Thursday, September 7, 1950

               W  L  PCT GB
Tacoma ...... 89 56 .614 —
Yakima ...... 90 57 .612 —
Tri-City .... 81 64 .559 8
Wenatchee ... 76 70 .521 13½
Victoria .... 65 82 .442 25
Vancouver ... 62 81 .434 26
Spokane ..... 61 83 .424 27½
Salem ....... 57 88 .393 32

VANCOUVER, Sept. 7 — During the 1949 Western International League season, Tacoma’s Bob Kerrigan was just another member of the pitching staff. This season the strong left-hander is just about the Tacoma Tiger pitching staff.
Tonight, Kerrigan southpawed his way to a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver Capilanos at Capilano Stadium. It was Kerrigan’s 26th win of the year. And a new WIL pitching record.
Kerrigan’s neat chore kept the Tigers in contention for the WIL pennant as Yakima los to Victoria.
All three Cap runs were unearned, the last one coming in the ninth with two out. George Nicholas lost his 16th game of the season against 15 wins.
The Tigers scored three runs in the very first inning on five hits and two walks, and only some fine infield play saved Nicholas from disaster.
Kerrigan's record exceeds the mark of 25 victories set in 1948 by Joe Blankenship, then of Victoria and now with the Wenatchee Chiefs.
Actually, the Tigers dropped another half game behind Yakima because Bob Bruenner, the Caps’ freshman right-hander, registered his seventh triumph in the opener of a twin bill. The rookie worked his way out of continuous trouble to cuff the Tigers 9-7.
He allowed 12 hits, two of them home runs by Wimpy Quinn, which accounted for four runs. Quinn batted two consecutive homers and two singles in four times at bat. Sol Israel also homered off him.
On the other side of the ledger Reg Clarkson had a perfect night at the plate, going four for four, and racing all the way around on an inside-the-park homer.
Two players were honoured between games. Charlie Mead received gifts and a couple of cups for being the people's choice, the clubs's leading home run hitter and for having batted in more runs than any other Cap this season. Sandy Robertson will display a new suit soon after being chosen the most valuable player.
Len Tran and Reg Clarkson went out of the park for Vancouver — Clarkson’s was a two-run blast — while Dick Sinovic tripled in two runs.
Kerrigan’s feat of 26 wins broke the existing record of 25 set by Joe Blankenship when he was with Victoria in 1947. Along with Sandy Robertson and Frank Nelson, the latter formerly of Spokane, Kerrigan also holds the record for consecutive pitching wins. The trio all won 12 straight games.
First Game
Tacoma ......... 303 000 1 — 7 12 4
Vancouver ...... 201 042 x — 9 11 0
Conger, Anderson (5) Loust (6) and Sheets; Bruenner and Heisner.
Second Game
Tacoma ......... 300 100 000 — 4 10 2
Vancouver ...... 000 020 001 — 3 8 1
Kerrigan and Sheets; Nicholas and Brenner.

VICTORIA, Sept. 7—Playing no favourites, Victoria Athletics Thursday night knocked Yakima out of the W.I.L. lead and restored the Tacoma Tigers, the club they knocked down earlier in the week, to the top rung. Playing before a “Ladies’ Night” crowd estimated at 1,300 at Royal Athletic Park the A’s handed Dewey Soriano, Yakima pitcher-president, his first defeat of the season, pounding him out of the box in a seven-run fourth inning and going on to take a 9-7 decision.
Although two of the league’s better pitchers started, the game was one of the longest of the season with four hurlers delivering a total of 348 pitches plate-wards. John Marshall, who asked for the assignment, was the surprise Victoria starter. Neither he nor Soriano managed to survive the fourth inning.
Lacking control, Marshall escaped being scored on in the first two innings, although he walked one batter in the first and three in the second. He lost the 2-0 lead a double by Jim Moore gave him in the first with plate umpire Estes ruled a smash by Bill McCawley a fair ball. It rolled deep into right field and McCawley races across the plate ahead of two of his teammates to receive credit for an inside-the-park home run. The blow, a hard-hit bounder down the first base line, appeared to be foul by at least a foot when it passed the bag, and the A’s protested to no avail.
Four successive bases on balls with two runners aboard in the fourth forced in three more runs and brought in Warren Noyes to replace Marshall.
Yakima’s lead evaporated quickly when the A’s took their turn in the fourth. Bill Dunn was hit by a pitched ball and Al Ronning walked to start it. Noyes laid down a perfect bunt and beat it out to load the bags. Bob McGuire grounded out, one run scoring, and Marty Krug, Jr. plated two more with a single. Lou Novikoff singled and Gene Thompson walked to load the bags again. Krug scored after Moore flied out and John Hack put the A’s ahead when he tripled.
Soriano went out in favour of Larry Powell and Dunn greeted him with a single which scored Hack. Powell finally got the side out and went on to pitch a fine game but the Bears could do nothing with Noyes.
The young righthander, who appears to be getting the control he lacked, scored his third win of the season and his second in successive relief appearances as he held Yakima to one run and three hits in five-plus innings.
Yakima ......... 003 300 100—7 7 0
Victoria ........ 200 700 00x—9 12 0
Soriano, Powell (4) and Tornay; Marshall, Noyes (4) and Ronning.

