WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Standings
W L Pct GB
Wenatchee .......... 89 54 .622 —
Salem .............. 79 63 .556 9½
Bremerton .......... 73 63 .537 12½
Tacoma ............. 76 67 .531 13
Yakima ............. 71 69 .507 16½
Vancouver .......... 65 71 .478 20½
Spokane ............ 54 78 .409 29½
Victoria ........... 49 91 .350 38½
INDIVIDUAL BATTING
G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB RBI AVE
Wright, Van. ........... 11 26 8 12 0 0 0 3 2 .462
Stetter, Wen. ......... 154 500 132 183 49 7 18 14 102 .366
Amaral, Bre. ........... 73 261 60 95 17 10 13 6 72 .364
Kemper, Tac. .......... 127 425 82 151 22 6 7 3 106 .355
Kuper, Tac. ............ 97 307 54 109 19 8 7 3 58 .355
Spaeter, Sal. .......... 17 51 4 18 1 3 0 0 6 .353
Salmon, Sal. ........... 87 265 39 93 18 0 8 0 55 .351
Bryant, Van. ........... 25 43 5 15 1 2 0 0 3 .349
Hawkins, Spo. .......... 51 158 28 55 19 0 3 1 26 .348
Stumpf, Vic. ........... 24 66 7 23 4 0 0 0 11 .348
Orteig, Van. .......... 102 358 84 123 23 4 25 4 86 .344
Garbe, Yak. ........... 134 558 119 191 43 12 16 5 141 .342
Barisoff, Bre. ........ l31 523 130 178 18 18 40 6 155 .340
Crawford, Sal. ........ 125 462 99 157 29 5 5 7 79 .340
Hughes, Vic. .......... 119 366 119 124 25 1 30 1 120 .339
E. Fitzgerald, Wen. .... 91 287 58 97 16 8 13 8 48 .338
Clarkson, Van. ........ 116 475 97 158 30 16 14 15 62 .333
DeVaurs, Bre. ......... l35 573 116 190 26 5 4 17 60 .332
Greco, Tac. ............ 67 208 43 069 12 6 15 1 44 .332
Gullic, Sal. ........... 89 302 64 100 23 4 6 6 60 .331
Adams, Wen. ........... 126 548 113 180 36 7 37 11 155 .330
Vallee, Tac. .......... 107 404 102 133 19 9 10 7 62 .329
Wheeler, Sal. .......... 54 239 53 78 6 5 6 10 30 .326
Harris, Yak. ........... 95 273 75 88 26 1 8 2 63 .322
Jonas, Van. ............ 17 28 9 9 4 0 0 0 2 .321
Hedington, Tac. ....... 1O3 318 64 100 18 4 8 3 50 .314
Walsey, Wen. .......... 145 601 105 188 38 5 5 16 93 .313
Plouf, Bre. ............ 60 218 38 68 14 2 4 0 34 .312
Kubiak, Sal. .......... 129 480 91 147 15 6 5 12 67 .306
Clift, Yak. ........... 120 426 119 130 31 4 19 8 111 .305
Marionetti, Vic. ....... 97 361 60 110 19 7 12 6 32 .305
Pesut, Wen. ............ 77 233 35 71 19 2 5 0 33 .305
C. Peterson, Yak. ..... 104 438 87 433 24 0 5 7 70 .304
R. Peterson, Tac. ..... 141 512 106 155 30 17 17 19 108 .303
Summers, Sal. ......... 121 436 62 132 27 10 13 4 98 .303
Lilly, Yak. ............ 76 324 88 98 21 7 4 9 55 .302
Thompson, Yak. ........ 122 445 86 134 19 7 11 20 95 .301
Gibb, Yak. ............. 64 217 29 65 16 4 2 0 46 .300
Clifford, Tac. ........ 131 510 79 151 34 3 2 9 79 .296
Mead, Van. ............. 77 274 46 81 11 3 7 2 49 .296
Gedzius, Bre. ......... 110 386 82 114 22 5 14 6 82 .295
Estes, Van. ........... 112 327 411 96 24 1 7 4 67 .294
Warner, Wen. .......... l22 480 106 140 31 2 25 21 90 .292
Sabena, Spo. ........... 54 237 31 69 10 2 1 4 22 .291
Wenner, Sal. .......... 138 517 100 150 37 4 16 4 101 .290
Bishop, Spo. ........... 41 155 28 45 9 2 2 4 22 .290
McConnell, Yak. ........ 94 285 59 82 15 3 4 6 51 .288
Paglia, Bre. ........... 52 153 20 44 8 1 1 2 28 .288
Murphy, Vic. .......... 126 507 83 145 21 6 15 38 71 .286
Bliss, Bre. ........... l18 477 71 136 11 3 4 22 44 .285
Brenner, Van. .......... 59 l93 29 55 12 3 7 1 38 .285
Kretchmar, Van. ....... 124 486 88 138 10 8 2 44 53 .284
Moore, Yak. ........... 135 463 101 131 24 9 4 6 92 .283
Scott, Tac. ........... 107 396 61 112 23 1 0 3 52 .283
Joratz, Tac. .......... l33 465 80 130 28 5 10 9 84 .280
Volpi, Bre. ........... 118 386 86 108 15 6 5 7 58 .280
Reese, Bre. ........... 130 462 106 129 23 1 27 5 81 .279
Barr, Wen. ............ 121 435 96 121 24 0 9 12 57 .278
Palica, Van. ........... 31 54 9 15 1 0 0 0 3 .278
Estrada. Van. ......... 135 498 82 137 16 4 6 12 70 .275
Sutak, Tac. ............ 42 131 19 36 8 0 0 1 18 .275
Reynolds. Sal. ........ 104 398 66 108 14 2 6 3 46 .271
Spurgeon, Van. ......... 75 258 39 70 8 4 11 4 39 .271
Steiner, Spo. .......... 70 258 53 70 14 0 1 17 25 .271
Elliott, Yak. .......... 61 204 37 55 12 1 2 2 29 .270
Caviglo, Wen. .......... 14 37 4 10 2 2 0 1 7 .270
Kerr, Sal. ............. 83 251 32 67 8 1 6 3 41 .267
Flager, Sal. ........... 66 244 44 65 17 2 1 4 21 .266
Dawson, Yak. .......... 141 567 l30 148 27 8 5 20 58 .261
Cherry, Vic. .......... 131 446 97 117 21 6 13 14 53 .262
Sandell, Spo............ 30 92 13 24 4 1 2 1 19 .26l
Schultz, Spo. .......... 61 231 34 60 8 2 1 5 27 .260
Lucceshi, Sal. ......... 53 197 38 51 3 2 1 13 26 .259
Marsh, Tac. ........... 131 492 88 127 22 7 4 24 60 .258
Dunn, Spo.-Vic. ....... 124 425 61 109 22 0 8 10 57 .256
W. Raimondi, Vic. ...... 92 273 43 70 18 2 2 6 32 .256
N. Clifford, Spo. ...... 87 262 24 67 9 0 0 1 27 .256
Anderson, Van. ......... 28 86 8 22 4 0 0 0 7 .256
E. Curtis, Bre. ........ 86 332 46 84 8 5 0 7 31 .253
Gulan, Van. ............ 51 150 17 38 7 2 2 2 25 .253
Williams, Wen. ......... 99 340 71 85 21 0 9 14 54 .250
Mullens, Van. ......... 131 496 83 123 21 5 16 14 75 .248
Paulson, Spo.-Vic. ..... 94 275 29 67 16 2 4 1 34 .244
Anderson, Spo. ......... 33 108 13 26 4 0 0 0 10 .241
Hedgecock, Van. ........ 30 75 6 18 2 0 2 0 9 .240
Haskell, Wen. ......... 129 473 75 111 20 1 3 13 76 .235
F. Curtis, Bre. ........ 68 240 32 56 7 5 0 3 27 .233
Varrelman, Spo. ........ 64 195 29 44 5 1 1 2 34 .226
Suytar, Vic. ........... 27 99 15 22 2 0 7 0 16 .222
Faria, Spo. ............ 36 97 5 19 5 0 0 0 9 .196
Bartolomei, Sal. ....... 80 259 43 47 8 2 3 3 27 .181
A. Raimondi, Vi.-Sp. ... 55 121 10 19 4 0 2 0 7 .157
Cirimele, Vic. ........ 118 383 56 83 12 0 1 23 26 .217
Bertoletti, Wen. ........76 258 45 55 11 2 5 5 30 .213
Norbert, Vic. .......... 17 47 7 10 2 0 2 0 14 .213
Molitor, Tac.-Yak....... 22 93 19 19 0 4 0 2 15 .104
INDIVIDUAL PITCHING
G W L Pct. IP H R BB SO HB WP
Jonas, Van. .......... 9 6 0 1.000 58 64 32 17 31 0 3
Hess, Sal. ........... 5 1 0 1.000 16 15 9 13 4 0 3
Condon, Wen. ......... 2 1 0 1.000 11 16 9 5 3 1 0
