The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-23
BOBBLES PLUS
 BINCLES GIVE
 ELKS VICTORY
Turner and Hagerup Give Way to Jensen and Mc- Alister as Islanders Lose.

Even though yesterday was warm enough to loosen the taughtest mus cles and Timber the most brittle arms, it was no day for pitchers at least in the Gastineau Channel League
 Home runs nd two-baggers, singles and stolen bases, plus a few costly errors, all played their part as the once-lowly Elks marched over the Douglas Islanders for their second straight win this season. Seven runs to four was the final count by which the Purples yester- day firmly established their hold on first place in the league stand ings; and of those eleven runs only five were earned.
 True to predictions. the Island CTS started Dave Turner on the mound against the Elks, but the Purple brain trust crossed the dope by putting Erv Hagerup on the hill. Neither of the starting chuckers managed to last very long, but it was while they were carrying the burden that the battle was won and lost.
 Share Grief
 Hagerup was wild to start, but managed to get by the first frame without paying after clipping Eddie Roller with pitch and walking Andrews. Turner had more success to open with; turning three Elks batters back in a row. The second inning, however, gave both fingers full shares of grief. s The blow fell on Hagerup without warning. First man up, Pinkley sim gled and was immediately followed by Jensen who laid long drive through center for four bases and two Island runs. Then came Fur ners turn to feel the pressure.
 Four Runs Made
 Turner, freshly returned to the league, was not quite ready so early in the season to turn on full heat. and full heat was what was needed when the Purple bats began to click in that last of the second. A single and a steal for Foster, MacSpadden whiffed; but then-Recruit Her mann Russell came up with a double, Abramson and Hagerup fol- lowed with singles and Andrews let Bradley's grounder slip through his legs. Four runs were across and the Elks had lead from which they were never headed.
 Hagerup stayed on the hill to open the third for the Elks, but, after the first Douglas hitter, Balog, had dropped a double down the third base line it was decided that yes- terday was not Erv's day to shine so. McAlister went to the slab to finish the game McAlister aided himself with a double play to stop the Islanders without a score and then sailed through to the final frame without more than trifling trouble.
 Jensen Unfortunate
 That second inning barrage was too much shelling for Turner, how ever, and Mark Jensen shouldered the hurling duties for Douglas when the Elks came up in the last of the third. Jensen thereupon was ex- ceedingly unfortunate.
 Addleman opened the Purple at- tack with single and steal. For sythe walked. Next came an easy bounder to Manning with double play possibilities-but, Manning jug gled the ball and threw far too high to first, letting Addleman score and Foster fill first and second.
 MacSpadden drove out a long fly to center, driving Forsythe home while Foster held second Russell repeated the blow to put Foster on third from where Abramson put him across with his second single in a row
 Jensen pulled out then and set tied down to pitch very fine ball for the rest of the game; giving out only three more hits, one of which, in the eighth inning, was killed off by nice double play started by Jimmy Manning.
 McAIister in Trouble
 An error was also the cause of grief for McAlister in the first of the ninth, when the Islanders brought the largest crowd of the season to it's feet with one of their famed closing minute forays. Pink lev again started the affair with a single. He was nipped at second on a fielder's choice, but third and second were populated after Bon- ner laced out double. Then came the error, and it was McAlister's owr doing. On a simple play to the mound he hesitated too long. then