The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 17, 1933, Image 2
|| Visiting Clergymen
H J Former Athletes
(By John W,( Lyman)
That the clergy is by no means a
solemn, straightlaced, gloomy profes- J
?ion as some of our Turitan fathers
conceived can certainly be attested by
the radiant glow and charming smiles'
that adorn the faces of those most ^
welcome guest* at The Kirkvvood
Hotel, Fathers John O'Brien, William
Toohig and William Fox all who hail ,
\&r/ from the New England stutes. The,
solemn-faced minister of today
!A preaches to empty pews and his parishioners
give him more or less a
pretty wide berth, especially the
young people of his congregation. |
For the minister who, back in his col- I
lege days got as firm a grounding in.
his football, baseball, track and hockey
as he did in his canon law, lattin, |
Greek and Hebrew, stands the chance i
of serving his profession better and
more successfully.
How much more interesting is that)
clergyman who can take interest in
tho< fcports and games of those about
him. The minister who can sit down
und relate incidents of some particular.
game when a young utility fielder
was called in a game of baseball,,
caught a difficult fly in center field i
retiring a side and stopping a rally,
or breaking up a lie game with a:
needed base hit or a home runner; orj
of the sub half back gathering up uj
fumbled pigskin and skirting his op-[
poncnts' end for a lone touchdown, j
To have been a varsity player means j
that much more for any wearer of
the clothes.
Fathers O'Brien, Toohig and Fox
were athletes in their college days,
especially Father Toohig, who played,
two years' varsity football on the*
Holy Cross team, and Father Fox, of
the same institution, who was considered
such an excellent third baseman
that, upon graduation, was offered
a place by Connie Mack, of the)
Philadelphia -Athletics, but, both hav- j
ing set their minds upon the priest- j
hood, when their college days were)
over, they entered the seminary, the
fielders gloves and shin guards were
hung up for all time, as those days
we re over so fur <i*> competition Wtis
concerned, but neVer in memory.
Tells of Sockalexis j
Back in the day 1 I" ) j
when our fath? r- played tne giva. j
American game and kept up with th?* j
records of the tamed piayer.- A'V.o-.
Kusie, J oh n M (?r:i\\, llug.iey .b n-,
lling -, W illie lxeelev. B.g I'.d D' ehantey,
the "Babe Ruth id the 1.*> .
and such stars were at the zenith <>'
their careers, father fox recall- the
name "f that great Indian play*, r and,
team-ma to. Socktilexi*, w(;?? hai,e*i
from Old!own. Miitfttv^ "M'X . a- ne j
was known t<> hj^h*iu?\ mate.-. :mmediateiy
displayed sign-vd major j
league calibre, and .le>-e Burke'*'. ofi
the Cleveland team and coach at Holy i
Cross, began watching "Sox" from
the very first day he donned a un:form.
It was not long before the
handsome Maine redskin was burning
up the pasturage in and about
center field, and rapidly becoming the
terror to all college pitchers. Such
"mound" masters as "Doc" White, of
Georgetown; Clarkson, of Harvard,
and others were as careful not to
groove the batter's plate when "Sox"
was at bat as any modern day hurler
would take chances with Ruth,
Jimmy Foxx or Ix>u Gehrig.
It is the opinion of Father Fox
that Sooknlexis was far and above
any college player during his college
career, and while he has seen several
marvelous college players since that
time, few may have been the great
Indian s equal, but certainly none his
superior. After graduating from
Holy Cross Sockalexis went to the
Cleveland team at the time when
"Cy" Young was at the zenith of his
pitching career. In his many years
of National league baseball Sockalexis
was always an outstanding and
colorful player. He ranked with the
best of his day. and those were days
of great players. He was the first
Indian to make the big leagues, netting
a precedent for others of his
rac*- i*> follow like "Chief" Bender,
Jack Warhop. John Myers and others.
When Sockalexis graduated he immediatc!l#ver.t
to the '"""/eland club.
