The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-09
K|MbALL WALKS DOUGLAS INTO FIRST PLACE TIE
Errors Offset Moose Hitting to Give Islanders
 7 to 6 Win

Bob Kimball, lanky Moose rlgilt- handler. held the Douglas Islanders to three safe hits on their own Island field last evening, but had spells of wildneSs which netted the Douglas team three gift markers and enabled it to edge out lhe Moose to go into a tic for ffSo place in the Gastineau Channel League standings.
 The Moose dynamiters, led by Joe McNamee, who collected three to- three, again sent the ball to al. corners of the lot for total Of eight bingles, but fielding errors at crucial moments, plus the half doz- en walks and hit batter handed out py Kimball more than evened up for his eight strikeouts and otherwise fine pitcing, to send the Paps home to Juneau on the short end.
 The Islanders garnered an open ing lead of three runs in the last of the first when Roller led off with walk and was followed by Manning's single. A fly accounted for Erskine but Grant was safe on Jack Schmitz' error to fill the bags Then Rodgers collected free trip to force in Roller and Jensen fol- lowed up with a double for two more counters.
 Terrific Drive
 Joe McNamee, taking Werner's place at third for the Moose, open ed the second with a terrific drive to center that went for only three bases when it hit a telephone wire and dropped short of the fence, but Martin scored McNamee a mo- ment later with single. Then Douglas double-killing got Martin and Jack Schmitz, but Converse walked and went all the way around for the second Moose tally on Kimball's single which Erskine let roll through him in left field.
 The Paps brought the count back to even terms in the first of the fourth when a fielder's choice put Jack Schmitz on first and Converse was hit by a pitch to fill the first two stations. Rod gers muffed Grants throw to nip Converse off first and Schmitz went on into home.
 Four in Fourth
 But the tied score was short lived: the Islanders coming back for four more markers in the last of the fourth. Bonner walked to open the action, Niemi flied out and the Paps had a perfect double play setup on Woods bounder to the box, but Fritz Schmitz missed Kimballs' throw to second and both runners were safe. Kimball got Rol- Ter on strikes, but then went sky high, walking Manning and Erskine to force one run across and hitting Grant with a pitch to give away a second tally. Rodgers then singled to score the final two Douglas runs.
 Spotted to a heavy lead, the Islanders just managed to defend it when the Moose massed a walk and two singles off Jensen in the first of the fifth. Erskine then re- placed Jensen on the hill, but the maestro fed Joe Snow a ball that he liked two-bases worth and Blake and Haglund romped home, while Snow went to third as Fritz Schmitz was being snared between the hot corner and the plate. Grant then let a pitch slip through him and Snow counted. McNamee singled, but a second Douglas in-slaughter closed out the frame.
 The Moose themselves came up with a double-play to halt the Islanders without damage in the last of the fifth, while Erskine finished the last two innings with only three batters facing him in each while Kimball did the same against the Islanders in the last of the sixth.
 The Score by Innings