SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Cliff Boll, portly left fielder of the Regina Army & Navy, who a year ago led the Border League in hitting, has added the 1933 Southern League batting crown to his laurels. Official averages recently released gave Boll the nod with a mark of .338, earned through 46 base hits in 136 at bats. Based upon a minimum of at least 25 games played with 100 or more times at bat, Bryan Forster of the Regina Nationals finished second with a .317 average.
Winston Bates of Regina Army & Navy topped the hurlers with an 11-2 record. Hec McLeod, the playoff hero, was the league workhorse, pitching in 18 games, including 16 starts. He finished 2nd to Bates in wins, with 8.
Average : Cliff Boll, Army&Navy - .338
Runs scored : Eddie Scott (Moose Jaw All-Stars) - 25
Hits - Boll : 46
Total Bases : Boll - 55
Doubles : Johnny Stoyand (Regina Nationals) - 8
Triples : Emery Cawsey (Moose Jaw All-Stars), Eddie Johnston (Milestone Sioux) and
Tony Walsh (Milestone Sioux) : tied with 3
Home Runs : Duncan Porteous (Regina Army & Navy) - 4
Stolen Bases : Stoyand - 12
Sacrifices : Brossard and Webb Bird (Regina Army & Navy) - tied with 8 SOUTHERN LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Longmore Eddie MJ 17 50 8 20 25 3 1 0 3 .400 Boll Cliff RAN 33 136 22 46 55 6 0 1 6 .338 Dawson Johnny MJ 16 58 13 19 25 6 0 0 6 .328 Quist Eric RGN 21 85 9 27 34 4 0 1 1 .318 Forster Bryan RGN 30 123 23 39 46 7 0 0 4 .317 Armstrong Murray RGN 31 127 21 40 45 3 1 0 4 .315 Brossard R. Babe RAN 32 119 18 37 44 7 0 0 6 .311 Haberman Joe RGN 27 110 23 33 43 1 0 3 7 .300 Phillips Al MJ 25 77 12 23 33 2 1 2 10 .299 Cawsey Emery MJ 27 95 12 28 37 3 3 0 11 .295 Scott Eddie MJ 29 102 25 30 43 6 2 1 5 .294 Hodgkinson Billy MJ 26 92 18 27 32 3 1 0 9 .293
* Four games missing, two by MLS and one each by RAN & RGN
Source : Regina Leader-Post, September 2, 1933
Wins : Bates RAN - 11
Games : McLeod RGN - 18
Starts : McLeod RGN - 16
Completed : Bates RAN, McLeod RGN - 11 SOUTHERN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA Bates Winston RAN 17 14 1111 2 .846 McLeod Hec RGN 18 16 11 8 5 .615 Haigh George MJ 13 9 8 6 4 .600 Pennington Wilf MJ 12 7 5 5 2 .714 Shupe Gayle RAN 13 10 9 4 6 .400 Nutzhorn MJ 5 5 3 3 2 .600 Swainson Swainey RGN 11 9 6 3 6 .333 Young Andy RAN 2 1 1 2 0 1.000 Marlow Les RAN 5 2 1 2 1 .667 Istrati George MJ 5 2 1 2 2 .500 Longmore Eddie MJ 8 6 2 2 2 .500 Fritz Alvin RGN 7 5 3 2 4 .333 Petraborg Walter MLS 8 7 6 2 4 .333 Armstrong Allan RGN 4 2 1 1 1 .500 Schwindt Harold MLS 3 2 1 1 1 .500 Marlow Ralph MJ 4 4 3 1 2 .333 McElroy Joe MJ 1 1 0 0 0 .000 MacDonald Jim MJ 2 0 0 0 0 .000 Mansfield RAN 2 1 0 0 0 .000 Bird Webb RAN 1 1 0 0 0 .000 Rodgers Bill RGN 3 0 0 0 0 .000 Koch Bill RAN 1 1 0 0 1 .000 Hinton Charlie RGN 1 1 1 0 1 .000 White Floyd MLS 1 1 1 0 1 .000 Vogeli Belton MLS 3 3 0 0 1 .000 LaFoy Wylie MLS 2 0 0 0 1 .000 Elwood Chuck RAN 4 3 1 0 3 .000 Burke MLS 4 3 3 0 3 .000
* Four games missing, two by MLS and one each by RAN & RGN
EDMONTON SENIOR LEAGUE
Pete McCready of the Alberta champion Edmonton Cubs was the batting star of the 1933 Edmonton Senior League as he led the circuit in batting average, runs scored, runs batted in and home runs. The slugging centrefielder hit .345 with five homers and 12 RBI. Teammate Phil Horn was the runner-up with a .333 mark. The Shastas Val Berg actually topped McCready by hitting for a .349 average, but failed to play two-thirds of his teams`s games to enable him to qualify. Horn topped the league in steals, with 13.
