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Western
Canada's participation in organized ball goes back to 1907 when four
Alberta clubs -- Edmonton Grays, Calgary Bronchos, Lethbridge Miners and
Medicine Hat Hatters -- formed the Western Canada League.
The loop
lasted just one season but returned in 1909 with eight teams, expanding
to Saskatchewan with the Regina Bone Pilers and Moose Jaw Robin Hoods
and Manitoba for the Winnipeg Maroons and Brandon Angels.
This basic model continued for three summers, with Saskatoon replacing
Medicine Hat in 1910 and Lethbridge and Regina dropping out in 1911.
Only a
four-team Alberta league survived in 1912 before a resumption of the
Western Canada circuit in 1913-1914.
The First
World War put baseball on hold until 1919 when four franchises - Moose
Jaw, Regina, Saskatoon and Winnipeg - competed. The Alberta teams,
Calgary and Edmonton, were back in 1920 to make it a six-team loop.
It last just two seasons.
1922
marked another attempt with the two Alberta clubs joining Vancouver and
Tacoma, Washington, in the Western International League. It
collapsed after just one season.
 
GOUCHEE WAS HIT BY STERLING
SHORTY WATCHED IT PASS
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Photo Gallery
1907
Edmonton Grays
Calgary Bronchos
Lethbridge Miners
Medicine Hat Hatters 1909
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods
Regina Bone Pilers
Edmonton Eskimos
Calgary Cowboys
Lethbridge Miners
Winnipeg Maroons
Brandon Angels
Medicine Hat Mad Hatters 1910
Saskatoon Berrypickers*
Calgary Broncos
Edmonton Eskimos
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods
Regina Bonepilers
Lethbridge Miners
Winnipeg Maroons
Brandon Angels
*Mid-season replacement for the
Medicine Hat Mad Hatters 1911
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods
Saskatoon Berrypickers
Edmonton Eskimos
Calgary Bronchos
Winnipeg Maroons
Brandon Angels 1912* Alberta
League
Edmonton Gray Birds
Calgary Bronchos
Red Deer Eskimos
Bassano Boosters 1913
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods
Regina Red Sox
Saskatoon Quakers
Medicine Hat Mad Hatters
Calgary Bronchos
Edmonton Gray Birds
Sask 1st half
MJ 2nd half 1914
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods
Regina Red Sox
Saskatoon Quakers
Edmonton Eskimos
Calgary Bronchos
Medicine Hat Hatters 1919
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods
Regina Senators
Saskatoon Quakers
Winnipeg Maroons 1920
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods
Regina Senators
Saskatoon Quakers
Calgary Bronchos
Winnipeg Maroons
Edmonton Eskimos 1921
Moose Jaw Millers
Regina Senators
Saskatoon Quakers
Calgary Bronchos
Edmonton Senators
Winnipeg Maroons 1922
Western International League
Edmonton Eskimos
Calgary Bronchos
Vancouver Beavers
Tacoma Tigers
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