The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-07-13
OAKS CRACK BASEBALL TEAM
PUT THE SE|DS UNDER OCALA
ARLo COMPANY TRAINS CROWD SWIFT THRoWERs
AND HARD HITTERs AREA
IL T. T..


put the skids ander me 0cala boys in
the game yesterday afternoon. If ever
a comedy of errors was staged in the
ball park at CIcala it was staged yes
terday. Almost the entire team was
playing leading parts in the farce and
the result is that Oak took home the
bacon.
Clements, the pitcher for the Arlo
boys, looked bad in the first inning,
but don't let that worry you. He got
better as the game grew older and by
the time the ninth rolled around he
was practically invincibIe. That boy
was there with the goods. He struck
out two in the eighth and only three
in the ninth. What do you say? Isn't
that some pitching During the game
Clements struck out sixteen men that
he got credit for. He really famed
eighteen men for he famed Leaven-
good in the first inning but Hansei
reached first when the catcher dropped
the last strike and then the first base
man muffed The throw. Again in the
second inning he was robbed of a
strike-out when Liddell was at bat
He had two strikes on Liddell and
Liddell struck at another one. The
umpire didn't see Liddell swing and
called the third strike ball. Liddelt
had another chance and singled on
the next ball This should add one
strike-out ard deduct one hit on the
Clements end of the game, but of
course the score has to stand as the
umpire calls it.
Who pitched for 0cala? Well, I'd
hate to tell you who didn't enter the
box before the game was over. Bow
man started it off and did nicely until
the fifth inning when he lost his con-
troll and threw several away and let
in a run thereby. Little Wood
Robert Wood was called into the box
in the sixth and lasted for two and a
half innings when he showed signs of
weakness and was deposed in favor of
Strickland. Strickland didn't shine
but finished the game. We can't lay
the loss of the game entirely on the
pitching staff although we did have
a small weak spot there. By the way,
who is trying to lay the loss of the
game anywhere? Do you fans want to
know why we lost the game? Sure.
that's easy to answer. We lost be-
cause Oak won the game from us.
They came here to win and they did.
Strickland made two very pretty
catches and threatened another when
he leaped into the air after hit off
the bat of F'ranklyn in the eighth, but
he only succeeded in slowing down the
racing ball and could not stop it.
Winters carried the horseshoe this
time. He came to bat five times,
walked three times. got on base by
errors the other two times and make
three of Oaks runs, two of which
were made on passed balls after he
got on base. That boy must have been
born on Friday the 18th.
Special celebrities at bat We're
Franklyn, Perez, Liddell. H. Wood and
Harris, each of them getting two hits.
The playing of H. Woods deserves a
little special mention. with his five err
rorless chances and two hits out Of
three times at bat. Perez and Win
ters staged pretty double play in the
seventh and pulled it off in fine style.
The score by innings:
First: Bowman walked Winters,
the first man up. Felley struck out
and Winters was caught between first
and second Franklyn singled but
Clements struck out and retired the
side. Lidtlell led off for Ocala with
a two-bagger. Leavengood famed
but the catcher dropped the ball and
Leavengood was safe on first when
the basernan dropped the throw.
Strickland singled, scoring Liddell. II.
Wood sacrificed Strickland to second.
Luffman struck out. Harris singled,
scoring Strickland. Harris stole sec
ond and scored when Brooks singled.
r. Wood went out, fly to short. Oak,
o. fOcala. 3.
Second: Neither side did much in
the second. No Oak man reached first.
Liddell singled for Ocala but the other
three batters struck out and left Lid
dell on base. Oak, 0; Ocala, 8
Third: Roberts led off for Oak
with 3 single. Riles few out to left
field Winters bunted and was safe
when Leavengood threw wild to first.
Kelley singled and scored Winters.
Franklyn few out to center. Wood
singled for Ocala and stole second and
third but, alasl Luffman and Harris
struck out and Brooks few out to cen
ter. Oak 4; Ocala, s.
Fourth Clements led off for Oak
and few out to short. letting Striek-
land shine for ) little. Seller wen,
out. pitcher to first. Lindsey drew 81
error from Lufflnan IN the shape of !
wild thro|W Perez singled: Riles III