1933 Vancouver, Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley
1933 BC Interior
1933 Vancouver Island

VICTORIA SENIOR AMATEUR LEAGUE

The 1933 Victoria Senior Amateur Baseball League continued to embrace four teams as two of the 1932 franchises, the Elks and Green Mill, were dissolved only to be replaced by pair of new entrants, Cameron’s Lumber and Slinger’s Winery. Returning for another campaign were the defending champion Sons of Canada Lodge and the Tillicum Club.

(May 13) Senior amateur baseball clubs in Victoria ushered in the 1933 season with a doubleheader at Athletic Park. In the opening tilt, Cameron’s registered a 3 to 2 victory over Slinger’s. The second battle saw the Sons of Canada, last year’s titleholders, turn back the youthful Tillicums 4 to 1. The inaugural tilt was a tight affair with the opposing pitchers limiting their foes to just six hits. Cameron’s notched the winning tally in the fifth inning when, after second baseman Bobby Love had doubled, catcher Bridgewood singled to drive him home. Slinger’s catcher Alex Thomas was the only batter of either side to pick up two hits, acquiring a double and single.

McKinney (W) and Bridgewood
Holden (L) and Thomas

With their chucker Lloyd Cann limiting the Clubmen to a paltry three hits while whiffing eleven, the Sons of Canada had little difficulty in taking down the Tillicums. Jack Bacon’s two-hit production led all willow wielders.

Proudlove (L) and Worthington
Cann (W) and Barnes

(May 15) Cameron’s chalked up their second victory, 4 to 3, at the expense of the Sons of Canada. The Lumber Lords scored all of their runs in the first inning with Dave Essler’s two-run double being the big blow of the uprising. A two-bagger by catcher “Barney” Barnes that drove in a pair lifted the Sons back into contention in the third canto when they plated three. For the remainder of the game, the teams went scoreless. Essler had a single in addition to his double to emerge as the Cameron’s top swatter. Jack Bacon and losing heaver Tommy Musgrave both stroked a brace of singles for the Canucks.

Musgrave (L) and Barnes
Holness (W) and Bridgewood

(May 17) Tillicums captured their initial victory of the campaign by finishing on the long end of a 5 to 3 score against Slinger’s. Southpaw Lloyd Jones hurled the Clubmen to the win, tossing a three-hitter while fanning six. Losing flinger Art Carr made an admirable debut in senior company, getting nicked for five hits while sending seven back to the bench on strikeouts. A four-run second stanza propelled the Tillicums in the right direction. Run-scoring hits by Lynn Patrick, a triple, Ainsley Worthington’s double and a single by Jones doing most of the damage. Herb Cummins with two singles was best with the stick for the Winery Gang.

Carr (L) and Thomas
Jones (W) and Worthington

(May 19) The Sons of Canada were held to a 1 – 1 draw by Slinger’s at Athletic Park. Extra innings were out of the question as darkness covered the skies. It was a mound joust all the way between Leo Holden of Slinger’s and Lloyd Cann of the Sons. Cann fanned 13 while being touched for three bingles. Holden whiffed nine and stifled the Canucks on just two hits.

Cann and Barnes
Holden and Thomas

(May 21) Hefty Hank Gailus and peppery Ray Watchorn hurled the Nanaimo baseball nine to a pair of victories over Slinger’s Winerymen of Victoria in an opening-day double-bill. The first tilt was taken 9 to 8 while, in the nightcap, the Winerymen were blanked 6 to 0. With the score tied in the eighth frame of the opener, Nanaimo’s Billy Rice reached first on a fielding miscue and, after a single by Gailus which took a bad hop, scampered all the way home with the winning marker. Herb Cummins of Slinger’s and the Nanaimo batterymates, Gailus and Walker, each connected for three safe blows.

Jackson, Carr (L) (5) and Thomas
Gailus (W) and Walker

Watchorn held the Capital nine to three hits in the late tilt and struck out 12 in posting the shutout mound win. Nanaimo scored all of their runs in the fourth frame. Joe Lapsansky had three hits for the winners while Victoria’s Barnswell had two of the three hits surrendered by Watchorn.

Holden, Carr (L) (4) and Thomas
Watchorn (W) and Walker

(May 21) A four-run splurge in the fifth frame allowed the Victoria Sons of Canada team defeat Duncan 5 to 2 at Evans Ball Park. Both teams played cautious ball with the Victorians holding an 8 to 5 edge in hits acquired. The trio of chuckers for the winners fanned ten, the same number that losing twirler Jack Mottishaw recorded.

Shakespeare (W), Musgrave (6), Cann (8) and Barnes
Mottishaw (L) and J. Stroulger

(May 22) Cameron’s Lumber registered their third straight victory by taking a 4 to 1 decision from the Tillicums. “Goldie” McKinney turned in his second win for the league-leaders, striking out nine while fashioning a four-hitter. Defeated heaver Teddy Colgate was also stingy with the bingles, limiting the winners to five. The Lumberyarders scored a triad of counters in the fifth panel to break a 1 – 1 tie and sew up the game. A two-run single by shortstop Jack McKenzie and another RBI one-bagger off the bat of hot corner custodian Bert Nex did the trick. Infielder Freddie Gibbons of the Clubmen drilled a pair of singles, the only player from either squad to get more than one hit.

Colgate (L) and Down
McKinney (W) and Bridgewood

(May 24) Staging a three-run rally in the final inning, Cameron’s of Victoria scored a thrilling 6 to 4 victory over the visiting Vancouver Firemen in the second game of a three-team exhibition twin-bill. In the early engagement, the Hose and Ladder Boys turned back another Capital City aggregation, the Sons of Canada, 3 to 1. Winning chucker Ray of the Firefighters handcuffed the Sons on a lone hit, a triple by Herb Doherty, in the opening tussle. The Mainlanders had four hits off loser Tommy Musgrave who was plagued by a porous defense.

Ray (W) and Henry
Musgrave (L) and Barnes

The pitching Holden brothers, Larry and Leo, locked horns in the late encounter. Trailing 4 to 3 as they came to bat in the eighth, the s went ahead on a two-run single by Jack McKenzie and later plated an insurance tally when the winning Holden, Leo, drew a bases-loaded walk to force in an insurance run. The game ended at that juncture as darkness had set in.

Larry Holden (L) and Henry
Leo Holden (W) and Bridgewood

(May 26) Bill Holman’s single in the eighth inning drove in Herb Doherty with the winning run, giving the Sons of Canada a razor thin 2 to 1 victory over Cameron’s. Doherty singled to leadoff the inning and was sacrificed to second and into scoring position, setting the stage for Holman’s RBI one-bagger. Both clubs collected a like number of hits, six. Lloyd Cann, on the hill for the Sons, had his speedball working to perfection with the result that he struck out an even dozen. Bill Holness, who opposed him, fanned four. Doherty had a double earlier in the game which gave him two of the winners’ six hits. First baseman Claude Belcher singled twice for the Lumbermen.

Holness (L) and Bridgewood
Cann (W) and Barnes

(May 28) The Cameron’s Lumber nine of Victoria was handed their second setback of the season when the Duncan baseballers dropped them 8 to 3 at Evans Field. Roy Haines worked well on the mound for Duncan, allowing only four hits and striking out eight. Charlie Stroulger, Fred Weeks and Rupe McDonald each had two hits for the victors with one of Stroulger’s drives being a two-RBI double. Weeks’ total included a triple while McDonald’s contribution contained a two-bagger.

McKinney (L), Blunt (4) and Hubbard
Haines (W) and Doney

(May 29) Slinger’s dropped their third consecutive league contest, a 4 to 2 loss to the Tillicums. Jimmy Proudlove set the Winery Boys down of five hits and struck out nine in taking the mound decision. Second baseman Taylor led the Clubmen offensively, collecting a double and a pair of singles.

Proudlove (W) and Down
Holden (L) and Thomas

(May 31) When the entire Slinger’s aggregation walked off the diamond in the bottom of the ninth inning on orders from their manager Ed Miles, who was vehemently protesting the continuation of play under dark skies, runner Herb Doherty of the Sons of Canada squad, stationed at third base, crossed the plate with the winning run and the Canucks were awarded a 7 to 6 win. Sporting a 6 to 5 lead following eight full innings of play, the Winery Boys’ plea against playing another inning had been rejected by plate umpire Newman. The Sons got the win, albeit in a disappointing fashion, after being six runs down in the early stages of the game. Tommy Musgrave, in a relief role, did a splendid job in stemming the tide and picked up the hillock triumph. Third Sacker Hilton had three hits for the victors while fellow infielder Jack Bacon registered a pair. Slinger’s shortstop “Red” Bennison tripled and singled in a losing cause.

Carr (L) and Thomas
Shakespeare, Musgrave (W) (3) and Barnes

(June 2) In the season’s snappiest game seen at Athletic Park, the Tillicums and Sons of Canada waltzed through nine innings to a 1 – 1 deadlock. Lloyd Jones, smooth working southpaw of the Tillicums, and Lloyd Cann, speedball ace of the Lodgemen, hooked up in a pitching duel that had the large crowd on its toes all the way. Jones allowed three hits, struck out eleven and missed tossing a shutout after issuing a wild pitch in the seventh inning. Cann hurled a one-hitter, fanned six, and held the Tillicums hitless for the first six innings. Teddy Colgate had the lone hit for the Clubmen, an important one at that, when he singled in the sixth to drive in an unearned run. Catcher Roy “Barney” Barnes plated the run for the Sons when he rattled a two-bagger off the outfield wall in the seventh, his second hit of the game, stole third and came home when Jones uncorked a wild heave.

