Saturday 16 February 2008

Sunday, August 24, 1953

W L Pct. GB
Victoria .... 82 44 .651 —
Spokane ..... 75 58 .564 10½
Vancouver ... 62 60 .508 18
Salem ....... 63 66 .488 20½
Yakima ...... 61 68 .473 22½
Lewiston .... 60 71 .458 24½
Tri-City .... 58 69 .457 24½
Wenatchee ... 52 77 .403 31½


SPOKANE, Aug. 24 — The smallest crowd of the season turned out Sunday night to see Spokane put on their biggest inning of the season as they split the four-game Western International league Lewiston series by downing the Broncs 15-4 in the final contest.
About 200 fans watched 15 Indians whoop to the plate in the fourth inning as Spokane added to their four-run lead with 10 big counters. Four Lewiston pitchers paraded to the mound, and three to the showers, in the frantic fourth.
Bronc centerfielder Artie Wilson connected with four of the 11 scattered hits given up by winning Pitcher John Conant.
Spokane's battering third baseman Sam Kanelos led the Indian attack with a triple, double and single in his first three trips, followed by two walks and one ground-out Slammin' Sam also batted in three Tribe runs.
Lewiston ...... 000 001 021— 4 11 1
Spokane ....... 310 (10)10 00x—15 13 2
Nicholas, DeGeorge (4), Clancy (4), Powell (4) and Lundberg; Conant and Sheets.

SALEM, Aug. 24 — Salem and Yakima split a Western International League doubleheader here Sunday, Salem winning the 16-inning opener 3-2 and losing the nightcap 7-4.
Yakima won the four-game series 3-1.
In the second game Yakima won on five runs in the third inning. They came on a walk, an error, a hit batter, singles by Len Noren and Mike Donahue and a double by Dario Lodigiani. Yakima picked up two more runs in the sixth on a walk, a double by Ted Shandor and a single by Ernie Schuerman.
Salem collected four runs to the seventh inning on five hits. The bases were loaded on the final out.
In the first game Jim Dayo's single with the bases loaded in the 16th inning accounted for the Salem victory.
First Game
Yakima .... 020 000 000 000 000 0—1 10 0
Salem ..... 001 100 000 000 000 1—3 10 0
Savage and Donahue; De Biasi, Edmunds (16) and Nelson.
Second Game
Yakima .... 005 002 0—7 8 2
Salem ..... 000 000 4—4 10 2
Shandor and Donahue; Collins, Edmunds (3), Rick (4) and Thrasher.

KENNEWICK, Aug. 24 — The Tri-City Braves boomed out with a four-run fifth inning Sunday to defeat the Wenatchee Chiefs, 7-6, and sweep the four-game Western International League series.
Four singles and Tom Marier's two-run double gave the Braves all the runs they needed in the big fifth.
Wenatchee jumped off with two runs in the first on Ross McCormack's double, a walk, a wild pitch by George New and Bud Hjelmaa's single. Tri-City swarmed back with three in the third. Des Charouhas' two-run triple the big blow.
The Chiefs tried to come back after Tri-City's four-run fifth, but every try fell short. The Chiefs got three, in the sixth on singles and three walks and another in the eighth on an error and a single.
New, who was lifted for Ad Satalich in the fifth, was the winner.
Dave Dahle was the loser.
Wenatchee ..... 200 003 010—6 7 1
Tri-City .......... 003 040 00x—7 10 2
Dahle, Kapp (5) and Pocekay; New, Satalich (5) and Lewis, Pesut (7).

VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, IDLE due to Lord's Day Act.

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