The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-05-11
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WISE UP THE FANS
Ocala VIII Meet Picked Team from
the Town of GainesviIle
Tomorrow Afternoon
lBy L. 7. u

Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock
Ocala will cross bats with a combina-
ton team from the University Of
Florida and the town of Gainesville.
They have good team composed OF
the best of the players that were oai
the university team and some that at
tend the university but who were not
eligible for the college team. Lefty
Liddon will likely twirl for the WIS.,
itors while Ward, the boy who caught
for Dunnellon last week, viii receive
his offers. ocala's lineup win prob
ebly be: Mickler, pitch. Leavengood,
catch, Strickland first base. WOOD,
second base, F. Luffman, third base,
Brown, short, Clements, -ieft field,
Liddell, center field, Fl. Lufman,
Brooks or Dinkins, right field. The
game viii be a good one. We have
guaranteed Gainesville SIS so come
out and help pay of the guarantee.
The game viii be the first of a series
with this team and bids fair to be one
full of interest
Manager Goldman has secured the
services of Mickler to serve the old
apple for US in the game Thursday
and possibly for the rest Of the sea-
son. Mickler showed US last year
that he had the goods and we all feel
sure that he will make us a pitcher
who will put 0cala on the baseball
map this summer. We are glad to
have Mike back with us.
The team was out In good numbers
yesterday afternoon and is showing
up better than ever before. Every
body was full of pep and practice
went up to the top notch.
Brown, our new shortstop, replac-
ing Jackson, is a local boy, or at least
has lived with us this winter, being
connected with the Daylight Route.
He is good and after a few weeks
practice will fill the hole in the in
field like paint fills the cracks in n
sunbaked board.
Hansel says that the warm weather
yesterday did his arm more good than
anything he had tried for it. He feels
confident that he can catch Thurs
days game and not let a man steal
second on him. Hansel has q good,
clear, baseball head and helps his
pitcher very much. Fans win be glad
to see him in his old place behind the
bat.
Harry Wood has lost his baseball
cap. Reward offered for its return to
him, cleaned and pressed.
All lady fans interested in the
squeeze play" be sure and attend the
game Thursday. The play is to be
demonstrated in the last half of the
third inning.
Clements has been under the wealth.
er for the past few days but says that
he is about to get the weather under
hiw now and viii be in shape to de-
liver several home runs less one base
by Thursday afternoon
Jimmie Liddell is trying TO learn to
run bases like he runs his Jew Pack
ard.
The playing of Fred Luffman on
third is steadily improving now. Fred
broke his hitting jinx in the last
game and got a clean single.
Below is the batting average Of
each of our players. Look them over
and pick the hitters for Thursdays
game. See how near right you can
come as to who will get hit N the
game with Gainesville against Lefty
Lddon. These averages include ev-
cry game except the one with Chalm-
ers. The box score taken from the
Palatka newspaper is used as record
for the first game in Palatka az Ocala