Cann and Barnes
Jones and Down

(June 5) Slinger’s picked up their first victory in the Senior Amateur Baseball League, dropping the league-leading Cameron’s 4 to 0. Leo Holden chucked the initial shutout of the campaign, a six-hitter, and struck out 14 in the process. Al Blunt made his debut on the hill for Cameron’s and also pitched a solid game, giving up just four safeties while whiffing seven. The Grape Fermenters picked up the only run they needed in their first turn at bat After clouting a leadoff triple, “Red” Bennison crossed the platter on a passed ball. Goose eggs were hung on the scoreboard until the sixth when Slinger’s added a pair to go up 3 to 0. The Winery Boys then ended the scoring with a single tally in the seventh.

Holden (W) and Worthington
Blunt (L) and Bridgewood

(June 7) After suffering their first loss some 48 hours previous, the Cameron’s came back with a vengeance to take their game from the Tillicums 7 to 2. The Board Barons accumulated four extra-base blows, including a three-bagger by Jack McKenzie, amongst the eight safeties that they gathered off losing flinger Jimmy Proudlove. Winning heaver “Goldie” McKinney held the Clubmen to just three hits, the most significant of which was a two-run homer by first baseman Lynn Patrick. Dave Essler doubled and singled for the winners while teammate Claude Belcher singled twice.

McKinney (W) and Bridgewood
Proudlove (L) and Down

(June 10) The Tillicums, augmented with players from the other three clubs in the circuit, gained an even break with the visiting Ace Furniture club from Tacoma WA in an exhibition double-dip. The invaders took the afternoon fixture 8 to 5 and the homesters gained the nod in the evening performance, 6 to 5. With the teams deadlocked, a costly error by catcher Harry Down of the Victorians allowed three Tacoma runs to score in the seventh frame of the opener.

Krauge (W) and xxx
Musgrave (L) and Down

The hosts scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to capture the second event and get a split. “Porky” Williams opened the inning by crashing a two-base hit. Ken Fleming singled and another one-bagger by Stipe scored Williams, tying the score. Freddie Gibbons then drove in Fleming with the winning run, drilling a long hit to right field.

Albers (L) and xxx
Jones, Cann (W) (7) and xxx

(June 12) Catcher Ainsley Worthington’s fourth-inning line-drive triple with the bases loaded was the leading factor in Slinger’s 4 to 3 victory over Cameron’s, the second straight time that the Winerymen have knocked off the Lumber Lords. The loss for Cameron’s boosted the idle Sons of Canada into the league’s top berth. The winners tallied all of their runs in the fourth, including the three powered home by Worthington who also gathered a single to finish with a two-hit production. Catcher Bridgewood, Bert Nex and Dan Lidstone each picked up a brace of bingles for the vanquished nine with Nex’s total including a double.

Holness (L), McKinney (4) and Bridgewood
Holden (W) and Worthington

(June 14) Dave Essler’s two-base clout in the sixth inning with the bases loaded drove in all three runners and spearheaded the Cameron’s to a 9 to 6 victory over the Sons of Canada. The win for the Lumbermen moved them back into a slim first-place lead in the Victoria Senior circuit. Essler also added a brace of singles for a three-hit output. Although not at his best, “Goldie” McKinney managed to get out of several tight spots in going the distance for the mound win, his fourth of the campaign. Outfielder Bill Holman was best with the bat for the Canucks, drilling a two-run triple plus a one-bagger.

Cann, Musgrave (L) (1) and Barnes
McKinney (W) and Bridgewood

(June 16) The Tillicums won a sloppily-played contest 19 to 5 from Slinger’s to move into second-place in the standings. The game was replete with errors, the Winerymen committing eleven of them. The Clubmen were also guilty of six fielding miscues but were able to redeem themselves somewhat by pulling off three double plays. Lynn Patrick with three base raps topped the winners’ hit parade. Sidekick Gordie Moore chipped in with a triple and single.

Carr (L) and Marley
Jones (W) and Stipe

(June 17) The Duncan diamondeers travelled to Victoria and took it on the chin twice from the hosting Slinger’s Winery nine, falling short 4 to 3 in the matinee tussle and then dropping the late encounter 13 to 7. Both teams stroked nine hits in the opener which saw Duncan shortstop E. Smythe emerge as the top lumber wielder with three hits.

Haines, Mottishaw (L) (1) and J. Stroulger
Noble (W) and Worthington

The Winerymen were hard on Duncan’s quartet of moundsmen in the closing tussle, registering 11 base blows, many coming during key situations.

Vidal (L), C. Stroulger, Haines, Mottishaw and J. Stroulger
Proudlove (W) and Stipe

(June 18) Back on their home turf, the Duncan senior team again endured defeat. The Victoria Sons of Canada club hung a 9 to 2 pasting on the Duncanites. The Sons blew open the game by scoring five counters in the sixth canto. Winning heaver Shouldice limited the Duncan batters to five hits while whiffing 14.

Shouldice (W) and Woodford
Brookbank (L) and J. Stroulger

(June 19) Tommy Musgrave pitched a first-class three-hitter, striking out eight and, in addition, walloped a grand-slam four-bagger to lead the Sons of Canada to a 15 to 1 thrashing of the Slinger’s nine. For the second successive game, the Winery Gang imploded on defense, this time committing nine bonehead plays. Musgrave’s batterymate, Roy “Barney” Barnes doubled and singled in support of his chucker.

Musgrave (W) and Barnes
Holden (L) and Worthington

(June 21) After two seasons of hillock inactivity, Dan Lidstone took a turn on the slab and heaved a complete game four-hitter as the Cameron’s turned back the Tillicums 6 to 3. Lidstone’s fastball appeared to have lost none of its zip as he rang up ten strikeouts. Outfielder Art Chapman of the Clubmen was the only thorn in Lidstone’s side, lighting the Lumberman hurler up for a brace of base knocks, one of which was a two-run triple. The winners accumulated ten safeties off a pair of Tillicum hurlers as Dave Essler led the way with a triad of one-baggers.

Proudlove (L), Jones (7) and Stipe
Lidstone (W) and Bridgewood

(June 23) Cutting short a thrilling comeback rally in the ninth inning,the Cameron’s nosed out the Sons of Canada 4 to 3 at Athletic Park. The Lumbermen, leaders of the league, turned in an errorless performance behind the eight-hit pitching of Bill Holness. The Sons’ tossing tandem of loser Lloyd Cann and reliever Tommy Musgrave were touched for just six base raps but seven Canuck errors led to three unearned runs. Bert Nex had a double and single for the winning nine while Falconer “Kim” Campbell of the Board Barons tripled and singled in a losing cause.

Holness (W) and Bridgewood
Cann (L), Musgrave (8) and Barnes

(June 26) Fighting to evacuate the cellar position, Slinger’s handed the Tillicums a 7 to 3 setback at Athletic Park. The Winemakers got away to a four-run lead in the third inning and were never headed. Winning flinger, Leo Holden, held the Clubmen to eight hits while he struck out ten. Losing twirler Teddy Colgate was nicked for six safeties and fanned four. Third baseman Ken Fleming of the losing nine grabbed batting honours for the game with a double and single.

Colgate (L) and Stipe
Holden (W) and Purmal

(June 28) Slinger’s advanced another step up the ladder by taking the Sons of Canada for a 7 to 5 ride at Athletic Park. “Lefty” O’Leary, imported Vancouver hurler, made his mound debut for Slinger’s, holding the Sons to eight hits while whiffing seven. Falling behind 2 to 0 after one inning was in the books, the Winery Wizards pushed five runs across the plate in the second canto and never trailed thereafter. Heading the list of swatting stars was Herb Doherty of the Sons who slapped out four singles. Close behind came keystone sacker “Barney” Barnswell of the winning nine who picked up a trio of one-baggers.

O’Leary (W) and Purmal
Musgrave (L), Cann (5) and Barnes

(July 1) The Vancouver Asahis trimmed the Sons of Canada 7 to 5 in an exhibition tilt at Athletic Park. The Nippons grabbed an early lead with an unearned run, using their speed to force opposition mistakes, and eventually ran the count up to 5 to 0 in the fifth before the Sons got on the board in the sixth. Reggie Yasui and Joe Fukui had three-baggers for the Terminal Leaguers.

Nishihara (W) and xxx
Cann (L), Musgrave (5) and xxx

(July 3) Capturing their third consecutive victory, a 10 to 6 win at the expense of Cameron’s, Slinger’s moved out of the Victoria Senior League basement. Both teams hit well, each accumulating eleven base blows. “Goldie” McKinney of the Lumbermen was saddled with his first league loss of the season. Drop-ball artist, Leo Holden, earned the mound win while fanning an even dozen. Wes Stickney tripled and singled twice for the Winery Gang, a feat duplicated by Steve Dunc of the Board Brigade. Not to be overlooked, “Red” Bennison of the Grape Pressmen connected for a three-bagger and double.

