W L Pct GB
Spokane ..... 90 45 .667 —
Vancouver ... 88 49 .642 3
Salem ....... 70 64 .522 19½
Wenatchee ... 63 71 .470 26½
Victoria .... 61 77 .442 30½
Tacoma ...... 59 78 .431 32
Yakima ...... 57 78 .422 33
Tri-City .... 55 81 .404 35½
TACOMA [Victoria Colonist, Aug. 30]—Tacoma Tigers erupted for five hits in the eighth inning to take a 6-3 decision from Victoria Athletics at Tacoma last night and virtually kill the A’s last hope of catching a W.I.L. playoff berth.
The defeat dropped the A’s a full four games behind the fourth-place Wenatchee Chiefs—rained out at Salem last night—with six games to pick up on the losing side. The A’s have seven games left—six of them against first.division clubs—while the Chiefs have nine games remaining against the lowly Yakima Bears and Tri-City Braves.
SLIM CHANCE
To gain a play-off berth the A’s would have to win six of their remaining contests if the Chiefs were to lose seven. If the Chiefs only lose six, the A’s must sweep all seven remaining games.
It was bases on balls that led to the A’s defeat last night, walks starting all three Tacoma scoring innings. The Tigers pushed over their first run in the bottom of the second, after Victoria had taken a 2-0 lead, when Vince DiMaggio walked, advanced on a balt and scored on Merv Dubbers’ single. John Kovenz walked to open the sixth, went to third on Butch Moran’s single and scored on DiMaggio’s fly to even the score.
WINNING RALLY
Until the eighth, the hits by Dubbers and Moran were the only ones given up by southpaw Ben Lorino. But in the eighth, Mike Catron walked to again open the inning and Kovenz followed with a 435-foot inside-the-park homer. Singles by Moran and Joe Bache, sandwiching DiMaggio’s double, added two insurance runs.
Bill White started both of Victoria’s run-scoring innings with singles. Rocco Cardinale drew a walk after White’s single in the second and Ben Jeffey advanced the runners with a sacrifice. Bob Sturgeon then singled to drive in both runners.
The A’s scored their final run when White singled, Sturgeon walked and Marv Diercks singled to drive in the former, but Milt Marin fanned in a pinch-hitting role with the tying run at the plate.
Victoria ........ 020 000 001—3 7 0
Tacoma ........ 010 001 04x—6 7 0
Lorino and Cardinale; Kipp and Lunberg, Armstrong (4).
SPOKANE, Aug. 29—The Spokane Indians defeated two opponents tonight—a wet field and the Yakima Bears—to widen their league lead over the Vancouver Capilanos to three games.
Early in the evening, the club used flame throwers of the type used by highway crews for brush burning to dry out an infield soaked by rain the past few days.
Then the Indians took over and edged the Bears 3-2 to give them a three-game lead. Jim Wert's two run single in the first inning got the Indians off to a good start. Spokane tallied the eventual-winning ran in the fifth inning as Ken Richardson singled home Steve Mesner.
Only 864 fans saw the Indians play it cool on the hot infield. Gordie Palm pitched his sixth win with help from reliefer Bob Roberts.
Yakima ........ 010 100 000—2 6 1
Spokane ...... 200 010 00x—3 7 0
Boemler and Tiesiera; Palm, Roberts (8) and Sheets.
Wenatchee at Salem, rained out.
Vancouver at Tri-City, rained out.
Fans to Manage Tacoma Thursday
TACOMA, Aug. 29—It may not be in the cards, but if the Tacoma Tigers lose their Western International league baseball game against Victoria Thursday, the fans will have no one to blame but themselves. They are going to run the club.
The club announced Tuesday the Tigers will operate from the third base dugout and Manager Jim Brillheart will hold up cards asking what plays to use. A show of cards from the fans will decide.
Tacoma officials hope it means a full house.
1951 Crowds Set Record at Salem
SALEM, Aug. 29—Salem's 1951 baseball attendance set a new record of 112,285, assuring the 832 local stockholders some profit.
This was the first year that the team was locally-owned. The attendance was double that of last year, when the Portland Beavers owned the local Western International league club.
The attendance was 10,000 more than the previous record, set in 1946. This year's figures include the 7,700 attendance for two exhibition games against the Beavers and the House of David.
Salem's home season ended Monday night, Tuesday night's final game having been washed out by rain.
Holder Likely To Be Named Best Pitcher
TACOMA, Aug. 29 — All hands have conceded the Western Internationai league pitching championship to Spokane's Jim Holder, and Bob Snyder of Vancouver is certain to be the circuit's big winner.
Interest in the elbowing race is still warm, however, by reason of the bids which the two righthanders will make this week for new W-I records.
Holder, the possessor of an 11-0 season's won-lost record, needs only one more triumph to tie the existing mark for consecutive victories set in 1948 by Frank Nelson of Spokane, tied in 1949 by Sandy Robertson of Vancouver and again equally by Bob Kerrigan of Tacoma last year.
Snyder, with a 24-7 record, needs two more wins to equal Kerrigan's mark for total victories, established last season.
Tom Breisinger of Wenatchee is front in strikeouts with 193, ;while John Marshall of Spokane has a commanding lead in total walks with 171.
The leaders, as released Wednesday from the office of Robert B. Abel, W-I president:
IP SO BB W L Pct.
Holder, Spok ...... 118 55 85 11 0 1.000
Beasley, Van ....... 56 19 11 5 0 1.000
Hernandez, Van .... 179 72 92 16 3 .842
Palm, Spok ......... 61 37 34 5 1 .833
Snyder, Van ....... 278 106 87 24 7 .774
Barrett, Vic-Yak .. 160 44 52 9 4 .692
Nicholas, Van ..... 204 63 70 15 7 .682
Rockey, Spok ...... 109 51 58 8 4 .667
Tisnerat, Van ..... 105 34 53 6 3 .667
Breisinger, Wen ... 247 193 142 16 9 .640
DeGeorge, Sal ..... 211 83 95 16 9 .640
Bevens, Sal ....... 249 118 95 19 11 .633
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 1951
W L Pct GB
Spokane ..... 89 45 .664 —
Vancouver ... 88 49 .642 2½
Salem ....... 70 64 .522 19
Wenatchee ... 63 71 .470 26
Victoria .... 61 76 .445 29½
Tacoma ...... 58 78 .426 32
Yakima ...... 57 77 .425 32
Tri-City .... 55 81 .404 35
TACOMA, Wash., [Vancouver Province, Aug. 29]—“If only my pitchers keep coming through, we’ll win that pennant yet,” Manager Bill Schuster of the Capilanos told The Daily Province immediately after the invaders from Vancouver had knocked off Tacoma Tigers twice Tuesday night, 5-0 and 6-5.
With Spokane rained out, the double victory boosted the Caps within two and a half games of first place.
George Nicholas was the hero of the first triumph, pitching a two two-hitter at the Tigers for the shutout [the hits were singles by Mike Catron and Merv Dubbers].
In the afterpiece, Ron Smith’s brilliant relief pitching and some solid slugging by hits mates pulled victory out of the fire in the last three innings.
RITCHEY BANISHED
When Vern Kindsfather retired at the end of the sixth, the Tigers were leading 5-1. But the Caps tied things up in the seventh and went on to win the game in the ninth.
Their winning rally was staged without the aid of catcher John Ritchey, bounced out of the contest for disputing a decision in the sixth.
Two triples featured the Caps’ uprising, Dick Sinovic starting it with a three-bagger, and K. Chorlton batting in the last two runs when Bob McGuire, Jimmy Moore and pinch hitter Chuck Abernathy had singled.
PROTEST NO WORRY
Young Jimmy Moore connected for the all-important single, in the ninth, driving in Cheso with the deciding run.
Schuster, rushing to move along for the Tri-City series opening today, was not at all worried about the Spokane protest of the Wenatchee game transferred to Vancouver. “They can’t win that,” he declared. “Transfer of dates is a matter for the league president.”
At Tri-City tonight, Schuster plans to start Pete Hernandez, with his ace pitcher, Bob Snyder, on deck for Thursday.
- - -
Schuster who has been sidelined with a leg injury for two months, made a brief appearance at third base when Cheso moved from the hot corner to behind the plate to replace the ousted Ritchey.
First Game
Vancouver ...... 021 002 0—5 6 3
Tacoma ......... 000 00 0—0 2 1
Nicholas and Ritchey; Schulte, Knezovich (2) and Lundberg.
Second Game
Vancouver ...... 010 000 401—6 10 1
Tacoma ......... 011 300 000—5 10 0
Kindsfather, Smith (7) and Ritchey, Cheso (7); Dodeward, Clark (9) and Lundberg, Armstrong (8)
Victoria at Spokane, rained out.
Tri-City at Salem, rained out.
Wenatchee at Yakima, rained out.
Spokane ..... 89 45 .664 —
Vancouver ... 88 49 .642 2½
Salem ....... 70 64 .522 19
Wenatchee ... 63 71 .470 26
Victoria .... 61 76 .445 29½
Tacoma ...... 58 78 .426 32
Yakima ...... 57 77 .425 32
Tri-City .... 55 81 .404 35
TACOMA, Wash., [Vancouver Province, Aug. 29]—“If only my pitchers keep coming through, we’ll win that pennant yet,” Manager Bill Schuster of the Capilanos told The Daily Province immediately after the invaders from Vancouver had knocked off Tacoma Tigers twice Tuesday night, 5-0 and 6-5.
