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L CHEWMNG Builder fco Years Experience m me figure on your next building iob.^ : - -r*V: y Si When Mendel Smith flayed Base Ball The following interesting article ^ of Jud^ M??dd fr, ^,,,ithl? and h?* University ? of Virginia base ball t?.m a?pea^d bi^uu" e<"ti0n th" Col"m thfoulPPi,7 'i'." b.to our hand, through the kindness of James (J versitv ath[?tic.,(lirect?r at the Uni-' rowed it f U u Carolina, who Arrowed it from Murray McGuire, well t6ZL ihe,i ?f Uichm0nd' bought the Uni e /amT baseball nine of the University of Virginia, which i^U^ W,?rld'8 fair in ch*e?Ko | that 71<1 ?? recalled the fact hat had Judge Mendel L. Smith of Camden listened to the wooings af Cffthr-Lte?^11', he mi*ht have far as hittin ?f h,S day' 80 ar as hitting was concerned, and the George Sisler of his time at first base. In fact, from all w* can hear, his name would have gone down on pages of baseball history with tho most eminent of the game. Becoming interested in the clipping which Mr. McGuire so kindly lent, 1 he State pursued the matter . further and is happy to be able to j present a picture of the team, and /? quote from clippings j other than that from The Inter-Ocean, 1 which is reproduced in full later in this article. - Virginia's 1893 baseball nine is no doubt, the most famous of collegiate baseball teams. Certainly, so as the South in concerned. There were two South Carolinians on it i5? ,T^hV referred to in accounts as Cap 'Smith, and Edmund Rhett 01 Charleston, now with the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company in a responsible capacity. Mr. Rhett's nickname was "Bunny" and we prefsume his friends still affectionately call him that. The South always thought Virginia should have had the ehampionship cup at Chicago. Older followers of baseball will recall that Virginia was much dissatisfied with the way the tournament was run. The Richmond Times-Dispatch sized up the feeling with a stpry which was printed immediately after the cup had bee* given to Yale: "It i* the general opinion of disinterested persons that the arrangement of the tournament was such tjiat it was next to im1 p?88*ble for any other than one of the Northern colleges to win." l' Mr. McGuire, whose name, along with that of Eppa Rixey, who came along a score of years later, stands out among Virginia -pitchers as "the best ever," was called back to Virginia in 1913 to tell about famous teams, but especially that of 1893. In his talk he paid special tribute to Cap Smith and to Marshall, "a catch feared by every baserunneff for his great throwing ability; and Stevens, who pitched* most of the games. Mr. Maguire, of course, couldn t talk about himself, but the editor of College Topics, the Virginia weekly, in reporting Mr. McGuine'tTNaddress, chronicled that Carrington Williams in introducing Mr. Maguire referred to him as "the gi eatest pitcher Virgina has ever had and one of the best college cbaseball has ever known," Of Mr. Rhett, The Times-Dispatch, after the series, said: "Rhett, left field, is one of, if. not the best, outfielders the university has ever had.' His fielding has been* perfect this season and his batting one of tfar mainstays of the team. #'He is feet tall, weighs 169, and 'is 22 years ____ Now back to Judge Smith, the season of 1893 was at Ixat^i times, made 36 rhns, got 53 base h^ts,~ made 369 putouts, got 12 assists, made only one__error, for' n batting average of .460'and a fielding percentage of .998. HoW's that for a record ? Parker of the same ivuiu hit_.447 in times at bat, and; Rhett, who really was the second best hitter on the club, made an even .300 in 103 times up. Judge Smith-was offered a contract with the St. Louis Nationals but declined it. His services were sought by the majors and by the minors, The unquestioned opinion is that had he.'listened to the professional, base-* Baircill, he would have'fhacte a hamo to come down through ,the leasons with the greatest of the game. But instead he chose to return to. his native state, here to practice law. He adorns his profession today; a brilliant advocate, a keen student, an adviser and councilor whose. services are sought far and near. He has been speaker of the house of representatives, a judge of the circuit bench, which he resigned to enter the military service during the World war, and has often been spoken of as candidate for governor. He was a colonel at General Pershing's headquarters overseas, his commission being in the judge advocate general's department. / ' The State reprints a clipping of .one of the games at the World's fair. Said the Chicago Inter-Ocean of July 2, .1893: "Holy cats! How the college boys played baH yesterday afternoon. ; Every man on the two nines shut Ms front teeth tight down on his heart and determined to do or join the Columbian guard. Virginia, fluahed with success, had an edge on like the Ferris wheel and Illinois toed the marjc with bated breath ^nd an ambition like J. Caesar's. 