Holden (W) and Purmal
McKinney (L), Lidstone (8) and Bridgewood

(July 5) Playing bang-up ball behind the effective pitching of hard-working southpaw Lloyd Jones, the Tillicums sank the Sons of Canada 8 to 1 in a Senior Amateur League encounter at Athletic Park. Jones, afforded airtight support, allowed five hits and struck out four. Art Chapman, Ken Fleming and Gordie Moore each pasted two hits for the Clubmen with Chapman and Fleming having a triple and Moore a two-bagger in their respective totals. Third sacker Hilton of the Canucks doubled and singled.

Shakespeare (L), Musgrave (2), Cann (5) and Barnes
Jones (W) and Hill

(July 7) Battling from behind with a four-run outburst in the sixth inning, the Cameron’s maintained their lead atop the Victoria Senior loop when they handed Slinger’s a 6 to 3 setback. The Wine Makers out hit the Lumber Lords 14 to 10 but weren’t as adept at bunching their blows. Leading the Board Brigade at the dish was second sacker Bobby Love who smacked a pair of doubles plus a one-bagger. Tommy Restell and losing heaver “Lefty” O’Leary both had three singles for the Fermenters.

McKinney (W) and Bridgewood
O’Leary (L) and Purmal

(July 10) Rallying to score two runs in the sixth and final inning of an abbreviated contest, the Sons of Canada nosed out the Tillicums 7 to 6. The Sons pulled the game out of the fire after the Tillicums had gone on a four-run spree in their half of the frame to take a one-run lead. The game was marred by a running collision between outfielder Art Chapman and shortstop Freddie Gibbons of the Clubmen. Both players were knocked unconscious and, when revived, had to leave the game. Replacement shortstop Stipe, an outfielder filling in for the injured Gibbons, let a hard-hit liner get past him with the sacks full in the bottom-of-the-ninth which allowed the tying and winning runs to score. Third sacker Hilton had two of the six hits garnered by the victorious Sons. Keystone custodian Taylor led the Clubmen with the hickory, picking up three of their nine safeties.

Jones (L) and Hill
Musgrave (W) and Barnes

(July 13) With Bill Holness limiting the Sons Of Canada to three scattered bingles while fanning four, Cameron’s entrenched themselves more firmly in first place in the Victoria Senior Amateur Baseball League with a 2 to 0 victory at Athletic Park. Holness won the mound joust over Jack Mottishaw, late of the Duncan diamondeers, who was making his initial appearance in a Sons’ uniform. Mottishaw whiffed nine in his debut and was touched for only five hits, three off the bat of shortstop Jack McKenzie. Steve Dunc drove in the winners’ first run in the second canto with a booming triple. The Clubmen added an insurance counter in the fifth which was of the unearned variety.

Mottishaw (L) and Barnes
Holness (W) and Bridgewood

(July 14) With peppy catcher Norm Hill contributing a triple and double to drive in four runs, the Tillicums knocked over Slinger’s 5 to 2. Jimmy Proudlove, who occupied the hillock for the Clubmen, was inclined to be wild, but he tightened up in the pinches, finishing with a five-hitter, twelve strikeouts, four walks and four wild pitches. “Lefty” O’Leary, who opposed him,struck out nine, was nicked for nine safeties, walked one and made one wild heave. Aside from Hill, teammates of his who contributed with the bat were shortstop Freddie Gibbons who doubled and singles and Third baseman Ken Fleming who had a brace of one-baggers.

O’Leary (L) and Purmal
Proudlove (W) and Hill

(July 15) Fans at Victoria’s Royal Athletic Park saw plenty of runs, hits and errors as a joint team from the Tillicum Club and Cameron’s Lumber took both games of a doubleheader from Nanaimo. The Capital City combos grabbed the afternoon tussle 8 to 4 behind the pitching of Tillicum southpaw Lloyd Jones and reliever “Goldie” McKinney and nearly doubled the score in the nightcap, winning 13 to 8 with Teddy Colgate on the mound. The mid-Island nine out hit the Victorias in the afternoon, collecting twelve safeties. Losing flinger Hank Gallus was nicked for nine safeties and struck out ten but his support was wobbly.

Jones (W), McKinney (8) and xxx
Gallus (L) and xxx

The Combines fattened their batting averages in the evening tilt, collecting 13 hits off left-hander Jack Naylor who normally patrols the outfield. Gordie Moore blasted a three-run round-tripper for the Vics.

Naylor (L) and xxx
Colgate (W) and xxx

(July 17) The Sons of Canada jumped back into third position in the Victoria Senior circuit by handing the Slingers an 8 to 2 trouncing at Athletic Park. In pitching the Sons to victory, Tommy Musgrave gave up four scattered hits and struck out eleven.Two of the four hits were screaming doubles off the bat of Singer’s catcher “Bunny” Purmal. Losing chucker Leo Holden allowed six hits and struck out five but had trouble with his control all night as evidenced by nine walks and three wild pitches. Shortstop Jack Bacon and outfielder Herb Doherty both doubled and singled for the winning nine.

Musgrave (W) and Barnes
Holden (L) and Purmal

(July 19) In a wild hitting exhibition and a game full of costly errors, the Tillicums handed the league-leading Cameron’s a 10 to 8 trimming. The feature of the game was Tillicum Club outfielder Art Chapman’s clouting of two timely home runs. He also hit a one-bagger to finish the evening with three hits.

Jones (W) and Hill
Lidstone (L), Blunt (5), McKinney (5) and Hubbard, Bridgewood

(July 21) Cameron’s continued to hold on the the penthouse position in the Victoria senior loop when Bill Holness hurled them to a 4 to 2 victory over the third-place Sons of Canada. Holness turned in a five-hit pitching performance and struck out seven. Both runs charged to him were unearned. Losing flinger Jack Mottishaw was also stingy with the bingles, allowing just four, but he was wild, walking four, hitting a pair and heaving a wild pitch. Only one player from either lineup, catcher Roy “Barney” Barnes of the Canadians, could muster more than one hit. The Sons’ backstop singled twice.

Holness (W) and Bridgewood
Mottishaw (L) and Barnes

(July 23) Slinger’s baseball team from Victoria dropped both games of a three-team exhibition doubleheader in Port Alberni against the Alberni Athletics and the Port Alberni Native Sons. In both games, the hosting nine plated ten runs against a bevy of Winery chuckers.

Barnes (L), Musgrave, O’Leary and xxx
Miles (W) and Burke

Miles (L), Musgrave (2), Constable (6) and xxx
Kendrick and xxx

(July 24) In a game that was halted after eight innings of play because of darkness, the Tillicums came from behind twice to tie the score, resulting in a 5 – 5 deadlock between the Clubmen and Slinger’s. Although hits were few, the Tillicums holding a 5 to 3 edge in that department, errors were more frequent which kept the pitchers in hot water. Inability to hit in the pinches was a major factor in Slinger’s failure to win as they stranded eleven baserunners. Nary a batter on either side had more than a lone safety. The only extra-base hit of the contest was a double by Ken Fleming of the Clubmen.

Noble and Worthington
Proudlove and Hill

(July 26) Slinger’s entrenched themselves in third place in the Capital City Senior Amateur loop when they knocked the Sons of Canada into the cellar with a 6 to 5 triumph. Leo Holden, working with a sore arm, allowed the Sons eight hits while he fanned four. Tommy Musgrave was touched for nine hits while he whiffed an equal number of batters. Herb Cummins of Slinger’s and the Sons’ George Gandy both rapped a triple and single. Ainsley Worthington, catcher for the Winerymen, as well as fellow backstop, “Barney” Barnes of the Canucks, upheld the batting esteem of the “Tools of Ignorance” fraternity, as each doubled and singled.

Holden (W) and Worthington
Musgrave (L) and Barnes

(July 28) The Sons of Canada proved to be better “mudders” and, as a result, won their match 7 to 1 over the Tillicums at Athletic Park. The teams opened play in a drizzle, but before a halt was called at the end of six innings, the players were soaked as a result of their frolic in a downpour. Lloyd Cann earned the hillock victory with a three-hitter. The tussle’s only two-hit player was the Bill Holman of the Lodgemen who nicked losing flinger Lloyd Jones for a brace of two-baggers.

Cann (W) and Barnes
Jones (L) and Hill

(July 29) The Victoria Sons of Canada team edged past the Nanaimo aggregation 4 to 3 in an exciting exhibition fixture which was terminated after seven innings. Nanaimo held a 3 to 2 lead heading into what would be the final frame. With two Capital City batters retired, the Hub City defense committed an infield error and had an outfield mental lapse following a single by Jack Bacon, allowing the tying marker to score. Herb Doherty’s follow-up one-bagger then drove in the tie-breaker. Bacon and Hilton of the Sons as well as catcher Don Olds of the losing nine all singled twice.

Musgrave, Shouldice (W) (6) and Barnes
Watchorn (L) and Olds

(July 29) A four-run surge in the top of the eighth inning lifted Cameron’s to a narrow 7 to 6 win over the Tillicums. Claude Belcher paced the winners at the plate with two singles and a double. Ken Fleming of the Clubmen pounded a triple and a brace of one-baggers.