W. Raimondi, Vic. .... 7 1 0 1.000 10 14 11 16 4 2 0
Romple, Yak. ........ 13 9 1 .900 92 118 80 61 52 2 19
Orphan, Wen. ........ 26 14 4 .778 174 140 83 123 164 17 2
Babbitt, Wen. ....... 37 15 6 .714 198 192 102 84 82 6 4
Simon,Yak. .......... 21 5 2 .714 65 62 46 79 38 5 5
Cadinha, Spn. ....... 28 16 7 .696 232 204 124 100 174 4 4
Medegheni, Bre. ..... 34 9 4 .692 107 112 65 48 62 3 2
Vivalda, Wen. ....... 34 18 9 .667 221 2l6 104 90 125 6 3
Martin, Tac. ........ 29 12 6 .667 196 190 124 159 115 7 15
Green, Wen. ......... 27 12 6 .667 182 172 121 130 204 4 9
McCollum, Wen. ...... 16 8 4 .667 103 124 69 50 69 3 0
Schubel, Sal. ....... 27 12 7 .632 159 195 87 53 61 7 1
Wyatt, Sal. ......... 31 15 9 .625 169 163 107 112 143 6 15
Colombo, Tac. ....... 31 13 8 .619 196 181 103 105 80 4 9
C.Federmeyer, Bre. .. 41 2l 13 .618 263 270 168 139 15 11 1
Kittle, Bre. ........ 32 15 10 .600 216 187 146 103 l38 14 4
Porter, Sal. ......... 7 3 2 .600 45 52 24 16 13 1 4
Strait, Yak. ........ 32 13 9 .591 157 208 127 80 72 2 5
Pintar, Bre. ........ 28 10 7 .588 183 244 136 52 91 4 3
Anderson, Van. ...... 28 14 10 .583 208 206 114 l13 104 3 3
Soderberg, Sal. ..... 23 7 5 .583 128 159 89 56 66 4 1
Greenlaw, Tac. ...... 36 l8 13 .581 208 198 l32 110 141 8 11
Yaylian, Yak. ....... 35 18 14 .563 249 218 124 118 211 14 7
Jungbluth, Tac. ..... 37 16 13 .552 193 103 126 134 126 5 10
Gunnarson, Sal. ..... 32 12 10 .545 201 230 110 63 98 3 4
Snyder, Van. ........ 34 14 12 .538 233 255 122 96 98 5 6
Cronin, Wen. ........ 38 14 12 .538 226 218 122 93 140 2 5
Hallbourg, Spo. ..... 29 7 6 .538 112 154 106 58 47 1 7
Sullivan, Bre. ...... 13 7 6 .538 85 80 47 36 39 3 0
Gerkin, Sal-Ya-Ta. .. 47 16 16 .500 227 268 144 64 66 1 2
Lowman, Bre. ........ 26 7 7 .500 131 145 91 42 40 0 3
Hedington, Tac. ..... 16 6 6 .500 103 111 57 29 38 0 3
Sandel, Spo. ......... 6 1 1 .500 31 37 20 32 17 2 4
Kershaw, Van. ........ 3 1 1 .500 1l 18 10 3 7 1 1
McHugh, Yak. ........ 32 11 12 .478 205 206 155 124 95 13 15
Hedgecock, Van. ..... 30 10 11 .476 90O 109 127 119 125 3 5
Jensen, Vic. ........ 44 15 17 .469 264 211 146 179 296 5 17
Sostre, Tac. ........ 31 7 9 .438 118 135 83 68 52 1 6
Palica, Van. ........ 29 10 13 .435 161 175 1l2 90 92 10 4
Bass, Spo. .......... 27 6 8 .429 137 191 122 79 40 3 2
Kowalski, Sal. ...... 32 11 15 .423 196 206 126 110 154 3 3
Blankenship, Vic. ... 44 7 10 .412 169 244 165 77 67 1 6
Ferrara, Vic......... 30 10 15 .400 187 192 138 149 110 4 7
Bryant, Van. ........ 23 6 9 .400 136 170 85 54 60 2 4
Bohnen, Yak. ........ 28 2 3 .400 83 109 84 49 38 4 0
Faria, Spo. ......... 24 7 12 .368 183 202 114 78 111 4 2
Kralovich, Yak. ..... 32 8 16 .333 150 178 133 10 85 4 5
Musgrave, Vic. ...... 27 5 11 .313 149 203 147 90 55 7 3
Carpenter, Vic. ..... 27 5 11 .313 117 203 147 90 55 7 3
Fallin, Sal. ........ 26 3 7 .300 114 131 101 99 67 2 4
Glane, Spo. .......... 8 2 6 .250 54 43 42 65 64 3 4
A. Raimondi, T-Sp. .. 25 5 1O .231 109 152 104 40 36 3 4
Marshall, Y-Va.-B. .. 16 3 12 .200 116 140 120 95 76 2 4
Oliver, Spo.-Vic. ... 20 2 9 .l82 76 96 90 l63 37 6 12
Sadlish, Spo. ....... 10 1 5 .167 53 72 57 28 25 1 1
Chapetta, Y.-Vic. ... 14 0 5 .000 55 81 72 41 9 2 4
Collins, Spo. ........ 8 0 5 .000 29 51 47 32 7 1 4
Note - Musgrave and Carpenter have the same stats on this list. That is incorrect from the source.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Final Standings - 1946
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Friday, September 6, 1946
W L Pct GB
Wenatchee ..... 88 52 .629 —
Salem ......... 79 60 .568 8½
Bremerton ..... 71 62 .534 13½
Tacoma ........ 73 67 .521 15
Yakima ........ 69 68 .504 17½
Vancouver ..... 62 71 .466 22½
Spokane ....... 54 75 .419 28½
Victoria ...... 48 89 .350 38½
YAKIMA, Sept. 6—Although outhit, Yakima trounced Victoria tonight 9-1 in the first game of the final Western International League series of the season for both teams.
Ahead 4 to 1 at the time, the Stars capitalized on the control trouble of pitcher Doug Oliver for five runs in the seventh inning, the first two of which were forced in on walks. Singles by Charley Peterson and Bill Garbe drove in more.
Walt Raimondi hit a double and two singles for the Athletics but the blows were wasted as pitcher Max Strait hurled effectively in the clutches.
Victoria ....... 000 000 010—1 10 4
Yakima ........ 211 000 50x—9 9 2
Oliver, Blankenship (7) and Paulson; Strait and McConnell.
Salem .......... 050 100 050—11 13 3
Tacoma ....... 230 001 003— 9 14 2
Porter and Kerr; Greenlaw, Oppelt (8), Colombo (9) and Kuper.
Wenatchee .... 110 001 000 3—6 8 2
Bremerton ..... 000 010 101 0—3 6 3
Orphan and Sady, Pesut (9); Ahearn and Leovich, Volpi (4).
Vancouver at Spokane, postponed (wet grounds).
Monday, September 2, 1946
W L Pct GB
Wenatchee ..... 85 51 .625 —
Salem ......... 76 59 .563 8½
Bremerton ..... 69 60 .535 12½
Tacoma ........ 72 64 .529 13
Yakima ........ 67 66 .504 16½
Vancouver ..... 60 70 .462 22
Spokane ....... 53 73 .421 27
Victoria ...... 47 86 .353 36½
Wenatchee Wins WIL Flag
WENATCHEE, Sept. 2—The Wenatchee Chiefs are indeed chiefs of the Western International League, thanks to a double win Monday over Spokane, 5-1 and 17-3, as the runner-up Salem Senators divided a double bill with Yakima.
Salem captured the opener from the Stars 15-3 but dropped the finale 5-4 to fall eight and one half games behind the leaders with but seven games left on the schedule.
First Game
Spokane ......... 000 100 0—1 2 ?
Wenatchee ..... 010 012 x—5 6 ?
Collins and Varrelman; Orphan and Pesut.
Spokane .......... 3
Wenatchee ..... 17 (LINESCORE UNAVAILABLE)
VANCOUVER, Sept. 2—The Vancouver Capilanos split a twin-bill Monday with the Victoria Athletics, with the home team losing the afternoon game 7-6 in ten innings, but winning the night contest, 7-4.
The finale featured six stolen bases by Vancouver, as Alex Palica allowed five hits in picking up his tenth win. Three of the hits were home runs, by Bob Paulson, Bob Cherry and Walt Raimondi.
