1922 Snohomish team pic (5th from left)
1924 Everett team pic (3rd from right)
Averill, Howard Earl (1902-1983) Historylink.org
Northwest Washington League
1924 Everett Seagulls batting (xtra) pitching (xtra)
1925 Everett Seagulls 6-4 batting xtra 6-17x
There was an Averill playing in Nebraska in 1921 - not him.
1921-7-17 Hastings NE. Nebraska Averill plays for Campbell.
1921-7-17 Snohomish via Everett. Johnny Zaepfel plays short and leads off and Averill bats third for Snohomish in 5-4 defeat of Monroe. Two other Zaepfels at 3b and 2b.
1921-7-02 Everett. Bought property?
1921-9-13 Snohomish baseball club banquet. The association is in good financial shape. "The association gave each of the players a maroon coat sweater with a white letter 'S' on it. The Eagle company presented each with a shirt and Nils Peterson gave each a pair of silk socks." Averill attended.
1921-9-16 Snohomish. The Snohomish Amateur Baseball Team closed their season 9-12 with a banquet. Had a 16-8 record, scoring 164 runs and allowing 122. "Members of the executive committee of the Snohomish Playgrounds Association
1921-9-20 "Among the Snohomish young men who went to Wenatchee and Cashmere today to harvest apples are Hugo and Frank Hots, Ad James, Tony Williams, Hugh Dunwoody, Ear Averill, Pangle and Keaton.
J. P. Keaton, who went to Cashmere several days ago, has secured contract for picking apples of three orchards. He expects to secure pickers from Snohomish and believes that it will take about 40 days to harvest the crop. He reports a fairly good crop of apples in the valley."
1921-10-27 Everett. "Earl Averill, Roy Swaney, Carl Balch, Ed Stevens and Hurbert Stevens are are among the Snohomish young men who returned home Wednesday after harvesting apples in Wenatchee."
1921-12-23 Snohomish. John Zaepfel, the wonder with the football, back home from college for Christmas.
1921-12-23 Snohomish. John Zaepfel, the wonder with the football, back home from college for Christmas.
1921-5-15 No box.
1921-5-29 Zaepfel pitched - almost certainly not John.
1921-5-30 Mon.
1921-6-19 Avavill. Snohomish left two men on base, South Park of Seattle ten as Snohomish won 7-6.
1921-6-26 nada
1921-7-05 2nd day of Snohomish's observance of the 4th of July. Snohomish beat and Old-Timers' team of former local players 17-1. No box. Averill won the hitting contest (334 1/2 feet) and base-running contest (15 1/5 seconds around the bases). Full names listed for Old-Timers'
1921-7-10 Sun. "Auarill"
1921-7-17 Snohomish via Everett. Johnny Zaepfel plays short and leads off and Averill bats third for Snohomish in 5-4 defeat of Monroe. Two other Zaepfels at 3b and 2b.
1921-7-24 Avarill.
1921-7-31 Avarill. "The playground association has had an awning put at the west end of the grandstand to protect patrons from the sun, which has brought forth remarks of appreciation from fans. The opinion of the fans was that the North Park players are a fine bunch of boys, there being no kicking at the umpires during the game."
1921-8-07 Sun. Made a difficult one-handed catch in center.
1921-8-14 Avarill.
1921-8-21 Box in Tues. paper
1921-8-28 Avarill. Batted 8th. "SNOHOMISH, Aug. 29.-The Snohomish baseball nine was defeated at Granite Falls yesterday by a score of 7 to 4. Poor playing at critical moments, poor grounds, and alleged poor umpiring were responsible. A large crowd from Snohomish attended the game.
"Umpires are human and are liable to make mistakes, but it is a very serious one to call a man out on two strikes, which Mr. Turner admitted he did," says E. C. Stevens, scorekeeper. "There is nothing in the rules that requires the umpire to notify the players that a runner left the base before the ball was caught and to throw the ball to that base, which Mr. Turner admitted he did. There are several other decisions which were against Snohomish, but the foregoing were enough to lose any game.""
1921-9-04 nada
1921-9-10 Preview. It is the club's last game of the season, as several of its players will go to school next week.
1921-9-11 Sun. (Tues. paper) Team lost 14-0
(No Pilchuckers team in either 1921 or 1923)
1922-4-01 Preview. George Walsh is Pilchucker MG. J.C. Penney were Everett Senior League champs last season.
1922-4-14 Snohomish. "According to information received from the Playgrounds Association, plans are forging ahead for another winning baseball team. The rainy weather is holding back the association's plans to some extent. However, they hope to see action within a short time.
