The Champions played great ball all season long going 94-73 (.563) and while that
kept Vancouver competitive… it didn't get them 1st place. Matt Clark (23-9) and
Bobby James (29-7) did their best however to lead them with some of the best
pitching performances Vancouver had yet seen. By 1913 the "Vancouver Champions"
realized they couldn't live up to that name so they changed again to the "Vancouver
Bees". That was a rather odd choice as the Victoria franchise was also known
as the Bees. This gave a Canada quite the "buzz". The new Vancouver Bees would
quickly find out however that they had played their last game at Recreation
Park. Vancouver Professional Baseball was on the move. |