Alberta amateur championship
1922
1922-8-04 The Red Sox have won nine straight games. Already champions of Northern Alberta, they will journey to face Big Valley. Manager Reg. Godson.
1922-8-30 Battle for Calgary Herald trophy will be decided in a doubleheader played today at Diamond Park as the Edmonton Red Sox will grapple with Taber. The Red Sox already lead by two games. The Red Sox have three pitchers at the ready: "Oats" Godfrey, Buzz Geddes, and Jimmy Enright.
"Due to the heavy expense necessary to bring the Taber aggregation to this city local baseball officials are looking forward to a bumper attendance at the three game series."
1914-9-05 Provincial amateur championship. Edmonton City Dairy 4, Calgary Athletics 1.
Big Four Inter-City League
Big Four Inter-City League
1947 final batting alt
1948 final stats - VG alt Stats on attheplate are incomplete & not final
1949 Edmonton Cubs final stats (ATP)
1950 final stats (ATP)
Buono, Gus c 1948 Cubs
Clarkson, Reg Would hit .327 in 1950 WINT. 1949 Edmonton Eskimos. .386 with 60 XBH, 61 SB in 96 games.
Kershaw, Ernie Born 1909 - pitched for Vancouver WINT between 1939 and 1946.
1948 Calgary Purity
Enjaian, Ray TSN card Spent the winter of 1946-47 on SLC's roster. 1948 Cubs
Maze, Tony p 1952 Man-Dak 1948 Purity
Morris, Eddie 1948 Edmonton Eskimos P-M
1947-9-03 Chulla made a host of friends in his time with the league.
1947-11-20 "Tony 'The Mighty Mite' Chulla, Cub infielder who paced base stealers of the Big Four loop last season, is playing some winter ball at his home in San Francisco." Playing for Ray's Repair in the Seals Stadium Saturday league, he's 5 for 11 so far.
1948-7-30 Stats.
In order to be eligible for the play-offs, players must have played in one game before 8-01.
1948-9-03 Players share in the receipts of the first four games of the playoff final only. The Edmonton Eskimos are dividing their proceeds into seventeen shares: fifteen full shares for fourteen players and the manager, and another two divided between the trainer and three marginal players.
Ed Morris, Eskimo manager, will return to his home in L.A. after the series is over. Tony Chulla, Gus Buono, and Leo Sullivan are all back home in the San Francisco area, as are Ray Enjaian and Ray Canepa. Jerry Prouty is back in Salinas.
1948-9-16 Final stats. Quiet Morrie Hawkey, Cubs pitcher who led the league in ERA with 1.76, is a pharmacist in Barrhead. At one time Don Jones, Cubs pitcher with a 2.23 ERA, seemed headed for the Dodgers' rotation. Tony Chulla stole 54 bases in 73 games.
1949-4-19 About the Cubs' prospective players.
1949-5-23 Jawn Ducey is general manager of the Eskimos. Tony Chulla threw his arm out and is not playing baseball.
1949-7-08 Stats.
1948-5-21 (Edmonton Bulletin) Tony Maze, who is upwards of 225 pounds, hit what must have been the longest double in league history. Calgary Purity 99 first baseman Tony Gully wears #13 and glasses.
1948-6-22 (Edmonton Journal) Boxes + standings. "Leo Sullivan, one of the year's greatest collegiate pitchers out on the west coast" threw a five-hitter for the Cubs.
1947-8-30 Alex Uffleman, Calgary Buffaloes, who led the league with a .305 average.
1948-7-30 Three Cubs: Leo Sullivan, Gus Buono, Ray Enjaian.
1948-8-23 George Petrunia, Cliff Johnston
1948-9-03 Doug. Darrah
1948-9-16 Morrie Hawkey, Lefty Belter
Calgary Brewery Trophy Series
1923
1923-6-14 Series of Edmonton Red Sox v. Rockyford will resume today. Two Red Sox players were injured by the rough playing of Rockyford.
1927-6-22 Claresholm will play Fernie, the holders of the cup.
1927-8-04 (Claresholm) Beat Stavely twice for title.
"We should like to know the name of the gentleman who in the excitement of Thursday's ball game was ecstatically kissed when Claresholm won. Lucky dog!"
1927-8-09/8-10 (Claresholm) Withstood second challenge to their ownership of the title by beating High River twice. Dodger Lewis struck out 17 batters in one of the games.