"A few days of good weather, is all we need," said R. E. Main, publicity agent for the association. As soon as the weather permits, the finishing touches will be added to the baseball diamond, after which practice will start in earnest. It is probable that more baseball uniforms will be purchased in order to allow more men to compete for team positions. All efforts will be made to muster and develop the best baseball material in the community.
Letters requesting games have been circulated among the neighboring towns, but no definite schedule has been completed, according to officials,
As five members of last season's team are out of town, it is evident that new players will be needed. Among last year's players who will form the nucleus for the new team are Averill, R. Tronsrud, I. Tronsrud Knapp and Holcomb. Zaepfel and Myer are also expected to turn out.
Season tickets are on sale and may be secured from R. E. Main, Herb Halterman or Frank Bowen, all members of the Playgrounds Association."
1922-4-21 Pilchucker-Penney game to be played 4-23 at Snohomish playground diamond.
1922-4-24 "The first practice of the Snohomish baseball team was held at the grounds Sunday. There will be practice Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6 o'clock and the team will be selected before the game Sunday to be played here with the North Park nine of Seattle. Promising baseball material is reported among new candidates. Members of last year's team who will be in the lineup are 1. Transrud, A. Tronsrud... Knapp. Averill and Holcomb. Other last season players are out of town but some may return to play later in the season, it is stated."
Snohomish Playground Association purchased property for children's playground.
1922-4-29 Last Sunday the Pilchuckers beat J.C. Penney 12-5. Two Snohomish games today. The city amateur team, organized by the playground association, will face North Park of Seattle. The Pilchuckers will face Lake Stevens but three of its players, including Averill, will play for the city team.
1922-5-06 A member of last year's team, Elmer Zaepfel, has returned from Snoqualmie and will be in tomorrow's game - the second game of season for Snohomish.
1922-5-20 Averill married. "Mr. Averill plays shortstop on the Snohomish baseball team and is an employe of the Snohomish Floral company."
1922-4-09 Pilchuckers beat Maltby 21-7; Averill homered. No box. [Team named after Pilchuck river I presume]
1922-4-16 Pilchuckers beat Maltby 22-6. No box.
1922-5-07 Avarill.
1922-5-14 (Tues. Pilchucker lost to Monroe 14-4. No box.
1922-5-28 Averill homered - the longest drive ever made on the field. (Snohomish was away, playing at Bellingham.) Really hard to read.
1922-6-11 Otterson and J. Zaepfel returned from State College and were in the game. "R. [Ralph] Tronsrud caught five innings with a broken finger."
1922-6-21 Pilchuckers lost to reformatory 3-2 - no box.
1922-6-28 Pilchuckers. Trip to Monroe to play state reformatory.
1922-7-02 With a man on third, Averill bunted down the third base line - the runner scored and Averill was safe.
"The Snohomish players claimed that it was not over confidence that allowed the Barbers to make six runs in the ninth, but they found out that Joe Getchell, pioneer fan, was not at the game and they lost nerve."
1922-7-03 "In the eighth Snohomish marred its almost perfect record for sportsmanship by the whole infield gathering around the umpires and protesting a decision at first. Sultan quickly took advantage and two men advanced each a base, afterward scoring."
1922-7-04 Old Timers' v. town team game.
1922-7-09 "Averill in center made the star catch, getting one after a hard run to deep center that would have been a three bagger."
1922-7-12 Another game v. Monroe reformatory
" 'Dutch' Altman umpired a good game, the only kick being by the visitors [Reformatory] when Averill, batting right handed, had two strikes called on him, then stepped across the plate to bat left handed, they claiming that he had no right to, but, as he struck out, nothing more was said."
"Averill at third fielded his position in splendid shape."
1922-7-16 Averill made a "difficult catch."
1922-7-23 Knapp was "prevented from [catching] a long fly by some passing pedestrians who were in the way." J. Otterson "pitched like a leaguer" and hit a grand slam.
1922-7-26 Ted Keaton, Pilchucker second baseman and truck driver for J.R. Porter, "had his cheek cut and bruised and several teeth knocked out" "in a peculiar accident at noon today."
"Keaton was dumping coal at the high school when the crank which lifts the load slipped a cog, whirling around and striking him on the jaw. He was taken to a local physician."
1922-7-30 "Averill made the longest hit of the day, to deep right, the ball landing in the middle of Second street." Also doubled but was called out for not touching first.