A towering fly by Reg Clarkson that center fielder Ed Murphy lost in the lights in the second inning cleared the bases to score three of four runs that inning.
In the daytime game, Ray Orteig, earlier voted the Caps' most popular player, was the goat as his boot of Murphy's grounder with two out in the tenth allowed Jack Suytar to score the winner. And the Caps came close to tying it in their half with one out, only to have pinch-hitter Charley Mead force Al Kretchmar at the plate.
First Game
Victoria ............ 300 011 010 1—7 7 2
Vancouver ........ 003 030 000 0—6 10 2
Ferrara, Blankenship (3), Carpenter (8) and Stumpf; Jonas, Bryant (8) and Brenner.
Second Game
Victoria ............ 001 001 020—4 5 1
Vancouver ........ 040 020 20x—7 9 1
Jensen and Paulson; Palica and Brenner.
First Game
Bremerton ..... 000 201 0—3 4 ?
Tacoma ........ 010 300 x—4 7 ?
Sullivan and Volpi; Jungbluth and Kemper.
Second Game
Bremerton ..... 8
Tacoma ........ 6 (LINESCORE UNAVAILABLE)
First Game
Salem ........ 015 700 2—15 17 ?
Yakima ....... 001 020 0—3 5 ?
Kowalski and Kerr; Romple, Bohnen (5) and McConnell.
Second Game
Salem ........ 4
Yakima ....... 5 (LINESCORE UNAVAILABLE)
Saturday, August 31, 1946
W L Pct GB
Wenatchee ..... 82 50 .621 —
Salem ......... 73 58 .557 8½
Bremerton ..... 68 57 .544 10½
Tacoma ........ 70 62 .530 12
Yakima ........ 64 65 .496 16½
Vancouver ..... 59 69 .461 21
Spokane ....... 53 69 .434 24
Victoria ...... 46 85 .351 35½
SPOKANE, Aug 31—Yakima Stars tonight crowded 12 runs into two home-run studded innings to defeat Spokane, 13-5, in a Western International League game.
Hugh McConnell's triple in the fourth inning scored Bill Garbe with the first run of the flurry. McConnell trotted home when Gene Thompson hit a homer run and Bob Moore followed with another homer.
In the fifth inning Garbe climaxed with a three-run homer. Three more singles, a walk and an error accounted for the rest of Yakima's eight runs for the inning.
Yakima .......... 001 480 000—13 16 2
Spokane ........ 101 200 100— 5 8 1
McHugh and McConnell; Faria and Varrelman.
BREMERTON, Aug 31—Six pitchers beat a weary trail to the mound as Salem's Senators walloped the Bremerton Bluejackets 11 to 7.
Bremerton's starting flinger, John Pintar, was touched for three singles and a double beforee he had a man out. Ted Gullic, Salem manager, greeted Bill Ahearn, relief tosser, with a three-run homer. Gullic batted in six of the Salem runs.
Hal Summers homered in the ninth with two aboard for Salem—his fourth round-tripper of the current series—and Joe Gedzius made the circuit for the losers in the fourth with a mate aboard.
Salem .............. 300 100 005—11 15 3
Bremerton ........ 022 200 100— 7 13 1
Gunnarson, Soderburg (3), Kowalski (5) and Salmon; Pintar, Ahearn (1), Medeghini (9) and Leovich.
Victoria at Vancouver, double-header, postponed rain.
Tacoma at Wenatchee, postponed.
Kuper Leads W.I.L. Hitters
[Sept. 1, 1946]
Earl Kuper, Tacoma catcher-outfielder, maintained his steady pace in the Western International League while his closest opponant fell off slightly and holds a four-point bulge over Glen Stetter, Wenatchee second baseman, latest averages released yesterday by the Howe News Bureau reveal.
Kuper has bashed in 92 hits in 254 trips for a mark of .362. Woody Salmon, Dick Kemper, Ray Orteig, Duane Crawford and Bill Barisoff are all within distance of the leader and a late spurt by any of the leading seven hitters could give them the bat crown.
Barisoff yielded the runs batted in to Wenatchee's Dick Adams, 143 to 145, but continues to lead in most offensive departments, showing the way in home runs, 38, total bases, 323, and triples, 17 and sharing the scoring lead with Stettler at 120.
Ed Murphy of Victoria still held a 34-30 margin over Vancouver's Al Kretchmar in their duel for stolen base honours. Bob Jensen's record-breaking total of 279 strikeouts give him the lead with Al Yaylian's 193 next in line.
Wednesday, August 28, 1946
W L Pct GB
Wenatchee ..... 80 50 .615 —
Salem ......... 71 57 .555 8
Bremerton ..... 67 55 .549 9
Tacoma ........ 70 60 .538 10
Yakima ........ 61 65 .484 17
Vancouver ..... 57 69 .452 21
Spokane ....... 53 66 .445 21½
Victoria ...... 46 83 .357 33½
VICTORIA—Hunk Anderson and Pete Jonas, two ex-members of the Seattle Rainiers now doing their hurling for Vancouver, pitched the Capilanos to a double win over the Victoria Athletics at Royal Athletic Park Wednesday.
Anderson limited the A's to three hits in the seven-inning opener and singled in the winning run in the seventh for a 3-2 victory over Tony Ferrara.
Jonas was given an early inning lead to notch his sixth straight triumph, 9-5 in the finale.
Walt Raimondi drove Eddie Murphy over with the first score in the third inning of the opener but the Caps put together three base hits to take a 2-1 lead in the fifth after Ferrara had held them hitless for the first four frames.
A bad throw to first base by catcher Bill Brenner allowed Bob Cherry to score from second to tie the game in the sixth but Ferrara's wildness set the stage for the winning run in the seventh. He walked Al Kretchmar and Lou Estes to open the iunning, The former was cut down at the plate on Brenner's infield roller but Anderson singled Estes over with the winner.
Doug Oliver started out in a blaze of glory for Victoria in the second game, retiring the first four batters, but walks to Charley Mead and Kretchmar in the second were followed by Lou Estes' long home run and the Caps took an early 3-0 lead.
Reg Clarkson doubled to open the third and Jim Estrada followed with another over-the-fence wallop. Oliver walked two more, gave up a single to Kretchmar and uncorked a wild pitch before Joe Blankenship was called in.
Jonas ran into trouble only in the third when Clarkson's muff on a fly ball by Blankenship set the stage for four unearned runs. Pete Hughes' home run clout over the right field wall accounted for two of them.
First Game
Vancouver ............ 000 020 1—3 5 1
Victoria ................ 001 001 0—2 3 2
Anderson and Brenner; Ferrara and Stumpf.
Second Game
Vancouver ........ 034 001 100—8 13 1
Victoria ............ 004 000 010—5 10 1
Jonas and Spurgeon; Oliver, Blankenship (3) and Stumpf.
SPOKANE, Aug. 28—A home run smashed over the centre-field fence by Warren Sandell tonight gave Spokane a 4-3 victory over Yakina in the ninth inning of a Western International League baseball game.
The homer, which provided the tying and winning runs in the last half of the ninth, climaxed a five-hit pitching performance by Spokane's Milt Cadinha, who chalked up his 16th victory against five defeats.
Yakima .......... 100 011 000—3 5 0
Spokane ........ 000 010 012—4 7 2
Bohnen and McClelland; Cadinha and Varrelman.
Salem ............ 110 031 200— 8 11 0
Bremerton ...... 121 030 40x—11 15 1
Kowalski, Soderburg (7) and Salmon; Lowman, Medeghini (7) and Volpi.
Tacoma ........... 001 001 100—3 11 0
Wenatchee ...... 000 000 40x—4 6 0
Greenlaw and Kuper; Orphan, Babbitt (9) and Pesut.
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Salem Call-Ups - 1946
Portland Beavers Send for Seven Salem Players
PORTLAND — The Portland Pacific Coast League club has recalled seven players from the Salem farm club, General Manager William Klepper announced Wednesday night.
All seven will don Portland uniforms for the Portland-Hollywood series at Hollywood starting September 10.
Klepper listed catchers Hank Souza and Woody Salmon; infielders Duane Crawford, Vern Reynolds, Wally Flager and Eddie Wheeler and outfielder Dick Wenner.
The Portland club previously had recalled George Vico, hard-hitting first baseman who has since been sold to the Detroit Tigers.
- Thursday, August 29, 1946
More Spokane Widow Help
SPOKANE, - Mrs. Christian Hartje of San Francisco, widow of one of the Spokane baseball players fatally injured in a bus crash last June 24, was awarded $17,500 and her unborn child $500 under a settlement with the Washington State Motor Coach company approved in Superior Court Wednesday.