McKinney (W) and Bridgewood
Proudlove, Colgate (L) (5), Jones (8) and Hill

(July 30) An exhibition double-dip saw the Victoria Sons of Canada victimize Duncan twice by scores of 3 to 2 and 7 to 5. Duncan’s Jack Mottishaw was the hard-luck losing pitcher in the opening contest. The Canadians were only able to touch his offerings for four hits as he whiffed 11 of their batters. His mates spoiled things for him with their six defensive slip-ups and the Victorians were quick to snap up on the loopholes as they appeared. Winning moundsman Lloyd Cann gave up six hits, two to outfielder Fred Weeks, and struck out nine.

Cann (W) and Bacon
Mottishaw (L) and J. Stroulger

Duncan’s Roy Haines was hit liberally in the nightcap and was driven from the hillock after two frames. Fred Weeks did a fine job in relief but the homesters found themselves unable to head the Sons’ early margin.

Shouldice (W) and xxx
Haines (L), Weeks (3) and xxx

(July 31) Turning in their finest performance of the season with pitcher Jack Noble tossing a sparkling three-hitter, Slinger’s handed the league-leading Cameron’s a 3 to 1 defeat. Herb Cummins and “Red” Bennison had three hits apiece for the Winery Gang with one of Bennison’s blows being a triple.

Noble (W) and Worthington, Purmal
Lidstone (W) and Bridgewood

(August 2) With Art Chapman and Freddie Gibbons providing outstanding fielding and timely hitting features, the Tillicums battled their way back into second spot in the Senior Amateur circuit by edging the Cameron’s 5 to 4 in an encounter shortened to seven-innings because of darkness. Gibbons started the Tillicums on their way to victory by belting a fourth-inning round-tripper. In addition, he had two other base blows, a double and a single, and was responsible for driving in three of the winners’ five runs. Chapman brought the fans to their feet in the sixth stanza with one of the finest outfield catches ever seen in the ball park. Lloyd Jones, hard-working southpaw, limited the Lumbermen to four hits in gaining the hillock triumph.

McKinney (L) and Bridgewood
Jones (W) and Hill

(August 4) The Tillicums captured their second straight victory, a 6 to 4 win over the Sons of Canada. Four extra-base clouts, including a home run in the fourth inning by Tillicums’ first sacker Gordie Moore, spelled defeat for the Sons. Altogether, the Clubmen collected eight hits off losing pitcher LLoyd Cann. Teddy Colgate turned in a smooth mound performance for the winning nine, limiting the Canadians to five scattered hits.

Colgate (W) and xxx
Cann (L) and xxx

(August 5) The Sons of Canada and the Tillicums battled to a 2 – 2 draw in their Senior Amateur Baseball League game at Athletic Park. Tommy Musgrave pitched for the Lodgemen , allowing three hits and striking out eight. Lloyd Jones, who opposed him, was nicked for four hits while whiffing three.

Musgrave and xxx
Jones and xxx

(August 7) “Bunny” Purmal led the way with a home run, double and single as Slinger’s blasted out a 9 to 4 victory over Cameron’s. Neither team distinguished themselves on the hill or afield in this contest as play was sloppy and the pitching mediocre to poor. Claude Belcher was best with the willow for the losing nine, doubling and singling.

McKinney (L), Lidstone (2) and Bridgewood
Holden (W) and Purmal

(August 9) The Sons of Canada remained in the running for a playoff position by turning in a 12 to 6 win over Slinger’s in a high-scoring, yet dull, affair. The Winerymen appeared lackadaisical defensively, booting the ball on six occasions. Outfielder Bill Holman had three hits for the Sons while “Red” Bennison and Wes Stickney each had a pair for the Grape Pressers.

Mottishaw (W), Musgrave (4) and Barnes
Nobel (L) and Purmal

(August 11) Cutting short a last-inning rally by registering the final putout of the game at the plate, Slinger’s defeated the Tillicums 4 to 3. Down by a pair when they began their final turn at bat, the Clubmen fought desperately to tie up matters and nearly succeeded. Shortstop Freddie Gibbons brought them to within one of knotting the count with a run-scoring double and, when the pellet momentarily got past Winery outfielder Wes Stickney, Gibbons kept on motoring, rounded third and headed for home. Stickney relayed the ball to third sacker “Porky” Williams who made a perfect throw to “Bunny” Purmal as Gibbons was caught trying to slide around the catcher. Gibbons was the game’s most productive hitter, adding a second double to his total as well as a one-bagger. Leo Holden, with a four-hitter, took the mound decision over Teddy Colgate. Holden’s battermate, Purmal, laced a couple of singles in leading the winners’ seven-hit attack.

Holden (W) and Purmal
Colgate (L), Jones (7) and Hill

(August 12) The Sons of Canada moved into third place in the Victoria Senior loop by handing the Tillicums a 5 to 2 setback at Athletic Park before a large crowd. The Tillicums presented the Sons with four unearned runs during the initial two innings, a deficit from which they were never fully able to recover. Jack Mottishaw grabbed the mound win, allowing four hits and striking out ten. Defeated flinger Lloyd Jones was touched for six safeties while whiffing four.

Jones (L) and xxx
Mottishaw (W) and xxx

(August 14) The Tillicum Club passed out of the picture in the battle for a playoff position when they suffered a 3 to 1 defeat at the hands of the Sons of Canada. The victory placed the Sons in second place and gave them a chance of tying Cameron’s for first place. Tommy Musgrave was the winning pitcher, hurling first-class ball in holding the Tillicums to just two hits. Jimmy Proudlove, except for a streak of wildness, gave a good account of himself on the hill for the vanquished nine, surrendering five hits and fanning four. The Tillicums got off on the right foot as Art Chapman’s run-scoring double propelled them into a 1 to 0 lead in the second frame. The Sons came back to score two in the third and added another one in the fifth. All three of the Canadians’ counters were of the unearned variety as the Clubmen continued their recent trend of making errors in crucial situations. Sons’ shortstop Jack Bacon, with two singles, was the only batter in the game to acquire more than one hit.

Musgrave (W) and Barnes
Proudlove (L) and Hill, Down (5)

(August 16) Climaxing a sensational late-season dash, the Sons of Canada blanked the Tillicums 6 to 0 to finish in a tie with Cameron’s for first-place in the Victoria Senior Amateur Baseball League. A sudden-death tie-breaker will take place to determine which club gains a bye in the playoffs. The game was terminated after five innings because of darkness. Lloyd Cann, speedball hurler for the Sons, held the Tillicums to three hits while whiffing six. The Lodgemen pounded the offerings of losing heaver Lloyd Jones for eleven base blows with Bill Holman, outfielder Haines and third baseman Hilton collecting two apiece.

Cann (W) and Barnes
Jones (L) and Down

Final Standings       W      L      Pct.
Cameron’s Lumber     10      8     .556
Sons of Canada       10      8     .556
Slinger’s Winery      9      9     .500
Tillicum Club         7     11     .393

First-place tie-breaker

(August 18) The Sons of Canada won the bye in the Senior Amateur playoffs by defeating Cameron’s 3 to 2 at Athletic Park. Although his team lost the game, outfielder Steve Dunc of the Lumbermen played brilliantly, making seven putouts, many of them of the sensational variety. He climaxed his performance by crashing a homer in the ninth inning which accounted for both of the Cameron’s runs. Tommy Musgrave allowed five hits and fanned seven in earning the complete-game win. Heading the batting accomplishments for the victorious nine was second baseman Falconer “Kim” Campbell who collected a double to go along with a brace of singles.

Holness (L), Lidstone (7) and Bridgewood
Musgrave (W) and Barnes

Semi-final playoffs (best-of-three)

(August 19) Slinger’s Winery defeated Cameron’s Lumber 11 to 1 in the first of a best-of-three series for the right to meet the Sons of Canada for the Victoria title. The game was a ragged affair and was terminated after six innings because of darkness. The Fermenters were guided with good chucking by Leo Holden who yielded four hits and fanned nine. Bert Nex, Cameron’s third baseman, lit Holden up for a his club’s only tally in the third stanza when he lined a hit down the right field line that went to the fence for an inside-the-park four-bagger. In addition to his solid performance on the hill, Holden had a hot hand with the bat, racking up a pair of singles plus a double with all three hits driving in runs. Outfielder Marley provided offensive support for Holden by stroking a double and a pair of run-scoring one-baggers. “Scotty” Robinson and “Porky” Williams were also important contributors, Robinson adding a pair of run-producing doubles while Williams was chipping in with a run-scoring single and a two-run double.

Holden (W) and xxx
McKinney (L), Lidstone (1) and xxx

(August 21) The diamondeers from Slinger’s Winery moved into the finals of the Victoria Senior Amateur Baseball League by trouncing Cameron’s Lumber 11 to 4 in a darkness-shortened playoff fixture to capture their best-of-three semi-final series in two straight games. The Grape Pressmen ripped the offerings of a pair of Lumbermen chuckers to every corner of the lot, putting the game on ice with a seven-run outburst in the fourth canto. Pitcher Leo Holden won for the second time in the series, letting up in the latter part of the game after his mates had provided him with a ten-run cushion.

