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Bernie Schwengers

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Schwengers was successful in a wide range of sports, and was a champion rower for JBAA, setting the British Columbian 100-yard sprint record in 1898. He was also an able soccer player and a star pitcher and second baseman for the Victoria team in the old
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four times in singles in 1907, 1908, 1910, and 1914, and twice in doubles in 1906 and 1907 and seven-times BC Mainland Champion (Western Canadian) in singles in 1900, 1906–1908, 1910, and 1912, and doubles in 1906. In England he was the
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single title in 1900 and 1906, and the doubles title in 1906. He won the Pacific Northwest singles championship five consecutive years from 1909 to 1913, was the Quebec Open Singles champion in 1911, and took the
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player, baseball player, and all-round sportsman. He is considered the finest Canadian tennis player of the early twentieth century and is amongst Canada's tennis greats. He was inducted into the
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as the finest baseball players in Victoria during this period. He later found success as a senior golfer, winning the
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in 1902. He was described as being a "terrific hitter" who was able to "play in any position". The
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singles winner in 1914. Schwengers was on the 1913 Canadian
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Schwengers (standing centre) and the 1913 Davis Cup Team
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Canada
Surrey
England
Victoria, British Columbia
Wimbledon
1913
Wimbledon
Davis Cup
1913
British-born
Canadian
tennis
BC Sports Hall of Fame
Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame

Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club
Canadian International Championships
British Columbia Championships
Middlesex Championships
All-England Invitational Championship
Davis Cup
J. F. Foulkes
Robert Powell
Henry Mayes
Wimbledon
Pacific Northwest International Baseball League
St. Louis Browns
Victoria & District Baseball Association
Jimmy Holmes

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