1947 Vancouver, Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley
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Victoria Senior Amateur City League

The four Victoria teams (Eagles, Legion, Navy and Pitzer & Nex) played an interlocking schedule with the Chemainus McBrides and Duncan All-Stars (players from both the Duncan Legion & Duncan Olympics) of the Duncan & District Senior Baseball League.

(May 3) Two high-scoring affairs marked the start of the new season of the Victoria Baseball Association at Royal Athletic Park. In the lid-lifter, Gar Taylor's Eagles ran up a 14-0 lead after three innings and held off last year's champion Canadian Legion 14-9 while a youthful Pitzer & Nex squad trounced the Royal Canadian Navy 12-4 in an abbreviated twilight encounter.

After the Eagles had scored three in the first frame, they put the game away scoring eight runs in the second, all crossing the plate after two men were out. Coach Bob Weigand relieved in the fourth and blanked the Legion on one hit over six innings but it was too little, too late. Stan Davies allowed 11 hits, but managed to go the route for the win. Legion made seven errors.

Davies (W) and Sutherland
Scroggs (L), Smith (2), Weigand (4) and Smith, Parkins

A six-run first inning carried Pitzer & Nex to an easy 12-4 victory in a game called after six innings. The winning nine, composed mainly of high school players, blasted three Navy pitchers in the initial frame while schoolboy hurler Murray MacArthur held the Navy to three hits.

M.MacArthur (W) and xxx
Tivy (L), Mann, Gainer and xxx

(May 5) The 1946 champions, the Canadian Legion, whipped the young Pitzer and Nex nine 16-10 in Victoria baseball Monday at MacDonald Park. The veterans, behind the hurling of Lloyd Cann, had the game well in hand until the seventh inning when the Gasmen rallied for six runs. Bill Curry’s bases-loaded homer highlighted the outburst. Shortstop Parkins led the winners with four singles and Harry Barber added three.

Cann (W) and xxx
xxx, xxx, xxx and xxx

(May 7) Bob Prior hurled a one-hit shutout Wednesday as the Eagles trimmed Navy 11-0. The right-hander allowed but a scratch single in blanking the Sailors. He fanned 14 and walked four. Gar Taylor smacked a triple and two singles to lead the attack and Verne Evans had three hits in five trips.

Bob Prior (W) and xxx
Jeff Worrell (L) and xxx

(May 9) In a free-swinging affair Friday, Navy notched its first victory of the season edging the Legion 14-13. The winners built up an early 9-1 lead then held off a late charge to secure the triumph. Home runs by Vollett and Padgett and a triple by diminutive pitcher Jeff Worrell marked the Navy’s 12 hit attack.

Ramsdale, Worrell and xxx
Fidler (L), Cann (9) and xxx

(May 11) In the first of inter-locking games with Up-Island teams, Canadian Legion edged out Chemainus 6-5 Sunday at MacDonald Park. Lloyd Cann picked up his second win of the young season blanking the visitors for six innings as Legion built up a 6-0 lead before Chemainus rallied. Rookie Wright belted a homer for the winners.

D.English, D.Johns and xxx
Cann (W) and xxx

(May 11) At Duncan, the Victoria Eagles defeated the Duncan All-Stars 9-5 in the first game of a twin-bill but lost the nightcap 9-7. Bob Brousseau and Bob Prior combined to hold Duncan to five hits in the opener. Eagles took a 7-1 lead in the second game but Duncan rebounded to knot the count then score a pair in the ninth for the victory. Tony Folk was the winning pitcher.

Brousseau, Bob Prior (8) and xxx
Gard and xxx

Davies, Prior and xxx
Folk (W) and xxx

(May 12) Outfielder Jimmy Morrison took a turn on the mound Monday and pitched the Eagles to a 5-3 win over Pitzer & Nex allowing just four well-spaced hits. After the Eagles notched two runs in the first frame, the Gasmen pushed across all three of their runs in the second inning after two were out on a play which saw Eagles’ left fielder Johnny Ruryk knocked unconscious in a collision with centre fielder Doug Malcolm. With the bases full, Bernie Anderson lofted a fly ball which both outfielders tried to field with the result the ball was dropped and all three runners scampered home. Taken to hospital, Ruryk was not seriously hurt. Ronnie Benn knocked in Yardley to tie the count in the third. The winning marker came in the 8th when Benn scored from second on an error. They added an insurance run in the ninth when Verne Evans doubled and scored on Patterson’s single. Morrison fanned six and walked six in his route-going performance. Al Turcotte took the loss yielding six hits.

Morrison (W) and xxx
Turcotte (L) and xxx

Eagles        4 – 1
Legion        2 – 2
Pitzer & Nex 1 – 2
Navy          1 - 2

(May 16) Pitzer & Nex cut short a Navy rally in the 9th inning to gain a 7-5 victory Friday at Royal Athletic Park. Backed by an errorless performance by his teammates, young Murray MacArthur registered his second win of the season holding the Sailors to five hits. He had a scare in the 9th when he suddenly lost control and walked the bases full leading to three runs.

MacArthur (W) and xxx
Rosy McIntyre, xxx and xxx

(May 17) Eagles increased their lead atop the league standings Saturday downing Canadian Legion 7-1 at Royal Athletic Park. Up until the sixth frame, the game was a pitchers’ duel between right-handers Bob Prior of the Eagles and Jim Fidler of the Legion. Eagles got on the scoreboard in the sixth when Ronnie Benn doubled in Patterson and came home when shortstop Wally Thompson bobbled a grounder. They added five runs in the seventh with Jimmy Morrison knocking in a pair and Benn smacking a triple, his fourth hit, to bring in two more. Prior allowed just five hits in going the distance for the winners.

Prior (W) and xxx
Fidler (L) and xxx

Eagles        5 - 1
Pitzer & Nex 2 – 2
Legion        2 – 3
Navy          1 - 3

(May 18) Wet grounds forced postponement of the scheduled Duncan-Navy contest.

(May 18) At Chemainus, Pitzer & Nex dropped the opener 6-5 in ten innings but came back to take the second 10-3 behind high school hurler Al Turcotte.

In the opener Bobby Jack scampered home on an outfield fly by Simms to notch the winner for Chemainus.

xxx and xxx
English (W) and xxx

A five-run fifth inning was key in the second game as Victoria won 10-3.

J.Jones, Jackson and xxx
Turcotte (W) and xxx

(May 19) Third baseman Eddie DeCosta singled in Vollett with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday as cellar-dwelling Navy upset top ranked Eagles 6-5.

Davies (L) and xxx
J.Worrell (W) and xxx

(May 26) The front-running Eagles scored the winner in the ninth to edge Pitzer & Nex 6-5. Patterson singled in Ronnie Benn, who had reached on an error, with the deciding marker.

MacArthur, Turcotte (L) (7) and xxx
Brousseau, Bob Prior (W) (6) and xxx

(May 28) Stan Davies, who scored the winning run, bested another veteran hurler, Lloyd Cann, as the Eagles shaded the Legion 5-4 in a tight contest at Royal Athletic Park. Young Verne Evans shared the spotlight with Davies by driving in Davies with the winning marker in the eighth. The game was called after eight frames because of darkness. Evans had broken a 3-3 tie in the sixth when he tripled and came around to score on a fielder’s choice.

Davies (W) and xxx
Cann (L) and xxx

Eagles         7 – 2
Legion         4 – 4
Pitzer & Nex   3 – 5
Navy           2 - 4

(May 30) Al Turcotte fired a four-hitter Friday to shutout Navy 5-0 at Royal Athletic Park. Jeff Worrell, Navy's right-hander, yielded just seven hits and no earned runs in taking the tough-luck loss to Pitzer and Nex. The Gasmen got the only run they needed in the first inning when Jimmy John reached on an error and scored on a double by playing manager Rosy McLellan. They were blanked by Worrell until the ninth when they added four more runs, all coming on errors.

Turcotte (W) and xxx
J.Worrell (L) and xxx

Eagles       7 - 2
Legion       4 - 4
Pitzer & Nex 4 - 5
Navy         2 - 5

(May 31) Behind Bob Brousseau's two-hitter, Victoria Eagles continued their winning ways defeating Navy 8-1 in the first game of a double-header. Eagles got to Navy starter Eddie DeCosta for three runs in the first inning featured by back-to-back triples by Benn and Patterson.

Brousseau (W) and xxx
DeCosta (L), Casey and xxx

(May 31) In the second game, Frank Scroggs held Pitzer & Nex to three hits as Legion notched a 6-0 victory. In allowing seven walks, Scroggs managed to pitch out of several jams and helped the offense with three hits in four trips to the plate.

Scroggs (W) and xxx
MacArthur (L), Lavis (4) and xxx

(June 1) In an interlocking match Sunday, Bob Prior allowed just one hit - an infield single by Bob Jansch in the first inning - as the Eagles trounced Chemainus 11-0. Eagles rapped 11 hits off a pair of Chemainus hurlers.

xxx, xxx and xxx
Bob Prior (W) and xxx

(June 1) At Duncan, Victoria Canadian Legion and the Duncan All-Stars split a pair. Lloyd Cann pitched Legion to a 2-1 triumph in the first game while the home squad rebounded with a 13-11 victory in the second game.