McKinney (L), Holness (2) and xxx
Holden (W) and xxx

Finals (best-of-five)

(August 25) The defending champion Sons of Canada baseballers forged ahead in the finals for the Victoria Senior crown when the stung a 6 to 1 defeat on the Slinger’s Winery nine. Although out hit 6 to 5 in the abbreviated contest shortened to six innings because of darkness, the Sons were far superior in the pinches when their base raps meant runs. Tommy Musgrave effectively scattered the sextet of Slinger raps and was only in trouble on a couple of occasions, He struck out seven and walked a pair. The support given losing chucker Leo Holden by his mates was not the best which led to four unearned runs being plated. Catcher Roy “Barney” Barnes led the winners at the dish with a double and single. Wes Stickney and “Porky” Williams both singled twice for the losing nine.

Holden (L) and Purmal
Musgrave (W) and Barnes

(August 26) The Sons of Canada aggregation went up two games in the final series for the Victoria Senior Amateur championship with a darkness shortened, five-inning 3 to 2 conquest of Slinger’s Winery. In a vain attempt to turn back the classy Canadians, manager Ed Miles of Slinger’s gave his pitching staff the evening off and went ahead with a pair of position players as moundsmen. Starter “Barney” Barnswell, usually seen at second base, pitched admirably and held the Sons scoreless for the first four innings. In the fifth and ultimately final inning, the wheels fell off as Barnswell walked three in a row to start the canto. Outfielder Haines then drove in the Sons’ first run with a single. Jack Bacon followed with a double to drive in the tying and lead tallies. Given the hook, Barnswell watched as another non-pitcher, Constable, came to his aid, dousing the fire and maintaining the score at 3 to 2. An attempt at a sixth frame was begun, and resulted in further scoring, but was aborted because of darkness, with the score reverting to the fifth. The Winerymen had taken a 1 to 0 lead on “Red” Bennison’s first-inning homer and had increased it to 2 to 0 in the third when Wes Stickney singled home Bennison with a second counter.

xxx (W) and xxx
Barnswell (L), Constable (5) and Purmal

(August 28) Climaxing a sensational late-season dash with their eighth straight victory, the Sons of Canada Lodge won their second consecutive Victoria Senior Amateur Baseball League championship by handing Slinger’s Winery a 3 to 0 defeat in another shortened match, curtailed by dark skies to five innings of play. Hurler Lloyd Cann of the Sons fanned eleven during his five frames on the hill, allowing just three hits. “Doc” Webster’s two-base knock in the opening stanza sent the Canadians out if front 2 to 0. In the third frame, the winners plated their final tally when Bill Holman, who had singled and advanced to third, tagged up and touched home on Roy “Barney” Barnes’ fly out to right field. The Sons will now meet the winners of the North Shore Baseball League, Lynn Valley of North Vancouver, in the first round of the BCABA playdowns. “Bunny” Purmal, Leo Holden and “Porky’ Williams of Slinger’s Winery as well as Ken Fleming of the Tillicum Club have been added as playoff pickups to the roster of the Lodgemen as BCABA regulations permit.

Holden (L) and Purmal
Cann (W) and Barnes

Playoff series with North Shore League champions) (best-of-three)

(September 1) With Tommy Musgrave hurling a three-hitter, the baseballers representing the Victoria Sons of Canada Lodge opened their bid for the BCABA championship with a 6 to 0 victory over Lynn Valley, champions of the North Shore Baseball League. The game was called at the end of seven innings on account of darkness. Musgrave held the visitors well in check at all times, and only one Lynn Valley runner was able to reach third base. He fanned eight, walked one and, on the offensive side of the coin, led his mates with two hits, a double and single, which drove in two of the Sons’ six counters. Outfielder Bill Holman singled twice in support of Musgrave’s effort. Middle-pasture fly chaser and leadoff batter Farquharson of the North Vancouverites was best with the stick for the losing nine, lacing a brace of one-baggers.

Sutherland (L), Lucking (6) and Morden
Musgrave (W) and Barnes

(September 2) Collapsing in the last frame with apparent victory stowed away, Lynn Valley, North Shore League champions, passed from the provincial senior baseball playoffs when they bowed to the Victoria Sons of Canada by a 7 to 5 score. In the final canto with defeat staring them in the face and a third game almost a certainty, the Lodgemen turned two hits, one a double, into four runs, enough to win out after a dramatic finish. An error by McVeety started the Sons on their way to victory in the ninth. The Victorians will now stack up against the Terminal League champions in a similar series in Vancouver.

Mottishaw (W) and xxx
McGuire (L), Brown (9) and xxx

Mid-playoff series exhibition doubleheader

(September 4) Anacortes WA captured an exhibition doubleheader with the Sons of Canada, winning the morning game 4 to 3 and coming out on top 8 to 3 in the afternoon event. Both teams turned in an excellent performance in the early tussle but the late event was ragged. C. Boulton, shortstop for the visitors, stole the spotlight when he successfully swiped six bases in the two games. Anacortes scored once in the seventh, breaking a 3 – 3 tie to capture the matinee game. The Sons threatened in both the eighth and ninth frames but fell short each time. Both pitchers of record struck out six and issued two free passes.

Olson (W) and xxx
Cann (L) and xxx

The invaders roared out of the gate in the follow-up contest, scoring four times in their first turn at bat. The Sons were held scoreless until the bottom of the ninth when they plated their trio of tallies. Pitcher Olson of the Washingtonians, won his second complete game of the day, compiling eight strikeouts in the finale.

Olson (W) and xxx
Haines (L), Jones, Musgrave and xxx

Playoff series with Vancouver Terminal League champions

(September 15) Vancouver’s Asahis, the nimble Nippons of the Terminal League, humbled Victoria’s Sons of Canada Lodgemen 6 to 2 in the opener of their best-of-three BCABA semi-final series. Playing for the most part in a steady drizzle, the Sons appeared somewhat stale after a nine-day layoff. Playoff pickup Jimmy Condon pitched for the Asahis, holding the Victorians to six hits, two off the bat of leadoff batter Falconer “Kim” Campbell. Losing flinger Tommy Musgrave surrendered seven safeties with catcher Reggie Yasui cashing in for two of them.

Musgrave (L) and Barnes
Condon (W) and Yasui

(September 16) Preparation, thoroughness and execution paid dividends for the Asahis who again triumphed at Con Jones Park in the second and final contest in the best-of-three series. Although suffering the loss of their peppy catcher, Reg Yasui, to injury in the first inning, the Nippons never missed a beat in downing the Sons of Canada Lodge out of Victoria 4 to 1. The Capital City Crew appeared to be bothered by the almost constant mist of rain and the artificial lighting. The Asahis collected eight hits in taking the win, two each by outfielders Korenaga and playoff pickup Gus Girard. Leading the Victorians with a pair of singles was outfielder Bill Holman.

Cann (L), Holden (3) and Barnes
Nishihara (W) and Yasui, Tinling (1)

1933 Comox Valley Twilight Baseball League

(May 21) Union Bay set last year’s league champion Cumberland Cubs down to defeat by a 15 to 7 score in the first Comox Valley Twilight game of the season. H. Grant, Graham and McKay garnered three hits apiece in leading the 16-hit Union Bay attack. One of Grant’s blows was a double.

W. Marshall (W) and Kierstead
Quinn (L), Churchill (6), Bono (8) and xxx

(May 26) The hosting Cumberland Canucks scored three runs in each of the fifth and sixth innings to defeat the Courtenay Athletics 7 to 5. Courtenay’s “Lefty” Larson pulled of the fielding gem of the game with a one-handed shoestring catch in the fourth.

W. McKee (L) and Lennon
Gibson (W) and Hill

(May 31) In an all-Cumberland battle, errors and bases-on-balls were responsible for most of the scoring as the Cubs beat the Eagles 5 to 2. “Spit” Quinn went the distance for the mound victory.

Quinn (W) and Conti
Hunden (L) and Richards

(June 4) The Cumberland Cubs slugged their way to an 11 to 3 victory over Royston at Lewis Park. Accorded splendid support in the field, “Spit” Quinn fanned eight in recording the complete game pitching triumph.

Quinn (W) and Tobacco
F. Doi (L), T. Iwasa and C. Doi

(June 9) Although out hit by a 9 to 6 margin, the Royston nine came out of their slump at Cumberland to win a closely contested game from the Canucks 3 to 1. Royston showed their old form in the field and gave their pitcher, Tahara, errorless support. Even with a double and single apiece from J. Davis, N. Hill, H. Watson and losing chucker Gibson, the Canucks were only able to plate a single run.

Tahara (W) and C. Doi
Gibson (L) and Hill

(June 11) The invading Courtenay Athletics handed the hosting Cumberland Eagles a 13 to 5 trimming. Bill McKee struck out 14 of the Birds in taking the mound decision. “Lefty” Larson of the A’s and Dan Stant of the Lodgemen both registered four base hits.

Hunden (L) and Richards
W. McKee (W) and Harper

Standings              P    W    L    Pct.
Cumberland Cubs        4    3    1    .750
Courtenay Athletics    3    2    1    .667
Union Bay              3    2    1    .667
Cumberland Eagles      3    1    2    .333
Royston Lumbermen      3    1    2    .333
Cumberland Canucks     4    1    3    .250

(June 16) The Courtenay Athletics whitewashed Union Bay 8 to 0 in a Comox Valley Twilight game at Lewis Park. The victory lifted the A’s into co-leadership of the circuit with the Cumberland Cubs. Bill McKee tossed a one-hitter while whiffing 12 in earning the shutout win. Third baseman “Smokey” Harris led the victors at the dish with a three-hit performance.

