The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 26, 1929, Image 9
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Storm Hits Columbia
C 1 hlumbia,
April 22.?^An electric
rm, accompanied by hail and high
id, struck (Columbia early this
rning. No serious damage was
e. ,
i brick tower at the Palmetto
Js fell, damaging the rpof^and
t of the machinery. Power lines
e reported down in severul secis
of the city.
he hail fell for about ten mintearing
foliage from trees and
its.
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. J. Beattie, Comptroller General,
sent notices to County Trensurover
the State to the effect that
r 1 is the last day for payment
axes without the 7 per cent pen.
After iMay 1st, County Treas 6
pre to close ,fcheir books, ^md
unpaid taxes will go into execuwith
full penalty added, accordto
the Comptroller General.
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When Mendel Smith
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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
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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.
Secretary. _ * 1-14-27-tf
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