AVE : McCready EDC - .345
RUNS : McCready EDC - 15
HITS : Robinson EDC - 22
HOME RUNS : McCready EDC - 5
RBI : McCready EDC - 12
SB : Horn EDC - 13 EDMONTON SENIOR LEAGUE GP AB R H HR SB RBI PCT Lewis Charley ESS 8 28 6 13 0 3 3 .464 Corsan EDY 6 17 1 7 0 0 0 .412 Tulloch Red ESH 6 17 4 6 0 0 2 .353 Berg Val ESH 11 43 7 15 0 1 2 .349 McCready Pete EDC 17 58 15 20 5 8 12 .345 Horn Phil EDC 17 66 12 22 0 13 3 .333 Smith Albert Silver EDC 6 12 2 4 0 0 0 .333 Wilkie Walter Hop EDC 15 58 10 19 1 5 4 .328 Dolighan Clayton EDY 16 61 7 19 0 8 11 .311 Thompson Harry ESS 6 13 3 4 0 0 0 .308 Green George ESS 16 59 11 18 0 2 2 .305 Robinson Cliff EDC 18 77 9 22 0 4 5 .286 Forman Roy EDY 6 21 3 6 0 0 3 .286 Henry Syd ESH 5 18 3 5 1 1 2 .278 Aune ESH 11 37 3 10 0 0 2 .270 Wilkie Glen EDC 8 26 3 7 0 0 3 .269 Luna Alf ESS 16 65 8 17 0 3 9 .262 Dolighan Eric EDC 17 61 8 15 1 3 3 .246 Stewart Ken ESS 12 41 2 10 0 0 5 .244 Doolan Percy ESH 11 25 3 6 0 2 2 .240 Williamson Bud EDY 16 57 5 13 0 1 3 .228 Montgomery Bill ESS 9 22 3 5 0 0 0 .227 Dolighan Russell EDY 12 45 5 10 0 5 1 .222 Hambly Stan ESS 17 55 2 12 0 3 2 .218 Baer Duke ESS 6 14 2 3 0 0 1 .214 Loblick Herman ESS 8 28 2 6 0 0 4 .214 Harper Del ESH 7 28 0 6 0 0 1 .214 Nichol Red EDY 14 47 2 10 0 1 4 .213 Lee Scotty EDY 12 38 4 8 0 0 0 .211 Moon Pep ESS 16 62 9 13 0 2 7 .210 Henderson EDC 17 62 10 13 0 2 6 .210 Swallow Johnny ESH 15 58 6 12 0 5 3 .207 Hinchliffe ESS 9 34 2 7 0 0 0 .206 Gerlitz Johnny EDC 18 65 10 13 1 2 6 .200 Maher Phil EDC 15 41 7 8 0 3 1 .195 Lindsay Tucker ESH 5 17 4 3 1 0 3 .176 Wilson ESH 8 29 4 5 0 1 1 .172 Fenton Dave ESS 17 66 11 11 0 7 4 .167 McHugh Ed EDC 9 30 3 5 0 2 1 .167 Lammie Bill ESS 17 62 8 10 0 2 4 .161 Croft Bert EDY 9 19 3 3 0 0 0 .158 Sunderland EDY 6 19 0 3 0 0 0 .158 Rochue Roxy ESH 11 32 4 5 0 0 0 .156 Samis ESH 8 26 0 4 0 0 0 .154 Joines ESH 9 27 3 4 0 0 2 .148 Moher EDC 7 14 0 2 0 1 0 .143 Eaton Buck EDY 11 30 1 4 0 2 1 .133 Cruthers Bobby EDY 16 63 5 8 0 2 0 .127 Grossman Shires ESH 12 29 2 3 0 1 2 .103
Source : Edmonton Bulletin, August 23, 1933
EDC=Edmonton Cubs, EDY=Edmonton Royals, ESH=Edmonton Shastas, ESS=Edmonton South Side Arctics
VANCOUVER SENIOR AMATEUR LEAGUE
