The Moose Jaw Regals baseball team will be inducted into the team category of the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame Aug. 17.
The Moose Jaw Regals won the Southern Saskatchewan League championship eight times from 1960 to 1975.
They won in 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973 and 1974.
There is no record of any other amateur team in Saskatchewan accomplishing such success.
All players were dedicated and played like professionals.
The league went pro in 1975.
The team also won the Lacombe Baseball Tournament in 1967 and 1968, the only years they entered the prestigious event.
The Regals were a very dedicated team with some star players including Mike Dayne, pitcher and coach who played with North Battleford in the professional league, Roberta Zayas, outfielder and coach from Cuba who also played with the Lloydminster Meridians in the professional league and Roland Jones, pitcher and coach from Texas, who played with Saskatoon in the Western Canada professional league.
In addition, the Regals had 95 per cent Canadians on their roster.
Many of these Saskatchewan ball players won baseball scholarships in the United States:
Lorne Humphreys, second baseman, North Dakota State;
Dennis Williams, short stop and coach, Texas A&M University;
Roy Rowley, pitcher and outfielder, Sacramento State;
Jim Pettapiece, pitcher and outfielder, University of Nevada
Wayne LeBere, left-handed pitcher, top pitcher in the Southern League for years and a Dodgers prospect;
Larry Tollefson, catcher, went to 1966 Pan American Games for Canada.