Cann (W) and xxx
Rodger (L) and xxx

Duncan smacked 19 hits in the wild second game with Tony Folk managing to go the distance for the pitching win. Victoria Legion went through four hurlers in trying to hold off the Duncan assault. Joe Gergle led the winners with four hits. In the first of the unique prizes offered by merchants for hitting fence signs, Gil Bruce collected $5 for bouncing one off the Greenhaven poster.

Weigand, Scroggs, Cann, Walker and xxx
Folk (W) and xxx

(June 2) Pitzer & Nex turned seven hits into seven runs Monday in defeating the last place Navy squad 7-3. Young right-hander Bernie Anderson tossed a five-hitter for the win.

Brown, Casey and xxx
Anderson (W) and xxx

(June 4) Veteran Lloyd Cann helped his own cause with three hits Wednesday as he hurled Legion to a 7-3 decision over the league-leading Eagles. Harry Barber's first inning homer with a man aboard put Legion in the lead for good. The winners battered losing pitcher Stan Davies for 12 hits. Verne Evans collected three hits for the Eagles.

Cann (W) and xxx
Davies (L) and xxx

Eagles        9 - 3
Legion        7 - 5
Pitzer & Nex 5 - 6
Navy          2 - 7

(June 6) In a contest featuring a pair of teenage hurlers, the first place Eagles downed Pitzer & Nex 5-3 Friday. Bob Brousseau yielded just three hits and fanned eight in posting the win although he walked seven. Eagles pushed across the winning run in the fifth inning on singles by Frank Carson and Verne Evans and Glancy's error. Al Turcotte allowed ten hits in taking the loss.

Brousseau (W) and Carson
Turcotte (L) and Bertrand

(June 8) Canadian Legion scored their fifth win in six games Sunday when they edged Pitzer & Nex 4-3 behind the solid pitching of Jack Walker, normally an outfielder.

Walker (W) and xxx
xxx and xxx

(June 9) In the first extra inning game this season, Eagles nosed out Navy 3-2 Monday at MacDonald Park. Catcher Red Sutherland's 12th inning double drove in Jimmy Morrison with the deciding counter enabling Stan Davies to best Jeff Worrell in a pitching duel. Davies had pitched two-hit, shutout ball for eight innings before errors resulted in two runs in the ninth. Worrell had given up single runs in the first and seventh innings, both scored by Gar Taylor.

Davies (W) and Sutherland
Worrell (L) and xxx

(June 11) Eagles continued to dominate the Victoria senior amateur baseball league by edging Pitzer & Nex 7-6 Wednesday night at MacDonald Park. Southpaw Bob Brousseau had a shutout until the eighth when the Gasmen plated six runs. Brousseau lost control and issued three straight walks. Two singles and another walk followed to bring in three runs. Jimmy Morrison relieved and saw another three runners cross the plate before he fanned Charlton with the tying and winning runs on base. Morrison led the winner's offense with three hits. Bertrand had three safeties for Pitzer & Nex.

Brousseau (W), Morrison (8) and xxx
Zapotichny, Turcotte (3) and Bertrand

(June 13) Little Jeff Worrell finally got some offensive support from his Navy mates and notched the win as Navy thumped Legion 11-5 Friday. They ran up a 5-0 lead after two innings and added two more in the fifth. An outfield error led to three more counters in the 8th. Worrell gave up a pair in the third and kept the Legion at bay until Al Leatham smacked a three-run homer in the 8th.

Worrell (W) and xxx
Scroggs (L), Weigand (6) and xxx

Eagles        13 - 3
Legion         9 - 6
Pitzer & Nex   5 - 9
Navy           3 - 10

(June 15) Tony Folk fired a five-hitter and Gil Bruce knocked in both Duncan runs as the All-Stars edged the Eagles 2-1 in an interlocking game Sunday at Victoria. Folk fanned 12 in his route-going performance. Bobby Prior allowed nine hits in being saddled with the loss. Duncan scored both its runs in the third frame on Bruce's triple. Duncan blanked the Eagles until the 8th when Vic Dale singled in Benn. Gar Taylor of the Eagles, led the hitters with four safeties.

Folk (W) and xxx
Bob Prior (L) and xxx

(June 15) After squeezing by Victoria Navy 5-4 in the first game of Sunday's double-header, Chemainus clobbered the visitors 23-2 in the second game. Trailing 4-2 in the opener, McBrides staged a thrilling ninth inning rally to steal the victory. Ronnie Gibbons' singled to drive in a pair for a tie, then Simms scored the winner. Lefty Jackson picked up the win besting Jeff Worrell.

J.Worrell (L) and A.Worrell
Lefty Jackson (W) and R.Proteau

Doug English coasted to the easy win in the second game as Navy went through five hurlers trying to halt the Chemainus offense.

xxx, xxx, xxx, xxx, xxx and xxx
D.English (W) and P.Jackson

(June 16) Eagles took advantage of a porous Legion infield to claim a 10-7 victory Monday at Royal Athletic Park. Legion had taken a 7-5 lead with three runs in the 6th inning then booted the ball four times in the seventh which, combined with a hit and a sacrifice, resulted in five runs for the Eagles. The game marked the return to Legion of tall right-hander Bill Prior recently released from the professional Western International League. Jimmy Morrison drove in three runs to pace the winners. Legion had just four hits of Bob Brousseau and Stan Davies but took advantage of eight walks.

Walker, Bill Prior and xxx
Brousseau, Davies (W) (6) and xxx

(June 18) It was a scorekeeper's nightmare Wednesday as Pitzer & Nex crushed Navy 28-7 in a game halted after seven innings after the Sailors had paraded five pitchers to the mound in a futile attempt to silence the Gasmen's assault. Glancy knocked in five runs with three hits, two of them triples to lead the winners. Catcher Bertrand pounded out four hits, driving in four runs,

MacArthur (W), Turcotte (4) and xxx
DeCosta, Casey (3), MacIntosh, Worrell, Kubicek and Kubicek, Worrell

(June 20) Bob Prior and the Eagles survived a bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning Friday to edge Navy 7-6. Prior yielded three straight free passes and allowed a run on an infield out before fanning clean-up batter Bernie Gordon to end the threat. After each squad plated three runs in the third inning, Eagles took the lead with a pair in the sixth as Vic Dale's two-bagger was followed by a triple by Frank Carson and a fielder's choice. They put two more on the scoreboard in the seventh when Eddie DeCosta lost control and issued four walks. Navy got back in the game in the eighth on Jeff Worrell's double and a brace of errors. Prior fanned nine in registering the pitching win. DeCosta gave up nine hits in taking the loss.

DeCosta (L) and xxx
Bob Prior (W) and xxx

Eagles       15 - 4
Legion        9 - 7
Pitzer & Nex 6 - 9
Navy          3 - 14

(June 21) In a three-team double-header Saturday, Canadian Legion moved closer to the top ranked Eagles by notching wins in both games. Behind the one-hit twirling of Bill Prior, the veterans took the afternoon contest from Navy 3-1. In the evening, the Legion's heavy artillery resulted in a 10-1 triumph over Pitzer & Nex as Lloyd Cann provided more solid mound work.

The lone hit against Prior was a fourth inning safety by Mel Padgett. The former pro hurler walked three and whiffed ten. Jeff Worrell pitched one of his best games of the season for Navy allowing just two earned runs, one of them coming home on Jack Walker's triple.

J.Worrell (L) and xxx
Bill Prior (W) and xxx

Walker led the Legion attack in the evening affair with three hits. Cann aided his own cause with a three-bagger. On the hill, he set down the Gasmen on six hits and compiled 10 strikeouts.

Cann (W) and xxx
xxx and xxx

(June 22) In a thrilling 14-inning contest, Pitzer & Nex upset the Eagles 3-2 Sunday as young Al Turcotte bested Jimmy Morrison in a mound duel. An error by Eagles' playing manager Gar Taylor, playing second base, decided the marathon tussle.

Turcotte (W) and xxx
Morrison (L) and xxx

(June 23) The league-leading Eagles won their 16th game in 21 decisions Monday coming from behind to beat Navy 8-5. The Sailors jumped on Eagles' starter Bob Brousseau for three runs in the first inning and added singletons in the third and fifth. Eagles fought back with three markers on a triple by Sikoski and homers by Doug Malcolm and Vic Dale. Eagles capitalized on a pair of errors to tie the count in the seventh and plated three in the eighth for the win. Bob Prior picked up the pitching win in relief fanning five of the first six batters he faced. Chester Padgett of Navy was the game's leading hitter with four hits in four trips.

Brousseau, Bob Prior (W) (5) and xxx
DeCosta (L) and xxx

(June 25) In one of the tightest matches of the season, Canadian Legion edged Pitzer & Nex 1-0 Monday at MacDonald Park. The lone run came in the bottom of the eighth when Wally Thompson singled to drive in Harry Downs who had reached with his second hit of the game. Frank Scroggs allowed just five hits in hurling the shutout. Bernie Anderson gave up six hits in taking the loss. The Gasmen threatened in the ninth when Glancy singled and stole second but Scroggs came through with two strikeouts to end the game.

Anderson (L) and xxx
Scroggs (W) and xxx

(June 27) Canadian Legion scored seven unearned runs in the second inning Friday and coasted to an 8-2 victory over Navy. Veteran Lloyd Cann went the route for the pitching win. Little Jeff Worrell took the loss. Mickey Smith and Jack Walker each had three hits for the winners.

