The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-06
D0UCLASSTEALS MARATHON GAME ON MOOSE MUFF
Ninth Inning Pap Weakness Lets Islanders Cop from
 Behind Tn Overtime

Telling resolutely through seem- ingly endless innings. Left-winged Johnny Smith, stalwart of the Mccse pitching staff, saw his mar TOW one-run lead over the Douglas Islanders twice kicked away behind him, until in the darking reaches the thirteenth inning his arm could no longer keep on leash the red clad sluggers, weakening at the last to let an Island runner stride across the plate with the run that blasted the 2 to 2 deadlock of last eve nines Gastineau Channel League game.
 Plagued by fluke and pebble, Smith matched pitch for pitch with both the top Douglas chuckers, Dave Turner and Claude Erskine, and 1t was only through a combination of unhappy circumstances that a dying effort of the Douglas Fire men in the ninth inning resulted in a knotted score and extra ln- nings; extra innings from which the flanders scratched out their mar row victory while the Moose again tumbied to solitary confinement ln the league dungeon.
 Mix Again Tonight
 But though in lonely possession of the leagues cellar spot after fall ing behind the Islanders Sunday the Moose will have more than ar even chance to climb back up ano share second position with the Doug las nine this evening, when the tWt teams meet again to play off thell seven-inning game twice-postponeo from May 24 Advantage in pitch ing will lie with the Moose tonight for. while Smith was going the whole route, the Islanders sent botE their prize fingers into the fray yesterday, and now will have tC oppose the slants of the Moose Kim ball and Converse with only the tailings of their pitching staff.
 Heart-racking from all angles was last evenings ball conflict, wherein eleven errors, made by the two teams, did more to settle the out come than resulted from the same uumber of well-distributed hits Both errors and hits were appor- toned on six to five basis with the Moose coming in for the six cut oi both classifications and thereby their own undoing through that ode error.
 Fluke Spells Win
 And odd indeed was that odd er- TOT, that chanced in the last hall of the ninth, when, leading two runs to one and moving through the pre- ceding innings in well-oiled fashion the Moose seemed to have the game all but tucked away in their wal bag
 It was just one of those too pop flies. Blooping off the bat ol Claude Erskine, it lobbed its short parabola through the skies to come to rest in the ready mitt of Moose short-patcher Jack Schmltz - bu' only momentary rest, for, screwine from his clutch it tumbled to tho clay while Erskine spurted his way to first base Then followed two fast infield outs that should have brought the game to an end, bu1 instead forced Erskine and left Sammy Nelson on first base.
 Still. however, the game seemed fhe property of the Moose, for two strikes were quickly called against Mark Jensen, the Hast chance" hit ter. Then, either minimizing ol tired, Smith tossed soft pitch dowr .Iensen's slot Lofting from Jensen's bat, the ball arched tantalizingly over second base. Centerfielder Mar tin did manage to tip it on the run but from his outStretched glove i suuirmed free along the turf, nim. ply dodging pursuing fielders while Nelson sprinted madly around the paths to spike the plate with tho run that stretched the battle foul frames longer.
 Through the tenth inning witt no one reaching first, the game con. tinued Short singles to right fielo opened the eleventh for both teams but mixed-up base running killed off Bob Kimball and the Paps chance while. drive to Martin al center went for double-killinl to nip the Islanders. Through tht twelfth with the Moose getting run ners to third and second, but nc farther; then into the thirteenth tht battle waged.
 Neccmer Breaks Tie
 Kelly Blake as far as second, wa. the sum of the Moose efforts in tht opening half of the fatal frame then Lonny Grant, newcomer catch.