Sunday, July 1, 1951

W L PCT GB
Vancouver ... 50 28 .685 —
Spokane ..... 46 28 .622 4½
Salem ....... 38 36 .514 12½
Wenatchee ... 36 38 .486 14½
Tri-City .... 33 38 .465 16
Victoria .... 32 41 .438 18
Tacoma ...... 31 44 .413 20
Yakima ...... 26 44 .371 22½

SPOKANE, July 1—Bare knees and a lightning bolt attracted almost as much attention as the baseball games in Sunday's Western International league play in Spokane. The Indians donned shorts then promptly dropped a 6 to 1 decision to Wenatchee in the opener of an afternoon-night doubleheader.
About fifteen minutes after the stands had cleared, a lightning bolt sliced into the park causing a suction that whisked away peanut shells and other debris left by the customers. A dozen youngsters hired to clean out the bleachers were out of a job. Only minor damage to a transformer was reported.
On the baseball side, Will Hafey helped Wenatchee to win by a clouting a 369-foot home run in the sixth [sic]. Lyle Palmer hit a three-run double in the first inning and leftty Lou Tost tossed a six-hitter. Spokane also dropped the second game as Wenatchee made good use of 13 hits to post a 9 to 7 triumph.
First Game
Wenatchee .... 400 010 001—6-6-1
Spokane ........ 010 000 000—1-6-1
Tost and Roberson; Marshall, Wyatt (9) and Sheets.
Second Game
Wenatchee .... 010 500 030—9-13-1
Spokane ........ 200 320 000—7-10-1
Breisinger, Kanshin (2) and Roberson; Bishop, Roberts (6) and Sheets.

SALEM, July 1—The Salem Senators and the Tacoma Tigers split a night doubleheader on Sunday. Salem took the seven-inning opener 8 to 4 while Tacoma won tha second game
5 to 2 behind some effective pitching by Mel Knezovich.
First Game
Tacoma ..... 200 002 0—4-5-1
Salem ........ 103 013 x—8 9-1
Schulte, Barta (4) and Lundberg; Lew, Myers (7) and McKeegan.
Second Game
Tacoma .... 002 010 200—5-11-1
Salem ....... 000 011 000—2 -7-4
Knezovich and Watson; DeGeorge and McKeegan.