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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 - 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 - 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...
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WIL Baseball — 1952: 1952 All-Stars
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WIL Baseball — 1952. NEWS OF THE LATE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Friday, 29 February 2008. SPOKANE, Sept. 24—Pennant-winning Victoria placed three players on the Western International League 1952 all-star team. Selected last week by the league’s sportswriters and scorekeepers. Cecil Garriott, Victoria playing-manager, was named an all-star outfielder and manager of the year. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. WIL BASEBALL - 1947. WIL BASEBALL - 1948. WIL BASEBALL - 1949.
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WIL Baseball — 1947: September 2008
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WIL Baseball — 1947. NEWS FROM THE LATE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Tuesday, September 2, 2008. Vancouver Sun, Sept. 13, 1947]. Just one more column for the year, the boss said. We must say goodbye to our readers (the boss must have meant friend Percy.). Well, Percy, you should be happy that the Caps won that pennant for us. Yeah, it was a long struggle, but did you see those attendance figures? 117,000 for Cap Stadium. What a year we would have had in that new ball park, eh, Perc? Why, I could think o...
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WIL Baseball — 1952: Thursday, September 11, 1952
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WIL Baseball — 1952. NEWS OF THE LATE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Wednesday, 27 February 2008. Thursday, September 11, 1952. W L Pct. GB. Victoria . 92 54 .630 —. Spokane . 90 62 .592 5. Vancouver . 71 67 .514 17. Salem . 72 76 .486 21. Yakima . 69 79 .466 24. Lewiston . 69 81 .460 25. Tri-City . 65 77 .458 25. Wenatchee . 58 90 .392 35. The ceremony will take place before the game with league president Bob Abel making a special trip from Tacoma to officiate. It was “radio appreciation night̶...
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WIL Baseball — 1952: Monday, September 1, 1952
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WIL Baseball — 1952. NEWS OF THE LATE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Monday, 18 February 2008. Monday, September 1, 1952. W L Pct. GB. Victoria . 87 47 .649 —. Spokane . 83 59 .585 8. Vancouver . 67 63 .515 18. Salem . 67 71 .485 22. Lewiston . 65 75 .464 25. Yakima . 63 75 .457 26. Tri-City . 60 74 .448 27. Wenatchee . 55 83 .399 34. VICTORIA, [Colonist, Sept. 3]—The Victoria Tyees wound up their home stand by breaking even with the Salem Senators but faulty time keeping may have cost them. YAKIMA, Wash&...
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WIL Baseball — 1947: Final Standings and Stats for 1947
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WIL Baseball — 1947. NEWS FROM THE LATE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Sunday, June 24, 2007. Final Standings and Stats for 1947. W L Pct. GB. Vancouver . 86 66 .566 -. Spokane . 87 67 .565 -. Bremerton . 86 68 .558 1. Salem . 80 68 .541 4. Victoria . 80 72 .526 6. Tacoma . 72 81 .471 14½. Wenatchee . 59 92 .391 26½. Yakima . 59 95 .383 28. Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB RBI Ave. Kuper, Tac. 114 378 83 143 28 14 9 2 96 .389. Mullens, Van. 146 572 124 18...Kubiak, Sal. ...
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WIL Baseball — 1952: February 2008
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WIL Baseball — 1952. NEWS OF THE LATE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Friday, 29 February 2008. Pocekay Takes WIL Batting Title;. Victoria Colonist, Sept. 21, 1952]. Batting at a fast clip during the final weeks of the Western International League schedule, Walt Pocekay, Wenatchee catcher, boosted his season’s average to .352 to success Vancouver’s John Ritchey as the league’s batting champion. Milt Smith of Lewiston edged out Moniz for run-scoring homers with 126 to the Victoria outfielder’s 120....