Father F>>x wa.- a.-'xed become a
member of the Athl* and "Doc'
White, of Georgetown, went '* the
Chicago White Sox.
Baseball loosing Out in College*
Father Fox laments over the fact
that baseball is gradually loosing out
in the colleges. Football has taken
its place and most of the glory. Rowing.
g<df and other sports have also
become more and more popular every
year, and being spring sports cut
deeply into baseball.
Since Father Fox's college days
Holy Cross, which is today the outstanding
baseball college, has pro
duc?<i other great players, among
them being Jack Barry, the present
eoaeh. Barry was long a member of
rrr.? Connie Mack's famous infteld that
won two world championships from
0 the Giants back in the day* of Christy
Mathewson while at the heighth
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Better Pastures
More Livestock
Clemaon College, Feb. IS.?Interest
continues to grow in better pastures
to provide grazing for more livestock,
as may be seen from these typical
reports from county faun agents.
A cooperative order was placed for
a ton of carpet grass seed to be
used on thu lowlands for pasture.
More than 50 farmers have planted
carpet grass during^ the past few
years and ure finding it entirely satisfactory
for pastures.?S. M. Byars,
Aderson. ^
In 15>27 only 21 pounds of carpet
grass seed were ordered; in 1928, 486
pounds, sufficient for 60 acres; in
1032, 1732 pounds, 220 acres; in 1033,
to date, 800 pounda. Cattle are grazing
green carpet grass now, although
we have had rather severe winter.?
C. B. Cannon I^aurens.
We have .ordered 6600 pounds of
carpet grass seed, 5500 pounds of
lespedeza, 1200 pounds of Pallas grass
seed, which will he sown on 1000
acres of pasture lands during the
spring.?K. C. Turner, .Jr., Green*
wood.
Several hundred acres of pasture
land have iri recent years been planted
in this county, mostly carpet grass
and common lespedeza.-?J. I*. Graham,
Jasper. '
There is much interest in pastures,
and a comparatively large area of
new pasture land is being prepared
for graAVs and clover seeding.?Claude
Kothell, Saluda.
Small grain where seeded early in
the fall for grazing purposes has offered
an abundance of grazing in
Chesterfield. (I. T. Little on four
acre's with a mixture of oats, wheat
and rye has had grazing for 15 head
of hogs since November 1.?W. J.
Tiller, Chesterfield.
Midway High School Honor Roll
Grade 1.?-Sarah Davis, Myrtle Corbitt,
Lillian Jtodgers, Lillie Rodgers,
I'erry Lee McCoy, Ralph Young.
Grade 2.?Bessie Ia>e Corbitt, Colene
Hull. Willis Tidwell.
Grade J>.?Johnnie Garrison, Troy
West.
(trade 1.? Lunnell Elliott, Lewis
Lee West.
Grade ">. -Archie Gordon. Ferris
.1 <.yner. Margaret West, Willien West.
Grade <>,?Thelma Brannon. Mary
Evelyn llunnicutt, Elizabeth McCoy,
Roddy K't/.ier, Lolly Stokes.
Grade 7.? Mnrgarette Anderson,
Sadie Corhitt, Gene Cooper, Sidney
Gardner. IL>raee_Joyner, Willie Horlon,
Emily McCoy, William McCoy.
Thomas Tidwell, Dorothy West, l>aurie
West.
Grade S.? Ethelyne Corbett, Ruth
Walters.
Grade lb?Oralie Brannon, Martha
M< s< lev. Thelma Stokes, Blanche
Threatt. Ruby Gay West.
Grad<> 11. Robert lx-e, Mary MrCoy,
\ ivian Stokes.
A pig with a desire to scratch its
back, chose a loaded rifle loaning
against a fence post near Oasnge
City, Kan. Mr. Fig rubbed against
the trigger, the rifle was fired and
the bullet went through the log of
Will Regeneld, who owned both porker
and rifle.
