Jacket Rally Falls Short As Parkers Win 7-4, April 20, 1960

Sports Staff
Daily Commercial
April 20, 1960

The Leesburg Yellow Jacket baseball squad traveled to Harper-Shepherd Field in Winter Park Yesterday, but dropped a 7 to 4 decision to Winter Park High.

The Parkers got their margin of victory in a big fourth and sixth innings, scoring three runs in each.

A seventh-inning Leesburg rally produced two runs - but fell short of catching the Parkers five-run advantage at that point.

Batteries for Leesburg were Cyrus Huff and Bates. Williams and Hartung were the Winter Park batteries.

Here is the line score:
Leesburg     001 100 2 - 4  3  1
Winter Park     001 303 x - 7  8  3    

1960 Leesburg High School Varsity baseball Team

1960 Leesburg High School Yellow Jackets Varsity Baseball Team

FIRST ROW: Donald Hoornstra, Dickie Huff, Randy Brown, Lynn Bates.

SECOND ROW: Douglas Mumford, Johnny Ward, Buddy Stone, Jerry Emerson, Barry Stegall, Mike Cyrus, Lee Evans, Manager.

Big Inning Gives Jackets 4 to 1 Win Over Apopka, April 13, 1960

Sports Staff
Daily Commercial
April 13, 1960

A three-run spurt in the fifth inning fave teh Leesburg yellow Jacekt baseball team a 4 to 1 victory over Apopka in a game played here last night.

Two singles and three Apopka bobbles contributed to the big inning, which gave the Jackets an Orange Belt conference victory.

Mumford held the Orange Countians well in check during most of the game. Chandler was the Apopka hurler.

Here is the line score:
Apopka 000 000 0 - 1  4  5
Leesburg 000 031 x - 4  6  1

Season Ends Monday Night, May 3, 1959

Sports Staff
The Daily Commercial
Sunday, May 3, 1959

SEASON ENDS MONDAY NIGHT. Playing Sanford for the last game of their season will be the L.H.S. baseball team. Players are (front, from left) Ferrell Young, Randy Brown, Dick Fletcher, Lynn Bates, Max Wettstein, Buddy Stone; back row, Barry Stegall, Roger Clark, Doug Mumford, Johnny Ward, Lee Evans (manager).


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DeLand Blanks Leesburg Nine By 11-0 Score, May 1, 1959

1959 Leesburg High School Varsity Baseball Team

Sports Staff
The Daily Commercial
Friday, May 1, 1959

DeLand's fastball pitching Burnett kept the L. H. S. baseball team scoreless last night with DeLand's 11 runs ending the game at the fifth inning.

Though Randy Brown and Barry Stegall hit in the third, Doug Mumford and Padgett (hitting for Hornstra) in the fourth, and Johnny ward in the fifth, Leesburg was unable to get a man past second base.

DeLand scored four runs in the first inning. In the third , a three base hit by Underhill opened the gate for five runs.

Barry Stegall, pitching for Leesburg, held the visitors to one hit in the fourth, but they scored two in the fifth.

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Leesburg, Florida 34748
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