I find it curious that the official name of the first edition Portland
club was the "Uncle Sams". Every reference that I have seen including
Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary papers from as far back as 1916 refer
to the team as the Rosebuds. I also remember seeing a black and maroon
pennant from 1916 referring to the team as the Rosebuds. Is it
possible that "Uncle Sams" was a nickname from the local Portland
scribes that never caught on? Did the team have a legally recognized
nickname at all?
As for Victoria I thought their first season nickname was the Senators.
> Morey Holzman <epenaltybox@...> wrote:
>
> Then there are team names. How do you screw up team names?
> Wouldn't someone remember? It's not just the Stanley Cup Champion
> Toronto 1917-18 club, still to this day incorrectly called the
> Arenas. The Portland team that engraved its name on the Stanley Cup
> as PCHA Champions in 1915 were officially the Uncle Sams, not
> Rosebuds. Victoria's first year in the PCHA, they were known as the
> Capitals, not Aristocrats.
I disagree it was the owners that did this. This was done by Americans broadcasting the game to a new audience. I understand it, but it doesn't mean I have...
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