Tuesday, July 3, 1951

W L PCT GB
Vancouver ... 52 24 .684
Spokane ..... 46 28 .622
Salem ....... 39 36 .520
Wenatchee ... 36 38 .486
Tri-City .... 35 40 .467
Victoria .... 35 42 .455
Tacoma ...... 31 45 .408
Yakima ...... 26 47 .356

YAKIMA, July 3 — The Vancouver Capilanos made good use of 15 hits to defeat the Yakima Bears 7 to 5 in a Western International league baseball game Tuesday night.
Vancouver went into an early lead, scoring twice in the first inning on a walk, Ray Tran's double and Dick Sinovic's single.
Yakima went ahead in the fourth, scoring four unearned runs with the help of doubles by Jerry Zuvella and Bill Andering.
However, the heavy-hitting Caps came back in the fifth with three runs on two doubles and two singles and in the sixth with two more runs.
Tran batted in four runs and scored three times.
Vancouver .... 200 032 000—7 15 2
Yakima ......... 000 400 010—5 10 1
Tisnerat and Ritchey; Boemler and Tiesiera.

KENNEWICK, July 3 — It took the Victoria Athletics two months to win a baseball game with the Tri-City Braves Tuesday night. The Athletics scored a 5 to 3 decision completing a game called 3 to 3 in the seventh inning on April 29 at Kennewick. However, the Braves spoiled the evening for Victoria by scoring seven runs in the eighth inning in the regulation game to chalk up a 7 to 1 victory.
In the nine-inning affair, the Braves exploded for seven runs in the eighth on three singles, two doubles, one triple, a walk, a sacrifice and an error. Six of the runs countered after two men were out.
(Completed hame from tie called at end 7th on June 29th to permit Victoria to catch train)
Victoria .... 020 000 111—5 5 0
Tri-City .... 003 000 000—3 8 2
Hedgecock, Marshall (7), Brkich (8), Smith (8) and Martin; Greenlaw, Olsen (7), Stone (8), Michelson (8) and Pesut.
(regulation game)
Victoria .... 000 000 001—1 8 1
Tri-City .... 000 000 07x—7 12 0
Osborn, Brkich (8) and Thrasher; Nicholas and Pesut.

TACOMA, July 3—A seventh-inning single by catcher Jim McKeegan drove in the winning run as the Salem Senators edged the Tacoma Tigers 4 to 3 in a Western International league baseball game Tuesday night.
McKeegan's single scored George McDonald who had singled and advanced to second on a sacrifice.
Salem ........ 100 020 010—4 12 1
Tacoma ..... 001 020 000—3 12 0
McNulty and McKeegan; Dodeward and Lundberg.

Wenatchee at Spokane, postponed, threatening weather.

RECORD IN DANCES
SPOKANE, July 3-Spokane's Eddie Murphy, who already has stolen more bases than any other team in the league, starts on his second 50 Tuesday night and appears certain to smash tbe Western International league record of 76 set in 1948 Edo Vanni.