Friday, May 6, 1949

STANDINGS
               W L Pct. GB
Yakima ...... 10 3 .769 —
Salem ........ 9 5 .643 1½
Bremerton .... 8 6 .529 2½
Wenatchee .... 7 8 .467 4
Spokane ...... 5 7 .417 4½
Vancouver .... 4 6 .400 4½
Victoria ..... 5 9 .357 5½
Tacoma ....... 5 9 .357 5½

BREMERTON, May 6—The Victoria Athletics opened their four-game series here with a win— the third in their last five starts—as they topped Bremeton, 5-3.
Frank Prowse went the distance for the A's, besting John Marshall. Prowse gave up 11 hits but left 11 runners stranded.
The A's picked up seven hits but made the count for single tallies inn the first, third and sveenth, and two runs in the sixth when Frank Finnegan homered with a mate aboard. Four Bremerton errors helped the A's along.
Victoria ............ 101 002 100—5 7 2
Bremerton ........ 100 000 020—3 11 4
Prowse and Day; Marshall, Gipson (8), Holt (9) and Constantino, Corey (9).

TACOMA, May 6—Vancouver took the series opener in Tacoma, 7-5, tonight as Vern Kindsfather threw his first complete game.
He allowed eighth hits but walked eight and struck out three.
A four-run attack Vancouver in the fifth inning send Knezovich to the showers. Singles by Bob McLean, Jim Robinson, Charlie Mead and Ray Tran, plus Len Tran's double did the damage.
Vancouver ........... 201 040 000—7 12 1
Tacoma ............... 000 020 300—5 8 1
Kindsfather and Sheely; Knezovich, Shell (5), Sciarra (6) and Warren.

YAKIMA, May 6—Yakima outslugged the Spokane Indians, 13-9. Ray Orteig and Dick Briskey paced the Bears' 16-hit attack. Orteig had four hits in five trips, including a triple and a double, while Briskey had a perfect night with four for four. One of his hits was the first Yakima home run of the season in its home park. Spokane's big blow was a three-run homer by catcher Jack Parks.
Spokane ............ 420 000 003—9 14 1
Yakima .............. 501 211 03x—13 16 1
Werbowski, Baker (1), Neeley (6) and Parks, Rossi (8); Bradford, Savarese (2) and Orteig.

First game
Salem .............. 600 000 000—6 7 0
Wenatchee ....... 300 000 000—3 6 2
Stevens, Gilson (1) and Pesut; Foster and Beard.
Second game
Salem .............. 000 011 000—2 3 2
Wenatchee ....... 242 480 10x—21 22 2
Blanco, Miller (3), Medlin (5) and Courage; Caplinger and Pesut.