One League Draw Displays a Boost
VANCOUVER, B. C. Sept. 22 — A total of 717,302 fans, 71,182 more than last year, paid their way to see Western International League baseball games in 1953, President R.P. Brown said yesterday.
Edmonton, playing its first season in the 10-team league, drew 92,758 fans, Lewiston was next with 81,305, followed by Spokane, 80,873; Vancouver, 75,877; Tri-City, 70,638; Wenatchee, 64,036; Yakima, 59,100; Victoria, 55,352, and Calgary, 40,106.
Salem and Spokane, which topped the first and second halves of the split schedule, respectively, failed to attract enough fans through the turnstiles during the playoffs to oust Edmonton from top spot.
Spokane drew 8,430 fans through the turnstiles in the playoffs to boost the year's total to 89,303 and Salem had 6,913 playoff admissions for an over-all total of 88,218.
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Monday, 21 July 2008
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Friday, July 10, 1953
W L Pct. GB
Salem ....... 7 2 .778 —
Spokane ..... 8 3 .727 —
Calgary ..... 6 5 .545 2
Vancouver ... 6 5 .545 2
Yakima ...... 6 5 .545 2
Tri-City .... 4 5 .444 3
Lewiston .... 4 5 .444 3
Wenatchee ... 3 6 .333 4
Edmonton .... 3 7 .300 4½
Victoria .... 3 7 .300 5½
VANCOUVER — Calgary Stampeders and Vancouver Capilanos split their Western International League doubleheader here Friday night, the Stamps taking the abbreviated opener 3-0 and the Caps taking the second, 4-2.
A three-run third inning provided the margin of victory for Vancouver in the second game. The runs came on a walk, two singles and a double steal.
Charlie Mead's home run over the right field wall was the big blow in the first game.
The largest crowd of the year, 2,476, was on board.
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VANCOUVER [Keith Matthews, News-Herald, July 11]—The Capilanos came up with an even break in their double header with Calgary Friday and a much better than square deal in the bargain department.
A 3-0 loser in the first game and a 4-2 winner in the second, the Caps became a larger winner in their effort to strengthen the roster for the second half fight when they bought first baseman Gene Petralli from Denver of the Western League, a Class A circuit.
Petralli is not exactly new to the WIL. He played as a 17-year-old for Spokane in 1949, then had a big year for San Bernadino and a fair-to-middlin’ one for Ventura. In 1952, he hit .397 for Denver, but this year ran into salary difficulties and has satisfied himself by remaining at home in Sacramento and playing semi-pro ball. Gene Lillard, the Calgary manager, had the youngster in his Ventura year and praises the boy’s offensive capabilities.
Gene arrives in Vancouver this afternoon and will take over first base duties tonight from Jim Wert, who is still in a horrid slump and will soon be sold or traded.
DURETTO WILL DO
Bob Duretto, who arrived Friday, was in the scene last night and contributed a pinch-hit out and a relief job at third base to the split. He is about a week away from being in shape, but there’s little doubt that he’ll help.
Dale Thomason bumped into one bad inning in the opening game when Calgary rammed across three runs in the fifth on Charlie Mead’s homer and three following hits. Behind Smokey Joe Orrell, a fellow who has been around since Doubleday, that was enough for the Stampeders as the Caps combined bonehead baseball and hitting inefficiencies for their shutout loss.
SOME NICE PLAYS
In the second game, Vancouver came up with one of their better efforts. Chuck Davis, who had suffered through a couple of mental lapses in the opener, made some sweetheart plays in the field and Van Fletcher took up the theme and finally pitched his 10th win of the year.
Van pitched a six-hitter and got to No. 10 on three runs in the first inning as Frank Mancuso, then Harvey Storey struck heavily in the clutch.
Tonight the clubs wind up the three-game series and Storey will send along Bobby Roberts, a Calgary castoff, in an effort to win the series for the Caps. Petralli will be at first base. Duretto may do some catching or second basing and all things considered, this second half hunt is beginning to take shape. Game time is 8:30.
