Sunday, August 16, 1953

W L Pct. GB
Spokane ..... 34 19 .642 —
Salem ....... 30 20 .600 2½
Vancouver ... 30 24 .556 4½
Lewiston .... 26 22 .542 5½
Yakima ...... 26 23 .531 6
Edmonton .... 24 25 .490 8
Calgary ..... 21 26 .447 10
Victoria .... 21 30 .412 12
Wenatchee ... 20 29 .409 12
Tri-City .... 20 32 .385 13½
AP has different standings for Lew, Edm and Vic

EDMONTON — Vancouver Capilanos opened a three-game Western International Baseball League series with Edmonton Eskimos Sunday by posting a 5-4 victory after holding back a ninth-inning Edmonton rally. Edmonton's first Sunday baseball game drew 3,659 fans.
Pete Hernandez held Eskimos to five hits for his 15th victory as against seven defeats.
Rookie Pat Utley responded with a brilliant relief chore for Edmonton but was unable to make up for damage done when Jack Widner allowed five runs in the first two innings. Utley shut out the Caps in his seven-inning stint.
Playing-Manager Harvey Storey batted in the first two runs for Vancouver with a bases-loaded single in the first inning.
Vancouver ............ 320 000 000—5 8 1
Edmonton ............ 002 000 003—4 5 1
Hernandez and Leavitt; Widner, Utley (2) and Prentice.

SPOKANE — An inside-the-park home run gave the Wenatchee Chiefs a 4 to 3 victory over the Spokane Indians in their Western International League tilt Sunday.
The Chiefs Jerry Green banged a long one off the center field boards, and scooted in home when Eddie Murphy stunned himself on the fence trying to drag it in.
Wenatchee scored three runs off three hits in the second inning to gain a lead they never gave up.
The Indians managed only lone runs in the third, sixth, and ninth innings. They had the bases loaded twice, but were not able to bring them in.
Wenatchee ......... 050 000 001—4 8 3
Spokane ............. 001 001 001—3 10 1
Beamon, Bowman (7) and Bartolomei; Nemes, New (3), Cordell (9) and Sheets.

LEWISTON — Lewiston Broncs banged out a total of 27 hits in two games to sweep a Sunday Western International League doubleheader from the Tri-City Braves 12-4 and 6-1.
The Broncs picked up 17 safeties in taking their 12-4 victory in the regulation nightcap, hitting two homers in the process.
Al Heist added two triples to lead the league with 16.
Lewiston picked up an easy win in the seven inning opener as they downed Tri-City 6 to 1.
First Game
Tri-City ................. 000 001 0—1 9 1
Lewiston ............... 120 201 x—6 10 0
Michelson, Hedgecock (4) and Pesut; Butler and Garay.
Second Game
Tri-City ................. 000 020 101— 4 10 4
Lewiston ............... 300 205 02x—12 17 0
Bloom, Hedgecock (6), Michelson (8) and Warren; Brenner and Cameron.

Only games played.