Jimmy McKissock, of the Vancouver Athletic Club, paced the hitters in the Vancouver Senior Amateur League in 1933 with a .417 average in 144 at bats. He led the loop in nearly every category scoring 29 runs, cracking 60 hits, including a leage topping 9 doubles, and stealing 15 bases. Arnie Miller of the Arrows, was best in homers, with 8
AVE : McKissock VAC - .417
RUNS : McKissock VAC 29
HITS : McKissock VAC 60
HOME RUNS : Arnie Miller, VAR - 8
SB : McKissock VAC - 15 VANCOUVER SR. AMATEUR LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT McKissock Jimmy VAC 144 29 60 77 9 1 2 15 .417 McIntyre VAC 11 3 4 4 0 0 0 1 .364 Hall Coley VAC 137 16 47 54 5 1 0 6 .343 Straight VAC 52 7 17 22 3 1 0 1 .327 Middendorf VAC 42 5 13 15 2 0 0 1 .310 Adshead Billy VAR 115 24 50 70 8 3 2 6 .307 * Trasolini Norm VFM 132 24 40 53 3 2 2 7 .303 Haughland Hal VFM 153 12 46 59 7 3 0 9 .301 Thirsk Bruce BCT 160 21 48 62 7 2 1 2 .300 Miller VAR 157 31 46 77 7 0 8 7 .293 Craig VFM 72 13 21 26 1 2 0 0 .292 Anshutz VAC 153 10 13 27 4 2 2 5 .291 * Trummer BCT 136 19 39 50 4 2 1 7 .287 Bliss VAC 25 1 7 10 1 1 0 0 .280 Cameron BCT 65 10 18 25 4 0 1 3 .277 Staggs VAR 124 15 34 43 5 2 0 6 .274 Cross BCT 73 12 20 24 1 0 1 1 .274 Nestman VAR 121 20 33 38 5 0 0 5 .273 Purmal VAC 66 5 18 18 0 0 0 3 .273 Goodall VFM 37 2 10 12 2 0 0 1 .270 Ball VFM 26 2 7 10 0 0 1 0 .269 Ray VFM 15 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 .267 Campbell VFM 161 16 42 49 2 1 1 1 .261 Miron VFM 147 17 38 49 1 2 2 2 .259 Lewis VAR 152 18 39 52 7 0 2 2 .257 Weinker BCT 75 9 19 21 2 0 0 0 .253 Holden L. VFM 95 8 24 26 2 0 0 2 .253 Cranstoun VAR 127 11 32 43 7 2 0 2 .252 Kasmer BCT 104 8 26 26 0 0 0 2 .250 Edy VAR 133 20 33 40 5 1 0 4 .248 Sherman VAC 134 13 33 40 5 1 0 7 .246 Puder VAC 50 3 12 14 2 0 0 0 .240 Stewart BCT 139 26 33 50 4 2 3 4 .237 Holden E. VFM 119 13 28 45 5 0 4 6 .235 Padovan VAC 170 24 40 49 7 1 0 4 .235 Robertson VAR 124 9 29 34 1 2 0 6 .234 Bean VFM 77 10 18 22 1 0 1 2 .234 Watters VFM 90 16 21 23 2 0 0 4 .233 Duff VFM 95 13 22 25 1 1 0 4 .232 Knox BCT 39 4 9 11 2 0 0 0 .231 McCullough BCT 31 2 7 7 0 0 0 1 .226 Hall F. VAC 142 13 32 41 5 2 0 4 .225 Stong VAC 112 15 24 36 5 2 1 0 .214 Stevenson BCT 42 5 8 9 1 0 0 0 .200 * Richardson H. VFM 10 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 .200 Weaver BCT 57 1 11 11 0 0 0 1 .193 Henry VFM 141 14 27 37 5 1 1 5 .191 Morse VAC 104 13 19 22 3 0 0 0 .183 Tuson VAC 74 10 13 14 1 0 0 4 .176 Gray VAR 59 5 10 