The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-18
BY ROBERT e, DUNDoN,


work yesterday afternoon that they
are fast fielders, but rather weak
with the stick. They got only two
hits in the game. which was won
by the Colonels by the score of
to 0, but had 1t not been for cir !.
Gus catch by Bert Daniels in right
off Sorando. the islanders might
have scored at least one run, as
Daniels. running far over toward the
foul line, leaped out and speared the
drive. turning . complete pinwheel
but coming up with the ball. This
Is a typical Daniels play. one Of the
sort which made him famous when
a member Of the New York High.
landers.
Capt. ZEE" MidkiK, Of the West
Virginia State Militia. was right
there at second base. where he
subbed for Miller Going full tilt
to his right, MILDLY" harpooned q
seemingly certain blow from the bat
Of Valdez.
Not to be outdone by the Colonels,
the Cubans negotiated two sharp
double killings on nne drives, in
which the Kentuckians had at =.
tempted to get away with hit and
run plays. Both times. the runner
was caught SO far of base that It
was easy to complete the twin mas
sacre.
Warmer weather todays means
that the attendance should be at
least three times as large as that of
yesterday. when the "airish" con
ditions made 1t rather uncomforta
BILE for the spectators as well as
the players. The sudden change
back to summer conditions came as
a big surprise to the visitors from
the north. They had looked for a
frost this morning. and figured the
thermometer would stick around the
forties until noon.
| AHo tOIoucIS IcdNc mere " HUT
row morning at 11:4O o'clock for
Orlando, where they will have two
games with the Birminghams. man
aged by our good gossip Carlton
Molesworth. Friday and Saturday.
returning to Lakeland. Saturday
evening. The Barons yesterday
beat the Athletics, 8 to 4, which is
a pretty fair indication of the class
Of ball which they may be expected
to put up against the Colonels. and
the two games here with that club
lnext Monday and Tuesday should
draw we'll. However. the prize
package of the exhibition series is
the games with the Cubs, which will
be played here next Wednesday and
Thursday.
: In yesterdays game, Louisville
got away winging, in the first inn
ing scoring two runs on three passes
three stolen bases, a wild pitch and
an error.
The second period saw some mar
velous base running by the Ken
tuckians. Perry, first up. was hii
by a pitched ball. and Platte beat
out a perfect bunt. Midkiff sacri
J feed them to third and second, re-
spectively. Then, when a sigma
was given for the squeeze" play
Perry came tearing in for the plate
and Platte, also on the alert, was
almost at third before the ball was
pitched. Daniels delivered buni
down the first base line. and Platte
not hestitating, dashed for the plate
Perry had scored and even with g
. perfect throw, Platte might have
made it. However, the throw was
high. Daniels in the meantime had
kept on running, and by putting OF
all speed he managed to "hool
slide" into third when the catcher
made a careless return to the pitch
er. which is going some, three bases
on a bunt.
Midkifts nf1eld single and steal ol
second, with Callahan's single, gave
i, one more in the seventh. In the
. eighth. stansbury singled and tool
}. second on q wild pitch. Weinberg
walked. Crossin sacrificed. After