The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-03
OCALA MADE THE
SCORE EVEN
Took the Yicte-y Yesterday in a Fast
and Brilliant Game with
Tarpon
(By L. T. ID

DSdt 1dEpon yesterday ana won the
game by the small score of to /. 1t
was jam up, game from start to
finish. Many hair-raising and blood
occasions characterized the
game from start to finish. Both teams
threatened to score several times and
then were shut out without crossing
the plate. Hankins and Mickler both
pitched fine ball with the odds a little
in Mickler's favor. Neither pitcher
walked a single man during the game.
The fans probably had more to do
with winning yesterdays game than
the ball team. The roofing in the
seventh and eighth innings was
above criticism and the team certain
ly did show its appreciation of the
support of the fans by the sterling
quality of its playing. The grand
stand simply went mad and tried to
raise the roof. The people in the
cars raced their motors and blew
their horns until the din was suffi-
cient to raise the dead (if they were
not buried too deep. The grandstand
crowd was making so much noise that
they didn't hear the cars at all and
the people in the cars didn't know
there was anyone in the grandstand.
That's the pep. folks. That's the way
to win ball games. The team can't
play when the crowd is sick. Ocala
looked like a real town yesterday al
though the crowd was not large
enough to make us turn any one away
for lack Of parking space or seats.
Fort Myers will be here next week
with dandy team. They play Mon
day and Tuesday. These are not as
good days as Thursday but some of
you can get off from work to see the
games. Come out and make a noise
like you did yesterday. 1t was great
Ocala had no special star in yester-
days game. The team played to-
gether well and it was more like a
team ought to be than we have ever
had before, II. Cause made himself
famous on the Tarpon team by his
conspicuous hitting. He came to bat
three times and got three clean
singles.
The game by innings:
First inning: Tarpon got one man
on first when Strickland dropped the
ball, but the next man hit to short
and forced the runner at second for
the third out. Liddell lead off for
Ocala and hit the first ball pitched
for clean single over second. Leav-
engood sacrificed Liddell to second but
the coach let Liddell try for third and
he was thrown out. Wood flew out
and retired the side.
Second inning: Tarpon went out in
one, two, three order. Strickland led
the merry go-round with a single.
Brooks followed suit with little in
field hit Strickland made third and
scored on passed ball. Brooks tried
to steal home but was caught out at
the plate. Dinkins struck out. Harris
went out TO first base unassisted.
Tarpon 0, 0cala 1.
Third inning: H. Cause led off for
Tarpon with a single but was doubled
at second when Hankins hit to Leav-
engoodL Wood, Strick-
land. w. Cause went out short to
first. In Ocala's half of the third
Fred Luffman beat out a bunt and
made second when the second base
man dropped the catcher's throw.
Liddel sacrificed him to third but he
died there when Leavengood struck
out and Wood hit a grounder to short
and was caught at first.
Fourth inning. Tarpon had only
three men up in this inning. Meet
and johnson couldn't get on to what
Mike had on the pill so they sat down.
Kirlen singled but failed to keep ais
eagle eye on Mickler and was caught
off first before a ball had been thrown
to the plate. Ocala retired in one,
two, three order.
Fifth inning. Tarpon tied the
score in the fifth. Things got to be
real exciting then and the fans sat up
and took notice. The first two men
up, j. Johnson and Orcutt, went out
with strikes and a foul to third but
with those two outs Powell got up
and poled a two-bagger to right field.
1t landed squarely on top of an auto
mobile and bounced down to Brooks,
who threw it in to Wood and stopped
Mr.. Powell at second. II. Cause came
up next and singled, scoring Powell.
Hankins got on first with an error by
Luffman but Cause was caught of
third by Mickler's fool delivery and
retired the side with only cne run.
Oeala came to bat IN the fifth with a
set determination of breaking the tie
but Tarpon played jam up ball and
put quietus on that plan of the local
boys. Harris led off and went out,
catcher TO FIRST. Luffman reached
first on an error by second baseman.
Miekler singled and sent Luffman to