Cann (W) and xxx
J.Worrell (L) and xxx

(June 29) As Chemainus did to Victoria Navy two weeks ago, the Duncan All-Stars took a close win in the first game of a double-header then crushed Victoria in the second game. Duncan downed Pitzer & Nex 8-5 in the lid lifter as Sonny Bruce smacked the first of four Duncan home runs on the day. After the Gasmen had taken a 4-3 lead with a pair in the fifth inning, Duncan erupred for five in the sixth to put the game on ice.

Rodger, Gard and xxx
MacArthur, McLennan (6) and xxx

Tony Folk allowed but three hits in the nightcap as Duncan overwhelmed the home club 23-1, scoring in every inning but the fifth. Joe Gergel, Jimmy Neilson, and Jimmy Cain clouted homers for the All-Stars.

Turcotte (L), McLennan, Bendall, John, Glancy and xxx
Folk (W) and K.Nelson

(July 4) Jeff Worrell tossed a five hit shutout Friday as Navy whipped Pitzer & Nex 11-0. Third baseman Havenor knocked in three runs and scored another to lead the Navy attack.

J.Worrell (W) and xxx
xxx and xxx

(July 5) Saturday afternoon, Legion demolished last-place Navy 19-2 as Harry Barber, Rookie Wright, Frank Scroggs and Harry Downs each drove in three runs. Barber had a triple and two singles, Wright a double and three singles, Scroggs a double and two singles and Downs blasted a homer and a double. Scroggs was touched for six hits in the first two innings as Navy scored both of their runs but pitched no-hit ball the rest of the way.

Scroggs (W) and xxx
xxx and xxx

(July 5) Gar Taylor's first-place Eagles scored four times in the sixth inning to secure a 6-4 triumph over Pitzer and Nex. Trailing 4-2, Eagles got four consecutive singles before Benn drew a walk and Patterson doubled. Bob Prior gave up ten hits in going the distance for the win to best Bernie Anderson.

Bob Prior (W) and xxx
Anderson (L) and xxx

Eagles        17 - 6
Legion        16 - 7
Pitzer & Nex   7 = 15
Navy           5 - 19

(July 6) In interlocking games Sunday, the Eagles and Chemainus split a twin bill, Chemainus taking the first game 2-1 and the Eagles scoring an 8-6 win in the second.

(July 6) The up-Island squads continue to shock the Victoria baseballers. Duncan All-Stars came south Sunday and trounced the Victoria Legion 9-4 behind a 17-hit attack. Sonny Bruce clubbed a double and two triples to lead the winners while Joe Gergel and Jack Walker each added three hits. Duncan even had the defensive highlight of the game when Gil Bruce made a sensational catch to rob Bobby Weigand of a triple.

Folk (W) and xxx
Cann (L) and xxx

Eagles       18 - 7
Legion       16 - 8
Pitzer & Nex 7 - 16
Navy          6 - 19

(July 7) Jeff Worrell hurled Navy to an easy 8-1 triumph over Pitzer & Nex Monday. Navy took a two-run lead in the first inning, highlighted by Bernie Gordon's two-bagger, and coasted to the win. They added a run in the fifth as Worrell hit safely and came home on a double by Ed Langlois. Bernie Anderson saved Pitzer & Nex from a shutout when he tripled in the ninth and scored on catcher Bertrand's hit.

J.Worrell (W) and xxx
Turcotte (L). MacArthur (8) and Bertrand

(July 9) Canadian Legion is just a half-game back of first place after downing the Eagles 5-2 Wednesday in a senior amateur contest at Royal Athletic Park. Bill Prior fashioned a six-hitter and set down 16 by strikeouts in recording his second win over the league leaders in a week. Mickey Smith, Roger Ross and Prior each had two hits for the winners. Stan Davies took the loss yielding nine safeties.

Bill Prior (W) and xxx
Davies (L) and xxx

(July 11) Left-hander Bob Brousseau set down Navy on three hits and no earned runs Friday as the Eagles stayed atop the league standings with a 10-2 victory. Doug Malcolm led the Eagle's attack with three hits. Navy started newcomer Dick Barwis who allowed just two hits, but nine walks, before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the seventh. Reliever Barlow gave up a run in the seventh and was blasted for seven hits and seven runs in the eighth to be saddled with the loss.

Brousseau (W) and xxx
Barwis, Barlow (L) (7) and xxx

(July 13) Canadian Legion trounced Pitzer & Nex 15-3 Sunday to move just a half-game back of the first place Eagles in the Victoria Senior Amateur Baseball League. The Legionnaires lashed out 15 hits off Murray MacArthur and Rosy McLellan. Four of the hits were triples by Roger Ross, Harry Downs, Jack Walker and winning pitcher Frank Scroggs.

Scroggs (W) and xxx
MacArthur (L), McLellan (4) and xxx

(July 14) Little Jeff Worrell pitched and batted Navy to a 3-2 upset of the Legion, preventing the veterans from moving into a first place tie in the senior loop. Worrell held the Legion to eight hits and one free pass, that intentional, while notching the winning marker in the seventh inning after smacking a double and coming home on a single by Ed Langlois. The contest featured some solid fielding with six double plays, three by each side. With the win, Navy moved to just a games and a half back of third place.

J.Worrell (W) and xxx
Cann (L) and xxx

Eagles         19 - 8
Legion         18 - 9
Pitzer & Nex    7 - 17
Navy            7 - 20

(July 16) Navy and Pitzer & Nex, battling for third place in the standings, fought to a 6-6 draw Wednesday night at MacDonald Park. The Gasmen pounced on the offerings of Barlow, the Navy starter, for four runs in the first inning. Tudor, who relieved, allowed just two unearned runs and fanned 11 the rest of the way. Al Turcotte, who issued ten walks, was relieved in the seventh after Navy had tied the score. Right-fielder Don Wilson led the Sailors driving in four runs. Don Robinson, the Pitzer & Nex shortstop, went three for five.

Barlow, Tudor (1) and xxx
Turcotte, McLellan (7) and xxx

(July 18) Eagles maintained their hold on first place downing Pitzer & Nex 10-7 Friday. The Birdmen scored all their runs off young Murray MacArthur before he was replaced in the fourth inning. The high-scoring affair produced just two extra base hits, a triple by Red Sutherland of the Eagles and a two-bagger by Charlton of the losers. Bob Prior managed to go the distance for the pitching win.

Bob Prior (W) and xxx
MacArthur (L), McLennan (4) and xxx

(July 20) In a 12-inning thriller at Royal Athletic Park, Chemainus nipped Pitzer & Nex 1-0 on an error by shortstop Don Robinson. Lefty Jackson tossed the shutout limiting the home club to five hits. Al Turcotte took the loss in spite of an outstanding four-hitter.

Jackson (W) and xxx
Turcotte (L) and xxx

(July 20) At Duncan, the local All-Stars took both games of a double-header from Navy.

(July 21) Eagles got the winning run on a bases-loaded walk Monday in downing second place Legion 6-5. Jimmy Morrison was a hero for the winners as he relieved starter Bob Prior in the fourth inning after the Legion had run up a 5-1 lead. Morrison gave up a double to the first batter he faced then hurled hitless ball the rest of the way. Held to two hits by Bill Prior in the first five frames, Eagles broke loose with five singles in the sixth to tie at 5-5. In the ninth, Bill Prior lost control and after giving up a single to Morrison, his third safety of the game, walked the next three batters to force in the deciding marker. Mickey Smith had three hits for the Legion.

Bob Prior, Morrison (W) (4) and xxx
Bill Prior (L) and xxx

(July 22) Eagles pushed their league lead to three full games Tuesday downing Pitzer & Nex 10-6. Both squads were quick out of the gate. Eagles plated four runs in the first inning on Vic Dale's double, a three-bagger by Jimmy Morrison, a walk, Phil Benn's single and Doug Malcolm's two-base blow. Pitzer & Nex came right back with three in their half of the first on a walk, hit batsman and a pair of singles. A pair of errors, a walk, doubles by Gar Taylor and Benn and a single by Dale led to four more runs for the Eagles in the fourth. Eagles garnered 14 hits with Dale collecting four and Benn three.

Davies (W) and xxx
MacArthur (L), McLellan (4) and xxx

Eagles       22 - 8
Legion       18 - 10
Pitzer & Nex 7 - 20
Navy          7 - 22

(July 25) Bob Brousseau fired a six-hitter Friday to help the Eagles to a 6-4 victory over Navy. Eagles got the winner in the eighth when Ron Howard singled, advanced on a passed ball and infield out and scored on Brousseau's hit. They added an insurance run in the ninth. Brousseau, Doug Malcolm and Gar Taylor each had three hits for the winners.

Brousseau (W) and xxx
xxx and xxx

(July 27) Legion trounced Pitzer & Nex 14-3 Sunday.

(July 28) Bob Prior had quite the night as the Eagles squeezed out a 4-3 win over the Navy nine. The winning hurler, who whiffed ten, scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning when he tripled and came home on Jimmy Morrison's single. Prior's three-bagger was the lone extra base clout for the Eagles. Bernie Gordon, Navy's first sacker, collected a pair of doubles. After being blanked for six innings by Jeff Worrell, Eagles broke the ice with three runs in the seventh on two errors and singles by Red Sutherland, Ron Howard and Gar Taylor. Sailors rebounded to tie the count in the top of the ninth on singles by Ed Langlois, Mel Padgett, a double by Bernie Gordon and a single by newcomer Durfey.