11 1 0 0 0 .169 Spicer VFM 61 6 10 11 1 0 0 0 .164 Keith VAR 31 2 5 6 1 0 0 0 .161 Moser VAR 39 3 6 6 0 0 0 1 .154 Butler VAR 35 2 5 5 0 0 0 1 .143 Dignan BCT 52 1 7 8 1 0 0 0 .135 Richardson T. BCT 57 7 7 7 0 0 0 1 .123 Muscutt VAR 41 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 .122 Kaye VFM 26 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 .115 Esplen BCT 24 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .083 Scott VAR 28 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 .071
* Obvious typos, Adshead would be .435 with those numbers, Anshutz .085, Stevenson .190,
Source : Vancouver Sun, August 30, 1933
BCT=BC Telephones, VAC=Vancouver Athletic Club, VAR=Vancouver Arrows, VFM=Vancouver Firemen
VANCOUVER TERMINAL LEAGUE
Scotty Lister of pennant-winning Shores' Jewelers captured the 1933 batting title in the Terminal League edging Gus Girard of the Meralomas by five points, .390 to .385. Lister also led the loop in hits, 57, doubles, 13, and home runs, 5. McCarthy, of Shores', who finished 10th in the batting race, at .297, had the most runs, 47. Lefty Fairbairn, also of Shores', was tops in stolen bases, with 20.
AVE : Lister VSJ - .390
RUNS : McCarthy VSJ - 47
HITS : Lister VSJ - 57
HOME RUNS : Lister VSJ - 5
SB : Fairbairn VSJ - 20 VCR TERMINAL LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Lister Scotty VSJ 38 146 34 57 85 13 0 5 8 .390 Girard Gus VML 32 122 19 47 71 10 1 4 18 .385 Pitt Fred VBW 37 132 18 47 65 6 3 2 5 .356 Tanaka Herb VA 37 140 19 49 60 4 2 1 10 .350 Fairbairn Lefty VSJ 38 150 31 51 74 9 4 2 20 .340 Tinling Fred VSJ 30 124 20 42 54 2 2 2 0 .339 Morrow Ross VSJ 35 136 34 44 64 9 4 1 15 .324 Menzies Clair VBW 16 55 6 17 27 8 1 0 4 .309 Naughton VML 23 93 9 28 38 3 2 1 6 .301 Downie VML 34 113 18 34 48 5 0 3 7 .301 Van Hatten George VBW 36 130 14 39 42 3 0 0 8 .300 Lowrie VML 12 30 6 9 14 2 0 1 0 .300 Boston George VSJ 16 37 6 11 11 0 0 0 4 .297 McCarthy VSJ 38 145 47 43 60 9 1 2 10 .297 McIntyre Bruce VBW 36 119 25 35 42 3 2 0 11 .294 Johnston VSJ 25 96 15 27 36 4 1 1 5 .281 Clark Harry VSJ 25 80 9 22 25 1 1 0 1 .275 Yamamura Roy VA 14 44 14 12 12 0 0 0 12 .273 Condon Jimmy VBW 34 111 11 30 37 4 0 1 6 .270 Condon Fred VBW 22 68 6 18 20 2 0 0 2 .265 Scott VSJ 31 121 28 32 34 2 0 0 6 .264 Morley VBW 30 100 14 26 27 1 0 0 9 .260 Suga Ty VA 34 104 14 27 33 4 1 0 15 .260 Faulkner Tommy VSJ 35 110 3 31 43 6 0 2 6 .258 * Gregson Hal VML 16 35 4 9 15 1 1 1 1 .257 Mann VML 38 114 17 29 31 2 0 0 6 .254 Bourne Jack VSJ 17 40 9 10 12 2 0 0 0 .250 Widdows Bill VBW 33 110 19 27 39 3 3 1 8 .245 Wickett H. VBW 21 94 8 23 30 2 1 1 9 .245 Kay W.