Eire destroyed a grain elevator on
Goose Island Chicago, with its contents,
nearly 1,000,000 bushels of
wheat. Thursday last.
of his career. These games recall the
feats of Home Run Baker. A few
years ago Holy Cross developed a
great pitcher, Owen Carroll, who only
a few days ago figured in the deal
which brought him to the Brooklyn
club in exchange for the famous
Dazzy Vance,
Father Toohig, a college mate of
Father Fox, was a member of the
first varsity football team at Holy
Cross. For two years Father Toohig
played tackle on his team, taking
part in games with Williams, Wesloyan
and colleges of that class.
| Holy Cross back in late 90's did not
play Harvard, Vale or Princeton as
i it does today. The game was different
than it is today, the bigger and
; older universities then had the fa:
mou* teams and the best known
com he<. Today the smaller university
is on par with the big universities.
and to win over-Yale. Princeton,
Harvard or Pennsylvania is common
occurrence. During the past
thirty years many new colleges have
come to the fore, among them being
;X- !:e Dame, Georgia Tech and others.
During their sojourn in Camden
Father O'Brien, Father Toohig and
Father Fox piay their daily rounds
i of golf. They have seen many of the
. best players in tournament matches,
and they get as much pleasure out
of the game as the keenest enthusiast.
They still love t& turn back
father time to those good old college
day? and relate little incidents that
1 happened on the diamond and grid!
iron, which makes them far more inj
teresting and useful clergymen than
had they just poured over their books
; and not taken part in those college
sporta which keep their memories
freah and keen.
Old Log Jail Once
Held Aaron Burr
Warthen, Gu., Jan, 28.?A chapter
, in the stirring history of America's
pioneer days is claimed by this town
because its crude log jiiil built in 1783
once imprisoned Aaron Burr.
He had been arrested at Natchez,
i Miss., on suspicion of plotting to seize
a sizeable southern portion of thq new
republic, combine it with Mexico and
form a new empire.
Federal soldiers conducting him
northward chanced to reach Warthen
at dusk, so they camped and lodged
tho former vice president of the
Uhited States in the common jail for
the night.
A few sentries stood guard over the
I prison during th? hours of darkness
while their fellow troopers made
merry at tho home of Richurd Warthen
for whom the town was named.
Next day Burr and the soldiers continued
their journey towards Richj
mond, Ya., where he was tried for
treason and acquitted.
Fireside stories handed down from
generation to generation describe the
town's great excitement at having
Burr as an unwilling guest. Only a
few months before ho had killed Alexander
Hamilton in their feud growing
out of political differences. News
traveled slowly in those days, but it
went fust enough to make Burr's
name a household word even in the
backwoods.
The pioneers who constructed the
Warthen jail knew the sort of timber
that would endure,, and they built
well. The logs remain firm and intact,
but less substantial timbers in
the doors, windows and roof are showing
the ravages of time.
Another of Burr's experiences was
darkened with tragedy involving the
South. His only daughter, Theodosiav
left Georgetown, S. C., for New York
on a sailing sloop and was never seen
again.
Numerous theories have been advanced
as to what befell the ship and
all on board, but none has been agreed I
upon by historians as the solution of
the mystery.
A persistent legend has it that pirates
infesting the desolate sand
strips off the North Carolina coast
lured the vessel to the beach at Nags
i head, N. Q., and killed all on board.
Folk lore attributes the name of
; Nags Head to a pirate custom of tyI
ing a lantern to a horse's head and
leading the steed along the beach at
j night. Bobbing up and down as the
i horse walked, the light gave the ap|
pearance of a ship riding the swells..
Vessels at sea would presume that
j indicated safe anchorage and would
'venture shoreward to bo wrecked on
the shoals and looted by the pirates.
They tell you at Nags Head a portrait
of herself that Theodosia Burr
carried on her fatal voyage has been
'seen from time to time in the shacks
of fishermen who know naught of its
history, save that it was handed down
| from one generation to another.