J.Worrell (L) and xxx
Bob Prior (W) and xxx

(July 30) Bill Prior, playing the outfield in place of the injured Harry Barber, crushed a three-run homer in the first inning, one of his three hits, as Legion defeated Pitzer & Nex 5-3. Legion added a run in the third as Prior and Wally Thompson singled and an infield error allowed Prior to score. A triple by Roger Ross brought in Ron Castner for Legion's final tally in the fifth. Lloyd Cann allowed just one earned run in going the distance on the hill for the winners.

Cann (W) and xxx
McLennan (L) and xxx

Eagles       23 - 8
Legion       20 - 10
Pitzer & Nex 7 - 22
Navy          7 - 23

(August 01) Pitzer & Nex held off a Navy bid for third place Friday by handing the Sailors a 6-3 setback. Young Al Turcotte hurled steady ball for the winners yielding just one earned run as the Gasmen moved a game and a half ahead of Navy in the standings.

Turcotte (W) and xxx
Barwis (L), J.Worrell and xxx

(August 02) The league-leading Eagles gained a split of a double-header at Royal Athletic Park Saturday. Legion took the afternoon game 8-7 but the Eagles bounced back to defeat Pitzer & Nex 9-6 in the nightcap. The results left Legion two games back of first place and Navy one game behind third place as the teams prepare for the final week of the regular schedule.

Legion trailed 6-3 going into the fourth frame but responded with singletons in the fourth and fifth and a brace in the sixth to take the lead. Bill Prior allowed six hits and whiffed 14 Eagles in registering the pitching win.

Morrison, Davies (L) (6) and xxx
Bill Prior (W) and xxx

The second game featured a parade of base runners as the Eagles winning hurler Bob Brousseau walked 12 and Murray MacArthur of Pitzer & Nex issued 14 free passes. Brousseau pitched shutout ball for six innings before giving up a pair in the seventh. The Gasmen rebounded for four in the ninth before the rally was squelched.

MacArthur (L) and xxx
Brousseau (W) and xxx

Eagles        24 - 9
Legion        21 - 10
Pitzer & Nex   8 - 23
Navy           7 - 24

(August 03) Playing at Victoria, the Duncan All-Stars trounced Pitzer & Nex 9-1 Sunday while the Legion split at Chemainus, dropping the opener 10-6 before securing a 6-2 decision in the second game behind the effective hurling of Jack Walker.

(August 04) Bill Prior set down Navy on six-hits Monday as Legion notched a 5-1 victory. The right-hander compiled 13 strikeouts and walked four in besting Jeff Worrell who allowed just seven hits.

Bill Prior (W) and xxx
J.Worrell (L) and xxx

(August 06) Ford's California Tigers built up an early lead and downed the Victoria All-Stars 7-5 in a crowd-pleasing exhibition at Royal Athletic Park Wednesday. The Tigers collected 12 hits, 11 off Jeff Worrell through the first five innings. Bob Brousseau allowed just one hit in his relief stint. Rookie Wright, Bernie Anderson and Verne Evans each had three hits for the locals. Shortstop Don Robinson provided the fielding highlight when he snared a high liner and doubled up a runner at third.

xxx and xxx
J.Worrell, Brousseau (6) and xxx

(August 07) Navy moved into a tie for third place with Pitzer & Nex Thursday downing the Gasmen 8-2 in a showdown at Athletic Park. A five-run sixth inning salted away the win for the Sailors. Dick Barwis twirled a five-hitter in going the route for the winners. Chester Padgett, Navy shortstop, led the hitters with three singles, driving in a pair of runs.

Barwis (W) and xxx
J.John (L), McLellan (6) and xxx

Eagles         24 - 9
Legion         23 - 11
Pitzer & Nex    8 - 25
Navy            8 - 25

(August 09) The Canadian Legion climbed into a first place tie with the Eagles after double-header action on Saturday which saw the Eagles lose in both contests. Legion took the first game 11-9 and Pitzer & Nex upset the Birdmen 7-6 in the second game.

Eagles erased a 6-0 deficit in the first game to go ahead 9-7 but dropped the verdict when the veterans plated four markers in the last of the eighth. Bill Prior went the distance for the win giving up seven hits and eight walks while fanning 13.

Brousseau, Davies (L) (1) and xxx
Bill Prior (W) and xxx

The Gasmen scored the winning counters in the eighth frame on singles by Don Robinson and Rosy McLellan, a walk and an error. Murray MacArthur went the route to pick up the pitching win.

MacArthur (W) and xxx
Morrison (L) and xxx

(August 11) Pitzer & Nex claimed third place in the league standings Monday defeating Navy 12-8.

(August 13) In a sudden-death playoff for first place, Legion dumped the Eagles 10-2 as Rookie Wright led a 14-hit attack with a bases-loaded triple, a double and single. He knocked in four runs. While issuing eight free passes Bill Prior limited the damage by allowing just seven hits and racking up 17 strikeouts.

Davies (L), Brousseau (6) and xxx
Bill Prior (W) and xxx

PLAYOFFS
Semi-Finals

(August 15) Eagles and Navy battled to a 5-5 draw in game one of their best-of-three semi-final playoff. Although held to just three hits from the combined mound offerings of Bob Brousseau and Jimmy Morrison, Navy capitalized on nine walks and six Eagle errors. Eagles collected 11 hits off Jeff Worrell. Gar Taylor of the Eagles led the hitters with a three for four day while Navy catcher Kubie Kubicek pulled off the defensive play of the night with a one-handed stab of Vic Dale's foul pop up.

J.Worrell and Kubicek
Brousseau, Morrison (4) and xxx

(August 16) Legion defeated Pitzer & Nex in the opening game of their semi-final series.

(August 18) With a 14-hit attack and a loose Navy defense which made eight errors, Eagles took a one game lead in their playoff series Monday whipping Navy 14-1. Stan Davies held the Sailors at bay with a three-hitter and 17 strikeouts. A five-run outburst in the fifth inning, featuring triples by Johnny Ruryk and Verne Evans, put the Eagles in the driver's seat. Willie Benn, batting in the 8th slot in the lineup, was the big noise for the winners knocking in four runs with a double and three singles. Kubie Kubicek, Navy catcher, suffered a split finger in the first inning and was forced to leave the game. Versatile Jeff Worrell finished behind the plate.

Davies (W) and xxx
xxx and Kubicek, J.Worrell

(August 20) Legion gained a berth in the league final Wednesday turning back Pitzer & Nex 8-4 to take the best-of-three series in two straight games. After four scoreless innings, Legion took the lead with a pair in the fifth on two walks, a single and a fielder's choice. They added three more in the sixth on a pair of free passes, a wild pitch and singles by Bill Prior and Frank Scroggs. Another three runs in the eighth completed their scoring. The Gasmen rallied for two runs in the seventh as Charlton tripled and Jimmy John and Reynolds followed with singles. They came through with two more in the eighth. Scroggs picked up the win with a nine-hit effort.

Scroggs (W) and Smith
MacArthur (L), McLellan (8) and Bertrand

(August 21) Legion centre-fielder Jack Walker has captured the batting title in the Victoria Baseball Association with a final mark of .395, well ahead of Jimmy Morrison of the Eagles who compiled a .370 average. Gar Taylor, the Eagles playing-manager finished with a .368 percentage and versatile Jeff Worrell of Navy was fourth at .330. Walker also led the circuit in hits, with 51, doubles, 11, triples, 5, and total bases, 72. Teammate Harry Barber had the most home runs, 3, while Mickey Smith of the Legion, batted in the most runs with 28. Yet another Legionnaire, Rookie Wright, was tops in stolen bases, with 21.

(August 21) In a dramatic, come-from-behind, victory Eagles shaded Navy 10-9 Thursday to win the best-of-three set in straight games and advance to the league final against the Legion. Eagles rallied from five runs behind to tie the score in the eighth inning and notched the winner in the bottom of the ninth. With the scored knotted 9-9 in the final frame, Johnny Ruryk tripled and came home when right-fielder Mel Padgett dropped Ronnie Benn's fly ball. Down 9-4 in the eighth, Eagles got singles by Ruryk, Benn and Jimmy Morrison and doubles by Red Sutherland, Bill Benn and pinch-hitter Vic Dale to tie a 9-9. Ronnie Benn and Bill Benn each had three hits with Bill Benn, who also took a turn on the mound, driving in four runs. Frewer, Navy's left-handed shortstop, batted in three runs for the Sailors.

J.Worrell (L) and xxx
Bob Prior, Bill Benn, Morrison (W) and xxx

(August 22) Bobby Weigand's Canadian Legion rang up nine runs in the first three innings Friday and went on to a 10-7 victory in the opening game of the best-of-five series for the Rithet Cup. With two out in the first frame, a walk, singles by Jack Walker and Rookie Wright and a three-bagger by Bill Prior gave the Vets an early 3-0 advantage. The Eagles responded with three of their own in the second on a pair of singles and two infield errors. Eagles starter Stan Davies again got the first two outs in the bottom of the second but then a hit batter, four singles and an error accounted for five runs. He gave up a single and double for one more run in the third before giving way to Art Worth. Wright led the winners with four hits in five at bats and Walker and Prior each had three safeties. Prior knocked in four.

