The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-08-26
BELLEYIEW

bush leagues OF the surrounding
country go up to Ocala to give the
Ocala nine correct imitation of how
to play baseball and one happens to
get beat in the attempt, then the Star
comes out in all its glory with hid
eous carcicatures showing how the
Ocala boys walked all over, ran all
around and simply wiped the field up
with the visiting hayseed nine and in
two or three columns this baseball
editor expatiates at full length on the
wonderful plays made by each and
every one of the Ocala nine, boosting
them up to the calibre of league tim
Der, and swelling their heads to the
extent of making them believe that
they are the real, genuine baseball ar
ticle-all others limitations. But let a
little old scrub country nine appear on
Hunters field and happen to give the
Ocala boys a real, genuine imitation
of how to play ball, and carry off the
honors. What happens? Nothing
much, except the baseball editor tells
how few of the Ocala boys had been
up late the night before, few more
| were just recovering from a serious
case Of and the balance were
really not in good form. Last Thurs
day the Belleview baseball swatters
went up to Ocala and waxed the
Ocala boys to the tune of five to four.
That big-hearted baseball editor of
the Star gave them just seven lines
on an inside page and l am only try
ing to make up the deficiency.
| (The baseball editor of the Star
went fishing last Thursday, and that
is the reason why the game had such
a limited write-up.)
Business visitors to Ocala last
Wednesday from Belleview were Mr..
John B. Sipes and brother, Mr.. J. w.
FAINT Jr. and Mr.. E. B. Webb.
Mr.. Winters Hames left last Tues
day night for Tavares, where he has
secured work on a big surveying
corps.
Mrs. C. A. Tremere and Mrs. J. o.
Hightower are camping some where
out in the pine sticks over in the
neighborhood of Salt Springs, all by
their lonesome. They expect to have
a good time fishing, bathing and
studying the beauties of nature, free
from household cares or worry.
Mr.. II. A. Kendall came up from
Lake county last Saturday to spend
the weekend at home. Mr.. Kendall
holds a position as civil engineer with
a land company that controls nearly
/ 100000 acres of land in Lake and
Sumter counties and is likely to be
with them permanently. He says
there is a variety of mosquitoes and
other noxious insects found in the
wilds where he is operating different
from any that he has ever met with
before.
Mr.. Ed Schram of Jacksonville is
visiting with his brother on the farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond B. Bullock
left Ocala in a machine last Friday
morning bound for Tavares. In
striking that nasty piece of road at
the foot of the hill, right near the clay
pit the machine did something to it
self that caused it to cease to loco
mote. Mr.. Bullock walked into town
and warmed up the phone wires in
gettig another machine, and during
the interim they visited with their
friends until the rescuing machine ap-
peared upon the scene. Mr.. Bullock
bought brand new collar, which
goes to show that he was hot in one
particular location.
Mr.. j. N. Shedd has a grievance.
Some one shot and killed his collie
dog, one of the prettiest and most
gentle dogs in the town, and the per-
son that would wilfully harm a dog
of this kind would rob blind man in
the dark.
That boy, Bruce Meffert, is big
hearted chap. Last Sunday a mule
team was jogging along the Lake
Weir road when minor part of the
harness became disarranged, and the
driver got out to adjust same. While
busily engaged Mr.. Meffert came
along in his flying whirlwind, and
drawing up to the team asked the
driver if he could help him any. Now
what do you think of that! And what
do you think Bruce Meffert knows
about mule and its trappings.
One day last week bunch of men
coming down from Ocala in a ma
chine, bound for one of the towns
south of here, got into an argument
about the European war. Now, it is
alleged that some members of the
party were in slightly inebriated
condition. It is further stated that
they were of different nationalities
and represented the different nations
! at war. 1t seems that the argument
waxed fast and furious, and that
while the machine was moving al
about 'steen miles per hour, the Eng
lishman was forcibly elected (score
one for Germany); little while later
i as Belleview lady, her daughter and
some friends were driving along the
J road they espied haggard, blood.
covered face peeping at them from