(Bill) VML 34 116 19 28 39 3 1 2 8 .241 McArthur Hermie VBW 8 17 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 .235 Walker VML 33 124 17 29 32 3 0 0 13 .234 Emery VML 23 73 9 17 26 5 2 0 7 .233 Fukui Joe VA 37 130 19 30 41 1 5 0 9 .231 Yasui Reg VA 36 127 21 29 34 3 1 0 18 .228 Moser George VBW 15 53 7 12 15 1 1 0 7 .226 Maikawa Mickey VA 29 98 4 22 22 0 0 0 10 .224 Blossom VML 16 41 9 9 12 3 0 0 6 .220 Nishihara Nag VA 29 96 6 21 24 1 1 0 6 .219 Beaumont VML 20 64 8 14 15 1 0 0 2 .219 Daniels VML 17 56 3 12 17 3 1 0 0 .214 Ellis VML 15 38 5 8 13 0 1 1 2 .211 Shiraishi Frank VA 18 53 11 11 14 1 1 0 15 .208 Arthur Len VSJ 11 29 1 6 7 1 0 0 0 .207 Mortimer Ab VBW 13 39 5 8 9 1 0 0 1 .205 Nakamura VA 35 96 10 19 29 4 0 2 7 .198 Korenaga Abe VA 33 84 12 15 17 2 0 0 5 .179 Helmer Cecil VSJ 8 25 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 .160 Shishido George VA 37 108 12 17 20 3 0 0 9 .157 Tanaka George VA 8 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .111 Noda Ken VA 16 19 2 2 3 1 0 0 3 .105 Simmons Alex VBW 10 19 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 .105 Syrotuck VBW 21 51 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 .098 O'Leary George VML 11 24 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .042
* Typo (likely 120 at bats, as published numbers would results in .282 average)
Source : Vancouver Sun, September 2, 1933
VA=Vancouver Asahi, VBW-Vancouver B&W Fuel Oil, VML=Vancouver Meralomas,
VSJ=Vancouver Shore's Jewellers
VANCOUVER NORTH SHORE LEAGUE
Pamphlet of the pennant-winning Native Sons romped to the batting title for 1933 compiling a .508 average in 61 at bats. Farquharson of Lynn Valley was the runner-up with a .442 mark. Pamphlet topped the league in runs with 24 while Farquharson was best in hits, 38, and stolen bases, 15.
Rawlings of Lynn Valley, Langdale of the Odd Fellows and Sutherland of the Native Sons tied for the most pitching wins, 5. Rawlings was the league workhorse going 80 innings while Sutherland rang up the most strikeouts, 93.
