Saturday, August 1, 1953

W L Pct. GB
Salem ....... 21 11 .656 —
Spokane ..... 23 15 .605 1
Yakima ...... 17 16 .515 4½
Edmonton .... 17 16 .515 4½
Vancouver ... 18 17 .514 4½
Lewiston .... 15 17 .469 6
Victoria .... 16 19 .457 6½
Tri-City .... 15 19 .441 7
Calgary ..... 14 20 .412 8
Wenatchee ... 12 19 .387 8½

YAKIMA, Aug. 1—Yakima evened its Western International League baseball series with Tri-City Saturday night, defeating the Braves 8-6, in a free hitting game.
Bob Wellman spelled the difference between the two teams, getting successive two run homers in the first and third innings. They were his 17th and 18th of the season.
The first round-tripper put Yakima ahead, 2-1, and preceding his second, Jim McNamara and Bill Steinberg had tripled back to back.
The Bears never lost the lead after that.
Tri-City ............ 101 000 004—6 10 0
Yakima ............. 203 021 00x—8 13 4
Michelson, Dobernic (3) and Warren; Rios and Albini.

SPOKANE, Aug. 1—First the Capilanos and then the Indians was the story again Saturday night as Victoria won the first game of a Western International double header 6-5 and Spokane took the second 10-4.
Bob Drilling, who used to be noted for wildness, walked only two Spokane batters in the seven-inning first game and scattered seven hits to gain his 10th win against 12 losses.
First Game
Victoria ........... 000 114 0—6 11 1
Spokane .......... 001 000 4—5 7 0
Drilling and Martin; Cordell, New (6) and Sheets.
Second Game
Victoria .......... 010 030 000— 4 12 4
Spokane ......... 020 016 10x—10 12 0
Hodges, Drilling (8), Dollins (8) and Harford; Worth, Giovannoni (5) and Sheets.

WENATCHEE, Aug. 1—Salem defeated Wenatchee 8-4 here Saturday night after jumping off to a four run lead in the first inning. It evened the series at one game each.
Manager Hugh Luby singled home the winning runs in the fourth, scoring Pitcher Joe Nicholas and Dick Sabatini, who had singled and moved up on wild pitches.
Salem .......... 400 200 011—8 8 0
Wenatchee ........ 201 000 010—4 9 3
Nicholas, Borst (6) and Nelson; Bowman, DeCarolis (9) and Bartolomei.

CALGARY, Aug. 1—The Edmonton Eskimos gained 4-3 and 13-5 victories from the Calgary Stampeders in a doubleheader Saturday, winding up a four game Calgary series with a 3-1 edge in the Western International Baseball League.
In the night game, John Conant picked up his 18th victory of the season for Edmonton, and in doing it held the Stampeders to eight hits. Joe Orrell—on the losing end—produced a neat seven-hitter.
Clint Weaver sparked the afternoon play by hitting three home runs and a double in four official trips to the plate. Bob Schulte who relieved starter Bill Stites in the seventh inning, passed him up on his fifth trip with a walk.
Ray McNulty worked into a masterful two-hit shutout going into the ninth of thie first game, but weakened to allow four hits, two homers and two doubles, which were good for five Calgary runs.
Ken Whitehead and Charlie Mead homered for Calgary in the day game.
Weaver teamed with catcher Dick Morgan for the hitting power in the opener, each clouting two for three.
First Game
Edmonton ..... 430 014 010—13 13 3
Calgary ........ 000 000 005— 5 8 2
McNulty and Morgan; Stites, Schulte (7), and Bricker.
Second Game
Edmonton ...... 000 101 011—4 1 2
Calgary ......... 000 100 002—3 8 2
Conant and Morgan; Orrell and Lillard.

LEWISTON, Aug. 1—Harvey Storey batted in a pair of runs in the first inning and Bob Duretto followed with another pair in the fifth Saturday night as Vancouver took a 6-3 Western International league win from Lewiston.
Jack Bukowatz and Pete Hernandez accounted for the remaining Vancouver scoring. Chuck Davis had a pair of singles for Vancouver.
Hernandez, who now has a 16-5 record, gave up 10 hits to nine safeties gained by the Capilanos, but he came through in the clutches and stranded 14 Lewiston batters.
Vancouver ........... 200 020 101—6 9 1
Lewiston ............. 010 000 020—3 10 1
Hernandez and Duretto; Perez, Butler (7), Marshall (9) and Cameron.

WESTERN INTERNATIONAL AVERAGES
Including Games of July 26
Compiled by Howe News Bureau
Player                G  AB  H  HR RBI Pct
Deyo, Sal .......... 78 296 107  1 62 .361
Warren, TC ......... 83 314 111  5 74 .354
Wellman, Yak ....... 66 255  90 16 70 .353
Palys, Spo ......... 79 302 104 14 58 .344
M. McCormick, Wen .. 66 231  79  4 47 .342
Storey, Van ........ 90 319 108  4 51 .339
Noren, Yak ......... 97 399 135  8 59 .338
Witherspoon, Sal ... 77 261  87  2 52 .333
Luby, Sal .......... 67 228  76  1 37 .333
Weaver, Edm ........ 91 340 111 12 75 .326
L. Tran, TC ........ 89 331 108  7 65 .326
Martin, Vic ........ 84 284  90  5 50 .317
Buccola, TC ........ 91 368 116  1 43 .315
Pries, Vic ......... 89 348 109  3 57 .313
Perez, Sal ......... 90 340 106  9 71 .312
Morgan, Edm ........ 82 320  99  8 44 .309
R. Tran, TC ........ 84 295  90  0 48 .305
Cameron, Lew ....... 74 266  81  5 45 .305
Tanselli, Sal ...... 91 378 114  9 49 .302
Mead, Cal .......... 90 313  94 15 62 .300

Pitcher               G  IP  SO  W L  Pct
Roenspie, Sal ...... 16 112  45 11 2 .846
Nicholas, Lew-Sal .. 22 153  78 16 3 .842
Hernandez, Van ..... 18 144  83 12 4 .750
Hemphill, Sal ...... 28 173  66 14 6 .700
Brenner, Lew ....... 31 190  80 15 7 .682
Rios, Yak .......... 21 135  59 12 6 .667
McNulty, Edm ....... 17 144  63 10 5 .667
Spring, Spo ........ 18 124 105 10 5 .667
Dobernic, TC ....... 31 116  80  9 5 .643
Conant, Edm ........ 27 189  99 16 0 .640
Worth, Spo ......... 20  96  60  7 4 .636
Marshall, Lew ...... 26 172 117 13 8 .619