First Game
Calgary ......... 000 030 0—7 9 0
Vancouver .... 000 000 0—0 7 0
Orrell and Lillard; Thomason, Gunnarson (5) and Leavitt.
Second Game
Calgary ......... 000 002 000—2 6 3
Vancouver .... 003 000 10x—4 6 3
Stites and Lillard; Fletcher and Leavitt.
VICTORIA — Victoria Tyees racked up their third straight triumph Friday night as they pounded four Edmonton pitchers for 17 hits and a 19-6 Western International League victory.
Ray McNulty was finally pulled in favour of Pat Utley in the sixth inning after a single, a walk and two hit batsmen scored a run. Utley promptly walked Chuck Abernathy and then departed in favour of Ted Johnson. Dwane Helbig greeted Johnson with a long three-run triple and scored on a wild pitch for Victoria's seventh run of the inning.
Helbig has brought home 26 runs in his last 17 games.
All the Edmonton runs were unearned as three Tyee errors led to three tallies in each of the third and eighth innings and Bob Drilling picked up his fifth victory in pitching the distance for the winners.
Edmonton ...... 003 000 030—6 9 2
Victoria ......... 400 017 61x—19 17 3
McNulty, Utley (6), Johnson (6), Holmes (7) and Morgan, Prentice (7); Drilling and Martin.
WENATCHEE, Wash. — Wenatchee Chiefs knocked Spokane out of first place in the Western International League Friday night, defeating the Indians 9-5 behind the seven-hit pitching of right-hander Charley Oubre.
Spokane ......... 000 010 400—5 7 1
Wenatchee ..... 320 001 30x—9 13 0
Romero, Nemes (7) and Sheets; Oubre and Bartolomei.
SALEM, Ore. — Gene Tanselli's three-run homer late in the game pulled Salem to a 5-4 victory over Tri-City Friday night in a Western International League contest.
Tanselli's homer in the seventh drove in Hugh Luby, who had doubled, and Gene Roenspie, who gained base with a single.
Tri-City ....... 100 210 000—4 9 1
Salem ......... 100 001 30x—5 12 1
Robertson, Dobernic (7) and Perut; Roenspie and Nelson.
LEWISTON — story unavailable.
Yakima ............... 330 000 020—3 15 1
Lewiston ............. 210 000 211—7 13 1
Carter, Jacome (7), Rial (9) and Albini; Perez, Kine (2), Brenner (9) and Cameron.
24,000 More View WIL First Half Than in 1952
VANCOUVER, July 10—Total attendance at Western International League baseball games during the first half of the schedule increased by more than 24,000 this year over 1952, WIL president Bob Brown announced Friday.
Attendance from April 23 to July 2, 1953 was 329,386, compared with 304,990 from April 22 to July 1 1952.
Brown said the addition of two members to the loop, Calgary and Edmonton, could account for some of the increase, but he said the increase was significant in view of the poor weather this season.
Edmonton led the loop in paid attedances during the first half of the season, with 28,000. Lewiston was second with 20,000.
Salem ....... 7 2 .778 —
Spokane ..... 8 3 .727 —
Calgary ..... 6 5 .545 2
Vancouver ... 6 5 .545 2
Yakima ...... 6 5 .545 2
Tri-City .... 4 5 .444 3
Lewiston .... 4 5 .444 3
Wenatchee ... 3 6 .333 4
Edmonton .... 3 7 .300 4½
Victoria .... 3 7 .300 5½
VANCOUVER — Calgary Stampeders and Vancouver Capilanos split their Western International League doubleheader here Friday night, the Stamps taking the abbreviated opener 3-0 and the Caps taking the second, 4-2.
A three-run third inning provided the margin of victory for Vancouver in the second game. The runs came on a walk, two singles and a double steal.
Charlie Mead's home run over the right field wall was the big blow in the first game.
