Monday, May 2, 1949

STANDINGS
              W L Pct. GB
Yakima ...... 7 2 .778 —
Salem ....... 6 2 .750 ½
Spokane ..... 5 3 .625 1½
Bremerton ... 5 5 .500 2½
Wenatchee ... 5 5 .500 2½
Vancouver ... 2 4 .333 3½
Tacoma ...... 3 7 .300 4½
Victoria .... 2 7 .222 5

YAKIMA, May 2—Behind the effective twirling of Tiny Ted Savarese and 14 hits, Yakima won its third straight Western International League victory of the season over Vancouver, 12-5, here tonight. It was the first of a four-game series.
The win gaves Yakima a half game margin over Salem which was rained our for the third straight day on its home field.
Although Savarese, a left-hander, gave up 13 hits to the Caps he never was in serious trouble as his teammates got to three Vancouver pitchers for six runs before the Caps scored. Savarese also collected three hits in four trips to the plate, including a three-run triple in the eighth.
Three of the last six Yakima runs were gifts of pitcher Vance Thurston, the Caps' third. He walked in two runs in the seventh and forced in another in the eighth when he hit Dick Briskey with the bases loaded.
Vancouver ..... 000 000 114—5 13 4
Yakima .......... 200 211 24x—12 14 3
Hedgecock, Costello (6), Thurston (7) and Sheely; Savarese and Orteig.

WENATCHEE, May 2 Wenatchee applied a crushing 17-2 win over Tacoma Tigers in a Western International League game tonight.
Wenatchee collected 18 hits in its attack on four Tacoma pitchers and had its cause aided by 10 free passes. An eight-run sixth inning following four run spurts in both the first and fifth obliterated the Tacomans' chances.
Tacoma ........... 000 000 200—2 8 1
Wenatchee ...... 400 048 10x—17 18 4
Sciarra, Gleason (1), Henderson (6), Johnson (8) and Warren, Holmes (7); Caplinger and Pesut.

BREMERTON, May 2—Spokane dumped Bremerton, 10-7, tonight with a four-run eight inning rally but it needed three early-game homers to stay in contention.
Two of the four-ply blows came from the bat of Larry Barton each with a mate aboard.
The third was by Jack Parks.
Bremerton's relief hurler Keith Simon was the victim of the Spokane uprising. Three walks forced in a run. Tuck Stainback, ex-major leaguer, drove in two more with his fourth straight hit and a double steal brought in the fourth.
Spokane ....... 030 020 140—10 13 2
Bremerton ..... 212 020 000—7 11 0
Kimball, Baker (4), Bishop (7) and Parks; Lee, Simon (7) and Ronning.

Victoria at Salem, postponed, rain.