AVE : Pamphlet VNS - .508
RUNS : Pamphlet VNS - 24
HITS : Farquharson LVY - 38
SB : Farquharson LVY - 15
VCR NORTH SHORE LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Pamphlet VNS 61 24 31 38 5 1 0 13 .508 Farquharson LVY 86 22 38 46 3 1 1 15 .442 Campbell IOF 16 2 6 7 1 0 0 1 .375 McLean VNS 29 6 10 10 0 0 0 2 .345 Brown IOF 60 13 20 31 4 2 1 1 .339 * Bullock LVY 56 11 17 24 3 2 0 3 .336 * Stevenson Cy VNS 57 5 19 25 4 1 0 5 .333 Hoey IOF 10 3 3 4 1 0 0 2 .333 * Stronge LVY 33 4 10 15 5 0 0 3 .303 Manson IOF 58 15 17 19 2 0 0 7 .293 Lucking LVY 62 11 18 23 1 2 0 2 .290 Downie VNS 67 11 18 27 1 4 0 1 .269 Somerville IOF 41 8 11 19 8 0 0 1 .268 Maveety J. LVY 57 14 15 17 2 0 0 6 .263 Boyes E. VNS 19 7 5 5 0 0 0 2 .263 Crahan VNS 31 3 8 9 1 0 0 2 .258 Deacon VNS 62 11 16 18 0 1 0 9 .254 * Cripps LVY 12 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 .250 Kendrick VNS 28 3 7 12 3 1 0 0 .250 Spence VNS 20 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 .250 McDougall IOF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .250 Galbraith LVY 33 4 8 10 0 1 0 0 .242 Stratton LVY 50 5 12 22 4 3 0 3 .240 Stevenson C. VNS 36 8 8 8 0 0 0 3 .222 McLean IOF 9 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 .222 Folliss IOF 59 7 13 22 0 3 1 0 .220 Christopher VNS 14 1 3 3 0 0 0 3 .214 Marshall IOF 60 10 13 16 1 1 0 2 .217 Morden LVY 38 6 8 9 1 0 0 1 .211 McDougall LVY 62 17 13 17 4 0 0 2 .210 Falconer IOF 53 8 11 14 3 0 0 1 .208 Normand IOF 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200 Sullivan IOF 46 13 9 9 0 0 0 5 .196 McMillan LVY 11 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 .182 Escott IOF 40 5 7 7 0 0 0 1 .175 Hunter LVY 46 8 8 15 1 3 0 5 .174 Trafford VNS 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Kendall IOF 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Maveety H. VNS 49 8 8 10 2 0 0 2 .163 Rawlings LVY 50 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 .160 Kline IOF 21 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 .143 Martin LVY 15 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 .133 Sutherland VNS 24 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 .125 McPherson VNS 16 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 .125 McLean IOF 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .111 Stevenson E. VNS 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .100 Davie LVY 23 4 2 4 0 1 0 3 .087 Langdale IOF 23 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 .087 McGuire LVY 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .083 Shea IOF 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 .077 Sayers VNS 14 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .071 Lord IOF 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 .071 Ross IOF 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .071 Boyes W. VNS 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .056
* With the hits and at bats shown, Brown should be .333, Bullock .304, Hoey .300, Deacon .258
IOF=Independent Order of Odd Fellows, LVY=Lynn Valley, VNS=Native Sons
Source : Vancouver Sun, August 31, 1933 WINS : Rawlings LVY & Langdale IOF - 5
INNINGS : Rawlings LVY - 80
STRIKEOUTS : Sutherland VNS - 93 VCR NORTH SHORE LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA Cripps LVY 1 0 1.000 7 8 1 6 0 2 0 Sayers VNS 1 0 1.000 9 6 11 7 9 0 2 Lucking LVY 4 1 .800 37 35 15 24 29 3 1 Brown IOF 4 1 .800 32 27 18 24 32 2 1 Rawlings LVY 5 2 .714 80 59 43 31 73 4 0 Langdale IOF 5 2 .714 39 43 27 17 24 6 3 Sutherland VNS 5 4 .556 73 61 40 31 93 2 8 Kendrick VNS 2 2 .500 24 13 12 24 24 5 0 Normand IOF 1 1 .500 10 10 7 3 2 2 1 Kline IOF 1 1 .500 19 20 20 11 18 2 0 Maveety H. VNS 1 3 .250 21 23 15 10 17 2 1 McGuire LVY 1 5 .167 33 42 28 11 37 0 0 Trafford VNS 0 1 .000 4 9 8 3 1 0 0 Peverell VNS 0 0 .000 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 Marshall IOF 0 5 .000 58 73 47 21 37 3 2 Pamphlet VNS 0 1 .000 9 13 11 7 3 0 1
Source : Vancouver Sun, August 31, 1933
VICTORIA SENIOR AMATEUR LEAGUE
Bunny Purmal, the heavy hitting catcher of Slinger's Winery, captured the 1933 batting championship hitting .412 to top Tillicum's Art Chapman who finished at .389. Freddie Gibbons of the Tillicum Club was third, at .357 and Claude Belcher, of Cameron's Lumber, hit .323 to take the fourth spot. Dave Essler, also of Cameron's was fifth, at .317.
