W L Pct GB
Lewiston ..... 32 19 .627 —
Yakima ....... 29 20 .592 2
Salem ........ 25 18 .581 3
Vancouver .... 25 19 .568 3½
Edmonton ..... 25 21 .548 4½
Tri-City ..... 17 30 .362 13
Wenatchee .... 16 34 .320 15½
WENATCHEE, story unavailable
Lewiston ......... 000 210 021—6 10 3
Wenatchee ..... 001 300 003—7 11 1
Orrell, Kime (8) and Garay; Hodges, Tierney (8) and Self.
EDMONTON, story unavailable
First Game
Salem ........... 032 000 0—5 6 2
Edmonton ...... 002 000 0—2 6 0
Herrera and Luby; Kimball, Manier (7) and Prentice.
Second Game
Salem ........... 000 000 007—7 10 2
Edmonton ...... 010 000 001—2 6 0
Briggs, Krause (7) and Ogden; Widner, Manier (9), LeBrun (9) and Prentice.
YAKIMA [Tri-City Herald, Aug. 22]—One of these days Walt Clough, Tri-City righthander, is going to wonder what it takes to win a ball game.
Clough came up with a five-hitter Friday night against the Yakima Bears at Yakima, not exceptional pitching, but usually good enough to be offset by Tri-City scoring.
But it didn't happen that way, and he was charged with a 3-1 loss, his 14th of the season.
In the second game, Tri-City and Yakima went at it for 13-innings before the Braves pushed three runs across to win, 9-6. It marked but the second time Tri-City has beaten Yakima this season.
Terry Carroll did most of the damage to the Bears. He doubled two runners home in the top of the 13th and later scored on Vic Buccola's single.
Jess Dobernic, who took over for Jack Hemphill in the fourth, was the winner. Don Robertson pitched the final frame.
In the first game, which was played in an hour and 20 minutes, Yakima scored three runs in the third on Don Briskey's triple, scored when a pickoff play went amiss, added two more when an error put Des Charouhas on base followed by hits by Don Pries, Herm Lewis and Len Noren.
Tri-City's run came when Bob Moniz walked, moved to second on a wild pitch, and scored on Len Tran's single. The base blow was the third off winning pitcher Dick Young who gave up but three hits.
[WILfan note: Jack Warren and Clough had the only other hits of Young, both singles ... Warren was also four-for-five in the night game, and Buccola added three hits ... Lewis and Hal Summers both homered for Yakima and were responsible for a pair of runs each. Tran batted in a pair in the second game.]
First Game
Tri-City ....... 000 000 1—1 3 3
Yakima ........ 003 000 x—3 5 1
Clough and Johnson; Young and Albini.
Second Game
Tri-City ....... 311 001 000 000 3—9 16 0
Yakima ........ 203 001 000 000 0—6 8 1
Hemphill, Dobernic (4), Robertson (13) and Johnson; Lovrich, Schaening (8) and Summers.
EXHIBITION
VANCOUVER [Province, Aug. 20]—It took a home run by the WIL’s leading home run hitter to beat little Johnny Ruck and Burnaby Athletics, who gave some 2500 pro-Burnaby supporters something to cheer about Friday at Capilano Stadium.
Marv Williams, whose 21 home runs head the Class A pro league, hit one far over the left field wall with two on base in the eighth inning to give Bill Brenner’s boys a 4-2 decision over Ed Henry’s squad, who finished atop the Northwest semi-pro league.
Up until then the 18-year-old Ruck, who has been offered a scholarship to Washington State University, was the big show. Johnny, displaying a knowledge of the art of pitching far beyond his years, had limited the Caps to three hits until the eighth. Then successive singles by Eddie Murphy and K Chorlton paved the way for Williams’ game-winning blow.
{WILfan notes: Chorlton tied the game game in the sixth when he doubled, went to this when shortstop Bill Kinder bobbled Williams’ grounder and scored on Kinder’s overthrow to first base ... Caps’ Reliever Sandy Robertson allowed a two-run double to Bernie Zender after waling the bases loaded in the eighth inning ... Ruck singled in Andie Parker for the first run of the game off Bud Beasley.]
Burnaby ....... 000 100 020—3 10 1
Capilanos ..... 000 001 03x—4 7 2
Ruck and D. Zender; Beasley, Robertson (6) and Pesut.
WIL STATISTICS
(Compiled by William J. Weiss, Official Statistician, San Mateo, Calif. Standings and averages include games of Sunday, August 15 except Wenatchee at Lewiston, July 21st; All-Stars at Edmonton, August 13-14-15.)
TEAM BATTING
Vancouver, .303; Tri-City, .290; Lewiston, 281; Yakima, .279; Edmonton, .276; Wenatchee, .275; Salem, .274.
Hits, Tri-City, 1130; Runs, Lewiston, 686; Doubles, Tri-City, 198; Triples, Yakima, 53; Home Runs, Vancouver, 98; Stolen Bases, Tri-City, 88; Bases on Balls, Lewiston, 615; Strike Outs, Lewiston, 634; Runs Batted In, Lewiston, 634; Hit Batsmen, Wenatchee, Salem, 36; Sacrifice Hits, Tri-City, 135.
TEAM FIELDING
Yakima, .970; Edmonton, .969; Vancouver, .967; Salem, .965; Lewiston, .964; Tri-City, .960; Wenatchee, .959.
Errors, Lewiston, 156; Double Plays, Yakima, 117.
BATTING LEADERS
Percentage, Marv Williams, Van., 359; Runs, Al Heist, Lew., 112; Hits, K Chorlton, Van., 163; Total Bases, Chorlton, Van., 237; Two Base Hits, Bob Moniz, T.C., 27; Three Base Hits, Herman Lewis, Yak., 13; Home Runs, Bob Wellman, Van., 19; Sacrifice Hits, Dain Clay, Wen., 23; Stolen Bases, Chorlton, Van., 25; Bases on Balls, Heist, Lew., 98; Runs Batted In, Wellman, Van., 101; Strikeouts, Tom Munoz, Wen., 101.
PITCHING LEADERS
ERA., Bill Brenner, Van., 2.50; Wins, Brenner, Van., 19; Losses, Billy Joe Waters, Wen., Walt Clough, T.C., 13; Strikeouts, Briggs, Sal., 189, Bases on Balls, Briggs, Wen., 136; Innings Pitched, Brenner, Van., 245; Complete Games, Brenner, Van., 21; Home Runs Allowed, John Marshall, Lew., Bob Drilling, Vic., 19.
Name G AB R H RBI Ave
Williams, Van ..... 102 393 100 141 76 .359
Greco, Van ......... 81 288 64 103 78 .358
Wellman, Van ....... 99 366 72 130 101 .355
Chorlton, Van ..... 106 460 102 163 71 .354
Storey, Lew ........ 57 209 31 23 33 .349
Vanni, TC .......... 43 200 27 68 34 .340
Weeks’ Work
By CLANCY LORANGER
[Vancouver Province, Aug. 21, 1954]
THURSDAY—Had to fold up a few teams to do it but Vancouver Capilanos now sport the first four hitters in the latest WIL averages: Marv Williams, .359; Dick Greco, .358; Bob Wellman, .355; K. Chorlton, .354 … Incidentally, the Caps’ important series in Lewiston failed to pack ‘em in, as it should have, which makes one wonder just what will draw in the league, short of the Yankees on a barnstorming tour…
FRIDAY—Another popular young man, Arnie Hallgren, has brought solicitous enquiries from sweet young things because of his absence from the Caps’ lineup … A bad ankle has him sidelined, girls.
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