W L PCT GB
Yakima ..... 97 49 .664 —
Vancouver .. 89 55 .618 7
Spokane .... 77 70 .524 20½
Wenatchee .. 76 72 .514 22
Victoria ... 64 84 .432 34
Salem ...... 62 85 .422 35½
Tacoma ..... 62 85 .422 35½
Bremerton .. 59 86 .407 37½
VICTORA, Sept. 4 [Colonist]—Jim Propst, pitching his last game of the season, kept Victoria Athletics in fifth place at Royal Athletic Park last night. The little southpaw blanked the Tacoma Tigers 6-0 on four hits to record his 17th victory since joining the club on May 31. The Tigers had won the afternoon encounter, 4-0, to move to within a half game of the A's.
The big reason why the Victorians are not in the cellar, Propst was at his best as he came up with his fourth shutout and 20th route-going performance of the year. The Tigers had only one hit going into the eighth inning. He almost lost his shutout in the ninth when two singles and a walk loaded the bases with one out. A great throw by Ray Jacobs kept the runner on third and then Propst finished it with his eighth strikeout of the game. It increased his league-leading total of whiffs to 182.
BREAK UP DUEL
The A's had their usual trouble with Bob Johnson put iced the game with a four-run rally in the seventh which broke up a tought, 1-0 duel. Dick Morgan started the uprising with a long homer.
Don Carter proved too much for the A's in the afternoon. The canny Tacoma righthander came as close to pitching a no-hitter as it is possible to get. Gordon Johnson led off the Victoria first with a hopper through the middle. It was the last hit for Victoria as Carter actually hurled nine full innings of hitless ball. After the first inning, when two walks started a budding rally, the A's never got a runer to second base as Carter came up with the season's best mound effort.
SEASON ENDS TOMORROW
The same clubs play a double-header at Tacoma today and the season ends tomorrow with the A's home to Bremerton for two holiday games.
First Game
Tacoma ..... 002 000 011—4 10 2
Victoria ..... 000 000 000—0 1 2
Carter and gardner; Blankenship, Logue (9) and Day.
Second Game
Tacoma ..... 000 000 000—0 4 2
Victoria ..... 000 100 41x—6 12 1
Johnson and Gardner; Propst and Morgan.
VANCOUVER, Sept. 3—Vancouver Capilanos set a new double-play record of 179 with one in each game as they handed Bremerton a double setback, 6-4, and 10-7, and shoved the Bluejackets more fully into the league basement.
The breaker came in the first game, and was started by pitcher Jim Hedgecock, who tossed to Len Tran at second and on to Bob McLean at first.
Jim Robinson tripled and doubled in the opener, and Dick Sinovic smacked a solo homer. Hedgecock got the win, allowing seven hits, walking five and striking out six.
The Caps scored five runs in the fourth inning off Baldwin in the fourth¨.
Robinson swung a big bat in the nightcap, bringing in four runs with a triple and two doubles.
Len Tran singled in a pair in a winning cause.
Bob Snyder notched his 22nd win, despite allowing homen runs to Lou Brignanti and Charlie Bushong, both of whom batted in a pair. He walked two and struck out four in tossing an 11-hit game.
First game
Bremerton ..... 010 020 010—4 7 2
Vancouver ..... 000 510 00x—6 13 2
Baldwin and Ronning; Hedgecock and Sheely.
Second Game
Bremerton ..... 200 002 210—7 13 1
Vancouver ..... 020 214 10x—10 11 1
Dahle and Neal; Snyder and Sheely.
Salem ........ 100 001 520—9 12 3
Yakima ....... 601 000 33x—13 9 2
Peterson, Fredericks (1) and Beard; Sweiger and Tornay.
Wenatchee ..... 220 002 000—6 11 3
Spokane ........ 210 112 00x—7 10 1
McCollum and Winter; Howard, Adams (2), Kimball (7) and Parks.
TACOMA, Sept. 3—Vancouver may be in second place in the Western International League, but it is in first place in batting and fielding, statistics released by the Howe News Bureau after Saturday night's games reveal.Vancouver has a team batting average of .308, followed by Wenatchee (.304), Spokane (.302), Yakima (.294), Tacoma (.288), Victoria (.286), Bremerton and Salem (both .284).