1922-8-06 "In the fifth. "Iron Man' Jimmie Dixon, who had been imported [by Granite Falls] for the purpose of humiliating Snohomish, believe the local fans, relieved Hasketh in the box. He walked into the diamond with an air of overconfidence begotten with a long string of victories with the Lowell Paper mill nine and other teams. But, alas for Jimmie, his ambition and aims as regards being mentioned in baseball history faded when the local boys got two singles and a double off his delivery. He quit in disgust and in turn was relieved by Toland, who finished the game. Jimmie had lasted a little more than one inning."
1922-8-13 No box.
1922-8-20 "Rooting by the followers of both clubs enlivened the game."
1922-8-27 "There will be games both Sunday and Monday coming, announces the managers of the local team."
1922-9-03 "one of the best [games] seen here this season." 3-2.
"A decision in the third inning by Cobb, against Snohomish seemed to take the "pep" out of the Snohomish players for awhile, but they soon pulled themselves together and played real baseball.. In the play Averill hit and got to third on Knapp's double and in trying to score the play was made to the plate. Syphers got the ball in plenty of time, but as Averil slid in he dropped it and Cobb called Averill out. The Snohomish players made a vigorous protest but Cobb stuck to his decision and then made a bluff of quitting the game, but allowed himself to be persuaded to finish. "
"in the sixth Averill got the three put outs, one of which was over his heard but by turning and running with the ball and judging it perfectly he got under it and cut off what should have been at least a three base hit."
1922-9-04 2-1. 11 innings. Last of series of five games with Granite Falls - Snohomish won three.
"Nothing more doing on either side [after the sixth inning] till Snohomish came to bat in the last half of the eleventh inning. I. Tronsrud was first up and Nolan promptly disposed of him. Hagis to Bosford. Then came Averil. Nolan began feeding him the same kind on which he had struck him before, over the outer corner of the plate.
With the fans all on their feet yelling for a home run. Averill struck viciously at the first ball and knocked a long foul. He caught the next one squarely on the nose, and it sailed high over the center field and the farther it went the higher it seemed to go, and long before it was returned, Averill had completed the circuit and the game was over. Averill's teammates rushed out and carried him from the field on their shoulders, and the fans showered him with silver. The Granite bunch showed themselves to be true sports, Nolan being the first to congratulate him: and the Granite fans voluntarily contributing liberally to the donation."
Snohomish (1922-9-08) " 'The best game ever played on the local diamond' is the unanimous verdict of every loyal follower of baseball, when speaking of the base ball game played on Labor Day..."
"But it was the winning run that made the game more than spectacular. Averill, local outfielder, came to bat with two out in the last half of the eleventh, and after looking over the first two, lifted the next one over into Second street for a home run. Fans swarmed into the field and picked Averill up and carried him around the diamond on their shoulders, voicing their appreciation of the mighty clout by shouts that could be heard on Avenue D."
"The attendance was good at both games, between six and seven hundred seeing the games. Granite Falls was well represented."
1922-9-10 No box. Listless game.
1922-9-15 "Owing to the fact that some of the Pilchucker players are away from town, other men will be played..."
1922-9-17 Pilchuckers. Neither Averill nor Zaepfel in line-up
1922-9-21 "The regular Snohomish team outfield will play will play with the Pilchuckers in their usual positions."
1922-6-22 K.O.C. of Snohomish County League reorganized - have J. and E. Zaepfel and Tronsrud in their line-up.
1923-4-15 2 3b.
1923-4-22 3b
1923-5-05 The Snohomish team will be crippled by the loss of "Podunk" Averill, who has signed with the Bellingham Elks.
1923-5-15 "Al Anderson played his first game in center and it is believed he will fill the gap left by Averill."
1923-6-17 "Podunk" Averill played short and hit a three-run homer
1923-6-21 "H. O. Ness, Ralph Main, F. K. Stetson, Earl Averill, Lon Myrick and Fred Daniels, Snohomish ball team management, players and fans, went to Seattle today to purchase equipment for the team and to attend the Seattle-Portland game."
1923-6-24 Played short.
1923-7-01 Played short. Al Anderson in center.
1923-7-03 Played short.
1923-7-04 "Podunk" Averill played short and hit a three-run homer
1923-7-08 Played center - Al Anderson was replacement 3b.
1923-7-15 CF. Snohomish beat Granite Falls 3-2 in the best-played game of the season.
1923-7-22 Fell a single short of the cycle - hit double, triple, and homer.
1923-7-29 Snohomish beat Granite Falls 8-3 to win third game of best-of-three series.
