Friday, May 23, 1952

W L Pct. GB
Victoria ..... 20 9 .690 —
Spokane ...... 21 10 .677 —
Vancouver .... 14 10 .583 3½
Wenatchee .... 15 15 .500 4½
Salem ........ 15 17 .469 5½
Lewiston ..... 13 17 .433 6½
Tri-City ..... 11 20 .355 10
Yakima ....... 10 21 .323 11

VICTORIA, May 23 — Ben Lorino blanked Tri-City Braves 4-0 on seven hits here Friday nigth as the front-running Victoria Tyees retained their Western International League lead.
The win was the second in a row in the four-game series and the 10th in 13 home games for the Tyees.
Tri-City ......... 000 000 000—0 7 1
Victoria ......... 200 110 00x—4 9 1
Satalich and Carr, Pesut (5); Lorino and Martin.

YAKIMA, May 23—The Spokane Indians downed the cellar-dwelling Yakima Bears 9-6 in their Western International League series opener here Friday night.
Spokane ...... 102 111 120—9 14 3
Yakima ........ 200 011 200—6 10 1
Palm and Sheets; Del Sarto, Stites (6) and Donahue.

VANCOUVER, May 23 — Vancouver Capilanos shaved the Salem Senators 6-5 Friday night in a Western International League baseball game which lasted 11 innings over three hours and five minutes.
An error by Salem shortstop Tom Galli paved the way for Vancouver's winning run in the 13th. Ray Tran got on base and Jim Wert brought him in with a two-out single, winning the game for relief pitcher Bill Whyte in front of his home-town crowd.
Salem ......... 001 101 010 010 0—5 13 1
Vancouver ... 000 001 030 010 1—6 12 1
DeGeorge, Edmunds (8) and Nelson; Fletcher, Jones (8), Whyte (9) and Ritchey.

WENATCHEE, May 23 — The Wenatchee Chiefs jumped on three Lewiston pitchers for six runs in the first inning Friday night to take a 12-1 Western International League baseball decision from the Broncs.
Charlie Oubre went the distance for the Chiefs as he marked up his fourth league victory without a loss. The defeat went to Lewiston starter Cal Humphries who took the trip to the showers before the 844 fans had barely settled in their seats.
Lewiston ....... 010 000 000—1 8 3
Wenatchee .... 600 032 01x—12 11 1
Humphries, Nicholas (1), Brenner (1), Mead (6) and Lundberg, Helmuth (6); Oubre and Pocekay.