The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-31
EARLY
 ERRORS GIVE
 DOUGLAS WIN
Islanders Put Across Five Runs in Two Innings Be-
 forePurples Settle Down


 In accordance with the usual Purple practice, a pickup Elks lineup, boosting seven bona-fide Elk ball players and two perform CTS borrowed from the Moose, kick cd the ball game away in the first couple of innings of their battle last evening. then spent the re- maining innings trying to win it back. Also in accordance with the usual outcome, the efforts at re- demption failed and the Douglas Islanders walked off the field with 5 to 1 win, entrenching them more firmly in the league lead.
 Hits were evenly balanced be- tween the two squads, both Elk Turler Fry Hagerup and Island Finger Mark Jensen giving up six safe blows, all singles except a double rapped out by ExUmpire, ! now Elk center-gardener Ev Novel; | on his first trip to the plate this season. But, though the Purples made only two more errors than { the Islanders, they punched four of their boots in the first inning to let trio of Douglas runs across the plate, and smoothed the path | TOT the other two Island tallies l ia the escond frame with their ! fifth bobble
 Double Wasted
 After the Elks had opened the ] ball game by wasting Nowell's l double, Roller touched the match to the Douglas fireworks in the | last of the first with a single i what looked like a sure force of Roller at second and most likely a double staying, but second sacker Bob Duckworth muffed Fosters toss to second and Manning reach ed first and Roller went on to the i third station before the pellet was recovered
 While Manning was stealing sec- ond Erskine famed, but Red Gray then came through with a single that counted both Roller and Man. ming. Duckworth then booted An drews' dribbler and both first and second were again full. Jensen fol- lowed with another easily hit ball to second and Duckworth made his third mispiay, the ball rolling to center field while Gray romped home. Andrews rounded second while Novel; was chasing the ball, but the former arbiter retrieved the horsehide and made throw that should have nipped Andrews at third, had Foster not bungled the catch. Jensen, meanwhile went all the way to second.
 Nelson, owever, followed by grounding out and Hagerup famed Nlemi to end the inning.
 Again a Menace
 The Elks were menace in the second when Big Mac" MacSpacl- den led off with a single and reached second when Hurler Jensen let Converse's roller slip under his glove while all the rest of the |. Douglas team thought he had gathered it. MacSpadden went to 1l third and Converse from first to second when Duckworth was put out at first by Andrews, but there they died as Hagerup flied out With one out in the last of the { second, Roller again singled to right and Manning hit into what might { look to be a second opportunity for double play, but that time Jimmy Orme threw wild to Ted Adams who had taken over the keystone sack from Duckworth, and again both Roller and Manning were out of jeopardy. Erskine grounded out, advancing both run ] ners, and again Gray came up with a single to score the men on the paths. Gray was caught try , ing to go to second, for the third out.
 Down 1-2S3 Nothing happened in the third inning, but, with two out, Adams and Converse singled and Duck worth strolled to crowd the cush- ions for the Elks in the first of | the fourth. The threat ended how i ever, when Hagerup missed another | chance to win his ball game, fore ing Cuckworth at second. The ( Islanders went down in order in l the last of the fourth. the Elks It duplicated the first of the fifth. :, and it took only three pitches for E Hagerup to retire Douglas in the last of that inning.
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