Wednesday, August 17, 1949

               W  L Pct. GB
Yakima ...... 85 42 .669 —
Vancouver ... 77 48 .616 7
Spokane ..... 68 60 .531 17½
Wenatchee ... 65 63 .508 20½
Victoria .... 56 73 .434 30
Salem ....... 53 72 .433 31
Bremerton ... 53 73 .421 31½
Tacoma ...... 50 78 .391 35½

WENATCHEE, Aug. 17—Vancouver Capilanos are further than ever away from first-place Yakima in the WIL baseball league, following their 8-7 loss to Wenatchee on Wednesday night.
Down 8-4 going into the ninth inning, Vancouver nearly tied the ball game with their desperate three-run rally that fell just a little too short. The two winning runs were on base when Caps’ K Chorlton popped up to end the inning.
A walk to Jim Robertson, a double by Ray Tran and singles by Charlie Mead, Dick Sinovic and Bud Sheely accounted for Caps’ runs in the last inning.
Capilano pitcher Bob Costello allowed what proved to be the winning run to score in the eighth inning when Ritchie Myers homered with one man on.
Costello made up for this in part by knocking home one of the Caps’ previous runs. Sheely singled home two runs and Mead accounted for the other before the ninth inning rally.
The loss—combined with Yakima’s win—left Vancouver seven games out of first place with only 25 games left to catch the league-leading Bears.
Vancouver ........ 000 220 003—7 12 1
Wenatchee ........ 030 201 02x—8 10 0
McCollum and Winter; Costello and Sheely.

SPOKANE, Aug. 17—The Spokane Indians broke through for all their runs in the fourth inning to defeat the Victoria Athletics 4-2 on Wednesday night and take a 3-1 series lead.
5,409 were on hand, but not to watch the game. They were there for catcher Jack Parks’ wedding before the game. Outfielder Paul Zaby was best man and an organist was set up at third base.
Parks ended up with three singles and caught the full game.
Bill Werbowski came back on one day’s rest after three successive relief appearances to beat Jim Propst in a pitching duel. Both pitchers allowed seven hits, while Werbowski walked one and struck out two. Propst walked four and fanned five, tossed a wild pitch and started a double-play.
Victoria .......... 001 100 000—2 7 1
Spokane ......... 000 400 001—4 7 2
Propst and Day; Werbowski and Parks.

Bremerton ...... 021 030 000—6 13 2
Salem ............... 004 001 02x—7 7 1
Dahle and Ronning; Drilling and Burgher.

Yakima .......... 000 340 001—8 11 0
Tacoma ......... 010 000 000—1 5 5
Sporer and Tornay; Fornier and Gardner.

6,000 See Catcher Take Bride at Plate
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 17—A baseball player was married Wednesday night at home plate before 6,000 fans and nobody yelled “You're out!”
Catcher Jack Parks of the Spokane Indians married Betty Mae Tibbett before donning his mask to play against Victoria, B. C.
Except for the baseball atmosphere it was a normal wedding.
The bride, dressed in a green suit, marched from third base to the pitcher's mound and then down to home plate along an aisle of baseball players.
Parks wore a spotless white uniform never soiled by a sliding base runner.
There was some laughter when the 21-year-old Parks kissed the 20-year-old bride, but mostly the crowd was hushed during the ceremony. Some of the women in the audience furtively brushed tears in the bright glare of the floodlights.
The Spokane bat boy, blushing all the way, carried the ring on a pillow through the cordon of players.
There won't be any honeymoon. Parks has to stick around for a long home stand with the Indians.
It was a beautiful wedding. There wasn't an umpire in sight.

Saturday, July 23, 1949

STANDINGS
               W  L Pct. GB
Yakima ...... 65 33 .663 —
Vancouver ... 58 37 .611 5½
Spokane ..... 54 46 .540 12
Wenatchee ... 48 52 .480 18
Salem ....... 44 54 .449 21
Victoria .... 42 55 .433 22½
Bremerton ... 43 57 .430 24
Tacoma ...... 41 61 .402 26

SPOKANE, July 23—Bill Werbowski and Jim Propst hooked up for a real pitchers duel tonight, but Werbowski came up with a five-hit shutout as the Spokane Indians blanked the Victoria Athletics, 3-0.
All the Victoria hits were singles—two each by Russ Walseth and Vic Buccola and one by Charlie Balassi. The Indians picked up nine bingles from Propst, with the lead-off man, Lyle Palmer, pacing the attack with two doubles and a single. Both pitchers exhibited good control with Propst issuing the only walk of the game. Werbowski whiffed three and Propst struck out four to boost his season's total to 112.
Extra base hits proved Propst's downfall with a triple by Larry Barton and doubles by Jack Calvey and Palmer resulting in the three tallies.
A's note — The A's have received a replacement folr shortstop Russ Walseth, whose year has ended due to a knee injury. Gordon Johnston will be arriving from Manchester of the Class 'B' New England League. Walseth will have his knee attended to then resume his off-season job coaching basketball at the University of Colorado.
Victoria .............. 000 000 000—0 5 0
Spokane ............. 001 000 11x—3 9 1
Propst and Day; Werbowski and Rossi.

YAKIMA, July 23—Ray Fortier fashioned a five-hitter for Tacoma tonight, as the Tigers blanked the league-leading Yakima Bears 5-0.
Two sharp singles to centre field in the eighth inning by Edo Vanni and Al Jacinto and Nino Tornay's double in the ninth were the only really hard-hit balls of the night for Yakima. Vanni and Ted Jennings beat out slow rollers down the third base line for Yakima's only hits in the first seven innings.
A two-run single by Bill Sheets and an error produced three runs in the first inning and the Tigers coasted to the victory behind Fortier's brilliant pitching.
A Yakima crowd of 1,674 boosted the Bears' home attendance to 88,936—336 more than the previous mark. The Bears have 23 home games left.
The victory squared the series at one game apiece.
Tacoma ............. 300 010 100—5 10 1
Yakima .............. 000 000 000—0 5 2
Fortier and Sheets; Sporer and Tornay.

WENATCHEE, July 23—The Vancouver Capilanos climbed on the back of Cy Greenlaw tonight for twelve hits and six runs to down the Chiefs 6-1.
Wenatchee's lone tally came in the second inning on Neil Bryant's four-bagger over the left field wall.
The Capilanos' double-play combination of the Tran brothers to first baseman Bob McLean paid off for three doubles and notched their 116th of the season.
The series stands at one game apiece.
Vancouver .......... 300 010 020—6 12 0
Wenatchee ......... 010 000 000—1 8 3
Nicholas and Sheely; Greenlaw and Pesut.

Bremerton ............. 000 014 101—7 15 0
Salem ................... 010 001 000—2 7 1
Simon and Ronning; G. Peterson, McIrvin (8) and Beard.

Tiger Jack Will Wed at Home Plate
SPOKANE, July 23—Catcher “Tiger Jack” Parks of the Spokane Indians baseball team will be married at home plate at Ferns field August 17, team officials announced today.
His bride will be Betty Mae Tibbett of Spokane.
The ceremony will be held before the Indians' game with the Victoria Athletics. A reception will be held after the game.

NON-WIL MINOR LEAGUE NEWS

Far West League Team May Be Homeless Club
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23—The Vallejo Chiefs may be the homeless wanderers of the Far West baseball league the remainder of the season.
League President Jerry Donovan told a reporter this Saturday commenting that the club's dispute with its hometown ballpark owners was “still up in the air.”
The Chiefs have been on road for two weeks because of disagreement over lease of the park.