The largest crowd of the year, 2,476, was on board.
- - - -
VANCOUVER [Keith Matthews, News-Herald, July 11]—The Capilanos came up with an even break in their double header with Calgary Friday and a much better than square deal in the bargain department.
A 3-0 loser in the first game and a 4-2 winner in the second, the Caps became a larger winner in their effort to strengthen the roster for the second half fight when they bought first baseman Gene Petralli from Denver of the Western League, a Class A circuit.
Petralli is not exactly new to the WIL. He played as a 17-year-old for Spokane in 1949, then had a big year for San Bernadino and a fair-to-middlin’ one for Ventura. In 1952, he hit .397 for Denver, but this year ran into salary difficulties and has satisfied himself by remaining at home in Sacramento and playing semi-pro ball. Gene Lillard, the Calgary manager, had the youngster in his Ventura year and praises the boy’s offensive capabilities.
Gene arrives in Vancouver this afternoon and will take over first base duties tonight from Jim Wert, who is still in a horrid slump and will soon be sold or traded.
DURETTO WILL DO
Bob Duretto, who arrived Friday, was in the scene last night and contributed a pinch-hit out and a relief job at third base to the split. He is about a week away from being in shape, but there’s little doubt that he’ll help.
Dale Thomason bumped into one bad inning in the opening game when Calgary rammed across three runs in the fifth on Charlie Mead’s homer and three following hits. Behind Smokey Joe Orrell, a fellow who has been around since Doubleday, that was enough for the Stampeders as the Caps combined bonehead baseball and hitting inefficiencies for their shutout loss.
SOME NICE PLAYS
In the second game, Vancouver came up with one of their better efforts. Chuck Davis, who had suffered through a couple of mental lapses in the opener, made some sweetheart plays in the field and Van Fletcher took up the theme and finally pitched his 10th win of the year.
Van pitched a six-hitter and got to No. 10 on three runs in the first inning as Frank Mancuso, then Harvey Storey struck heavily in the clutch.
Tonight the clubs wind up the three-game series and Storey will send along Bobby Roberts, a Calgary castoff, in an effort to win the series for the Caps. Petralli will be at first base. Duretto may do some catching or second basing and all things considered, this second half hunt is beginning to take shape. Game time is 8:30.
First Game
Calgary ......... 000 030 0—7 9 0
Vancouver .... 000 000 0—0 7 0
Orrell and Lillard; Thomason, Gunnarson (5) and Leavitt.
Second Game
Calgary ......... 000 002 000—2 6 3
Vancouver .... 003 000 10x—4 6 3
Stites and Lillard; Fletcher and Leavitt.
VICTORIA — Victoria Tyees racked up their third straight triumph Friday night as they pounded four Edmonton pitchers for 17 hits and a 19-6 Western International League victory.
Ray McNulty was finally pulled in favour of Pat Utley in the sixth inning after a single, a walk and two hit batsmen scored a run. Utley promptly walked Chuck Abernathy and then departed in favour of Ted Johnson. Dwane Helbig greeted Johnson with a long three-run triple and scored on a wild pitch for Victoria's seventh run of the inning.
Helbig has brought home 26 runs in his last 17 games.
All the Edmonton runs were unearned as three Tyee errors led to three tallies in each of the third and eighth innings and Bob Drilling picked up his fifth victory in pitching the distance for the winners.
Edmonton ...... 003 000 030—6 9 2
Victoria ......... 400 017 61x—19 17 3
McNulty, Utley (6), Johnson (6), Holmes (7) and Morgan, Prentice (7); Drilling and Martin.
WENATCHEE, Wash. — Wenatchee Chiefs knocked Spokane out of first place in the Western International League Friday night, defeating the Indians 9-5 behind the seven-hit pitching of right-hander Charley Oubre.
Spokane ......... 000 010 400—5 7 1
Wenatchee ..... 320 001 30x—9 13 0
Romero, Nemes (7) and Sheets; Oubre and Bartolomei.