Mrs. Hern Thomas, wife of a New
York Giants baseball player, shot her
brother, Bruce Close, ( Jtp death at
Astor, Fla., Friday. It is alleged that
Close threatened to kill his sister and
three small children and entered her
room armed with a shot gun. Following
an investigation the county judge
discharged Mrs. Thomas for lack of ,
j evidence on which to hold her for the
killing. j
j A big gas tank at an iron works
in Neunkirchen, Germany, exploded
shortly before midnight Friday night,
and killed approximately 200 persons
and injured about 1,000 others, besides
wrecking the industrial part of
the city of over 40,000 inhabitants.
; The noise of the explosion covered an
' area of 250 miles along the Rhine
; valley from Cologne to Basel, Switzerland.
Baby's Bath Almost
Starts Riot in a City
Spokane, Wash., Feb. 12?A maid
caring for the infant eon of Mr, and
Mm. tames L. Canwell?while the
parents were away?took the baby
into the bathroom for a bath.
Remembering something she had
forgotten, she left him in the tub
and stepped outside. On returning
she found the door was locked Then
things began to happen.
The telephone at police headquarters
jangled.
"A baby is drowning at 1804 West
Mallon," the desk sengeent heard. In
a couple of minutes a patrol wagon
was racing to the address.
Another telephone jangled in a
downtown office.
"Your baby is drowning," Canwell
was told,Slamming
his desk shut he ordered
his motor car and started onKa wild
ride home. His car crashed into another,
wrecking both, but he jumped
out and ran down the street.
A deputy sheriff saw the wreck,
shouted "Car thief," and started after
Canwell.
He was! surprised to see the man
run toward a polico patrol wagon at
1304 West Mallon, but continued the
chase and reached the door of the
house with the sprinter.
Meanwhile, inside, the police had
just smashed the door of the bathroom.
They found Junior chasing a bar
of soap, howling with glee.
A member of the Arkansas house
of representatives in a debate on prohibition,
declared that a majority of
his fellow legislators are drinkers.
The house passed a resolution calling
on the state's Ajpresentatives in congress
to support the national Democratic
platform on the liquor issue
by a vote of 63 to 14. '
Oldest Railroad Man
More Than Hundred
Aiken, iS. C., Feb. 12.?Capt. ThoT^
nuw Washington Coward, Vnowjj ^
America's oldest railroad man, today
marked his 101st birthday.
Captain Howard is in good health 3
except for failing: eyesight and a 1
minor injury suffered in a fall Wv*r- i
al days ago, but he did not propoa*
to allow these disabilities to interfere
with the celebration planned at
his home two miles from Aiken to- !
morrow. He has spent much of hli
life farming and until a short tine
ago cultivated a garden.
His services ?s a conductor oq
the. old South Carolina railroad from
Charleston to Hamburg terminated
68 years ago. to the day last Satur- 1
day. He was forced to abandon Ma
train at Graniteville S, C., February
U, 1805, during tho battle between
the Confederate army and Union cavalry
detachments of Wheeler and
Kirkpatrick, and the railroad was de- 1
stroyed by Sherman's army.
He served four months in the Confederate
army and was stationed at
Beaufort, S. C., but was recalled to
duty on the railroad.
He was born February 12, 1832,
during the administration of Andrew
Jackson and was a second cousin of
that president.
General John J. Pershing is ill at
a hotel in Midland, Texas, with an at- |
tack of bronchitis. His condition is
not considered serious.
TAX NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that a one
per cent penalty has been added to
all 1932 state, county and school J
taxes left unpaid through January 1,
1933. And on unpaid taxes after
February 1, 1933, an additional penalty
of one per cent will be added to i
regular assessments.
S. W. HOGUE,
Treasurer Kershaw County, S. C.
Camden, S. C., January 25, 1933.
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