X-Nico

3 unusual facts about Emil Sick


Emil Sick

He promptly moved them from East Vancouver back to Athletic Park on the South Granville Slope.

With the Western International League's Vancouver Maple Leafs losing money for Con Jones at Con Jones Park through 1937 and 1938, Sick purchased the single 'A' class team and renamed them the Vancouver Capilanos after a brewery he operated in BC.

The Pacific Coast League, which included the Los Angeles Angels, San Francisco Seals, San Diego Padres, Hollywood Stars, Sacramento Solons, Oakland Oaks, Seattle Rainiers and Portland Beavers, effectively could be marketed as a major league with none of the 16 Major League teams operating west of St. Louis.



see also

Seattle Rainiers

Events took a definite turn for the better in 1938 when Emil Sick, owner of Seattle's Rainier Brewing Company, bought the Indians and renamed them the Seattle Rainiers.