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WIL Baseball - 1948: Post-Season Stuff
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WIL Baseball - 1948. NEWS FROM THE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Monday, July 16, 2007. CAMILLI WON'T BUY SPOKANE. TSN, Oct. 20, 1948. Replacing Jack Wilson, who has entered private business, Bill Beard, reserve catcher of the Salem Western International League Senators. He was with Salem in 1947. Beard had a trial with Washington in the spring of 1938 after leaving the University of Willamette, and played with numerous minor league clubs, except for three years in the service. TSN, Nov. 24, 1948. Amazin...
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WIL Baseball - 1949: Post-Season - Monday, Sept. 19, 1949
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WIL Baseball - 1949. NEWS FROM THE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Monday, 30 July 2007. Post-Season - Monday, Sept. 19, 1949. Protest Chiefs Move To Tri-City Area. Wenatchee Group Takes Case To Heads. TACOMA, Sept. 19—Projected transfer of the Wenatchee franchise to the Pasco-Kennewick-Richland area was expected to precipitate a lengthy debate as Western International Baseball league directors opened their annual post-season meeting here today. ON THE LOCAL SCENE. In Kennewick, Les Babcock, president of t...
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WIL Baseball - 1949: I Guess We'll Be the Braves Then
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WIL Baseball - 1949. NEWS FROM THE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Tuesday, 31 July 2007. I Guess We'll Be the Braves Then. Although the Tri-Cites' entry in the Western International baseball loop hasn't even played a ball game in their new home, they are already the "Sweetheart of the league.". As 'Babe' Hollingbery, the president of the Braves said, "It certainly feels good to be the darling of the league.". MAY GO "A" LOOP. On April 20 the Braves will move into Yakima for their first road game of the 19...
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WIL Baseball - 1948: Monday, September 13, 1948
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WIL Baseball - 1948. NEWS FROM THE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Sunday, July 15, 2007. Monday, September 13, 1948. W L Pct. GB. Spokane . 99 63 .611 —. Bremerton . 94 61 .606 1½. Victoria . 92 67 .579 5½. Tacoma . 83 70 .542 11½. Salem . 72 87 .453 25½. Vancouver . 65 80 .448 25½. Wenatchee . 68 90 .420 29½. Yakima . 52 107 .327 45½. The Norbertmen were the victims of a triple killing by the Senators in the eighth—the first in Salem history. Victoria . 000 303 000—6 4 0. BREMERTON, Sept. 13—Th...Tacoma ...
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WIL Baseball - 1948: Monday, September 6, 1948
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WIL Baseball - 1948. NEWS FROM THE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Saturday, July 14, 2007. Monday, September 6, 1948. W L Pct. GB. Bremerton . 88 58 .603 —. Spokane . 92 62 .597 —. Victoria . 87 64 .578 3½. Tacoma . 78 66 .542 9. Salem . 71 81 .467 20. Vancouver . 62 74 .456 21. Wenatchee . 65 85 .433 25. Yakima . 49 102 .329 41½. The Bengals won the night game, 9-7, after batting around in the first inning to chase Carl Gunnarson and again in the fourth. Tacoma . 000 000 002—2 8 1. They retained their ba...
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WIL Baseball - 1949: October 2007
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WIL Baseball - 1949. NEWS FROM THE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Monday, 29 October 2007. Now that the CUPE strike is over and the library (and its newspaper microfilm reels) is open again after three months, I am able to complete the 1949 WIL season. All I need to do is get the final stats uploaded and double-check the second-last day of action. There seems to be some confusion with two sets of box scores I've seen. Thanks for your patience. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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WIL Baseball - 1948: Thursday, September 2, 1948
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WIL Baseball - 1948. NEWS FROM THE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Saturday, July 14, 2007. Thursday, September 2, 1948. W L Pct. GB. Bremerton . 87 54 .617 —. Spokane . 87 61 .588 3½. Victoria . 83 63 .568 6½. Tacoma . 74 64 .536 11½. Vancouver . 60 70 .462 21½. Salem . 67 79 .459 22½. Wenatchee . 64 80 .444 24½. Yakima . 47 98 .324 42. The win was Probst's tenth of the season against eight defeats and his first shutout. He struck out nine and was backed up by flawless fielding. SPOKANE, Sept. 2—...
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WIL Baseball - 1948: July 2007
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WIL Baseball - 1948. NEWS FROM THE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Friday, July 20, 2007. Western Int League Field to Be Rebuilt. Ferris Field, home of the Spokane Indians of the Western International League was destroyed by fire the night of October 29 with damage estimated at approximately $100,000. The park had seating accommodations for 7,223. Earlier this year, Butler had said he planned to increase the seating capacity to 11,000 but a shortage of construction materials prevented the project. Butler a...
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WIL Baseball - 1948: Sunday, September 5, 1948
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WIL Baseball - 1948. NEWS FROM THE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Saturday, July 14, 2007. Sunday, September 5, 1948. W L Pct. GB. Bremerton . 88 56 .611 —. Spokane . 90 62 .592 2. Victoria . 85 64 .570 6. Tacoma . 77 65 .542 10. Salem . 69 81 .460 22. Vancouver . 61 73 .455 22. Wenatchee . 65 83 .439 25. Yakima . 49 100 .329 41½. Wenatchee . 100 000 0—1 7 3. Spokane . 202 024 x—10 11 2. Stevens, Wilson (6) and Dalrymple; Nelson and Sheely. Wenatchee . 100 000 000 01—2 8 5. And Camilli likes his nursing c...
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WIL Baseball - 1949: Post Season - Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1949
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WIL Baseball - 1949. NEWS FROM THE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Monday, 30 July 2007. Post Season - Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1949. Wenatchee to Seek Franchise of Bremerton. TACOMA, Sept. 20—The Tri-City area of Pasco, Kennewick and Richland, will have a baseball team in the Western International League next year if it can show within 30 days it can construct a suitable ball park, league president Robert Abel said today. The Portland Pacific Coast League club informed directors it intended to maintain a team i...