W. McKee (W) and Harper
W. Marshall (L), McKay and Kierstead

(June 18) “Timmy” Tobacco fired a four-hitter and struck out seven in sparking the Cumberland Canucks to an 11 to 2 pasting of the Cumberland Eagles. Leading the Canucks 11-hit offensive production were H. Watson, N. Hill and Gibson, each with a brace of safeties. Roy Howay blasted a two-run circuit-jack for the winners. Outfielder Williams of the Eagles picked up two of the four hits off the slants of Tobacco.

Carter (L), Hunden (3), Coombs (8) and Richards
Tobacco (W) and Hill

(June 25) Lighting up three Nippon chuckers for 12 hits, the Cumberland Eagles beat Royston 12 to 6. D. Coombs, pitching for the Lodgemen, gave up six hits in taking the mound decision. Outfielder T. James doubled twice for the winners while Coombs and Hunden both picked up a double and single.

T. Iwasa (L), Tahara, F. Doi and C. Doi
D. Coombs (W) and Pearse

(June 25) The Courtenay Athletics went to the head of the Comox Valley loop by knocking off the shorthanded Cumberland Cubs 9 to 2. Bill McKee got the pitching win, yielding seven safeties. McKee was also the A’s top batter with a double and a pair of one–baggers.

Boyd (L) and Churchill
W. McKee (W) and Harper

(June 28) Plating a single counter in the bottom of the last canto, the Cumberland Canucks edged the Royston nine 3 to 2 at Lewis Park. J. Davis, the Canucks’ regular first-sacker, took a turn on the hill and fashioned a superb three-hitter for the win. He was fortunate, however, in escaping a few obvious balk calls. Leading the seven-hit Canucks’ offense was first baseman H. Conrod who singled three times. Outfielder Karenaga had a brace of one-baggers for Royston.

Tahara (L) and C. Doi
Davis (W) and Hill

Standings            P     W     L      Pct.
Courtenay Athletics 5     4     1     .800
Cumberland Cubs      5     3     2     .600
Union Bay            5     3     2     .600
Cumberland Canucks   6     3     3     .500
Cumberland Eagles    5     2     3     .400
Royston Lumbermen    6     1     5     .167

(June 30) With first baseman Jack Hill slamming a pair of home runs, both in the fourth inning, the Cumberland Cubs blasted the Cumberland Eagles 14 to 3. Hill also added a double during the game for a three-hit evening at the platter. Winning pitcher Eddie Boyd, who flung a four-hitter at the Birds, also had a trio of base knocks, a pair of singles and a double.

Hunden (L), D. Stant and Richards
Boyd (W) and Conti, C. Tobacco

(July 1) In exhibition action, a group of select players from the three Cumberland clubs in the Comox Valley circuit dropped the first-place Courtenay Athletics 9 to 5. The All-Stars came from behind, scoring seven times in the seventh stanza, to earn the win.

Orr (L) and Harper
T. Tobacco (W) and C. Tobacco

(July 5) With Bill McKee hurling a three-hitter, the Courtenay Athletics shutout the Cumberland Canucks 3 to 0. McKee also paced his team at the plate with a pair of safeties. In the sixth frame, he also extricated himself from a tough situation when, with no one out, he faced a bases-loaded situation. After a fielder’s choice recorded the first out out at the plate, McKee then then struck out the next two batters.

T. Tobacco (L) and H. Conrod
W. McKee (W) and Harper

(July 7) The Union Bay baseballers bettered their position in the Comox Valley Twilight League by taking a decisive 8 to 2 decision from the Cumberland Eagles. Third baseman H. Grant of the Bay Brigade was the only batter on either team to pick up two base hits, one of those going for two bases.

Baird (L) and Richards
W. Marshall (W) and Renwick, McKay

(July 9) After practically throwing the game away in the first two innings when Royston scored ten runs, the Cumberland Cubs made a monumental recovery to edge the all-Japanese club 11 to 10. Initial sacker Jack Hill started the Cubs on their comeback with a mammoth home run. He poled out three other base blows to finish with a four-for-five performance at the dish.

Tahara, F. Doi (L) and C. Doi
Quinn, Gibson (W) and Tobacco

(July 9) After falling behind 3 to 0 after two innings of poor defensive work, the Cumberland Eagles settled down and defeated the Cumberland Canucks 4 to 3. Poor base running on the part of the Canucks was the main reason for their defeat. The Canucks out hits the Birds 7 to 4 and were stronger defensively but the Lodgemen came through with hits when they were most needed. Timmy Tobacco hit a pair of two-baggers for the vanquished nine while teammate Roy Howay drilled a two-run round-tripper. Hutton singled twice for the Canucks.

Davis, Tobacco (5) and H. Conrod
D. Coombs, B. Coombs (W) (2) and Richards

(July 12) A defensive implosion by the Cumberland Eagles in the final canto allowed the Courtenay Athletics to escape with a 4 to 3 win. Young Eagle pitcher “Bud” Coombs had held the league-leaders to just a single run when the A’s began their last turn at bat. Following a dropped third strike and a series of overthrows and infield bungling, the Athletics knotted the count and then won it on Haley Dixon’s RBI single, only the fourth hit surrendered by Coombs. Winning flinger Bill McKee and Coombs both recorded ten strikeouts. Outfielder Williams of the Eagles was the leading willow wielder, slamming a double and a pair of singles.

B. Coombs (L) and Westfield
McKee (W) and Harper

(July 14) Union Bay took over second place in the Comox Valley Twilight loop by dropping the Cumberland Canucks 7 to 3. Third baseman H. Grant and winning pitcher Bill Marshall both registered a brace of safeties for the Bay Boys with one of Grant’s blows being a double and one of Marshall’s going for three bases.

McNeil, Davis and H. Conrod
W. Marshall (W) and McKay

(July 16) The Cumberland Eagles pushed the Royston squad further into the cellar position when they defeated the Lumbermen 8 to 6. S. Winning pitcher D. Coombs, D. Hutton, D. Richards and G. McLellan all had two hits for the Lodgemen. Shig Kiyono, Royston third sacker, belted a home run.

Tahara (L) and C. Doi
Baird, D. Coombs (W) (1) and Richards

(July 16) Playing an all-Cumberland exhibition encounter, the Canucks defeated the Cubs 5 to 2. Roy Howay had a homer and single for the winners.

T. Tobacco (W) and H. Conrod
Gibson (L) and C. Tobacco

(July 19) Bill McKee’s two-run homer in the fifth inning broke a 3 – 3 tie and ignited the Courtenay Athletics to a 10 to 4 win over the Cumberland Cubs. McKee also had a double and single in addition to hurling the complete game triumph. Both teams recorded nine base hits. C. Tobacco and Jack Hill of the Cubbies both greeted McKee with first-inning circuit-clouts and both later touched him for singles. Outfielder S. Conti of the Baby Bears also had two hits, both doubles.

Gibson (L), Quinn (5) and Tobacco
W. McKee (W) and Harper

Standings              P     W     L     Pct.
Courtenay Athletics    9     7     2    .778
Union Bay              8     6     2    .750
Cumberland Cubs        8     5     3    .625
Cumberland Eagles     10     4     6    .400
Cumberland Canucks     9     3     6    .333
Royston Lumbermen      8     1     7    .125

(July 21) With faultless support from his teammates, “Spit” Quinn pitched the Cumberland Cubs to an 8 to 0 victory over the Cumberland Canucks in a seven-inning no-hit, no-run game. The Conrod brothers were the only two Canucks to get on base as a result of a walk and being hit by a pitched ball. Quinn also picked up a couple of hits, a feat also accomplished by fellow Cubbie Eddie Boyd.

Quinn (W) and C. Tobacco
T. Tobacco (L) and H. Conrod

(July 23) Union Bay blew a 13 to 6 lead but still managed to escape with a 13 to 12 decision over Royston. The ninth-inning was tense for the winners as the sun became aligned directly in the eyes of their first baseman from both the right and mid-section of the infield, a situation which assisted the Lumbermen in plating six counters. The Bay Boys racked up 16 hits with D. Marshall leading the way with five of them. Winning tosser Bill Marshall belted a three-run homer in the sixth.

W. Marshall (W) and xxx
T. Iwasa (L) and xxx

(July 23) The Courtenay Athletics defeated Campbell River 11 to 7 in an exhibition tilt played in the Salmon Capital. Winning moundsman W. McKee blasted a circuit-clout off loser Willard Johnson who wound up with 16 strikeouts.

W. McKee (W) and xxx
Johnson (L) and xxx

(July 23) The hosting Cumberland Canucks throttled Powell River 11 to 1 in an exhibition encounter. The Canucks nicked McNeil, Paper Town hurler, for 15 hits. Catcher H. Condon garnered four of them while winning chucker Roy Howay, with a triple, double and single, and outfielder H. Watson each picked up three. Sadler led the visitors offensively with a trio of base knocks.