Davies (L), Worth (3) and Carson
Cann (W) and Smith

(August 23) With a 14-hit attack, the Eagles staved off elimination in the Victoria Baseball Association final playoff Saturday nipping Legion 6-5 in the second game of a double header. Legion took the opener 5-3.

A three-run outburst in the top of the 8th and final inning proved to be decisive as the Eagles captured the nightcap. They got five hits and took advantage of two errors to produce a 6 to 2 lead. Art Worth, who had pitched seven shutout innings after allowing a pair to the Legion in the first inning, nearly blew the lead giving up two hits, two walks and a fielder's choice for three runs before getting out of trouble. The game was called after eight innings.

Worth (W) and Harper
Scroggs (L), Bill Prior (5) and Smith

Bill Prior fired a four-hitter and fanned ten as Legion won the first game 5-3. The Legionnaires took the lead in the second inning as Prior doubled and Bobby Weigand drove him home with a one-bagger. They added two runs in the third on Mickey Smith's double, Harry Barber's single and a triple by Jack Walker. The eventual winning marker came in the seventh as Wally Thompson singled, stole second, advanced on a passed ball and trotted home on Rookie Wright's single. They added an insurance run in the ninth. Legion pounded out 11 hits off Bob Prior.

Bill Prior (W) and Smith
Bob Prior (L) and Carson

(August 25) Harry Barber's long blow to right field in the ninth inning scored Mickey Smith to hand the Canadian Legion a 5-4 victory over the Eagles and the Victoria Senior Amateur Baseball championship. Legion took the final series three games to one. Barber's smash sailed over the right fielder's head and should have been a home run but he failed to touch second base and was called out. However, Smith, who had singled scored on the play. Eagles had taken a 3-0 lead in the third inning but Legion scored a pair in each of the fourth and fifth frames to move ahead. Their first run came on a homer by Jack Walker, one of the longest home runs of the season. Eagles tied the count in the fifth when Vic Dale, who had three hits, doubled and came home when shortstop Wally Thompson, who had four errors, booted the ball. The pitching victory went to Lloyd Cann, his second of the series. He yielded eight hits before handing the mound work over to Bill Prior in the ninth.

Cann (W), Bill Prior (9) and xxx
Davies (L), Worth (9) and xxx

(September 07) Victoria Legion and the Duncan All-Stars divided the first two games of the Vancouver Island championship series. Victoria won the first game of Sunday's double header 7-6 and Duncan came back to cop the evening encounter 4-3.

In the opener, Victoria jumped into a 7-2 lead then held off a ninth inning rally by Duncan to win, 7-6. Bill Prior registered the pitching win besting Eric Gard of the All-Stars.

Bill Prior (W) and xxx
Gard (L) and xxx

Ken Nelson's long smash to the centre field fence brought in Jimmy Cain with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as Duncan notched a come-from-behind 4-3 victory in the second game. Cain had led off with a single and advanced on Eric Gard's sacrifice bunt. Tony Folk went the distance for the win while Lloyd Cann was saddled with the loss.

Cann (L) and xxx
Folk (W) and xxx

(September 10) Canadian Legion pounded out 14 hits and survived eight errors to down Duncan All-Stars 12-10 to take a 2-1 game lead in the best-of-five Island championship playoff. Bill Prior managed to go the distance in spite of giving up 11 hits. He whiffed 16. Gil Bruce, the speedy Duncan centre fielder, led the hitters with a triple and three singles. Rookie Wright and Prior each had three safeties for Victoria. A four-run rally in the seventh inning was key to the Legion victory. Wright's single, a double by Roger Ross and three Duncan errors did the damage.

Folk, Gard (L) (6) and Hawryluk
Bill Prior (W) and Smith

(September 14) Victoria Canadian Legion captured the Vancouver Island senior amateur baseball championship Sunday squeezing out a thrilling 6-5 10-inning decision over the Duncan All-Stars at Royal Athletic Park. After Duncan scored two runs in the top of the tenth, Sandy Paull's boys came roaring back with a three-run rally to steal top honours taking the series three games to one. With one out, Roger Ross started the Legion rally with a single. Bobby Weigand doubled to the fence and both runners came home on a safety by relief pitcher Bill Prior who notched the winner when shortstop Wally Thompson lashed a single to end the game. Starting hurlers Lloyd Cann of Legion and Eric Gard pitched shutout ball from the fifth inning until the end of regulation time sending the game into extra innings tied 3-3. Cann was replaced by Prior with one out in the tenth after Roy Schappert had tripled. Heavy-hitting Gil Bruce fooled the Legion by laying down a bunt to score Schappert. Bruce stole second, advanced on an error and crossed the plate on Pete Hawryluk's long fly to centre. Lyell Rodger was tagged with the loss.

Gard, Lyell Rodger (L) (10) and xxx
Cann, Prior (W) (10) and xxx

DUNCAN & DISTRICT BASEBALL LEAGUE

Teams in the 1947 Duncan & District Baseball League (played an interlocking schedule with four Victoria Senior League teams*)

Chemainus McBrides
Duncan Legion
Duncan Olympics

*Victoria Eagles, Victoria Legion, Victoria Navy, Victoria Pitzer & Nex

The 1947 Duncan & District Baseball League has an arrangement with the Victoria Senior Amateur League to play an interlocking schedule. Under the terms of the agreement between the two leagues, the two Duncan teams, the Olympics and Legion, will unite to form an all-star team for the interlocking games.The results of the interlocking games will count for the four Victoria teams in their own league but not for the Duncan & District teams since Duncan would be using a combined squad of Legion and Olympic players while Chemainus would be going at it alone.

(May 11) With pomp & ceremony, Duncan kicked off the new baseball season Sunday dividing a twin-bill with Victoria Eagles, dropping the first game 9-5 but bouncing back to take the nightcap 9-7. The day brought brilliant sunshine and an official first toss by Mayor J.C. Wragg and music by the band of the lodge of the visiting Eagles.

Bob Brousseau and Bob Prior combined to hold Duncan to five hits in the opener. Eagles took a 7-1 lead in the second game but Duncan rebounded to knot the count then score a pair in the ninth for the victory. Tony Folk was the winning pitcher

Brousseau, Bob Prior (8) and xxx
Gard and xxx

Davies, Prior and xxx
Folk (W) and xxx

(May 11) At Victoria, Canadian Legion edged out Chemainus 6-5 Sunday at MacDonald Park. Lloyd Cann picked up his second win of the young season blanking the visitors for six innings as Legion built up a 6-0 lead before Chemainus rallied. Rookie Wright belted a homer for the winners.

D.English, D.Johns and xxx
Cann (W) and xxx

(May 13) Doug English twirled a shutout Tuesday for Chemainus as the McBrides blanked Duncan Legion 5-0.

Cochrane (L) and xxx
English (W) and xxx

(May 15) On a wet night at Duncan, Sonny Bruce's Olympics topped Ray Schappert's Duncan Legion 10-6.

(May 18) At Chemainus, Pitzer & Nex lost the opener 6-5 in ten innings but came back to take the second 10-3 behind high school hurler Al Turcotte.

In the opener Bobby Jack scampered home on an outfield fly by Simms to notch the winner for Chemainus.

xxx and xxx
English (W) and xxx

A five-run fifth inning was key in the second game as Victoria won 10-3.

J.Jones, Jackson and xxx
Turcotte (W) and xxx

(May 20) Duncan Legion topped the Olympics 4-3 Tuesday evening as Tony Folk pitched shutout ball after a rough first inning when the Olympics scored all their runs.

E.Rodger (L) and xxx
Folk (W) and xxx

(May 25) A scheduled contest between the Victoria Legion and the Duncan All-Stars was cancelled.

(May 27) Duncan Olympics downed Chemainus 10-8 Tuesday at Athletic Park scoring the winning run in the last of the eighth inning. Gil Bruce, who relieved Duncan starter Eric Rodger in the fifth, picked up the win. Doug English, who allowed 14 hits and six walks, took the loss. Paul Williams had three hits and Dale Douglas a pair for the winners. Ronnie Gibbons went four for five for the McBrides.

English (L) and xxx
E.Rodger, G.Bruce (W) (5) and xxx

xxx, xxx and xxx
Bob Prior (W) and xxx

Cann (W) and xxx
Rodger (L) and xxx

Weigand, Scroggs, Cann, Walker and xxx
Folk (W) and xxx

(June 3) Chemainus scored four runs in the first inning and cruised to an 8-1 triumph over Duncan Legion Tuesday. Doug English had a shutout until the 8th when the Legion got its only run. Sonny Cochrane took the loss.

English (W) and xxx
Cochrane (L), Folk (7) and xxx

(June 10) Duncan Olympics downed Duncan Legion 6-4 Tuesday although they managed just four hits off losing hurler Tony Folk. They did, however, capitalize on seven walks and three hit batters. Jimmy Cain of the winners and Jimmy Neilson, Legion's playing manager, each had two hits.

Gard, G.Bruce and xxx
Folk (L) and xxx

Duncan Olympics 3 - 1
Chemainus McBrides 2 - 2
Duncan Legion 1 - 3

(June 15) Tony Folk fired a five-hitter and Gil Bruce knocked in both Duncan runs as the All-Stars edged the Eagles 2-1 in an interlocking game Sunday at Victoria. Folk fanned 12 in his route-going performance. Bobby Prior allowed nine hits in being saddled with the loss. Duncan scored both its runs in the third frame on Bruce's triple. Duncan blanked the Eagles until the 8th when Vic Dale singled in Benn. Gar Taylor of the Eagles, led the hitters with four safeties.

