The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-03-25
POURED At THE
BASEBALL PARK
Lots of Good Work Being Done BY
The Boys These Early Spring
Days.

Monday afternoon the Ocala base
ball diamond was visited by the hard
est rain of the season 1t simply
poured for about an hour. Many OF
you people who have been wanting
so badly would have felt good to see
that deluge. You have seen in the
Weather Mans guess that we would
have local showers hut you never saw
a shower so local that it only hit one
small vacant lot and only one part
of, that, but the fates were good to
the baseball park and let it rain on
the dusty in-feld. The city of Ocala
loaned Hansel and T. d. 13 sections
of fire hose and those boys put up the
best imitation of the food seen since
the time of Old Noah. The field is
now in much better condition but still
has to have more work done on IL
One thing that is necessary is a few
loads of clay. That will be hauled
and put on the in-field next week.
When it is spread and packed the field
will be ready for real practise. There
are a few holes in the out-feld that
will have to be filled up so that a man
can run after ball without break
ing his ankle.
Why hasn't all this been done be-
fore? Oh come on, are you that
ignorant? Don't you know 1t takes
money to put niger to work these
days? Have you sent Mr.. Sage that
check yet? Why rot do it now and
quit postponing the good work? Lets
have nice donation from you today
| Yesterday afternoon drove out to
Hunter Park to see what was going
on. Over in the right-field side there
was a real baseball game going on
between the High school team and
the High school scrubs. From the
way some of the boys hit the ball
Babe Ruth had better retire and let
them come in from the bushes. ocala
is going to have some real material
without going out of the city limits in
the next few years. Over IN left
field / saw T. d. Lancaster, Dick
Stroud, Beef Marsh. Big Clements
and James Gilmore. They were get
ting a little practise catching flies.
They all had the pep and were work.
ing hard. When the bat hit the ball
: you could hear two or three voices
vel 1--WE got it" and away they
would go. Sometimes they did and
sometimes they didn't but I'll tell you
one thing folks there was one tar
bucket there. That guy Clements,
who is trying out for pitcher is sure
ly some antelope ON his footsies.
When the ball leaves the bat he seems
to have its number right then. He
gets under way like a Bitten Benz
and about minute before the unsus-
pecting ball gets to its destination he
is camping under it with his paws
extended. The ball simply doesn't
> have a chance. There in glue In
Clements glove. It Clements car
5 hit like he can field he will never
warm the bench in Ocala.
After out-field practise the boys
lined up in front of the grandstand
and warmed up the old arms a little
bit. Sammy Smith from the post Of.
fee came out and neld the NIT fol
them and Sammy said his hand was
sore as a boil next morning. Ths
boys have the spirit. Every after
noon from now on there will be q
, crowd out there practising. An you
. boys who think you can play ball o.
who want to timber up a little come
out and chase a few balls every day
1t will do you good and it win he'll
the team.
Jake tells me that we have foun<
another player IN Ocala. w. " Law
ton, working for Taylor Brothers hai
- had four years experience playini
= short and second for college team II
Pennsylvania Come out Lawton ant
. let us use you. We need you
Uncle Sans boys have come scros
> in great style. The boys in tie pos
Office have made themselves out
special list and have donated as fol
lows:
: N. w. Massey -....--... $50
II r. Rorhor N