Thursday, July 16, 1959
NEW YERBY WINS TITLE... SUPREME LEAGUE STARS PRESENTED MVP TROPHY AND GOLDEN GLOVES
The New Yerby Yankees won the Secondary League last season and was elevated to the Supreme League this season... the Yanks also proved to be the best team again this season, snatching the league flag with a fine 12-3 record, 3 games in front of second place Jackson (9-5) and 4 better than third place Meraux (8-6)... the Jackson Jackalopes copped the first Supreme League flag in 1955, the Pelham Oaks in 1956, the Mystic Mariners in 1957 and last year's winner was the Meraux Tigers.
New Yerby's 23-year-old first baseman copped the 1959 Supreme League's highest honor... for his standout play this season James Madison was acclaimed the league's Most Valuable player... he outdid one of his own teammate Rusty Armstong and Zebulon's Billy Ward in the balloting by the sportwriters of the South Island Sentinel.
Madison led the New Yerby Yankees to the Supreme League pennant this season, batting .415 with a .450 on-base percentage... in his 14 games he piled up 22 hits, 2 doubles, 5 homers, 20 RBIs, scored 12 runs and stole 7 bases... he also stood out defensively with a .991 FA... Madison finished 5th in batting, 2nd in homers and topped the league with 20 runs batted in... this year's MVP is a 3-year veteran and carries a .368 BA overall... Madison paced the South Island Secondary League with a .457 BA in 1957 and he led the league with 6 roundtrippers in 1958.
Coming in second in the vote was New Yerby rookie third baseman Rusty Armstrong... he was 3rd with a .435 batting average and was #1 with 14 runs and 12 stolen bases... Armstong was also a solid defender with a .961 FA.
Winding up in the third spot in the MVP race was first baseman Billy Ward of the Zebulon Zips... they ended up in a sixth-place tie this year, but he was a solid contributor... Ward came in 4th with a .423 BA, 2nd in homers with 5, 3rd in RBIs with 15 and led the Supreme League with 14 runs scored... he also handled the glove well with a .991 FA... Zebulon started the season off well by winning their first 4 games, but tailed off drastically the rest of the way... the Zips lost the last 6 games and fell to 5-9 at season's end.
The South Island Supreme League also announced its 1959 Golden Glove Team, headed up third baseman Tubby Ernest of the Zebulon Zips, who won his 3rd Golden Glove.
Pitcher: Eric Pahler (Delta Stars) - 1.000 FA/7-5 record/2.83 ERA/.196 BA
Catcher: Gary Newton (Meraux Tigers) - .982 FA/2 PB/34.6% RTO/.327 BA
First Baseman: Adam Harper (Bar Harbor Acadians) - 1.000 FA/.294 BA
Second Baseman: John Dailey (Mystic Mariners) - .984 FA/.351 BA
Third Baseman: Tubby Ernst (Zebulon Zips) - 1.000 FA/ .367 BA
Shortstop: Mickey Retief (Jackson Jackalopes) - .983 FA/.344 BA
Left Fielder: Warren Gravois (Bar Harbor Acadians) - 1.000 FA/.360 BA
Center Fielder: Junior Wible (Bar Harbor Acadians) - 1.000 FA/.211 BA
Right Fielder: Silas Delaney (New Yerby Yankees) - 1.000 FA/.213 BA
