The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-01-16
OCALA-BARTOW, $3.50

The high schools of Ocala and Bar
tow divided honors in their basketball
games here Saturday night. The boys
team from Barlow defeated the local
boys, but our girls clipped the wings
of the visiting ladies. The score of
the boys game was 26 to Is in favor
of Barlow. The girls score was IA to
9 in Ocala's favor.
Boys Game
The boys from Barlow are a husky
looking set of fellows and know what
there is to be known about basketball
and had the art of frisking the ball
into the basket no matter where or
how they threw it. In practice before
the game each and every man on the
team showed that he was capable of
playing a formidable forward. Dur
ing the game, however, they had one
star that outshone their entire team.
Johnson himself would have to admit
that he starred even though he hates
to blow his own horn. He threw "a
of the 26 points credited to his team.
Two of his throws for goal were q
most miraculous. Lightsey, the Bar
tow giant, threw the other goal for
the visitors.
Bartow's team used a mass forma-
ton in playing and the entire team
followed up the ball all over the field.
Opposing this system Ocala used
scattered formation with superior
passing. The team work of the Ocala
boys outclassed the work of Barlow,
but Ocala was unable to find the bas-
ket when she threw for her goals. A.
T. Thomas threw more goals for Ocala
than any other one man. Knight, Jor
dan and Hall each found the basket
however, and helped make their part
of the local tallies. The playing of
Jordan and Knight was especially
noteworthy for the local boys. Jordan
was creased lightning on his feet.
Girls Game
Edith Childs of the Barlow team,
showed decided supremacy over the
work of her team mates. She threw
two goals that were as astonishing as
the eye-openers of Johnson on the
boys team. Edith Childs threw all
nine of the visiting girls points. The
Barlow guards also played good ball.
The Ocala girls all played good ball.
1t would be hard matter to pick in
dividual playing that was feature of
the game. The centers, Dehon and
Bullock, simply ran rings around the
visitors. Annie MacKay played a
game at guard that is hard to beat,
but the game in the forward garden
was the most remarkable. Our guards
and centers kept the ball in our ter
ritory almost continuously and it was
worth the price of admission to see
our two forwards work together to
gain position for short at the bas-
ket. Wilkes was playing against a
| guard who was at least a foot taller
than she, so she could not get chance
to try for goals. Her only chance was
| to get the ball to Woods, who is taller
Wilkes was a regular cyclone or tor
| nado, as she whirled around the court
snatching the ball from her opponents
when least expected and tossing it to
| Woods, who secured twelve of Ocala's
fourteen points Wilkes only succeed
ed in throwing one goal and that was
after she had evaded and overthrowr
her opposing guard and had an un-
molested shot. The guard who played
against Wilkes said after the game
Wilkes was the fastest thing she ever
! played against The passing Of the
| Ocala team was far ahead of the
| work shown by the Barlow girls anc
| largely responsible for the local vic,
tory. The Barlow girls were far bet
| ter shots at goals than were oul
girls.