The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-14
MOOSE TAKE
 DOUGLAS IN
 7 TO , WIN
Field and Benches Crowd. cd for First Island
 Game of t939

S While some 300 people sprawled in adjacent vacant grass grown lots and a beer parlor photograph played s. Take Me Out tc the Ball Game, the Moose ball club played seven innings victory over the Islanders last night, 2 to g. the first game of the season on the Douglas side of the channel
 9 A bright sun shining on third base, few errors. and mess o1 2 two-base hits made easy by the A right field combination of minor bluff deep grass, many spectators, e gaping basement where a house E stood before the fire, an afteriai 3 street and nearby stores, gave the S Moose their win.
 @ Moose got the first tally in the N second inning when Orme singled, d vent to second on Werners Jumper N to the mound. then came home when 4 Erskine threw low to first on Berry | essa's grounder.
 % The Islanders took the lead back, however. in their half of the sec % ond. Jensen hit through second, q stole second and went safely to third 4 on Werner's error on Manning s N bounder, Niemi walked, and with & the bases loaded, Grant singled to bring in Jensen and Manning but S Niemi was cut off at the plate. ES Again At Work
 S Tn the next inning, Moose guns 4 went to work and garnered three runs with chucker Smith starting S the fireworks with a three-base hit past the DouelaS Coliseum Theatre n Converse doubled and Marquardt s walked. Lonnie Grant tried to catch Marquardt off the bag and s threw wild, Converse running home, ! Marquardt pulling up at third. E Snow then got a double, scoring Marquardt for the last tally of the inning.
 S The first of the fifth. with the s Moose at bat was a wild one. 4 Haglund went to first when Man ming errored on a grounder, then | took second on Turner's wild pitch Marquardt earned himself another , walk and then it happened & Joe Snow came to the plate, reached for a wide ball and drove it down third base. Manning forced . out Haglund, then threw high over Andrews head Andrews retrieved and threw to Manning to cut off at third, but Manning, blinded by the sun, turned his back on the ball, A More Runs Made ' Result Marquardt scored and
 Snow went to third. Orme. next
 man up, singled, scoring Snow,
 Werner doubled, putting Orme on
 third, and Berryessa singled. scoring
 Orme.
 With the score ' to 2, Douglas
 tried vainly to close up. They earn
 ed one run in their half of the fifth
 when, with Erskine on first and Fur
 her on third, the two executed that
 prettiest play of baseball, the double
 steal for score.
 Marquardt wheeled to nip Frs
 kline at first, but Erskine legged it
 to second and got their safely when
 Converse entangled his mitt in Frs
 kine's legs while Turner romped
 home.
 In the next inning. Douglas SCOT
 ed another run. but thanks to Jim
 my Orme in left field. no more.
 Jensen took first on being hit by
 a pitched ball. took second on a
 passed ball. and went to third on Rollers single.
 With two men aboard, and the Douglas fans hollering for their old
 hero, Jimmy Manning, he slammed
 high ball over the left field al- falfa
 Makes Good Catch
 Jimmy Orme. looking down and looking up alternately as he watched
 the ball and climbed ditches. through
 tall grass and across the street, made the catch. Jensen scored af- ter the catch, but the hit might very well have been a homer.
 Douglas scored again in the sev- enth frame. but couldn't make the hits when they were needed most.
 In the prize awards, Douglas won a case of beer from Joe Reidi on the first Douglas double play. Orme won the chop suey dinner for four from the Owl Cafe with the first single and also five gallons of gas from w A. Fleek: Jensen won a slab of bacon from his competitors Warmers Grocery; Werner won a gallon of wine from Mike Pusich for the first error by Juneau fielder; Smith won a case of beer