Sadly, despite the year Babe Ruth had, his voters were split between his exploits on the mound and at the plate. The Ace Awards went to Baltimore's Harry Harper, 27-11, 1.48 and LA's Wilbur Cooper, 28-11, 1.78. Tris Speaker of SF and Bobby Beach of Boston took the MVPs.
In the offseason, Rube Waddell, who is probably still the best player in the WBL was elected to the Hall of Fame with 99% and Walter Johnson was traded by Chicago for Joe Dugan.
Harry Harper has an interesting bio. From SABR: "Harper focused on his considerable business enterprises. Though he would never come out and say that he had become a millionaire, he did reportedly tell one writer in 1941, “You can say that I wouldn’t sell my business interest for $1,000,000.”21 He had become the largest taxpayer in the city of Hackensack. In addition to the trucking company, he established a contracting firm, a supermarket, a fuel company, and a beverage company.22
Harper also went into politics, running as a Republican and becoming sheriff of Bergen County in 1927. A run for the state senate resulted in defeat, but he served as state civil service commissioner from 1934 to 1944 and New Jersey state labor commissioner from 1944 to 1950. A nomination to run for Congress in a special election in January 1950 resulted in a surprise defeat by William Widnall.