Thursday, June 9, 1949

STANDINGS
               W L Pct. GB
Yakima ...... 35 16 .686 —
Vancouver ... 28 20 .583 6½
Salem ....... 25 23 .521 9
Spokane ..... 25 25 .500 10
Wenatchee ... 25 27 .481 11
Bremerton ... 24 29 .453 12½
Tacoma ...... 22 31 .415 14½
Victoria .... 20 33 .377 16

TACOMA, June 9—Base hits were a dime a dozen as Tacoma and Spokane split a double-header. The two teams rapped up a total of 64 base hits with Spokane making 35 of them.
Manager Bob Johnson gained credit for his third pitching win in a relief role as the Tigers took the opener, 9-7. Dick Greco poled out his 13th homer in the sixth inning.
Big guns in Spokane's 13-8 triumph in the second game were Joe Rossi, with four singles and a double in five trips, and Lyle Palmer, with a triple, a double and four singles in seven trips.
First game
Spokane ........... 041 001 1—7 15 0
Tacoma ............ 015 201 x—9 15 0
Bishop, Babbitt (3) and Rossi; Knezovich, Johnson (3) and Warren.
Second game
Spokane ......... 035 000 320—13 20 2
Tacoma .......... 200 300 030—8 14 2
Neeley, Conant (9) and Rossi; Fortier, Clary (3) and Warren.

BREMERTON, June 9—Bremerton Bluejackets two-timed Wenatchee behind the effective hurling of Vern Kohout and John Marshall. Kahout allowed the Chiefs three hits in the opener as he racked up a 3-0 shutout and Marshall scattered five blows for a 5-4 decision in the nightcap, despite five errors by his teammates.
First game
Wenatchee ......... 000 000 0—0 3 0
Bremerton ........... 000 003 x—3 7 1
Orrell and Winter; Kohout and Ronning.
Second game
Wenatchee ........ 000 001 030—4 5 2
Bremerton .......... 200 101 001—5 10 5
Caplinger and Winter; Marshall and Ronning.

VICTORIA, June 9—Ray McNulty, a reformed infielder, scattered ten hits in an easy 8-2 win for the Salem Senators over the Victoria Athletics tonight.
The A's had men on base every inning but the second as McNulty issued six walks. But he was helped by double plays, three of them hit by John Hack.
The Senators got off to a quick 1-0 lead when Wayne Peterson took the first pitch of the game over the centrefield wall. Then came a parade of hits in the second. Roy Carlson doubled, Bob Hedington singled, then Marty Krug and McNulty doubled to remove starter Rex Jones. When it was over, four runs scored.
Buddy Peterson hit an inside-the-park home run in the fourth, though it appeared he was out at the plate.
Mel Wasley tripled in a runner in the seventh and Krug homered in the eighth to complete the Salem scoring.
Salem ........... 140 100 110—8 12 1
Victoria ......... 000 100 001—2 10 1
McNulty and Carlson; Jones, Tobias (2), Logue (7) and Morgan.

VANCOUVER, June 9—Bud Sheely and Vancouver Capilanos had plenty to say about Yakima Owner-President Dewey Soriano's 8-0 pitching record and the Bears' commanding league lead tonight.
Sheely batted in five runs with two homers to lead the Caps to a 9-0 triumph over the Bears, cutting their lead to five-and-a-half games. Soriano was charged with his first loss of the season, retiring in favour of Dick Drilling at the end of the fourth after being tagged with a grand-slam blow by Sheely. The Cap catcher added his other four-baser in the fifth with none aboard.
Bremerton Bluejackets two-timed Wenatchee behind effective hurling.
Yakima ............. 000 000 000—0 6 0
Vancouver ......... 010 422 00x—9 12 1.
Soriano, D. Drilling (5) and Orteig; Nicholas and Sheely.

Tacoma Adds Trio
TACOMA, Wash., June 9— The Tacoma Tigers of the Class B Western International Baseball League tonight announced the addition of three new players to their roster.
Gordon Jones, University of Southern California graduate who was hitting better than .300 with Dayton in the Class A Central League, has been purchased to play third base. Catcher Bill Sheets was purchased outright from Hollywood of the Pacific Coast League and second baseman Al Spaeter was obtained from Salem, Ore., in trade for pitcher-infielder Hank Sciarra.

WIL LEADERS
including games of June 9
                   G  AB H RBI HR Ave.
Rhyne, Wen. ..... 42 169 79 46 10 .468
Vanni, Yakima ... 51 218 90 28  0 .413
Brenner, Van. ... 20  62 25 11  2 .403
Cherry, Salem ... 48 174 65 47  4 .374
Cameron, Wen. ... 43 158 58 35  5 .367
Warren, Tacoma .. 51 191 70 51  5 .366
Home runs — Greco, Tacoma, 13
Runs batted in — Warren, Tacoma, 51