- Thursday, Aug. 29, 1946
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Monday, August 26, 1946
W L Pct GB
Wenatchee ..... 78 50 .609 —
Salem ......... 70 56 .556 7
Bremerton ..... 66 54 .550 8
Tacoma ........ 70 58 .547 9
Yakima ........ 61 63 .492 15
Vancouver ..... 54 69 .439 21½
Spokane ....... 51 66 .436 21½
Victoria ...... 46 80 .365 31
VICTORIA—Unable to hit in the clutches, Vancouver Capilanos went down to a close 6-5 defeat at the hands of the Victoria Athletics Monday night in the opener of a five-game series between the two Canadian entries in the Western International League.
Vancouver's hard-hitting batting order found Pee Wee Bass no puzzle and picked up single runs in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings and one more off Joe Blankenship in the sixth, but left 11 runners stranded through the first six innings.
The Athletics counted all their runs in two big innings, then held on for the win.
Ed Murphy's triple in the third was followed by Frank Cirimele's single, doubles by Bob Cherry and Beans Marionetti, and a costly error by first baseman Ray Orteig on a high ball behind the mound to account for four Victoria runs. Final tallies for the winners came in the fourth when Bass walked, and Murphy and Cirimele singled to load the bags. Outfield flies by Cherry and Hughes sent two runners in from third.
Feature of the contest was the clouting of Al Kretchmar and Reg Clarkson, Caps second baseman and centre fielder, respectively. The former cracked out three doubles and a pair of singles in five trips, while Clarkson tripled, doubled and singled in five appearances.
There was a little trouble before the game started. Failure of the league's umpires to show up forced the teams to nominate one player apiece, Ronnie Bryant of the Caps and Bob Jensen of Victoria, to handle calls on the bases.
Vancouver ....... 011 111 000—5 13 3
Victoria ........... 004 200 00x—6 11 1
Snyder and Brenner; Bass, Blankenship (5) and Stumpf.
YAKIMA, Aug. 28—The Yakima Stars outscored the Spokane Indians 12-9 tonight to take their sixth win in their current Western International League series against two losses.
Fritz Romple was credited with his seventh victory against no defeats, but had to call on Jerry Bohnen in the seventh inning to finishe out the game on the mound.
Spokane ........ 012 013 101— 9 12 6
Yakima .......... 002 233 20x—12 11 2
Collins, Sadlish (7) and Varrelman; Romple, Bohnen (7) and Gibb.
(only games scheduled)
Sunday, August 25, 1946
W L Pct GB
Wenatchee ..... 78 50 .609 —
Salem ......... 70 56 .556 7
Bremerton ..... 66 54 .550 8
Tacoma ........ 70 58 .547 9
Yakima ........ 60 63 .488 15½
Vancouver ..... 54 68 .443 21
Spokane ....... 51 65 .440 21
Victoria ...... 45 80 .360 31½
SALEM, Aug. 25—The Salem Senators wound up their home season Sunday by setting an all-time home attendance record in a doubleheader split with Tacoma.
The club drew 103,000 for the year, after 3,500 turned out to watch the Senators win the opener, 4-1, and lose the second game, 9-4.
First game:
Tacoma ....... 000 000 1—1 7 2
Salem ......... 400 000 x—4 8 0
Edington and Kuper; Porter and Salmon.
Second game:
Tacoma ....... 000 130 014—9 12 1
Salem ......... 120 000 100—4 9 1
Jungbluth and Kemper; Wyatt and Kerr.
First Game
Spokane ...... 000 000 0— 0 2 5
Yakima ........ 210 106 x—10 3 2
Glane and Varrelman; Yaylian and Gibb.
Second Game
Spokane ...... 200 040 010— 6 10 5
Yakima ........ 000 901 02x—12 15 2
Hallbourg, Sadlish (5) and Varrelman; McHugh and McConnell.
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Saturday, August 24, 1946
W L Pct GB
Wenatchee ..... 78 50 .609 —
Salem ......... 69 55 .556 7½
Bremerton ..... 66 54 .550 8
Tacoma ........ 69 57 .548 8
Yakima ........ 58 63 .479 16½
Spokane ....... 51 63 .447 20
Vancouver ..... 54 68 .443 21
Victoria ...... 45 80 .360 31½
VICTORIA, Aug. 24—3,300 fans crowded Royal Athletic Park on Bob Jensen Night tonight, and got to see the Victoria ace toss a three-hitter and strike out 18 in a 4-0 win over the Wenatchee Chiefs Friday night.
Jensen raised his strikeout total this season to 279. He struck out the first four batters of the game.
Wenatchee came from behind to win the free-hitting matinee attraction, 11-7, with a four-run rally in the ninth.
In a pre-game presentation at home plate, Jensen was presented with a wrist watch for winning the most popular player contest and gifts from his teammates, the club management and Victoria business firms and fans.
Then, as if to show his appreciation, the popular hurler took the mount to turn in his outstanding game of the season. He struck out the first four Wenatchee batters to come to the plate and never let down.
Since August 4, he has struck out 77 men in 46 innings, winning four games and losing two.
The only hits he allowed were singles to Jim Warner and Dick Adams and a double to Doug Williams.
Frank Cirimele doubled and rode home with the first run on Bob Cherry's vicious double. Pete Hughes dropped a bloop double to right to score Cherry, who scored ahead of Beans Marionetti when he looped a long one over the centre field wall.
Hughes was ejected by umpire Tuma in the fifth inning for tossing his bat after a called strike.
In the matinee, Tommy Musgrave, hoping for his second win, was leading 5-1 but was sent to the showers in the sixth after losing control and the Chiefs scored five runs. Home runs by Nick Pesut and Eddie Barr accounted for all the scoring after bases on balls filled the bags.
Wenatchee picked up a run in the seventh but Cherry and Marionetti homered to tie it at 7-7. Pesut off with his second circuit-blow in the ninth and three more runners hit pay dirt before John Carpenter retired the side after relieving Joe Blankenship, who took over for Musgrave in the sixth.
First Game
Wenatchee ...... 001 005 104—11 19 2
Victoria ........... 000 410 200— 7 12 1
McCollum and Pesut; Musgrave, Blankenship (6), Carpenter (9) and Stumpf.
Second Game
Wenatchee ...... 000 000 000—0 3 4
Victoria ........... 004 000 00x—4 7 0
Greene and Pesut; Jensen and Paulson.
VANCOUVER [Clancy Loranger, News-Herald, August 26]—How does the travelogue go?
And so the Capilanos left beautiful, fruitful Vancouver, in search of further adventure. But they will long remember the two glorious weeks spent on the banks of lovely old False Creek.
And well they might, for in their two-week home stand again W.I.L. rivals, they won 12 games and lost just two, easily their season’s best record, and one that any previous edition of the Caps would have been proud of.
After their five-game winning streak against Spokane and Salem, Bill Brenner’s boys teed off on second-place Bremerton Bluejackets for six straight victories, the desperate Blues finally stopping or rampaging forces in the first game Saturday night, 5-2. But the Brownies bounced back in the nightcap to win handily, 11-3, to grab the series seven games to one and send the overflow crowd home happy.
Unable to stop the Vancouver crew with the material on hand, Bremerton boss Sam Gibson sent a rush call for Joe Sullivan at Bremerton. Sullivan, a former Detroit Tiger and Boston Brave, has a good job and usually just pitches in the “Jackets” home games.
ESTES LENDS HAND
The strategy paid off as southpaw Sullivan, with a lot of help from Cap first-sacker Lou Estes, kept the locals guessing for most of the seven innings of the opener.
But it might have been different if Estes had been on his toes, because big Hunk Anderson was matching Sullivan pitch for pitch.
After Reg Clarkson had pounded Sullivan’s first pitch for a homer, Bill Reese lofted one over in the second to even the score. Then with two out in the third, Estes booted Elwood Curtis’ blow, and the visitors went on to score twice.
Again in the sixth, with two out, Estes failed to stop a drive by Frankie Plouf, and though it went as a base hit, officially, the general consensus of the experts was that a “professional” first-baseman would have got it. Again, Bremerton went on to score twice, and that was the ball game.
SULLIVAN TRIES AGAIN
Flushed with success, Gibson held a short conference with Sullivan, and though John Marshall had been originally slated for the afterpiece, Sad Sam decided to throw Sullivan back in the second game.
This time Gibson guessed wrong, because Sullivan didn’t last three innings. The boys jumped on him for seven hits, including homers by Frank Mullens and Ray Orteig, to drive him to the showers early.
Clarence (Cousin) Federmeyer, who’s taken a lot of punishment from the locals recently, and who worked Friday night, guttily finished up. He didn’t have any better success. Charley Mead and Estes helped sink him with further four-masters. Estes redeemed himself by parking his round-tripper over the left field wall.
