The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-05
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E
 
 pitcher. Sewers got hit advanc- ing Vincent to second, and Hedlund came to bat and clotted one into left field bringing home the winning run.
 Juneau made II hits from Bresh- CT, the Seward pitcher, and he famed of the Juneau batters. Seward make hits on Fry and he famed of their men.
 Thane and Juneau.
 Thane and Juneau then took the field to decide the winner of the first money Wells, the first Thane man up hit one into right field. The ball landed in a clump of deep grass and bushes and was lost, al- lowing him a home run. Thane was unable to score against the Juneau boys again until the 9th inning when Wells again made the rounds, and in the next inning Miller and Hodgkins both scored making the four runs made by Thane.
 Juneau was unable to score against Thane, finding it impossible to get onto Ford's delivery, until the fourth inning. Fry and Fossas both retired and then with two down, Ford presented Cloudy with base on balls. Vincent got hit advancing Cloudy, and Kesselring knocked high fly to first base which was muffed, scoring Vim cent Shepard got a hit scoring Kesselring and scored himself when Woodland dropped one over the shortstC)'s head. Woodland was caught off base and the side re. tired with four runs in their sock Vincent and Kesselring made scores in the fifth inning, which ended the scoring for the game. Winning that game assured Juneau the first money and Thano and Seward went to the field for a five-inning game for second money.
 Dry Balls Used Up. By this time all the dry ball! had been used and those left wert water-soaked and heavy. Good bal playing was impossible under tho circumstances and while Thane hat the big end of the score at the fin ish, anything was liable to happen
 Holt and Brcsher made score. for the soldiers in the third inning and Frasur made one in the fourth They were unable to fathom Olson! delivery and seemingly were unable to field on the wet grounds. They put up a good game all the wa, through and are to be highly com mended for their sportsmanship but at that they were forced tt leave the field disappointed.
 Wells and Sennett scored fol Thane in the first inning and Welll and Olson scored in the second in ming Kearney scored in the nex inning and in the fourth the whole team went wild and batted in si, runs. Most of them were presen on account of the poor fielding O the soldiers during the inning ant also due to the fact that the pitch CT was unable to do anything witt the wet balls. Wells, Sennett, Ga mora, Kearney, Miller and Hodgkin all scored and Seward was unabl, to connect in their last batting frame.
 Tuesday Nights Sports. In spite of the rain larg' crowd of people turned out Tuesda, night to watch the children's race which were held on the Pacific Coas dock at o'clock. The spectator lined the freight sheds on the rals ed platform under the shed roof ant were dry. while the judges, off cials, and racers took the brunt o the wetting which most of then received.
 The races were pulled of in rap i'd succession and were finished b. o'clock. Some of the events sche duled could not be pulled of, bu others were substituted in thei places.
 The events were as follows ant the winners came first, second. thirt and four in the order named be low:
 Girls Race, , Years-Josephin, Fontaine. Gertrude Wahlstcd, Wilm; Wahlsted.
 Boys Race, 5 Years-Jack Frei man, Paul Mcdonald, Francis La Rochelle, Chester Fontaine.
 Boys Race, 6 Years-Fred Bar rager. Victor Fontaine, Fred Fair ley. Jack Freiman.
 Girls Race. 2 Years-Esther Kas CT. Elizabeth Kaser, Arene Burke Boys Race. [ Year. Ralph Meek