douglas. Douglas = Islanders.
    1927-7-04 Boxes. Moose-Vets 9, Elks-A.J. 3. Elks-A.J. 15, Soldiers 3. 

Juneau City League
    1925
    1926 Elks Final batting VG
    1927

    1926-8-14 Final batting. Spalding trophy given to Jim Barragar, Elks manager. Prizes given to league leaders.
 
    1927-6-21 Preview. American Legion team will hold dance to raise funds for new uniforms. 

    1926-5-09 Box, play by play. Jimmy Manning pitched for the Miners. 
    1926-7-25 Standings, boxes. Sunday doubleheader at City Park. 
    1927-6-24 Standings, box. Jimmy Manning played 3b for the Vets. 

    1927-7-28 Little World Series preview.

    1926-8-03 Championship series tied 1-1. Play by play, box. 

        1926-8-10 Baseball excursion to Ketchikan and return - $17.50
    1926-8-24 Ketchikan 8, Juneau 1. No box. 3rd straight loss to Ketchikan. 300 ATT - cold and cloudy weather. 
    1927-8-24 Juneau 10, Sailors 1. 

Moose team of Juneau City League w/ pics, a little information

Jimmy Manning iron man - star - Lingit (indigenous) 

Midnight League
    1907

 

    1907 interesting article pro players signed - commentary on league conditions
    1917 players commentary

 1925-9-04 Ketchikan beat Juneau in three straight games for championship of Alaska. 
\1936-6-04 Douglas opens home season - line-ups - sponsors - drawing
1936-8-29 Juneau will send team to Ketchikan for series of games after receiving guarantee of $250. Rosters listed. teams could do well against most semi-pro and class D teams. 
1947-5-10 Juneau baseball season opens tomorrow. sponsors - drawing.

pics



1914-6-01 Juneau. Pittman, of Douglas-Treadwell, no-hit Gastineau-Juneau. Douglas-Treadwell is up in the series 2 games to 1. 

Skagway

1905-5-17 The White Pass Athletic Club of Skagway, looked upon as the champions of Alaska, will tour the pacific coast states this summer. 
    "Last season the Skagway team cleaned up everything it went up against. Owing to the great distance between that city and the expense attached to bringing a team either from Dawson to Skagway or vice versa, no series of games can with profit be arranged between those two fast aggregations.
    Dawson plays a speedy game but she is not looked upon as traveling in the same company with Skagway. In her pitching staff, Skagway has a bunch of twirlers which will give any men in the amateur class a run for their money. O'Brien is a bush leaguer from Southern California, while Barragar and Oleson have always made reputations with the amateurs in the states.
    Capt. Ed Barry, who holds down the short stop position, is as fast as they make 'em. That little fellow scampers around the diamond like a scared cat on the top of a fence. Barry is without doubt the best short stop in Alaska and could hold his own with many of them in the states.
    Skagway will, however, be handicapped by the loss of Sanford, who played left field for the team last year. Sanford was there with the stick and as a "pitch" hitter led the bunch. Business compelled Sandford to return to Seattle, where he will remain indefinitely. Sanford won many games for Skagway by lambasting out a timely hit when the souses were needed to bring in the runs. Capt. Barry states that the team would also make arrangements to play a series at the Lewis and Clark exposition."

1905-5-28 Lineups for Skagway-White Horse game. 
1906-5-26 Skagway took doubleheader from Juneau and White Horse - received the $125 prize and challenge cup. Are baseball champions. Lee Gault won both games of the doubleheader for Skagway (iron man). Skagway lineup listed. 

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