The Ocala evening star., 1922-05-03
LAKE CITY TEAM
WILL MEET OCALA
A Good Game Will Open the Season
At Hunter Park Tomorrow
Afternoon
(L. T. Il

4uS games SCn6QQ1eQ Win ROLLINS
College to open the baseball season in
Ocala had to be cancelled because the
Rollins team was unable to make the
trip. Secretary Bryant and President
Rose kept the wires hot yesterday in
an effort to schedule some other games
for this week and found Lake City
with open dates. Lake City will play
three games here-Thursday, Friday
and Saturday.
The ball park is in good shape now
and the team is showing up well. The
practice yesterday indicated that we
have jam-up mfeld. Taylor an
nounced the following lineup in bat
ting order to be used in the first
game: Taylor, SIS; Brooks, 1b; Lid
dell, cf; Van Landingham, 3b; Woods,
| If; Overstreet, C; Harris, rf; Harold
Smith, 2b; Boswell, p. Leavengood,
Stephens, Horne, Brennan, Eddington
and Kirk Smith, substitutes. This
lineup will be used in tomorrow's
game but is not final. Several of the
men playing the bench tomorrow will
be given place on the team in other
games in order to give them a try
out.
Taylor is going good this year. He
snoops them up from the grass and
drags them down from the sky in
regular form. His hitting does not
seem to be as strong as it might but
a game or two will tell better than
practice. Joe Brooks is as good at
the first end of this season as he was
the last of the 1921 season. His NIT
Is a tar bucket and he is strong with
the willow. Jimmie Liddell-nuf sed.
(He bats left-handed now).
Van Landingham, the recruit from
i Rollins, is playing third and he surely
plays that sack like an old-timer. Van
has the stuff. I'll leave it to you.
Come look him over and if he isn't the
red hot stuff the drinks are on me.
/ Harry Woods is in the outfield this
lyear, not because he isn't good catch
er, but because the management wants
him to hit the old apple on the nose.
Harry still drives the hot ones along
the third base line Overstreet is try
ing out for catcher. He played with
Winter Garden during part of last
year and has played with Rollins. He
has a good peg and catches good
game. If he will connect with the
pill consistently he may rest assured
that he is hired.
Harris at bat. My gosh! See that
boy hit! The old timer still has some
two-baggers up his sleeve. Harold
Smith looks good on second. He is
one of our high school boys and has
played ball all over the county. He
is as fast as creased lightning and
hits well. Kirk Smith, our other Sec
ond baseman, has some real stuff in
him but his job is interfering with
baseball. 1t is sincerely hoped by all
the fans that he will be able to ar
range his work so that he can at
least play with the team on the home
diamond. Kirk is real second base
man.
Boswell beat Yale. Watch him put
the hooks to Lake City. Leavengood
is trying for right field this year. He
| is Judging flies well and hits consist
emily. Stephens is also out for the
right garden and is a catcher of nc
mean ability. Norman Horne has the
stuff in his arm this year. He is a
real pitcher. Eddington is a new
local pitcher. He will work in one OF
: the three games with Lake City and
we will see what he has. Joe Bren-
nan is trying for first and has base
ball head worth lot to the team.