KENNEWICK, Sept. 7—The Tri-City Braves swamped Salem's sagging Senators 18 to 3 for the third straight time Thursday night in their last home game of the Western International league season.
The Braves also clinched third place in the standings, taking a 5½ game lead over fourth place Wenatchee which has no chance to move up.
Salem ......... 000 200 010— 3 9 2
Tri-City ....... 726 102 00x—18 20 1
Woodson, Costello (1), Osborn (3) and Martin; McCollum and McKeegan.

Wenatchee ...... 000 100 010 — 2 6 2
Spokane .......... 200 000 001 — 3 3 2
Ferrarese and Neal; Conant and Rossi.

Salem Ball Club For Sale Again
SALÈM, Sept. 7—The Salem Senators of the Western International Baseball League are for sale again.
Business Manager George Emigh said the parent Portland Beavers either want to sell the club or transfer it to another city because of poor attendance the last two seasons. The Senators are at the bottom of the league.
The Beavers tried to sell the club to a group of Salem citizens last winter, but they couldn't agree on a price. Now, nobody around here seems interested in buying the team.

G AB H RBI HR Ave
Stetter, Spok. … 131 474 178 110 15 .376
Greco, Tac. ……143 543 197 147 35 .363
McCawley, Yak. 101 382 129 72 5 .338
Thompson, Vic. 143 543 182 105 24 .335
Rossi, Spo. …… 138 498 166 110 18 .334
Warner, T.C. …. 142 536 177 127 20 .330
Runs batted in — Greco, Tacoma, 147; Warner, Tri-City, 127; Westlake, Yakima, 120; Mead, Vancouver, 113; Stetter, Tacoma, 113; Rossi, Spokane, 113.
Home runs — Greco, Tacoma, 35; Thompson, Victoria, 24; Warner, Tri-City, 20; Mead, Vancouver, 19; Rossi, Spokane, 18.
Pitching — Robertson, Vancouver, 12-2; Greenlaw, Tri-City, 9-2; Kerrigan, Tacoma, 25-7; Domenichelli, Yakima, 12-6; Kipp, Tacoma, 8-4.

NON WIL MINOR LEAGUE NEWS
Chorlton Runs Fast Century
SEATTLE, Sept. 7 — Rookie K. Chorlton, Seattle outfielder, with the steamlined first name, outlegged Portland's speedball Luis Marquez in a special 100-yard race prior to tonight's Portland-Seattle Pacific Coast League baseball game.
Chorlton stepped the distance in 11 second flat, fully clothed in baseball garb. Marquez was just a whimper behind. Seattle's Bill Ramsay was third and Portland's Johnny Rucker was fourth.

