The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17
SUMS ACCOUNT or FIRST ocALA
CLEARWATER GAME
Ouch, ouch, twice.

known as Ocala, came down here
Monday and put an awful crimp in
that thousand per cent brag of the
Clearwater baseball club.
BMiff! Biff! Just like that, and it
was all over, Sd. And we Jolly"
we'll know the reason for it. When
a baseball team makes six errors and
still wins, there's a,reason" and that
reason was largely named jolly, aided
and abetted by one Bats, who. it may
be remarked, upset the bacon in the
eighth inning by Battsing out a two
Dagger, driving in the tying run and
about a second and a half later pack
ing the game away neatly on ice by
scoring himself.
From which foregoing sad portrayal
of some u%ndoubted facts, it must not
be assumed that Clearwater was WHIP
ed off the map, or was not there at all
stages of the little alteration. Nay,
nay, Pauline. 1t was a real ball game,
one of those thrilling affairs when the
score is juggled back and forth be-
tween the combatants by hits and
strikeouts and errors and such enter
tanning little devices for passing a
pleasant afternoon.
Clearwater played a game that in
about eight out of ten cases would
have been a win. Just a bobble or
two turned the tide, and changed
what promised to be a four to three
victory into a four to five defeat.
Hill was not quite in the form that
he was in his recent no-hit game. At
that he was not ~outclassed by the ex-
cellent Mr.. Jolly, except in a slight
tendancy to wildness. For instance,
in the fourth inning he threw just
eight balls. And for instance, once
more, in the seventh he struck out
three in a row-bing, bang, BAN!
That way. Yes, indeed. Mr.. Hill
pitched a most excellent game, and
If it had not been for the Ocala Bats,
in that annoying eighth inning, he
would have had another win to his
credit.
The fireworks started off in the first
inning. Ocala at bat, that man Bats
laid a single over third, but was
thrown out trying to stretch it into a
two Dagger. Brown singled over Sec
ond on a passed ball. Chazal sacrifici
ed him home. Harris ended the in
ming by fouling out to the catcher.
One run.
Clearwater came to bat mad as a
lot of wet hens over their treatment
in the first half, Booth glared at Jol-
" and scared that amiable gent into
walking him. Couch grounded to Sec
ond, and Booth scored. Kirk deposit
ed a hit over second and scored on
McReynold's roller. Daugherty and
Farrior famed out. Two runs.
Spasm two was without effect on
the score board SO far as Ocala was
concerned, a circus catch by Craigen,
of what Davis aimed to be a hit shut
ting off any aspirations in the scoring
line which the team may have had.
In Clearwater's half it was decided
to ram another rivet in the game.
Craigen singled to right, and commit
ted grand larceny ON second base.
Jolly took a brief balloon ascention,
putting " e a wild pitch that landed
somewhere in the n~eighborhood of
Tarpon Springs. While the ball was
being retrieved Craigen scored. While
lowering about second in this inning
Craigen hit his fist against the second
baseman's spike and left the game
at the close of the inning, Booth TAX
ing his place at second and Fuller go
ing to right.
Inning three stood 0 0 without Incl
dent. sm@ ssEN ag
The fourth opened by Harris stroll
ing to first. Booth made a sensation
al catch of Thompson's fly into right.
Dewey singled to right and on Bull
locks single to center Harris and
Dewey scored. Davis famed and Bull
ock was out stealing third. Two runs,
tying up the score.
In Clearwater's half D%augherty,
Farrior and Fuller went out in order.
Inning five produced one goose egg
per each.
Ocala was let down easy in the sixth
81 Kirk making a great catch of Thomas
fly and killing any aspirations of the
visitors in the scoring line.
Clearwater, however, thought best
to acquire another score, thinking it
might come in handy a little later. ct
did. but not handy enough. Couch
went to first on Jolly's error. Kirk and