SALEM, Ore. — Gene Tanselli's three-run homer late in the game pulled Salem to a 5-4 victory over Tri-City Friday night in a Western International League contest.
Tanselli's homer in the seventh drove in Hugh Luby, who had doubled, and Gene Roenspie, who gained base with a single.
Tri-City ....... 100 210 000—4 9 1
Salem ......... 100 001 30x—5 12 1
Robertson, Dobernic (7) and Perut; Roenspie and Nelson.
LEWISTON — story unavailable.
Yakima ............... 330 000 020—3 15 1
Lewiston ............. 210 000 211—7 13 1
Carter, Jacome (7), Rial (9) and Albini; Perez, Kine (2), Brenner (9) and Cameron.
24,000 More View WIL First Half Than in 1952
VANCOUVER, July 10—Total attendance at Western International League baseball games during the first half of the schedule increased by more than 24,000 this year over 1952, WIL president Bob Brown announced Friday.
Attendance from April 23 to July 2, 1953 was 329,386, compared with 304,990 from April 22 to July 1 1952.
Brown said the addition of two members to the loop, Calgary and Edmonton, could account for some of the increase, but he said the increase was significant in view of the poor weather this season.
Edmonton led the loop in paid attedances during the first half of the season, with 28,000. Lewiston was second with 20,000.
Monday, 17 March 2008
Friday, June 12, 1953
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS
(See Note Below about Lewiston win total)
W L PCT GB
Lewiston .... 26 14 .650 —
Vancouver ... 24 18 .571 3
Salem ....... 24 19 .558 3½
Edmonton .... 26 23 .531 4½
Wenatchee ... 22 23 .489 6½
Victoria .... 21 23 .477 7
Spokane ..... 20 22 .476 7
Calgary ..... 21 25 .457 8
Tri-City .... 19 26 .422 9½
Yakima ...... 19 30 .388 11½
WENATCHEE, Wash. — Wenatchee Chiefs stretched their winning streak to five games by defeating the Western International League-leading Lewiston Broncs 8-4 Friday night.
A bases-loaded double that brought in three runs in the third inning was the big blow for Wenatchee.
Ross McCormack got the two-bagger. A home run by Jake Helmuth, the lead-off batter, opened the inning's scoring. It was Helmuth's third homer in two nights.
Manny Perez, Lewiston starter, failed to go the route for the third straight time, giving up seven runs before being, relieved in the third frame.
Lewiston .......... 100 000 210—4 10 2
Wenatchee ...... 304 100 000—8 13 1
Perez, Carter (3), Brenner (9) and Cameron; Oubre and Helmuth.
EDMONTON — Edmonton Eskimos drew within one game of the third-place Salem Senators in the Western International Baseball League race when they won a 10-inning thriller 5-4 here Friday night.
Eskimos had to come from behind twice. Trailing 3-1, they scored two runs in the sixth inning and in the eighth they got another to offset a Salem run scored in its half of the eighth.
Salem ................... 002 100 010 0—4 11 0
Edmonton ............. 100 002 010 1—5 13 1
Collins, Borst (10) and Masterson; Day, Conant (9) and Morgan.
YAKIMA, Wash.—Four Yakima errors and 15 Spokane hits added up to another Western International League baseball loss for the hapless Bears Friday night, Spokane winning 9-6 in a game made more miserable by a cold continuous downpour which soaked the players and 98 paying customers—an all time low.
Spokane ....... 213 000 102—9 15 0
Yakima ......... 000 060 000—6 8 4
Romero, Cordell (5) and Sheets; Thompson, Del Sarto (3) and Novick.
Tri-City at Calgary, postponed, rain.
Victoria at Vancouver doubleheader, postponed, rain.
Foul Weather Causes Dip in WIL Crowds
VANCOUVER, B.C., June 12 — President Bob Brown of the Western International Baseball League lopped one victory off the record of the pace-setting Lewiston Broncs Friday and announced attendance figures for the loop.
