The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-05-12
LEANS GAVE The
FATS 4 LICKING
Cobb, Acting as the Umpire, Double
Crossed His COrpulent
Confreres
IL T. I.)


In a close and exciting game yes
terday afternoon the long, 1.-the, lean
and lanky boys defeated the short,
stout, stubby lads to the tune Of II
to IL. Arthur Cobb, the umpire, is
by architecture a fat guy and he
promised faithfully that he would see
to it personally that the fats won the
game but ne went back on his word
and allowed the leans to put over the
winning score in the last half Of the
seventh. Because Of a very strong
wind (caused by the excessive blow
ing of the fat boys) the game was
called at the end of the seventh.
Umpire Cobb was slightly erratic
at times in his decisions but he was
firm and immovable. When he called
a strike ball he insisted that he was
correct and enforced his decision with
a prehistoric cannon that he carried
loaded and primed in his hands. He
was forced to fire his trusty weapon
on two occasions during the game in
order that he might enforce his au
thority.
1t is useless to try and give this
game by innings as there were so
many plays of unique interest to the
baseball world. Possibly it would be
best to take up each player and COM
ment upon the technique displayed
Speaking of tecnique, whatever man
of this collection OF beef Or bones
walked home with my tan glove had
better return it to me before get
mad. The glove has my initials, L. T..
/. in ink (very dim with age) on the
webbing between the thumb and fore
finger. This same webbing is marked
with an eyelet from Hotchkiss No.
1 stapler. The little finger of the
glove is slightly chewed by the tender
teeth of DR.. Nicholas pet Airedale.
The Leans
Stroud, the Belleview wonder per-
formed in the box for the leans and
only gave up 43 hits His control
was wonderful at times. Not once
during the game did he throw the
ball over the grandstand. His back
stop, James Gilmore from the Ocala
National Bank, had peg to second
that made the patients at the hospital
wonder who was throwing rocks on
the roof. Hackley performed in a
fY1I T1n vn1 Oh
Hackley has the makings of a good
field hand. He mows 'em down. Only
II passed balls were charged up
against him during the entire seven
innings. Umback played second for
the Sims. He is tomato buyer stay
ing IN town for few weeks. His best
qualification is the extreme ease with
which he beefs at the umpire. Foy
Carroll played short and aside from
booting ten and letting five get by
him he handled the fifteen balls that
came his way in big league style
Knott played third base. He and
Stroud both belong to the Belleview-
Summerfeld League and were mot
really eligible to play in this strictly
amateur ball. Judge Futch played q
wonderful left field. On one occasion
he slipped up behind a runner or
third base and would have caught
him asleep but about that time the
batter hit a three-bagger to wher'
Futch should have been if he was pre-
tending to play left field. Futch ma!
be entitled to be called Judge" bu
he surely misjudged that batter. Con
over did his starring at the bat anG
not In center field. Out of eight time!
at bat he struck out nine. Israelsol
played right field that would hav
put big Lacquer TO shame. Ha,
never struck out a time. (He wa
Dragging about it in the Court Pharm
acy after the game). Eddington sub
stitued behind the bat but this com
pany was entirely too fast for him
Earl Hall took right field just in tim
to chase two long ones. Earl lost fif
teen ounces during the struggle.
The Fats
Sim Lummus took the mound fo
the opening Of the game and was a
uncultivated as the much chante
Prairie Flower" If they didn't hi
the ground in front of the plate the
went over the catcher's head, but Sin
had the hooks and only gave up ?
hits in two innings. That boy wi
have to stay home for few days UT
til the scouts stop trying to sign hil