The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-01
Eleven Inning Game With Score
Standing Two to Two Finally.
Called OFF = Humphries Han
dies the Ball With His Old Time
Pep and Visitors Get Few Hits.

A combination Of the clements, in
Guiding darkness and rain, broke M
yesterday afternoon classic at the
local ball park between the Highland
eie and the Islanders. with tn" count
byo an Barring the initial inning,
when three errors coupled with as
many hits after TWO men were down,
enabled the Islanders to dent tn
ruhhor tWiro, tine game was as pretty
us one would want to soc.
"Old Master HUMPHREYS drew the
assignment Tor mound duty from
Manager Reed ana WAS in rare form,
retiring the Islanders in order from
the third To the ninth innings inclu-
sive. As before mentioned the dam
age was done with two men out.
Chandler had singled to right field
and attempted to steal second. Smith ;
throw had him beat mile-but ami
thereby hangs a tale Reed dropped
the throw and the runner was safe.
Shannong singled to left and Cham
dler counted once when Gladu let the
hit get between his legs. McGee sin
glcd 10 left and Stewart duplicated
Gladu's stunt and Shannon counted.
Holiday ended the inning by flying
To Norton i'm right field.
The Islanders threatened again in
the second but ihc "Old Master was
there in the piuCheS and re- ired the
side without damage being done
Thereafter the Islanders went out in
enc. two. three order until the tenth
inning when Tee singled to left field
after Two were down and in the final
INNING Chandler singled to center
and made the final out when he at
tempted to pilfer the keystone sack.
Both of the markers scored for the
Ilghlandcr4 were of the earned va
viety ana the direct result of an attack
launched against the delivery of Mr.
CuSack. pitcher-calcher of the |!
lander aggl cgation. Cusack held the
HighlanderS SCurclcSs until the fourth
inning when Il single and a Triple
with one down melted the locals Il
tally. Gladu opened this frame by
flying out 10 right field. Norton singled
to center and scored a moment later
when Cashion tripled to the same To-
cality Stewart hi to third and
Cashion was held while Mccarthy
was throwing Stewart out at first
Smith ended the inning by hitting to
Cusack for an easy out at first The
fifth and sixth were productive of no
results as far as the locals were con-
cerned. In the seventh they managed
to tie up the old ball game. Gibson
opened the inning with a clean sim
gle over short "Old Master" Bert
decided that now was the accepted
time in which to register a blow of
the two ply variety and sent one to
the left field fence scoring Gibson.
Bert was conserving his energy and
Grew up a the Keystone sack Bert
took third on an infield out and died
there when the other hitters failed to
deliver in the pinch.
In the tenth inning occurred the
only unpleasantness to mar the Occa-
sion. Roache had beaten ont an in
field hit and after Gladu had flied out
to first and Norton had flied out to
center he stole second. Cashi0n was
Up and Spencer called the first one,
which hit in front of the plate ball.
When Cashion got back in the box
Dit had reversed himself and called
the throw a strike In the argument
which ensued Cashion was elected
from the game and Payne sent in to
hit for him Sam grounded out pitch
er to first, and the old game remained
in a tie.
The locals half of the eleventh was
a blank and at this stage of the game
Spencer called it on account of dark
ness.
Craig or Watts will work this af-
ternoon. while Manager Martin will
possibly use Wilder or Stewart