AVE : Purmal SW - .412
RUNS : Bennison SW - 17
HITS : Belcher CL - 21
SB : Bacon SC, Bennison SW - 11 VICTORIA SENIOR AMATEUR LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Purmal Bunny SW 10 34 7 14 22 5 0 1 4 .412 Chapman Art TC 13 36 4 14 27 5 1 2 4 .389 Gibbons Freddie TC 18 56 12 20 31 8 0 1 7 .357 Robertson CL 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Belcher Claude CL 17 65 9 21 27 6 0 0 4 .323 Essler Dave CL 18 60 11 19 24 3 1 0 2 .317 McKenzie CL 15 48 8 15 23 2 3 0 1 .313 Bacon Jack SC 18 62 14 19 20 1 0 0 11 .306 Doherty SC 16 56 12 17 23 4 1 0 3 .304 O'Leary SW 3 10 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 .300 Holman SC 16 57 9 17 28 5 3 0 3 .298 Lidstone CL 7 17 2 5 5 0 0 0 1 .294 Fleming TC 18 62 16 18 27 7 1 0 7 .290 Hilton SC 16 52 8 15 16 1 0 0 4 .288 Bennison Red SW 16 56 17 16 27 3 4 0 11 .286 Gandy George SC 16 46 9 13 18 1 2 0 3 .283 Cummins SW 18 65 6 18 23 3 1 0 5 .277 Bridgewood CL 18 65 15 18 20 2 0 0 2 .277 Colgate TC 8 20 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 .250 Webster SC 5 8 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 .250 Taylor TC 13 45 5 11 11 0 0 0 2 .244 Holden SW 12 37 4 9 11 2 0 0 0 .243 Musgrave Tommy SC 13 34 5 8 13 0 1 1 1 .235 Stickney Wes SW 13 47 8 11 16 1 2 0 10 .234 Dunc CL 16 56 4 13 19 0 3 0 2 .232 Thomas SW 4 13 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 .231 Patrick Lynn TC 18 53 10 12 16 1 0 1 10 .226 Barnes Roy SC 18 55 10 12 15 3 0 0 7 .218 Restell SW 18 51 3 11 11 0 0 0 4 .216 Hill TC 11 30 2 6 11 1 2 0 2 .200 Jones TC 12 30 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 .200 Windermute SW 2 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .200 Constable SW 15 41 9 8 11 1 1 0 5 .195 Worthington SW 9 26 2 5 9 2 1 0 0 .192 Haines SC 7 26 3 5 7 2 0 0 3 .192 Forbes SC 4 16 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 .188 Cann SC 8 16 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 .188 Campbell C. SC 9 16 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 .188 Moore TC 17 48 10 9 15 1 1 1 7 .188 Marley SW 6 16 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 .188 Mottishaw SC 4 11 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 .182 Campbell F. SC 14 50 10 9 12 1 1 0 4 .180 Nex CL 18 64 6 10 15 3 1 0 3 .156 Barnswell SW 13 45 8 7 9 2 0 0 2 .156 Love CL 17 66 13 10 12 2 0 0 3 .152 Ashikawa CL 9 33 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 .152 Smith CL 13 36 5 5 5 0 0 0 2 .139 Robinson H. SW 9 30 7 4 5 1 0 0 3 .133 Carr SW 3 8 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 .125 Stipe TC 18 51 10 6 6 0 0 0 7 .118 McKinney CL 10 27 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 .111 Williams SW 14 43 7 4 8 0 2 0 4 .093 Robinson R. SW 8 22 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 .091 Craig