The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-23
ANNUALBANQUET ENDS BASEBALL FOR YEAR 1881
City League Officers and Players Are Guests of
 Bremen Yesterday

season last night passed into To- cal sporting history at the Annual Dinner given to that organization by the Juneau Volunteer Fire De- partment. Following the feed and presentation of prizes, the assem- bled diners were guests of the Capitol Theatre at a showing of Inspiration" with Greta Garbo in the featured role.
 Short talks by officers of the League, team managers and oth- CTS, and a showing oi Alaska nov ing pictures by Major R. Markoe, kept the ball" in motion at the dinner. Karl Theile, President Of the organization, acted as toast master and presented the prizes to the various players.
 Eiks Get Trophy
 The Spalding Trophy for 1881, emblematic of the League Cham pionship was presented by Presi- dent Theile to the Elks, winners of both halves of the schedule, and was received for the club by Wal ter Andrews, manager.
 By a vote of League officials, team managers, umpires and sports reporters, c. H. (Big Mac) Mac Spadden, Moose backstop, was elected the most valuable player for 1881. The same individuals lab .eled Harry Sabin as the worst play CT, and Tom Haines, genial Ameri- can Legion player, as the biggest crab"
 Sets New Mark
 The League, during the season just ended, set new standards for excellence of play and maintained it's tradition for good sportsman ship, declared President Thiele in his opening remarks He compli- mented the players on their show ing and predicted next year would be even better than this had been
 Others making brief talks were: Vice-President George Kolhepp; J. L .Dolly) Gray, Chief of the Fire Department; Managers Andrews, Elks, and Art McKinnon, Moose; A. w. Henning, former local ball. player, Ed Mcintyre, representing the Juneau City Band and another oldtime ball tosser and Sports Writer Pegues. Henry Olive, 32' fan, was on hand to aid in serving the feed and encourage the more retiring of the athletes, with his rapid fire batter of plays, past pres ent and future.
 List of Prizes
 The following prizes were award ed:
 Most home runs-W lter An drews, suit of clothes, B. M. Behr- ends Co.,; second in home runs, Bob Boyd, meal ticket, Gastineau Cafe; third in home runs, Claude Erskine, nugget pin, Wright Shoppe; most three-base hits, George Worth, ba- con, Sanitary Meat Co.,; second in three-base hits, Boyd and Junge, glove, Thomas Hardware Co.,; most second base hits, Walter Andrews, sack flour, Sanitary Grocery; sec- ond in second base hits, Boyd, case malt syrup, George Bros; most runs scored, Boyd, to be selected, Butler Mauro Co.,; best batting av- craze, Walter Andrews, $5, Juneau Motors; second in batting average, Boyd, one ham. Frye Bruhn Co.,; most stolen bases, Molly McSpad- den, to be selected, Juneau Drug Co.,; second in stolen bases, B. Schmitz, pair shoes, Devlin's; most rut-outs by catcher, c. MacSpad- den, box cigars, w. Burford; outfielder's best fife ing aver age. James Ramsey, box apples, Grnick's Grocery; pitcher making most strike -outs, Claude Erskine, pair oxfords, Arnold's Bootery.
 Outfielders most put-outs, Brod- ie, ,ox apples, Bavard Bros; most times walked, B. Schmitz and Boyd, S. Juneau Transfer; pitcher sec- ono in strike-outs, James Man nirg. Life Time Pen. Ludwig Nell sor. most valuable player, c. Mac Sp.dden, pair shoes, H. s. Graves; player with least strike-outs, C.. MscSpadden, fish pole, Juneau Yoing Hardware; most errors, J. Scimitz, one ham, Alaska Meat CO: most sacrifice hits, Nello, case berry juice, J. B. Caro Co.,; pitch CTS best field average. Claude Ers- kim, box cigars, Juneau Ice Cream Paiors; pitchers lowest per game aveage, Claude Erskine, years sub- scrotion to Empire, Empire Pub l!shng Co.,; umpa-ng most games, .Tac. Davis, pair shoes, c. O. Sa- lj,, umpiring second most games,