With Spokane rained out, the double victory boosted the Caps within two and a half games of first place.
George Nicholas was the hero of the first triumph, pitching a two two-hitter at the Tigers for the shutout [the hits were singles by Mike Catron and Merv Dubbers].
In the afterpiece, Ron Smith’s brilliant relief pitching and some solid slugging by hits mates pulled victory out of the fire in the last three innings.
RITCHEY BANISHED
When Vern Kindsfather retired at the end of the sixth, the Tigers were leading 5-1. But the Caps tied things up in the seventh and went on to win the game in the ninth.
Their winning rally was staged without the aid of catcher John Ritchey, bounced out of the contest for disputing a decision in the sixth.
Two triples featured the Caps’ uprising, Dick Sinovic starting it with a three-bagger, and K. Chorlton batting in the last two runs when Bob McGuire, Jimmy Moore and pinch hitter Chuck Abernathy had singled.
PROTEST NO WORRY
Young Jimmy Moore connected for the all-important single, in the ninth, driving in Cheso with the deciding run.
Schuster, rushing to move along for the Tri-City series opening today, was not at all worried about the Spokane protest of the Wenatchee game transferred to Vancouver. “They can’t win that,” he declared. “Transfer of dates is a matter for the league president.”
At Tri-City tonight, Schuster plans to start Pete Hernandez, with his ace pitcher, Bob Snyder, on deck for Thursday.
- - -
Schuster who has been sidelined with a leg injury for two months, made a brief appearance at third base when Cheso moved from the hot corner to behind the plate to replace the ousted Ritchey.
First Game
Vancouver ...... 021 002 0—5 6 3
Tacoma ......... 000 00 0—0 2 1
Nicholas and Ritchey; Schulte, Knezovich (2) and Lundberg.
Second Game
Vancouver ...... 010 000 401—6 10 1
Tacoma ......... 011 300 000—5 10 0
Kindsfather, Smith (7) and Ritchey, Cheso (7); Dodeward, Clark (9) and Lundberg, Armstrong (8)
Victoria at Spokane, rained out.
Tri-City at Salem, rained out.
Wenatchee at Yakima, rained out.
Monday, August 27, 1951
W L Pct GB
Spokane ..... 89 45 .664 —
Vancouver ... 86 49 .637 3½
Salem ....... 70 64 .522 19
Wenatchee ... 63 71 .470 26
Victoria .... 61 76 .445 29½
Tacoma ...... 58 76 .433 31
Yakima ...... 57 77 .425 32
Tri-City .... 55 81 .404 35
SPOKANE [Victoria Colonist, Aug. 28]—Not all Victorians were happy with the rain last night.
The downpour, which covered all of the northwest, probably cost the Victoria Athletics a victory and a chance to gain on the Wenatchee Chiefs in the battle for the fourth playoff berth in the W.I.L. They dropped a 6-3 rain-interrupted decision at Spokane.
The A’s had a 3-0 lead over Spokane Indians and John Marshall and slim Jim Propst was riding a no-hitter when rain interrupted the game in the top of the fifth inning.
Propst was not the same after play restarted. He walked Kenny Richardson and Jim Brown, and Bill Sheets singled for the first hit off Propst to drive in the first Spokane run. Again play was halted by rain.
Edo Vanni opened the sixth against Propst with a single but was forced by Steve Mesner and Propst was taken out in favor of Bill Osborn.
Osborn gave up only two hits in the remaining innings but each base blow followed walks and figured in the scoring. Brown walked in the eighth and Sheets hit a base-clearing double to give Osborn his second loss in as many games.
Victoria ........ 100 020 000—3 8 2
Spokane ....... 000 011 13x—6 5 3
Prospt, Osborn (6), Carr (8) and Cardinale; Marshall, Wyatt (8) and Sheets.
SALEM, [Herald, Aug. 27] — Salem's Senators made it seven out of eight over the Tri-City Braves last night in a Western International league baseball game played here. Since the season opened the Braves have been able to win only one contest. That was Dick Stone's 5-0 victory back at the start of the season. Salem has won each of the seven other times the clubs have met.
It was practically the same story last night. The Braves got out in front for four innings, saw the Senators tie it up in the fifth, and clinch the decision in the seventh.
Tonight's game between the two teams marks the final home stand for Salem and also will be the last road game for the Braves. Tri-City returns to Sanders field to close out against Vancouver, Wenatchee and Tacoma in that order while Salem moves first to Wenatchee and then makes a swing through Canada ending their 1951 season at Victoria.
Three consecutive singles by Clint Cameron, Bill Edelstein and Ken Michelson plus an infield out gave the Braves a pair of runs in the second panel. They added another in the third when Al Spaeter walked, moved to third on Vic Buccola's single and scored on another infield putout, after that Ray McNulty kept home plate clear of any other Tri-City efforts.
Richie Meyers and Jim McKeegan broke the Braves' back. Meyers did it with a single in the fifth that drove in two and McKeegan's single in the seventh counted another pair.
Tri-City ....... 021 000 000—3 10 3
Salem ......... 000 030 22x—7 12 2
Zande and Pesut; McNulty and McKeegan
Vancouver at Tacoma, rained out.
Wenatchee at Yakima, rained out.
Caps-Chiefs Change Draw Spokane Beef
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 28—A formal protest by the Spokane club over a switch in the site of a baseball game played Saturday night could have an important bearing on the outcome of the Western International League pennant race.
Alan Strange, manager of the Spokane Indians, announced Monday he is protesting the transfer to Vancouver of a game scheduled to be played in Wenatchee Saturday.
Vancouver, playing at home, won that game, picking up half a game in the league standings while league-leading Spokane split a pair with Salem.
Robert Abel, league president, reported by long distance phone to a Spokane newspaper Monday that he approved the switch because of the larger “gate” that could be drawn at Vancouver.
Strange contends Abel exceeded his authority in approving the switch.
Abel said he believes he was within his rights but is “going to look through all the minutes of league meetings to see if there is anything that prevents me from making the switch of playing sites.”
With eight games left to be played in the league schedule, Spokane leads Vancouver by 3½ games.
New Ownership For Tri-City
KENNEWICK, Aug. 27—Dick Richards, former general manager, announced Monday he and Arnie Sanborn, a radio executive had acquired controlling interest in the Tri-City Braves of the Western International baseball league.
Richards, who resigned as general manager earlier this year but remained with the club in another capacity, said he will again take over the helm. Sanborn, he said, will be president of the new organization succeeding Orin “Babe” Hollingsbery, whose interest has been purchased.
“We plan no changes this season,” Richards said. “However, there will be definite changes in the team for 1952.”
The Braves have a working agreement with the St. Louis Cardinals from which the new help could come.
The club had formerly been owned by seven equal shares distributed among six men and one organization.
On the SUNBEAM
With JACK DE LONG [from Sun, Aug. 28, 1951]
Singin’ In the Rain
ON THE INSIDE
By DON BECKER, Herald Sports Editor [Aug. 28, 1951]
If you've been visiting around here lately no doubt the various baseball rumors have come to your attention now and then. We mean about the Tri-City Braves. Yesterday's story that Dick Richards and Arnie Sanborn had bought the team finally crystallized the entire affair. It helped to clear the air, momentarily at least, on several points.
First and foremost was the statement by Richards that the new owners were not contemplating moving the franchise. For some reason this has been one of the most persistent stories making the rounds, The announcement that no changes will be made in the team this season was not unexpected. Wallowing in the cellar as the Braves are it would-be foolish to attempt anything now with only 10 games left on the schedule.
Nor was the statement that definite changes would be made by 1952 an unexpected one. It's axiomatic that changes be made in the personnel of a losing club. How far will they extend? Richards said that no definite plans had been worked out yet, although certain deductions can be made on the basis of what has gone before. For instance Charlie Petersen is almost definitely out. In fact we might as well tell you now that he very nearly didn't get the field manager's job this year. The St. Louis Cardinals, who have a working agreement with the Braves, wanted to place one of their own men in as the pilot and it was only at the insistence of "Babe" Hollingbery, president of the Braves then, that Petersen was retained.
PLENTY OF NEW FACES
There will certainly be changes in the team itself too. But just how far or how deep the cut will go can at this point be only a matter of conjecture. This ntuch is certain. Richards has been in the forefront of the fight to get the WIL to return to an "honest" class B league status. That would mean enforcement of the rookie rule with a consequent lowering of the monthly payroll. That would automaticly cut into the present team.
This no attempt to prejudge what might come. But it is intended more as an analysis based, as we said before, on certain known fast facts. It will be up to the new owners to produce the best combination they can within their means. It will be to their benefit primarily to do so. After all baseball is a business and not just entertainment for the public.
HOW ABOUT THIS LINEUP
As we mentioned a few paragraphs ago there are only 10 games left on the schedule so that means it's all-star game time. How's about this for a quick rundown?
