Cavalli, Lucchesi Lead A's to Win
WENATCHEE, June 4 - John Cavalli, who batted in three runs, clouted one over the fence in the second inning with a mate aboard, and Frank Lucchesi connected for his first homer of the year to bring in three in the eighth, as Victoria stung Wenatchee 8-4 in Western International League baseball Wednesday.
Dick Mitchell went the route to chalk up his fifth victory in nine decisions. He survived a shaky first inning, when he gave up two runs on Steve Andrade's double. Home runs by Andrade and Nick Pesut in the third and fifth innings accounted for the other two Wenatchee runs.
Cavalli's homer tied it in the second and his single, scoring Babe Jensen, deadlocked the count at 3-3 in the sixth. Jack Harshman broke the deadlock by doubling a run over in the seventh, and then Frank Lucchesi drove his clinched over the centre field fence in the next frame for three tallies after Mitchell had singled in a run.
Victoria ......... 020 001 140 - 8 13 1
Wenatchee ... 201 000 010—4 8 3
Mitchell and Anske; Osborn, McCollum (8) and Pesut.
Caps Snatch Late Victory
SALEM, June 4 - Vancouver exploded for a three run rally in the ninth to defeat Salem 4-3 in a Western International League game here Wednesday night, in the opening game of a three-game series.
Salem was coasting along with a 3-1 lead in the ninth when Jim Estrada opened with his fourth walk of the game and eighth issued by Ken Wyatt. Pete Jonas, normally a pitcher, came in to hit for starter Bob Snyder and rolled one to Marty Krug at first base. But Kurg misplayed it for an error and both runners were safe. Lee Mohr singled to load the bases and Bud Hjelmaa scored Estrada when his high bouncer went in front of the plate for a fluke single.
Lou Estes' sacrifice fly brought in the next runner. Bill Wright grounded to force Hjelmaa at second, but Al Spaeter threw wild in trying to get the double play and Mohr scored.
Vancouver had scored in the second when Charlie Mead singled, moved to third on two walks and scored on Snyder's groundout.
Salem hammered Snyder for 12 hits but could only manage runs in the first, third and seventh inning. Jim Hedgecock hurled the final frame for Vancouver to save Snyder's game for him.
Vancouver .............. 010 000 003—4 6 2
Salem ...................... 101 000 100—3 12 3
Snyder, Hedgecock (9) and Brenner; Wyatt and Beard.
Bremerton ..... 000 310 100—5 10 2
Yakima ........... 000 250 01x— 8 8 2
Kittle, Barisoff (5), Stanton (7) and Ronning, Volpi (7); Romple, Wallerstein (7) and Phillips.
First game: (seven innings)
Tacoma ........... 000 000 0—0 6 1
Spokane .......... 103 013 x—8 12 1
Walden and Kuper; Samson and Bufflap.
Second game:
Tacoma ........ 030 115 000—10 13 2
Spokane ....... 042 000 110— 8 13 4
Chetkovich and Kuper; Latino, Stevenson (6), Spitzer (7), and DiMaria.
Yanks Option Star Hurler to Athletics
VICTORIA — Rated one of the best prospects in the Yankee chain, righthander Jim Arnold has been added to the pitching staff of the Victoria Athletics, according to an announcement by Reg Patterson, A's business manager.
Arnold started the season with the Oakland Acorns of the Coast League but it was decided he needed further seasoning. He compiled an impressive record with Twin Falls in the Pioneer League last season when he won 20 games, including two no-hit, no-run games, and lost six games. He whiffed a total of 237 batters during the season and had an earned run average of 2.30.
Arnold finished behind Bob Chesnes of the Salt Lake City team, now star hurler for the San Francisco Seals, for pitching honours last year.
- Thursday, June 5, 1947
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Sunday, June 17, 2007
Games of Thursday, May 29, 1946
Blankenship Stars in Relief for A's
TACOMA, May 29 - Victoria Athletics salvaged the final game of atheir five-game series with the Tacoma Tigers here tongith when they came from behind to score an 11-5 triumph.
Joe Blankenship, manager Ted Nobert's relief ace, received credit for the victory. He took over in the first inning when the Tigers sent starter Ray Fortier to the showers, and finished the contest, hurling scoreless ball in the last six innings.
A trifle wild at times, Blankenship was in constant trouble but squeaked by each time as the Tacomans left 12 runners stranded during his stay on the mound.
Four Tacoma errors and 11 bases on balls by Tacoma pitchers played a big part in the Victoria win, which was featured by a game-winning, six-run rally in the fifth. Jack Harshman's triple was the big blow in the scoring splurge.
The verdict left the Tigers holding a 3-2 series edge.
Victoria .......... 110 062 001—11 9 0
Tacoma ......... 302 000 000— 5 8 4
Fortier, Blankenship (7) and Anske; Walden, Gilson (5), Chetkovich (9) and Clifford, Kuner (7).
Murphy Shines as Tars Score
BREMERTON, May 29 - The Western International League-leading Bremerton Bluejackets made a clean sweep of their series with the Vancouver Capilanos tonight as pitcher Bill Ahearn turned in a 4-0 shutout.
