The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-11
MOOSE BATTLE ELKS AGAIN TO KNOTTED COUNT
Darkness Ends , to , Tie in Mondays Playoff
 of Another Tie

After getting five-run lead in the first two innings last night and driving Manning from the mound, the Moose kicked and toss ed away most of the margin with out delay and the Elks tied the count in a knot in the seventh and final inning, the game ending in semi-darkess with the score 5 to 5.
 Junge, relief hurler for the Bills, tanned the rampant Moose after he went in in the third, and had them eating from his hand like barnyard stock. He curve-b -balled the Moose sluggers to death, holding them to four singles and flaming six.
 Elks Get Breaks
 The Elks proved again they were able to capitalize the breaks when they get them Tn the third frame, they scored four runs on two err TOTS, fielder's choice, triple and two outs. Thfs, too, when they were apparently hopeless1y beaten. It was this ability to get around the bases that enabled them to work their way into another dog fall Thus, the game last night settled nothing. It was a tie playoff and ended in another tie. It leaves the Moose still in position to pull through to last half title and a Little Worlds Series. But. they have to win from the Vets once and the Elks twice before they can qualify for the local ball classic.
 Erskins, Nello Homer e
 Two homeruns in the first frame last night took the pep out of Jimmy Manning, Elks pitcher, and three more in the second on clean hits combined with a bruised left arm sent him to second base and tJunge to the mound. s9 to,...., With one away in the first frame Erskine clouted the apple far over center field for the circuit, his sixth homer, tying him with An drews and Boyd for leadership in that race. Nello. following Erskine. spanked the bill to the top of a house back of center and romped home with the second score of the inning. The next two were easy outs.
 The Paps added three more in the second. Jack Schmitz flew out to center. Murray and Ramsay singled. Osborne famed. Fritz Schmitz came through with Tex as Leaguer to short left, scoring Murray and sending Jimmy to third. Erskine smacked out his sec ond successive hit and Jimmy and Fritz counted. Manning famed Nello Murray's single was a freak. He hit to the box and the ball carromed off Manning's left wrist, falling safely.
 EIks Move Up
 The Elks went hitless and run less in the first two frames. GIn the third they took advantage of a Moose balloon ascension. Erskine knocked down Rollers hot ground CT, but had to make a lightning throw to first which Murray missed and Eddie went to second. Bon ner hit turf-cutter to short which Jack Schmitz missed and Roller scored, while Bonner went to second. Niemi grounded to short. J. Schmitz threw high to third to head off Bonner and missed him, and Niemi was safe at first also. Coughlin hit a slow roller to short, scoring Bonner and sending Niemi to second while Jack Schmitz threw Bobby out at first. Boyds ter rife grounder to center got away from Nello, who started in the wrong direction, and Niemi scored, Boyd pulling up at third. He scored from there on Andrews fly to deep right. Osborne was roasting on the bumper of a car in right waiting for the hit. which would have been a homerur1 if the Moose. fielder hadn't been playing so deep.
 Tie in the Seventh
 The Bills tied the count in the seventh. Roller led off with a triple to the right field fence.
 Bonner famed and Niemi was thrown out at first by F. Schmitz Coughlin dumped Texas Leaguer into short left. The ball took a wicked hop past Ramsay and Bob by raced to third, Roller scoring. Erskine wisely walked Boyd. Aft CT he had given Andrews three straight balls, he settled down and famed the Elks' slugger to end the inning.
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