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wry'"** cr0 !5 Jl to w™ °? t lit, nffeburg Braves initial appear* he season heI J- first yam 6 of [between the two , e Braves , overeame lead by ttoe Chiefs ,t in the last inmnf. liefs will be out for C e Thursday night it game is in proa- Remain In Club tournament apionship of the Cam- u y Club lies between Sheorn, Joe McCarley, ield and Granger Kor- these four remaining in jionship flight follow- scond round of match week* Sheorn defeated Char- e, Joe McCarley won Beebe, Joe Sheffield Villepigue and Granger Jr., over Will L. Good- tie semi-event Sheorn rley and Sheffield Manager Yonce has taken ^.^[“athen his Myrtle Whitecaps, and has rigned four new players. Catcher Sud Varney sod Outfielder Ed Lamb of tl£ C University of North hi, both hitting 01 have been 400 signed and Camden Chiefs team, college ball/ have ■Jong with them Benny Hendrix, a pitcher from Erskine College, and Hub Locklair, a first baseman from Newberry. It didn't take Yonce long to see that his team needed rhore strength in or der to be in the ODanioa, who has been playing centerfield for Orangeburg, has left the team and Rubber Kinsey has taken over the center garden spot again. PlaflU Saturday town The Camden Chiefs announce the signing of Bevins Blackmon, an infielder, who is expected to work at second base. Also of mta Beard of Sumter who was an in fielder on the IMS Sumter Pal metto team. Blackmon was with the Sumter Chicks for the early part of the present season but had V> leave the team because of business af fairs in Columbia. He will be able to play with the Chiefs how ever. , Beard will be remembered by local fans for his versatile play. He could play infield or outfield and even took a hand in pitching when with the Fiakateers. Camden Ramblers Win Over Aiken In Hot Polo Game A three goal scoring rally in the fifth and sixth chukkers the Camden Ramblers a 6 Manager Camden v Roy Alexander of the Chiefs is evidently not uperstitious as he wears a huge IS” on the back of his uniform blouse. sui Rube Wilson pitched a fin» lame Saturday night in his debut or the year. The visiting Sonocos were able to get to him for only two hits, ■. 8 Miller Shealy pitched a good game against Myrtle Beach after a shaky first inning in which the Whitecaps capitalizing on Berner's wildness and some errors ran up a total of seven runs. , There have been many decided improvements in the local ball park since last season. The new bleachers are much more com fortable than the old ones. Inci dentally the seating capacity of the field has been greatly en larged. ve 5 “IS' flight pl.y. B«- Sr- won over hi. f But afternoon honors went to Fred Tejan, who was in an Aiken jersey* in the absence of Louis Smith. It was the old man of toe arena who repeately checked Rambler offensives and by skill ful back shots took the ball out of dangerous 'territory. Scoring honors for toe after noon went to Luis Ramos of the Ramblers and Fred Timm of toe invaders, each checking in with three markers. Next Sunday the third in the Camden-Aiken series will be here. Game tone is 3:30 Marshall, Jr., and Al- i defeated Dr. Carl West _ Sr., now plays Al- i for flight honors, third flight Granger efeated R. A. Perry and i for third flight honors, members of the Camden lub will invade Flor- ay to play an inter' of matches against J the Florence Country is one of the regularly [inter-club events of toe J^eague. ' I * ' ' _ Clyburn Win )ia Show rls were win- Pine Tree oaa held at the ARTICLE ON i near Columbia last Qybura, riding toe champion Duplicate, i ribbon in the junior nnanship division. S tody Clyburn finished | to junior horseman- isstrid Quee i Clyburn are and Mrs. S. C. Lane, and have won the several Camden dining toe seeaon Sumter is already running into difficulties in the Tri-State League in the matter of attend ance. The Sumter ^tem on Monday of this week carried an appeal on its sports page to the fans to turn out in larger numbers. The at tendance in the Gamecock City has been running around 600 which is not enough to support a Tri-State League team. Speaking of Sumter a fan from that city says that while Sumter will support a winning team it will not support a losing one. Un fortunately there must be loMng teams in Camden Defeats HartsviUe Before Very Large Crowd The Camden Chiefs tuned on the HartsviUe Sonocoe last Sat urday night and in a between- showers game before 2,000 per sons, walloped them 3 to 1. Les Robinson's homer in the fourth with none on and a single by Billy Mims in the sixth were the only blows gathered from toe slants of toe angular George (The Rube) Wilson, who pitched a superb game for the Chiefs. While not matching the 11 vic tim strikeout record of Harry Byrd, invading moundsman. The Rube put nine of the invaders down by strikeouts, gave but one walk and was given such brilliant support by a spunky scrappy team Hansville had but two running marooned on the sacks during toe nine inning* of action. The game was marked by two delays caused by rain. The game was halted in toe second inning for half an hour when a thunder storm swept toe area. Again in the closing minutes of toe seventh when rate began to fall The