McNeil (L) and Bradford
Howay (W) and H. Conrod

(July 26) The Royston Lumbermen came out of their month-long slump by defeating the Cumberland Eagles 7 to 5.

Tahara, T. Iwasa and C. Doi
D. Coombs (L), Baird and Westfield

(July 28) The Cumberland Cubs moved into a share of second-place with Union Bay when they blanked the Bay Brigade 4 to 0. “Spit” Quinn, with a two-hitter supported by seven strikeouts, won his second straight shutout game. Losing flinger D. Marshall also had a great performance, yielding but three hits while whiffing 12, but his mates lacked defensive polish, making six errors..

Quinn (W) and Tobacco
D. Marshall (L) and Kierstead

(July 30) The Courtenay Athletics strengthened their position atop the Comox Valley Twilight loop when they whitewashed the Cumberland Canucks 5 to 0. Bill McKee, the A’s heaver, was in excellent form and was credited with 12 strikeouts and eight assists. Outfielder D. Thompson provided the winners with offensive punch, driving home a brace of tallies with a triple plus a pair of one-baggers.

Tobacco (L), Howay (5) and H. Conrod
W. McKee (W) Harper

Standings                    P      W      L       Pct.
Courtenay Athletics         10      8      2      .800
Union Bay                   10      7      3      .700
Cumberland Cubs             10      7      3      .700
Cumberland Eagles           11      4      7      .364
Cumberland Canucks          11      3      8      .273
Royston Lumbermen           10      2      8      .200

(August 4) The Courtenay Athletics virtually sewed up first place in the Comox Valley circuit when they defeated the Cumberland Cubs 9 to 3. Bill McKee struck out seven and yielded six hits in earning the mound decision. He also led the A’s offensively, slamming a homer, double and single.

W. McKee (W) and Harper
Quinn (L), Gibson (2) and Tobacco

(August 6) Two Cumberland teams, the Eagles and Canucks, finished their regular season with identical records after the Canucks blanked the Lodgemen 4 to 0. Victorious flinger Timmy Tobacco of the Canucks hurled a three-hitter and fanned 13. Losing heaver D. Coombs was the only thorn in Tobacco’s side, slamming a pair of doubles off his slants. Third baseman Bono had a double and single for the winners while teammate H. Watson singled twice.

D. Coombs (L) and Stant
Tobacco (W) and H. Conrod

(August 9) Getting off to an early lead, Union Bay clinched second place and left themselves a faint hope of still tying for top spot in the Comox Twilight association of baseballers by virtue of a 3 to 0 shutout over the Cumberland Cubs.

Quinn (L) and xxx
W. Marshall (W) and xxx

(August 11) The Courtenay Athletics wound up regular season action with a 14 to 0 whitewashing of the Royston Lumbermen. Winning moundsman Bill McKee blasted a home run.

T. Iwasa (L), Tahara (5) and xxx
W. McKee (W) and xxx

(August 16)

Final standings           P      W      L      Pct.
Courtenay Athletics      12     10      2     .833
Union Bay                12      8      4     .667
Cumberland Cubs          12      7      5     .583
Cumberland Canucks       12      4      8     .333
Cumberland Eagles        12      3      9     .250

Pre-playoff exhibition game

(August 20) Treating the fans to their famous squeeze play and exhibiting some very fancy bunting, the Asahis of Vancouver took the Cumberland Cubs into camp by a 19 to 9 score. The Cubs out hit the Asahis 16 to 12 but also led in the error department. The outcome of the game was virtually decided in the eighth frame when the Cubs surrendered five runs on but one Asahi hit.

G. Tanaka, Noda (W) (5) and xxx
Quinn (L), Tobacco (7) and xxx

PLAYOFFS
Semi-finals (best-of-three)

(August 23) In the first game of the playoffs to determine an opponent for the Courtenay Athletics, the Cumberland Cubs triumphed over Union Bay 10 to 5.

D. Marshall (L), Graham (5) and Kierstead
Quinn (W) and Ducca

(August 27) The Cumberland Cubs will meet the Courtenay Athletics in the finals for the Comox Valley Twilight championship after “Spit” Quinn and company shutout the Union Bay diamondeers 6 to 0, wrapping the semi-final series up in two straight games. RBI doubles by Conti and Boyd staked the Cubbies to an early lead and Quinn did the rest, blanking the Bay Boys at every turn throughout the contest. Boyd wound up with another double for a two-hit production.

Quinn (W) and Ducca
Geary (L), McKay and Kierstead

Courtenay Athletics’ pre-playoff exhibition games

(August 27) Playing an exhibition encounter while awaiting for an opponent in the finals to be decided, the Courtenay Athletics were bumped by the Powell River baseball nine 3 to 2 in ten innings. Shortstop Haslam’s double in the overtime frame drove in the winner for the Paper Towners. First baseman Mathieson had a pair of doubled for the winners while Bill McKee led the A’s with the stick, slamming a triple and single.

McNeil (W) and Guthro
W. McKee (L) and Ducca

(September 3) Four double plays by the home team featured a 12-inning exhibition game at Lewis Park in which the Courtenay Athletics emerged with a 4 to 3 win over the Vancouver Meralomas. The teams were tied 2 – 2 after nine exciting innings were in the books. The Lomas managed to plate a single counter in the top half of the third extra-frame to go ahead 3 to 2. However, with two retired in the bottom of the twelfth, a two-bagger by winning pitcher Bill McKee followed by consecutive singles from Elmer Orr, Harper and Sutton brought in the tying and winning markers.

O’Leary (L) and Beaumont
McKee (W) and Harper

(September 10) Visions of another victory at the expense of an out-of-town team vanished as the Ellensburg WA Cowboys score five runs in the last frame to derail the Courtenay Athletics 9 to 4. The A’s out hit the Cowboys by a 9 to 7 margin but also had a 4 to 3 edge in booting the ball. Courtenay’s keystone sacker Sutton led batters on both teams with a three-hit performance at the dish.

Nicholson (W) and Poindexter
Gibson (L) and Beaumont

Post-season exhibition games by eliminated Comox Valley League teams

(September 3) The Cumberland Cubs, augmented with two players from the Cumberland Canucks, defeated the Meralomas of Vancouver 3 to 1 in a morning exhibition game. “Spit” Quinn went the distance on the hillock for the Baby Bears to earn the win. The only run the Vancouverites scored came on a bases-empty home run by outfielder Blossom. Shortstop Naughton of the Lomas had three hits while Timmy Tobacco and Churchill of the Cubbies and losing flinger Lowry of the Mainlanders all had two hits apiece.

Lowry (L) and Beaumont
Quinn (W) and Ducca

(September 4) Staging a ninth-inning rally at Lewis Park, the Vancouver Meralomas wiped out a 2 to 0 deficit and went on to edge the Comox Valley All-Stars 3 to 2 in Labor Day exhibition action. The last canto splurge was assisted by a pair of costly All-Star errors. Overall, the Stars held a 7 to 4 advantage in base hits. Naughton of the Lomas and hot corner custodian Preston Bruce of the Comox Valley gang both had a double and single.

Holden (W) and Tressolini
Gibson (L) and Ducca

(September 10) Select players from the three Cumberland entries in the Comox Valley Twilight circuit joined forces and defeated the Ellensburg WA Cowboys 6 to 4 in an exhibition joust. The game was not a classic matchup as both teams appeared lackadaisical and, as a result, only one earned run, a Cumberland counter, crossed the plate. Winning tosser “Spit” Quinn of the Cumberland Contingent as well as losing flinger Plouf and his batterymate Poindexter of the Cowboys all singled twice.

Plouf (L), Woods (8) and Poindexter
Quinn (W) and Ducca

Finals (best-of-three)

(September 24) Playing a split-venue playoff doubleheader, the Courtenay Athletics emerged as the 1933 champions of the Comox Valley Twilight Baseball League after sweeping both games from the Cumberland Cubs. Playing the early game on the Cumberland diamond, the A’s came out on top by a 9 to 2 margin. The follow-up contest saw Courtenay cop the crown on their home turf after taking down the Cubbies 5 to 1. Bill McKee pitched both games for the winners. No game details or complete batteries were published for the initial tussle.

W. McKee (W) and xxx
xxx (L) and xxx

McKee fanned 11 in capturing his second mound victory of the day as the Athletics grabbed the lead in the second inning of the sunset encounter and never trailed. Elmer Orr of the A’s and Eddie Boyd of the Baby Bears led their respective clubs with the stick, each rapping a double and single.

Gibson (L) and Ducca
W. McKee (W) and Harper

Game reports involving Vancouver Island (mid-Island and Cowichan Valley) teams

(May 7) A large crowd turned out to greet the opening of the baseball season when hosting Duncan defeated Slinger’s of Victoria 12 to 4. The homesters held a 9 to 6 advantage in base hits with shortstop Smythe leading the way with two triples.

Carr, Jackson (L) (4), Holden (4) and Thomas, Williams
Mottishaw, McKinney (W) (5) and J. Stroulger

(May 21) Hefty Hank Gailus and peppery Ray Watchorn hurled the Nanaimo baseball nine to a pair of victories over Slinger’s Winerymen of Victoria in an opening-day double-bill. The first tilt was taken 9 to 8 while, in the nightcap, the Winerymen were blanked 6 to 0. With the score tied in the eighth frame of the opener, Nanaimo’s Billy Rice reached first on a fielding miscue and, after a single by Gailus which took a bad hop, scampered all the way home with the winning marker. Herb Cummins of Slinger’s and the Nanaimo batterymates, Gailus and Walker, each connected for three safe blows.

