Friday, August 27, 1954

               W  L  Pct GB
Salem ....... 30 20 .600 —
Yakima ...... 34 23 .596 ½
Vancouver ... 29 19 .596 ½
Lewiston .... 35 24 .593 ½
Edmonton .... 26 27 .491 5½
Tri-City .... 20 35 .364 12½
Wenatchee ... 18 35 .340 13½

YAKIMA, Aug. 27—John Carmichael picked up his 18th win to lead Yakima to a 10-4 win over the Edmonton Eskimos Friday night in WIL play here.
Edmonton ........ 000 002 020— 4  9 3
Yakima ............ 103 401 10x—10 14 3
Conant, Manier (4) and Partee, Prentice (8); Carmichael and Summers.

LEWISTON [Tri-City Herald, Aug. 29]—On Friday evening, Don Robertson failed in his bid for his 17 victory when Lewiston scored five runs in the third inning and went on to a 7-5 win.
The Broncs bobbled the ball five times but Tri-City couldn't get the winning runs across.
Jess Dobernic took over in the third, put out the fire and was taken out for a pinchitter in the ninth.
Tri-City ......... 020 100 101—5 9 1
Lewiston ....... 005 020 00x—7 12 5
Robertson, Dobernic (3), Clough (9) and Johnson; Fletcher and Garay.

Vancouver at Salem, postponed, rain.

WIL STATISTICS
(Compiled by William J. Weiss, Official Statistician, San Mateo, Calif. Averages include games of Sunday, August 22, except Wenatchee at Lewiston (tie), July 21; Vancouver at Lewiston, Aug. 16, 17 (2), 18) .
TEAM BATTING
Vancouver, .305; Tri-City, .291; Lewiston, 281; Yakima, .277, Edmonton, .277; Wenatchee, .275; Salem, .274.
Hits, Tri-City, 1195; Doubles, Tri-City, 208; Triples, Wenatchee, 40; Home runs, Vancouver, 96; Bases on Balls, Lewiston, 630; Strike outs, Lewiston, 657, Runs Batted in, Lewiston, 657; Hit Batsmen, Wenatchee, 40, Sacrifice Hits, Tri-City, 142.
TEAM FIELDING
Yakima, .971; Edmonton, .968; Vancouver, .967; Salem, .964; Lewiston, .964, Wenatchee, .960; Tri-City, .960.
Errors, Wenatchee, 192; Double plays, Salem, 127.
BATTING LEADERS
Percentage, Marv Williams, Van., 359; Runs, Al Heist, Lew., 117; Hits, K Chorlton, Van., 163; Total Bases, Chorlton, Va., 237; Two Base Hits, Bob Moniz, T.C., 39; 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., 102; Runs Batted In, Wellman, Van., 101; Strikeouts, Tom Munoz, Wen., 108.
PITCHING LEADERS
ERA., Jon Briggs, Sal., 2.42; Wins, Brenner, Van., 19; Losses, Billy Joe Waters, Wen., 15; Strikeouts, Briggs, Sal., 198, Bases on Balls, Briggs, Wen., 144; Innings Pitched, Bill Brenner, Van., 245; Complete Games, Brenner, Van., 21; Home Runs Allowed, John Marshall, Lew., 20.




Name                 G   AB  R   H  RBI  Ave
Williams, Van ..... 102 393 100 141  76 .359
Greco, Van ......... 84 294  65 104  79 .354
Wellman, Van ....... 99 366  72 130 101 .355
Chorlton, Van ..... 106 460 102 163  71 .354
Vanni, TC .......... 48 216  31  75  41 .347
Storey, Lew ........ 63 230  34  79  36 .344

Week’s Work
By CLANCY LORANGER
[Vancouver Province, Aug. 28, 1954]
WEDNESDAY—About people: There has been a definite shortage of baseball scouts at Capilano Stadium this summer … Guess they don’t figure Ken Richardson and John Cordell are prospects … One finally turned up this week: Marv Scott, WIL and Pioneer League scout for the Chicago Cubs … Marv was taking a good look at Pete Hernandez, as a New York Giant scout did recently when the club was on the road.
THURSDAY—The WIL batting race is one of the best in years, especially to what Vancouver Capilano followers there are … It’s a tossup among four Caps for the title, with Marv Williams, Dick Greco, Bob Wellman and K. Chorlton currently running 1-2-3-4 in the league.
FRIDAY—Baseball is now officially buried in Victoria … Only 40 of the 700 shareholders attended a meeting this week at which the company quietly disbanded.