Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE BASEBALL C'URVE. An Old Timer's Story of the Game Who First Saw It. Speaking about the early history of basebal.l the other day, an old time professional player said there were many things noL known generally. "There is, for instance, the matter of curve pitching. Who pitehed the tir: c:rve ball ? No don 't. name any of the men that: won pennants and got $10,000 a year. The pioneer wasn', a profesional, but an amateur -that is. he was an amateur until his curves made him famous. "His name was Arthur Cumminzs. and he was a New York boy. a tall. thin young fellow with .hair as blond as a chorus girl's. How he came to discover curve pitching I don't know, but it was generally believed afterward that he hit on it by acci dent. He tried it out for the first time in 1S67 in a game between two. scrub teams in Washington. "'The famous Excelsior club of New York was then visiting Wash ington as the guest' of the old Nation al club, and the two played a series of games on the qld White lot. To ward the end of the series some one suggested that the young New York ers who had come over from the Ex celsiors make up a scrub nine and play a nine of Washington boys as a sort of comic interlude. "The suggestion was adopted, and the New York nine consiste- of four or five Excelsior substitutes and a number of other young fellows, among them Arthur Cummings. The Washington nine was made up in the main of players belonging to the Junior Nationals, the crack amateur team iof Washington. "f ammin2-s was a rising young pitcher, but no one thought that there was anything remarkable about him, and the Junior Nationals prepared to knock him out of the box. But when the first batsman fanned out the Washingtonians began to look surprised. "'It's the darnd'est thing I ever saw,' said this batsman. 'I struck right out at all three balls, and every one of them seemed to jump aside just as i-t got near the plate. One *jumped outward, another inward, and the third seemed to rise. Maybe T'm beginning to see things.' "'It puzzled Jewell, the eatcher, too, not to speak of Al Mills, -the umg r.e. Jewell caught all of the balls beas it was then the eustoni for the catcher to stand far back and catch on the first bounce, but it made him dizzy. "The second :basan of the Jun ior Nationals went to the bat and walloped the air three times too. Al Mills came up close to the plate to see what was wrQfng. It looked to him as if Cummings were wild. " 'Just keep your head there.' he said to the third batsman, 'and you will get your base on halls.' "This third batsman; had a steady hand, :and,- sure enough, he got his base on balls. Cumnming's pitched the ~ball, and it seemed to be coming straight for the plate, when sudden ly. just as it was ten feet or so away, it curved out and missed the plate by a foot; Mil.ls called a ball. "The next ball came straight on, but the batsman, ho ping to hit it and profiting by his experienee, 'swung his bat far out.: But, instead of curving out like the last one, it seenied to jump. It crcssed the plate on a level with the batsman 's eyes, "That scared him, and he just stood there without making a move E~ntil a succession of wild balls sent him to first base. The fourth bats man struck out so easily that it was pathetic. "Well, sir, Cneimings began to get more control over the ball after that first inning, and Mills had to admit that it was coming over the plate; but except by accident, not a single Junior National batsman could touch it. It jumped; it sank; it wabbled from side to si'de. Mills rubbed his eyes and wondered how the thing was done. Cummings mere lv smiled. "In the fifth inning one of tahe Na tionals hv dufib luck landed o:1 the sphere and drove it into the next county. There were two men on bases at the time, and the home run brought them home. That gave tire Nationals three runs.. So far as I know. they made no other runs in the whole game. "After it was all over the whole town buzzed about Cummings' queer pitchin.g. As for him, he was as sil ent as the grave. " 'How du you make the ball curve?' asked a hundred persons. " 'Does it curve?' Cnmming.z would say innocent-like. "And then ire would shut up and become a clam. Every sale event here is a bona fide ear clean, clear cut reduction on all lines thi, we cari charge is the goldn rul>rof hi bi at 9 o'clock.. Be on hand for first'selec io Another Big Cloak Sale. One hundred more of those Castor, long 50 f nch Cloaks t..) go on sale Wednesday morning at $4 9S. You can't match this Cloak in Newberry for less than $S 30. 100 long 50 inch Cloaks, black, tan and castor, nicely trimmed with braid, all sizes from 32 to 44, take your choice for $7.50. You can't match this $7 50 Cloak for less than a $io.oo bill. All $12.50, $15.00 and $16.50 Cloaks marked to one price, $9 98. Don't throw away your money, look at the Cloak values here before you buy. 5 doz. Children's Refers in garnet, blue and 1 rown, worth $r oo, $1.25 a and $1 5e, choice 65c. each. A Big Blanket Sale. Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock will place on sale one hundred pair North Carolina 10-4 Wool Blankets, beautiful blue and pink borders, not a pair in the lot worth less thau $5 oo, as long as the zoo pair lasts, one pair to each buyer at only the pair $3.49. Coine quick. Be you a looker or a buyer, come a+i c ing and Shoe business in Carohna. n he was signed by the champion Athle- with thirst. Kocht wandered ties and became their star pitcher. miles inland in search of w: Other pitchers watched him and got las;t finding it in some smal on to the trick, but it was three years in the rocks. before anybody did it as well as he. Refreshed with -the water, During those three years his team once more wandered back kept the championship. - shore to set up a lonely vigi 'And tha:t, so 'far as j know, is passing ship. There, cast u he story of the origin of the curve beach, he- found the body of ball.' '---Baltimore Sun. and upon the carcass the .m -_______ _ . man contrived to exist, slee ON A. DESEET IS. ~ the day i,ime when the sun -- 'the sand and pacing the shore Stranded Fisherma Lives Fourteen the cool nights. Days on a Crab and a From a'piece of canvass f Seal. wrecked dory Kocht manufac .. signal, and twice a day, as ion After batitling with the elements streig'th lasted, clime'd' to a i for four days in an open boat, Au- of rock, where he kept a loot gust Koeht, a fisherman of the a passing sail. schooner Stanley and formerly a When the schooner Alice] dragoon in the Tsar's army, was: sight Koeht was so weakene stranded on the desert island of his suffering that he could Unimak, where he existed for four- ereep upon his k.nees. The s teen days on a crab and the carcass Istood off from the shore ai of ~a .seal whnich he foun'd there, says skipper motioned for him t< the Seattle Times. Fearful lest the vessel mig: When he was picked up by thehi byKoh.sn ucnc schooner Alice, a cod'fishing boat th sadan it ashut from Seattle, which had put into fsemnfudhm Dublin bay for a supply of water, twsntuilhware Kocht was so weak from. hunger andbociteshnrtatK h cold that he could barely creep on his je htwti ot ie hands and knees and. wave the signalplcwhrhexastand of distress which brough't him assist-alihoue CptnWls ance. - h-cooe tnly tt On -ooard the Alice, Kocht was fed floigKctsdsper with whisky and milk and his swol- sn u w ois u a lenlibsru~bd it alohl.It asj ohind ay Ktank nconse six days before hendait bvastohstan upon'hisfeet Fou hunred ishermefoendo fica.' nort of he ointwher hewas ick wa o Rihod NsLearev schoner tanly, ad arivedin o rd' tothe mcooent, thaidoe on Lbard hat esse, taen hape wtin thiorty toles Whilefishng fr cooffthe pl-ate wereo his sotrndedc th' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~te schooner Stanley,b erfcfomLtesoe t ateil southeste. Fo yourdaysthelis- ng soert's dillapear tresd fihermn bttle wit~ ten ot rto dtries bth proj he simbsh rueboedt ach. and has the fi.nat f,and aid ofim. rifedy heplesy heaitasg'ablnecttoitand upon he eea.sizer hndred miles The negroes f or fia.e oft f the preofntwehe a s pick fRcmd roews-Ledenr.n ed up ht thwak ofne ohrto left Srength and loeng life and 1 chon [tanly and awdingpr'it the m rotovemntsaidmt oneboar tiewt i et hat theel tialensape inthis cit ot Wefish.n fcreeded off escaping from conere of thi onthr.f leash ofhUimah hehm o hechat tell rtem fat tiheny Koehtkoped as swpt ialy from-v soporndit fstr theylg he toner tley by awtererifiac meom os thei oners tand wi otwenste. Th hook dyhe man- an peope sonwhill are. in ageed t. rfoisra ad with his moterel thte ce oprsh tae. Oeothoasboeudrtaem adf in them adtha thsion thwhichondtday, his sue the dscsatyo ndi of deal.Athe ditaedt helplestshaely bd.OnStartes howvermet shold be in Tland he fdrveaszd cralfa mile are notgroe carried fsm enu ofthe sd. Uon theishlied.A th for med inrop lerianduceei btuse ay wihoueatr. otihaoo to aorabl ondicithoncha here I was nonl reug knwere the apretion. Afieoro thiee wr ek heter andeh e as marn- care andporungety for fullh led to ac the beach wheringe thekfmentaoftheirypowerstandiab nigh to keeks warm. Astred ri. Of oremet istooearly t nest endeavor to attract trade by - week, A giaranteed saving on e% z s,ore. The big bargain wheel si n. " 850 Men's Overcoats for $5.50 Each. ioo Men's Overcoats with a big storm collar, South Carolina Heaters is what we call em', you can't ma'ch this Overcoat in all Newberry for less than $8 50, here goes for only a $5 0o bill. 50 Men's fine heavy Melton Over-coats worth elsewhere $12 50, here goes for $8 50. 