Catcher—John Ritchey, Vancouver. First base—Vic Buccola. Tri-City. Second base—Al Jacinto, Yakima. Third base—Ken Richardson, Spokane. Shortstop—Buddy Peterson, Tri-City. Outfielders—Dick Sinovic, Vancouver; Eddie Murphy, Spokane; and Will Hafey, Wenatchee. Pitchers—Jim Holder, Spokane; Bob Snyder, Vancouver; Bill Sevens, Salem and for a southpaw Tommy Breisinger, Wenatchee.
Naturally some good players were left off that list. We picked Ritchey over Nick Pesut strictly on his plate power. Dick Faber of Salem's a top outfielder as is Clint Cameron of the Braves. Second base will get a lot of argument. With Al Spaeter of Tri-City, Hugh Luby of Salem and Bob Sturgeon all set to give Jacinto a big argument. We named Jacinto more for his defensive ability than his hitting power.
Spokane ..... 89 45 .664 —
Vancouver ... 86 49 .637 3½
Salem ....... 70 64 .522 19
Wenatchee ... 63 71 .470 26
Victoria .... 61 76 .445 29½
Tacoma ...... 58 76 .433 31
Yakima ...... 57 77 .425 32
Tri-City .... 55 81 .404 35
SPOKANE [Victoria Colonist, Aug. 28]—Not all Victorians were happy with the rain last night.
The downpour, which covered all of the northwest, probably cost the Victoria Athletics a victory and a chance to gain on the Wenatchee Chiefs in the battle for the fourth playoff berth in the W.I.L. They dropped a 6-3 rain-interrupted decision at Spokane.
The A’s had a 3-0 lead over Spokane Indians and John Marshall and slim Jim Propst was riding a no-hitter when rain interrupted the game in the top of the fifth inning.
Propst was not the same after play restarted. He walked Kenny Richardson and Jim Brown, and Bill Sheets singled for the first hit off Propst to drive in the first Spokane run. Again play was halted by rain.
Edo Vanni opened the sixth against Propst with a single but was forced by Steve Mesner and Propst was taken out in favor of Bill Osborn.
Osborn gave up only two hits in the remaining innings but each base blow followed walks and figured in the scoring. Brown walked in the eighth and Sheets hit a base-clearing double to give Osborn his second loss in as many games.
Victoria ........ 100 020 000—3 8 2
Spokane ....... 000 011 13x—6 5 3
Prospt, Osborn (6), Carr (8) and Cardinale; Marshall, Wyatt (8) and Sheets.
SALEM, [Herald, Aug. 27] — Salem's Senators made it seven out of eight over the Tri-City Braves last night in a Western International league baseball game played here. Since the season opened the Braves have been able to win only one contest. That was Dick Stone's 5-0 victory back at the start of the season. Salem has won each of the seven other times the clubs have met.
It was practically the same story last night. The Braves got out in front for four innings, saw the Senators tie it up in the fifth, and clinch the decision in the seventh.
Tonight's game between the two teams marks the final home stand for Salem and also will be the last road game for the Braves. Tri-City returns to Sanders field to close out against Vancouver, Wenatchee and Tacoma in that order while Salem moves first to Wenatchee and then makes a swing through Canada ending their 1951 season at Victoria.
Three consecutive singles by Clint Cameron, Bill Edelstein and Ken Michelson plus an infield out gave the Braves a pair of runs in the second panel. They added another in the third when Al Spaeter walked, moved to third on Vic Buccola's single and scored on another infield putout, after that Ray McNulty kept home plate clear of any other Tri-City efforts.
Richie Meyers and Jim McKeegan broke the Braves' back. Meyers did it with a single in the fifth that drove in two and McKeegan's single in the seventh counted another pair.
Tri-City ....... 021 000 000—3 10 3
Salem ......... 000 030 22x—7 12 2
Zande and Pesut; McNulty and McKeegan
Vancouver at Tacoma, rained out.
Wenatchee at Yakima, rained out.
Caps-Chiefs Change Draw Spokane Beef
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 28—A formal protest by the Spokane club over a switch in the site of a baseball game played Saturday night could have an important bearing on the outcome of the Western International League pennant race.
Alan Strange, manager of the Spokane Indians, announced Monday he is protesting the transfer to Vancouver of a game scheduled to be played in Wenatchee Saturday.
Vancouver, playing at home, won that game, picking up half a game in the league standings while league-leading Spokane split a pair with Salem.
Robert Abel, league president, reported by long distance phone to a Spokane newspaper Monday that he approved the switch because of the larger “gate” that could be drawn at Vancouver.
Strange contends Abel exceeded his authority in approving the switch.
Abel said he believes he was within his rights but is “going to look through all the minutes of league meetings to see if there is anything that prevents me from making the switch of playing sites.”
With eight games left to be played in the league schedule, Spokane leads Vancouver by 3½ games.
New Ownership For Tri-City
KENNEWICK, Aug. 27—Dick Richards, former general manager, announced Monday he and Arnie Sanborn, a radio executive had acquired controlling interest in the Tri-City Braves of the Western International baseball league.
Richards, who resigned as general manager earlier this year but remained with the club in another capacity, said he will again take over the helm. Sanborn, he said, will be president of the new organization succeeding Orin “Babe” Hollingsbery, whose interest has been purchased.
“We plan no changes this season,” Richards said. “However, there will be definite changes in the team for 1952.”
The Braves have a working agreement with the St. Louis Cardinals from which the new help could come.
The club had formerly been owned by seven equal shares distributed among six men and one organization.
On the SUNBEAM
With JACK DE LONG [from Sun, Aug. 28, 1951]
Singin’ In the Rain
Because it rained yesterday I found out that this has been the most rainless baseball season in Vancouver’s history.
Bob Brown told me an all-time record was set for schedule-fulfilment in Vancouver during June, July and August. Last rained-out game at Cap Stadium was on June 6.
From the standpoint of the baseball businessman, the present season has been perfect, because the long rainless spell has been in the usually-critical attendance months.
Professional club owners expect rain in the early spring and budget accordingly.
Rain doesn’t hurt too much then because crowd interest hasn’t started to build up. But if there is a large number of washouts in the summer months, a club takes it right in the seat of the cash box.
Three seasons back, Vancouver had 14 rained-out games. It nearly washed the Caps out financially.
Good ball players dislike rained-out days, too.
John Ritchey joined Caps this spring on the understanding he would catch every game. Pitchers Bob Snyder and Pete Hernandez want to work every four days. These players take the game seriously. They want to improve. Rained-out games spoil their prospects,Bob Brown knows we need rain and he’s glad Vancouver got that soaking yesterday. But he’s also glad Caps are on the road.
Bob Brown told me an all-time record was set for schedule-fulfilment in Vancouver during June, July and August. Last rained-out game at Cap Stadium was on June 6.
From the standpoint of the baseball businessman, the present season has been perfect, because the long rainless spell has been in the usually-critical attendance months.
Professional club owners expect rain in the early spring and budget accordingly.
Rain doesn’t hurt too much then because crowd interest hasn’t started to build up. But if there is a large number of washouts in the summer months, a club takes it right in the seat of the cash box.
Three seasons back, Vancouver had 14 rained-out games. It nearly washed the Caps out financially.
Good ball players dislike rained-out days, too.
John Ritchey joined Caps this spring on the understanding he would catch every game. Pitchers Bob Snyder and Pete Hernandez want to work every four days. These players take the game seriously. They want to improve. Rained-out games spoil their prospects,Bob Brown knows we need rain and he’s glad Vancouver got that soaking yesterday. But he’s also glad Caps are on the road.
ON THE INSIDE
By DON BECKER, Herald Sports Editor [Aug. 28, 1951]
If you've been visiting around here lately no doubt the various baseball rumors have come to your attention now and then. We mean about the Tri-City Braves. Yesterday's story that Dick Richards and Arnie Sanborn had bought the team finally crystallized the entire affair. It helped to clear the air, momentarily at least, on several points.
First and foremost was the statement by Richards that the new owners were not contemplating moving the franchise. For some reason this has been one of the most persistent stories making the rounds, The announcement that no changes will be made in the team this season was not unexpected. Wallowing in the cellar as the Braves are it would-be foolish to attempt anything now with only 10 games left on the schedule.
Nor was the statement that definite changes would be made by 1952 an unexpected one. It's axiomatic that changes be made in the personnel of a losing club. How far will they extend? Richards said that no definite plans had been worked out yet, although certain deductions can be made on the basis of what has gone before. For instance Charlie Petersen is almost definitely out. In fact we might as well tell you now that he very nearly didn't get the field manager's job this year. The St. Louis Cardinals, who have a working agreement with the Braves, wanted to place one of their own men in as the pilot and it was only at the insistence of "Babe" Hollingbery, president of the Braves then, that Petersen was retained.
PLENTY OF NEW FACES
There will certainly be changes in the team itself too. But just how far or how deep the cut will go can at this point be only a matter of conjecture. This ntuch is certain. Richards has been in the forefront of the fight to get the WIL to return to an "honest" class B league status. That would mean enforcement of the rookie rule with a consequent lowering of the monthly payroll. That would automaticly cut into the present team.
