The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-11-06
WILDCATS WAlLOPED
Lost a Close Game Saturday to Fort
Meade By Is to Il Score

a 13 to II score Saturday afternoon
when they played Fort Meade on the
Ocala gridiron. The apparent sleepi-
ness of the Wildcats IN the first quar-
ter, coupled with the inability of their
line to hold against the onslaught of
the Fort Meade meat were largely re-
sopnsible for the Fort Meade victory.
The Wildcats line with few excep-
tions played very poor game of ball
On the offensive they let the Fort
Meade men through and the play
would be blocked before the backfeld
could get off with the ball. On defens-
i've they could not stop the steady
advance of the Fort Meade eleven. In
the first quarter their minds seemed
thousand miles away from Hunter
Park. They seemed in a daze and
Fort Meade had made a touchdown
and kicked the extra point before the
game had been four minutes in play.
In spite of the weakness of 0cala's
line there were several star plays
made by linemen. Stephens played
donwerful game on defensive all the
way through He probably broke up
more of Fort Meade's plays than any
of the rest of the Wildkitties. Steve
was in fine form and played sensa-
tional ball all through the game
Lindsay Troxler broke up one or two
plays behind the line and John Trox-
ler got through for several good ones.
Lewis and Borland at the ends both
played good football. Jimmie pulled
another forward pass down from the
skies and carried it over for a touch
down.
In the backfeld Ferguson and Jim
Knight played hot stuff from one end
of the game to tthe other. They were
hard to stop and the maHwho stopped
them thought he had been up against
a steam roller Ferguson carried
the ball for a total gain of no less
than fifty-two yards in the game,
while Knight came next with forty
seven yards. The work of Bebe Da-
niels at quarter was good for case
of sore eyes. The kid worked his
team fast and furiously and was very
skillful in his choice of plays.
Mike Knight entered the game for
the most sensational play of the aft
ernoon. Ocala had the ball i'm the
center of the field on Fort Meade's 10
yard line. Daniels called for punt
formation and prepared for a place
kick for a field goal. Mike Knight
raced forward around the end. Fer
guson receivedSthe ball from center
and held it at the ground for place
kick. Fort Meade was trying to block
the kick but at the last minute Jim
Knight snatched the ball from Fer
guson's. hands and threw it to Mike
for touchdown. Through inability
of the Ocala line to hold they were
unable to make the extra point after
either touchdown. The ball would be
blocked before Ferguson could kick it.
For the visitors Clyatt, C. Keller
and P. Yeargood played the best
game. Their line held well and out
played the Wildcats line all the way
through the game Fort Meade had
several fake plays that worked well
against the local lads. Their back
field was able to plunge several
yards through the line ON almost al
; occasions but was unable to do much
around end or with the air attack.
/ The game by quarters:
First Quarter
Ocala kicked off and c. Keller re
ceived the ball but was downed al
most in his tracks. On first down
Fort Meade carried the ball one yart
through left guard. On second down
Steve broke through left guard fo
, nine yards. On fourth down the,
, punted out of bounds. Ocala got tn
, ball OF her 45-yard line. On frs
down they lost ten yards on tumble
On second down Ferguson gained tn
: ten yards around left end. On thir
: down Moses gained three yard
. around left end but on fourth dow
\ they lost the ball when they failed t
!, complete ia forward pass. For
Meade carried the bali yard throug
center on first down. On second dow
c. Keller made three yards throug
right guard. On third down Clyat
gained ten yards around left end. O
first down they went through cent?
; for two yards. On second down
q fake double pass gained three yarC
, through left tackle but failed to gal
&c any on the third down when Lindss
/ Troxler broke through and threw Il
a man behind the line They complete
a forward pass on the fourth dow
and reached Ocala's 12-yard lin
II Yearwood carried the ball two var,