Tonight the Brennermen are in Victoria where they battle the Athletics until Friday, when they return home for their last home stand against the A’s and Tacoma.
[WILfan note: Mead had three hits for Vancouver in the second game, Hooks Devaurs did the same for Bremerton … There was only one walk in the first game. It was by Anderson].
First Game
Bremerton ............ 012 002 0—5 7 1
Vancouver ........... 100 001 0—2 8 2
Sullivan and Volpi; Anderson and Brenner.
Second Game
Bremerton ............ 001 200 000— 3 12 0
Vancouver ........... 204 110 30x—11 15 0
Sullivan, Federmeyer (3) and Volpi; Bryant and Spurgeon.
SALEM, Aug. 24—Salem Senators protected their second-place position in the Western International League from the encroaching Tacoma Tigers here tonight as they stopped the Tigers 4-3 in ten innings.
The Solons pushed across the winning counter when manager Ted Gullic singled and scored on Vern Stephens' long fly.
Tacoma ......... 010 100 001 0—3 9 1
Salem ........... 100 002 000 1—4 10 0
Columbo, Gerkin (9) and Kemper; Kowalski and Kerr.
Spokane ............ 040 023 010—10 12 7
Yakima .............. 000 300 041— 8 8 5
Cadinha and Varrelman; Strait, Simon (5), Bohnen (6), Thompson (9) and McConnell.
Bob Jensen
[from Victoria Colonist, Sat., Aug. 24, 1946]
Property of the San Francisco Seals, the 24-year-old hurler has racked up 15 wins and would have been at least five or six games better with a few good breaks. Earlier in the season he was used in an out of turn and in relief roles, which further handicapped his season mark.
He joined the club in Wenatchee on the second day of the season from San Francisco training camp, arriving in the morning and taking the mound that night. In an epic performance, he struck out 19 and registered his first win, although walking 14.
Since then Jensen has shown consistent improvement and has added an effective curve to his blazing fast ball. Qualified observers rate him the best pitching prospect in the league and a little more experience in holding men on the bags and the developmennt of a change of pace is all that he needs to move up into faster company to stay.
First Baseball With Semi Pros at 14
Born in San Francisco on August 30, 1921, Jensen is of Norwegian descent, although he has been tagged with the moniker 'Swede.' His first baseball experience was for the Mill Valley semi-pro nine when he was 14 as an outfielder.
He attracted the attention of Justin Fitzgerald, scout for the Detroit Tigers, who signed him to a contract. He went to Alexandria in the Evangeline League, but was cut loose following the 1939 Spring Training session and rejoined the Mill Valley colub.
Walter Mails, publicity agent for San Francisco, was impressed with his ability to thrown and arranged to have him work out with the Seals. He was signed to a contract and stayed with the club all of the 1940 season, winning two games and losing three, mainly in relief roles.
Jensen was optioned to Salt Lake City in the Pioneer League in 1941, where he won ten and lost 12. He joined the navy in January 1942 and was discharged in November, 1945.
During his 46-month hitch in the navy, he played no baseball and his first start in four-and-a-half years was at Wenatchee after being optioned to Victoria following the San Francisco spring training session.
Money for Spokane Ball Widows
Widows of Spokane Ball Players Get Settlement
SPOKANE — The widows of two of the nine Spokane Western International league baseball players killed in a bus crash in the Cascade mountains last June 24 received settlements amounting to $30,300 in probate court Thursday from the Washington Motor Coach system.
Mrs. Frederick Martinez of San Diego, Calif., widow of infielder Fred Martinez, was granted $16,000 and an additional $300 was allotted her unborn child. Mrs. Robert Patterson of San Francisco, widow of Outfielder Bob Patterson, will receive $14,000 under the settlement.
Owner of the Spokane team, Sam Collins, was named administrator of the estates of the two players.
Both Mrs. Martinez and Mrs. Patterson will share in the $80,000 fund raised by Spokane business men to aid the families of the players who were killed. Mrs. George Lyden, widow of pitcher George Lyden, received an earlier settlement last week amounting to $20,000.
Friday, August 23, 1946
Thursday, August 22, 1946
W L Pct GB
Wenatchee ..... 77 48 .616 —
Salem ......... 68 54 .557 7½
Bremerton ..... 65 52 .556 8
Tacoma ........ 68 56 .548 8½
Yakima ........ 57 62 .479 17
Spokane ....... 50 62 .446 20½
Vancouver ..... 52 67 .437 22
Victoria ...... 43 79 .352 32½
VANCOUVER,[Clancy Loranger, News-Herald, August 23]—Bremerton Bluejackets’ plan to stop the Vancouver Capilanos this week—if their atomic bomb arrives before Saturday. It doesn’t look as if the Jackets will slow our boys down by the orthodox method.
Last night at Cap Stadium our win-happy warriors added two more victories to their list, winning 3-1 and 10-9, to run this week’s string to five straight games.
That equally last week’s five-in-a-row mark, gave the Brownies 10 triumph in 11 starts, and left them just a game and one-half behind sixth-place Spokane.
PLOUF HOMERS
The capacity house had a few misgivings about the nightcap last night, but little Petey Jonas left no doubt in the opening tilt. Peter allowed the visitors just three safeties, one a home run by Frankie Plouf, as he registered his fifth win against no losses.
His mates, held to two hits by Hub Kittle for four frames, exploded for two doubles (Bill Brenner and Jimmy Estrada), a triple by Frank Mullens, and a singe by Ray Orteig to sew things up in the fifth stanza.
Alex Palica, the lad who suffered the club’s only loss last week, appeared well beaten in the nightcap as Sad Sam Gibson’s desperate ladies fell on his offerings early and often.
CLARKSON, TOO
But the locals kept within hailing distance all the time, mostly through the courtesy of Reg Clarkson (two triples, home run) and Lou Estes (two doubles, single) and were just down just 8-7 when Ernie Kershaw took over for us in the seventh.
The Brownies wasted no time giving Kershaw a lead, four straight singles producing three runs in the seventh and sending John Pintar to the showers. Bremerton got one back in the eighth, but Ernie stopped ‘em again in the ninth for his first victory.
Tonight Jim Hedgecock, who tossed brilliant ball in relief roles the last couple times out, gets a starting job. He’ll be out to chuck the club to a new season high, six wins in a row.
[WILfan note: Eddie Curtis and Bill Resse got the other hits off Jonas in the first game … Plouf hit a two-run homer in the second game … Kershaw gave up a hit an inning (he worked three) striking out one and walking one … Pintar, the loser, allowed 10 runs on 12 hits in six and a third innings].
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VANCOUVER, Aug. 22 - Pete Jonas tossed a three hitter in the seven-inning opener, while Reggie Clarkson and Lou Estes stood out in the night game as the Vancouver Capilanos swept a pair Thursday from the Bremerton Bluejackets.
The only real mistake Jonas made, as he raised his record to 5-0, was a fastball to Frank Plouf, which he parked on Sixth Avenue for the Jackets' only run.
Hub Kittle, meanwhile, limited Vancouver to one hit in the first four frames. But Bill Brenner opened with a double, and after two were out, Jim Estrada singled him home and scored as Frank Mullens tripled. Mullens pattered in as Ray Orteig followed with a single.
In the finale, Estes brought in a pair of runs in the seventh inning when he singled in Charley Mead and Al Kretchmar.
Clarkson socked a pair of triples and a homer to bring in four runs.
Plouf hit a two-run homer for the Tars in the fifth inning.
Ernie Kershaw picked up his first win as he took over when Alex Palica was pulled for a pinch hitter in the sixth.
First Game
Bremerton ..... 010 000 0—1 3 0
Vancouver .... 000 030 x—3 5 0
Kittle and Volpi; Jonas and Brenner.
Second Game
Bremerton ..... 330 020 010— 9 14 2
Vancouver .... 210 202 30x—10 12 3
Pintar, Medeghini (7) and Volpi; Palica, Kershaw (7) and Spurgeon.
VICTORIA, Aug. 22 - The Wenatchee Chiefs powered their way to a 14-5 victory over the Victoria Athletics in WIL baseball on Thursday night. It was their third straight win.
Doug Oliver was ahead 2-1 going into the fourth inning, then the Chiefs unloaded for five runs in that inning, four coming on Eddie Barr's grand slam. Wenatchee touched Oliver for six runs in the fifth before relief hurler John Carpenter could retire the side. Barr and Dick Adams each connected for doubles with the bases loaded to account for five of the tallies.
Doug Williams homered in the second for the first Wenatchee runs and Jim Warner dropped one over the centre field wall for their last two counters in the ninth.
