ON THE INSIDE
By DON BECKER
Herald Sports Editor
Wanna buy a couple of baseball players? We know two that are for sale. Of course, the price tag runs into five figures, but then these are no ordinary players. One of them, Jim Warner, is the Western International league home run king. He's also a whale of an outfielder and don't act surprised if he's named to the WIL all-star team. His contract can be had for $25,000.
For an infielder, and at second base in particular, you'd have to go up to another class of baseball and do some hard looking to find a better man than Clyde Haskell. Clyde will go for $15,000. Both these players are now the property of the Chiefs and Dick Richards, general manager of the team, says that the sound of the big league scouts buzzing around these two is similar to that at the national air races.
- Tri-City Herald, Wednesday, September 07, 1949
PORTLAND, Sept. 7—Three members of the Salem Senators have been called up for seasoning with the parent Portland Beavers. They are catcher Bill Burgher, pitcher Cal McIrvin and outfielder Bob Cherry. Outfielder Art Pennington also was to have joined the Coast League club but was forced to return home by illness in his family.
W.I.L. Playoffs Start Tonight
by ASSOCIATED PRESS
Western International League baseball playoffs start Wednesday night in Yakima and Vancouver, B. C.
At Yakima, the 1949 champion Yakima Bears will entertain the third-place Spokane Indians. Second-place Vancouver plays host to fourth-place Wenatchee's Chiefs.
Both series are for best-of-five. After the first two games the teams switch to Spokane and Wenatchee. If a fifth, game is needed the teams return to Yakima or Vancouver.
Winners of the two elimination series then will clash in another best-of-five set for the playoff title.
Yakima received $2,000 for winning the pennant. Players will split the playoff swag, with $1,500 going to the winning team; $1,000 to the runner-up and $750 apiece to the
third and fourth clubs.
(WILfan note - I didn't realise the word "swag" was in use this early, but there it is in the AP story)
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Monday, September 5, 1949
FINAL STANDINGS
W L Pct.
Yakima ...... 99 51 .660 —
Vancouver ... 91 57 .615 7
Spokane ..... 78 71 .523 20½
Wenatchee ... 77 73 .513 22
Victoria .... 68 81 .447 32
Salem ....... 64 87 .421 35½
Tacoma ...... 63 88 .417 36½
Bremerton ... 60 89 .403 38½
WI League Ready For Playoffs
Not even the shouting remained in the Western International league baseball race. Except for the Spokane-Wenatchee battle for third place everything was settled long before Labor Day's windup contests.
The lone struggle remaining on closing day saw Spokane and Wenatchee divide a doubleheader with Spokane taking third place as a result. The Indians squeezed past the Chiefs 2-1 in the opening game, then lost a 12-inning no-count contest 8-6.
In other contests, Salem took a pair from league-leading Yakima 4-2 and 10-8, Victoria trampled Bremerton 21-4 and 11-6 and Vancouver divided with Tacoma, winning the first 4-1 and losing the finale 12-3.
Starting Wednesday, Yakima will host Spokane and Vancouver will entertain Wenatchee in the first two games of a best-of-five series.
Ump Sandt Trades Jobs With Catcher
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 5—Umpire Carl Sandt swapped places with Vancouver Catcher
Bud Sheely Monday in a comedy windup to the Western International league baseball season.
Naturally there was an argument and naturally Sandt lost.
The game could not affect the standings and both teams were having a grand time, with a batboy at shortstop for Tacoma and the two managers pitching. In the last inning Sheely walked to the plate and swapped his bat for Sandt's mask and indicator.
The umpire whacked a double and Sheely called him out for failing to touch first base. Vancouver was behind at the time, 12 to 3, and that's the way it finished.
First Game
Vancouver .... 000 101 020— 4 9 2
Tacoma ........ 010 000 000— 1 9 3
Kindsfather and Brenner; Kerrigan and Gardner.
Second Game
Vancouver .... 000 021 0— 3 8 7
Tacoma ........ 420 231 x—12 15 0
Brenner, Sinovic (5) and Sheely; Johnson and Gardner.
VICTORIA, Sept. 5—The Victoria Athletics closed out the 1949 season with a double-header sweep against Bremerton, winning the first game 24-4 and the second contest 11-6.
Eleven bases on balls and eight Bremeton errors, plus 21 Victoria hits made it each for Frank LaBrum to reister his first W.I.L. win in the afternoon contest.
LaBrum had one bad inning — the fifth — when the Tars scored all of their runs to take a momentary 4-3 lead. Then the roof fell in as the A's plated 21 runs in the next four innings in a wild scoring splurge that went through four pitchers. Biggest beneficiary of the slugfest was Ray Jacobs, who had a triple, double and two singles in six trips and batted in seven runs. John Hack batted in four runs to run his season's total to over 100, and hit a home run.