This no attempt to prejudge what might come. But it is intended more as an analysis based, as we said before, on certain known fast facts. It will be up to the new owners to produce the best combination they can within their means. It will be to their benefit primarily to do so. After all baseball is a business and not just entertainment for the public.
HOW ABOUT THIS LINEUP
As we mentioned a few paragraphs ago there are only 10 games left on the schedule so that means it's all-star game time. How's about this for a quick rundown?
Catcher—John Ritchey, Vancouver. First base—Vic Buccola. Tri-City. Second base—Al Jacinto, Yakima. Third base—Ken Richardson, Spokane. Shortstop—Buddy Peterson, Tri-City. Outfielders—Dick Sinovic, Vancouver; Eddie Murphy, Spokane; and Will Hafey, Wenatchee. Pitchers—Jim Holder, Spokane; Bob Snyder, Vancouver; Bill Sevens, Salem and for a southpaw Tommy Breisinger, Wenatchee.
Naturally some good players were left off that list. We picked Ritchey over Nick Pesut strictly on his plate power. Dick Faber of Salem's a top outfielder as is Clint Cameron of the Braves. Second base will get a lot of argument. With Al Spaeter of Tri-City, Hugh Luby of Salem and Bob Sturgeon all set to give Jacinto a big argument. We named Jacinto more for his defensive ability than his hitting power.
Sunday, Aug. 26, 1951
W L Pct GB
Spokane ..... 88 45 .662 —
Vancouver ... 86 49 .637 3
Salem ....... 69 64 .509 19
Wenatchee ... 63 71 .470 25½
Victoria .... 61 75 .449 28½
Tacoma ...... 58 76 .433 30½
Yakima ...... 57 77 .425 31½
Tri-City .... 55 80 .407 34
SPOKANE, Aug. 26—The Salem Senators topped the Spokane Indians 8 to 7 in the final of a three-gane series of Western International league baseball here Sunday night.
Salem pushed across three runs in the top of the ninth to hand Indians reliefer, Bob Roberts, the loss. Curt Schmidt, who replaced Sal DeGeorge for Salem, was the winner.
Eddie Murphy marked up his 88th stolen base for the Indians.
Salem ........ 100 001 033—8 15 5
Spokane .... 000 100 051—7 13 1
DeGeorge, Schmidt (7) and McKeegan; Conant, Roberts (9) and Sheets.
WENATCHEE, Aug. 26—Al Treichel shut down the Vancouver Capilanos on three hits in the seven-inning opener, but the Wenatchee Chiefs lost the second contest here, 8-5.
Bob Snyder won the nightcap, picking up his 24th win of the year.
K Chorlton led Vancouver's hit parade, with a double and three singles. Dick Sinovic batted in three Caps, Charlie Mead brought in two, while Jim Marshall hit a two-run triple for the Chiefs.
In the first game, Will Hafey poled his 23rd home run of the season off Carl Gunnarson in the fourth inning, and singled in the Chiefs' other run in the sixth. Meanwhile, Ray Tran had the only extra-base hit for Vancouver, a double, while Chorlton and Mead singled off Treichel, who walked five and struck out three.
The game breezed along at a mere one hour and 12 minutes.
First game
Vancouver ...... 000 000 0—0 3 0
Wenatchee ..... 000 101 x—2 6 1
Gunnarson and Ritchey; Treichel and Roberson
Second game
Vancouver ...... 003 100 202—8 13 3
Wenatchee ..... 000 000 230—5 9 2
Snyder and Ritchey; Raimondi and Roberson.
TACOMA, Aug. 26—Garry Clark of Tacoma pitched both games of a Western International League doubleheader Sunday and came within a whisker of tossing two shutouts as Tacoma and Tri-City split.
First game
Tri-City ...... 000 000 000—0 5 1
Tacoma ...... 023 020 00x—7 10 0
Brewer and Pesut; Clark and Lundberg.
Second game
Tri-City ....... 010 000 0—1 8 0
Tacoma ....... 000 000 0—0 5 0
McCollum and Pesut; Clark and Lundberg.
YAKIMA, Aug. 26—The Yakima Bears and the Victoria Athletics split a doubleheader Sunday night. Victoria edged the Bears 3-2 in the opener while Yakima won the second game 8-5.
First game
Victoria ..... 100 002 0—3 6 1
Yakima ...... 001 000 1—2 6 2
Hedgecock and Martin; Wright and Tiesiera.
Second game
Victoria ...... 003 001 010—5 9 2
Yakima ....... 611 000 00x—8 13 1
Osborn, Jackson (1) and Cardinale; Anderson, Powell (3) and Tiesiera.
Bears Sold
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.—The fate of the unwanted San Francisco Seals may be determined when the Pacific Coast League directors meet here Wednesday.
Owner Paul I. Fagan announced Saturday he doesn't want the club anymore. He'll turn it over to anyone "for a reasonable consideration."
Damon Miller, secretary of the Seals, said the club would not be represented at Wednesday's meeting. Fagan is in Hawaii. Miller went to Yakima, Wash., to sell the Seals' three-quarters interest in the Yakima club to residents of that city.
The Yakima deal has been pending for some time and is not connected with Fagan's move to get rid of the Seals.
Spokane ..... 88 45 .662 —
Vancouver ... 86 49 .637 3
Salem ....... 69 64 .509 19
Wenatchee ... 63 71 .470 25½
Victoria .... 61 75 .449 28½
Tacoma ...... 58 76 .433 30½
Yakima ...... 57 77 .425 31½
Tri-City .... 55 80 .407 34
SPOKANE, Aug. 26—The Salem Senators topped the Spokane Indians 8 to 7 in the final of a three-gane series of Western International league baseball here Sunday night.
Salem pushed across three runs in the top of the ninth to hand Indians reliefer, Bob Roberts, the loss. Curt Schmidt, who replaced Sal DeGeorge for Salem, was the winner.
Eddie Murphy marked up his 88th stolen base for the Indians.
Salem ........ 100 001 033—8 15 5
Spokane .... 000 100 051—7 13 1
DeGeorge, Schmidt (7) and McKeegan; Conant, Roberts (9) and Sheets.
WENATCHEE, Aug. 26—Al Treichel shut down the Vancouver Capilanos on three hits in the seven-inning opener, but the Wenatchee Chiefs lost the second contest here, 8-5.
Bob Snyder won the nightcap, picking up his 24th win of the year.
K Chorlton led Vancouver's hit parade, with a double and three singles. Dick Sinovic batted in three Caps, Charlie Mead brought in two, while Jim Marshall hit a two-run triple for the Chiefs.
In the first game, Will Hafey poled his 23rd home run of the season off Carl Gunnarson in the fourth inning, and singled in the Chiefs' other run in the sixth. Meanwhile, Ray Tran had the only extra-base hit for Vancouver, a double, while Chorlton and Mead singled off Treichel, who walked five and struck out three.
The game breezed along at a mere one hour and 12 minutes.
First game
Vancouver ...... 000 000 0—0 3 0
Wenatchee ..... 000 101 x—2 6 1
Gunnarson and Ritchey; Treichel and Roberson
Second game
Vancouver ...... 003 100 202—8 13 3
Wenatchee ..... 000 000 230—5 9 2
Snyder and Ritchey; Raimondi and Roberson.
TACOMA, Aug. 26—Garry Clark of Tacoma pitched both games of a Western International League doubleheader Sunday and came within a whisker of tossing two shutouts as Tacoma and Tri-City split.
First game
Tri-City ...... 000 000 000—0 5 1
Tacoma ...... 023 020 00x—7 10 0
Brewer and Pesut; Clark and Lundberg.
Second game
Tri-City ....... 010 000 0—1 8 0
Tacoma ....... 000 000 0—0 5 0
McCollum and Pesut; Clark and Lundberg.
YAKIMA, Aug. 26—The Yakima Bears and the Victoria Athletics split a doubleheader Sunday night. Victoria edged the Bears 3-2 in the opener while Yakima won the second game 8-5.
First game
Victoria ..... 100 002 0—3 6 1
Yakima ...... 001 000 1—2 6 2
Hedgecock and Martin; Wright and Tiesiera.
Second game
Victoria ...... 003 001 010—5 9 2
Yakima ....... 611 000 00x—8 13 1
Osborn, Jackson (1) and Cardinale; Anderson, Powell (3) and Tiesiera.
Bears Sold
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.—The fate of the unwanted San Francisco Seals may be determined when the Pacific Coast League directors meet here Wednesday.
Owner Paul I. Fagan announced Saturday he doesn't want the club anymore. He'll turn it over to anyone "for a reasonable consideration."
Damon Miller, secretary of the Seals, said the club would not be represented at Wednesday's meeting. Fagan is in Hawaii. Miller went to Yakima, Wash., to sell the Seals' three-quarters interest in the Yakima club to residents of that city.
The Yakima deal has been pending for some time and is not connected with Fagan's move to get rid of the Seals.
