The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-11

Elks ..-........... ? 0 4 0 2 10 ' Wild and woody, wide-open base
 ball was the order of the day from
 the first inning of yesterday af-
 ternoons opening ball game of
 Juneaus Little World Series. Before a reasonable facsimile of Ia Flatbush crowd of rooters, the Eiks tcok an early lead in the first inning, were tied by the All Stars in the top of the fourth; ! then came the terrible sixth for the Elks, and the seventh tied up the game with a blue ribbon for
 the All-Stars.
 It would he difficult in game
 so full of action to pick any single
 star Perhaps Nielsen rated at about the top of the heap, get ting a home run and two singles for five trips to the plate. He also
 distinguished himself with long run in from lis left field spot almost to thild base outside fair territory to snag foul hit by Cantillion in the ninth inning.
 Nielsens three for five, with
 three runs, was equalled by Hous-
 ton of the Elks, who singled in the first, third and fourth, SCOT \ ing each tine Playing at second, Houston made four put-outs and { rated two assists, being in on a
 double-play in the fifth with Werner and Snow.
 Other All-Stars high on their .batting were Jensen and Dean,
 each with three for five with two
 runs, Jensen including homer
 in his record Pasquan got three
 hits fer six times at bat. including a single and two doubles. And
 Joe Snow of the Elks got two for
 fcu, including home run. t--.--e opens
 The opening of the game saw Elk pitcher B. Palmer strike out J SMierzejewski and Pasquan, while Nielsen singled and then went out trying to stretch it to double.
 The Elks tock over, and promptly tallied two runs.
 Houston led off, singing into center field Werner grounded out to shortstop. Cantillion struck
 cut Snow walked, and Holloway
 came up. On a wild pitch, Hous-
 ton came in from third to score. ! Holloway singled to left field, 1, but Snow was held at third. Guy ,,sCepped into the batter's box, but Holloway was intentionally caught kyff first, allowing Snow to steal Shome and tally the second run. b Neither team scored in the sec end inning In the third, Bud Phelps, Alf-Star pitcher, earned .Ithe distinction of being toth the
 first and last man to strike out lThat was minor to what happened 1, in between his times at bat, how ever.
 l Mierzelews.il doubled to the cen- Y CT field fence. Nielsen walloped i hcma run over the fence, scor- < ing the two of them. Pasquan sfcllowed with a single past second, \ and Jensen rang up another hom- \ CT.
 \ That wasn't all Forsytne was
 hit by a pitched bali and went to fsecond on a wild pitch Dean AEflied out to center field, then pRolliscn doubled, bringing For 8sythe home for the fourth run. .puetzel singled, but both he and Rollison were left on base as Phelps came up-with a hole in
 his bat.
 Another Homer \ The Elks did all right that in- \ hing. too. Houston led off with K h single, and went to second on Fla wild pitch. He needn't have i. bothered, because Joe Werner sent sthe ball into the creek to bring Ilthem both home
 Cantillion singled to right. Snow 1knocked one into the dirt and Phelps ,2rrored, letting him reach Nfirst and putting Cantillion on fthird. Manager Holzheimer sent Floberg in to pitch and Holloway picked up an early offering for
 a double past Nielsen in left field. :. scoring Cantiliion. The ball was begged in fast enough to put out tSnow coming in to the plate, how Aever. and Holloway was left sit n ,lng on the sack as Guy grounded put to the mound and Gear struck
 out.
 M In the top of the fourth, Nielsen !scored for the AllStars after get sNing to first on an error. A single flbv Jensen brought him in. For the Elks, Houston scored, getting Bon base with a Texas leaguer and i coming home as Nielsen played thumbs with Werner's center field ( jingle.
 \ Came the fifth inning, and Dean singled for the All-Stars, cnly to & be caught in a double play with Cope. Rollison was the first out, however, following Dean with 7flv to second. The double play Twas from short to second to first . Only score for the Elks in the q bottom half was Shows circuit bit Ts:I-;,~,r T, okIa NItNt