Folk (W) and xxx
Bob Prior (L) and xxx

(June 15) After squeezing by Victoria Navy 5-4 in the first game of Sunday's double-header, Chemainus clobbered the visitors 23-2 in the second game. Trailing 4-2 in the opener, McBrides staged a thrilling ninth inning rally to steal the victory. Ronnie Gibbons singled to drive in a pair for a tie, then Simms scored the winner. Lefty Jackson picked up the win besting Jeff Worrell.

J.Worrell (L) and A.Worrell
Lefty Jackson (W) and R.Proteau

Doug English coasted to the easy win in the second game as Navy went through five hurlers trying to halt the Chemainus offense.

xxx, xxx, xxx, xxx, xxx and xxx
D.English (W) and P.Jackson

(June 22) Record crowds turned out Sunday for an exhibition double-header against the touring California Coloured Tigers from San Francisco. The barnstorming squad has delighted crowds with their comedy routines and sharp fielding and hitting. Particularly impressive was the Tigers' catcher, Baldy Benson, sitting in an old-fashioned rocking chair, proceeding to pick off his pitcher's curves and fastballs. Shortstop Chappie Gray demonstrated his ability smacking three balls over the outfield fence. Jake Page, business manager, took time out from his bookkeeping to collect four hits, one of them a terrific blast over the fence, in five trips to the plate in the evening game. Tigers outlasted the locals 11-10 in the first game as Eric Gard hurled for Duncan.

xxx and xxx
Gard (L) and D.Douglas

The Duncan All-Stars jumped into a 3-0 lead in the second game, but the Tigers roared back with four in the fourth, keyed by home runs by Page and Gray, and went on to a 7-4 triumph. Bobby Jansch, down from Chemainus for the game, collected three hits as did Pete Hawryluk while Gil Bruce laced a triple and single.

xxx and xxx
Folk, English and Hawryluk

Rodger, Gard and xxx
MacArthur, McLennan (6) and xxx

Tony Folk allowed but three hits in the nightcap as Duncan overwhelmed the home club 23-1, scoring in every inning but the fifth. Joe Gergel, Jimmy Neilson, and Jimmy Cain clouted homers for the All-Stars.

Turcotte (L), McLennan, Bendall, John, Glancy and xxx
Folk (W) and K.Nelson

Folk (W) and xxx
Cann (L) and xxx

(July 8) Duncan Legion defaulted to Chemainus.

(July 11) McBrides edged Duncan Olympics 3-2 Friday at Chemainus.

(July 27) The touring San Francisco Tigers were held to an 11-11 draw in the second game of Sunday's double header with the Duncan All-Stars after winning the first game 6-1. Tiger catcher Baldy Benson, who provided much of the entertainment, especially his rocking chair routine behind the plate, belted a homer to highlight the opening contest.

xxx and Benson
Gard, Irvine and xxx

xxx and Benson
Folk and xxx

(July 28) The San Francisco Tigers fell behind 4-2 after three innings Monday but roared back with a five-run fourth inning and added three more in the seventh to down the Duncan All-Stars 10-5. The Tigers won two and tied one in the weekend series.

xxx and xxx
Jackson, Rodger and xxx

Duncan-Chemainus Playoff

(July 31) Duncan and Chemainus battled to a 3-3, 10-inning draw in the opening game of their playoff series Thursday. Eric Gard handled the hurling for Duncan holding the McBrides scoreless until the fourth when Dave Murray, Z. Jackson and Bob Jansch all came home to complete the scoring for Chemainus. Duncan, which had 14 hits, got single runs in the fourth, fifth and ninth for the tie. Gil Bruce, Preston Bruce and Sammy Dame each had three hits. Kernachan collected four safeties for Chemainus. Lyell Rodger, the ace hurler of the Duncan Olympics is back to strengthen the All-Stars for the balance of the season having returned from Edmonton where he pitched in the Prairie League.

Gard and Dame
D.Murray and Z.Jackson

(August 5) The Duncan All-Stars came from behind with five runs in the seventh inning to dump Chemainus 10-7 to take a one-game lead in their playoff series. Each team had 15 hits. Sammy Dame, Lyell Rodger and winning pitcher Tony Folk each had three hits to pace the Duncan attack. Ronnie Gibbons, the starry Chemainus shortstop, led all hitters with four hits in four trips.

Murray, Proteau and Jackson
Folk, Rodger and Dame

(August 7) Duncan All-Stars defeated Chemainus McBrides 4-2 to take a two game lead in the playoffs.

(August 10) In exhibition action Sunday, the barnstorming Oakland Larks of Edward Harris downed the Duncan All-Stars 10-7 in a game marred by a dispute over the division of gate receipts. The contest featured an outstanding display of throwing, catching and running by armless and legless Sammy Workman. Handicapped from birth, Workman drew plenty of applause from the fans. Scheduled as a double-header, the Larks failed to show for the second game. Manager Harris was said to have demanded 80-percent of receipts, contrary to a pre-arranged contract. It is believed the Negro team hit the road immediately after the first game without collecting their agreed upon 60-percent of the gate, which has since been mailed to them.

(August 12) With a convincing 9-1 victory, Chemainus notched its first win playoff win over the All-Stars Tuesday at Duncan. McBrides scored eight runs in the fifth inning to salt away the triumph helped by seven Duncan errors. Lefty Jackson twirled the complete game for the winners.

Folk, Gard (L) (4) and Dame
L.Jackson (W) and Z.Jackson

(August 14) Chemainus McBrides whipped the Duncan All-Stars 7-1 Thursday at Chemainus to even their series at two games apiece.

(August 19) Tuesday at Duncan, rain washed out the scheduled contest between Duncan and Chemainus in the third inning. Duncan had been leading by one run when the skies opened. Prior to the downpour Gil Bruce had belted a homer for Duncan.

(August 21) Duncan crushed Chemainus 12-1 Thursday to move to within a game of the championship, leading the best of seven series three games to two. Eric Gard hurled an outstanding game for the winners holding the McBrides to five hits and compiling 13 strikeouts.

Gard (W) and xxx
xxx and xxx

(August 24) Duncan All-Stars captured the Duncan-Chemainus championship Sunday defeating the McBrides 8 to 5 to take the series four games to two with one tie. Gil Bruce starred for the All-Stars with a homer over the Chemainus grandstand, believed to be the longest hit of the season, and a three-run double. Lyell Rodger went the distance for the pitching win. Dave Murray took the mound loss for the McBrides.

L.Rodger (W) and Dame
D.Murray (L) and Z.Jackson

Vancouver Island Playoff

In the opener, Victoria jumped into a 7-2 lead then held off a ninth inning rally by Duncan to win, 7-6. Bill Prior registered the pitching win besting Eric Gard of the All-Stars.

Bill Prior (W) and M.Smith
Gard (L) and Dame

Cann (L) and xxx
Folk (W) and xxx

(September 10) Canadian Legion pounded out 14 hits and survived eight errors to down Duncan All-Stars 12-10 to take a 2-1 game lead in the best-of-five Island championship playoff. Bill Prior managed to go the distance in spite of giving up 11 hits. He whiffed 16. Gil Bruce, the speedy Duncan centre fielder, led the hitters with a triple and three singles. Rookie Wright and Prior each had three safeties for Victoria. A four-run rally in the seventh inning was key to the Legion victory. Wright's single, a double by Roger Ross and three Duncan errors did the damage.

Folk, Gard (L) (6) and Hawryluk
Bill Prior (W) and Smith

Gard, Lyell Rodger (L) (10) and xxx
Cann, Prior (W) (10) and xxx

(September 14) Marking the end of the Up-Island baseball season, Chemainus McBrides took both ends of a double-header against Nanaimo Merchants Sunday 5-4 and 5-4. Doug English and Lefty Jackson notched the pitching wins for the McBrides while Joe Conti and Ritch Nichol took the losses. In the evening game, McBrides overcame home runs by the Naylor brothers, Red and Toss, who brought in three of the four Nanaimo runs.

English (W) and xxx
Conti (L) and xxx

L.Jackson (W) and xxx
Nichol (L) and xxx

North Vancouver Island Senior Amateur Baseball League

Campbell River Athletics
Courtenay Young Liberals
Nanaimo Merchants
Parksville
Port Alberni Legion
Port Alberni Young Liberals

(May 4) Nanaimo Merchants hammered Parksville 17-8 in an exhibition match Sunday. Behind the solid hurling of Lloyd Gilmour and Earl Philip, who finished off the final half of the eight-inning game, Nanaimo raced to a 13-2 lead in the first three innings and coasted to the easy win.

Gilmour (W), Philip (5) and Philip, T.Naylor (5)
Murray, Harris (5), Wiley (6) and Errand

(May 11) Port Alberni opened fast with six runs in the top of the first inning, on five doubles and a pair of singles, and held on to top Nanaimo Merchants 8-4 in an exhibition game Sunday at the Sport Grounds. A tricky wind played havoc at times with fly balls and fielders of both squads had difficulty with popups and fly balls.

