The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-05-20
FOUR TO THREE
IN OcALA'S FAVOR
Like an Old Roman Legion, Ocala's
Baseball Team Learns to Win
From Being Licked
IL. T. H.

won the game from High Springs
after twelve hard fought innings. The
game was full of exciting, hair-rais-
ing moments from beginning to end.
High Springs tied the score in the
ninth inning and it took three extra
innings for either side to break the
tie. Ocala finally made one run on
errors latter two were odwn and none
on bases in the last half of the
twelfth.
King pitched wonderful game for
High Springs, only allowing five hits
in twelve innings. The nervous strain
finally told on him and it was his
wild pitch to second in an attempt to
catch Brooks off base that Scored the
winning run in the twelfth.
Whitney pitched good game for
Ocala although he let up ten hits.
High Springs has a slugging outfit
and even then were only able to bunch
hits in one, inning when they got
three.
If any one star was to be picked
from yesterdays game the fans would
all unite in holding up Van Landing
ham for all to gaze upon. Van made
several wonderful stops and his peg
ging to first was superb. That boy
has a wing like an eagle. On one oc-
casion he made a superhuman effort
for a hunted fly. He caught the fly
but was leaning so far over that he
fell and the glove hand touched the
ground. He jumped up and threw
like lightning to first, catching the
runner by two or three feet. No such
play as that has been seen On the local
diamond in many year. Harry Wood
made a pretty catch of long fly In
left field, thus robbing Banberg Of a
sure two-baagger. Brooks, Roach,
Bamberg and King led the hitting,
each securing two safeties.
The game by stanzas:
First Inning
High Springs: Duke started the
game with a pop fly to Van on third
an of course he died AN easy death
Hodges surprised everybody by get
ting clean single, but it counted fol-
little because Bracken and Roach fail
ed to reach first.
6cala started the game with vim
making two runs in the first stanza
Ulrich led off and went out, second te
first. Joe Brooks got his batting eye
cleared out and poled out a single
Taylor had good luck and drew an er'
ror from short, sending Brooks to sec.
ond. Van famed. Overstreet walked
filling the bases. Harry Wood singled
and scored both Brooks and Taylor
Liddell retired the side when he wen
out, short to first.
Second Inning
Bamberg led off for High Spring
with fly to left field which Harr!
nabbd in easy style. Robinson tool
three whiffs. English singled but go
po further than first because Orig
gers went out, short to first.
: Only three 0cala men faced KIM
in this inning. Smith went out, sec
end to frs, Whitney third to first an
plrich few out to center field.
Third Inning
King singled. Duke flew out t.
short and then Hodges hit into a dou
BILE play, Taylor to Ulrich to Brooks
retiring the side,
6cala had chance to score in tn
third but failed to go all the wa
AROUND Brooks led off and few on
to SECOND. Taylor again had luck an
drew first on the second baseman'
error. Van famed. overstreet singled
advancing Taylor to third but Woo
went out, short to first, retiring tn
side.
Fourth Inning
High Springs played in hard luc
this inning. They surely ought t
have scored but double play on tn
part of the locals nipped in the bu
their chances of making several run
Bracken led off and hit a fly to rigf
field who dropped the ball. Roac
came up next and hit into a sure dol
BILE play, pitcher to second to frs
but Brooks dropped the ball al
Roach was safe although Braoke
went out at second. Bamherg hit
fly to left who dropped the ball, a
lowing Roach to reach second. II
first three men up had been error'
on and it looked as if ocala had tak'
a balloon ascension but they tighten'
I'D in fine style. Robinson hit to VI
on third who forced Roach by touc
ing the bag and then threw Robins
out at first.
Only three 0cala men came up
the fourth. Liddell famed. Sml
few cut to third and Whitney we
out, second to first.
Fifth Inning
English, Driggers and King retir
in short order. For ocala, ulri'