The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-07-06
OCALA SHUT SPONGE
CITY BOYS OUT
Took Two Games in Rapid Succession
from the Team from Tarpon
Springs
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shut-outs administered by the locals
to Tarpoa- Springs. Since the rain
broke up the came for the Fourth,
the manag nlent decided to stage a
double-header yesterday afternoon
and charge admission and a half for
the games. 1t locked for the most
part of the morning and part of the
afternoon as if the rain was going to
prevent the games but about 3 o'clock
it stopped raining and the first game
was begun. The lain did not bother
until the intermission between the
games, when it Teined for about ten
minutes and then dssisted long enough
for the second game to be played.
The games were of seven innings
each by agreement. Hankins twirled
both games for the visitors and we
will have to hand it to that boy for
he surely has the goods. He only de-
livered three hits into Ocala's hands
in the first and narrowed that down
to two hits in the second game. The
boy seemed as fresh at the end of The
second game as hf. was in the begin
ming of the first. His games We're
both lost by unfortunate errors at the
wrong times. 1t seems that all the
breaks were going against him this
trip.
Mike Goodbread did the tossing for
Ocala in the first came Mike is the
best we have possessed yet and the
fans are in love with his work. Good
bread held TarpoI to two hits in the
game and was stronger at the finish
than he was when lie began. Bowman
pitched the second game for us and
was no small pumf lsins himself, as he
got by with only three hits. 1t appears
that Ocala has two good live ones on
her list now. All we need is little
kale to keep them there and we will
have combination hard to cope with.
Ask Eustis and Tarpon Springs what
they think of our pitching staff. They
know what we have.
The special feature plays were not
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mention should be made of the
catches by Harris in the first inning,
Harry Wood in center field, Bob Wood
in right, and Powell in the fourth in
ming of the first game. Harry Wood
made the only star catch in the second
game and Strickland made a pretty
double play when he stopped Powell
at second and threw Crum out at first.
First inning: Leavengood made a
bad throw of Meets bunt and let the
first man up get to first. w. Cause
flew out to Harris, who made his
notorious catch. M. Johnson sacrificed
Meet to second but Crum went out,
third to first and retired the side. Say
ing third to first reminds me to call
special attention to the fielding of
Ocala's infield in both games. With
the exception of some wild throws due
to the wet ball cur team made no er-
rors. Luffman and Swink handled
many chances elrorlessly and deserve
extra mention 0cala's half of the
first amounted to two strike outs and
a fly to left.
Second inning: Tarpon didn't reach
the initial sack this round. 0cala
thought she had administered the
knockout blow to Hankins when things
started rolling in the second but Han
kins clinched and rested the round out,
getting himself out of the nastiest
mess a pitcher ever faced. Wood led
off with a hot one to third. After
much argument the two scorers de-
cided that it was too hot to handle and
that Wood would get hit on his eff
fort. Swink came up and duplicated
the stunt exactly and was awarded
the same decision. Luffman popped up
a high one to Hankins who muffed it
and filled the bases with nobody out.
Things looked sweet for Ocala and
sour for Tarpon about that time, but
Hankins handled the difficulty with
ease. Brooks hit to Hankins, and
Wood was forced out at the plate. Bob
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bread retired the side scoreless by
hitting to pitcher and being thrown
out at first.
Third inning. Tarpon got her first
hit in the third when Hill singled but
they were unable to advance him
Ocala didn't get far with her two
strike outs and a fly % third
Fourth inning. Crum got Tarpon's
second and last hit in the fourth but
he also died ON base Swink got ON by
walking but it looked like he was still
walking when he tried to steal second
against Crurn's peg. Crum has q
Springfield rifle beat city block
when it comes to singing the pill
down to second. Luffnnan drew an er
ror but the side was retired, leaving
him on base.
Fifth inning: Both teams took tn
one, two, thIee route.
Sixth inning Tarpon still retired j