Sunday, September 6, 1953

               W  L Pct. GB
Spokane ..... 44 31 .587 —
Lewiston .... 40 29 .580 1
Yakima ...... 38 33 .535 4
Salem ....... 38 33 .535 4
Vancouver ... 40 35 .533 4
Edmonton .... 37 33 .529 4½
Calgary ..... 32 38 .457 9½
Tri-City .... 31 40 .437 11
Wenatchee ... 30 40 .429 11½
Victoria .... 28 44 .389 14½

LEWISTON — The Spokane Indians, apparently determined to stay on top, regained first place in the Western International League by walloping the Lewiston Broncs 10 to 5 Sunday.
The game was played before the largest crowd to ever see a game in Lewiston, 3,753.
Two home runs in the fifth inning put the Indians out in front after trailing 4 to 1. Jim Command homered with two on, and Will Hafey repeated the stunt with the bases empty.
Spokane then added five more runs in the seventh on six hits and three walks.
The Indians collected six two-base hits during the evening.
Glenn Tuckett was the shining light for the Broncs hitting four for five.
Manager Bill Brenner was ticketed with the loss and George New gained credit for the Indian victory.
Spokane ....... 001 040 500— 10 15 1
Lewiston ...... 200 201 000—5 13 2
Worth, New (4) and Sheets; Marshall, Brenner (5), Powell (7), Kine (9) and Garay.

WENATCHEE, Wash.—Wenatchee and Yakima split a Western International Baseball League twin bill Sunday, Wenatchee taking the night cap 6-5 in 10 innings after dropping the opener 5-1. The doubleheader closed out the home season for the Chiefs.
A cheque for $464, representing membership in the "Wolves," a fan club, was presented to Wenatchee manager Mike McCormick. The Chiefs drew 2,004 for their final home appearance, raising the season gate to 68,096, compared to 52,660 a year ago.
First Game
Yakima ........... 030 020 0—5 7 1
Wenatchee ..... 000 000 1—1 4 2
Edmonds and Albini; Botelho and Bartolomei.
Second Game
Yakima ........... 000 000 032 0—5 13 2
Wenatchee ..... 201 002 000 1—6 9 2
Carter, Del Santo (7), Young (8), Townsend (10) and Novick, Albini (9); Monroe, DeCarolis (8), Klein (9), Bowman (9) and Bartolomei.

CALGARY — Bases-loaded homers by Don Herman and Andy Skurski gave the Edmonton Eskimos a lopsided 21-8 victory over the Calgary Stampeders as the two teams gave Calgary fans a tryout on Western International League Sunday baseball.
Charlie Mead provided the only light for Calgary, when he drove out his 31st circuit clout of the season. The hit almost clinched league home-run hitting honors for Mead.
Edmonton ........ 000 (11)00 460—21 23 2
Calgary ........... 020 000 501— 8 23 5
Utley and Morgan; Francis and Bricker.

Weaver Ousts Warren As WIL Batting Leader
UNDATED, Sept. 6—Clint Weaver, Edmonton first baseman, banged out 14 hits in 24 times at bat during a seven-game stretch to boost his batting average to .355 and take over the Western International League leadership from Tri-City catcher Jack Warren.
Warren dropped one point from his batting mark to .351 as he picked up six safeties in 18 tries. He lead Yakima outfielder Bob Wellman by a single point, according to official Howe News Bureau figures for games through September 6.
Victoria's Granny Gladston, who did not appear in enough games to qualify for the bating championshhip, continued a hitting slump in his last week with the Tyees and dropped eight points to .348 with eight hits in 30 times at bat. Gladstone, however, managed to bat in six runs to end up with 93 RBI's for his 87 games.
GOOD YEAR
Veteran Chalie Mead of Calgary took over the lead in runs batted in wih 114, two more than driven in my Wellman. Mead also held the top spot in total bases (281), runs scored (123) and home runs (31) with the last two days of the season not counted.
Individual batting — Players batting over .300
                       AB   R   H RBI Pct.
Williams, Lew ....... 239  51  88  63 .386
Weaver, Edm ......... 439  80 156 101 .355
McNulty, Edm ......... 85  17  31  21 .353
Warren, TC .......... 433  74 152  97 .351
Wellman, Yak ........ 423  85 148 112 .350
Gladstone, Vic ...... 310  72 108  83 .348
Storey, Van ......... 492  57 169  85 .343
Deyo, Sal ........... 463  75 155  87 .335
Palys, Spo .......... 468 102 156  92 .333
Witherspoon, Sal .... 399  72 132  71 .331
Noren, Yak .......... 571  89 187  75 .327
Pries, Vic .......... 509 101 165  77 .324
Stathos, Cal ........ 505  93 163  74 .323
Mead, Cal ........... 489 123 158 114 .323
Bricker, Cal ........ 393  63 127  78 .323
Luby, Sal ........... 307  64  99  42 .322
Command, Spo ........ 531  89 170  95 .320
McCormick, Wen ...... 279  49  89  49 .319
Prentice, Edm ....... 310  37  97  51 .313
Buccola, TC ......... 518 111 162  54 .312
Hafey, Spo .......... 486  87 150 103 .390
Wilson, Lew ......... 486  76 150  95 .309
Skurski, Edm ........ 490  96 151  82 .308
Vanni, TC ........... 397  67 122  67 .307
Cameron, Lew ........ 363  69 111  75 .306
Richardson, Lew ..... 440 100 134 102 .305
Garay, Yak .......... 169  29  51  18 .302
Martin, Vic ......... 415  55 124  74 .299
Helbig, Vic ......... 331  59  99  77 .299

Pitching Records — Pitchers in 135 of more innings rated according to ERA
                     W  L  Pct. ERA
Fletcher, Van ..... 16 13 .552 3.05
Conant, Edm ....... 24 12 .667 3.09
Hernandez, Van .... 17 10 .630 3.15
McNulty, Edm ...... 17  7 .708 3.16
Franks, Spo ....... 13 13 .500 3.20
Nicholas, Sal ..... 23  7 .767 3.21
Myers, Van ........ 11  8 .579 3.29
Dahle, Sal ......... 6 10 .375 3.35
Bowman, Wen ........ 8  9 .471 3.40
Roenspie, Sal ..... 18  4 .818 3.43
Tisnerat, Edm ..... 12  7 .632 3.45