Wednesday, June 28, 1950

S T A N D I N G S
              W  L Pct. GB
Tacoma ..... 39 28 .591 —
Yakima ..... 38 29 .567 1½
Wenatchee .. 38 30 .559 2½
Tri-City ... 37 31 .544 3½
Salem ...... 30 35 .462 9½
Victoria ... 31 39 .443 11
Spokane .... 30 39 .435 11½
Vancouver .. 26 39 .400 12½

VICTORIA, [Colonist, June 29, 1950]—Last night was “ladies night” at Royal Athletic Park and an estimated 6,000 fans (2,900 paid) the season’s largest crowd turned out to see the Victoria Athletics meet the Tacoma Tigers in the series finale.
As is almost always the case, the A’s failed to come up with one of their better performances when faced with a chance to make a lot of new fans. Crumbling defences and excellent pitching by Bob Kerrigan combined to give them to short end of a 9-2 count.
FACE INDIANS
The loss left the A’s in sixth place and facing a four-game set with the Spokane Indians, who have been kept respectable by their success against Victoria. The Indians have won nine of 11 games against the A’s and arrive today bolstered by the addition of Edo Vanni, the errant former Athletic who was reinstated in undue haste by League President Bob Abel and promptly signed with the Spokes. Joe Mishasek will try to protect the sixth-place rating tonight.
HEDGECOCK UNLUCKY
For four innings, Kerrigan, who now has a 13-3 record, duelled with Jim Hedgecock in a fine mound battle. The Victoria southpaw was in fine fettle but was unable to cope with leaky defensive play and finally went out under fire of his own making in the eighth. Joe Kronberg was the chief culprit and was charged with three errors. Only three of the six runs charged against Hedgecock were earned, while the three Jim Propst gave up in the ninth were all unearned.
Kerrigan was shaky in the first two innings but the A’s let him off the hook. Kronberg’s failure to sacrifice in the second after John Hack and Bill Dunn had opened with singles was costly. The third baseman then struck out and later completed an unfortunate inning by hitting into a double play in the sixth when the A’s again had Kerrigan on the hook. Moore doubled, Don Alfano singled and Gene Thompson doubled to open the inning but the A’s could go no further.
Both umpires also had a bad night. Plate Umpire Pearson’s call which saw Wert banished was practically a wild pitch, the ball going all the way to the backstop. Pearson later tossed out Bill Sheets for remarks from the Tiger dugout.
Tacoma ..... 000 022 023—9 12 0
Victoria ..... 000 002 000—2 9 5
Kerrigan and Fisher; Hedgecock,Propst (8) and Ronning.

YAKIMA, June 28 — For the second successive night, the Yakima Bears rallied in the ninth inning to beat the Salem Senators in a league game Wednesday night, 5-4.
The Bears loaded the bags on Lou Novikoff's single and two walks, then tallied three
times as rookie Bill Andring, ex-Washington Husky, singled and veteran Pete Coscarart doubled into right-center to drive in the tying and winning runs.
Salem had gone ahead in the same inning when Wayne Peterson tripled to send home Bill Beard and scored himself when Reno Cheso threw wide at third on the relay.
Salem ...... 000 002 002—4 9 2
Yakima ... 020 000 003—5 10 2
Tierney and Beard; Larner and Tornay.

