The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-04
GOOD BALL GAME
Oak ard Waldo Boys Real Sports and
Each Team has a High Opinion
of Its Opponent

Oak. June 3.-The Arlo Box Com |
pany Baseball Club of Oak went to |
Waldo Monday, May 80, and crossed |
bats with the home team and suffered |
defeat for the first time this season.
The score was to in favor of Wal |
do. The Arlo boys lost the game in
the first inning thru bad fielding
which caused three r1.ls to cross the
home plate. The Arlo boys played
good ball throughout the whole game.
Strickland pitched good game, but
his team was up against good team.
The Waldo bows had the crack Lawtey
battery, Pierce and Goodwin, and Tur-
ner of the University played short.
The Waldo boys had only three homs
men on their team. The Arlo boys
tried hard to win the game but could
not. Third Baseman Lindsay of Oak
caught scorching hot liner right
off the bat of the Texas Lacquer,
Turner. After the first inning the
Oak boys played good ball. The bat
teries were Pierce and Goodwin for
Waldo, and Strickland and Rifles for
Oak. The playing of First Baseman
Smith was first class. Hits off Strick-
land, 5; hits off Pierce, 5.
The Waldo boys play a return game
here at Oak June II. Everybody is
invited.
I he umpiring of Oval of Archer
AM Cook of Oak was perfect. There
W. no argument or rag chewing dur
inG the game and there were some
very close decisions. The Oak boys
aIc lotd in their praises of the treat
meut received at the hands of the
Waldo team and the. railroad men.
They certainly treated the Oak boys
fine and the spectators and visitors
expressed their satisfaction that Oak
has fast team. The manager of the
Oak team would like to hear from
other towns that have good teams:
Bronson, Archer. Dunnellon. Crystal
River, Inverness, Williston and other
places nearby.
Lindsay could not get out of the
way of the hot liner that the Texas
Lacquer, Turner, walloped.
Strickland was a little off in the
first inning, also he could not connect
with the pill.
The two Cuban players were way
1T in their batting.
The All-Stars of Jacksonville were
not much as stick hitters when they
went against that Lawtey battery.
The pegging to second of Goodwin was
not good. He will have to improve.
That Texas Lacquer will have to cut
out grand stand playing if he wants
to be with "Muggsy" McGraw's out
fit, the New York Giants. Strickland
struck him out twice. His pegging tc
first was off.
Riles' pegging to second was the
same old style. Goodwin cannot com.
pete with him.
The playing of Smith at third was
fine, also his hitting. He is certainly
a good batter.
The batting of Lindsay, Kelley
Smith and Dutton was good. Tn,
fielding of Melton. Seller and Duttol
was off.
Oak had about seven men left Oh
bases but the boys could not connec
wit hthe pill.
Strickland beaned one man but n
one walked
Manage Cook has witnessed, play
ed and umpired games for the las
twenty years and that was the frs
game where there was not an argu
ment, ACHIEVING or back-fring o
the part of spectators and player:
Durin gthe whole game everythin
went ike clockwork The Waldo boy
are a fine bunch of sports.
The Oak boys are after the scalp
of the following clubs: Bronson, Al
cher, Dunnellon and Inverness. an
expects games with the Mildale team
and Panama Park.
The management was perfect
satisfied with the playing and fieldin
throughout the whole game. But W
took our defeat like sports. We car
not win all the time, but look out fo
the next game, June IL. Come, eN
erybody and see good game.
The line-ups were as follows:
Oak: Roberts If: Perez, SIS; Line
say, 3b; Strickland, D; Smith, 2nC
Kelley, Id; Seller. cf; Rifles. c; Melton
rf; Dunton, IF.
Waldo: Winters, End; Boothby, Ct
Williams, 3b; Harvey, 1b; Wolfe, L
Pierce, o; Goodwin, c; Turner, SIS;
Boothby, IF.
Struck out. by Strickland, 10. b
Pierce, 4; base on balls off Pierce.
hits off Pierce, 6. off Strickland, 5; le
on base, Waldo. z; Oak, 6.
DR.. and Mrs. A L. Blalock and fol-
children of Madison have returned
their home after pleasant week-er
or tho hon