The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-23
WILD AND WOODY
BASEBALL WORK
In the Game Yesterday Lawtey Won
by Eight to Six Over
OcaIa
(By L. T. ~

Yesterday afternoon saw a game at
the Ocala ball park that was chiefly
characterized by its wild and woody
hitting and fancy catches. 1t was a
close, exciting and intensely interest
ing game from start to finish and one
of the most enjoyed games of the sea-
son, even if the locals did get the
small end of the score The local
team got two more hits than the visi-
tors and made two less errors but
still Dame Fortune handed out the
victory to the visitors.
The game was marked by special
features that made it full of pep and
ginger at all stages. Fred Luffman
started off the fancy playing when he
raced pell nell towards the railroad
cut for foul fly off the bat of Ep-
person in the second inning. Fred
caught the ball just as he reached the
wire stretched around the lot and
was unable to stop so he fell over the
wire and rolled head over heels out
onto the railroad but held on to the
pill. In the fifth Swink, playing
shortstop for Ocala. made pretty
backwards running catch of the fly hit
by Epperson. In the seventh Strick-
land worked a trick on the Lawtey
pitcher that brought smiles from all
the spectators and even the opposing
team. Pierce had been throwing to
first several times in an effort to
catch Strickland off base. Finally
Strickland took a good lead off and in
stead of lodging back to the first
sack lit out for second as soon as the
pitcher threw to first and was safe
at second before the first baseman
could relay the ball to second. The
hitting of Strickland was also stellar
feature of the game. He came to hat
five times, secured one three-bagger
and three singles. One of the singles
was three-bagger but Strickland
failed to touch the second sack on the
hit. A miraculous, running, one-hand
stab of Luffman's fly in the eighth by
Epperson was a sweet revenge that
he got on Luffman for the robbery of
his foul in the second. Joe Brooks
came right back in the ninth and
made similar catch between right
and center, robbing F. Moore of what
looked like a three-bagger when it
started on its mad flight. The pitch
ing of King for Ocala was bad in three
innings and let let up enough hits in
three innings to lose his game. The
other six innings were hitless and
wonderful pitching. In the first and
second he allowed three and two hits
Then he settled down to Mother Earth
and allowed no more hits until the
ninth, when he donated four more and
lost his game. Pierce let the locals
secure hits a few at time through
out the entire game.
A little poor bases running lost a
run or two for the locals this time as
it has done several times before.
Ocala has heavy hitting team this
many hits count for more runs.
The game by innings:
First inning: Lawtey started things
off like scared cotton-tail leading a
pack of hungry hounds. Burney led
the batting order and hit the first ball
pitched to the hands of Liddell. Kick
liter waited for the first one over but
popped the next one up TO Leaven-
good. With two down somebody let
down the bars and the stampede be-
gan. Epperson got a two-bagger. F,
Moore singled and scored Epperson.
King hit Wall with the ball. Goodwin
came to bat and drove out a two
bagger that cleaned the bases with
the exception of himeslf. d. Moore
struck out. Pierce started off with a
fixed determination to send Ocala
into scoreless determination and il
looked as if he was going TO carry out
his outrageous and unmerciful re-
solve. Liddell and Leavengood struck
out. Strickland hit a terrific one fol
three bases but was called out for not
putting his No. 10 squarely on the
second station. Lawtey, 8. Ocala, 0.
Second inning: Lawtey still haC
high ambitions and annexed another
in this round. Wooten led off will
a single but was caught at seconc
when Pierce hit to King. King threw
to Leavengood who forced Wooten bu
in his haste for a double overthrev
first and Pierce made second befor
Strickland recovered the ball. Bur
ney sacrificed Pierce to third. Kick
liter singled and Pierce scored. Ep
person popped up the foul that mad