KENNEWICK, June 28—A pair of home runs and the six-hit pitching of Jay Ragni carried Wenatchee to a 6-2 first game victory over Tri-City here Wednesday night, but the Braves came back to win a slugging duel, 15-8 in the nightcap of a Western International league doubleheader.
Tri-City collected 17 hits in the afterpiece which topped the Wenatchee total by two.
Joe Unfried and Jerry Ballard hit the homers for the Chiefs which contributed to the outcome of the opener.
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KENNEWICK, June 29 [D. Becker, Herald]—Bundle together a total of 59 base hits in fifteen and a half innings and you begin to have some idea of what went on at Sanders Field last night. Wenatchee curbed the Tri-City team in the opener which they won 6-2. However, the slumbering Brave bats came to life in the nightcap to pound out 17 hits for a 15-8 decision and send most of the 2090 fans home happy. The series now stands 2-1 for the Braves with the finale on tap for tonight.
Charlie Petersen, manager of the Braves, will send his newest hurler, right hander Joe Nicholas out to get the bulge' win. And the Tri-City team will look at the slants of another lefthander when Tom Breisinger takes the mound for the Chiefs.
Nicholas, who reported to the club Tuesday, has a 3-0 record with Austin in the Big State League this season, and a 2-1 record with Klamath Gems, his last stop before reporting here.
Wenatchee's right fielder, Joe Unfried and Jerry Ballard, Chief first sacker wrapped up the seven inning opener with a pair of four-masters. Both were rapped off the pitching arm of Joe Orrell whose season record is now 6-6. Unfried's came in the fourth with two on and Ballard dropped his over the left field wall in the sixth with one man aboard the bases.
HOLD THE EDGE
The Braves led all the way in the marathon nightcap. Best high light of the game was the rhubarb between visiting manager Tommy Thompson and Umpire Perkins in the Wenatchee eighth. With Bob Felizzatto on the mound and Walt Pocekay in the batter's box, the Chief player suddenly fell away from the plate as Felizzatto zoomed one in. The ball hit 1. Either the bat, or 2. Pocekay's knuckles.
Pocekay contended it was the latter while umpire Perkins held the opposite view. Thompson rushed from the third base coaching box and grabbed Pocekay's hand to show Perkins where the skin had been cut by the ball. But the man in blue stood his ground during the five minute tirade. Pocekay stepped hack into the box and promptly hit into a double play to retire the side it was the first man that Felizzato had faced in the game.
It was Perkins who also got into trouble with Wenatchee in the opener. Al Spaeter and Jim Warner, on second and first respectively, pulled a double steal. Wenatchee third baseman laid the ball in his glove in front of the bag as Spaeter slid in. Perkins called the Brave second baseman safe, and they were off on another little dandy gum-batting contest. As usual the umpire won.
ANOTHER FOR STONE
It was the eighth win against four losses for Dick Stone, with a nice assist from Felizzato.
However, none of the four pitchers that appeared in the game exhibited the control they have shown in the past. Three double plays by the Tri-City team pulled Stone out of bad spots. The Braves minted four of the twin killings last night and Al Spaeter completed one on his own in the fifth inning of the first amp when he took Lil Arnerch's line drive and then stepped on second to force Jay Ragni.
First Game
Wenatchee .... 000 302 1—6 9 1
Tri-City ......... 000 001 1—2 6 0
Ragni and Spurgeon; Orrell, Olsen (6) and Pesut.
Second Game
Wenatchee ..... 001 202 102— 8 15 4
Tri-City .......... 102 530 04x—15 17 5
Dahle, Sciarra (8) and Spurgeon; Stone, Felizzato (8) and Pesut.

VANCOUVER [Erwin M. Swangard, Daily Province, June 29]—A number of important events from a baseball point transpired Wednesday night at Cap Stadium, home of the Vancouver entry in the Western International League.
In chronological order:
Capilanos resolved to a man, including the bat boy, not to shave until they have vacated the WIL cellar;
Manager Bill Brenner shook up his lineup and batting order;
His men responded by mauling two Spokane pitchers for 15 hits and seven runs;
Caps’ infield, inspired chiefly by second baseman Len Tran, equalled the double play record of six for one game set by Yakima in June, 1939;
Caps soundly trounced Spokane Indians 7-2 behind George Nicholas’ effective pitching;
Lefthander Bud Beasley reported to the Caps;
General Manager Bob Brown gave lanky Bob Costello his outright release.
Brenner nominated Kevin King and Bob Snyder to pitch in tonight’s double-header against the league-leading Tacoma Tigers, who will play a third game Friday and two more Saturday at Cap Stadium.
SOME CHANGES
Capilano fans got quite a shock when their favorites took the field. Jimmy Robinson was missing from third base. Official club reason was that little Jimmy, who was in uniform, was suffering from a slight case of the flu but the fact that Spokane threw a lefty against the Caps bespoke of the real reason for his absence.
Charlie Mead came in from right field and played third. His place was taken by Sandy Robertson, the league’s leading pitcher.
Reg Clarkson was lead-off in place of Robinson. Ray Tran moved up from eighth to second position. Dick Sinovic moved into the cleanup spot while Mead batted fifth.
THE RESULTS
Now let’s see how it worked. Clarkson got three for five, Ray Tran got two for five including a lusty double. Len Tran, the No. 3 man, got three for five. Sinovic got three for five, including a double.
It didn’t look promising at all when the Indians snatched two unearned runs in the first inning. Caps kept pecking away with single runs in the first, third and sixth to take a short lead. Then came the explosion in the seventh when three straight hits were climaxed with Bill Brenner’s 390-foot homer over the left centre wall and the game was well in hand for Vancouver.
Spokane ....... 200 000 000— 2 9 3
Vancouver .... 101 001 40x—7 15 1
Yerkes, Kohout (7) and Rossi; Nicholas and Bill Brenner.