SC 6 24 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 .083 Down TC 10 18 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .056 Patrick M. TC 11 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 .056 Holness CL 9 22 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 .045 Jackson SW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Shakespeare SC 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnston SC 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hubbard CL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morgan SC 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Noble SW 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McLaren TC 5 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Proudlove TC 6 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
CL=Cameron's Lumber, SC=Sons of Canada, SW=Slinger's Winery, TC=Tillicum Club
Source : Victoria Times, August 19, 1933
DUNCAN BASEBALL
Fred Weeks led the Duncan club in hitting during the 1933 season batting .452. Charlie Stroulger and Rupe McDonald tied at .364 as the runners-up followed by Roy Haines with a .316 average.
DUNCAN, BC GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Davis Ray DUC 3 1 2 0 .667 Weeks Fred DUC 31 13 14 6 .452 Elliot H. DUC 7 1 3 2 .429 Lovell Roy DUC 5 0 2 0 .400 Stroulger Charlie DUC 66 13 24 16 .364 McDonald Rupe DUC 44 8 16 2 .364 Haines Roy DUC 38 10 12 12 .316 Williams Eddie DUC 7 0 2 0 .286 Zaccarelli J. DUC 7 2 2 0 .286 Smythe Eric DUC 66 13 17 7 .258 Stroulger J. DUC 48 7 12 4 .250 Thompson C. DUC 48 7 11 3 .229 Vidal C. DUC 61 10 13 1 .213 Pitt Don DUC 40 6 8 8 .200 Coller F. DUC 19 2 3 0 .158 Mottishaw Jack DUC 30 5 4 4 .133 Mayea Walter DUC 0 0 0 0 .000 Whidden W. DUC 1 0 0 0 .000 McKinney Goldie DUC 2 0 0 0 .000 Garrison F. DUC 3 0 0 0 .000 Brookbank Ernie DUC 4 0 0 1 .000 Churchill DUC 5 0 0 0 .000
Source : Cowichan Leader, September 21, 1933
BC INTERIOR LEAGUE
The 1933 BC Interior League featured five teams, Kamloops Famous Players, Kelowna, Revelstoke, Salmon Arm and Vernon. The only statisitics available are those for the Vernon club. Harry Cross lead the team with a sparkling .446 average and topped the club in home runs with four. Art McCall was second, with a .391 mark.
BC INTERIOR LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT (Only Vernon Available) Cross Harry VER 56 15 25 4 .446 McCall Art VER 64 12 25 3 .391 Crawford Elmer VER 52 14 20 6 .385 Netzel Frank VER 57 10 21 6 .368 Antilla Larry VER 52 10 17 .327 Sparrow George VER 64 7 20 .313 Murray Dick VER 58 12 18 .310 Urquhart Howard VER 49 9 15 .306 Ward Cecil VER 55 5 16 .291 Claughton VER 6 0 0 .000 Fallow VER 3 0 0 .000 Langstaffe VER 4 0 0 .000 McIndoe VER 3 0 0 .000
KAM=Kamloops, KEL=Kelowna, REV=Revelstoke, SA=Salmon Arm, VER=Vernon
Source : Vernon News, September 28, 1933