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Alec Conn. In 1928, Benny Tonight." The Ai
had won the territorial con Legion sold small
test to design Alaska's flag s a x , Utz fat can flags for 25 cent
fW :>� There would
If that wasn't honor enough ` , e
for the home, that same � '�' � �a�� scooter, potato ani
ear,Ephraim not only won =:
Y , p Y x a -qf� legged races;pie ea
Seward's famous Mount ;,� ;� a.y - ple diving and nail
Marathon Race, he broke 7W contests. There vv
100-yard and 50-ya
the record with a time of 52 es for both boy s a
minutes, 35 seconds. Andy
t y
Peterson came in second. �� and two baseball
r wsea -The Seward Giant
In 1929, Ephraim won
for a second time, BennylTmTy , i� Ilk � r�� play both the Moc
came in second and Wil- ! y ,, i f rF pill ,: f r rrr u; n�c ri ri Err Terriers and the en
liam Lyons was third. In '' 'P �`-� ] Geodetic Survey
1930, Ephraim won again, ., , -{ U.S.S.Discoverer.
becoming the first runner '� , a "~ The Alaska B
to win three years in a row F,� a ��° ;- ,. „" sold round-trip tick
(Ephraim's exact age is ` . ,,, any points for i
unknown.Records indicate '� '� �_� � '�-�-� "�
rates and Sewan
he was between 14 and 16 to attract visitors
960
f.years old the year he broke �� '' — -°`` Doug Capra collection along the rail belt.
the race record).Alec Conn The Jesse Lee Home circa 1927.The boys'dormitory is at left and the girls'dormitory is at far right.The tions would begin
laced second and Lyons ning of July 3 with
p Y school is in the middle. »
third. Dance. Jitney w
The Jesse Lee Home for a nickel,and the
boys were dominating the , 30, the Seward Gateway es were often fun(
Mount Marathon Race.By EDITOR'S NOTE announced it would not with couples buyi
1931, Willie Kanyak may One of Alaska's biggest sporting events,Mount Marathon won't publish on the holiday and cent tickets for ead
have figured it was his turn. happen this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.First held in joked about the dangers At the center of
His school had a reputation 1915,the famous Seward race has been canceled on 13 previous of a two-day event: "A two- the Mount Marathi
to maintain. occasions,most recently in 1942 because of World War II.This day holiday looks bad for which was about i
Like many teenage boys, two-part story looks at the 1931 race,the last before a seven-year any printing plant because an unexpected an
Kanyak had a touch of mis- gap between races from 1932-38.Part two will be published the question arises,will the plained seven-year
chief in his soul.A few sum- Thursday. crew be able to return to
mers before,the local Shri- their duties Monday." Doug Capra lives in Sewar
ners agreed to take some With two big dances wife,Cindy.He's the autho
children from the home on one of the big boys rowed Alec were going to run too, scheduled, the newspa-, Spaces Between:Stories t
a train ride to Kenai Lake for us,but one mischievous. so he didn't expect to win. per was rightly concerned. Kenai Mountains to the Ki
for boat rides. The home's boy named Willie Kanyak But maybe he would sur- Organizers planned a big This story is a revision of o
staff gathered the chil- began rocking the boat ... prise them all.Willie liked parade with decorated bi- ran in the July 1,2015,iss
dren and some snacks and There must have been 10 to rock the boat. cycles, doll buggies and Seward Journal.Capra usr
walked to the lake. kids in that boat with me." Seward planned a spe- wagons and awards for best sources to compile this sh
Rosabelle Groth re-. By the spring of 1931, cial two-day celebration costumes.Gus Manthy had wants to especially thank.
called: "Mr. Hatten (Rev. Willie was a robust 17 year- for the 1931 Fourth of July, a 12-piece band ready to go Pels whose second volume
Charles Hatten, head of old in great physical shape, with the Mount Marathon and its first number would history of the Jesse Lee H(
the Jesse Lee Home) as- and he decided to challenge Race as the main event,but be "They'll be a Hot Time most helpful.
signed me to a boat and the mountain.Ephraim and held on the 3rd. On June in the Old Home Town
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`A dark past': MVPs say time to pull Landis' nam
Ben Walker Fact is,few fans realize Landis' the world. It can change for the acknowledgement of his relatii
Associated Press name is plastered all over the better." ship with the writers," longtii
NEW YORK—Something still Most Valuable Player trophies. "Statues are coming down, BBWAA secretary-treasuer J.,
bothers Barry Larkin about his Most people just call it the MVP. people are looking at monuments O'Connell said.
Most Valuable Player award. But there it is, prominently and memorials," he said. "We A month later, Landis died
The other name engraved on displayed on every American need to get to the bottom of things, 78. He soon was elected to I
the trophy: Kenesaw Mountain League and NL MVP plaque to do what's right.Yes,maybe it is Hall of Fame.
Landis. since 1944—KenesaW Mountain time to change the name." "Landis is who he is. He vi
"Why is it on there?"said Lar- Landis Memorial Baseball Award, "I've always thought about who he was," Thorn said. "I i
kin,the Black shortstop voted Na- in shiny,gold letters literally twice that,why is that still on there?" solutely support the movement
tional League MVP in 1995 with as big as those of the winner. Pendleton said. "No doubt,MVP remove Confederate monumer
the Cincinnati Reds. With a sizable imprint of stands on its own.It doesn't need and Landis was pretty damn ni
"I was always aware of his Landis'face,too. a name." Confederate."
name and what that meant to To some MVPs, it's time for Many hallowed baseball tro- Landis' father, however, v
slowing the color line in Major that 75 year run to end. phies are graced by the names of a Union Army surgeon woun(
League Baseball,of the racial in- "If you're looking to expose in- the greats: Robinson,Hank Aar- in the Civil War at the battle
justice and inequality that Black dividuals in baseball's history who on,Roberto Clemente,Cy Young, Kennesaw Mountain in Georl
players had to go through," the promoted racism by continuing to Willie Mays, Ted Williams and which became the inspiration
Hall of Flamer said this week close baseball's doors to men of more. the commissioner's unique nai
Hired in 1920 as the sport's color,Kenesaw Landis would be How Landis got etched into the Born two years later in Ohio
first commissioner to help clean a candidate."three-time NL MVP list is easy to trace. with a slight tweak on the spell