Above - The Lethbridge Herald marked the kickoff of the 1957 season with a sketch depicting some of the prominent players -- Clarence Yanosik of Lethbridge, George Menzies Picture Butte, Willie Walasko Granum, Bud Syverson Medicine Hat, Marty Norman Vulcan and Hank Bassen Calgary.
Above left - Granum did it again -- Alberta Senior Baseball champions. The Lethbridge Herald responded with a "King George" sketch. Inscribed on the baseballs on the royal cape are the names of the Granum players.
Left - Action at Calgary's Buffalo Stadium. John Vaselenak is out at first on a sacrifice as Ken Mitchell (behind Vaselenak) throws to second baseman Glen Tuckett for the out. Calgary pitcher Baz Nagle is on the far right while the catcher is Ken Heffel.
Right - Jocko Tarnava thunders into third base in the opening game of the Lethbridge Rotary Tournament. Tarnava scored the first run of the game as the Lethbridge-Vulcan All-Stars whipped the Trail Smoke Eaters 11-0. Grabbing the throw is Trail's Hugh McIntyre.
Bobby Lee of Picture Butte won the batting crown with a .424 average.
Marty Hurd of Calgary was a two-sport start at the University of Arizona as an outfielder in baseball and a guard/centre on the football team.
He was the leading hitter in major college ball in 1957 with a .473 batting average. Hurd finished third in the Southern Alberta batting race with a .378 mark and led the league in runs and runs batted in.
Hurd was the first black baseball player in the history of the university of Arizona.
Denny Totland (left) and Marty Hurd (right) show off the prized left arm of starter Don Kirk who recorded his second playoff win against Vulcan.
Top left - a trio of Medicine Hat Orphans (they became the Superiors later in the season) - Phil Risinger (left), Bill Davidson (centre) and John Adams (right).
Top right - the three amigos, Davidson (top), Risinger (middle), Adams (bottom).
Left - Shortstop Phil Risinger of the Medicine Hat Orphans/Superiors. The 'Hat, which finished 3-27 in 1957 with mainly a roster of local players, made a stunning turnaround in 1958 winning the pennant and capturing the league championship.
Right - The team celebrates a victory in the Medicine Hat tournament. Players identified in the photo are Bud Syverson, Mel Wilson, Vic Link, Bill Chacalias, Dace Tingley and Ron Murdoch. At the right is the manager, Shorty Jeske.
Below - the kickoff of the Calgary Buffaloes Tournament.
Above left - Glen Tuckett (left, the Calgary manager) and George Brookman (right. the Calgary owner) like the feel of the winnings as they handle the prize money of $700 the Dodgers captured for winning the Calgary Tournament with a 9-1 victory over Picture Butee.
Above right - Calgary's Tom McIntosh had a no-hitter for 7 2/3s, settling for a one-hitter against Red Deer. That's McIntosh, centre, with catcher Ken Heffel, left, and Marty Hurd, right, who smashed a homer in the Calgary victory.
Granum's import catcher Larry Koentopp at the Lethbridge Rotary Baseball Tournament.
[Photo courtesy of the Galt Museum and Archives, Photo # 19753802034]