Sunday 22 July 2007

Monday, July 4, 1949

STANDINGS
               W  L Pct. GB
Yakima ...... 54 25 .684 —
Vancouver ... 46 30 .605 7½
Spokane ..... 42 37 .532 12
Wenatchee ... 39 41 .488 15½
Salem ....... 35 43 .449 18½
Bremerton ... 34 46 .425 20½
Victoria .... 33 45 .423 20½
Tacoma ...... 33 49 .407 22½

TACOMA, June 4—The Vancouver Capilanos jammed 9-4 and 5-0 victories down the throats of the Tigers on Monday.
Hunk Anderson trundled a four-hit shutout in the short second game while the Caps were peeling eight off Dick Greco, who was summoned from the outfield to bolster Tacoma's five-man hurling staff. Two were doubles by Orrin Snyder.
Anderson walked two and struck out six.
In the opener, Bob Costello went the route while his mates backed him with 16 singles. He got into trouble in the eighth inning when Glen Stetter homered and Bill Sheets cleared the bases with a double after three walks.
Jim Robinson and Ray Tran were the big guns for Vancouver in the game, as Robinson went four for six and Tran, four for five.
First game
Vancouver .......... 300 150 000—8 16 0
Tacoma .............. 000 000 040-4 7 1
Costello and Brenner; Fortier, Clary (5), Johnson (9) and Sheets.
Second game
Vancouver .......... 210 002 0—5 8 0
Tacoma .............. 000 000 0—0 4 0
Anderson and Sheely; Greco and Sheets.

BREMERTON, July 4—The Victoria Athletics, who marked Decoration Day by tumbling into the Western International League cellar, celebratged another American holiday—Independence Day—by emerging from the darkness thereof.
With 3-2 and 10-8 wins over the Bremerton Bluejackets, the A's bounced past Tacoma's skidding Tigers into seventh place. The twin conquest gave the Canadians a record of eight wins in 10 games under temporary manager Vic Buccola.
Joe Blankenship arrived moments before game-time and was hurried into the first contest. He responded with a four-hitter.
The A's scored single runs in the first, fourth and fifth, the last being a homer by Charlie Balassi. It proved to be the winning run as Walt Pocekay doubled in a run and scored on Jay Ragni's single in the sixth.
In the second game, the A's scored four times off Keith Simon in the first and never lost the lead, though the Tars fought back with their own four-run inning in the sixth to make the game 10-6 and added single runs in the seventh and eighth.
First game
Victoria ............. 110 110 0—3 9 0
Bremerton ......... 000 002 0—2 4 0
Blankenship and Day; Sullivan and Ronning.
Second game
Victoria .............. 402 301 000—10 12 0
Bremerton .......... 002 004 110—8 10 3
Logue, Ward (7) and Morgan; Simon and Neal.

SPOKANE, July 4—The Wenatchee Chiefs sprayed 39 base hits in pulping Spokane, 14-1 and l-10, on Monday. Though he was tagged for 11 hits, Cy Greenlaw went the route in the afterpiece. Spokane played without shortstop Jack Calvey and with the threat of disciplinary action over the heads for attacking umpire Max Skulik on Saturday.
First game
Wenatchee ........... 200 051 510—14 19 1
Spokane ............... 000 010 000—1 5 0
Orrell and Pesut: Weaver, Neely (5) and Rossi.
Second game
Wenatchee .......... 230 103 213—15 20 3
Spokane .............. 330 040 000—10 14 4
Greenlaw and Pesut; Bishop, Babbitt (7), Werbowski (7) and Rossi.

SALEM,July 4—The Salem Senators traded wins with the league-leading Yakima Bears Monday, dropping the opener, 9-3, but snatching a 10-8 victory in the late game. The pay-off blast, among the 12 hits spattered by Salem in the nightcap, was a three-run first-frame homer by Mel Wasley.
Bill Swieger, who whittled a three-hitter just three days ago, effectively spaced nine Salem hits for the Bears' opening game triumph.
First game
Yakima ........... 000 331 2—9 14 2
Salem ............. 100 220 0—5 9 0
Swieger and Tornay; Olson, Fredericks (6) and Carlson.
Second game
Yakima ............ 110 201 021—8 12 3
Salem .............. 300 401 02x—10 12 4
Savarese, B. Drilling (4) Bradford (8) and Orteig; Nulty and Beard.

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