The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-05-17
SIX FOR 0CALA
NONE FOR STARKE
Home Team on the Way Proved Itself
a Bunch of Wonderful Freight
Handlers
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to Starke the train was about halI an
hour late and the crew said it would
get later instead of making up the
time because there were so many veg
etables to pick up along the road.
Carl Rose Immediately interviewed
the conductor and offered the services
of his whole team to help the train
crew load the express at each station.
From then on into Starke whenever
the train stopped a string of steve
dores in baseball uniforms lined up on
the platform and in the express car
ard the cantaloupes, corn, tomatoes,
beans and onions went into the ex-
press car in solid stream. The train
reached Starke at 4:45 and the game
started at o'clock. The game was
a slow one with little signs of life on
either team.
Williams, the Wauchula boy pitch
ing for.Ocala, pitched wonderful ball.
He only let up one hit in the entire
game. Pfeiffer for Starke was not in
quite such good form and allowed the
visitors to make ten hits. Overstreet
starred at bat, getting three hits out
OF four times at bat, one of the hits
being over the right field fence for
two bases. Leavengood came next in
the hitting line with two hits out of
four trials. Harry Wood laid out one
of his regular left field hits along the
four line. Harry has his eye on the
ball again. Rich, playing first for
Starke, made a pretty catch in the
fifth when he ran back and nabbed a
Texas Lacquer off the bat of Brooks.
Both teams got couple of bad de-
cisions from the umpire. In the first
inning two Ocala men were called out
on first when the play was very close.
In the fifth two Starke runners were
called out on bases when they seemed
safe to the eye of the spectators.
These two outs kept Starke from
scoring in this inning.
The game by innings
First Inning
Ocala: Ulrich led off and drew an
error from second base. Brooks sacri-
feed him to second. Taylor went out,
pitcher to first. Vann singled, scor-
ing Ulrich. Overstreet singled, but
failed to score when Wood went out
with hot grounder to third who nab
bed it and tossed it across to first.
Starke: Molle led off with three
healthy swings at Williams benders.
Wall drew a error from Taylor but
was caught off second when Over
street threw to Ulrich. Moore famed.
Second Inning
Ocala: Liddell and Leavengood
struck out. Williams drew an error
from short but died on base when
Ulrich made the third out, pitcher to
first.
Starke: Rich led off with the only
hit Starke got in the game. Pfeiffer
struck out. Harris fouled out to Over
street and Epperson walked. Things
looked as if Starke might score but
Lewis hit a hard luck foul to Var
and retired the side.
Third Inning
Ocala: Ocala took the one, two
three route this time. Brooks, Tay
lor and Vann went out in quick sue
cession.
Starke: Alvarez, Molle and Wal
were the only batters to face William:
in the third and none of them got tt
first base.
Fourth Inning
Ocala: Overstreet led off and f1ev
out to third. Wood came up ant
knocked out clean single along tn,
left field foul line, going to seconc
when the catcher dropped the mex
strike. Liddell sacrificed him t.
third, but he died there when Leaven
good failed to deliver hit.
Starke: Another one, two, thre,
inning for Starke. Moore, Rich an
Pfeiffer each decided to return to tn
bench without even smelling first.
Fifth Inning
Ocala: Williams led off in this in
ming with a single Ulrich sacrifice
him to second. Brooks flew out to frs
but Taylor was carrying his rabbit
foot and drew an error from short
Williams scoring on the error. Van
retired the side when he went on
second to first.
Starke: Starke had a good chanc
to score in her half of the fifth but
was here that the umpire's decision
went a little against them and the
failed to squeeze a rum across II
plate. Harris led off and drew an e,
ror from second. Epperson sacrifice
him to second and Epperson locke