The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-07-05
GOOD PLAYING
GAVE LEESbU
THE FIRST {
Ocala Boys, However, Braced
Took the Second by SEQ
OF Four to One

Wild
The frst game OF the oouoie The
scheduled Tor the 1ourtn was in O
In Leesburg yesterday morninidid
went to the Lake county boys Folk
score OF to z. Frequeht errcats
the part of the Wildcats cost then a
game, while the ability of Leesbhatts
tighten up IN the plncnes keplp
Ocaia nine from scoring seNfai ingl
when there were runners IN lut
Larisey pitched masterful iall, TIL
ing out no less than eight ofthe " 4
hitting Wildcats and allowing po
eight hits. r
Red Ulrich did the tossing for ,ro,
Wildcats and pitched as god gne
as any pitcher has ever hurld for at
boys but it looked like our erors adj
to come when errors meant uns. n
walked in the winning run of rt
game but the deciding ball on VI
walk was powerful close. Red ht
the Lake county pick-ups t. scH
tered five hits. &
Alsobrook covered himsf wi
glory when he made a wondeful rur
ming match of line drive t, cent
field that Van Landingham nd labe
ed two bases. Alsobrook wasunnin
so fast and leaning so far over
order to make the catch tina he fe
and rolled over and over buune hel
on to the ball like a bulldog ses to
tramp's leg.
Van nabbed pop foul thawas il
tended to fall safe. A foul all hs
about as much chance with We as tl
proverbial SNOWFALL has in Il lowe
regions. Red Ulrich fielded S pos
ton with the precision of vl-oile
piece of machinery. 1t was olly |
try to drive one through hi. Re
Taylor and Brooks pulled off clea
double play in the eighth.
Leesburg started the ball ollin
when she scored one run in theecon
inning. Oser led off and hit eas
fly to right field but HarryWoo
dropped it. Frisbie sacrificed Ger I
second. Medlin singled and core
Oser. Alsobrook struck out anMet
lin was caught trying to pilfer con
Again in the sixth Leesburg gotoos
and added two more runs to hetall
before the Wildcats could stop len
Gillespi led off with a single. tia
maker followed with scratch hiihr
short. Sweeney hit to Ulrich VII
threw to Van on third to force Gssl
but he threw so hard that Van OF
ped the ball and the bases werfu
with nobody down. Oser walkean
forced Gillespi's run. Freible e.
out to right field and all runners II
held. Medlin hit to second h
fumbled too long to catch the rue
at the plate but got Medlin at $
Alsobrook flew out to third. !
Ocala made her first run in
eighth. Wood led off and fan,
Brooks singled. Liddell fouled on
the catcher. Ulrich singled, advanl
Brooks TO second. Leon hit to 81
but tried to catch Ulrich at SEQ
and dropped the ball, scoring Bro
Van fouled out to catcher.
In the ninth Ocala made ano
run and came near tying the score
an extremely close decision at
plate. Rymer led off with a sir
Taylor hit to short and Rymer
forced at second but Taylor was
at first. 0verstreet singled. Whit
went in to pinch hit for Wood and
to short and was thrown out at
but Overstreet gained second in S
ty. Brooks singled and scored TIA.
Overstreet missed scoring by exa
three one-hundredths of an inch
his out ended the ball game. Sir U
had a real job on his hands whe1
decided that last play at the p
1t was as close as Leesburg boy
to his girl in a porch swing.
The Box Score
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