Jackson, Carr (L) (5) and Thomas
Gailus (W) and Walker

Watchorn held the Capital nine to three hits in the late tilt and struck out 12 in posting the shutout mound win. Nanaimo scored all of their runs in the fourth frame. Joe Lapsansky had three hits for the winners while Victoria’s Barnswell had two of the three hits surrendered by Watchorn.

Holden, Carr (L) (4) and Thomas
Watchorn (W) and Walker

Shakespeare (W), Musgrave (6), Cann (8) and Barnes
Mottishaw (L) and J. Stroulger

(May 28) The Cameron Lumber nine of Victoria was handed their second setback of the season when the Duncan baseballers dropped them 8 to 3 at Evans Field. Roy Haines worked well on the mound for Duncan, allowing only four hits and striking out eight. Charlie Stroulger, Fred Weeks and Rupe McDonald each had two hits for the victors with one of Stroulger’s drives being a two-RBI double. Weeks’ total included a triple while McDonald’s contribution contained a two-bagger.

McKinney (L), Blunt (4) and Hubbard
Haines (W) and Doney

Mottishaw (L), Haines (8) and J. Stroulger
Noble (W) and Worthington

The Winerymen were hard on Duncan’s quartet of moundsmen in the closing tussle, registering 11 base blows, many coming during key situations.

Vidal (L), C. Stroulger, Haines, Mottishaw and J. Stroulger
Proudlove (W) and Stipe

(June 18) Back on their home turf, the Duncan senior team again endured a double defeat in a three-team double-bill. The Victoria Sons of Canada club hung a 9 to 2 pasting on the Duncanites in the opener while the Chemainus nine finished with an 8 to 7 triumph in the follow-up joust. The Sons blew open the first game by scoring five counters in the sixth canto. Winning heaver Shouldice limited the Duncan batters to five hits while whiffing 14.

Shouldice (W) and Woodford
Brookbank (L) and J. Stroulger

A last-inning rally by Duncan fell just short in the late event. Neither pitcher was particularly effective in this contest in which the Victorians touched loser Roy Lovell for 12 bingles while Duncan racked up 11 base raps off the slants of winning tosser Joe Horton.

Horton (W) and Allester
Lovell (L) and J. Stroulger, C. Stroulger

(June 25) On a diamond that was almost unplayable with the constant precipitation, the Nanaimo senior baseball club defeated the visiting B & W Oilers from the Vancouver Terminal League 4 to 1. The game lasted just five innings when the rain began to fall heavily. Ray Watchorn struck out five and limited the Terminal Leaguers to just three hits in taking the mound decision over “Lefty” Simmons.

Simmons (L) and Pitt
Watchorn (W) and Wyllie

(June 25) With a four-run first inning, Duncan established a lead that kept them on top for the rest of the game, a 9 to 6 win over Chemainus. The winners pilfered eight bases during the contest. Three players from each team, Roy Haines, Fred Weeks and J. Stroulger of Duncan as well as Chemainus batters J. Gill, Nehu and J. Nimmo, all registered two hits.

Mottishaw (W), Haines (8) and J. Stroulger
Horton (L) and Allester

(July 1) Backed by the impressive hurling of newcomer Ray Davis, Duncan throttled Chemainus 11 to 2. In his trial showing, Davis was a knockout as the Chemainus nine was only able to touch his speedball for five scattered hits. Thirteen of their batters were fanned as their turns at bat came and went in short order. His only blemish was in serving up a two-run round-tripper to Joe Horton in the fourth frame. In sharp contrast, the Duncanites lit up a pair of Chemainus chuckers for 18 base blows. C. Thompson, Roy Haines, Charlie Stroulger and J. Stroulger each banged out three raps for the victors. All three of Thompson’s swats were doubles while a pair of two-baggers were part of Charlie Stroulger’s offensive package.

Davis (W) and J. Stroulger
Cave (L), Horton (4) and P. Wyllie

(July 9) The Vancouver B & W Oilers paid a return visit to Nanaimo and split a twin-bill with the hosts, blanking the homesters 3 to 0 in the matinee event and dropping the six-inning follow-up tussle 6 to 5. Both teams garnered eight base raps in the opener. A pair of second-inning errors by the Nanaimo defense allowed the Vancouver Terminal Leaguers to plate a brace of unearned markers. The Condon brothers pitching tandem held the Hub City gang in check throughout the contest with the exception of Ray Watchorn who lit the siblings up for three safeties. Wickett had a brace of two-baggers for the Oilers.

J. Condon (W), F. Condon and Pitt
Watchorn (L) and Wyllie

The second game ended after six frames to allow the visitors to catch the late ferry for the mainland. As in the first game, each team had eight base hits. Nanaimo came to bat in the sixth trailing 5 to 2. Gailus’ one-out single, his third hit of the game, drove in Jordan, reducing the deficit to a pair. Naylor’s bases-loaded liner brought in a two more, evening things at 5 – 5 and Millard drove in the winning marker with a scratch single.

McArthur, J. Condon, Simmons and xxx
Naylor, Gailus (W) (5) and xxx

(July 13) Chemainus completely overwhelmed Duncan at Evans Field by a 13 to 3 score. The game opened with one minute of silence in memory of Ray Davis, 22-year old Duncan pitcher, who died as a result of injuries received in a fall from his motorcycle after pitching his first and last game on Dominion Day. Henry Gallus was sound on the hill for the winners, striking out eight, walking one and yielding only five hits. The Millmen had circuit-clouts from Joe Horton and second baseman Okada.

Mayea (L), Williams (3) and J. Stroulger
Gallus (W) and P. Wyllie

(July 15) Fans at Victoria’s Royal Athletic Park saw plenty of runs, hits and errors as a joint team from the Tillicums and Camerons took both games of a doubleheader from Nanaimo. The Capital City combos grabbed the afternoon tussle 8 to 4 behind the pitching of Tillicum southpaw Lloyd Jones and reliever Goldie McKinney and nearly doubled the score in the nightcap, winning 13 to 8 with Colgate on the mound. The mid-Island nine out hit the Victorias in the afternoon, collecting twelve safeties. Losing flinger Hank Gallus was nicked for nine safeties and struck out ten but his support was wobbly.

Jones (W), McKinney (8) and xxx
Gallus (L) and xxx

Naylor (L) and xxx
Colgate (W) and xxx

(July 23) Rebounding from a top of the first inning 5 to 0 deficit, the Nanaimo seniors retaliated with six counters in their half of the frame and went on to bury the Duncan baseballers 10 to 6. After a horrendous start, Hub City twirler Ray Watchorn settled into a groove and held the visitors to only one additional tally. He finished with a seven-hitter and 11 strikeouts. Outfielder Don Olds picked up four of the 11 base hits which the winners garnered off losing chucker Jack Mottishaw. One of his blows was a two-bagger. Millard had a double and single while McDonald singled twice. Duncanite J. Stroulger had a merry day at the platter, lighting up Watchorn for three safeties.

Mottishaw (L) and J. Stroulger
Watchorn (W) and Edmunds

Barnes (L), Musgrave, O’Leary and xxx
Miles (W) and Burke

Miles (L), Musgrave (2), Constable (6) and xxx
Kendrick and xxx

(July 29) The Victoria Sons of Canada team edged past the Nanaimo aggregation 4 to 3 in an exciting exhibition fixture which was terminated after seven innings. Nanaimo held a 3 to 2 lead heading into what would be the final frame. With two Capital City batters retired, the Hub City defense committed an infield error and had an outfield mental lapse following a single by Jack Bacon, allowing the tying marker to score. Herb Doherty’s follow-up one-bagger then drove in the tie-breaker. Bacon and Hilton of the Sons as well as catcher Don Olds of the losing nine all singled twice.

Musgrave, Shouldice (W) (6) and Barnes
Watchorn (L) and Olds

Cann (W) and Bacon
Mottishaw (L) and J. Stroulger

Shouldice (W) and xxx
Haines (L), Weeks (3) and xxx

(August 13) Port Alberni Native Sons split a double-bill with Duncan, taking the afternoon game 17 to 9 and losing the nightcap 4 to 3.

(August 20) Courtenay Athletics’ pitcher Bill McKee spun a no-hit, no-run game in leading his mates to a 4 to 0 domination of the Asahis of the Vancouver Terminal League. The Courtenay nine of the Comox Valley Twilight League rang up 13 hits in blanking the Nippons in this exhibition tussle.

McKee (W) and Harper
Nakanishi (L) and Matsui

VICTORIA SENIOR AMATEUR LEAGUE

Semi-final playoffs (best-of-three)

Finals (best-of-five)

Playoff series with North Shore League champions) (best-of-three)

Playoff series with Vancouver Terminal League champions

1933 Comox Valley Twilight Baseball League

PLAYOFFS Semi-finals (best-of-three)

Finals (best-of-three)

Game reports involving Vancouver Island (mid-Island and Cowichan Valley) teams

PLAYOFFS
Semi-finals (best-of-three)