Chorlton Move Seen by Fan As U.S. Trick
[Victoria Colonist, June 29, 1950]
As least one Victoria baseball fan believes there was an ulterior motive when Seattle Rainiers recalled outfielder K. Chorlton from Victoria Athletics. Manager Marty Krug received a letter this week from an anonymous writer on the subject. It reads:
Sir:
The recall of K. Chorlton to Seattle was done deliberately as an American trick to try to make the Victoria team lose the series against the American team. They don’t want to see a Canadian team beat the Americans at their own game.
A Canadian.
However, Chorlton’s return now seems imminent with Outfielder Marvin Rackley, who jumped the club last week, reportedly back with the Rainiers. The A’s hope he will be back later this week and no later than next week.
Other news from the A’s is that Bernie Clarkson and Ed Gary, the Kamloops catcher, will finish the season with a Calgary semi-pro club. They left yesterday. The A’s have also signed John Brkich, the tall young Kamloops southpaw. He will probably see some action later in the season.

Friday, June 23, 1950

Tacoma 35 25 .583
Yakima 36 27 .571
Wenatchee 34 29 .540
Tri-City 35 30 .538
Salem 28 32 .467
Victoria 29 35 .453
Spokane 28 37 .431
Vancouver 25 35 .417

SPOKANE, June 23 — Tri-City's Gene Roenspie won his sixth straight victory of the season Friday night with a 5 to 1 win over Spokane before 1801 Western International league fans.
The unbeaten Roenspie fanned five Indians and walked six.
It was the first appearance of the season for the Braves at Ferris field and they scored early and often to make a winning night of it.
Vic Buccola walked, stole second and scored the first Tri-City run in the opening frame on Buddy Peterson's single.
The Braves clinched the game with four runs after two were out in the third. Al Spaeter, Jim Warner and Peterson hit successive singles and Neil Bryant was safe on an error. With two runs across and two on base, Jim McKeehan hit a long double to bring home another pair.
Carroll Yerkes was charged with the defeat for Spokane, his second against two victories.
Tri-City ...... 104 000 000—5 12 2
Spokane ..... 001 000 000— 1 5 1
Roenspie and McKeegan, Pesut (5); Yerkes and Rossi.

WENATCHEE, June 23 — Southpaw Tommy Breisinger outdueled Big John Marshall as the Wenatchee Chiefs defeated the Victoria Athletics 2 to 0 here Friday night.
The A’s outhit the Chiefs, 8-6, but saw threats cut off in the second, seventh, eighth and ninth.
Don Alfano struck out an Al Ronning popped out with two runners aboard in the second, Alfano hit into a double play with Joe Kronberg on second in the seventh, and Gene Thompson, who had previously picked up two hits, grounded out with runners at first and third in the eighth. With two out in the ninth, Alfano and Ronning drew walks and Warren Noyes delivered a pinch-single to load the bases but Marty Krug, Jr., line to Walt Pocekay in left fiel to end the game.
Marshall suffered his second league defeat against nine wins. Seven walks during the game proved his downfall.
The Chiefs scored the only run they needed in the second inning on three walks around a single by Breisinger. They added an insurance run in the fifth on successive singles by Larry Neal, Pocekay and Don Fracchia.
Breisinger chalked up his fourth shutout and sixth victory against eight defeats.
Victoria ......... 000 000 000— 0 8 0
Wenatchee .... 010 010 00x— 2 6 1
Marshall and Ronning; Breisinger and Spurgeon.

Vancouver at Tacoma, postponed, rain.
Yakima at Salem, postponed, wet grounds.

Outfielder Hack Sold to Victoria
TWIN FALLS, Ida., June 23—John Hack, veteran outfielder for the Twin Falls Cowboys of the Pioneer league, was sold outright Friday to the Victoria Athletics of the Class B Western International league, business manager Jack Radtke reported.
Hack played for Victoria last season. He was purchased by the Cowboys this season from Binghamton, N.Y., of the Class A Eastern League.
Hack was a member of the 1948 Cowboy team. He was batting .376 for this season when he left the club Friday.
He was replaced in the Twin Falls lineup Friday night by Jimmy Groh, rookie from Los Angeles. Groh was the captain and leading hitter on the U.C.L.A. baseball team this season.