Beans Marionetti capped Victoria's scoring with a two-run homer in the eighth.
Wenatchee .... 010 560 002—14 15 0
Victoria ......... 101 000 020— 4 8 0
Orphan and Pesut; Oliver, Carpenter (5) and Paulson.
First Game
Tacoma ....... 010 010 0—2 5 0
Salem .......... 002 000 1—3 8 0
Gerkin and Kemper; Porter and Kerr.
Second Game
Tacoma ....... 010 010 211—6 12 0
Salem .......... 000 020 000—2 5 1
Sostre and Kuper; Schubel and Kerr.
YAKIMA, Aug. 22—The Yakima Stars defeated the Spokane Indians for the second consecutive night tonight, 11-2, amidst a flurry of fisticufs and high tempers that culminated in a free-for-all fight behind the plate in the ninth inning.
In the ninth, Mike Sabena, called out on a third strike, protested to umpire Harris that the Stars' catcher, Hugh McConnell, was tipping his bat. Sabena swung, McConnell swung, and the remaining players on both sides joined in the battle.
After the game, base umpire Jack Rice said he was fining Yakima's first baseman Bill Garbe $10 and possibly more for egging on the fans into razzing the umpires. Eddie Gibb, the Stars' catcher, was ousted from the game in the sixth inning for using language which umpire Rice considered unbecoming.
Spokane ..... 101 000 000— 2 8 2
Yakima ....... 600 002 12x—11 12 2
Glane, Sandell (3), Raimondi (7) and Varrelman; Yaylian and Gibb, McConnell (7).
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Wednesday, August 21, 1946
W L Pct GB
Wenatchee ..... 76 48 .613 —
Bremerton ..... 65 50 .565 6½
Salem ......... 67 53 .558 7
Tacoma ........ 67 55 .549 8
Yakima ........ 56 62 .475 17
Spokane ....... 50 61 .450 19½
Vancouver ..... 50 67 .427 22½
Victoria ...... 43 78 .355 31½
VANCOUVER, Aug. 21—In a tight pitchers battle, the Vancouver Capilanos continued their winning streak tonight, making it three straight with a 3-1 victory over the Bremerton Bluejackets in the Western International League.
The Caps got to Jim Lowman early with three runs in the first, thanks to mental lapses. With Reg Clarkson on second base, Jim Estrada bounced a ball down to Bill Reese at first, who threw wild to Lowman covering allowing Clarkson to whip across with the first run. Frank Mullens then singled to right and Estrada came in when right fielder Bill Barisoff threw the ball a few dozen feet wide trying to catch the runner at third. Mullens scored when Charley Mead popped a fly to deep left.
The Jackets got their run one inning later when Frank Plouf and Frank Volpi hit back-to-back singles off Bob Snyder to put runners at the corners and Frank Curtis lined a towering ball to Clarkson in centre to bring in Plouf.
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VANCOUVER [Clancy Loranger, News-Herald, August 21]—Bob Snyder dusted off his won-loss record today, preparatory to putting it on public view. Bob’s been more or less keeping this valuable property under lock and key this season, but it should stand inspection from now on.
The lanky Capilano righthander edged Bremerton Bluejackets’ Jim Lowman 3-1 in a bright hurling duel at Cap Stadium last night to register his 11th win in as many losses. So every win from now on is gravy for the popular chucker.
Snyder should be mighty proud of his .500 average, because in early June, you wouldn’t have found many people who’d have bet he’d eventually reach that mark.
Bob came to the locals with a record of 21 wins in his last year in pro ball before joining the army in 1942. And for a month and a half, that record was the only proof Snyder had that he was a hurler. But in the middle of June, Bob started to roll, and he’s been gaining momentum ever since.
LOST TOUGH ONE
Last night’s win was the Capilanos’ third straight over Bremerton, was also the third in a row for the Reno righthander, and his fourth triumph in five starts. Last time out, Bob stopped Salem on five hits, and that one loss we mentioned was a tight 3-1 duel he dropped to Carl Gunnarson.
After the second inning last night, when the visitors scored their lone counter on singles by Frankie Plouf and Frank Volpi, and Fats Curtis’ long fly, Snyder didn’t allow a man to reach second base.
TWIN BILL TONIGHT
But Bob had to be at his best, because Lowman tossed nothing but goose-eggs at our boys after the first frame, when we got our trio on singles by Reg Clarkson and Frank Mullens, errors by Bill Reese and Bill Barisoff, and Charley Mead’s outfield fly. Lowman allowed just three safeties after that as the two clubs went the route in an hour and 25 minutes.
The folks will get a little longer run for their money tonight, with a doubleheader scheduled, starting at 7:30. Pete Jonas and Alex Palica have been nominated by Manager Bill Brenner to try and equal last week’s five-game winning streak.
Snyder improved his record to 11 and 11.
Bremerton ....... 010 000 000—1 8 3
Vancouver ...... 300 000 00x—3 5 2
Lowman and Volpi; Snyder and Brenner.
VICTORIA, Aug. 21—Dick Adams, Wenatchee first baseman, stole the spotlight at Athletic Park Wednesday night as he clouted three home runs to lead his teammates to a 9-5 win over the Victoria Athletics.
Adams now has 33 homers, four less than the league's round-trip king, Bill Barisoff of Bremerton.
The Chiefs started their scoring in the third when Eddie Barr lifted one out of the park with one on to give them a 2-0 lead. The A's got one back in their half of the inning on Bob Cherry's triple and Beans Marionetti's sacrifice fly.
Adams made it 3-1 with his first homer in the fourth, but the Athletics tied the game as Frank Cirimele doubled to centre to bring in two runs.
Wenatchee scored five times in the fifth, two on Adams' second round-tripper, to chase Tony Chapetta in his first start for the A's. Joe Blankenship came in to relieve and the only run he surrendered was Adams' third homer in the sixth.
Gene Babbitt was never in serious trouble as he improved his record to 16-6.
Wenatchee ...... 002 151 000—9 10 1
Victoria ........... 001 200 101—5 9 2
Babbitt and Fitzgerald; Chapetta, Blankenship (5) and Paulson.
Tacoma ..... 010 010 221—7 15 1
Salem ....... 000 100 001—2 7 3
Jungbluth and Kemper; Gunnarson and Kerr.
Spokane ..... 202 310 000— 8 13 3
Yakima ....... 040 140 01x—11 10 1
Sadlish, Cadinha (6) and Varrelman; McHugh, Strait (9) and Gibb.
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Monday, August 19, 1946
W L Pct GB
Wenatchee .... 74 48 .607 —
Bremerton .... 65 48 .575 4½
Salem ........ 66 51 .564 5½
Tacoma ....... 65 54 .546 7½
Yakima ....... 55 61 .474 16
Spokane ...... 49 60 .450 18½
Vancouver .... 48 67 .417 22½
Victoria ..... 43 76 .361 29½
VANCOUVER, Aug. 19—Jim Estrada smashed a three-run homer and Charley Mead added a two-run shot as the Vancouver Capilanos won a WIL slugfest over the Bremerton Bluejackets Monday night.
Reg Clarkson unloaded the bases with a sharp single to left.
Bill Barisoff homered for the Bluejackets. It was his 36th of the season, one short of Morry Abbott's 1940 record with Tacoma. It came after former Vancouver catcher Frank Volpi found a pitch to his liking and parked it over short right field in the sixth inning.
Hunk Anderson picked up his 11th win while Beak Federmeyer took the loss.
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VANCOUVER [Dan Ekman, News-Herald, August 20]—It’s a heady thing to dwell upon, but if first-night progress means anything, the Capilanos may be on their way to another week of ladder-climbing W.I.L. lay. Hot off their five-for-six performance last week, the Caps opened a seven-game stint against Bremerton Monday night at the Stadium, and came out on top of a 9-6 count.
It was Victory No. 11 for long Hunk Anderson, and although his earned-run average suffered somewhat, his mates contributed enough solid support to keep the tall Capilano ace unworried all the way.
NEARS RECORD
Not even two round-trippers—by Frank Volpi and Bill Barisoff—fazed the locals. Barisoff’s, by the way, was his 36th of the season, leaving him just one short of the all-time league record, set by Morry Abbott of Tacoma.
As a matter of fact, those big Bremerton blows were nothing more than imitation, for earlier on, Jim Estrada and Charlie Mead had done the same for Bluejacket hurler Beak Federmeyer. Those fence-busting efforts came in the fourth inning, at which time five other Caps hit safely to rack up seven runs.
That timely grouping won the ball game for the Brownies, for as it turned out, the Jackets wound up with exactly the same number of hits—fifteen. But outside of their home-run innings, the only other canto in which they were able to string together more than a couple of safeties at a time was the third. In that frame, Federmeyer and Devaurs singled, and Eddie Curtis rapped out a double, the combo of which being good for a brace of runs.
