The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-24
DEFEATED BY DUvAL

Inc OcdLa nlgh Scho0I basket ball
team was defeated in Jacksonville
Saturday night by the Duval high
school team. the score being p TO Is.
although defeated, the Ocala girls
7 played so well that the victory was
for some time in the balance, and to
elicit the high praise of their oppon-
erts. Red Davis, who reported the
game for the Times-Union, wrote as
follows:
Both Tigers and Tigerines placed
their teeth into the basketball last
might at the Duval county armory and
defeated Waycross and the OcaIa
Wildcats in two rip-roaring games of
ball.
/ The first engagement of the evening
was between the Tigerines and Wild
cats, and both names are very appro-
pirate for the sextets. The Tigerines
finally emerged the winners by the
rather close score of "a to IS.
i The victory was a most honorable
one, for the local girls came from be-
hind and passed their rivals during
the last five minutes Of play The hope
of the party, as Bryan would say, was
little Mary Stubs. and although this
young lady came into action late in the
first half, she finished the game in a
blaze of glory. 1t was glory to our
team and sorrow to theirs.
4 We Never Knock
The work of the officials seemed sat
isfactory, so those who are looking for
criticism of anyone's work will have
70 be contented to read something else
besides "knocks"
The Tigerines and Wildcats entered
this game with nothing but the best
Of feeling between the two schools.
and the game itself was a credit to
both schools. 1t is true that spirited or
!. heated rivalry, existed before the bat
tie and during the battle, but that's as
it should be- After the game the
Ratchet was buried and everyone was
satisfied that the best team had won
, fairly and certainly, squarely, on the
merits of the teams style of play.
Tigerines Too Poppy
The Tigerines had few fouls call
ed on them and the writer is frank in
stating that the. Tigerines play basket
ball more on the order of the mans
game and this, while not detrimental
to their knowledge of the game. does
: hurt them to a certain extent in hav-
ing fouls called on them. The entire
first half of this heated battle was
Ocala's all the way. The Wildcats,
headed by Miss Christine Close, the
sextet's star guard, waded through
the first half by score of 10 TO 8.
Everyone must admit that Ocala has
. a good team and if there rests a doubt
J about their fine machine I'd like to
know where the doubt it.
The sensational work of Mary
Stubs for the Tigerines brought
: home the bacon for old Duval-with-
out her presence in this game the
: Tigerines would have been humbly de-
; lfeated.
There never was such large crowd
of fans present at basketball game
in this city as last night. Fully eight
: hundred rabid fans walled and rooted
: for the red and white teams, and for
; a while the hopes of victory for the
Tigerines looked mighty slim, but
: dark clouds which hung high over
/: head readily disappeared and bright
!: ray of sunshine came creeping in as
: the Tigerines were making their
: game uphill struggle. The fans wait
ed patiently and all of sudden the
: speedy Tigerines started to get into
: real action, and during the second half
I: of play the Wildcats were played com
|: pletely off their feet. Something must
2 have struck the building during the
; second half for the fans and Tigerines
) were certainly raising something more
6 than Gain"
e Stubs Features
& With the sensational Mary Stubs
|: coming into form in the second half
!! the Wildcats were compelled to bow
2 most gracefully to the charming way
y in which she knew how to throw bas
3 kets. Miss Stubs threw seven field
|: goals during the second half, and
I. mean she threw them.
z Lena Hyde, a standing center fol
2 Duval. played a great game, and al
, though she had a number of fouls
3 called on her, she managed to weathe
q the battle without being put out.
I: Mussette Duval and Captain jennie
|: Badger also starred for Duval, Will,
z Misses Sompayrac, Morris, Brantle.
y and Lillian Hyde contributed gOoc
= work to the cause.
S Ocala, as a sextet, is a most effee
Y tive machine, and their coach. VIII
I: ever she may be, certainly deserve
Y worlds of credit for the fine team
Y which she has developed.
, Estelle Wilkes, at forward 70
S Ocala, is a real star, and the machin
x which she plays on can thank them
(: selves for this players presence in tn
Z: lineup.
y Christine Close, at forward 70