1951 Nakusp, BC     

1951 Nakusp

1951 NAKUSP BASEBALL TEAM With the WILDFIRE COAL CUP, BIG BEND TROPHY (renamed
the SID LEARY MEMORIAL TROPHY) and DICK FOWLER TROPHY

Big Bend Trophy

Front row (left to right) – Barin Yoshida INF, Fred Desrochers SS, Sam Yano P, Kaz Hoshizaki 3B, Neil Shaw CF.

Back row (left to right) – Tony Steenhoff (President), Fats Natsuhara (Treasurer), Ed Desrochers RF, Roy Armstrong, Joe Desrochers, Johnny Inouye 2B, Gavin Harris 1B, Otto Yanagisawa C/Captain, E.Walsh, Mel West UT, George Marchessault P, Don Bouvette UT

[Photo courtesy of the Arrow Lakes Historical Society, 2000.003.13]

 

This is the trophy -- from the Big Bend Lumber Company -- presented to the Arrow Lakes baseball champions.

Seen here in the late 40s or early 50s, sitting on a table draped with the British flag, at the Nakusp Recreation Grounds.

[Photo courtesy of the Arrow Lakes Historical Society, 2018.040.22]