The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-05-14
OCALA TEAMS
LUCKY DAY
1t Used Friday the 18th to Win a Ten
Inning Contest from Palatka.
Score. 5 to


baseball player in Ocalas but who will
admit that Palatka has a ball team
that dies fighting and that has the
greatest kind of faculty for coming
back" after the game seems lost.
Never consider game won from Pa
latka unless the last half of the
ninth is over and you are ahead. In
three games Ocala has been way ahead
of those boys and then all of sudden
like they bob up serenely and first
thing you know the game is either
tied or lost and you wonder how it all
happened.
In spite of the rain yesterday aft
ernoon the game was a good one.
Both pitchers were going good with
the odds little on Boswell. Lepper
allowed five hits while Boswell only
gave up four, but on the other hand
Boswell walked five to Lepper's three.
The outstanding feature of the first
inning was some rough stuff by Strick
which should have barred him from
the game but for the generosity of
the umpire or the Palatka boys. jim
mie was first up for Ocala and was
called out at first when he tried to
beat out an infield hit. The decision
was very close and caused little rip
pie of complaint from where the
bleachers ought to be. Then Strick
hit to short with slow ground ball
and really beat it to first but His
Honor Mr.. Jumps from Palatka de-
clared that Strick was out a mile.
Strick turned and handed Sir Umps
one on the nose A fight almost start
ed but the fans rushed out and pre-
vented the murderous intent of the in
furiated Strick. Our friend the Pa
latka ump then resigned in favor or
"Doc" Izlar and the gamesproceeded
with it's usual calmness.
The first three innings for Palatka
were of the one, two, three variety.
Ocala tried that plan in the first but
in the second she varied it little by
getting two men on base. Clements
came up first and grounded out to
short. Wood followed with a two
bagger, way out in left. Mickler
drew free pass, but was forced out
at second when Hansel hit to the in
field. Fred Luffman grounded out to
first unassisted and retired the side.
In Ocala's half of the third the fans
had chance to exercise their vocal
chords a little. Boswell came to bat
first and was presented with free
ticket to first. Liddell sacrificed him
to second. Strickland hit to the in
field and a play was attempted on
Boswell at third. but both mens were
safe. Brown struck out. Clements
singled and scored Boswell and Strick-
land. Wood made first on an over
throw by Lepper. Mickler got there
on an overthrow by third over first,
and Clements scored. Leavengood
finished it up by grounding out, pitch
er to first.
Neither Palatka or Ocala did any
thing startling in the fourth, fifth or
sixth innings although Leavengood
got a two-bagger in the sixth and
spoiled it all trying to steal third. He
thought Lepper was asleep and /
guess he was, but Mallory Sanford on
first yelled at him and he woke up in
time to throw Hansel out at third.
Palatka threatened in the seventh,
but the inning finally closed without
serious mishap. Tenney led off and
went out, Hansel to Strick when the
umpire called what looked like foul
ball right at the plate a fair ball. Vii
lerno did the very same stunt. Lep-
Brown dropped a perfect peg from
Hansel. Larzo walked. Things look
ed blue and bad for Ocala but our
friend Mallory Sanford obliged US by
taking three healthy whiffs and look
ing wise when the umpire called him
lout.
Ocala didn't get to first in the
eighth but Oh, boy, what Palatka did
In the second game at Palatka / saw
that team have an eighth inning rally
so 1 was worried when the eighth
rolled around and it is a good thing
thing somebody worried or they might
have made four runs instead of three
they slipped in by some of the neat
est baseball ever staged before ar
Ocala audience. Kersey got 20 bat
first and struck out. Boswell walked
Oliver. Long got a hit and sent
Oliver to third. Thomas hit a grounde,
to Wood who was playing close tc
make, the play to the plate. Wood
fielded the ball perfectly but in his
haste to catch the man at home threw
wild to Hansel and Oliver scored. II
the meantime Long had gone to third
Boswell let the wet ball get away fol
wild pitch then and Long scored be.
fore Hansel could chase up the pill
Thomas camped on third before thai
play completed. Then Palatka work
ed their graveyard rabbits foot or
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