Olsen (W), Steffus and Dixon
Gilmour (L), Philip and Philip, T.Naylor

(May 11) The Courtenay Young Liberals pounded out a 9-2 exhibition win over Parksville Sunday as Art Quinn twirled a six-hitter and fanned 17. He hit two batters but did not issue a free pass. Courtenay smacked 14 hits including a four-bagger by Bill Moore.

Murray (L) and Errand
Quinn (W) and R.Moore, Munce (5), R.Moore (5)

(May 18) Nanaimo Merchants split a three-team double-header Sunday, downing the Cumberland Cubs 8-1 in the first game before losing 14-7 to the Cumberland Tigers. Ritchie Nichol whiffed 16 in going the route on the hill in the opener for the winners.

Nichol (W) and Bell
Tobacco, Pawlick and Bates

In the second game, Cumberland Tigers overcame a 4-0 first inning deficit to trounce the Merchants 14-7 in a seven inning contest.

Conti, Colone and Bell, Nichol
Baird, Schvardi and McMillan

(May 24) Before capacity crowds Saturday at Nanaimo, the Merchants and Campbell River Athletics divided a twin bill. Merchants copped the opener 11-5 behind the effective hurling to Ritchie Nichol before dropping the second game 8-7 on a disputed call in the ninth inning. Nichol allowed seven hits and whiffed a dozen in his route-going effort.

McDonald (L), Irish (7) and Calnan
Nichol (W) and Philip

Campbell River blew an early 3-1 lead in the second game but rebounded with two runs in the final frame for the 8-7 triumph. The Athletics had ten hits and played errorless ball in the field while Nanaimo booted the ball three times. Nanaimo had 12 hits, one of them a homer by Tom Shaw. Bob Montador was the winning hurler.

Montador (W) and Calnan
Philip (L) and T. Naylor

(May 25) Courtenay Young Liberals opened league play Sunday with a win and a loss against Port Alberni Legion at Lewis Park. Cec Dixon pitched Alberni to a 4-2 win in the first game besting Art "Spit" Quinn who compiled 15 strikeouts.

Dixon (W) and xxx
Quinn (L) and xxx

In the second game, Courtenay fell behind 4-2 in the early going but roared back to crush the visitors 13-4. Jack Younger, down from Cumberland to hurl for the locals, was touched up for just eight hits in going the distance on the mound. Junior Chalmers provided the batting highlight for the winners with a long, two-run homer.

xxx, xxx and xxx
Younger (W) and xxx

(June 1) Nanaimo Merchants and Port Alberni Legion fought to a 2-2 draw Sunday at Port Alberni. The game was called after seven inning on account of darkness. A scheduled first game was cancelled because of rain.

Conti and xxx
Wright and xxx

(June 1) Courtenay Young Liberals showed no mercy in taking both games of a Sunday double-header from Parksville, 21-10 and 15-3. Art "Spit" Quinn was credited with both wins although relieved in both games after the Liberals had jumped into big leads.

Quinn (W), Strachan (3) and xxx
xxx and xxx

Quinn (W), Chalmers (7) and xxx
xxx and xxx

(June 8) The scheduled double-header between Parksville and Nanaimo was postponed because of rain as was the Courtney Young Liberals scheduled twin-bill at Port Alberni.

Port Alberni Liberals       4 - 0
Courtney Young Liberals     3 - 1
Nanaimo Merchants           3 - 1
Campbell River Athletics    1 - 3
Port Alberni Legion         1 - 3
Parksville                  0 - 4

(June 11) Neither the weather or the scorekeeper provided much consistency Wednesday at Parksville as the Nanaimo Merchants arrived for a scheduled double header. The matinee, played in a steady drizzle, had the home squad first notching a 10-9 victory later altered by Parksville officials to a 10-10 tie. The game result is to be reviewed by the North Island League officials. The second game was called in the fourth inning with Nanaimo in front 9-1. Tommy Shaw and Kenny Ball had circuit blows for the Merchants.

(June 15) Nanaimo Merchants jumped into a 4-0 lead in the second inning and cruised to a 12-3 victory over Parksville in an error-filled game Sunday. The teams combined for 14 miscues, eight by the losers. Lloyd Gilmour and Joe Conti combined on a five-hitter for Nanaimo.

Murray (L) and Errand
Gilmour (W), Conti (8) and Philip

(June 15) Courtenay Young Liberals and Campbell River Athletics battled to a 6-6 tie in a game in which Courtenay ace hurler Art "Spit" Quinn suffered a broken nose when a foul tip bounced off the wire and hit him in the face.

Lefty McDonald, Montador (4) and xxx
Quinn, Chalmers (6) and xxx

A scheduled evening game was called off because of wet grounds.

(June 18) Lloyd Gilmour hurled a five-hitter and his teammates backed him up with an 11-hit attack in downing Parksville 11-5 Wednesday. Lefty Biggs paced the winners with two hits and three runs. Toss Naylor and Joe Mulvihill each belted a pair of two-baggers. Herman had two hits and two runs for Parksville. Gilmour whiffed eight and walked six. Murray went all the way for the losers with 7 strikeouts and six free passes.

Murray (L) and Errand
Gilmour (W) and Philip

(Jung 22) Nanaimo Merchants moved to the top of the North Island Senior League standings Sunday with a sweep of Sunday's double-header over Port Alberni Legion, 4-3 and 14-10. Ritchie Nichol tossed a solid game in the opener for the winners.

Whyte, Kielbiski (6) and Olson
Nichol (W) and Edmunds

In the evening encounter, Nanaimo rolled up an 8-0 lead after three innings but the Legionnaires fought back with two in fourth and four in the fifth to close the gap. Merchants added a pair in the bottom of fifth and three more in the sixth to salt away the victory. Nanaimo rapped 17 hits to 11 for the visitors.

McLennan, Stoltz, Christie and Kendrick
Conti, Gilmour, Philip, Kerr and T.Naylor

(June 29) Courtenay Young Liberals stretched their winning streak to four games in the Upper Island loop Sunday in taking 7-1 and 6-3 victories over Port Alberni Liberals. Ron Pratt fired a six-hitter in the opener of the twin bill and Jack Younger allowed nine hits in winning the second game. Junior Chalmers had three hits and scored three times for Courtenay. Catcher Merx had a pair of hits and a walk for Port Alberni.

Smote (L) and Amerks
Pratt (W) and Conti

Courtenay plated five runs in the first two frames and went on to a 6-3 triumph in the second game. Chalmers again led the winners with three hits in four trips to the plate. Jack Younger helped his own cause collecting a pair of singles and scoring twice.

G.Powell (L), xxx (7) and Merx
Younger (W) and Moore

(July 1) Nanaimo Merchants picked off both wins in a double-header at Campbell River Tuesday, Dominion Day, 5-2 and 9-4.

A five-run seventh inning produced the victory in the first game as Ritchie Nichol limited the Rivermen to five hits. Merchants strung together a double, a pair of singles and two walks in the big inning.

Nichol (W) and Philip
Marshall (L) and Calnan

Trailing 4-3 after eight innings, Nanaimo rallied for six in the ninth on six hits, one a triple by Lefty Biggs, and two walks. Joe Conti allowed just four hits in going the distance on the mound for the winners. Nanaimo pounded out 14 hits in securing the victory.

Conti (W) and Philip
McDonald (L) and Calnan

(July 6) Nanaimo Merchants pounded out 30 hits on the day in sweeping a pair from Port Alberni Young Liberals 8-7 and 10-5. In the first game, Ritchie Nichol was both the pitching and batting star as he clubbed two homers while scattering ten hits and fanning ten in his mound effort. The Merchants built up an 8-3 lead before the Liberals rallied with two in the eighth and two in the ninth to fall just short.

Nichol (W) and Philip
Smote (L) and T.Powell

In the evening encounter, Armstrong held Port Alberni to seven hits in going the distance for the winners. Jones, a 15-year-old chucker gave up 12 hits in a route-going performance for the losers.

Armstrong (W) and Philip
Jones (L) and T.Powell

(July 6) At Campbell River Sunday, the Athletics and Courtenay Young Liberals split a double-header. Liberals took the afternoon contest 12-4 with the home club coming through with a 6-3 decision in the nightcap.

Art "Spit" Quinn pitched a seven-hitter for the win in the first game, his first appearance since breaking his nose a few weeks ago. Angus Strachan and Alec Annand shared the mound work for Courtenay in the losing second game.

xxx and xxx
Quinn (W) and xxx

xxx and xxx
Strachan (L), Annand and xxx

(July 10) Chemainus McBrides of the South Island Senior Amateur loop handed Nanaimo Merchants, leaders of the North Island League, a 5-1 exhibition defeat at the mill town. Chemainus took a 3-0 lead in the second inning on a walk to Bill Syme and successive doubles by Kernachan and Jackson. A walk in the fourth and an extra base blow by Ronnie Gibbons made it 4-0. Merchants' lone counter came in the fifth when Red Naylor singled, advanced on a walk and scored on a two-bagger by Toss Naylor. Chemainus got its final run in the sixth as Gibbons, who received a free pass, scored on singles by George Copp and Dave Douglas.

Conti (L) and Philip
Murray, Al Jackson (2) and Z.Jackson

(July 13) Courtenay Young Liberals and Nanaimo split a double-header Sunday with the Liberals winning the opener 5-1 and losing 9-4 in the nightcap. Ritch Nichol was the pitching star of the first game holding Courtenay to just four hits and no earned runs in the Nanaimo victory. He rang up 12 strikeouts. Red Naylor, with three hits, led the winners' 10-hit attack.