50 Men's Cravenett Raii Coats worth $12.50 a. d $15 oo el'sewhere, here goes for $10.oo. ' A tremendous lino ( f Overcoats to select from and must be sold. Cut Price Shoe Sale. 2oo pairs Men's Brogan Shoes worth $1.5o and $1.75, tor this week only $1 25. hh -w well we are equipped to dc and get acquainted "Sh 1ke." thirty ter, at 1elefts Koeht to the for al Onl the a seal, zooned ing, inj varme1 during Tlianiksgiving Qay mforWe've fattened ou vin guaranteed H ats the '.from arely day you wear them hoone.r d the swim. AGac ~on"o" but it takes wear to hat tihe. Come im and select ""e will complete your E dj' its shape and will be ** fore it is worn out. aee 'he opae- in consideration here was organized in2 an a nsort in Charleston, S. C. Negroes from The Br Africa the Carolinas, Georgia and .Alabama era r. The: took stoek in. i't eagerly, the under- Liseria t -away..t'anding being - that each share' of Ib1 be fre.1de~k,entitled its holder to transpor- lso hope t.ation"'from Charleston to Libieria. At her14 etwll appointe ie 4,000 or 5,000 ne- rw for it' groes flocked to Charlestion and found crwy. UTni ted! i.here as their means of crossing the bezzle 'nisted. ocean an old, halfrottten bark of 412beze bl if of- tos a former fruit clipper form the mang e way tilade between Boston and West In- bottom rans- (lies bought for a song. Under the law.s the en .emnZ she was forbidden to carry more than tha ai jeir na- 206 adults, and probably 10,000 a.ers w i and shares of stock,.-each of which repres--rov ~omonf enited a ticket, ha~d been sold. She OV ver can was poorly provisioned and equipped,.h e levelop- her water supply was short and she 'tia ofn ities as w ~as without medicine or doctor. On tia per contact IEaster Sunday of 1878 she sail-' fair idowing ed with over 450 negroes. passener fa-l L. and crew, of all ages and kinds. W begin Albout everything happened to her 1peiene he very that could happen to a ship, short of ever, v rde eer- wrecks. She ran out .of provisions not su< egroes Iand water and when she reached the manage ere and Itropics her passengers began to die at and emi here in1 the rate of two and three a day. a:nd exj careful Twenty-nine of them were dropped on and overboard, corpses, in the last ten ir com- days. Ship fever broke ou~t aboard Prof. rear-s her, she was hit by a tornado off the ledo's ii.- Az1res came t the equator, caught fewv ren ?ay Nights. the power of our matchless low prices. A re y item. Not how much, but how little :arts in motion again Wednesday morning Everything at Cut Price. Don't be misled, come direct to Mimnaugh's where your dollars do double duty. i case Androscoggin Bleaching (limited) ro yds to each buyer ioc. yd. i case Standard Percales, plenty of red and blue, u5c kind at only ide Godd Turkey Red Table Damask, worth 35c, here only 19c yd. Standard Table Oil Cloth, instead of 25c, here only 15c. 20 pieces Old Kentucky Buck Skin all wool Jeans, 35c, here only 22C. 200 Rugs, 4x4, worth Soc and 75c, here goes 35c each or 3 for $i.oo. A Big Cotton Blanket Sale. ' Five cases go on sale at just half price. 59c, 98c, $r.25, $1.49 and $1.98, not a pair in the lot thats not worth double the price. A Big Dress Goods Sale. Every yard of Black and Colored Dress Goods marked down for this big sale. If you can't come send by a friend. These bargains will soon melt away. Did you know more people trade at Mimnaugh's thangin any other store in Newberry. the biggest Dry Goods, Millinery,, Cloth I. .. Will Be on Thursday 28th r stock with a line of Hawes" t rise in your estimation every Assures the Style, A bring out fully their qualities, one for Thanksgiving wear, it tttire for the day,, it will hold time for a new one ibng be s & MO RGAN. dverse current along the coast. clntooprapuihe.. itish governent laid hands on " eiv ncroa uih Sierra Leone and had her fu- mn, h adsoilyi eer I, provisioned and towed to ades Itk ~soki oa When she got (bsek to Char- uio. od,hatyoyune t was found that she was eat- mrlsainhV o reatm yy to-wage fees, provisions for o t hygtoto ad urn trip and wages of the "Teeiafrndomn."sd The association had muddled Po.Lrmrwt rmsie rhatl money had no~t beeg em- "h sriigafml f~xby and the first matie, a BostonwihteelofmrlsaonTe ot mad one day and wentmidltlchpageaotte . elow and kieked a hole in heattrteohrnihrtacib with his boot heel. That was "Add o eiv, adI 1 of that experiment except tatmrlssinsbeerha >ut one-half of the passen- roalpnhmntfrbgluy 10 landed died of coast fever lv ieyus? indulgence in tropical fruit, two or three years, about half sadmfre. ainder fell victims to the iner- 'n oyuma osyta :he limate and the remainingyohaeevrwipdoubos' cent. survived and have done ~akd vell."'stuasIsthr'myfin vanL no repetition of that ex- ccae~erety Ihv ee 3. There is no reason, how-stukoefmyhidnecptn hy such a movement shouldsefdfs.'"WahngnStr eeed, if strongly and wisely d,hake b sficen cpia Aeiv Dinbcor.oa uih tductd by enwth foesig t,'' .htte Heeaid sthe minierec )efene todres today tae nod stock me oa yus.- othr-e, heid, boy der Self-Defene.ofeit.-Then geo ofshn't tel - Ogdn hamer Lrie,TotePruh. oimerdt ariml se retean du'ator s oemoith Watntlae c rgve aboe the iaiir~g cholmstrswhostllmat-tert otheerenghss u.