1951 NAKUSP BASEBALL TEAM With the WILDFIRE COAL CUP, BIG BEND TROPHY (renamed
the SID LEARY MEMORIAL TROPHY) and DICK FOWLER TROPHY
Front row (left to right) – Barin Yoshida INF, Fred Desrochers SS, Sam Yano P, Kaz Hoshizaki 3B, Neil Shaw CF.
Back row (left to right) – Tony Steenhoff (President), Fats Natsuhara (Treasurer), Ed Desrochers RF, Roy Armstrong, Joe Desrochers, Johnny Inouye 2B, Gavin Harris 1B, Otto Yanagisawa C/Captain, E.Walsh, Mel West UT, George Marchessault P, Don Bouvette UT
[Photo courtesy of the Arrow Lakes Historical Society, 2000.003.13]
This is the trophy -- from the Big Bend Lumber Company -- presented to the Arrow Lakes baseball champions.
Seen here in the late 40s or early 50s, sitting on a table draped with the British flag, at the Nakusp Recreation Grounds.
[Photo courtesy of the Arrow Lakes Historical Society, 2018.040.22]