ceremonies, incident to an opening day game, postponed from the Saturday preceding, were aU that the ball crab prom ised. Attractive Sylvia Dahrid, chosen as Miss Kenhaw coun wtito trSCOrXtrG InvO uic SvttCliuXn Senator R. M. Kennedy. Jr, was given a rousing ovation. In front of toe grandstand Queen Sylvia was flanked by a group consisting of Senator Kennedy, Mayor Savage, Councilmen Kar- esh and McKain and President W. F. Nettles, Jr, of the baU dub. Short talks were made by May or Savage, Senator Kennedy and President Nettles, after which Queen Sylvia spoke briefly. Later the Queen presented each one in the group with a red rose, taken from a large bouquet with which toe had been presented by the ball dub The big event brought much joy to the family of John Padgett, Laurens street as he was to a Cn< was safo on BUI Tfim's error. The Rube connected for a nica single and when Harry Stdkfes singled, Cox came over with the tying run. Bill Collins, a flashy outfielder, then took hold of one of Byrd's slants and poled it for a double, and Stokes both t sen ted with a Chevrolet auto, tributing to this part of the gram when Sidney Zemp, Clark son Rhame, Mayor Savage and Miss Ollie Vincent a comely miss who lives on R-2, Camden. De livery of toe* car to Mr. Padgett was made by Traffic Officer She been . The Camden band, stationed in the north bleachers, contributed much to the success of the even ing's protoram, Hal Middleton di recting the classy musical group in a group of stirring numbers. Of the game itself, the story is told in the action of one inning the seventh. HartsviUe was lead ing by virtue of a home run smash by Letter Robinson, and Harry Byrd, toe Sonoco pitcher, while not equaling the hurling perform ance of The Rube, appeared to have control of the situation. In the big seventh, Charley Justice, Camden third \>asem&n every 1c and playea o’clock with six 7% minute chuk kers to Jbe played. In as much as it wm probably be the last game of toe 1948-49 polo season, a big turnout of tons is looked tor. . league toe real test of a town is its of a losing team. Last year ace supported its tail-end in the Tri-State League well this year the fans are about to holler their heads off support ing a team that is leading the league. Suppose the Florence fans had quit cold last year because their team was a Boeing One —- they’d.be without baseball this I In toe current isiue of the Mid- dlcburg, Va~ Chronicle is an ex cellent article dealing with Bat tleship, MTS. Marion duDont Scoffs horse that 11 years ago won toe most coveted of rteepfe- urana iNauonu ma. Tne arocid 'Build Th« are now operating our dry v t v. .«*TT.-' ■ ‘ and manufacturing kiln > '• ii' V •• • * i flooring, finish, and ildings and selling to the re- - ♦ * w-'-. |l trade at low price. See us - save money. Planing Hill & Lumber Co. If s a pity that all teams can't win or be right up in the running but, of course, they cant The attendance aU over the Pal metto League is reported to have been good thus far. Let’s hope it keeps up and that the league will have a banner season. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that month from this date, on May 30, 1949, L. WTBoykin, H, will make to toe Probate Court of Kenhaw County his final return as Execu tor of the estate of Meta C. Bay Hti [ j rawed, mg on the —twe date he will apply to the said Court for a final discharge at said “xecutor. 7 i-ilc N. C ARNETT. Judge of Probata. Camden, S. C, April SO, 1940. U-SAN-O INSURED MOTHPROOF t CLEANING (A SYSTEM L CtlANia BY US TKV MS TODAY Wilson And that was enough to put The Rube on his mettle. In the eighth' he fanned Jordan and Byrd and caused Tyson to roll weakly .to first Then in the final frame, after a dinky roller to The Rube by Cowick had retired that gent at fiiet, the lanky southpaw breezed the pill past Robinson and Mims so fast they both went [own via toe whiff route. Inci- entally The Rube had Robinson’s number and in retaliation for toe homer scored by the former Cam den ace, struck him out three times. Camden had six runners strand ed on the bags. In toe fourth they threatened to score, also in the sixth and eighth frames. In hitting Stokes and Collins had two each and Johnson. Justice, Cox and Wilson had singles. The HartsviUe fits were registered by former Camden players, Robinson and Mims. Line score: Camden 000 000 3Ox—3 8 0 HartsviUe 060 100 000—1 2 3 Wilson and Smith; Byrd and Tyson. FRIDAY NIGHT GAMES Lake City shut out the Chiefs last Friday night at Lake City, 5 to 0. “Sug” Horton, on the mound for the Camden team, was hit hard and often, Truckers getting 12 hits, two of them doubles, In seven innings. Roy Alexander took over in the eighth. Camden was unable to hit Cathey who worked six innings, retiring in favor of Hargett who finished the game. The Chiefs were held hitfess by Hargett The to gthe evening. Camden posted four errors during the Cite played err Elsewhere in the Palmetto look Friday, Fort Jackson routed Myrtle Beach 20 to 1 with the game being called in the seventh by consent by both teams. Orangeburg continued to pile up wins, taking the Georgetown Athletics 3 to 2 et Orangeburg. 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