The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-06-13
PA[ATKA POUNDED
Eighth Inning was Too Much For Ep-
persOn-Six Successive Singles
Gave Ocala Four Scores
Ocala, four. Palatka. one.

| fore the hooks and hops of Red Ulrich.
Red had the visiting sluggers eating
out of his hand at all periods of the
contest and pitched Ocala to a four to
one victory over what is generally
conceded to be the fastest amateur
team in the state. Red let up only
| three hits in nine innings and all
three of these safeties were of the
scratch variety. 1t was really pitiful
to see Red retire those sluggers one
after another and then hear him beg
Robinson, the Pals manager, not to
| fine his team for failing to connect
with the apple. Several of the visitors
! got real peeved at their inability to
drive out a single, but the red-faced
! Ulrich only grinned at them and
waded into the next batter with re-
newed vigor.
Gordon Epperson, of Williston,
Leesburg, Philadelphia and Palatka,
did the slab work for the Pals and
pitched wonderful game with the
exception of one inning. Until the last
of the eighth inning Epp had held the
locals to only one hit but his Angora
| took a stroll out of the park in the
eighth and before Epp realized what
had happened to him he had faced six
batters and had allowed them to take
six singles. The old ball game was
lost, but Epp stayed with us and
finally retired the side after nine men
seems to have bad effect on Epp.
He can lick almost any other team in
the state but he has seldom if ever
licked Ocala. The fans here have
come to the conclusion that Epp must
be knocked out in the fifth inning
and it is usually done but yesterday
he stayed with US until the eighth
and then refused to be knocked out.
| Callahan, who played center field
for the Pals, is some gardener. He
robbed several of our boys of clean
singles A special crime that he COM
mitted was the burglary he pulled off
on Taylor's drive to left-center. He
surely made a peach of a running
catch on that ball.
In addition to pitching big league
ball Red made himself noticeable for
the splendid way in which he fielded
his position. Two Of his stops deserve
special mention and he handled six
chances without a bobble. Harry
Wood grabbed a foul fly from the
ether after a long run that would
have stumped anybody with shorter
stride than that boy from the north
end of the county. Leon handled five
chances and a miracle. The miracle
was off the bat of Epperson and
should have gone for a hit but Leon
was not inclined to let it go by.
In the seventh inning the Ocala
: lads pulled off double play that was
: as fast as creased lightning. A faster
play has not been seen in Ocala this
: year. Larzo beat out an infeld hit by
his extra speed. Robinson hit hot
one to Leon who threw Larzo out al
: second to Taylor and Taylor doubled
: Robinson at first Robinson had the
hit and run on the play and Larzo was
balling the jack when the ball was hit
but Leon was some little speed artist
: himself and cut him off by three feet.
The runs of the game came in only
two innings. The Pals made their one
run in the third after two were down
Holden led off and went out, Ulricl
: to Brooks. (By the way, Joe Brooks
: handled sixteen chances without {
bobble yesterday and batted 1888
S Take off your hat to joel. Eppersol
n flew out to Taylor Callahan hit no
e one over Taylor's head that he wa
: able to knock down but could not stop
9 Callahan went to second when Eddi
n was unable to get the ball off T.
catch him. Villaino poled out fuk
to right field and Callahan scored
5. Wynn flew out to Taylor.
O Ocala made her four runs in tn
+ eighth. Brooks led off with singl
Y to right. Liddell came to bat wit
orders to bunt. He tried once an
fouled. He tried twice and foulec
n Then Jimmie got mad and poled out
IS single over second base, sendin
Brooks to second. Ulrich came u
with orders to bunt. He fouled twic
a and the Pals took a long breath an
IS waited for him to hit but Red foole
D them and hunted a beauty on the thir
strike and beat it out. Epp was surel
up in the air about that time. Thre
N on and Taylor to the bat. He hit
5. hct one between third and shor
t. scoring Brooks and Liddell. Woo
Z singled to left and both he and Taylo
- advanced another base when the lei