Wenatchee leads the league in hits with an even 1600, 23 more than Vancouver. The Chiefs also have the most doubles (332). Tacoma leads in triples (77), and Wenatchee in home runs (133). Victoria is a distant second with 113 round trippers.
Vancouver, with 109, has three more stolen bases than Spokane. The Capilanos have walked the least (514) of any team, while Wenatchee (793) has garnered the most free passes. Victoria leads in strikeouts (813) while Wenatchee batters place second (755).
In team fielding, Vancouver has a .965 average, followed by Yakima (.962), Victoria (.957), Spokane and Tacoma (.955), Salem (.952), Bremerton (.948) and Wenatchee (.947). The Caps have the most double-plays, a league record 178, while Victoria has turned two triple plays this season. Wenatchee has the most errors with 300, 11 more than runner-up Bremerton. Vancouver has the fewest with 194.
In individual batting records, Wenatchee's Clint Cameron has the best average among those who qualify for the batting title at .378. Spokane's Edo Vanni leads in hits (207), Jimmy Robinson of Vancouver in runs (142), Gil McDougald of Victoria in doubles (43), Ritchie Myers of Wenatchee in triples (17) and Jim Warner of Wenatchee in home runs (a league-record 43). Larry Barton of Spokane tops the RBI category (132) while Robinson has the most stolen bases (40).
In pitching, Hunk Anderson of Vancouver leads in percentage with .917 (11 and 1). Bob Snyder of Vancouver and John Marshall of Bremerton are tied for wins (22) while Bob Kerrigan and Ray Fortier, both of Tacoma, lead the league with 16 losses. Bill Werbowski of Spokane and Frank Logue of Victoria have both appeared in 48 games, Marshall has 28 complete games and 162 walks to lead the league. Jim Propst of Victoria tops the league in strikeouts with 192 while Vince Lazor leads in wild pitches with 13, and Cal McIrvin of Salem and Merle Frick of Wenatchee have both tossed 14 wild pitches.
The percentage futility mark is held by Bob Pirack of Bremerton, who has won only one game in 13 decisions (.077) this season.
League batting, including games of Sept. 3:
AB R H 2b 3b HR SB RBI Pct.
Brenner, Van... 191 31 74 14 1 6 1 42 .387
Cameron, Wen... 415 102 157 36 1 18 1 107 .378
Sinovic, Van... 346 77 127 21 9 14 7 103 .367
Libke, Wen..... 123 42 45 8 3 6 2 34 .366
Rhyne, Wen..... 522 114 190 38 7 14 6 103 .364
Stainback, Spo. 351 46 127 23 4 0 10 52 .362
Vanni, Yak..... 581 133 207 33 9 0 34 79 .356
Sheely, Van.... 391 59 138 17 0 21 6 117 .353
Zaby, Spo...... 530 131 183 35 5 3 21 88 .345
McDougald, Vic. 541 122 185 43 7 13 12 114 .342
Robinson, Van.. 646 143 220 20 12 2 40 53 .341
League pitching, based on percentage:
W L PCT IP H R BB SO
Anderson, Van. 11 1 .917 160 166 103 101 83
Soriano, Yak.. 14 2 .875 125 95 39 37 90
Sweiger, Yak.. 11 2 .846 107 126 68 31 55
Propst, Vic... 17 6 .739 188 170 82 126 192
Dickey, Yak... 16 6 .727 191 185 129 183 163
McIrvin, Sal.. 10 4 .714 119 131 70 77 56
Libke, Went.... 5 2 .714 50 43 19 24 26
Babbitt, Yak... 7 3 .700 88 120 66 44 41
Powell, Yak... 16 7 .696 192 184 86 100 118
Nicholas, Van. 15 7 .682 204 249 117 74 81
Bishop, Spo... 15 7 .682 192 235 143 71 80
Savarese, Yak. 15 7 .682 181 208 98 49 88
Snyder, Van... 22 11 .667 237 293 171 89 113
Frick, Wen.... 12 6 .667 171 177 147 160 121
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