The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-07-19


needed brace of counters were showed
across. 1t was one OF those good old
fashioned baseball games, chuck full of
timely hitting, good, bad and indiffer-
ent fielding, base running and lack OF
it. as well as the customary costly er-
rors These last named things fig
ured pretty considerably in the scor-
ing of both sides and were, indeed,
potent factors in the Smokers win.
Lucas, making his debut in a High
lander unit, was as unsettled as is
the condition in Russia and his stay
on the firing line was anything but a
joyful occasion to himself, even
though it greatly pleased the enemy.
Lucas had great difficulty in locating
the home platter and his five free
trips to first base issued the Smokers
were producing factors in the run get
ting. Frank Reil, late of the East
Coast League, was the pitching choice
of Manager Protein Black and, de-
spite a matter of three rocky innings,
was effective. holding the Highlanders
to a measly seven hits. Some wobbly
fielding behind Frank being RESPONSE
Bile for some of the Highlanders' runs
scored.
When HARRISON ran up the distress
signal in the beginning of the third
inning and chased Lucas to the show
ers, the pitching job was passed along
to Lefty Smythe, who broke into the
game with a vengeance and who de-
served better break than he got
two of the three runs made off his
delivery being accounted for by pair
of bobbles. The general defensive
play of the Highlanders was thing
that could have stood quite bit of
improvement. AT one moment it was
spectacular, the next of the class 2
variety.
Taking advantage of Lucas wild
ness in the early stages of the game
the Smokers got away to a good start,
anneXing five counters in fraction
over two innings. Leach began the af-
ternoons festivities with placing a
neat single in left field. Echols un-
dertook to sacrifice him to second,
however his bunt was high in the
air and Lucas took it in for the first
out. Nance singled to right field and
when the return was wide of the plate
Leach counted, Nance taking second
on the play at the plate. Beasley
grounded out to Stewart at second,
who had been brought in from the
outfield to fill Kowalski's place while
he and Mrs. Rose were holding love
feast at Orlando Brown drew four
that were wide of the plate and Dave
Brack famed for the final out of the
inning. Black began the second inn
ming with a long double to left field
and took third when Lucas elected to
make a play at third for him on
Burke's sacrifice to the box. Reil
walked as did Leach, the latter walk
counting Black with the second Smok-
er tally. Ech0ls and Nance were easy
infield outs and further scoring in this
frame was prevented.
The third inning proved the undoing
of Lucas. Beasley opened it with a
single to right and Son Brown dou-
bled to the same territory. Brack for
the second time in as many tries
famed. Brack scored and Brown
moved up to third.
SchCrling then delivered himself of
a costly error on Burke, and Brown
counted Lucas lost the location of
the plate and when for the second
time he walked Reil and Leach in a
row, Black counted. This saw the
passing of Lucas and the coming of
Lefty Smythe. Echols, first to face
Smythe, lined to Scott and Burke was
doubled off third.
Lefty took charge of the game at
this stage and continued its master
until the eighth inning when another
Smoker counter came over. Rel as
beginner, singled to right field. Fer
guson joined the Smokers and despite
the fact that Leach had been struck
out eventually managed to get him
down to first base on what he called
four balls. Echols bunted the horse
hide toward tn idrbase and when
Smythe and Scott refused to field it,
it went for a hit and the sacks had
a real jag on Nance hit to Gibson
who fumbled long enough for Reil to
score, recovering, however, in time
to got Nance at first base. Beasley
famed and Brown grounded out to
ellison. Lefty kept them away from
the plate until the twelfth inning when
they salted away the old ball game.
In this frame Jim Black, leading off,
came near to the undressing Scott at
third base and the wallop went for a
base blow. Burke beat out slow
roller to the infield and Reil famed
With Leach up, Schorling, attempting
to catch. Black off second, heaved to
eenterield and Jim counted. Leach
then doubled to right field, counting
Burke. Echols flew out to Smith in
left and Nance grounded to the in
field Twas damage plenty and the
game was a Smoker win.
We delivered ourselves of some base
blows, which, when coupled with a
bobble by Echols, netted US three runs
and at that time a oneFun lead. Ste
ward was given a life at first when
I7choIe hnofad his infield roller and