The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-13
DOUGLAS COPS
 HURLINC DUEL, FREAK SINGLE
Er rskine Takes 10 Win Over Foster and Elks-
 Game Tonight, Douglas

Douglas diamond magic last eve ming composed one run out Of a solid double, a freak single and an untamed heave, as the Islanders climbed into first place in the Gastineau Channel League aver ages at the expense of the Elks.
 The pitchers were the big guns of yesterdays nine-inning affair, and both Bud Foster, ElkS' chuk- CT, and Claude Erskine, his Douglas opponent, went to their posts load ed for elephant. at least.
 After a narrow thing for Erskine in the opening inning, both hurlers breezed along in untroubled fash ion, high-handedly chilling off hit ters in no uncertain manner, as six scoreless frames slipped by.
 It was in the first of the seventh that the Douglas brew came to boil. The inning before had seen a fur ny of red-suited excitement as possible run reached third base, but that cast had fizzled A resound- ing smack opened the Douglas drive, Mark Jensen leading off with a two-base clout to deep right center. A pop-foul gathered in by the Elk catcher, Addleman, laid one Islander away and brought Bobby Bonner to bat Bonner had been the only Douglas lad to err afield during the game, but had more than evened off his muffs with pair of ringing drives down the third-base line.
 Not to be caught again, Ward McAlister, Elk hot corner sentry, moved over almost on top the base, where he waited for Bonner to pole the horseside his way. It came his way, but not quite as expected. It came as a short, twisting, dipping, outlandish lob that settled out of the reach of pitcher, shortstop and just too far away for McAlister to pluck from where he was playing. When Mo Ahster did gather the ball in on the bound. it was too late to keep Jensen from spiking third and with but a bare chance to beat Bonner to first
 Throwing on the run and out ot position, McAlister heaved wild over first, letting Jensen score the all- important run, while Bonner went around to second, where he died.
 Coming in for their turn at bat, the Elks were really determined to score, but a squeeze play blew up on them when Hagerup forgot to bunt at the scheduled moment and Forsythe was forced back to third base and tagged out. A single and two offerings had advanced For sythe to the third station. That was the last Elk effort, lone single in the last of the ninth being all they could add the rest of the game.
 After getting away to a weak start, when he granted two singles in a row with only one out in the first inning, Erskine ranged his sights on the plate and pitched beautiful baseball. Fosters pitching performance was likewise decidedly top-notch, and, though the Elk hurler did not quite match Err skines work, it was no fault of his that the game was lost.
 Both ends of the batteries en- joyed heyday's yesterday, the catch CTS of both squads coming in for their shares of glory through rifled throws that picked four would-be base -stealers off at second. Each receiver nipped off two scalps.
 The same two squads are due to meet tonight in a seven-inning tilt to be played on the Douglas diamond, a game postponed from May 31. McAlister is ready to take the mound for the Purples as they try to climb back into the league lead. Just who Douglas will pitch now that Erskine has done his long awaited bit is not yet decided
 Tonight's battle is to get under way at the regular time, 6:30 o'clock, weather permitting.