Sunday 2 September 2007

Monday, September 4, 1950






               W  L  PCT GB
Tacoma ...... 88 53 .624 —
Yakima ...... 89 55 .618 ½
Tri-City .... 78 64 .549 10½
Wenatchee ... 75 68 .524 14
Vancouver ... 60 79 .432 27
Victoria .... 62 82 .431 27½
Spokane ..... 59 82 .418 29
Salem ....... 57 85 .401 31½


VICTORIA, The Tacoma-Victoria double-header saw the two teams manufacture a total of 51 hits, four of them home runs. Ted Wenner and Dick Greco smasked four-baggers for Tacoma in teh opening, Ron Gifford in the second. Gene Thompson hit Victoria's lone four-ply clout.
First Game
Tacoma ... 022 000 100— 5 12 2
Victoria .... 026 000 12x—11 12 2
Anderson, Knezovich (6) and Sheets; Smith and Ronning.
Second Game
Tacoma ... 301 301 101—10 14 0
Victoria .... 011 100 030—6 13 0
Loust, Carter (8) and Sheets; Hedgecock, Noyes (4), Brkich (9) and Danielson.

VANCOUVER, Sept. 4—The vancouver Capilanos and Yakima Bears took turns being hitting machines on Monday. The Caps smacked 16 in a 9-3 win in the opener, while the Bears mashed 17 off four Vancouver pitchers in taking the nightcap, 9-1.
Dick Sinovic brought in three teammates with a double in the first game as Vancouver scored five runs in the sixth inning. Bill Brenner hit a two run and Reggie Clarkson swatted a pair of doubles.
Pete Coscarart doubled twice off winning pitcher Carl Gunnarson.
In the opener, young Dick Alvari got only one batter out before he was mauled for three runs on four hits.
Jim Westlake and Jerry Zuvela both doubled twice, as the Bears left 15 runners stranded.
Charlie Mead's single spoiled Lloyd Dickey's shutout bid, as it scored Sandy Robertson, playing shortstop for the Caps, in the sixth.
First Game
Yakima .......... 000 002 001—3 8 1
Vancouver ........ 012 015 00x—9 16 2
Powell and Tornay; Gunnarson and Brenner.
Second Game
Yakima .......... 321 002 001—9 17 0
Vancouver ........ 000 001 000—1 6 4
Dickey and Tiesiera; Alvari, Nicholas (1), Whyte (7), Keating (8) and Heisner.

KENNEWICK, Sharp fielding highlighted the second game between Tri-City and Salem. Seven double plays, four by the Oregonians, cut down the run making as the two clubs matched ten-hit efforts.
Tri-City wrapped up the opener with six runs in the first inning to make Lou McCollum's 20th pitching victory a virtual breeze.
First Game
Salem ........ 210 000 3—6 8 1
Tri-City ...... 611 100 x—9 11 0
Osborn, Whitson (1) and Beard; McCollum and McKeegan.
Second game
Salem ......... 000 010 002—3 10 1
Tri-City ....... 001 001 20x—4 10 1
Lineberger, Costello (7) and Martin; Orrell and McKeegan.

SPOKANE, Wenatchee's Tom Breisinger and Spokane's Jim Holder hooked up the the WIL's best mound duel of the day, with the latter emerging on top despite giving up five hits to Breisinger's four over the seven-inning route.
Wenatchee also topped the hit parade in the second game but scored four of its five runs on errors.
First Game
Wenatchee ....... 000 010 0—1 5 2
Spokane ........... 100 020 x—3 4 0
Breisinger and Neal; Holder and Rossi.
Second Game
Wenatchee ...... 200 000 201—5 14 2
Spokane .......... 100 200 000—3 10 3
Dahle and Billings; Rockey and Rossi.
(game stories unavailable)

Call Ups From WIL
UNDATED, Sept. 4—The Sacramento Solons have recalled Gene Roenspie, 8-7 with the Tri-City Braves this season, and catcher Jim McKeegan. They will report after the Western International League season is finished.
Former Brave Ken Kleasner has been signed by Marysville of the Far West League.
Also recalled by Sacramento are outfielder Dick Faber and Merle Frick. Tey will report next spring.
Paul Spurlock has been recalled by the W.I.L's Vancouver Capilanos from Klamath Falls of the Far West League. He started the season in Vancouver. Former Cap pitcher Bud L. Beasley is back at Reno High School, helping out with the football chores.

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