The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-04-28
OCALA LOST TWO
GAMES At PALATKA
But Confidently Calculates on Having
Revenge in Ocala Today on the
Gem City Boys
(L. T. ID

lnere many SID 'JWlSL Cne cup
and the ip," was never truer than
Wednesday afternoon in Palatka- The
Ocala team had the old ball game
sewed up and was almost ready to
bring it home in sack with it when
someone broke a thread in the
stitches and the whole seam raveled
out in short order. When Palatka
went to bat in the last half of the
eighth she was beaten badly, but that
inning and the ninth turned the tables
and Ocala was forced to give up the
victory that seemed so sure just few
minutes before
The game as the Star reporter saw
it:
First inning: Ocala was first at
bat and started the, game off with
rush although she did not score but
one run in the first. Jimmie Liddell,
first up, drove out long fly to center
field, who muffed the ball. Fred Luff-
man struck out. but Jimmie reached
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last strike. Jackson ambled up to
the bat with a wicked CLEAN in his
eye and straightway poled two
bagger to the infeld, scoring Jimmie
Strickland popped out to short and
Wood flew out in left, where Merrill
nabbed him. Palatka was hot after
revenge in this inning and it looked
for a minute or so like they would
get it. Holden. first up, struck out.
Tenny got a nice clean single. Homer
played with him on first a few times
and finally threw the ball past Strick-
land and Tenney lit out for second.
He showed right there that he didn't
know Strickland for Strick recovered
the ball and tossed it to Wood who
waited until Tenney walked into it.
The next man up couldn't speak a
word of English. but he had a regular
American nigger's luck. He hit hot
ground ball to Wood. Wood stopped
to field it and just about that time the
ball hit a rock and bounced three feet
over Woods head. q forget to tell you
why this batter couldn't speak Eng
lish. You couldn't either if your name
was Villirno and you were just i'm
lported from Cuba. but believe me,
fans, you ought to see that Cuban
play short. He is just about a mar
veD. Larzo (he no speaka de Amer
icano either) was next up and he flew
out to Jackson, retiring the side with
out score although we were scared
Score: Palatka 0. Ocala l.
Second inning: Gale came up first
and took three healthy whiffs. Din
kins tried to beat out a bunt but that
little Cuban catcher named Larzo
changed Dink's mind about that wher
he threw him out at first Homer Luff
man singled and then Joe Brooks
drove out to the center field fence anC
was robbed of a two-bagger by the
center fielder who reached up on the
fence and pulled the old apple down
: Palatka put their home run hitter tt
the bat next and he (Lepper) popped
out to Homer. Homer walked Bar
stow and then advanced him to sec
ond on what the umpire called balk
say "called it a balk" because
didn't see it and the rest of the team
says it wasn't a balk Browning flew
out to short. Merrill went out, Home1
to Strick. Score: Palatka 0, Ocala
Third inning: Liddell went out, pit
cher to first. Luffman went out, thirt
to first Jackson retired the side
e pitcher to first. Barstow, the Palatk,
}. pitcher, seemed to have tightenec
n down and it looked like a l to game
Palatka again got a man on base il
the third but he died there. Tn
first man at bat was Brown, an oil
, timer He struck out for old time
sake. Homer walked the next mar
Tenney flew out to right. Villirn
: grounded to Jackson, who tossed tn
ball to Strick for the last out. Score
; Palatka O, Ocala 1.
Fourth inning: Strickland led off b
lgoing out, short to first. Wood fol
: lowed his, second to first. Gale single
but did not score for Dinkins poppe
= up to the pitcher, retiring the side
Larzo, first up for Palatka, went ou
second to first. Lepper got to frs
a when Wood let a grass cutter go b!
- Barstow made a neat sacrifice an
. sent Lepper to second but Brownin
retired the side when Homer foole
>, him on three hooks. Score: Palatka
Ocala l.
Fifth inning: Homer led off in tn
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