The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-10-16
WILDCATS PROVED
THEY ARE WIZARDS
Saturday Afternoon They Made Seven
Touchdo yns And Held The
Pala tka Team ScoreIess

Pala tka Team ScoreIess
The boys of the o. H. s. Wildcats
had no trouble at all in winning de-
cisive 43 70 victory off the Palatka
high school team in Ocala Saturday
afternoon. The Ocala team showed
wonderful Improvement over any pre-
vious team put on the gridiron by the
local high school. The boys showed
signs of hard, consistent work and
good coaching. Coach Bitch is to be
heartily congratulated on the team he
has developed in the Wildcats. The
boys are fast and have their eyes wide
open at all stages of play. Not once
during Saturdays game was anything
pulled off unless at least three of the
Wildcats got into it with tooth and
claw. The Palatka boys simply didn't
have the stuff to stop them. Several
of the Palatka team played a good
game of football but the reporter did
not know their names and cannot give
them the special mention that they
deserve. One boy on their team, Dick
Jarrett, played in most of the game
although he had a boil on his right
cheek. Those who have suffered with
Jobs pets know the bravery that
Jarrett displayed when he went into
sustaining several licks on his tender
mug.
The Wildcats line was like a brick
wall. Palatka could not make the
least dent in it. Time after time the
opposing team tried to come through
tie Wildcats defense only to find
themselves stopped with loss or
with only few yards gain. On the
other hand the Palatka line, although
it had good weight, seemed to lack
something. They could not hold long
enough for their back field to get
their plays off and so resulted in
many losses.
If any individual stals c2n be sell
lected from the general milky way
that the Wildcats line presented,
George Leek would outshine all
others. Two more Of SLIGHTLY less
brilliancy were Reuben Redding and
Lindsay TrOxler. These three boys
played game that was up to taw all
the time. In the back field the whole
crowd were regular planets. The way
Bebe Daniels (should be pronounced
baby managed the team at quarter
was a caution. That kid isn't as big
as minute but he uses his head like
an old timer and he is always good for
gain when he carries the ball. All
spectators marveled at the rapidity
and cool-headed manner in which he
called his signals and selected his
plays. When it came to making gains
the name of Parks has to be held hlgf
above the rest. That boy made sew
eral broken field runs for touchdown:
that were nothing short of stellar
His stiff arm was like pile driver
and he knew how to use it. He wa:
also good in receiving forward passes
On defense the work of James Bor
land at end was probably the mos
outstanding Of the game. Time afte,
time Jimmie broke through in time t.
drop the back field men in thei
tracks. Jimmie seemed to have a sixth
sense as to where the play was goinl
and was Johnny on the spot. Jimml
also pulled down a forward pass tina
was due to go over his head. Hi
mother attributes his long reach t.
the fact that her pantry shelves ar
high. Ferguson, James Knight, Nose
and Lewis were all in the game wit
both eyes open to take any advantag
open to them. They played real foot
ball. The way the Wildcats ran thei
interference and broke up that of tn
other team was a sight that please
the local fans. This feature of tn
game has been Ocala's weakest poin
for the past few years and this yea
it is up to the mark in every wa!
Ocala is proud of her team.
First Quarter
Palatka kicked off and Moses re
ceived the ball and carried it back
short way before he was downed. o
first down Ocala made ten yards on
forward pass. Then tumble, nine
yard gain around left end and an a
tempt through the line for no gal
caused the Cats to punt and CON
back twenty yards. Ocala made he
distance on the fourth down but 10:
the ball on tumble on the next fir:
down. Palatka was too close to h'
goal for comfort so she punted on Il
first down. Moses again receive
fumbled and was downed in his tract
when he recovered the ball. On fir
down Lewis gained one yard arou1
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