Eddie Murphy, Bremerton's star guardian, robbed the Capilanos of a couple of hits when he made two shoestring catches almost at the fence.
Murphy was the hitting star, his double sparking a three-run splurge in the sixth inning. He homered in the eighth.
Fielding trouble resulted in those three runs. Len 'Red' Tran tossed low to first on a play that would have cut down the scoring to a single run. It was followed by Joe Gedzius' wallop, a single that brought in a pair of unearned runs ahead of Murphy's RBI double.
Vancouver .............. 000 000 000—0 4 2
Bremerton .............. 000 003 01x—4 7 0
Snyder and Brenner, Stumpf (8); Ahearn and Volpi.
Wenatchee .......... 000 220 001— 5 9 4
Spokane .............. 603 230 21x—17 17 2
Osborn, Adams (2) Frost (6) and Pesut; Costello and Bufflap.
Yakima ....... 000 200 200—4 11 2
Salem ......... 010 330 10x—8 12 1
Cordell, Simon (6) Federmeyer (8) and Phillips; Sinovic, Sporer (7) and Beard.
W.I.L. Head Disallows Protest
VICTORIA - Manager Ted Norbert's protest of Bremerton's 1-0 victory over the Victoria Athletics here on May 24 has been disallowed by League President Robert Abel. Norbert claimed Bremerton pitcher Hub Kittle was using a "foreign substance" on his pitching hand and based his protest on a violation of this baseball rule.
A telegram from President Abel to the Colonist following a query elicited the following reply:
"Protest can not be recognized to the fact that notice of protest was not wired or sent me according to the league rules. The game stands as played. This is not to infer I would have sustained protest as the umpire carefully examined Kittle's hand at the time and permitted him to continue to pitch. The resin bag itself and contents were in order.
"However, the use of any foreign substance by a pitcher on his fingers is prohibited and the rule will be strictly enforced. It was alleged Kittle mixed tobacco with resin. Whether he did or not, I do not decide, but for your information would consifder this a foreign substance."
- Colonist, Friday, May 30, 1947
TACOMA, May 29 - Victoria Athletics salvaged the final game of atheir five-game series with the Tacoma Tigers here tongith when they came from behind to score an 11-5 triumph.
Joe Blankenship, manager Ted Nobert's relief ace, received credit for the victory. He took over in the first inning when the Tigers sent starter Ray Fortier to the showers, and finished the contest, hurling scoreless ball in the last six innings.
A trifle wild at times, Blankenship was in constant trouble but squeaked by each time as the Tacomans left 12 runners stranded during his stay on the mound.
Four Tacoma errors and 11 bases on balls by Tacoma pitchers played a big part in the Victoria win, which was featured by a game-winning, six-run rally in the fifth. Jack Harshman's triple was the big blow in the scoring splurge.
The verdict left the Tigers holding a 3-2 series edge.
Victoria .......... 110 062 001—11 9 0
Tacoma ......... 302 000 000— 5 8 4
Fortier, Blankenship (7) and Anske; Walden, Gilson (5), Chetkovich (9) and Clifford, Kuner (7).
Murphy Shines as Tars Score
BREMERTON, May 29 - The Western International League-leading Bremerton Bluejackets made a clean sweep of their series with the Vancouver Capilanos tonight as pitcher Bill Ahearn turned in a 4-0 shutout.
Eddie Murphy, Bremerton's star guardian, robbed the Capilanos of a couple of hits when he made two shoestring catches almost at the fence.
Murphy was the hitting star, his double sparking a three-run splurge in the sixth inning. He homered in the eighth.
Fielding trouble resulted in those three runs. Len 'Red' Tran tossed low to first on a play that would have cut down the scoring to a single run. It was followed by Joe Gedzius' wallop, a single that brought in a pair of unearned runs ahead of Murphy's RBI double.
Vancouver .............. 000 000 000—0 4 2
Bremerton .............. 000 003 01x—4 7 0
Snyder and Brenner, Stumpf (8); Ahearn and Volpi.
Wenatchee .......... 000 220 001— 5 9 4
Spokane .............. 603 230 21x—17 17 2
Osborn, Adams (2) Frost (6) and Pesut; Costello and Bufflap.
Yakima ....... 000 200 200—4 11 2
Salem ......... 010 330 10x—8 12 1
Cordell, Simon (6) Federmeyer (8) and Phillips; Sinovic, Sporer (7) and Beard.
W.I.L. Head Disallows Protest
VICTORIA - Manager Ted Norbert's protest of Bremerton's 1-0 victory over the Victoria Athletics here on May 24 has been disallowed by League President Robert Abel. Norbert claimed Bremerton pitcher Hub Kittle was using a "foreign substance" on his pitching hand and based his protest on a violation of this baseball rule.
A telegram from President Abel to the Colonist following a query elicited the following reply:
"Protest can not be recognized to the fact that notice of protest was not wired or sent me according to the league rules. The game stands as played. This is not to infer I would have sustained protest as the umpire carefully examined Kittle's hand at the time and permitted him to continue to pitch. The resin bag itself and contents were in order.