"Two great catches of foul flys were made in the fourth. Lepper went into the crowd to the right of first base and pulled down a bad one from the bat of Lynch, and in the eighth Ralph Tronsrud went over the pile of bats in front of Granite's dugout and got a bad one that Christy had hit.
In the seventh Christy made one of the greatest catches ever seen on the local diamond. It was a long fly from I. Tronsrud's bat. Christy went after it on the dead run, speared it with one hand, went to the ground, but came up witht the ball. In the fifth Averill made a fine catch of a long fly by Bassford. In the seventh Cook, who had 'replaced Kingburg behind the bat made a fluke home run. the ball going under an automobile and by the time the fielder had crawled under and retrieved it he had crossed the plate. "
1923-7-31 "A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Earl Averill yesterday at their home, Maple and Fourth Streets."
1923-8-05 Averill started game in center, then moved to left. Snohomish left 0 men on base - all baserunners either scored or were out on the bases.
1923-8-12 Averill did not play.
1923-8-19 Played left and homered.
1923-8-26 Homered and tripled. Opposing pitcher snapped bone in arm while delivering pitch.
1923-9-02 CF.
1923-5-11 Preview.
1923-5-22 "The Elks will not be able to put their regular lineup on the field tomorrow night, Averill and Thorintson being unable to come owing to the positions they hold, it was announced this morning by Tealey Raymond, the Elks' manager."
1923-6-19 Transactions. Tealey Raymond filed releases for eight players, including Averill.
1923-5-06 Bellingham. Opening day. 1447 ATT - the city record as far as anyone knows. + one other box and one other line.
Bellingham Elks won 10 out of the 13 of prizes given by Bellingham merchants for yesterday's game; Bellingham Bloedel-Donovan won only three. Averill won the silk shirt given by Andy Martin for the first double.
1923-5-13 All (?) boxes. 600 ATT. Two Elks boxes - Averill only played in one.
1923-6-03 W/ Granite Falls. Pretty sure Bill Lasley pitched for Granite Falls.
1923-9-11 "SNOHOMISH,Sept. 11. TheSnohomish Playgrounds association met with the members of the base ball team and a few invited guests last evening at K. of P. hall to settle the affairs of the, ball team for the season. After all had eaten their fill of sandwiches and wieners, Ralph Main, head of the association, sprang a surprise on the recipients by presenting Manager Herb Ness and Norman Swain each with a gold watch, which were engraved "Manager Herb Ness from the baseball fans and business men, 1921, 1922, 1923" and "From the Playgrounds Association, respectively.
As the ball team is strictly amateur and the members received no salary for playing, Mr. Main, on behalf of the fans of the city, presented each member of the team with an envelope containing a check. A sum of $369 was do-nated last week by persons having the interests of the ball players at heart. Those present were R. Tronsrud, I. Tronsrud, J. Otterson, F. Otterson, J. Kernan, W. Lepper, G. Anderson; Al Anderson, L. Korter, R. C. Macpherson, A. Knapp, and Earl Averill, me bers of the ball team; J. Zaepfel, O. Tryggvi, H. Ness, N. Swain, W. F. Pangle, E. C: Stevens, F. K. Stetson, FV. Bowen, J. L Lysons, C. N. Holcomb and R. E. Main.
Each guest made an informal talk. All expressed themselves as having been pleased with the season's playing and members of the team stated that they desired to play here again next year. The Snohomish team played 25 games this season and lost only four of them.
1923-9-19 Snohomish final stats. Team had 21-4 record. Gives Averill's fielding record at both shortstop and centerfield.
1924-1-25 "Earl Averill fact outfielder of the Snohomish baseball club the past three years, will, be given a tryout with the Seattle baseball club this spring, according to a letter received today from Charles L. Lockard, president of the club. The team will be in Seattle for three weeks in April and Averill will be given an opportunity at that time to display his wares in the Pacific Coast league club."
1924-4-05 "Earl Averill has returned home after trying out with the Seattle baseball club at Los Angeles and San Bernardino, Calif."
1924-4-07 50-60 aspirants for Everett team tried out on Elliott Park on Sunday - largest turnout of the week - including Averill.
1924-4-19 Everett. "Averill, whom everybody believed would play with the Seagulls," will play for Bellingham on opening day.
1924-4-20 Everett. Opening day. 1.8K ATT.
1924-6-28 1st half averages. Averill hitting .200 (10 for 50)
1924-9-27 Averill will replace Johnson in center for Everett in their game v. the Butte "Black Pitts," Mines League champs. Seagulls are scheduled to play BRO on 10-20. Ray Blossom, Butte pitcher, used to play in the old Everett City League.