Saturday, August 25, 1951
W L Pct. GB
Spokane ..... 88 44 .639 —
Vancouver ... 85 48 .630 3½
Salem ....... 68 64 .515 20
Wenatchee ... 62 70 .470 26
Victoria .... 60 74 .448 29
Tacoma ...... 57 75 .432 31
Yakima ...... 56 76 .424 32
Tri-City .... 54 76 .406 34½
SPOKANE, Aug. 25 — Some daring base running by centerfielder Eddie Murphy sent the Spokane Indians ahead in the third inning of their Western International league baseball game with Salem tonight and the Indians breezed to a 7 to 3 win.
Aldon Wilkie gave the Indians ten hits in the finale but was tight in the pinches as the Senators took a 5-3 decision.
In the seven inning opener of a double header both teams scored once in the first inning.
Spokane took the lead in the third when Murphy singled and stole second, When Edo Vanni, Spokane right fielder, laid down a sacrifice Murphy scored all the way home from second. Mel Wasley then doubled Vanni home.
Jim Holder went all the way for the Indians to register his eleventh win of the season against no defeats.
Murphy stole two bases in the game boosting his season total to 87.
First game
Salem ........ 100 011 0—3 5 3
Spokane .... 102 031 x—7 8 1
Monroe and Dana; Holder and Sheets.
Second Game
Salem ........ 200 020 010—5 12 0
Spokane .... 010 200 000—3 10 0
Wilkie and McKeegan, Bishop and Sheets.
VANCOUVER, Aug. 25—Taking an early lead, Vancouver Capilanos, sparked by pitcher Pete Hernandez, tonight defeated Wenatchee Chiefs 5-3 in the Western International league.
The third was the big inning, the Caps scoring three runs and the Chiefs 2.
For Wenatchee Foster Roberson, safe on Ray Tran's error, scored when Charlie Gassaway
doubled to the left centerfield wall. Gassaway then tallied on Walt Pocekay's single to rightfield.
John Ritchey scored for the Caps in the first and third, and in the big inning Dick Sinovic and Charlie Mead put in one each for Vancouver. The Caps scored again in the fifth when Bob McGuire made it safe on Jim Moore's double to left field.
The scoring ended in the eighth when the Chiefs' Jim Marshall doubled off the rightfield wall, advanced on an infield out and scored on Buddy Hjelmaa's scratch single to right field.
It was Hernandez 16th victory of the season against three losses. He set the Chiefs down with six hits as Vancouver took an early lead and held on before the new stadium's smallest weekend crowd.
Hernandez bested Gassaway, to whom Vancouver got for 12 safeties, two of them successive doubles by Dick Sinovic, a possible sign the big centre fielder is finally breaking out of a recent slump.
Wenatchee .... 022 000 010—3 6 2
Vancouver ..... 103 010 00x—5 12 2
Gassaway and Roberson; Hernandez and Moore.
YAKIMA [Victoria Colonist, Aug. 26]—Kewpie Dick Barrett, fired earlier in the season as manager of the Victoria Athletics, gained a little more personal revenge last night as he put another crimp in Victoria’s playoff hopes.
Barrett, honored in pre-game ceremonies by presentation of a scroll commemorating his enrolment in the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame, tossed a neat three-hitter to defeat the A’s, 4-1.
RETAIN MARGIN
The defeat cost the A’s a chance to gain on the Wenatchee Chiefs in the battle for the fourth playoff berth. The Chiefs bowed to the Vancouver Capilanos 5-3, but retained a three-game margin over the A’s.
Never in serious trouble all night, Barrett had the A’s on his hip. He spotted Victoria a run in the second when he walked Hal Jackson and Rocco Cardinale followed with a 360-foot double to centre. Then he held the A’s hitless until Jimmy Clark singled with two out in the eighth. The only other hit was Ben Jeffey’s double in the ninth.
KEPT IN TROUBLE
Opposing Barrett was John Tierney, who gave up only six hits including two of the scratch variety, but walks kept him in trouble.
He escaped in the second inning when the Bears loaded the bases with only one out as he forced Barrett and Bill Andering to fly out. He was not so lucky in the third.
Al Jacinto walked to open the third, stole second and went to third as Cardinale’s throw to second went into the outfield. Mike Baxes grounded to Bill Dunn and was safe at first as Jacinto beat Dunn’s throw to the plate to catch Jacinto, who came in with the tying run. Baxes stole second and held the bag as Will Tiesiera grounded out to Don Pries but later scored the second run when Dick Briskey singled through short.
ADD INSURANCE
The Bears added an insurance ran in the fourth when Bill Andering walked, advanced on an infield out and scored on Jerry Zuvela’s single. They scored the final run in the eighth when Bill Steinberg singled, stole second and came home on Barrett’s Texas League single.
The cubs meet in a double-header today with Bill Osborn and Jim Hedgecock the likely mound choices for the A’s. Athletics move on to Spokane and Tacoma before returning home Friday.
Victoria .... 010 000 000—1 3 1
Yakima ..... 002 100 01x—4 6 2
Tierney and Cardinale; Barrett and Tiesiera.
TACOMA, Aug. 25 — With the help of five unearned runs, the Tacoma Tigers tonight downed the Tri-City Braves 7-2 in a Western International league baseball game.
Tacoma broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth when singles by Merv Dubbers, Sol Israel, John Catron, Butch Moran and and Jose Bache combined with two Tri-City errors gave Tacoma five unearned runs.
Tri-City was never able to spark a rally as Tom Kipp scattered seven hits to notch his 9th victory of the campaign.
Tri-City ...... 100 001 000—2 7 3
Tacoma ...... 100 050 10x—7 11 2
Stone and Pesut; Kipp and Lundberg.
ON THE INSIDE
By DON BECKER, Herald Sports Editor [from Aug. 26, 1951]
ANOTHER LONG TALK
Spokane ..... 88 44 .639 —
Vancouver ... 85 48 .630 3½
Salem ....... 68 64 .515 20
Wenatchee ... 62 70 .470 26
Victoria .... 60 74 .448 29
Tacoma ...... 57 75 .432 31
Yakima ...... 56 76 .424 32
Tri-City .... 54 76 .406 34½
SPOKANE, Aug. 25 — Some daring base running by centerfielder Eddie Murphy sent the Spokane Indians ahead in the third inning of their Western International league baseball game with Salem tonight and the Indians breezed to a 7 to 3 win.
Aldon Wilkie gave the Indians ten hits in the finale but was tight in the pinches as the Senators took a 5-3 decision.
In the seven inning opener of a double header both teams scored once in the first inning.
Spokane took the lead in the third when Murphy singled and stole second, When Edo Vanni, Spokane right fielder, laid down a sacrifice Murphy scored all the way home from second. Mel Wasley then doubled Vanni home.
Jim Holder went all the way for the Indians to register his eleventh win of the season against no defeats.
Murphy stole two bases in the game boosting his season total to 87.
First game
Salem ........ 100 011 0—3 5 3
Spokane .... 102 031 x—7 8 1
Monroe and Dana; Holder and Sheets.
Second Game
Salem ........ 200 020 010—5 12 0
Spokane .... 010 200 000—3 10 0
Wilkie and McKeegan, Bishop and Sheets.
VANCOUVER, Aug. 25—Taking an early lead, Vancouver Capilanos, sparked by pitcher Pete Hernandez, tonight defeated Wenatchee Chiefs 5-3 in the Western International league.
The third was the big inning, the Caps scoring three runs and the Chiefs 2.
For Wenatchee Foster Roberson, safe on Ray Tran's error, scored when Charlie Gassaway
doubled to the left centerfield wall. Gassaway then tallied on Walt Pocekay's single to rightfield.
John Ritchey scored for the Caps in the first and third, and in the big inning Dick Sinovic and Charlie Mead put in one each for Vancouver. The Caps scored again in the fifth when Bob McGuire made it safe on Jim Moore's double to left field.
The scoring ended in the eighth when the Chiefs' Jim Marshall doubled off the rightfield wall, advanced on an infield out and scored on Buddy Hjelmaa's scratch single to right field.
It was Hernandez 16th victory of the season against three losses. He set the Chiefs down with six hits as Vancouver took an early lead and held on before the new stadium's smallest weekend crowd.
Hernandez bested Gassaway, to whom Vancouver got for 12 safeties, two of them successive doubles by Dick Sinovic, a possible sign the big centre fielder is finally breaking out of a recent slump.
Wenatchee .... 022 000 010—3 6 2
Vancouver ..... 103 010 00x—5 12 2
Gassaway and Roberson; Hernandez and Moore.
YAKIMA [Victoria Colonist, Aug. 26]—Kewpie Dick Barrett, fired earlier in the season as manager of the Victoria Athletics, gained a little more personal revenge last night as he put another crimp in Victoria’s playoff hopes.
Barrett, honored in pre-game ceremonies by presentation of a scroll commemorating his enrolment in the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame, tossed a neat three-hitter to defeat the A’s, 4-1.
RETAIN MARGIN
The defeat cost the A’s a chance to gain on the Wenatchee Chiefs in the battle for the fourth playoff berth. The Chiefs bowed to the Vancouver Capilanos 5-3, but retained a three-game margin over the A’s.
