The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-05-25
0CALA TOOK GAME
FROM UMATI[LA
Lake County Boys Put Up a Good
Fight but We're Not Equal
to the Home Team
ANOTHER GAME TOMORROW
(L. t. II

afternoon Dy score OF o 10 D. Inc
local fans were treated to good
game of baseball. The Umatilla boys
have very good team and outplayed
the local bunch in the field but when
it came to handling the big stick our
pets were marked up way ahead of
timeA and drove the pill to the four
corners of the field and even outside.
But for a little hard luck in base run
ming we would have scored two or
three more runs on the boys from the
south. Mickler had the visitors under
his thumb at all stages of the game
and let them down with only six hits,
while we secured II safeties off Col
Inns. Frank Harris was in the game
again yesterday and made pretty
running catch in left field. Wilson,
playing center field for the visitors,
made wonderful catch in the seventh
inning.
The game by innings:
First inning: Mickler hit Wilson
with the first ball pitched and things
didn't look so good but the next three
men were retired, and Wilson was left
on base. When Ocala came to the
bat it began to look as if we had a
walk around, but little of our char
acteristic bum base running and bum
coaching lost US two earned runs.
Liddell led off with a two-bagger,
and~ caught at third trying to
stretch it to a three-bagger. Strick-
land followed with a three-bagger
Harris hit to short. who caught Strick
at the plate. Clements walked but
Wood didn't get hit and the side was
retired scoreless.
Second inning: Umatilla threaten
ed with two out in this inning. B.
Turner singled and Skinner reached
first when Strickland dropped the
ball, but Collins flew out to center
and retired the side. Ocala did moth
ing in her half of the second.
In the third and fourth innings
Umatilla only had three men at bat
each time. Ocala threatened in the
third but Liddell was thrown out at
the plate when Harris hit groander
to the pitcher. In the fourth Brown
got a hit but was caught trying to
stel second, so neither inning netted
US a score.
Fifth inning: Mickler got extra en-
ergetic in the fifth and struck out
| three men. Ocala came to bat in the
fifth determined to break the row OF
goose eggs and you ought to have
seen the feathers fly. Fred Luffmar
led off with little infield bunt to the
pitcher and beat out the throw tc
first. Mickler followed with single
Liddell struck out. Strickland popped
up between pitcher and first and the
ball was not caught. The umpire al
once called Strickland out for an in
field fly with runners on first anC
second. Harry. held first but FREQ
Luffman tried to steal third and go
there because the third baseman go
confused and thought it a forced run
and did not touch Fred out. Harri.
came up next and walked, filling tn,
bases. Clements hit to the pitcher wht
errored and let Luffman and Micklel
score. Wood struck out. retiring tn,
side. Score: Umatilla 0, Ocala 2. l..
| Umatilla did nothing in the sixth
Ocala scored another run on a singh
by Leavengood, a sacrifice by Luff
man and hit by Mickler. Score
Umatilla 0, Ocala 8.
J Seventh inning: Umatilla tallie,
two in the seventh. Mickler strucl
out the first man up. II. Turner pop
ped up little fly between pitcher an,
short. Mickler made start for
and the team called Brown so Brow
came after the ball but stopped be
fore getting there as if he expecte,
Mickler to catch it. Mickler strucl
B. Turner out, but Skinner and Col
Inns singled, scoring H Turner an
Skinner. Wilson struck out. IAN
other inning that Mike whitfield thre
men,
Ocala got one more in the seventh
Strickland led off with a single, an
scored when Harris and Clement
both made first on errors by short an
pitcher. Wood, Dinkins and Brow
went out in regular order, leavin
Harris and Clements OBJ bases. Score
Umatilla 2, Ocala 4.
Umatilla tried hard in the eighth
but a little bad base running lost
run for them. Merrill hit long driv
to right field fence. The ball hit tn
fence way up near the top and bound
ed back. Some claim it was a foI
ball. Merrill had a clean two-bagge
but he tried to stretch it to third an
was called out. The Umatilla boy
claim that Luffman did not tcuc
Merrill and the umpire was wron
in his decision. Griffin went out wit