Tuesday 18 March 2008

Sunday, August 2, 1953

W L Pct. GB
Salem ....... 21 13 .618 ½
Spokane ..... 24 15 .615 —
Yakima ...... 18 16 .529 3
Edmonton .... 17 16 .515 3½
Vancouver ... 19 18 .514 3½
Lewiston .... 16 17 .485 4½
Tri-City .... 15 20 .429 6½
Wenatchee ... 14 19 .424 6½
Victoria .... 16 20 .421 7
Calgary ..... 14 20 .412 8


LEWISTON, Aug. 2—The hitting of Al Heist and Gabby Williams was too much for Vancouver in the nightcap as Lewiston Broncs took an 11-7 game over the Capilanos after losing the Sunday opener 5-4.
Heist and Williams both homered and accounted for eight of the runs.
In the first game, Dale Thomason came on in the second inning to hold the Broncs for the win, after a shaky Carl Gunnarson gave up three runs to open the contest.
First Game
Vancouver ....... 300 011 0—5 9 4
Lewiston .......... 030 100 0—4 6 4
Gunnarson, Thomason (2) and Duretto; Kine, Butler (5) and Garay.
Second Game
Vancouver ..... 023 011 000— 7 16 2
Lewiston ........ 003 202 40x—11 10 2
Myers, MacKay (4) and Leavitt; Brenner, Perez (3), Butler (8) and Cameron.

Tri-City ....... 000 000 0—0 4 1
Yakima ........ 202 000 x—4 8 1
Robertson and Warren; Edmunds and Albini.

First Game
Salem ............. 000 100 0—1 3 3
Wenatchee ...... 000 602 x—8 12 1
Collins, Roenspie (4) and Masterson; Beamon and Bartolomei.
Second Game
Salem ............. 000 000 000— 0 3 1
Wenatchee ...... 530 002 00x—10 11 0
Hemphill, Borst (2) and Nelson; Oubre and Bartolomei.

Victoria ........... 011 002 000—4 9 1
Spokane .......... 100 102 22x—8 12 3
Prior, Walker (9) and Martin; Nemes, New (6) and Sheets.

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CLARENCE MARSHALL
Former Yankees Chucker Joins Cap Mound Staff

By CLANCY LORANGER
[Vancouver Province, Aug. 3, 1953]
Vancouver Capilanos will have an ex-New York Yankee on their staff when they tee off against Victoria Tyees tonight at Cap Stadium in the opener of a three-game series.
General Manager Dewey Soriano, worried about the signs of disintegration of his over-worked pitching corps on the road this past week, announced today he had signed Clarence Marshall as a free agent.
Marshall, a Bellingham boy and younger brother of Lewiston’s colorful John, will fly up from Hollywood today. He has been toiling for Hollywood Stars of the Coast League, whom he joined after St. Louis Browns released him last month.
The big right-hander, who is 27, returned to baseball this spring after a couple of years in the army. He wasn’t able to regain the form that once earned him a chance to wear a Yankee uniform.
Made a free agent by the Browns, he signed with the Coast League leaders.
Soriano saw him in action in Seattle recently and said that although Marshall was wild, he was throwing hard and figures he can win in this league.
Marshall is not unknown here. He pitched several games here during the war for a strong Fort Lewis Army team.
“I figure he will help us,” says Soriano, “he just needs steady work.”
Eddie Malone, Hollywood catcher who made a visit to Vancouver recently, liked what he saw of Marshall, but said the Stars weren’t able to give him enough work because they are pennant contenders and couldn’t afford to gamble.
The Cap pitching staff has been working shorthanded since Bud Guldborg left the club recently to return to California.

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