Never in serious trouble all night, Barrett had the A’s on his hip. He spotted Victoria a run in the second when he walked Hal Jackson and Rocco Cardinale followed with a 360-foot double to centre. Then he held the A’s hitless until Jimmy Clark singled with two out in the eighth. The only other hit was Ben Jeffey’s double in the ninth.
KEPT IN TROUBLE
Opposing Barrett was John Tierney, who gave up only six hits including two of the scratch variety, but walks kept him in trouble.
He escaped in the second inning when the Bears loaded the bases with only one out as he forced Barrett and Bill Andering to fly out. He was not so lucky in the third.
Al Jacinto walked to open the third, stole second and went to third as Cardinale’s throw to second went into the outfield. Mike Baxes grounded to Bill Dunn and was safe at first as Jacinto beat Dunn’s throw to the plate to catch Jacinto, who came in with the tying run. Baxes stole second and held the bag as Will Tiesiera grounded out to Don Pries but later scored the second run when Dick Briskey singled through short.
ADD INSURANCE
The Bears added an insurance ran in the fourth when Bill Andering walked, advanced on an infield out and scored on Jerry Zuvela’s single. They scored the final run in the eighth when Bill Steinberg singled, stole second and came home on Barrett’s Texas League single.
The cubs meet in a double-header today with Bill Osborn and Jim Hedgecock the likely mound choices for the A’s. Athletics move on to Spokane and Tacoma before returning home Friday.
Victoria .... 010 000 000—1 3 1
Yakima ..... 002 100 01x—4 6 2
Tierney and Cardinale; Barrett and Tiesiera.
TACOMA, Aug. 25 — With the help of five unearned runs, the Tacoma Tigers tonight downed the Tri-City Braves 7-2 in a Western International league baseball game.
Tacoma broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth when singles by Merv Dubbers, Sol Israel, John Catron, Butch Moran and and Jose Bache combined with two Tri-City errors gave Tacoma five unearned runs.
Tri-City was never able to spark a rally as Tom Kipp scattered seven hits to notch his 9th victory of the campaign.
Tri-City ...... 100 001 000—2 7 3
Tacoma ...... 100 050 10x—7 11 2
Stone and Pesut; Kipp and Lundberg.
ON THE INSIDE
By DON BECKER, Herald Sports Editor [from Aug. 26, 1951]
ANOTHER LONG TALK
No doubt Manager Charlie Petersen has had a long talk with Bob Abel, the WIL's president, by this time over the new suspension of shortstop Buddy Peterson. The last time Charlie was successful in getting his shortstop back into the lineup very quickly. This could be another tempest in a teapot. If Buddy is back by tonight, such will no doubt have been the case. On the other hand it also may ho that Abel will make this one stick for a bit longer. This weekend should pretty well decide that point.
While the loss of the league's best shortstop to the Braves could have been a serious blow at one time, today it will affect their standing but little. Well, just another 10 days and this season will be a matter of history. Then we can, with a slate wiped clean, start looking forward with new hope to a better year to come. . .it may be small consolation but at this moment it's the best we can think of.
JOTS AND DOTS. . .HERE AND THERE
The other day we itemed here that Charlie Petersen didn't have too much to say about the makeup of the Braves although he is the field manager. . .Both Vern Johnson and Dick Richards say we're wrong on that point. . .that Charlie passed on and agreed to every player on the roster, but one. At this point it doesn't seem to make much difference anyhow.
While the loss of the league's best shortstop to the Braves could have been a serious blow at one time, today it will affect their standing but little. Well, just another 10 days and this season will be a matter of history. Then we can, with a slate wiped clean, start looking forward with new hope to a better year to come. . .it may be small consolation but at this moment it's the best we can think of.
JOTS AND DOTS. . .HERE AND THERE
The other day we itemed here that Charlie Petersen didn't have too much to say about the makeup of the Braves although he is the field manager. . .Both Vern Johnson and Dick Richards say we're wrong on that point. . .that Charlie passed on and agreed to every player on the roster, but one. At this point it doesn't seem to make much difference anyhow.
Friday, Aug. 24, 1951
W L Pct. GB
Spokane ..... 87 43 .669 —
Vancouver ... 84 48 .636 4
Salem ....... 67 63 .515 20
Wenatchee ... 62 69 .473 25½
Victoria .... 60 73 .454 28½
Tacoma ...... 56 75 .427 31½
Yakima ...... 55 76 .420 32½
Tri-City .... 54 78 .409 34
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 24—Spokane broke a 2-2 by scoring five runs in the eleventh inning to win a Western International league ball game 7-3 here Saturday night.
Spokane ..... 000 001 100 05—7 17 2
Salem ........ 001 010 000 01—3 8 2
Aubertin, Palm (6) and Sheets; Bevens, Lew (11) and McKeegan.
VANCOUVER [Erwin Swangard, Sun, Aug. 25]—Vancouver’s Sandy Robertson, on the ailing list for the greater part of the season, has his sneaky curve ball working to perfection at Little Mountain Stadium Friday night.
As a result, the Caps squeezed out an extra-innings victory over the Tacoma Tigers but unfortunately for their cause Spokane Indians stopped the Senators 7-3 at Salem about the same time.
That means, of course, Indians maintained their four-game Western International Baseball League lead over the Capilanos, but a lot could happen one way or the other over a busy weekend.
CHIEFS IN TOWN
Capilanos entertain Wenatchee Chiefs in a single game tonight with Pete Hernandez scheduled to pitch. Then Sunday Caps move to Wenatchee for a double-header with Carl Gunnarson and Bob Snyder the pitchers.
Meanwhile, Indians play third-place Salem in a three-game weekend series at home.
Robertson really had to be good to get the best in a brilliant pitching duel with Tacoma’s Harold Dodeward, a 19-year-old righthander with lots of speed and a fine assortment of pitches.
Caps’ tighter defence eventually decided the issue.
SANDY JUST MISSES
In the ninth inning Sandy was just one pitch away from a 2-1 victory. However, first baseman Butch Moran doubled off shortstop Ray Tran’s leg. Vince DiMaggio singled him to third and Jose Bache singled him home for the tying run.
The same Bache was the goat of the Caps’ victory. With the bases loaded and one away in the 10th, Dick Sinovic shot a fast ground ball to Bache at short. Bache threw the ball before he got it and the error allowed K. Chorlton to romp in with the winner.
Tacoma ....... 010 000 000 0—2 7 3
Vancouver ... 000 011 000 1—3 7 0
Dodeward and Lundberg; Robertson and Ritchey.
VICTORIA [Colonist, Aug. 25]—Bob Sturgeon received almost everything but a coveted victory over Wenatchee Chiefs last night at Royal Athletic Park.
Honored at a special “night,” the manager of the A’s was presented with gifts from fans, city business firms, the club management and players in a pre-game ceremony topped by the signing of a pact to return as manager next season if the Victoria W.I.L. franchise is still operated by the Victoria Baseball and Athletic Co. Ltd.
In addition, Sturgeon received the assurance he will have capable shortstop protection for next season. Business manager Reg Patterson announced before the game that popular Jim Clark is now the property of the club and will be back to start next season at the position he has filled so well since joining the club July 18.
2,500 HOPEFULS
Then, the Chiefs refused to co-operate. With 2,500 hopeful fans on hand, the club the A’s hope to beat out of the last post-season playoff berth, uncovered its latent power to blast out a 11-2 triumph.
The victory gave the Chiefs an even split in the two-game series and restored their lead to three games. Victoria won the season’s series, 11-9.
The A’s leave this morning for a seven-game road trip with stops at Yakima, Spokane and Tacoma, in that order. The Bears, with ex-manager Dick Barrett lying in wait as a cinch to start one game, will be faced tonight in a single game and tomorrow in two. It’s Spokane Monday and Tuesday, Tacoma Wednesday and Thursday, and back home Friday to wind up the season with three games against Spokane and Salem.
Percentages didn’t pay off last night. With the Chiefs having most of their power swinging from the first-base side, the A’s have been throwing their southpaws against them with good success. This time it didn’t work.
Ben Lorino got the starting assignment and he was hit harder than he ever has been in the W.I.L. Led by Will Hafey, Walt Pockay, Lyle Palmer, Jim Marshall and even pitcher Tom Breisinger, their left-handed hitting contingent, the Chiefs had Lorino in the showers before the sixth inning was over.
Lorino gave up 12 hits and eight runs in his tenure and the Chiefs kept his outfielders busy with booming line drives. Still going along with the southpaw-versus-lefthander theory, Sturgeon sent Jim Hedgecock in as relief. He failed to get a man out, walking one and giving up two singles and a home run.
Between them, the two Victoria southpaws gave up 11 runs and 15 hits. Eleven of those hits were made by lefthanders in the Wenatchee batting order and the quintet batted in eighth of the runs. Included among the hits was a tremendous 380-foot home run by hafey, who batted in five runs with three hits.
SET DOWN EASILY
Righthanded Bill Prior came on for Hedgecock in the sixth to face Marshall and Breisinger and set them down easily to complete the percentage rout. Prior went on to hold the winners scoreless in a fine relief stint but the A’s could do nothing with Breisinger, who lost his shutout only because Bill White’s fly ball was lost in the lights in the first inning and fell in for a triple.