EVERYBODY HITS
Every player on both clubs hit safety at least once, with no less than six of the Caps getting a pair. One of these, as if you didn’t know, was Ray Orteig. But the guy proved he’s just a flash in the pan—for the second successive game, Ray failed to hit for the circuit.
Bremerton ..... 002 002 200—6 15 1
Vancouver .... 002 700 00x—9 15 0
Federmeyer and Volpi; Anderson and Brenner.
Spokane ..... 010 000 001 000—1 10 0
Tacoma ...... 000 200 000 001—3 10 5
Faria, Collins (9) and N. Clifford; Martin, Sostre (10) and Kuper.
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Exhibition Game Aids Spokane Crash Victims
SAN FRANCISCO, August 19 —The San Francisco Seals, current leaders of the Pacific Coast league pennant race, Monday night defeated a picked team of all-stars from the loop's seven other cities by a score of 3 to 0 on the six-hit pitching of Lefty Al Lien.
All-Stars ............ 000 000 000—0 6 1
San Francisco ..... 000 003 00x—3 6 1
Chambers (LA), Barrett (Por) (4), Erautt (Hyd) (6), Olson (SDo) (7), Shea (Oak) (8) and Raimondi (Oak), Unser (Hyd) (5) Sueme (Sea) (8); Lien and Ivy.
More Help For Spokane Victims' Families
Benefit Game Set Monday
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Seals, leading the Pacific coast league pennant race by five games, tangle with an all-star team made up of representatives of the circuit's seven other clubs in a charity game here Monday night.
The Seals, with worries of their own as they head down the stretch in quest of their first championship in 10 years, won the somewhat dubious honour of becoming the host team against the rest of the league by virtue of being on top of the heap August 5.
Seal Manager Lefty O'Doul will be assisted by Jimmy Dykes, former Chicago White Sox manager who recently took over as manager of the Hollywood Stars.
Casey Stengel, manager of the second-place Oakland team, will manage the all-star aggregation.
Proceeds of the game are to go to the Professional Baseball Players Association of America and to the families of the members of the Spokane team of the Western International league who lost their lives in a bus accident.
- Monday, August 19, 1946
Saturday, August 17, 1946
W L Pct GB
Wenatchee .... 73 47 .608 —
Bremerton .... 64 46 .582 4
Salem ........ 66 51 .564 5½
Tacoma ....... 63 53 .543 8
Yakima ....... 54 60 .474 16
Spokane ...... 48 58 .453 18
Vancouver .... 47 67 .412 23
Victoria ..... 42 75 .359 29½
VANCOUVER, Aug. 17—Salem Senators ended their losing streak with a vengeance tonight, slapping out 16 hits for a 14-4 win over the Vancouver Capilanos in the second half of a double-header.
Vancouver, winners of four straight over the Senators earlier this week, made it five in the seven inning opener tonight with a 6-3 win.
Bob Snyder allowed only five Salem hits in the first game, two of them homers by Duane Crawford and Vern Reynolds; Crawford's a two-run blast in the first inning.
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VANCOUVER [Clancy Loranger, News-Herald, August 19]—If Bill Brenner, the new manager of the Vancouver Capilanos, spent Sunday proudly contemplating the team’s record for the past week, who’s to blame him? Because said record was just the best little record the club has put together all season, that’s all.
In their first home stand under the fiery young catcher, the Brownies won five out of six games. After sweeping a three-game series with Spokane, the Caps grabbed two-of-three from the third-place Salem Senators, running their winning streak to five games as they did so.
With Bob Snyder hurling smart five-hit ball in the opening of Saturday’s doubleheader, the locals sailed to a 6-3 victory to complete their winning streak and cinch the series.
HEDGECOCK HOT
The nightcap was mostly “no contest”, the visitors going slightly wild in the first frame against Alex Palica, pounding him for five safeties before Jim Hedgecock came to his rescue. By the time the side was retired, Salem had eight runs, and they went on to rack up an easy 14-4 triumph.
It might have been different if Hedgecock had started, because the left-hander was hot indeed. He gave up two blows when the Solons were in their hitting mood in the first, but stopped ‘em cold for the next five frames with just one safety. Localite Ernie Kershaw finished up, and was hit pretty hard in his season debut.
CUFF NOTES—We don’t wish to jinx our boys, but they’re within hailing distance of sixth place again … The unfortunate Spokane Indians sank to that spot recently, and the way they are playing now, they could be caught … The Caps will have their work cut out for them here this week, though, with second-place Bremerton Bluejackets in town for a seven-game stand starting tonight at the Fifth Avenue ball yard … Hunk Anderson will attempt to get the Brennermen off on the right foot for tonight’s opener … That man Ray Orteig was “stopped” Saturday night, picking up just three singles in seven tries … That’s only a .400 clip, but it worried some of his supporters who moaned, “Gee, what’s wrong with Ray?” … Earl Porter, who was with Tacoma in ’42 and was down in Mexico until June this year, was the Caps’ victim in the opener, with nemesis Bill Schuble beating us in the second … There was some talk of Salem protesting the first game because the lights were turned on in the middle of an inning … Which is just about the weakest alibi we’ve heard this season … Question: How are you going to keep Watts Gulan out of the lineup? The youngster has been playing sparkling ball at shortstop since Al Kretchmar was injured … Kretch and Bill Wright will be ready to go soon, possibly tonight.
[WILfan notes: Kershaw gave up eight hits and six runs in three innings, striking out four and walking one in his debut. He also tossed a wild pitch … That’s better than Palica, who never got a batter out. He gave up five hits and a walk and was charged with seven of the first eight runs … Ray Spurgeon and Dick Wenner hit solo homers in the night game … Hal Summers led the Salem hit parade with three singles.]
First Game
Salem ............... 200 001 0—3 5 1
Vancouver ........ 020 112 x—6 7 0
Porter and Salmon; Snyder and Brenner.
Second Game
Salem ............... 800 000 132—14 16 1
Vancouver ........ 010 001 020— 4 13 2
Schubel, Kerr (6), and Salmon; Palica, Hedgecock (1), Kershaw (7), and Spurgeon.
BREMERTON, Aug. 17—Led by their home run king, Bill Barisoff and his big bat, the Bremeron Bluejackets went on a hitting spree tonight to smother Victoria under a 17-4 defeat their their Western International League game.
Barisoff ran his string of circuit clouts to 34 by getting a pair. His second of the game helped with the second big inning for Bremerton when five runs were tallied in the sixth.
The other big Bremerton inning was the first, when five runs crossed the plate as the Bluejackets laid down their first hit barrage. The 17 hammered off two Victoria twirlers included three by Walt Bliss.
Jim Lowman had the visitors handcuffed, holding them to six scattered hits.
Victoria .............. 000 200 020— 4 6 2
Bremerton .......... 510 115 31x—17 18 1
Carpenter, Bass (6) and Stumpf; Lowman and Paglia.
First Game
Spokane ........ 000 100 0—1 3 2
Tacoma ......... 003 301 x—7 8 1
Raimondi and Clifford; Greenlaw and Cooper.
Second Game
Spokane ........ 132 001 000— 7 13 4
Tacoma ......... 200 141 30x—11 13 2
Cadinha and Varrelman; Jungbluth, Oppelt (3), Greenlaw (6) and Kemper.
Yakima .......... 000 000 030—3 5 0
Wenatchee .... 303 000 00x—6 9 2
Yaylian, Bohnen (8) and McConnell; Cronin and Fitzgerald.
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Stats of August 11, 1946
Taooma Player Tops W.I. League Hitters
SEATTLE, — Dick Kemper of Tacoma ranked as the Western International league batting leader in the latest Howe Bureau compilation, but it was a blanket race with only a bare .001 percentage point seperating the top trio.
Kemper had an average of .365 through August 11, while Glenn Stetter of Wenatchee and Dan
Amaral of Bremerton each had .364.
Duane Crawford, Salem, was fourth with .357. and Ray Orteig, Vancouver, and Spencer Harris,
Yakima, were lied for fifth with .351.
Mel Walsey, Wenatchee, led in total hits with 157, and Dick Adams, a teammate, led in runs batted in, 86.
Pitching honors were shared by Milt Cadinha, Spokane, and Gene Babbitt, Wenatchee. Each had won 14 and lost 4.
Tacoma led the team batting with .289. Bremerton was runner-up with .284 and Yakima third with .282.
In team fielding, Bremerton was the pace-setter with .956, followed by Vancouver's .953 and Wenatchee's .949.
