The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-17
DOUGLAS WINS
 OPENING GAME
 OF 1887 SEASON
Moose Lose Before Large Opening Day Crowd
 Contest Exciting One


 report, neverthless, suspicious was the inaugural of the 1887 Gastin- eau Channel Baseball League sea- son last evening. Right after the traditional ritual for baseball op- cnIngs, the Moose and Douglas ball clubs took the field for nine innings chockful of brilliant stops, sizzling drives, sparkling double plays and |. ploomer or two really colorful ball game in which the Islanders d"wned the defending champion Moose squad by ' to count.
 .....lu, ,neir efforts to the tunes of the Juneau City Band, the ball hawks staged lively pre-game lim- bcr up, while anticipatory fans con- tinued to pour into Firemen's Park till lwhen Umpire Ev Nowelll called play ball, the bleachers were filled, the fences were we'll lined and the right field was crowded with parked cars, one of the best opening day crowds in several years.
 Promptly at 5 o'clock, the honcr- ary batteries took their places. League President William A. Holz- Leimer, on the mound, caught Mayor catcher Tom Judson's sig nal, tied his good right arm into a knot and unloosed a Sinker that hit the dirt three feet in front of the plate while batter Frank Heinke, Vice-President of the League, created a vacuum in the neighborhood of the platter with a mighty swing
 Play Ball
 The Moose. then jogged to their positions on the field, Eddie Roller stepped into the hitter's box to lead off for the Islanders, and the season was under way. With their new suits, ordered to replace those burned in the big fire, not yet ar rived from the South, the Douglas players presented a motley array as they took their turns at the plate, nearly everything from overalls to evening clothes being included in their playing apparel - but = just wait until they climb into those new red suits.
 Though Bob Bonner, the Island CTS second hitter, reached first when hit with pitch by Moose hurler Bob Kimball and reached third on Claude Erskine's first hit of the season, Douglas was shut out in the opening frame. and pitch CTS battle ensued until the last of the third, when triple to the cars in deep right field by Hurler Kimball, single by Fritz Schlitz and an error put two runs across for the Moose. Kimball crossed the plate with the first run of the ball game. thereby winning the Arrow shirt offered by H. S. Graves, and Roller pulled the boot, to claim the twelve bottles of Regal Amber beer posted by George Brothers Pay'n- Takit. The case of Alt Heidelberg beer put up by the Jakeway Dis tributing Company went begging yesterday when no one came across with homerun, but is still held in escrow for the first hitter to crash out a four-bagger.
 Tt0O-Run Lead
 The two-run lead grabbed by the Paps looked not too good to the Islanders and they came up to start the fourth frame with fire in their eyes, and before the inning was over had put across four runs to take the lead from which they were never headed.
 A beautiful running snatch by Hiding Haglund robbed Mark Jen- sen, first Douglas hitter in the fourth, of what had appeared a sure extra-bas ht. but then the Islanders went to work. A walk, an error by Jack Schmitz, Moose shortstop, a single from the bat of Johnny Niemi, an error by Tex Hawkins, Moose backstop, another single, by Roller, and the Islanders had their three runs After blank ing the Paps in the last of the fourth, Douglas put across another run in the fifth, when Andrews and Jensen singled, and Red Gray got another safety to drive An drews across. Gray's hit was short drive over shortstop on which Hag- lund made great effort for shoe string catch.
 Another Score
 The Paps went down one, two, three in the last of the fifth, and the Islanders opened the sixth chukker with their fifth run. scored when Erskine singled through third and Stan Grummstt juggled the