Wenatchee .... 110 045 000—11 17 1
Victoria ......... 200 000 000—2 7 1
Breisinger and Roberson; Lorino, Hedgecock (6), Prior (6) and Cardinale.
YAKIMA, Aug. 24 — The Tri-City Braves turned on the Yakima Bears with a 15-hit attack and a 8-4 Western International league victory tonight.
The victory moved the last place Braves to within one game of the seventh-place Bears.
Clint Cameron with three singles and Bill Eddelstein [sic], Ken Michelson and Vic Buccola with two hits each led the Tri-City attack on hurlers Bill Boemler and Tom Del Sarto. Boemler was charged with his 12th loss. He has 13 victories.
Joe Nicholas went the route for Tri-City to gain his sixth win against seven defeats.
WILfan note: Again, the standing as mentioned in this U.P. story is incorrect. The standings at the top of this post are correct and were from another newspaper.
Tri-City ..... 010 022 003—8 15 1
Yakima ...... 111 001 000—4 11 0
Nicholas and Pesut; Boemler, Del Sarto (7) and Tiesiera.
Spokane ..... 87 43 .669 —
Vancouver ... 84 48 .636 4
Salem ....... 67 63 .515 20
Wenatchee ... 62 69 .473 25½
Victoria .... 60 73 .454 28½
Tacoma ...... 56 75 .427 31½
Yakima ...... 55 76 .420 32½
Tri-City .... 54 78 .409 34
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 24—Spokane broke a 2-2 by scoring five runs in the eleventh inning to win a Western International league ball game 7-3 here Saturday night.
Spokane ..... 000 001 100 05—7 17 2
Salem ........ 001 010 000 01—3 8 2
Aubertin, Palm (6) and Sheets; Bevens, Lew (11) and McKeegan.
VANCOUVER [Erwin Swangard, Sun, Aug. 25]—Vancouver’s Sandy Robertson, on the ailing list for the greater part of the season, has his sneaky curve ball working to perfection at Little Mountain Stadium Friday night.
As a result, the Caps squeezed out an extra-innings victory over the Tacoma Tigers but unfortunately for their cause Spokane Indians stopped the Senators 7-3 at Salem about the same time.
That means, of course, Indians maintained their four-game Western International Baseball League lead over the Capilanos, but a lot could happen one way or the other over a busy weekend.
CHIEFS IN TOWN
Capilanos entertain Wenatchee Chiefs in a single game tonight with Pete Hernandez scheduled to pitch. Then Sunday Caps move to Wenatchee for a double-header with Carl Gunnarson and Bob Snyder the pitchers.
Meanwhile, Indians play third-place Salem in a three-game weekend series at home.
Robertson really had to be good to get the best in a brilliant pitching duel with Tacoma’s Harold Dodeward, a 19-year-old righthander with lots of speed and a fine assortment of pitches.
Caps’ tighter defence eventually decided the issue.
SANDY JUST MISSES
In the ninth inning Sandy was just one pitch away from a 2-1 victory. However, first baseman Butch Moran doubled off shortstop Ray Tran’s leg. Vince DiMaggio singled him to third and Jose Bache singled him home for the tying run.
The same Bache was the goat of the Caps’ victory. With the bases loaded and one away in the 10th, Dick Sinovic shot a fast ground ball to Bache at short. Bache threw the ball before he got it and the error allowed K. Chorlton to romp in with the winner.
Tacoma ....... 010 000 000 0—2 7 3
Vancouver ... 000 011 000 1—3 7 0
Dodeward and Lundberg; Robertson and Ritchey.
VICTORIA [Colonist, Aug. 25]—Bob Sturgeon received almost everything but a coveted victory over Wenatchee Chiefs last night at Royal Athletic Park.
Honored at a special “night,” the manager of the A’s was presented with gifts from fans, city business firms, the club management and players in a pre-game ceremony topped by the signing of a pact to return as manager next season if the Victoria W.I.L. franchise is still operated by the Victoria Baseball and Athletic Co. Ltd.
In addition, Sturgeon received the assurance he will have capable shortstop protection for next season. Business manager Reg Patterson announced before the game that popular Jim Clark is now the property of the club and will be back to start next season at the position he has filled so well since joining the club July 18.
2,500 HOPEFULS
Then, the Chiefs refused to co-operate. With 2,500 hopeful fans on hand, the club the A’s hope to beat out of the last post-season playoff berth, uncovered its latent power to blast out a 11-2 triumph.
The victory gave the Chiefs an even split in the two-game series and restored their lead to three games. Victoria won the season’s series, 11-9.
The A’s leave this morning for a seven-game road trip with stops at Yakima, Spokane and Tacoma, in that order. The Bears, with ex-manager Dick Barrett lying in wait as a cinch to start one game, will be faced tonight in a single game and tomorrow in two. It’s Spokane Monday and Tuesday, Tacoma Wednesday and Thursday, and back home Friday to wind up the season with three games against Spokane and Salem.
Percentages didn’t pay off last night. With the Chiefs having most of their power swinging from the first-base side, the A’s have been throwing their southpaws against them with good success. This time it didn’t work.
Ben Lorino got the starting assignment and he was hit harder than he ever has been in the W.I.L. Led by Will Hafey, Walt Pockay, Lyle Palmer, Jim Marshall and even pitcher Tom Breisinger, their left-handed hitting contingent, the Chiefs had Lorino in the showers before the sixth inning was over.
Lorino gave up 12 hits and eight runs in his tenure and the Chiefs kept his outfielders busy with booming line drives. Still going along with the southpaw-versus-lefthander theory, Sturgeon sent Jim Hedgecock in as relief. He failed to get a man out, walking one and giving up two singles and a home run.
Between them, the two Victoria southpaws gave up 11 runs and 15 hits. Eleven of those hits were made by lefthanders in the Wenatchee batting order and the quintet batted in eighth of the runs. Included among the hits was a tremendous 380-foot home run by hafey, who batted in five runs with three hits.
SET DOWN EASILY
Righthanded Bill Prior came on for Hedgecock in the sixth to face Marshall and Breisinger and set them down easily to complete the percentage rout. Prior went on to hold the winners scoreless in a fine relief stint but the A’s could do nothing with Breisinger, who lost his shutout only because Bill White’s fly ball was lost in the lights in the first inning and fell in for a triple.
Wenatchee .... 110 045 000—11 17 1
Victoria ......... 200 000 000—2 7 1
Breisinger and Roberson; Lorino, Hedgecock (6), Prior (6) and Cardinale.
YAKIMA, Aug. 24 — The Tri-City Braves turned on the Yakima Bears with a 15-hit attack and a 8-4 Western International league victory tonight.
The victory moved the last place Braves to within one game of the seventh-place Bears.
Clint Cameron with three singles and Bill Eddelstein [sic], Ken Michelson and Vic Buccola with two hits each led the Tri-City attack on hurlers Bill Boemler and Tom Del Sarto. Boemler was charged with his 12th loss. He has 13 victories.
Joe Nicholas went the route for Tri-City to gain his sixth win against seven defeats.
WILfan note: Again, the standing as mentioned in this U.P. story is incorrect. The standings at the top of this post are correct and were from another newspaper.
Tri-City ..... 010 022 003—8 15 1
Yakima ...... 111 001 000—4 11 0
Nicholas and Pesut; Boemler, Del Sarto (7) and Tiesiera.
Thursday, August 23, 1951
W L Pct GB
Spokane ..... 86 43 .667 —
Vancouver ... 83 48 .634 4
Salem ....... 67 62 .510 10
Wenatchee ... 61 69 .469 25½
Victoria .... 60 72 .455 27½
Tacoma ...... 56 74 .431 30½
Yakima ...... 55 75 .418 31½
Tri-City .... 53 78 .405 34
SALEM, Aug. 23—The Spokane Indians were edged out 4-3 tonight as they failed to overcome the lead the Salem Senators established at the expense of John Marshall.
Salem chased pitcher John Marshall out of the box in the second inning after they had
collected four runs in the two frames. It was enough as Curt Schmidt held Spokane to five hits and three runs over the route.
Bob Roberts pitched seven-plus hitless innings as Marshall's relief.
Spokane .... 000 201 000—3 5 1
Salem ....... 130 000 00x—4 5 3
Marshall, Roberts (2) and Sheets; Schmidt and McKeegan.
VANCOUVER [Keith Matthews, News Herald, Aug. 23]—They say all Vernon Kindsfather ever needed this year was steady employment and he’d become a full-grown, potential major leaguer. This was only Vernon’s second victory of the entire year. Both have been with the Capilanos and have come at a time when Mr. William Schuster is most thankful for them.
Vern, after a spring training season in which he beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, had an 0-5 card with Seattle. The Rainiers shipped him off to Memphis, where the Chicago White Sox wanted a closer look at the youngster Paul Richards valued so highly.
Vern didn’t get a look-in down there. He was 0-0, never started a game, and was terribly unhappy about it.
The youngster is doing the things he likes now, pitching in turn and blowing his fast balls and curves in varying speeds.
Tacoma only got five hits off the boy last night and only one of the three runs was earned.
