The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-18
MOOSE LOSE TO VETS IN LONG FIGHT
Drops Out of First Half Race by Losing Ten In- ming Game Yesterday

Bob Keaton pitched fine game yesterday afternoon at tke ball bark, while the other members hf the Legion team hit, and punched their bingles in the right hammer. They won from the Moose by a 10 to 5 score in a came that went ten innings be- lore a winner could be picked. By virtue of this victory the Vets are only one-half game be- bind the Elks, who hold top place |n the City League standings, While the Moose are definitely but of the running, for no matter What happens in the remaining James, either the Legion or the Glks will finish ahead of the Maps. As things now stand the Miners can tie for top honors at The most, but if the Elks win the |kame against the Vets this eve Ding the first half honors cannot De taken from them.
 To return to the torrid contest |Sesteriay, Keaton's pitching abili- '1y is shown by the lone fact he s5truck out fifteen men. He allow .ed a total of ten hits, and his Emates made four bingles, the Fame number made by the Moose, put when an opportunity to score |,ame the Legionnaires were all |here with the goods. They touch led three Moose beavers for six <een hits. Keaton practically won [his own game, for he hit homer ] ind three singles in five trips to fhe plate. He scored two men khhead of him on his homer, and EEallied in the tenth.
 E How They Scored E Things went along nicely until khe third inning, when the Vets Ebut across three runs. The Moose k'etaliated in the same frame with Two markers. The Legion put &pver two more in the fourth, and Hhe Paps got another in the fifth. HThere matters stood until the Fnmth when the Moose got two tanore.
 N Those two runs were in hot Elispute for a time, for a hard 2hit by P. Schmitz struck the fair Epall line on the right field fence |hnd bounded off foul. Umpire C.. kH. MacSpadden called it fair 5Dall, and two runners came in, Ewing the score. The ball was <good for the circuit. In the tenth
 he Vets put over five more runs Rnd copped the contest.
 Several new men were seen in Uniforms for the first time here Eesterday. Gist, who has been or Fhe Oregon State College squad Tor the past year, played fine Fame at first for the Moose, and Collected three hits out of four E5 times at bat Teckler, new first
 baseman for the Legion, got two
 hits out of five times, while Chick kshby, who was tried at right
 field and short for the Vets hit
 wo times out of six trips to the
 ubber.
 Vets Start Out
 Midkiff walked to open the
 hird. Teckler hit for two bases
 Nidkiff going to third. They
 Bcored ahead of Bob Keaton when | hat gentleman hit a homer. The
 hext three men went out.
 Junge opened for the Moose in
 he same frame with a single past
 short. Nello struck out. F. bchmitz hit a grounder into cen lerfield. Both runners advanced
 base when Schmitz's hit was
 umbled by Midkiff. Gist sacri-
 iced, scoring Junge, and F.
 5chmitz came in on Keany's
 louble into deep left.
 < In the first of the fourth Eeinke
 vas hit by Junge. Thomas fan |led. Manning doubled into right Ikield. Teckler flew out to center While Manning stole second. B.
 keaton hit past third base, Mid
 kiff going to third. Keaton stols
 econd but both runners expired
 khen Mcdonald flew out.
 Moose Score Some
 With two away in the fifth F.
 schmitz was safe at first on
 danning's error. He went to sec