Behind 6-4 going into the eighth inning of the season's finale, the A's unloaded for seven runs and stopped a Bremerton attempt to give John Marshall his 23rd pitching win. Marshall was sent into the game with the score tied and runners on second and third. He walked McDougald intentionally but Len Noren blooped a single into short right field for one run. Marshall's hopes disappered completely when Charlie Balassi followed with a grand-slam home run.
About 1,700 spectators were on hand for the windup, running the A's home attendance total to 115,044, 32,000 more than the third-place Athletics drew in 1948.
First Game
Bremerton ..... 000 040 000— 4 7 8
Victoria .......... 012 047 64x—24 21 1
Kohout, Baldwin (5), Ronning (6), Stanford (8) and Neal; Labrum and Morgan.
Second Game
Bremerton ..... 001 310 010—6 12 3
***Victoria ..... 002 020 07x—11 12 1
LINESCORE INCOMPLETE
First Game
Wenatchee .... 010 000 0—1 8 0
Spokane ...... 000 000 2—2 5 0
Orrell and Pesut; Conant and Parks.
Second game
Wenatchee ..... 001 002 001 004—8 13 1
Spokane ....... 010 000 003 002—6 13 6
Johnson and Pesut; Richardson, Adams (4), Kimball (8) and Rossi.
First Game
Salem ....... 000 200 02—4 5 0
Yakima ...... 000 200 00—2 10 1
McIrvin and Burgher, Beard (8); Sporer and Tornay.
Second game (eight innings)
Salem ....... 000 233 02—10 9 1
Yakima ...... 010 003 40—8 15 1
Beard, Burak (7) and Burgher; Orengo, Moore (3), Williams (6) and Tornay.
Cherry to Beavers
PORTLAND, Sept. 6—Portland Beavers of the Coast League called up three players today from their farm club, Salem Senators of the Western International League. Brought up were Catcher Bill Burgher, Pitcher Cal McIrvin and Outfielder Bob Cherry.
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
Wednesday, August 3, 1949
STANDINGS
W L Pct. GB
Yakima ...... 72 40 .643 —
Vancouver ... 65 43 .602 5
Spokane ..... 58 53 .523 13½
Wenatchee ... 56 56 .500 16
Victoria .... 51 61 .455 21
Salem ....... 49 63 .437 23
Bremerton ... 48 63 .432 23½
Tacoma ...... 47 67 .412 26
SALEM, Aug 3—Victoria Athletics cut a Salem rally short in the second inning on Wednesday night by pulling off their second triple-play of the season. However, the triple-killing came too late. The three Senator runs already proved to be the margin of victory as the home club came through with a 4-1 triumph.
Pete Vucuruvich went the distance and had only one bad inning. He was charged with his ninth defeat when his teammates were unable to solve Dick Drilling for the necessary runs.
Four successive hits and a walk in the second plated three Salem runs and left runners at second and first with no one out. First baseman Vic Buccola then snared a line drive, stepped on first to take the second man, and fired the ball to shortstop Russ Walseth for the inning-ending out.
The A's managed their lone run in the fifth on a single, Mel Wasley's boot and an infield out by Dick Morgan. Len Noren and Morgan were the only Victoria hitters able to do anything with Drilling. Noren had two singles and a double in four trips where Morgan had two singles. Infielder Arnold Johnson broke into the line-up for the first time, taking over from Gil McDougald at second base. He went hitless in two tries.
Victoria .......... 000 010 000—1 7 0
Salem ............. 030 010 00x—4 10 1
Vucurevich and Morgan; Drilling and Beard.
WENATCHEE, Aug. 3—Fighting to ensure a spot in the Shaughnessy playdowns, Wenatchee Chiefs ran their winning streak to seven ames by trouncing the Tacoma Tigers, 8-1, behind the five-hit pitching of Joe Orrell. Glen Stetter's home run spoiled Orrell's shutout bid. Clyde Haskell and Richie Meyers hit Wenatchee home runs.
Tacoma ............. 000 001 000—1 5 1
Wenatchee ........ 200 211 02x—8 13 1
Kerrigan and Gardner; Orrell and Winter.
YAKIMA, Aug. 3—Only a longshot gambler would be willing to wager that the Yakima Bears won't be the 1949 W.I.L. champions. Determined to win the bunting at any cost, the Bears today added Gene Babbitt, one of the best relief pitchers in the low minors, to an already tough pitching staff. Babbitt was obtained from the Spokane Indians, who have had their troubles keeping above the .500 mark.
The Bears increased their lead over the Vancouver Capilanos by scoring a 3-1 decision over the runners-up to take the series lead, 2-1. Babbitt was not long in proving his worth, coming in to relieve the faltering Lloyd Dickey and save the game in the ninth.
Playing before the largest crowd ever to see a Western International League game in Yakima—4,575—Dickey pitched brilliantly until he had two out in the ninth. Then his control deserted him and he walked four men in a row to force in the Caps' only run and put the winning run on the bags. Babbitt then strolled to the mound and forced Len Tran to fly out.