Chorlton Recalled By Seattle;
A’s Announce Acquisition of Young Hill Prospect
VICTORIA, [Colonist, June 24, 1950]—Second cheery note was the announcement that K. Chorlton will likely rejoin the A’s next Thursday. That was the word yesterday from Earl Sheely, general manager of the Seattle Rainiers. Chorlton so far has failed to break in to the Seattle line-up and is being kept only as insurance that injuries may cut the Rainiers’ outfield corps to less than the minimum three.
Third item from [Victoria business manager Reg] Patterson was word that the A’s have acquired the service of John Brkich (Brick-itch), promising young Kamloops southpaw. Brkich pitched against the A’s in Spring training games with Kamloops and gave every evidence of being a real prospect. A big youngster, he has good style. Best of all, he throws hard. He will probably remain with the A’s for the balance of the season.
Also of noteworthy nature was the report that Edo Vanni, former Victoria outfielder,had agreed to terms with Spokane. Vanni will likely be in the line-up next Thursday when the Indians arrive here for a four-game series.
WILfan note: the first “cheery note” was the Hack story mentioned above.

Lefty Bud Beasley Joins Capilano Pitching Staff
[Daily Province, June 24, 1950]
Vancouver Capilano’s somewhat shaky pitching staff received some real, solid reinforcement today.
General Manager Bob Brown announced the acquisition of left-hander Bud Beasley, a Pacific Coast League veteran with all sorts of experience and color.
Beasley who is the property of the Seattle Rainiers did not play last year, He lives at Reno where he teaches school. In 1949 he forsook baseball for summer school. Before that he pitches for Seattle and Sacramento. He will join the club immediately.Brown was very enthusiastic about the new Cap, who he feels will supply just what is needed to lead the team from its lonely position in the WIL cellar to loftier places.

Ferrarese Nearing WIL Mark for Free Passes
WENATCHEE, June 23—Don Ferrarese, 20-year-old Wenatchee southpaw, is nearing the Western International League record for bases on balls.
Ferrarese, who has won eight and lost five games so far this season, has issued 110 bases on balls in 102 innings pitched since the start of the season.
Claude Williams, another Wenatchee portsider, holds the WIL walks-per-season with 186,, established in 1941.
Ferrarese issued 184 free passes while pitching with the pennant-winning Albuquerque Dukes in the West Texas-New Mexico circuit last season.

Thursday, June 22, 1950

              W  L Pct. GB
Tacoma ..... 35 35 .583 —
Yakima ..... 36 27 .565 1
Tri-City ... 35 29 .557 2
Wenatchee .. 34 29 .540 2½
Salem ...... 28 32 .487 7
Victoria ... 29 35 .453 8
Spokane .... 28 37 .431 9½
Vancouver .. 25 35 .417 10

YAKIMA, June 22—With the backing of three sparkling double plays, pitcher Bill Bradford edged Tacoma's Gil Loust, 1-0, Thursday night to give the Yakima Bears a sweep of their three game Western International League series.
Yakima scored the lone and winning run of its tilt in the second inning. Jerry Zuvela singled, Bill McCawley doubled and Nini Tornay was purposely walked. After forcing two batters to pop out, Loust lost his control and walked Pete Coscarart on five pitches to squeeze in the only run
Loust gave up only five hits while Bradford permitted eight. The Bears backed Bradford with three double plays.
It was the Bears' second successive series sweep and the slumping Tigers' eighth consecutive loss, cutting Tacoma's lead to one game over Yakima.
Tacoma ..... 000 000 000—0 8 1
Yakima ..... 010 000 00x—1 5 1
Loust, Carter (8) and Sheets; Bradford and Tornay.