Central Alberta League
1940 6-15 standings
1940-6-14 Chief Jimmy Rattlesnake won for the Wetaskiwin Mustangs.
1940-6-16 Edmonton has all boxes. Attendances of 500 and 3K.
1940-6-17 Bud Foley, Arrows' pitcher. Seems to be wearing a hockey uniform in the picture.
Chinook League
Chinook League
1951 final stats (ATP)
1952 final stats (ATP)
Clarkson, Reg 1951 Calgary Buffaloes - .382
Edmonton Senior City League
1911 7-10 standings
1919
1920 7-17 standings
1932
1923-6-30 The league has wilted in recent weeks. It was hard hit by the long rainy spell but now that play has resumed, its quality is subpar. The Red Sox are the only real team in the three-team league. Reorganization would do the circuit good. "Under the proper management amateur ball would enjoy just as much popularity and patronage as it did in the banner season of 1919."
1932-5-05 The league opens on the 14th of this month. Four teams will play in it. Commentary on notable players.
1919-6-09 Chekaluk fanned 18 Y.M.C.A. batters and doled out to them one sole stingy hit, but he won by the narrow score of 5-4 as his control was lacking. 450 ATT.
1920-7-12 Chekaluk no-hit Y.M.C.A. until the ninth inning, when he gave up a pair of singles.
"The city amateur baseball league, after a suspension of several weeks due to lack of suitable grounds - a sad enough state of affairs, be it said - resumed operations at Diamond Park last night"
2nd half schedule given. It will be played from 7-11 to 7-29, while the pros are out of town.
1920-7-14 K.O.C. 2, Dekan Grotto 2. 11 innings. Chekaluk (who batted leadoff) struck out 17 batters while Enwright struck out 14.
Southern Alberta League
1927
1928
1927-4-15 (Claresholm) League formed, players signed. A dance will be held after opening day to try to pay for the team's "natty new uniforms."
1927-5-06 (Claresholm) The Presbytery of High River noticed the league's schedule stayed clear of Sunday but with one exception. It will request the league to move that game to a more profane day.
1927-5-20 (Claresholm) Line-ups for Claresholm and Stavely for opening day, with full names or initials for almost all players.
1927-6-22 (Claresholm) Calgary has been a millstone round the league's neck. Four new teams should enter the league next year from various towns. High River has dropped out of the league.
"High River has found the path of baseball strewn with a peck of trouble this year. To begin with, the High River people did not appreciate the game enough to support the team bearing their name and it resulted in a one-man financing scheme. On Thursday they decided to quit, but later arranged to carry through the season. And High River has had a team consistently playing winning games."
1928-5-16 (Calgary) Describes each man on Claresholm's roster. A number of hockey players, including catcher Laurie Scott.
Western Canada League (B)
Western Canada League
1963-9-06 Medicine Hat Commodores beat Calgary Giants 6-5. Won Governor-General Trophy series 4-1. 700-odd fans in attendance.
1963-8-31 action pic (manager arguing with ump)
1963-9-07 action pic
w/more 1963 pics & probably more from other years:
Claresholm
1949-1-13 Henry Viney names all-time local team.
1927-7-06 Claresholm Elks 14, Calgary Hustlers 2. Play by play. Part of a carnival.
Edmonton
1922-6-17 Chekaluk will pitch for Brule v. a local city league team.
1923-6-30 Chekaluk is the pitcher for the Brule Miners.
1923-8-09 (Edmonton via Saskatoon) 12 players had their amateur cards suspended by the Alberta branch of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada. Chekaluk is among the twelve.
1923-8-18 Semi-pro tournament will be held next week at Diamond Park. Both Mountain Park and Cadomin have classy teams; Bowers pitches for Mountain Park and Chekaluk pitches for Cadomin. "Chekaluk had a try-out with the Eskimos, but his wildness proved his undoing and he was given his walking papers."
"The Edmonton Outlaws
"There is no dearth of talent in the city when it comes to the formation of a local team. The recent activity of the Amateur union has resulted in many players of ability being free to take part."
Some of Edmonton's hockey players will get a chance to strut their stuff on a diamond.
(Recent Sports Happenings) There are few amateur players of quality left in Edmonton.
1923-8-31 (Calgary) "In the semi-professional baseball tournament recently held in Edmonton in which all the northern athletes recently banned by the amateur union participated, Mountain Park won out by defeating Jack Stanley's Outlaws 4 to 0 in the final game. Chekaluk pitched for Mountain Park and allowed but two hits."