'Nip and Tuck camped on the ardha, and Enthusiasm hopped from seat to seat in the grandstand abd on the bleachers. It was the biggest uyd the best crowd that has yet attended the South Side ball park. Hordes of men from Champaign came up to encourage the Illinois men, and "that college yell" OS me out like a derby winner. ' 'Who says the collegians can't play the game? Who says that r.ll they arc fit for is to wear bright rlbbor.o and yell until their mouths split open to the basement? " 1 hefe was no dressed-beef refrigerator playing between the North and South. They played like charm pions, like the 'Colts' ought to do; as if each man on the team was hypodermically injected full of ginger, steel springs, sand and chicken hawk. "Consequently nobody knew whose game it was until the last ball was ' aught. Every time a player came to !>at those yells stretched over across the held like u cantilever budge. Every time first base was reached that same yell took form again and rolled up like a summer's wind storm. Hut the Virginians were too strong. Training showed up at Inst, and the aggregate hustlers from Dixieland finally got Illinois' head under the fence and held it there. I he spectators whooped and howled and threw up hats, umbrellas, canes and $5 bills for joy, and the scorer marked up Virginia 10, Illinois 7, and softly stole away. "'Cap' Smith, 'thle idol of the South, that Plymouth Rock of a first basemun. had his pedestal luiscd 12 feet higher than ever before by his playing. When he goes home instead of being a common idol he will be elevated to a 'Joss.' It's a good thing, too that he isn't going to stay here all summer, Several of his idolntors became faint for want of breath yesterday. If he should keep ^ up hisr . gait one weejk more there s no telling what would happen. And the 'Cap' played ball like the man with the hand organ, just as If he was the only one in the game. He covered ground enough to make a rice plantation, caught 'liners' l|ki an ocean voyager, and stopped grounders like the government pier. Then he went to work and capped the climax. People are always treating that ubiquitous article as if it was a dummy in a millinery window. And the climax poor thing, can't help it. Some day that climax will get overworked and go on top the Masonic building, where to cap it people will have to take a balloon. Anyway Smith's cap Was a dainty Parisian thing, all bowknots, wild daisies and papier mache forget-me-nots. So the climax, like a sweet girl graduate, stood still and took it/and looked in the mirror, of course, while the grandstand did a skirt dance. "It was like this: Virginia 9, Illinois .6. ..Illinois at the bat, two out ?i!\ree men on ba8es- On good safe arive to center and the score was tied*'- 'My I my! how the girls in the grandstand did go inl Whew! if Pitcher Stephens didn't get pale! He would have made Vermont marble look like a coal exhibit. Two balls! three balls! And how the crowd did yell for Illinois! Stephens, he of ..the flowing mane, got whiter still. Then he got his rifle sights out of his pocket. Right over the plate the next one came. Whack! Virginia's friends shut their eyes. . 'Foul!' yelled the umpire. 'You can't get it, Marshall,' and the catcher looked over behind the players? benches, wheer the ball would Jttlt,in another second and bore bicycle tracl<- But ifa didnt fall! -Smith from first was' *^^1? 4,&3-4 clip. He stretched' PM N? 6 feot? 2 inches, of height and?0* *nat left-hand trap of his on the! ^phere'r when he stopped run-; tlirtrlguff was out. Even the Illinois adherents went wild- over the* catch. Apd old 'Cap' Smith got* pounded the back like a newly^ laid row; <3! cobble stones. "On^e other side, from the start an upttili game was played. Frederickson braced up after being pounded dfaripg t^e innings, and the Illinois team made, frantic strides to catch the winners.'' Haskell at short distinguished himself. Everything was like un extinguished candle that came his way. Ifc. stood on his head and caught a fly after falling down, and by so doing saved three runs against his team, and he'bit the ball for keeps in spite of his size. Huff, the catcher, did yeoman's work and Frgderickson pitched a t)eye!r game after three innings were played. ?'Little-Marshall' showed his nerve by catching for the Virginians in the last innning after he had been knocked senseless by a ..pjt$jed ball. Frederickson hit three men in the nine innings, and When Marshall's turn came, he caught it where the chicken gets the ax. The blow was severe, and the little fellow fell with arms outstretched across the plate. Ten minutes were spent in reviving him, after which he pyt on the mask and caught the Illinois side out in one, two, three order. * "After the game was over the clubs lined up and gave their respective college yells in honor of their opponents. Illinois went home last night, having made friends of every player in the tournament by the splendid playing of its men and the hearty good fellowship of its team. There wfll be no mow Y*?es until July 4, when Yale, Amherst, Wesleyan and Vermont will play. Virginia will rest until, Thursday, wl\?n ft plays the Winner of the morning's same of the Fourth." A gang <rf bandits shot ? policeman and a bank messenger in New York Wednesday ?