Sunday, July 12, 1953

W L Pct. GB
Salem ....... 9 3 .750 —
Spokane ..... 10 4 .714 —
Calgary ..... 7 5 .583 2
Lewiston .... 7 5 .583 2
Vancouver ... 6 6 .500 3
Yakima ...... 6 8 .429 4
Tri-City .... 5 7 .417 4
Edmonton .... 4 8 .333 5
Victoria .... 4 8 .333 5
Wenatchee ... 4 8 .333 5

SALEM — Salem, after winning the opener 6-3, was blanked 5-0 by Tri-City in a Western International League doubleheader here Sunday.
It was the first shutout the league-leading Senators have suffered since early in the season.
Bob Snyder, who went the route for Tri-City, scattered six hits to Salem batters.
Third Baseman Jack Warren led Tri-City's third inning five-run spurt with his three-run homer. Manager Edo Vanni and Vic Buccola drove in the other tallies.
Home runs by Jerry Ballard and Bob Nelson highlighted Salem's scoring in the first game. Ballard scored two runs in the second inning and Nelson collected his in the sixth with the bases empty.
First Game
Tri-City .......... 000 210 0—3 9 0
Salem .............. 022 101 x—6 10 0
Dobernic and Pesut; Dahle, Roenspie (5) and Nelson.
Second Game
Tri-City ........... 005 000 000—5 8 1
Salem ............... 000 000 000—0 6 1
Snyder and Pesut; Hemphill, Collins (5) and Masterson.

WENATCHEE — Spokane gained a split in the Sunday Western International League baseball doubleheader here with Wenatchee by winning the second game, 7-2.
First Game
Spokane .............. 001 000 3—4 5 0
Wenatchee ......... 202 030 x—7 9 1
New, Cordell (5) and Ogle; Bowman, Beamon (7) and Bartolomei.
Second Game
Spokane ............. 003 012 010—7 10 1
Wenatchee ........ 101 000 000—2 7 2
Spring, Franks (6) and Sheets; De Carolis, Klein (8), Monroe (9) and Bartolomei.

LEWISTON — The Lewiston Broncs squeezed out a 6 to 4 victory over the Yakima Bears in the seven inning opener of their Sunday night Western International League doubleheader.
First Game
Yakima ............... 004 000 0—4 5 1
Lewiston ............ 001 032 x—6 5 1
Del Sarto, Flinn (5) and Novick; Butler, Perez (3) and Garay.
Seeond Game
Yakima ................ 010 000 000—1 6 2
Lewiston .............. 030 200 10x—6 9 0
Tanner, Rial (7) and Albini; Brenner and Garay.

Caps Cut Veterans
VANCOUVER, July 11—The Vancouver Capilanos have chopped their roster Sunday with the announcement that first baseman Jim Wert and catcher Don Lundberg have been removed. Both have returned home to Seattle.