Although it has two more teams in action this semester, foul weather has made a huge dent in the crowd totals. Only 171,388 people had watched the 10 teams up to June 1, compared to the 192,640 who viewed WIL games during the same period in 1952.
Brown said he took away Lewiston's May 28 victory over Victoria because the Broncs had more veteran players on their roster that day than the league permits. Because it was a matter of oversight, he said, the game was merely cancelled out, with no victory credited to Victoria.
One of the league's smaller sites, Tri-City, is setting the pace in attendance with a crowd total of 24,129 to date. Second is one of the league newcomers, Edmonton, with 22,940 and Vancouver follows closely with 22,628.
Other attendance totals to June 1 are: Victoria 18,459; Salem, 17,776; Spokane, 15,656; Lewiston, 13,972; Yakima 13,506; Wenatchee, 13,265. and Calgary 9,057.
Brown said Calgary's present playing field which will be replaced, was one reason for poor attendance in that city.
Crowds on opening day for the eight veteran clubs were down this year from the 1952 total of 25,254 to 23,206. For the full league, opening day attendance was 30,035.
Lewiston Will Fight Ruling Of WIL Chief
LEWISTON, Idaho, June 13 — Directors of the Lewiston baseball club Friday voted to protest a decision of Western International League President Robert Brown to lop one victory off their string of winnings, on the grounds the protest was made too late.
Brown said he was deleting one of Lewiston's wins over Victoria from the record because the Broncs had more than the league limit of 12 veterans on their roster when
it was played.
Lewiston Director W.C. Merchant said the official protest was made by Calgary.
However, "Mr. Brown told me at the league meeting earlier this week at Spokane he couldn't consider Calgary's original protest because the necessary protest check of $25 didn't accompany the complaint," he said.
Calgary later made a new protest, sending a check with it, but the Broncs believe the time limit had expired before the proper protest was made.
New Pitcher Due in City To Aid Tyees
[Victoria Colonist, June 13, 1953]
Although the Tyees were rained out in Vancouver last night, business manager Reg Patterson had some news that he hoped would prove cheerful before the season is over.
Patterson announced that the Tyees had signed right-handed pitcher Hugh King as a free agent and that King would report within a few days.
A native of Toronto, the 26-year-old King has had six years’ experience in professional baseball and was with Beaumont in the class AA Texas League this season.
He pitched for Temple in the class B Big State League last year, appearing in 23 games and completing 12 of them. His record of 11 wins against five losses was recorded while pitching 147 innings in which he gave up 82 runs on 162 hits and compiled an earned-run average of 4.40.
(See Note Below about Lewiston win total)
W L PCT GB
Lewiston .... 26 14 .650 —
Vancouver ... 24 18 .571 3
Salem ....... 24 19 .558 3½
Edmonton .... 26 23 .531 4½
Wenatchee ... 22 23 .489 6½
Victoria .... 21 23 .477 7
Spokane ..... 20 22 .476 7
Calgary ..... 21 25 .457 8
Tri-City .... 19 26 .422 9½
Yakima ...... 19 30 .388 11½
WENATCHEE, Wash. — Wenatchee Chiefs stretched their winning streak to five games by defeating the Western International League-leading Lewiston Broncs 8-4 Friday night.
A bases-loaded double that brought in three runs in the third inning was the big blow for Wenatchee.
Ross McCormack got the two-bagger. A home run by Jake Helmuth, the lead-off batter, opened the inning's scoring. It was Helmuth's third homer in two nights.
Manny Perez, Lewiston starter, failed to go the route for the third straight time, giving up seven runs before being, relieved in the third frame.
Lewiston .......... 100 000 210—4 10 2
Wenatchee ...... 304 100 000—8 13 1
Perez, Carter (3), Brenner (9) and Cameron; Oubre and Helmuth.
