Vancouver ... 41 17 .707 —
Spokane ..... 39 20 .661 2½
Salem ....... 27 30 .474 13½
Tri-City .... 26 30 .464 14
Wenatchee ... 27 33 .450 15
Victoria .... 24 33 .421 16½
Yakima ...... 23 33 .411 17
Tacoma ...... 24 35 .305 17½
WENATCHEE, June 17—The Tri-City Braves split a double header with the Wenatchee Chiefs here Sunday. Tri-City behind the smooth pitching of Cy Greenlaw and bobbles afield by the Chiefs, took the opener 7-1, while Tommy Breisinger bested Joe Nicholas to give Wenatchee the second game 3-2.
Only three of the Braves seven runs in the first game were earned. Vic Buccola led the Tri-City attack with a triple, a double and a single. Jim Marshall homered for Wenatchee.
Greenlaw allowed but five hits in the seven-inning opener.
Breisinger held the Braves to five hits in the second game while Nicholas gave up 12 bunched blows to Wenatchee's sluggers. By striking out nine in the game Breisinger built up his total to 103, high for the league.
Tri-City scored an unearned run in the third and tallied once in the sixth on Clint Cameron's double and Neil Bryant's single.
Wenatchee also tallied an unearned run in the first inning. Then Wenatchee tallied once in the third on Walt Pocekay's double and Jim Marshall's single.
Breisinger himself fashioned the winning run in the fifth when be doubled home Lil Arnerich.
Tri-City opens a new series in Tacoma tonight.
First Game
Tri-City ........ 330 000 1—7 10 0
Wenatchee ... 010 000 0—1 5 4
Greenlaw and Pesut; Treichel and Neal.
Second Game
Tri-City ......... 001 001 000—2 5 1
Wenatchee .... 101 010 00x—3 12 2
Nicholas and Pesut, Breisinger and Roberson.
First Game
Tacoma ...... 010 023 1—7 14 2
Yakima ....... 004 000 0—4 8 0
Barta, Knezovich (5) and Lundberg, Watson (6); Savarese, Anderson (5), Erickson (7) and Brenner.
Second Game
Tacoma ..... 001 000 000—1 8 1
Yakima ...... 002 010 01x—4 8 0
Mishasek, Knezovich (8) and Lundberg; Boemler and Brenner.
ONLY GAMES SCHEDULED
ON THE INSIDE
By DON BECKER [Herald Sports Editor, from June 18, 1951]
FABER KEEPS A PROMISE
Belatedly perhaps, but still interesting is, the story behind the snapping of the Vancouver winning streak at 15 games. We say interesting because it concerns Dick Faber and does have an unusual twist to it. Before going to the Salem park to play a double-header that day Faber had held a 45-minute visit with a bedridden eight-year-old Salem fan. As he left, the outfielder promised the kid he would hit a home run though he hadn't done so all season.
Well in the first game, won incidentally by the Caps, Dick collected double. But in the second he did hit for the circuit and Salem also won the game. So actually two records were snapped. Faber's of not owning a home run and the winning streak of the Canadians.
Well in the first game, won incidentally by the Caps, Dick collected double. But in the second he did hit for the circuit and Salem also won the game. So actually two records were snapped. Faber's of not owning a home run and the winning streak of the Canadians.
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