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Abraham Atwood Nabs Best Player Trophy Sunday, June 13th , 1915 The manager of the Desert West Academy Whites said he thinks Abraham Atwood is only going to get better as he gets older. He may only be 17, but it will be hard to top the second baseman's 1915 campaign, as he has been named the winner of the Conference 1 Academy Champion Award. His winning campaign featured a .311 batting average and a .425 on-base percentage this year. In 56 games he piled up 59 hits, 6 doubles, 3 triples, 5 home runs, 25 RBIs and 26 runs scored. He received 11 first place votes out of a possible 16. Wilson Hardisty of the Oregon Academy Blues finished second in voting with 5 first place votes, while Loy Oldfield of the Oregon Academy Blues finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Abraham Atwood - Desert West Academy Whites - 11 - 199 Wilson Hardisty - Oregon Academy Blues - 5 - 169 Loy Oldfield - Oregon Academy Blues - 0 - 123 Gilbert Walker - Pacific Academy Whites - 0 - 114 Chester Dillaway - Great Plains Academy Blues - 0 - 95 Thomas Jarvis - Pacific Academy Whites - 0 - 49 Dallas Bowes - Mountain Academy Blacks - 0 - 46 George Wrixon - Texas Academy Reds - 0 - 35 Winston Morse - Mountain Academy Blacks - 0 - 32 Joseph Farleigh - Great Plains Academy Blues - 0 - 26 Elmore Peyton - Heartland Academy Blacks - 0 - 20 John Grimsdell - Pacific Academy Whites - 0 - 11 James Allen - Desert West Academy Whites - 0 - 9 Bernardo Boothroyd - Mountain Academy Blacks - 0 - 5 Rolla Clark - Desert West Academy Whites - 0 - 4 Donald Vosper - California Academy Reds - 0 - 4 Arthur Richardson - Pacific Academy Whites - 0 - 3 |
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