Following the trade break, the Southern California Hornets got back into action against the division’s top team, the Ocala Stallions. Things rolled the Hornets’ way against a pitching-depleted Stallions squad, and SoCal took two of three games.
The Hornets made two trades during the break. Starting outfielder William Nance went to Bluffton and backup shortstop Tommy Corcoran went to Silver Spring, both in exchange for 1903 third-round picks. SoCal also received outfielder Fred Crolius from Silver Spring.
Roger Bresnahan went 8-for-15 (.533), with a five-hit game in the opener. Eddie Plank won the first game and Bill Reidy pitched a shutout in the finale.
The Hornets went into this series having just won just one of the last eight games. They were swept by Ocala in the first series of the season.
Herson Division Standings: Ocala 23-15 (.605), Asheville 19-16 (.543), Guests in the Corn 16-16 (.500), Carolina 16-22 (.421), SoCal 13-22 (.371)
SoCal Hornets Season Statistics
Game #33 — SoCal 8, Ocala 3 (10 inn.)
Roger Bresnahan had five hits and played a part in five of the eight runs. He had had an RBI single in the first, then singled and scored runs in the fifth and seventh innings as the Hornets took a one-run lead three times. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Ocala’s Sammy Strang walked. John Farrell tried for a walk-off inside-the-park home run, but was thrown out at the plate. But his hit sent the game to extra innings. In the top of the 10th, the Hornets lit up D-rated reliever Frank Own, scoring five runs, including a two-run triple by Bresnahan. Eddie Plank (5-6) went 10 innings and picked up his team-high fifth win of the season.
SOCAL HORNETS AB R H BI OCALA STALLIONS AB R H BI
Fred Tenney 6 2 2 1 Lefty Davis 5 0 1 0
Roger Bresnahan 6 2 5 3 Mike Donlin 5 0 0 0
Fred Clarke 5 0 0 0 Elmer Flick 4 0 2 0
Harry Steinfeldt 6 0 0 0 Mike Grady 4 1 0 0
Algie McBride 4 1 2 1 Irv Waldron 4 1 2 1
Tommy Dowd 3 1 0 0 Clarence Foster 3 0 1 0
Dick Padden 5 0 3 1 Sammy Strang 3 1 1 1
Herman Long 5 1 0 1 John Farrell 4 0 1 1
Eddie Plank BZ 5 1 1 0 Jack Powell BZ 3 0 0 0
Davey Crockett 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 45 8 13 7 TOTALS 36 3 8 3
SOCAL HORNETS 100 010 100 5 -- 8
OCALA STALLIONS 000 101 001 0 -- 3
LOB--SOCAL HORNETS 11, OCALA STALLIONS 5. ERR--Herman Long,
Mike Donlin, John Farrell, Mike Grady. 3B--Roger Bresnahan,
Elmer Flick, John Farrell. HBP--Algie McBride, Clarence
Foster. SB--Fred Tenney, Roger Bresnahan, Dick Padden, Mike
Grady.
SOCAL HORNETS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eddie Plank BZ 
10.00 8 3 3 1 1 0
OCALA STALLIONS
Jack Powell BZ 9.00 8 3 2 1 1 0
Frank Owen D (L) 1.00 5 5 5 2 1 0
Game #34 — Ocala 6, SoCal 1
The bats got off to a good start again as the Hornets scored in the top of the first on Harry Steinfeldt’s RBI single. But SoCal wouldn’t get its next hit until the eighth inning, and wouldn’t score again. Ocala scored six unanswered runs off Harry Howell (3-7) to even the series.
SOCAL HORNETS AB R H BI OCALA STALLIONS AB R H BI
Fred Tenney 2 1 0 0 Lefty Davis 5 1 1 0
Roger Bresnahan 4 0 1 0 Mike Donlin 3 2 2 1
Fred Clarke 4 0 1 0 Elmer Flick 4 1 2 0
Harry Steinfeldt 4 0 1 1 Mike Grady 3 0 1 2
Algie McBride 3 0 1 0 Irv Waldron 3 0 0 1
Tommy Dowd 4 0 0 0 Clarence Foster 4 0 0 0
Dick Padden 4 0 0 0 Sammy Strang 4 1 1 0
Herman Long 3 0 0 0 John Farrell 4 1 1 0
Harry Howell CZ 3 0 0 0 Jack Harper BZ 2 0 0 0
Jack Dunn 2 0 1 1
TOTALS 31 1 4 1 TOTALS 34 6 9 5
SOCAL HORNETS 100 000 000 -- 1
OCALA STALLIONS 120 000 21x -- 6
LOB--SOCAL HORNETS 6, OCALA STALLIONS 7. ERR--Tommy Dowd,
Dick Padden. 3B--John Farrell. HBP--Mike Grady. SACF--Irv
Waldron. SB--Algie McBride, Elmer Flick, Mike Donlin, Lefty
Davis.
SOCAL HORNETS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Harry Howell CZ [L] 8.00 9 6 4 1 5 0
OCALA STALLIONS
Jack Harper BZ [W] 6.00 2 1 1 3 3 0
Jack Dunn [S] 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
Game #35 — SoCal 12, Ocala 0
Bill Reidy (3-4) was incredible, tossing his second shutout of the season while giving up just four hits and one walk. Harry Steinfeldt hit the team’s third home run of the season, a two-run blast in the third inning that made it 3-0. It stayed that way until the seventh inning when the Hornets broke through for 10 runs. Tommy Dowd led off with a double, and after the first out was made, SoCal had seven straight hits, including a two-run double by Clarke and an RBI triple by Steinfeldt. Dowd added a two-run single in the ninth inning for the final margin.
SOCAL HORNETS AB R H BI OCALA STALLIONS AB R H BI
Fred Tenney 5 1 1 0 Lefty Davis 3 0 1 0
Roger Bresnahan 5 2 2 1 Mike Donlin 4 0 0 0
Fred Clarke 4 3 2 2 Elmer Flick 4 0 0 0
Harry Steinfeldt 5 2 2 3 Mike Grady 4 0 0 0
Algie McBride 5 0 1 1 Irv Waldron 4 0 0 0
Tommy Dowd 4 2 3 2 Clarence Foster 4 0 1 0
Dick Padden 5 0 0 0 Sammy Strang 1 0 1 0
Herman Long 4 1 2 2 Jack Dunn 2 0 0 0
Bill Reidy CZ 4 1 1 1 John Farrell 3 0 1 0
Win Kellum DZ 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 41 12 14 12 TOTALS 32 0 4 0
SOCAL HORNETS 012 000 702 -- 12
OCALA STALLIONS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--SOCAL HORNETS 4, OCALA STALLIONS 6. ERR--Dick Padden
(2), Clarence Foster. 2B--Tommy Dowd, Fred Clarke. 3B--Harry
Steinfeldt. HR--Harry Steinfeldt. SB--Tommy Dowd, Herman
Long (2), Roger Bresnahan, John Farrell.
SOCAL HORNETS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Reidy CZ [W] 9.00 4 0 0 1 0 0
OCALA STALLIONS
Win Kellum DZ [L] 9.00 14 12 12 2 4 1