EDMONTON — Edmonton Eskimos drew within one game of the third-place Salem Senators in the Western International Baseball League race when they won a 10-inning thriller 5-4 here Friday night.
Eskimos had to come from behind twice. Trailing 3-1, they scored two runs in the sixth inning and in the eighth they got another to offset a Salem run scored in its half of the eighth.
Salem ................... 002 100 010 0—4 11 0
Edmonton ............. 100 002 010 1—5 13 1
Collins, Borst (10) and Masterson; Day, Conant (9) and Morgan.
YAKIMA, Wash.—Four Yakima errors and 15 Spokane hits added up to another Western International League baseball loss for the hapless Bears Friday night, Spokane winning 9-6 in a game made more miserable by a cold continuous downpour which soaked the players and 98 paying customers—an all time low.
Spokane ....... 213 000 102—9 15 0
Yakima ......... 000 060 000—6 8 4
Romero, Cordell (5) and Sheets; Thompson, Del Sarto (3) and Novick.
Tri-City at Calgary, postponed, rain.
Victoria at Vancouver doubleheader, postponed, rain.
Foul Weather Causes Dip in WIL Crowds
VANCOUVER, B.C., June 12 — President Bob Brown of the Western International Baseball League lopped one victory off the record of the pace-setting Lewiston Broncs Friday and announced attendance figures for the loop.
Although it has two more teams in action this semester, foul weather has made a huge dent in the crowd totals. Only 171,388 people had watched the 10 teams up to June 1, compared to the 192,640 who viewed WIL games during the same period in 1952.
Brown said he took away Lewiston's May 28 victory over Victoria because the Broncs had more veteran players on their roster that day than the league permits. Because it was a matter of oversight, he said, the game was merely cancelled out, with no victory credited to Victoria.
One of the league's smaller sites, Tri-City, is setting the pace in attendance with a crowd total of 24,129 to date. Second is one of the league newcomers, Edmonton, with 22,940 and Vancouver follows closely with 22,628.
Other attendance totals to June 1 are: Victoria 18,459; Salem, 17,776; Spokane, 15,656; Lewiston, 13,972; Yakima 13,506; Wenatchee, 13,265. and Calgary 9,057.
Brown said Calgary's present playing field which will be replaced, was one reason for poor attendance in that city.
Crowds on opening day for the eight veteran clubs were down this year from the 1952 total of 25,254 to 23,206. For the full league, opening day attendance was 30,035.
Lewiston Will Fight Ruling Of WIL Chief
LEWISTON, Idaho, June 13 — Directors of the Lewiston baseball club Friday voted to protest a decision of Western International League President Robert Brown to lop one victory off their string of winnings, on the grounds the protest was made too late.
Brown said he was deleting one of Lewiston's wins over Victoria from the record because the Broncs had more than the league limit of 12 veterans on their roster when
it was played.
Lewiston Director W.C. Merchant said the official protest was made by Calgary.
However, "Mr. Brown told me at the league meeting earlier this week at Spokane he couldn't consider Calgary's original protest because the necessary protest check of $25 didn't accompany the complaint," he said.
Calgary later made a new protest, sending a check with it, but the Broncs believe the time limit had expired before the proper protest was made.
New Pitcher Due in City To Aid Tyees
[Victoria Colonist, June 13, 1953]
Although the Tyees were rained out in Vancouver last night, business manager Reg Patterson had some news that he hoped would prove cheerful before the season is over.
Patterson announced that the Tyees had signed right-handed pitcher Hugh King as a free agent and that King would report within a few days.
A native of Toronto, the 26-year-old King has had six years’ experience in professional baseball and was with Beaumont in the class AA Texas League this season.
He pitched for Temple in the class B Big State League last year, appearing in 23 games and completing 12 of them. His record of 11 wins against five losses was recorded while pitching 147 innings in which he gave up 82 runs on 162 hits and compiled an earned-run average of 4.40.
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