"However, the use of any foreign substance by a pitcher on his fingers is prohibited and the rule will be strictly enforced. It was alleged Kittle mixed tobacco with resin. Whether he did or not, I do not decide, but for your information would consifder this a foreign substance."
- Colonist, Friday, May 30, 1947
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Games of Monday, May 12, 1947
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDINGS after games of May 12
. . . . . . . . .Win Loss Pct. GB
Bremerton ....... 16 9 .640 --
Vancouver ....... 15 9 .625 ½
Spokane ......... 15 9 .625 ½
Victoria ........ 16 10 .615 ½
Salem ........... 13 13 .500 3½
Tacoma .......... 12 12 .500 3½
Yakima ........... 7 19 .269 9½
Wenatchee ........ 6 19 .240 10
Eight-Run Inning as Caps Drub A's
VICTORIA – An interference call in the fifth inning gave the Vancouver Capilanos new life as they went on to score eight times and defeat the Victoria Athletics 12-4 in the first game of a seven-game Western International League home-and-home series.
After the A's had knotted the score at 3-3 in the bottom of the fourth, home runs by Len Tran and Bill Wright, the former with a man aboard, have the visitors a three-run lead.
Lou Estes then singled, but Charlie Mead grounded to Jack Harshman for what would hav ebeen the final out. Umpire Last made the interference call, giving Mead first base. Buddy Hjelmaa singled, and Bob Stumpf, Jim Hedgecock and Lee Mohr doubled to drive five runs across and lead the rest of the game a mere formality.
Max Hittle was finally pulled after 4 2-3 innings, giving up 11 hits and 11 runs.
Vancouver ...... 300 080 100 – 12 13 2
Victoria ....... 010 200 001 – 4 10 3
Hedgecock and Stumpf; Hittle, Gibson (5) and Mastro.
Wyatt in Fifth Win for Salem
SALEM, May 12 – The Salem Senators, with Kenny Wyatt turning in an effective eight-hit performance, turned back the Wenatchee Chiefs, 4-1, here tonight in the opening contest of their three game series. It was Wyatt's fifth win against one loss.
Wenatchee ....... 000 010 000 – 1 8 1
Salem ........... 010 010 02x – 4 10 2
McCollum and Pesut; Wyatt and Beard.
Spokane ....... 100 060 000 – 7 8 0
Yakima ........ 000 003 000 – 3 7 0
Mason and Bufflap; Klisura, Strait (5) and Phillips.
Only games scheduled
SAN DIEGO, May 12 — President Bill Starr of the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League announced Monday that Ray Fortier, southpaw pitcher, will be sent to Victoria of the Western International League on option to make room for Dick Mulligan, recently optioned to San Diego by the Boston Braves.
STANDINGS after games of May 12
. . . . . . . . .Win Loss Pct. GB
Bremerton ....... 16 9 .640 --
Vancouver ....... 15 9 .625 ½
Spokane ......... 15 9 .625 ½
Victoria ........ 16 10 .615 ½
Salem ........... 13 13 .500 3½
Tacoma .......... 12 12 .500 3½
Yakima ........... 7 19 .269 9½
Wenatchee ........ 6 19 .240 10
Eight-Run Inning as Caps Drub A's
VICTORIA – An interference call in the fifth inning gave the Vancouver Capilanos new life as they went on to score eight times and defeat the Victoria Athletics 12-4 in the first game of a seven-game Western International League home-and-home series.
After the A's had knotted the score at 3-3 in the bottom of the fourth, home runs by Len Tran and Bill Wright, the former with a man aboard, have the visitors a three-run lead.
Lou Estes then singled, but Charlie Mead grounded to Jack Harshman for what would hav ebeen the final out. Umpire Last made the interference call, giving Mead first base. Buddy Hjelmaa singled, and Bob Stumpf, Jim Hedgecock and Lee Mohr doubled to drive five runs across and lead the rest of the game a mere formality.
Max Hittle was finally pulled after 4 2-3 innings, giving up 11 hits and 11 runs.
Vancouver ...... 300 080 100 – 12 13 2
Victoria ....... 010 200 001 – 4 10 3
Hedgecock and Stumpf; Hittle, Gibson (5) and Mastro.
Wyatt in Fifth Win for Salem
SALEM, May 12 – The Salem Senators, with Kenny Wyatt turning in an effective eight-hit performance, turned back the Wenatchee Chiefs, 4-1, here tonight in the opening contest of their three game series. It was Wyatt's fifth win against one loss.
Wenatchee ....... 000 010 000 – 1 8 1
Salem ........... 010 010 02x – 4 10 2
McCollum and Pesut; Wyatt and Beard.
Spokane ....... 100 060 000 – 7 8 0
Yakima ........ 000 003 000 – 3 7 0
Mason and Bufflap; Klisura, Strait (5) and Phillips.
Only games scheduled
SAN DIEGO, May 12 — President Bill Starr of the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League announced Monday that Ray Fortier, southpaw pitcher, will be sent to Victoria of the Western International League on option to make room for Dick Mulligan, recently optioned to San Diego by the Boston Braves.
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