Saturday, July 19, 1952

W L Pct. GB
Victoria .... 58 30 .659 —
Spokane ..... 50 41 .549 9½
Vancouver ... 42 39 .516 12½
Salem ....... 42 46 .477 16
Yakima ...... 43 48 .473 16½
Lewiston .... 40 47 .460 17½
Tri-City .... 39 50 .438 19½
Wenatchee ... 38 51 .427 20½

YAKIMA, July 19 — Victoria turned the tables on the rising Yakima Bears Saturday night, leading all the way to win a Western International League baseball game, 5-3.
The Bears used up three pitchers in a futile attempt to stem the Canadians.
Victoria's big and game clinching inning was the fourth. Cece Garriott reached first on an error and went to third on Don Pries single. Granny Gladstone hit a fly to center to score Garriott and Chuck Abernethy singled to move Pries to third.
John Treece sent a fly to center and scored Pries, then Abernethy came in on Bill Prior's single Wright went to the showers and John Albini pulled Yakima out trouble when he hauled in Jim Clark's towering fly to center field after a long run.
Prior kept Yakima fairly well in check scattering his eight hits. One of the Bear blows was Jerry Zuvela's eighth inning homer, over the right field wall.
The series, now tied at 1-1, concludes Sunday with a doubleheader.
Kenny Wright and Bob "Stretch" Garrett, two of three Yakima pitchers in Saturday night's game against Victoria, are both former Whitman College hurlers. Wright had a trial with the San Francisco Seals, and Garrett moved to Yakima from the Wenatchee Chiefs, with whom he started the 1952 season.
Victoria ...... 100 300 100—5 10 3
Yakima ....... 100-010 010—3 8 2
Prior and Martin; Wright, Garrett (4), Savage (8) and Donahue.

WENATCHEE, July 19 — Vancouver capitalized on Wenatchee errors Saturday night to win a 10-inning Western International League baseball game, 8-6.
The score was tied at 6-all going into the extra frame when Bud Hjelmaa's faulty handling of the ball allowed Ray Tran to reach first Tran scored on manager Edo Vanni's single and Vanni came home on another single by Jesse Williams to sew up the game.
Vancouver ….. 000 400 110 2—8 12 0
Wenatchee …. 000 400 011 0—6 11 3
Fletcher, Locke (3), Whyte (8), Jones (9) and Ritchey; Dasso and Robinett.

SPOKANE, July 19—The Salem Senators unleashed a 19-hit attack Saturday to defeat the Spokane Indians, 10-3, in the first game of a twi-night Western International League baseball doubleheader.
A crowd of 2,200 fans saw the Senators ruin John Conant's fifth bid for his 10th WIL victory this season.
Leading Salem's assault was outfielder Bill White with four hits in six attempts for tthree runs batted in.
Ray McNulty went all the way on the mound for the Senators, picking up his-11th win of the season.
The owner of the Spokane team, Roy Hotchkiss, protested the game claiming Salem was playing with a club whose monthly salaries exceeded the $5,200 WIL limit.
The Spokane front office was given 12 hours to file an official protest with league headquarters.
The Indians came back to win the second game, 5-1, as John Marshall scattered five hits in a seven-inning complete game.
First Game
Salem ........ 120 014 011—10 19 0
Spokane ..... 000 030 000— 3 9 3
McNulty and Nelson; Conant, Spring (6) and Sheets.
WP — McNulty (11-10); LP — Conant (3-7).
Second Game
Salem ....... 000 010 0—1 5 0
Spokane .... 100 301 x—5 12 0
Hemphill, Francis (5) and Nelson; Marshall and Sheets.

LEWISTON, Idaho, July 19—Charlie Mead's big bat cracked out one run and two doubles Saturday to lead the Lewiston Broncs to an 11-5 win over the Tri-City Braves in a Western International League night game.
Mead's homer came in the bottom half of the seventh inning when the Broncs were trailing, 4-5. His extra-base clouting drove in four runs, scoring four himself
on a perfect three for three performance at the plate.
Also hitting for the distance was Tri-City's Don Lopes. The blow came with one on in the fourth.
Larry Powell recorded his seventh win of the season against eight losses after relieving starter Bob Schulte in the seventh.
Tri-City ........ 010 300 100—5 10 3
Lewiston ...... 302 000 33x—11 9 1
Britton and Pesut; Schulte, Powell (7) and Lundberg.
WP — Powell (7-8); LP — Britton (0-1).

Portland Signs Helbig of OSC
PORTLAND, July 19 — The Portland Beavers Saturday signed their third local baseball prospect in recent weeks, picking up Dwane Helbig, who attracted much notice as a hard-hitting outfielder for Oregon State College.
Helbig, a sophomore who also played football at college, will be sent to Victoria of the class A Western International League.
He is a Portlander, as were the Bottler brothers — Pitcher Bill and Catcher Ron — who were signed up by the Beavers previously.
All three signed with provisions that they would get a cut of the money If they are sold to tbe majors.

Vancouver's Ritchey Again At Top of WIL in Hitting
John Ritchey, Vancouver, is again the leading batter in the Western International League, according to weekly averages compiled by the Howe News Bureau.
The Vancouver catcher has a .350 average, which represents a gain of six points during the week.
Walt Pocekay, Wenatchee, again in second place with a .343 average has added the lead in hits, with 108, to his lead in total bales with 156. Pocekay and Charlie Mead, Lewiston, also have moved into a tie with Grannie Gladstone, Victoria, for the lead in doubles. Each has 24.
Gladstone again leads in runs batted in with 68.
Milt Smith, Lewiston, collected one homer during the week to make his total for the season nine. This gives him the sole lead in the department.
Bob Moniz, Victoria, last week's leader in hits continues to lead in runs with 70. Des Charouhas, Tri-City, again leads in triples with and Ed Murphy, Spokane, in stolen bases with 25.
Cal McIrvin, Victoria, the league's leading pitcher, received credit for one victory during the week to make his record 12-4.

 G  AB    R  OR  H   TB   2b 3b HR SH SB  BB  SO Pct.
Victoria
81 2777 480 408 783 1061 158 17 27 47 70 433 352 284
Lewiston
81 2778 437 462 760 1060 130 28 38 43 53 403 340 274
Spokane
86 2845 408 387 765  972  99 30 16 65 77 382 410 269
Vancouver
76 2595 387 314 697  920 100 36 17 48 46 370 277 269
Yakima
86 2904 457 470 774 1052 137 36 23 60 69 446 436 267
Salem
83 2754 365 356 705  907 199 31  7 43 50 387 400 256
Lewiston
85 2705 366 470 684  877 133 22 12 53 44 344 404 245
Tri-City
84 2768 390 423 651  855  95 26 19 65 70 482 454 235

                W  L T DP TP PB  PO    A    E PCT
Salem ........ 39 44 0 98  0 10 2153 1024  89 973
Tri-City ..... 38 46 0 60  1 12 2180  833 116 964
Vancouver .... 40 36 0 87  0  7 2005  917 114 962
Victoria ..... 52 29 0 73  0 11 2139  900 125 960
Yakima ....... 40 46 0 89  0 14 2227  986 139 959
Wenatchee .... 37 48 0 69  0 13 2184  896 146 955
Lewiston ..... 38 43 0 62  0 26 2099  892 144 954
Spokane ...... 47 39 0 84  0  9 2223  948 160 952