*d got away with a payroll of $36,000. Many Prizes Await National Winners Indianapolis, I iid., April 22.? A chin ice to travel, u splendid trophy, loyal, state and national honors, and an (>i>portuntty to see all the gameof the big world aeries await the aandlot nine that forgea Its way to the championship in the 1029 Junior Baseball Series being conducted by The American Legion, said Dan Sowers, national director of Americanism in charge of the activity. The Oakland, Cab, junior team traveled a total of approximately 16,0()u miles last year before settling I down at the close of The American I Legion Junior World Series. This team was the first to have its name I curved on the permanent trophy projvided by Past National Commander* I Howard P. Savage, of Chicago. This I trophy remains in the custody of the J Department represented by the chainlpion team until the new winner ap? I pears. The award of this trophy 1 will be made next at the Louisvillu, I Ky., national convention of the I Legion to the world champions' for I this _year. j Perhaps the grand prize that apI peais most to the champions is that 1 offered by the National uud American Baseball leagues, which are I Sponsoring the Legion's junior proI grain to the extent of $50,000. The I Junior world champions will be Jthe 1 guests of the major leagues at all of jthe games of the big world series j with expenses paid, j National attention was given the J world champion team by the newspapers and public last year. They j were honored and feted at a big j reception given upon their return to J their home town city. After choosing Orangeburg as the | 19J0 convention city and electing de| partmental and divisional officers, j the 31st unnual convention of the J South Carolina Federation of Woj men's Clubs adjourned at SpartanJ burg Friday. In the course of Frij day's sessions the convention adopt 1 ed^ resolutions favoring revision of Jthe state 6-0-1 school aid law to | Equalize salaries of teachers; taking | ine office of county superintendent j of education out of politics; stricter j compulsory school attendance law; j highway bill board restrictions; | standardization of graduate nurses; j stricter marriage laws; licensing of J drivers of motor vehicles, and a state J controlled school for delinquent negro^ | girls. Paul Gaines, Polk county, North Carolina, man waiT given a sentence of from 25 to 30 years for slaying his wife while drunk. A physician testified that Gaines although a fully developed man, had the mentality of a IE or 14-year-old boy. 1 i Sumter Merchant Fleeced j ? . H. J. Cummins, proprietor of the grocery store bearing his name, thift morning suffered the loss of. $10 by a scheme that has been worked on Sumter merchants several times before. Soon after Mr. Commins opened his store at 7 o'clock Monday iporn^ lug he received a telephone call from a man who asked him to send groceries worth fifty cents to K South Magnolia street, and to send change for $10 with the delivery boy. Mr. and Mrs. James Westbcrry live at this address, so Mr. Commins immediately complied with the request. The delivery boy returned in h few minutes and gave Mr. Comfriins a check for $10 signed by R. A, Hampton and endorsed by<3 B. B. Traxler. The boy said the man met him in the street atid took the money and groceries from him, saying that he was in a big hurry. The boy told Mr. Commins that he had never seen this man before, but would be able to recognize him if he ever met him again. The check had written acrosa it? face the following: "Hold for 30 day?," No orie by the name of R. A. Hampton or B. B. Traxler lives in Sumter, so far as could be determined today.?(Monday's Sumter Item. -"-Miss Lula Mae Jackson, convicted] of grand larceny after trust in Anderson county in 1028 and sentenced to serve six months in the penitentiary, was granted a full pardon Friday by Governor Richards on condition that the defendant pay a fine of $200 which piiytnent was certified to April 17, 1029, by the clerk of court of Anderson county. Extend Time Limit Federal'Seed Loans Clemson College, April 20.?South Carolina farmer* who are eligible for loans from the Federal Seed Ixrnn Fund ami who have not yet received audi loans may still be able to ar- . range for them because of an extension of the time limit from April 20 to April SO, according to a telegram to Dr. W. W. l/mg, director of _ the Extension Service, from L. E. White, distributing officer of the fund, with headquarters in Columbia. Mr, White's telegram to l>r. Ixing which follows is aolf-oxplunutory. "Secretary of agriculture has approved pmeudment to. seed loan regu| lation extending this Mmit for receipt or applicationB until April thirtieth. Please give full publicity to county agents and South Carolina newspapers.?-L. E. White." Mrs. Nellie S. Smart of Gruenwich, Conn., died and loft her $20,000 house to a home for 18 cats and four dogs and $80,000 as a trust fund for their care. ~~m DeKALB COUNCIL No 88 Junior Order U. A. M. ll^ar Regular couneil first and f ^ third Mondays of each month at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are -welcomed. D. J. CREED, L. H. JONES, Councillor. Recording Secty. ft KERSHAW LODGE No. 29 A. F. M. </iRegular communication of this lodge is held on the " v r first Tuesday in each month v st 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed. T. V. WALSH, J. E. ROSS, Worshipful Master. 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