The Caps, meanwhile, utilized Bob Schulte’s wildness, coupled it with Dick Sinovic’s hitting and came away an easy winner.
Sinovic finally picked up his 100th RBI, then added one to it to bring his total to 1001 for the season. The smallest crowd ever to sit in at the new park, incidentally, watched this one. A mere 1400.
Tonight the same clubs meet again at 8:30 and Sandy Robertson (2-4) will do the serving for the Caps.
Tacoma ....... 000 210 000—3 5 0
Vancouver ... 301 101 01x—7 10 1
Schulte and Lundberg; Kindsfather and Cheso.
VICTORIA [Colonist, Aug. 24]—Victoria’s ambitious Athletics, hustling to make the post-season playdowns, closed the gap separating them from the fourth-place Wenatchee Chiefs to two games at Royal Athletic Park last night.
Finding their batting eyes against Al Treichel, the veteran righthander who is usually tough for them, the A’s came from behind to win from the Chiefs in the 14-3 romp.
They get a chance to get closer in the last game of the short series tonight. It will be “Bob Sturgeon Night” and the A’s will have a double incentive.
NEW CONTRACT
Among other gifts, the popular manager is expected to receive a contract for next season and his players will be trying to give him a second victory as their contribution. Ben Lorino gets the mound assignment and he will be facing Tom Breisinger in an all-southpaw battle.
Settling down after a shaky start in which he gave up single runs in each of the first three innings, Jim Propst was never threatened again as he marked his 12th win in 20 decisions and made it eight our of nine since Sturgeon took over.
Propst not only held the Chiefs at bay in the last six innings but he contributed something at the plate by singling in the tying runs in a four-run fourth inning which gave the A’s a 5-3 lead.
Sharing the spotlight with Propst was Bill Dunn, who has suddenly become a terror with a bat. The veteran infielder, who is keeping Sturgeon on the bench, had a perfect night with a triple, two singles and a walk and drove in three runs. His triple was a tremendous clout to left field which travelled an estimated 360 feet. Dunn has 16 hits in his last 27 trips and 23 hits in 52 trips since he started a plate surge that has lifted his average 36 points from .188 since Aug. 1.
HOMER BY PRIES
Don Pries, climbing steadily since a mid-season slump, chipped in with three hits including his fourth home run and Rocco Cardinale made his first hit at Royal Athletic Park a two-run homer in the eighth.
Wenatchee ... 111 000 000—3 7 4
Victoria ....... 001 402 34x—14 14 0
Treichel and Roberson; Propst and Cardinale.
YAKIMA [Herald, Aug. 24]—The Trl-Clty Braves crawled a little deeper into the Western International league cellar here last night and they managed to lose to the Yakima Bears 14-1.
Losing pitcher for Tri-City was Bob Costello who gave up 16 hits for hla 12th loss of the year. He has won 8. Ted Savarese held Tri-City to six hits as he notched his 10th win against 10 defeats.
The Braves only run was scored in the top of the first inning by shortstop Buddy Peterson. He singled, stole second and scored on a one-baser by Clint Cameron.
In the bottom half of the same inning, Peterson went out of ths game on his ear after a dispute over a close play at second base. Yaklma's Bill Andring was called safe. Disagreeing, Peterson charged at Umpire Charley Rose but was restrained and finally led off the field by his teammates.
Earl Richmond led Yakima hitters with four singles in five trips. The game left the hapless Tri-City Braves two full games behind their “cellar mates,” Yakima.
WILfan note: Actually, "two" isn't correct. Somehow, the AP missed a game in its win column for Yakima in mid-August and didn't fix it until the day after this story came out
Tri-City .... 100 000 000—1 6 6
Yakima ..... 203 003 51x—14 16 0
Costello and Pesut; Savarese and Tiesiera.
Spokane ..... 86 43 .667 —
Vancouver ... 83 48 .634 4
Salem ....... 67 62 .510 10
Wenatchee ... 61 69 .469 25½
Victoria .... 60 72 .455 27½
Tacoma ...... 56 74 .431 30½
Yakima ...... 55 75 .418 31½
Tri-City .... 53 78 .405 34
SALEM, Aug. 23—The Spokane Indians were edged out 4-3 tonight as they failed to overcome the lead the Salem Senators established at the expense of John Marshall.
Salem chased pitcher John Marshall out of the box in the second inning after they had
collected four runs in the two frames. It was enough as Curt Schmidt held Spokane to five hits and three runs over the route.
Bob Roberts pitched seven-plus hitless innings as Marshall's relief.
Spokane .... 000 201 000—3 5 1
Salem ....... 130 000 00x—4 5 3
Marshall, Roberts (2) and Sheets; Schmidt and McKeegan.
VANCOUVER [Keith Matthews, News Herald, Aug. 23]—They say all Vernon Kindsfather ever needed this year was steady employment and he’d become a full-grown, potential major leaguer. This was only Vernon’s second victory of the entire year. Both have been with the Capilanos and have come at a time when Mr. William Schuster is most thankful for them.
Vern, after a spring training season in which he beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, had an 0-5 card with Seattle. The Rainiers shipped him off to Memphis, where the Chicago White Sox wanted a closer look at the youngster Paul Richards valued so highly.
Vern didn’t get a look-in down there. He was 0-0, never started a game, and was terribly unhappy about it.
The youngster is doing the things he likes now, pitching in turn and blowing his fast balls and curves in varying speeds.
Tacoma only got five hits off the boy last night and only one of the three runs was earned.
The Caps, meanwhile, utilized Bob Schulte’s wildness, coupled it with Dick Sinovic’s hitting and came away an easy winner.
Sinovic finally picked up his 100th RBI, then added one to it to bring his total to 1001 for the season. The smallest crowd ever to sit in at the new park, incidentally, watched this one. A mere 1400.
Tonight the same clubs meet again at 8:30 and Sandy Robertson (2-4) will do the serving for the Caps.
Tacoma ....... 000 210 000—3 5 0
Vancouver ... 301 101 01x—7 10 1
Schulte and Lundberg; Kindsfather and Cheso.
VICTORIA [Colonist, Aug. 24]—Victoria’s ambitious Athletics, hustling to make the post-season playdowns, closed the gap separating them from the fourth-place Wenatchee Chiefs to two games at Royal Athletic Park last night.
Finding their batting eyes against Al Treichel, the veteran righthander who is usually tough for them, the A’s came from behind to win from the Chiefs in the 14-3 romp.
They get a chance to get closer in the last game of the short series tonight. It will be “Bob Sturgeon Night” and the A’s will have a double incentive.
NEW CONTRACT
Among other gifts, the popular manager is expected to receive a contract for next season and his players will be trying to give him a second victory as their contribution. Ben Lorino gets the mound assignment and he will be facing Tom Breisinger in an all-southpaw battle.
Settling down after a shaky start in which he gave up single runs in each of the first three innings, Jim Propst was never threatened again as he marked his 12th win in 20 decisions and made it eight our of nine since Sturgeon took over.
Propst not only held the Chiefs at bay in the last six innings but he contributed something at the plate by singling in the tying runs in a four-run fourth inning which gave the A’s a 5-3 lead.
Sharing the spotlight with Propst was Bill Dunn, who has suddenly become a terror with a bat. The veteran infielder, who is keeping Sturgeon on the bench, had a perfect night with a triple, two singles and a walk and drove in three runs. His triple was a tremendous clout to left field which travelled an estimated 360 feet. Dunn has 16 hits in his last 27 trips and 23 hits in 52 trips since he started a plate surge that has lifted his average 36 points from .188 since Aug. 1.
HOMER BY PRIES
Don Pries, climbing steadily since a mid-season slump, chipped in with three hits including his fourth home run and Rocco Cardinale made his first hit at Royal Athletic Park a two-run homer in the eighth.
Wenatchee ... 111 000 000—3 7 4
Victoria ....... 001 402 34x—14 14 0
Treichel and Roberson; Propst and Cardinale.
YAKIMA [Herald, Aug. 24]—The Trl-Clty Braves crawled a little deeper into the Western International league cellar here last night and they managed to lose to the Yakima Bears 14-1.
Losing pitcher for Tri-City was Bob Costello who gave up 16 hits for hla 12th loss of the year. He has won 8. Ted Savarese held Tri-City to six hits as he notched his 10th win against 10 defeats.
The Braves only run was scored in the top of the first inning by shortstop Buddy Peterson. He singled, stole second and scored on a one-baser by Clint Cameron.
In the bottom half of the same inning, Peterson went out of ths game on his ear after a dispute over a close play at second base. Yaklma's Bill Andring was called safe. Disagreeing, Peterson charged at Umpire Charley Rose but was restrained and finally led off the field by his teammates.
Earl Richmond led Yakima hitters with four singles in five trips. The game left the hapless Tri-City Braves two full games behind their “cellar mates,” Yakima.
WILfan note: Actually, "two" isn't correct. Somehow, the AP missed a game in its win column for Yakima in mid-August and didn't fix it until the day after this story came out
Tri-City .... 100 000 000—1 6 6
Yakima ..... 203 003 51x—14 16 0
Costello and Pesut; Savarese and Tiesiera.
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