The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-07
BASEBALL
From Fridays Daily:


Before ? large Thursday afternoon
holiday crowd the Ocala baseball team
won from White Springs by score
o. 10 6. The visitors brought few
.rooters with them, and their enthusi-
asm went the limit until the eighth
inning. when the home boys took the
lead after a hard fight. The White
Springs contingent was drowned out
by the cheers Of the local fans when
the Ocala team scored three runs IN
the seventh and three more in the
eighth innings.
During the first inning the batters
went out as fast as they could come
TO the bat In the second inning the
visitors scored twice. L. High singled
between second base and shortstop.
darlington was out on a fly 10 D.
Dodge. Bruce famed. Hall hiJ 4
long f. to center which nit safe. as
the center fielder fell while going a.
ter il. y. High then sent the ball be
tween center and left, while /. Higa
and Hall scored.
/ II looked like luck was breaking
against the locals. They had three
men on bases in the second and thir3
innings, but were retired without a
run. In the fourth, however, they tied
the score. An error, a base on balls,
a steal. a sacrifice and a passed ball
permitted Raysor and Hutchins to tai
lly.
White Springs again took the lead
in the sixth inning. On three errors
by the locals. and hits by Harrington
and y. High the visitors added three
more tallies. They increased thar
lead by still another run IN tE2 sew
enth inning. when Halcom was safe AZ
frst Oh an error by short. He Ste
second. was sacrificed to third by J..
High. anG scored On q wild pitch ny
Harris. At this period the score stood
c to- 81 favor OF the visitors.
In the locals half of the seventh. e.
ming the home team started the hit
Iand-run game. and it worked well Al
tier Ford had been retired Oh & fy 70
Tracy, w. Dodge hunted and was SAT-
on an error by Hall. Jewett hit
down the first base line, reaching
first safely, and Dodge, by a clove'
piece Of base running, reached tt.r'i
on the play. Harris hunted TO Ha'
who fielded the ball to Bruce to ca.c
Dodge at the plate. Dodge and B:uCe
ifell together on the home base, ND
the runner was declared safe. Ha"rA
Bullock picked out a nice one an,
p drove il to center field for a single
Jewett and Harris scoring. Bul.J"i
was caught trying to reach second
. and Raysor was ont, third to first
Score, 6 TO in favor OF Whit.
D Springs.
! When tn visitors cane . hGt 3.
r 1.-The eighth inning. Bruce IVES safa o
i. an error by Jewe,t Han nit a ~.
10 Harris. who made aesUiful o@'
band catch ard doubled Eruca q
4 first. y. High went out, 5ewer. L
p Raysor.
r. The locals needed one run t3 -
+ the score and TWO TO win when ,he
s came in for their half OF the eiglrh
= Hutchins drove the bail past sh5c.
stop. stole second. took third on J.
lars infeld hit. and scored the IN,
= which tied the game on a wild pitc
by Hall Halcom and Hall the
/ changed positions. Bennett was or
on fly 10 Hall Ford hit to left. an
: lIzlar crossed the plate with the wiz
ming run. The crowd yelled. Dodg
put Ford on third on a sacrifice. For
Il was caught between third and home
but was declared safe.
| White Springs was not able
score in their half of the ninth. an
( the game ended with the score stanC
Il ing S 10 in Ocala's favor.
; White Springs. o = 0 0 Q } l Q O.
u Ocala.. 80 % 2 90 -
Z Summary: Sacrifice hits, L. Higl
! w. Dodge, Jewett, Bullock, Izlar. ST.
, lien bases. Halcom, Tracy. Jewet
u Harris, Hutchins, Bennett, For'
( Double plays. Bruce to Brown, Harri
In Raysor. Izlar to Bullock to Dodg
!. Left on bases. White Springs, Ocal
Il. Base on balls. by Harris 8, by Ha
II. Struck out, by Harris ,, by Hall
. Hit by pitched ball, Bennett. Passe
:. balls. Bruce ,. Wild pitches, Hall
=. Harris /. Time of game, las. Vi
o lpire: Judge Bell.
From Saturdays Daily:
It was a hard fought game, and Il
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