KENNEWICK, June 22—Tri-City Braves scored seven runs in a wild third inning Thursday night to beat Victoria 7 to 3 and clinch the Western International League series, two games to one.
The Braves batted around in the third on five hits, three walks and a Victoria error.
Jim Hedgecock, the Victoria starteer, was the victim of the big outbreak. He walked pitcher Joe Orrell to start the inning and Vic Buccola moved him to third with a double.
Jim Warner's single brought in one run and Buddy Peterson's triple scored two more. Hedgecock then loaded the bases with two walks and an error and Orrell returned to hit a single and score two runs. Al Spaeter's single brought home the sixth and seventh run of the inning.
Orrell didn't allow the Athletics a hit until the sixth and went on to win his sixth bictory of the season. He has lost five.
A's Notes: Infielder Al Washburn has refused to report and has returned home. John Hack has note arrived as the Twin Falls Cowboys now want him to stay and replace Leo Vitous, who is out with a broken leg. Vitous is the second-highest batter in the Pioneer League with a .361 average and leads in hits and total bases.
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KENNEWICK, June 23 [Don Becker, Herald] — It was a class B league in name only when Joe Orrell was on the mound last night to win his sixth victory for the Braves. The Bullet's 7-3 win gave the Braves the Victoria series 2-1, and 11 out of the last 12 at Sanders Field.
Tonight Brave manager Charlie Petersen will send his right handed ace, and a league leader, Gene Roenspie (5-0), in the first of a four game series with Spokane. The two teams will play a double-header Saturday night and the final game Sunday.
Orrell displayed all the brilliance that carried him to the major leagues in getting his sixth victory. For four innings he held Victoria hitless with an assortment of pitches that had the A's flaying the air . .and lucky to get a foul tip. Joe Kronberg, Victoria third baseman broke the spell in the fifth when he rifled a single over the infield into left field. But of the six hits that Orrell gave up two of thorn were definitely of the scratch variety, not solid blows.
Joe didn't do badly in the hitting parade either. His single in the third drove in two of the seven runs the Braves scored That one inning was all the Tri City team needed. . and that was all they got.
NO HITS NOW
A magnificent relief pitching role in the name of Warren Noyes was overshadowed by his team's loss and the spell that Orrell had already past on the 750 spectators. After that big five-hit third frame the Braves went hitless off the slants of Noyes, who took over when the fourth opened.
Jim Warner drove in the first Brave run and Buddy Peterson added two more with a long triple Orrell's single added a pair and Al Spaeter finished off the evening by driving in the last one The other counter came across on an error by Jim Moore, Victoria second baseman.
Jim McKeegan did the back stopping when the A's opened with a portsider and slammed a triple his first time up. Warner added two more stolen bases to his record by pilfering two from Noyes in the fourth.
Last night's victory was the second series decision here against the A's. We lost in our first meeting in Victoria. The edge however rides 5-4 in favor of the Tri-City team.
Tonight's game will be the fourth of the season against Spokane. They opened here last week and dropped all three as they hit the skids for an eight straight game loss.
Victoria ..... 000 001 200— 3 6 2
Tri City ..... 007 000 00x— 7 7 2
Hedgecock, Noyes (4) and Ronning; Orrell and McKeegan.

WENATCHEE, June 22—Spokane edged Wenatchee 2 to 1 here Thursday night.
Righthanders John Conant for Spokane and Al Treichel for Wenatchee battled it out, each hurler giving up only seven hits.
Spokane garnered a one run margin in the fourth when two runners crossed the plate as the Chiefs missed a man at first on an attempted double killing. The fast-moving contest took only 1 hour and 5 minutes.
Spokane ..... 000 200 000—2 7 2
Wenatchee ... 000 000 010—1 7 1
Conant and Rossi; Treichel and Spurgeon.

Vancouver at Salem, postponed, rain.

WESTERN INTERNATIONAL

(Includes games of Wednesday, June 11)

 G  AB H RBI HR Ave.
Tornay, Yak. .... 43 140 56 28  1 .400
Stetter, Spo. ... 54 191 67 43  4 .351
Zuvella, Yak. ... 37 109 37 19  1 .340
Greco, Tac. ..... 59 218 74 45  7 .339
Thompson, Vic. .. 62 233 79 43 10 .339
Chorlton, Vic. .. 60 249 83 42  4 .334
Home runs — Rossi, Spokane, 11; Thompson, Victoria, 10; Greco, Tacoma, 7; Warner, Tri-City, 7; Mead, Vancouver, 6.
Runs batted in— Quinn, Tacoma, 60; Westlake, Yakima, 57; Warner, Tri-City, 48; Bryant, Tri-City, 47; Rossi, Spokane, 46.
Pitching — Roenspie, Tri-City, 5-0; Robertson, Vancouver, 5-0; Marshall, Victoria, 8-1; Kerrigan, Tacoma, 10-3; Ragni, Wenatchee, 9-3.

