The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-17
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The Hiehlanders' defense crumhled
in the fourth. SIKH and eighth inn.
ings of Saturdays gone for long
enough time TO enable the visitors
from Jacksonville to come in on the
long end of five to four score. Red
Craig deserved to win. pitching the
kind of bali it takes 10 win. and he
would have but for the ragged sup
port given him by the infeld, ellison
and Stewart being the chief Offend
erS.
Manager Stovan. Of the Indians.
started Sweetland a southpaw. who
chung to the ship until the beginning
of the eighth inning when with one
run lead Stovall decided that he had
best make preparations to win ball
game. SO he chased Sweetland and
sent in Claude Franks. an elongated
regular" pitcher who proceeded to
justify Smiling Georges Judgment
the Highlanders being unable to do
anything with his underhand delivery
Craig got by the first three frames
in apple pie order. only to fall the
victim to the ragged work Of his in
field in the fourth Shannon grounded
out to Stewart as starter Thomas
hit to ellison who lOafed on the ban
and on a close play at first it was
scored as a hit. II looked like an out
to the gang on the roof but Clark
who was calling them on the bases,
said it was safe. and safe it was
NOBLE whitfield at the three of Craie's
hooks and took a drink of water Me
haus hit to ellison who fumbled. re-
covered and then threw wide to Stew
art at third base. Thomas COUNTING
Lenoir made it three down when he
hit to Kowalski. Craig retired the In.
dams in order in the fifth only to get
in trouble in the sixth. DOYLE pried
the inning open with a single to cen
ter. Red" then bounced one off Of
Shannon's Stats and two were on with
none down. Thomas moved them up
peg with a sacrifice to the box. Molle
counted Doyle when he hit to ellison
at short, the play being made at first
base. Niehaus grounded to ellison
who booted the ball and Shannon
checked in at the home station. Me
haus ended the inning when he elect
ed to try out Smiths arm, Kowalski
making the play at second.
Craig frightened up in the seventh
and the visitors went out in one, two
and three order. The relief was only
temporary. however, as the real dam
age was done in the eighth inning
when brace of counters was showed
over by the visitors, giving them a
one-run lead and a baseball! game.
O'Day flew out to Jordan in left, who
made q pretty running catch of the
fly, for starter. Pete Doyle uncorked
his third hit of the afternoon, a short
fly to left center. Shannon put his
in the same territory and Pete took
third. Thomas scored him a moment
later with a base blow to the same
part of the field. Something happened
to the defensive system of the High
landers at this stage of the game for
Stewart let Gladu's peg to head off
Shannon get away from him and the
flashy short fielder of the Indians
counted. Thomas had been Logging it
around on the miscue and held up at
third Thomas got venturesome and
was in the middle of chase in a min
ute, the put-out going to Craig. Red"
must have tagged the young men
WHGIS lie llNCu, III uO SbOhtl Ndo the
out registered than Thomas took a
crack at Reds" jaw. The swing was
wild and no damage was done. The
players separated the belligerants and
the game proceeded, Molle making it
three down when he skied out to Jor-
dan in left. The ninth brought the
visitors no additional runs, com
modify of which they had plenty, de-