The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-07-26

Ocala is nothing if not an entertain
er of strangers.
immediately after the big Fourth of
July celebration in OcaIa was over,
Mayor Fishel and other enterprising
citizens got their heads together and
planned digger and better" gala
day for our city than we had on Lib
erty's birthday.
And the result was yesterdays inn
mense crowd of sightseers in Ocala.
The Plant System alone issued 1884
paid tickets and brought throngs of
passengers to Ocala from nearly all
points Of the state from Punta Gorda
on the south to Bakers Mill, above
Jasper, on the north. Besides the
paid tickets there were many who
came on passes, and it is safe to say
that more than twenty-five hundred
including children-came over the
Plant System.
The Sesboard Air Line, though CIV
ing no rates, brought in quite a num-
Der of excursionists.
And il is estimated that at least a
thousand people came from the county
in vehicles, on horseback and on foot.
Thus il will be seen that Ocala en-
tertsined over three thousand people
perhaps four thousand.
The beginning of the days program
was a bicycle race, in which Moses
Liddell captured first prize, and Mar
Gus Frank, the hustling advertising
manager of the Boston Store, second.
The race among the colored boys re-
suited in Henry Dickson winning first
prize, and "Redeye" second.
The sack races, as usual, were full of
fun for the spectators as we'll as par
Elephants. Olebia Landers and Walter
lOnge won the prizes in the white
boys contest; and Horace Whaley
and Charlie LaBerth won the colored
boys prizes.
Claude HAYNES, the limp" of the
Star office, proved to be the best
climber of the greasy pole" and was
awarded the ham which had been sus-
pended at the top, besides cash prize.
The two hose companies, Marion
No. |. and Protective No. and Ocala
Hook and Ladder Co. No. l gave q
splendid exhibition at fight ng fire in a
small wooden building put up for the
occasion. Marion Hose Company got
water on the flames first and was de-
clared the winner of the prize.
II. NJ. Phillips, the balloonist, made
a beautiful ascension from the court
house yard. What came near being
serious accident occurred here. y col
ored assistant became entangled in
the ropes and was taken up about
twenty feet in the air feet foremost.
He dropped to the ground-without
the customary parachute-but aside
from few bruises, escaped I'M
injured.
The base ball games by both white
aud colored clubs drew large crowds.
The game between Clearwater and
Ocala was won by the latter by score
of = toll. The score by innings was
a. follows.
Clearwater | o o 0 0 l o o 0
Ocala q q . ! 8 q
The clubs consisted of the following
players:
Clearwater: L. Cradle, pitcher; De-
Rogers, catcher; G.. Cradle, first base;
Souden, second base; Converse, third
base; Booth, left field; Butter, center
field: Wholesale, right field; Brown,
short stop.
Ocala: Gaskill, pitcher; Huchison,
catcher; Jewett, short stop; Anderson,
first base; Bennett, second base Brian,
third base; Ford, left field; Nogt,
center field Petermsn, right field.
The game was noted for the absence
Of kicking" usually INDUCED in on
the diamond, and while the players
sometimes thought the umpire's de-
disions wrong, all took things as they
came, and the consequence was a