Dickey struck out 11 and only walked two up until the ninth. Yakimaøs three runs came in the fourth when Bob William' single, Len Tran's boot, a hit batter and Snag Moore's double did the damage.
Vancouver ........... 000 000 001—1 6 1
Yakima ................ 000 300 00x—3 8 1
Kindsfather and Brenner, Dickey, Babbitt (9) and Orteig.
Bremerton at Spokane, postponed, rain.
Younie Leaves Russets
IDAHO FALLS, Aug. 3—A new relief pitcher has joined the Idaho Falls Russets of the Pioneer Baseball league. Frank Gabler, former New York moundsman, was released from the Great Falls Selectrics to the Russets by Seattle.
Lou Garland, Russet manager, also announced Pete Younie has been returned to Yakima, Wash.
Burgher Optioned
PORTLAND, August 3—The Portland Pacific Coast League Beavers have options catcher Bill Burgher to the Salem farm club of the Western International League today. Burgher has been catching for Portland for the past year.
W L Pct. GB
Yakima ...... 72 40 .643 —
Vancouver ... 65 43 .602 5
Spokane ..... 58 53 .523 13½
Wenatchee ... 56 56 .500 16
Victoria .... 51 61 .455 21
Salem ....... 49 63 .437 23
Bremerton ... 48 63 .432 23½
Tacoma ...... 47 67 .412 26
SALEM, Aug 3—Victoria Athletics cut a Salem rally short in the second inning on Wednesday night by pulling off their second triple-play of the season. However, the triple-killing came too late. The three Senator runs already proved to be the margin of victory as the home club came through with a 4-1 triumph.
Pete Vucuruvich went the distance and had only one bad inning. He was charged with his ninth defeat when his teammates were unable to solve Dick Drilling for the necessary runs.
Four successive hits and a walk in the second plated three Salem runs and left runners at second and first with no one out. First baseman Vic Buccola then snared a line drive, stepped on first to take the second man, and fired the ball to shortstop Russ Walseth for the inning-ending out.
The A's managed their lone run in the fifth on a single, Mel Wasley's boot and an infield out by Dick Morgan. Len Noren and Morgan were the only Victoria hitters able to do anything with Drilling. Noren had two singles and a double in four trips where Morgan had two singles. Infielder Arnold Johnson broke into the line-up for the first time, taking over from Gil McDougald at second base. He went hitless in two tries.
Victoria .......... 000 010 000—1 7 0
Salem ............. 030 010 00x—4 10 1
Vucurevich and Morgan; Drilling and Beard.
WENATCHEE, Aug. 3—Fighting to ensure a spot in the Shaughnessy playdowns, Wenatchee Chiefs ran their winning streak to seven ames by trouncing the Tacoma Tigers, 8-1, behind the five-hit pitching of Joe Orrell. Glen Stetter's home run spoiled Orrell's shutout bid. Clyde Haskell and Richie Meyers hit Wenatchee home runs.
Tacoma ............. 000 001 000—1 5 1
Wenatchee ........ 200 211 02x—8 13 1
Kerrigan and Gardner; Orrell and Winter.
YAKIMA, Aug. 3—Only a longshot gambler would be willing to wager that the Yakima Bears won't be the 1949 W.I.L. champions. Determined to win the bunting at any cost, the Bears today added Gene Babbitt, one of the best relief pitchers in the low minors, to an already tough pitching staff. Babbitt was obtained from the Spokane Indians, who have had their troubles keeping above the .500 mark.
The Bears increased their lead over the Vancouver Capilanos by scoring a 3-1 decision over the runners-up to take the series lead, 2-1. Babbitt was not long in proving his worth, coming in to relieve the faltering Lloyd Dickey and save the game in the ninth.
Playing before the largest crowd ever to see a Western International League game in Yakima—4,575—Dickey pitched brilliantly until he had two out in the ninth. Then his control deserted him and he walked four men in a row to force in the Caps' only run and put the winning run on the bags. Babbitt then strolled to the mound and forced Len Tran to fly out.
Dickey struck out 11 and only walked two up until the ninth. Yakimaøs three runs came in the fourth when Bob William' single, Len Tran's boot, a hit batter and Snag Moore's double did the damage.
Vancouver ........... 000 000 001—1 6 1
Yakima ................ 000 300 00x—3 8 1
Kindsfather and Brenner, Dickey, Babbitt (9) and Orteig.
Bremerton at Spokane, postponed, rain.
Younie Leaves Russets
IDAHO FALLS, Aug. 3—A new relief pitcher has joined the Idaho Falls Russets of the Pioneer Baseball league. Frank Gabler, former New York moundsman, was released from the Great Falls Selectrics to the Russets by Seattle.
Lou Garland, Russet manager, also announced Pete Younie has been returned to Yakima, Wash.
Burgher Optioned
PORTLAND, August 3—The Portland Pacific Coast League Beavers have options catcher Bill Burgher to the Salem farm club of the Western International League today. Burgher has been catching for Portland for the past year.
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