Our barely-informed impression is that crediting wins and losses, and lots more, was left up to the discretion of the official scorer
until the massive recodification of the rule book in 1950. If Raymond was adjudged to have pitched "effectively" prior to his ejection,
and his team did not relinquish the lead thereafter, we'd think he'd get credit for the win, regardless of how sharp Wiltse was in relief.
On the other hand, if Raymond's team was up by, say, 12-8 at the time of Raymond's ejection, and Wiltse threw three shutout innings,
the scorer might have awarded Wiltse the win.
On the other other hand, revisionist stat-keeping correcting such stuff to more modern standards might return the win to Raymond.
You did ask for opinions, and that's all this is...
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