ON THE INSIDE
By DON BECKER, Herald Sports Editor
[from column of June 23/50]

This is the 'ruby' year for Marty Krug. It was 40 years ago when the bandy-legged Victoria pilot first entered the scene of the national pastime, and from all appearances the little man with the deep burr rasping voice is going to be around for his 'diamond' celebration.
It was 1910 when Marty broke into a regular lineup and two years later he was playing for the Boston Red Sox when they won the A.L. pennant with a .691 average, one of the top figures for a winner in the junior circuit. He was back to AAA ball the following year and age only improved his performance for in 1922 he bounced back again, this time with the Chicago Cubs of the National league. But the legs and eyes that were good enough to hold him in the triple AAA class could not stand the major league pace.
Rather than return to the player status Matty accepted the managership of the Los Angeles team in the Coast league. He held down the pilot's wheel there 1923-1929. Following the '29 season he took to beating the bushes for ivory. And the eyes that weren't fast enough to hit those 'quick' hurlers, were still good enough to dig out some major league loot.
HERE'S A COUPLE
“I'd say Freddie Hutchinson now pitching with Detroit was one of my better finds,” said Marty in a reminiscent mood. “But you see so many new players each year when you're scouting and you file so many reports, it's hard to keep track of all them.” However, Marty did recall that he 'found' George Vico, who's minding first base for Seattle. Although he played in both major league all his scouting was done for two American clubs the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees.
The year 1949 rounded out 39 years of baseball in triple A and the majors. Matty still isn't too sure how he feels about the Willy league. But he does feel confident that it's going to be a tight face “Your club and Wenatchee are the ones to beat,” he said squinting out at the Braves as they were taking their infield practice. “What about that club of yours? You put away quite a few in a row?” we suggested. “Oh,” he smiled, “we'll be around too when they pass out that money for the top division clubs.”
UP WITH SEATTLE
K Chorlton, Royal Brougham's boy by proxy, is absent as you've probably noticed from the Victoria lineup, and its a good teason for Chorlton. He was called up by Seattle as insurance for their wobbly and crippled outfield. Of coutse if K should break into the lineup and beat the cover off the ball, he probably won't be back. But don't bet on it . .that's strictly Horatio Alger style and that went out with the farm system. That's his first name, by the way, K.
A NEW BALK RULE?
Shortly the league baseball season opened, Bob Abel, president, said that WIL umpires would take the cue from the Coast league boys in blue when it came to calling the balks. Some weeks ago it was reported by L. H Gregory that the Coast arbiters were easing up on calling this tule Well, it's no secret now that the Willy umps must have gotten the 'word'. For further proof the one called on Alton Wilkie Wednesday night was the first (ailed on a visiting pitcher since Mel Knezovich of Tacoma heard the hateful word May 25. And it was only the second altogether since that date. Gene Roenspie had the other one called on him.
[EDO IN SPOKANE PART II]
So Edo Vanni is now back with Spokane. The Indians can use him in their outfield which needed help. With Victoria selling him to Spokane it must nave seemed like old home week to Edo He was with the club in 1948. . .last year with Yakima.
Undet the terms of the contracts which Vanni insists on it's impossible for him to play with the same team two years running. Of coutse he could be sold to Yakima. . .but don't ever look for it.

NON WIL MINOR LEAGUE NEWS
Umpire Fined $25—Talked Out of Turn
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22—A fine for popping off at a baseball game was slapped yesterday on—guess who—an umpire.
Umpire John Yellovic was fined $25 by California Baseball League president Jerry Donovan for “popping off and talking out a turn” to the players in the Modesto-Fresno game at Fresno last Sunday.
It was the first such fine against an umpire levied this season in the California League.