The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-08-24
OCALA HAS. .EVENED
THE SCORE AGAIN
Defeated Leesburg On the Home Dia-
mond Yesterday Afternoon by
Six to Nothing
Il. T. |.


this year witnessed the ignominous
deefat of the triumphant Leesburg
nine yesterday afternoon. Elrod's
pitching and the work of Elrod's men
administered one glorious licking to
the Leesburg boys but we will have
to admit that it wasn't as great a
drubbing as they handed out to US
Monday. SO we will still have to doff
our caps to them.
Elrod had the visitors eating out of
his hand the entire game. In fact, he
got better as the afternoon grew
older. After the fifth inning not a
single Leesburg man reached first
base. Elrod struck out eleven of the
Lake county boys and walked only one
man. His work holding runners on
base was especially worthy of men,
tion. Several of the fleet Lake county
boys were caught mapping during the
course of the afternoons exercises.
Epps of Eustis started the game for
the visitors and pitched pretty good
game but the Ocala lads secured
quite number of safe shots from his
delivery and he was replaced in the
sixth by Collins of Umatilla. Collins
allowed two hits in the one and half
innings he pitched.
Frank Harris got three hits. Harry
Wood laced out three safe ones and
two of the three were for three bags.
I'll say Harry in some tall hitter and
to see that boy run bases reminds one
of jack rabbit with greyhound
close in behind him. Clements got a
two-bagger and a single. Luffman
got two-bagger! Too much Elrod
was in evidence for any star hitting on
the Leesburg side.
In the field there were several plays
deserving of special mention. Mar
tin, Rolling and Gillespi pulled off a
double play in the second inning that
was fast and snappy. Luffman was
on first. Elrod hit to short who toss
ed it to Rolling on second and Rolling
! relayed it to Gillespi with lightning
swiftness, catching Elrod well off the
sack
The game was umpired by our old
friend Johnny McLin. Johnny is a
former Ocala man and has played pro-
fessional ball for several years. He
knows the game well and umpired a
very good game. According to the
street talk he was entirely fair and
impartial and is accused of only two
mistakes. He called Taylor out on
! third when bystanders declare he was
safe. He called West out for three
strikes when there were really only
two strikes on the boy. On the whole
/ the umpiring was very satisfactory
and was pronounced as good by the
majority of those present.
But while we are thinking about
] umpires there is little more to be
said. Buckles. Rolling and Porter for
Leesburg were on the war path con-
tinually with Sir Jumps yesterday.
They beefed about every decision that
he made. They delayed the game
with grunts. groans and complaints on
the least possible excuse and often
manufactured this excuse. Last night
after the game Rolling was very
agreeable and seemed to have forgot
ten all his complaints. 1t is likely he
thought he was paid to kick and want
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around to express himself, so we
don't know what he thought about it,
but Archie Porter was very bitter and
iclaimed that the Ocala folks put in a
crooked umpire and stole the game
from them. Those who saw the game
know that this is not a true statement
of the facts. The management of the
Ocala team despises two things. First
they hate beefing and don't like to
have a game full of kicking and fuss
ing. Second, they do not present ex-
cuses and don't look up an alibi when
they lose.
Since Mr.. Porter is spreading the
excuse that we stole the game from
them with crooked umpire I will go
so far as to state that we lost the
game in Leesburg Monday and that
we were far from satisfied with the
umpiring there. We don't claim that
the umpire took the game from us
for 0cala could not have beaten q
high school team the way they played
Monday, but we do claim that the um-
I piring of Carpenter was absolutely
rotten and it is sincerely hoped by the
Ocala fans and team that his face
will never again shine in the umpire's
, box when we are playing.
While am preaching this sermon