Quinn (L), Strachan and L.McKenzie
Nichol (W) and Philip

Courtenay had two big, four-run, innings to take the evening game. Spit Quinn who started both games for the Liberals scattered ten hits to register the pitching win in the second contest.

Quinn (W) and McKenzie
Kerr, Biggs (L) (2), Gilmour (5) and Philip

(July 20) Courtenay Young Liberals divided another double-bill with Nanaimo at Lewis Park Sunday losing the first 15-6 and winning the evening tilt 6-2.

Courtenay had a 5-4 lead after six innings in the opener but Nanaimo scored two in the seventh, three in the eighth and six in the ninth to crush the Liberals 15-6 with a 22-hit attack. Ritch Nichol survived a rough third inning when he gave up four runs to go the distance for the pitching win. Earl Philip, who batted six for eight on the day, blasted two triples in the first game. Downey bagged a triple and double.

Nichol (W) and Philip
Quinn (L) and Conti

Jack Younger held Nanaimo to eight hits for the pitching triumph in the second game as his teammates rapped 14 safeties, five for extra bases.

Conti (L), Armstrong (8) and Philip, Edmunds
Younger (W) and Conti

(July 24) The California Winter League champion California Tigers thrilled a capacity crowd of about 1,000 Tuesday at Nanaimo with their baseball talent and comedy stunts in defeating the Merchants 12-4. Johnny Litsey, regarded as a young version of Satchel Paige, tossed fine ball for the visitors. Baldy Benson's antics behind the plate proved to be a highlight of the evening. Lightnin" McWilliams, who bats and tosses right or left handed, was a crowd favourite with his comical run of tortoise-like speed.

(July 27) Port Alberni's Young Liberals handed Nanaimo Merchants a double defeat Sunday, 6-5 and 7-5 in a twin card at the Central Sports Grounds.

R.Jones, with relief by Merx picked up the win for Port Alberni in the opener. Catcher T.Powell paced the winners with two hits and two runs. Shortstop Andy Magnone belted a homer for Nanaimo.

R.Jones (W), Merx and T.Powell
J.Conti (L) and T.Naylor

In spite of giving up 13 hits, Port Alberni also captured the second game, this time 7-5 as Walters and Wiley each had two hits. Magnone added a double and three singles to his homer of the first game. Red Naylor had three hits for the Merchants, two of them doubles. Brother Toss Naylor also had a pair of two-baggers.

Smote (W) and Merx
Nichol (L), Gilmour (6) and T.Naylor

(August 3) Campbell River and Courtenay Young Liberals each came away with a victory in Sunday's double-dip at Courtenay. Liberals captured the opener 7-3 behind the smart hurling of Art "Spit" Quinn but dropped the evening game 4-1 as Smoothy Marshall pitched a six-hitter for the Athletics' win. Quinn yielded just five hits in going the distance in the Liberals victory. He walked one and struck out eight. Courtenay collected 11 hits and three walks off McDonald for Campbell River.

McDonald (L) and xxx
Quinn (W) and xxx

Don "Smoothy" Marshall fanned ten and walked none in his complete game win for Campbell River in the second game. Jack Younger allowed just seven hits in taking the loss.

Marshall (W) and Calnan
Younger (L) and R.Moore

(August 8) The touring Oakland Larks had a easy time Friday evening at Lewis Park handing the Courtenay Young Liberals a 12-3 spanking in an exhibition game before a large crowd at the local diamond. Spec Roberts twirled a six-hitter for the visitors who collected a dozen safeties off Marshall. Courtenay stayed in the game through seven innings trailing just 5-3, but the Larks scored one in the 8th and six in the 9th to put the game out of reach. Sammy Workman, the Larks' mascot -- without arms or legs -- did not put on a display during the contest as he has on previous occasions. He sat on the bench all through the game.

Roberts (W) and Clayton
Marshall (L) and Conti

(August 10) In the final games of the regular season, the Liberals won and lost. The Courtenay Young Liberals took the first game of a twin bill 5-3 as Spit Quinn had a solid outing on the mound. In the second game, the Port Alberni Young Liberals came away with a 3-0 shutout victory.

Quinn (W) and xxx
xxx and xxx

Younger (L) and xxx
xxx and xxx

PLAYOFFS

(August 17) In opening playoff action, Nanaimo Merchants and Courtenay Young Liberals split the first two games of their playoff series. The afternoon tussle, one of the best seen in the North Island for some time, saw Nanaimo's Ritch Nichol best Spit Quinn in a brilliant hurler's duel as the Merchants shaded Courtenay 4-3 in 10 innings. Nichol fired a four-hitter and fanned 14 for the win while Quinn allowed seven hits and whiffed 16. Joe Mulvihill, who scored the tying run for Nanaimo in the 8th inning, plated the winner in the 10th when he reached on an error and came home on a hit by catcher Earl Philip. Courtenay took the lead with a pair in the second inning on consecutive hits by Quinn, George Munce and Lyle McKenzie. Merchants tied it in the third as Nichol and Herman knocked out safeties and scored. Ty Conti smacked a homer in the sixth to put Courtenay up 3-2.

Nichol (W) and Philip
Quinn (L) and Conti

A four-run fifth inning proved to be the difference as Courtenay evened the playoff with a 5-2 triumph. Bill McKee started the fireworks with a triple to left field and came home on Quinn's single. Winner hurler Jack Younger and Downey both came through with hits to plate the second run and Bill Moore tripled to bring in two more. Moore was out at home trying to stretch the safety into a homer. Younger allowed seven hits and fanned nine in a route-going performance.

Armstrong (L), Conti (8) and Philip
Younger (W) and Conti

(August 22) After much confusion and discussion, the best-of-three playoff will continue Sunday at Nanaimo with the deciding game of the series along with an exhibition to round out a double-bill.

(August 24) Ritch Nichol easily handled Courtenay Sunday holding the Young Liberals to five hits and ringing up 14 strikeouts as Nanaimo Merchants pounded out 16 hits to win 10-2 and take the semi-final playoff two games to one. Merchants now meet the Port Alberni Young Liberals for the championship. Nanaimo erupted for four runs in the second inning to take as 5-2 lead and then coasted the rest of the way. Joe Mulvihill's three-run homer was the big blow. He later added a pair of doubles. Red Naylor also had a brace of two-baggers. Neither Nichol nor losing hurler Spit Quinn issued a base on balls.

Nichol (W) and Philip
Quinn (L) and R.Moore

In an exhibition match, Courtenay scored a 6-5 win over Nanaimo with Alec Annand the winning hurler.

Armstrong (L) and xxx
Annand (W) and xxx

(August 31-September 1) Haney took top money and the Corson Trophy at the Courtenay Labour Day Tournament over the weekend. Provincial Police Constable Ed Corson staged the event for the second year and the tourney drew the biggest crowd to Lewis Park since the Clyde Beatty circus last summer.

New Westminster Legion captured the opening game crushing Campbell River 15-0 behind the superb pitching of Torgenrude.

Torgenrude (W) and xxx
Montador (L) and xxx

Haney shaded the Courtenay Young Liberals 7-6.

Quinn (L) and xxx
xxx and xxx

Monday morning, Chemainus topped Nanaimo 3-1.

Haney took an early three-run lead then broke loose for three more in the ninth to down New Westminster 6-1. Torgenrude, who had pitched Sunday, entered the game in the second frame and went the rest of the way for the losers.

xxx (W) and xxx
xxx (L), Torgenrude and xxx

In the tournament final, Haney fell behind 4-0 in the first inning before launching a huge comeback in trouncing Chemainus 19-7, scoring ten runs in the seventh inning.

(September 7) Port Alberni and Nanaimo each scored a win in the opening double-header of the North Vancouver Island baseball championship. Alberni took the first game 7-4 while Nanaimo knotted the set when they notched a 3-2 win in the evening encounter behind the solid hurling of Joe Conti. The Merchants had run up a 7-2 lead in the seventh inning with a four run outburst when rain forced the game to be called and the scored reverted back to the end of the sixth.

Nichol (L) and xxx
xxx and xxx

Conti (W) and xxx
xxx and xxx

(September 10) Nanaimo and Port Alberni Legion will have to make another attempt at a third and deciding game in the North Vancouver Island baseball final series. The teams battled to a 1-1 draw Wednesday.

(September 14) Nanaimo Merchants captured the Island championship by default Sunday as Port Alberni forfeited the third game in the final series. The Merchants then went on to take on Chemainus McBrides of the Duncan and District League in a pair of exhibition games. Chemainus won both, by the same score, 5-4 & 5-4.

Chemainus got the winner in the ninth inning of the opener on an error in centre field, a hit and stolen base. After the McBrides had taken a 2-0 lead in the third, Merchants roared back with four in the fourth for a temporary advantage. Two in the fifth and the run in the ninth provided the margin of victory for Chemainus. Doug English was the winning hurler.

English (W) and Z.Jackson
Conti (L) and Philip

In the seven-hitting second game, the visitors again scored the winner in the final frame, getting two runs then holding off a Nanaimo rally in the bottom of the seventh for the win. Merchants did get home runs by brothers Red Naylor and Toss Naylor but it wasn't enough. Lefty Jackson bested Ritch Nichol for the mound victory.

Lefty Jackson (W) and Z.Jackson
Nichol (L) and Philip