Sunday, June 24, 2007

Tuesday, September 2, 1947

STANDINGS
               W  L Pct. GB
Vancouver ... 83 64 .565 —
Bremerton ... 84 66 .560 ½
Spokane ..... 84 66 .560 ½
Salem ....... 79 65 .549 2½
Victoria .... 70 70 .530 5
Tacoma ...... 69 79 .466 14½
Yakima ...... 57 91 .385 28½
Wenatchee ... 56 90 .384 26½


VANCOUVER, Sept. 2 — It was gift night at Capilano Stadium tonight — management gave members of the Vancouver Capilanos engraved wrist watches and the Caps gave the Bremerton Bluejackets seven runs in the fourth inning and an 8-7 Western International League win.
Charlie Mead hit a three run homer for the Caps before Bob Hall got into trouble in the fourth and was replaced by Carl Gunnarson, who gave up three more hits and a couple of walks and seven runs came in. A single and Charlie Bushong's double in the seventh proved to be the difference.
Frank Mullens hit a two run homer for Vancouver in the fifth. The Caps scored twice in the eighth but had a chance for more. Bill Reese, Bill Brenner and Len Tran hit singles in a row to score a run. Pitcher Ron Bryant was sent in to pinch run and got trapped off second for an out. Bob Stumpf then ripped a pinch single and only one run scored. Reliever John Marshall got the next two outs to end the threat.
Bremerton ....... 000 700 100—8 11 1
Vancouver ...... 003 020 020—7 11 1
Ahearn, Lowman (5), Marshall (8) and Volpi; Hall, Gunnarson (4), Hedgecock (9) and Brenner, Stumpf (9).

Victoria ....... 000 100 002—3 7 6
Tacoma ...... 101 111 00x—5 7 2
Kasparovich and Mastro; Walden and Kuper.

Wenatchee ....... 000 000 010—1 7 2
Salem .............. 006 014 00x-11 13 2
Osborn, Waltho (3) Byrd (8) and Dalrymple; Wyatt and Mohler.

Yakima ....... 002 000 005— 7 8 4
Spokane ..... 000 660 16x—19 15 3
Strait, Brysch and Phillips; Costello and Bufflap.

Rainiers Recall 11 Men From Lower Class Loops
SEATTLE, Sept. 2—Seattle's Pacific Coast league baseball club management announced Tuesday night that it is recalling 11 players who were optioned this year to leagues' of lower classification.
Seven of the players are with Vancouver in the Western International League. They will report to the Raimcrs next Tuesday, after the W.I. season ends. The others will not report until next spring.
The seven recalled from Vancouver are: Pitchers Bob Hall, Bob Snyder, Harold Saltzman; Catcher Bob Stumpf; Infielder Leon Mohr; Outfielders Paul Carpenter and Frank Mullens; Infielder Dick Briskey and Pitcher Carl Shapley will be called back from Boise's Pioneer League,
team. The other two are First Baserman John Sturm, who has been player-manager for Ventura in the California league, and Shortstop Joe Kaney, with Lynn in the New England league.

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