The Ocala evening star., 1921-08-05
Won The GAME BY
TWO TO ONE
Elrcd's Superb Pitching and Spirited
Backing Kept the Bacon
in Ocala
IL. T. ~

UuIS SdHS III IIt1I tlIcIS UdoSDd1l
game yesterday afternoon? Well
Hiram, that was sho some sight fo1
sore eyes. Them fans from Leesburg
was Dragging and telling all about
how they was going to make OcaIa
ashamed of herself but man, you
ought to have heard what they didn't
have to say after the game. You will
have TO hand it to Buckles, their
catcher. for he surely did make two
pretty catches of foul flies.
Epperson has been carrying 0cala's
goat around by a frayed out rope for
the past year but yesterday afternoon
the goat reared back on the halter and
those 0cala sluggers got loose for
three hits in one inning and two in
another and just naturally snatched
the game from the Williston boy
0cala imported man for the game
who was reputed to be able to put the
hooks to Leesburg and believe me, he
surely did slip the old apple by those
would.be hitters in grand style. Only
three of them got hits and one of the
three safetlks made was a f1uke over
the first baseman's head when he
rushed in to field the expected bunt.
Buckles landed on the nose of one
offering and scratched the paint on
one of the cars parked at the right
field fence Even this didn't worry
the Elrod guy for he struck the said
Buckles out the next time he draped
himself at the bat As well as being
an Al pitcher Elrod made one sensa-
tional stop and felded his position
perfectly at all stages of the game.
Brooks made pretty catch of an al
most wild throw and Jimmie Liddell
made running catch in center fed
that would make big league scout sit
up and take notice.
First inning: Both teams played
jam up field work in the first inning
and both sides were retired in one,
two, three order.
Second: Wharton led off for Lees
burg and got on when Futch missed
a real scorcher on short. Epperson
singled and things surely did look blue
for Ocala. Meedlin came to bat with
murder in his eye and hit hot one to
the pitcher who threw to third and
forced Wharton, but Epperson went
to second Crumley hit to Leaven-
good who forced Medlin at second un-
assisted, but Epperson went to third
on the play Buckles went out pitcher
to first and retired the side. Ocala
tried to stage little running of their
own but failed to deliver a hit when
Leavengood got on by an error on the
part of short
Third: Neither team smelled the
initial sack this inning and both pitch
ers came back to the bench with sat
isfied smiles on their faces.
Fourth: Leesburg got away from
the Oeala boys and made their only
run in the fourth The sad affair was
pulled off thusly; Rolling led off with
a good clean single. Wharton hit to
the pitcher for a sacrifice. Epperson
followed with another one to thu
pitcher who threw to first and caught
Epperson. Brooks started to double
the ball back to third to catch Rolling
who was headed that way like the
Congressional Limited but as he rails
ed his arm for the throw he saw that
Powell was not on the base so he jerk
ed the ball down and let it roll on the
ground, but Rolling scored on the
play. The next man up went out
pitcher to first and Leesburg had only
one run to her credit. Harry Wood
got "a single in the fourth but the adj
vancing hits failed to arrive on sched-
ule and Harry died on first base.
Leesburg, / Ocala. 0.
Fifth: Crumley led off for Lees
burg with an out to left field. Buckles
hit one on the nose for two bases TO
right field. Carpenter promptly struck
out West went out pitcher to first.
Ocala got line on Epperson's bend
ers in the fifth and made him look
like ten cents with hole in the CEN
ter. Harris led off with a single.
Brooks and Powell each made clean
sacrifices and advanced Harris to
third. Elrod singled and scored Har-
ris. Liddell came up and doubled to
center field and Powell. running for
Elrod, scored on the double but sad
to relate he failed to touch the second
sack as he galivanted around and
Umpire Izlar called him out for his