1924-2-20 Oscar Bowers and Steve Chekaluk are both going south of the border to seek their fortune. They started out with the famous Veterans' team in 1919 and they've been burning up the province since. Pro ball is dead in this province.
"Chekaluk is a product of Edmonton. He grew up here and went through the public schools and Victoria High School, I believe. He is only 23 years old and weighs 185 pounds, standing about six feet high. He has a fast ball that has the genuine stuff on it - a real hop. This is enough to entitle him to consideration any place. He has a fair curve ball and a good knuckle ball. He can field his position as good as the average run of pitchers, and he is no weakling with the bat.
"He has the physical goods in the raw. Control and experience is all he needs to become a great pitcher. And whether he ever gets them depends upon the intensity of his own application. If he acquires control he is bound to get the experience, because control of that natural stuff that he possesses will get him by in pretty fast company until the experience is his also.
"Many a big league pitcher who is getting by with nothing but his knowledge and control would give his left arm to have Chekaluk's fast one.
"Oscar Bowers is about the same age as Chekaluk, possibly a year older. He is a bigger man, weighing over 200 pounds and standing over six feet tall Bowers. is a very well proportioned specimen of an athlete, and is a prepossessing looking youth as well. He creates a favorable impression by his personal appearance.
"As a pitcher he has better style and action than Chuck, and has more smoke. He actually has blinding speed and better control than Chuck but not so much stuff on his fast ball. If Bowers succeeds in developing a good curve ball, he is bound to be heard from, but there is no chance unless he does. In the smallest minor they will hit speed if there is nothing to mix up with it."
1924-5-02 (Edmonton) Got a letter from Steve Chekaluk. Chekaluk and Oscar Bowers, from Edmonton, are now working out with Seattle. Wheezer Dell used to be called Sunflower. Origin story of nickname. The veteran Seattle pitchers are giving them plenty of tips.
1924-6-05 (Edmonton) Chekaluk and Bowers are now pitching in the Mines League. They are not overawed; they're doing well, and they think plenty of Edmonton boys are just as good as them. Butte's high elevation makes pitching difficult. Chekaluk thinks Laurie Scott is a better catcher than any in the league.
1925-4-04 Bowers and Chekaluk have been cut by Seattle. Norman Dodge, former Edmonton ball player and Edmonton Journal writer, is pitching for the Modesto Tigers. He grows prunes and oranges in balmy California.
1925-11-03 (Oakland via Calgary) Chekaluk, aka Chek, is pitching now for the Oakland Roofing Company in the Oakland Mid-Winter League. He and Bowers were assigned to Butte last year by Seattle.
1919-8-13 Pitching for Deacon White's Great War Veterans, Chekaluk shutout on 3 hits and 1 walk the K.O.C. team. 1.1K ATT.
1921-7-20 Pitched an exhibition game for Big Valley v. Stettler, striking out 14 batters and scattering three hits.
1921-8-24 Chekaluk appeared for Edmonton Eskimos (WCAN). Stint not listed on BR.
1922-6-17/18 Over the weekend pitched both games for Brule v. local city league teams; lost 7-4 to the Red Sox on Saturday but beat Morinville 6-1 on the Sabbath. Gave up just two hits to Morinville, striking out twelve.
1922-6-24 Lost 4-2 to Edson for Brule. K'd 10 in 7 innings and gave up just four hits but his team made eight errors behind him.
1967-4-20 Some now live in Calgary.
1967-10-26 Pictures of four members giving each other bunny ears.
1969-6-03 List of those who will be here 6-06 "to swap lies"
1972-10-17 Lists six out-of-towners who have come to six straight dinners. Some of them harken from as far away as Florida.
1977-5-19 The old members are dying off and young members are not replacing them. A list of those who have died since the 1976 dinner.
Obits
1976-6-29 Buzz Geddes. Played until 1937.
1977-2-16 Laurie Scott. John Ducey thinks he could have made the majors if he had a better bat. He had an incredibly accurate throwing arm. He caught for a while in the Butte Mines League. His baseball career lasted from 1920 to 1928.
Pics
Reg Clarkson
Pics
Reg Clarkson
https://bcsportshall.com/honoured_member/reg-clarkson/ Good pics, good profile.
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