- Sunday, August 18, 1946
Lucky Closer to Bigs - 1947
Braves Get Jack Lohrke
BOSTON - The purchase of infielder Jack (Lucky) Lohrke from the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast league for cash and five players was announced Friday by General Manager John Quinn of the Boston Braves.
Lohrke, the most sought after young prospect in the Coast league will report to the Braves at Fort Lauderdale next spring. The Boston players involved in the deal, three going outright and the other two on option, will join the Padres next season.
The Braves first became interested in Lohrke about a month ago when Head Scout Ted McGrew filed glowing reports of his play. The youngster had been with the Padres only a short time, having been recalled from Spokane Western International league club, about an hour before its bus crash took the lives of nine players.
Quinn said that the five Braves players who will figure in the deal will not be selected until after the National league season ends.
Lohrke had left Spokane with his ill-fated teammates and when the vehicle made a stop at Ellensburg, President Sam Collins contacted him by long distance telephone and told him to return immediatelyand then proceed to San Diego to fill in for the ailing Dick Gyselman. The baseball bus crashed over a high mountain precipice about 40 miles beyond Ellensburg.
The Los Angeles-born Lohrke, now a resident of Bell, Calif., weighs 175 and stands five-foot-ten. He was batting 363 for Spokane when called up by San Diego and last week his record was .331, only a point less than Oakland's Les Scarsella, the Coast league's batting leader.
Lohrke, who first broke in with the Padres in 1942 under Manager Ced Durst, served overseas in an artillery unit and participated in the Battle of the Bulge.
The bus tragedy is not Lohrke's only narrow escape. About a year ago, his artillery company was scheduled to board a transport plane in New Jersey but, at the last minute, another unit was substituted. The plane crashed in Kansas and all 23 occupants were killed.
- Friday, August 16, 1946
Wednesday, August 14, 1946
W L Pct GB
Wenatchee .... 71 45 .612 —
Bremerton .... 62 45 .579 4½
Salem ........ 65 48 .575 4½
Tacoma ....... 58 53 .523 10½
Spokane ...... 48 53 .475 15½
Yakima ....... 52 58 .473 16
Vancouver .... 44 66 .400 24
Victoria ..... 41 73 .380 29
VICTORIA, Aug. 14—Close to 2,500 fans who turned out at Royal Athletic Park on Wednesday night in the hope of seeing Bob Jensen add his victory and strike out totals came away disappointed, as Hub Kittle of the Bremerton Bluejackets outpitched him in a 6-1 WIL duel.
The game was broken open in the eighth, when the Tars unloaded for five runs on six hits.
Bill Barisoff opened the scoring in the sixth when he led off with a walk, and came home when Bill Reese and Joe Gedzius singled.
Barisoff led off the eighth with a homer and four more runs came in after a double, four singles and a bad throw to the plate from left field by Bob Cherry.
The Athletics reached Kittle for lone singles in each of the first four innings but were held hitless until the ninth. Cherry led off with a double and rode home on Pete Hughes' single.
Jensen struck out ten and is six shy of the league mark of 242.
Bremerton ........... 000 001 050—6 12 1
Victoria .............. 000 000 001—1 6 1
Kittle and Paglia; Jensen and Paulson.
VANCOUVER [Clancy Loranger, News-Herald, August 15]—Even Vancouver’s Capilanos were a little surprised when they staged a fairly spectacular three-run rally in the ninth inning at Capilano Stadium Wednesday night to pull out a 7-6 victory over the Spokane Indians.
For the locals, like the folks in the stands, had spent the greater part of the contest admiring the stuff of the Indians’ little left-hander Bill Glane.
Glane, who just recently joined the Spokes after a stint in the navy and a sojourn with Montreal Royals, was making his first start this summer. The Caps will agree that it’s just as well he wasn’t around earlier.
The young southpaw didn’t allow a hit until Ray Orteig, the fence buster, slapped a single over second. That didn’t discourage Glane too much, nor did Vancouver’s first run, result of Bill Brenner’s double and Jimmy Estrada’s single in the fifth.
KEPT TOSSING
Bill just kept tossing ‘em past the Brownies, and by the end of the sixth frame he had around a dozen strikeouts, and looked as if he’s set a new league mark.
But his late season start began to tell on him, and let by Boss Brenner, the locals punched home another pair of markers in the seventh.
Glane still had a small lead then, though, his mates having picked up a singleton in the second on Gale Bishop’s homer, and three more in the fifth on a couple of hits off Hunk Anderson and an error by Orteig. And they went further in front in the eighth, scoring twice on three singles and an outfield fly to make the score 6-3 at that point.
Orteig got one back for Vancouver in their half of the eighth, sparking homer No. 19 into Sixth Avenue, then with one out in the ninth, the fun started—but not for Mr. Glane.
FUN STARTS
Pinch-hitter Ray Spurgeon walked, but died on second on Reg Clarkson’s fielder’s choice. Estrada then banged one down to Mike Sabena at third and that gent made a nice pickup, but hurried his throw and the ball rolled into the Cap dugout.
Frank Mullens walked to fill the base, and if the Spokane hurler aged a bit there, who’s to blame him, because Orteig was the hitter. Ray came through with his third bingle of the night, an infield hit to short, and we were one run down, at 6-5.
That brought Charley Mead to the dish, and a groan from the crowd. Charley has failed to get the ball out of the infield in four tries. But his time he made it, the pill bouncing high over Glane’s head and skidding past shortstop Andy Anderson, who made a desperate dive for it. By the time the pellet was run down, the tying and winning runs had scored.
The Caps can make it a clean sweep over the luckless Indians in the third tilt tonight, and Ronnie Bryant will do the elbowing against Wayne Collins, another ex-Montreal man.
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VANCOUVER, Aug. 14—A late-inning rally gave Vancouver Capilanos the winning margin as they triumped 7-4 over Spokane Indians here tonight for their second conseutive win in the Western International Leagus series.
Ray Orteig hit his 19th home run of the season in the eighth inning to make it a 4-2 game and took part in the Caps' late rally. Ray Spurgeon, batting for pitcher Hunk Anderson, worked 18-year-old Bill Glane for a walk, though he died on Reg Clarkson's fielder choice. Jim Estrada banged one to Sabena at third base, but a bad throw meant everyone was safe. Frank Mullens walked, then Orteig singled to bring in Spurgeon. Charlie Mead shot a single past second base to score a pair of runs to end the game.
Gale Bishop tagged Anderson for a home run in the second inning, then the Indians added three unearned runs in the fifth.
Spokane .......... 010 030 020—6 10 2
Vancouver ....... 000 010 213—7 10 1
Glane and Clifford; Anderson and Brenner.
YAKIMA, story unavailable.
Wenatchee ..... 003 010 300 00—7 12 1
Yakima ........... 111 211 000 01—8 15 1
Orphan, Babbitt (4) and Pesut; Romple and McConnell.
TACOMA, story unavailable.
Salem ........... 010 012 010 0—5 12 1
Tacoma ........ 000 030 002 1—8 13 4
Kowalski and Salmon; Colombo, Jungbluth (10) and Kuper.
ON THE SUNBEAM
By ALF COTTRELL, Sports Editor
[Vancouver Sun, Aug. 15, 1946]
Experting the Western International Loop
Here they are: Bill Garbe (Yak.) 1b, Al Kretchmar (Van.) 2b, Ray Orteig (Van.) 3b, Joe Gedzius (Brem.) ss, Danny Amaral (Brem.) lf, Gene Thompson (Yak.) cf, Duane Crawford (Sal.) rf, Dick Kemper (Tac.) c, Al Yaylian (Yak.) lhp, Bob Jensen (Vic.) rhp, Bob Hedington (Tac.) utility, Buddy Ryan (Wen.) manager.
Monday, August 12, 1946
W L Pct GB
Wenatchee ..... 71 43 .623 —
Salem ......... 65 46 .586 4
Bremerton ..... 61 44 .581 5½
Tacoma ........ 56 52 .519 12
Spokane ....... 48 51 .485 15½
Yakima ........ 49 58 .458 18½
Vancouver ..... 42 66 .389 26
Victoria ...... 40 72 .357 30
BREMERTON, Aug. 12—Walter Bliss and Bill Barisoff smacked solo homers in the ninth inning to give the Bremerton Bluejackets a 2-0 win over the Vancouver Capilanos here tonight.
It was Barisoff's 30th homer, putting him within reach of the league record of 37.
Alec Palica was sailing along with a two-hitter until the balls went of the park.
Ray Orteig homered off Joe Sullivan, who allowed only six hits for the visitors.
Vancouver ......... 000 100 000—1 6 1
Bremerton ......... 000 000 002—2 4 1
Palica and Spurgeon; Sullivan and Volpi.
ONLY GAME SCHEDULED