1925-7-10 "Earl Averill, center fielder for the Bellingham club of the Northwest Washington Baseball league, has been signed by the San Francisco Seals, while Johnny Zaepfel, shortstop, will probably follow suit within the next couple of days, it was announced.
Nick Williams, scout for the Seals, who attended last Wednesday evening's game here for the purpose of looking over prospective material on the Mount Vernon and Bellingham clubs, secured Averill's signature to a San Francisco contract and expects to also secure Zaepfel's signature to a contract at a conference scheduled to be held at Seattle today."
Averill, Earl 1925 Anaconda
1925-9-15 Averill was the only player to hit the ball out of Anaconda Athletic Field. Commentary on his season.
1925-8-23 Averill hit the ball fair out of Anaconda Athletic Field; the only person to do that before was Earl Tucker on 1924-8-31.
Earl Averill, Zienke, and Lasley all teammates with A.C.M.
1925-10-23 Snohomish via Everett. "Earl Averill left last evening for San Francisco to join the San Francisco Seals baseball team for midwinter baseball play."
1926-1-03 Examiner. Both Averill and Zaepfel (Zaeffel) with Kennealy Seals of San Francisco Mid-Winter League. 2-3-4 in line-up is Averill-Zaepfel-Gus Suhr.
1975-5-04 Bellingham Herald columnist wrote an article about Averill and got a call telling him he'd left out the best part - that Averill had played in Bellingham. The informative caller was Pete Senuty, who caught for Bellingham at the time. "We'd get paid, but not very much. We weren't drawing too much and we'd get a percentage. The catcher and the pitcher would get more than the manager..."
""I worked for the county," [Averill] said. "Started out painting a bridge in Ferndale. Ended up in Lynden. We'd cut brush along the highway."
Zaepfel
Averill said he came to Bellingham because Bellingham had a better ballclub. "I'd go anywhere I thought I'd improve myself. Tealy Raymond was a good manager. It was Tealy who signed me for San Francisco."
Zaepfel
1922-3-22 "Local relatives have received word of the election of John Zaepfel to the office of president of the sophomore class of the state college at Pullman. Zaepfel starred on the football and basketball teams, during the past season and is a member of the Gray Letter club, also a member of the Lamba Chi Alpha fraternity. He expects to again play the position of short stop on the college nine this year. Zaepfel reports that Snohomish and Bellingham are two towns of the state that especially send good representations of students each year to the college, who make good and that it is a usual thing with the student body to expect at least one Snohomish man to be on each athletic team."
1922-9-14 One of three Snohomish young men leaving for Washington State.
1923-5-05 "John Zaepfel of the State College, who played here last year, will line up with the Clearlake nine this summer."
1924-5-07 Is attending Washington State College. Was considered the best infielder in the league last season.
1924-5-07 Is attending Washington State College. Was considered the best infielder in the league last season.
Year Avg HR RBI H AB 2b 3b G R BB SO SB SH PO A E Tm Lg
1921 .161 1 10 62 1 3 17 11 1 2 37 2 4 Snohomish
1921 .161 1 10 62 1 3 17 11 1 2 37 2 4 Snohomish
1922 .338 5 26 77 1 5 19 21 3 2 36 10 13 Snohomish
1922 .286 1 4 14 0 0 4 4 0 0 7 7 0 Snohomish Pilchuckers
1923 .481 6 38 79 3 6 3 0 34 17 7 Snohomish
1923 .667 0 6 9 1 1 2 2 4 0 3 0 0 Granite Falls
1923 .125 0 1 8 1 0 3 2 0 0 5 2 0 Bellingham Elks, NWWAL
1924 .261 4 29 111 3 1 29 16 3 2 Bellingham Elks, NWWAL
1925 .430 3 25 34 79 3 7 22 20 4 6 1 3 46 0 2 Anodes, Butte Mines
Johnny Zaepfel
Johnny Zaepfel
Year Avg HR RBI H AB 2b 3b G R SB SH PO A E Tm Lg
1921 .316 1 12 38 3 1 10 12 1 0 18 26 6 Snohomish
1922 .359 0 23 64 2 5 14 21 5 2 28 38 8 Snohomish
1923 .286 0 18 63 1 0 15 13 8 2 Anacortes, NWWAL
1924 .233 1 17 73 2 1 18 6 4 2 Everett Seagulls, NWWAL
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