The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 07, 1939, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
U>ague Sustains
Camden Protest
palmetto state league
W L Pot.
Cheater & 1 *}33
Hartsvllle 7 2 778
"um.er J ??
i^ancaster 4 b 444
Camden 8 4 ??
Kershaw ? ** * '*0 10
Scorca of Saturday Game?
Cheater 4. Camden 8; Sumter 6, Kershaw
2; HartsvtlUrt7, Lancaster 4.
Game* Schedulod Saturday
Camden at Laudator; Sumter at
Cheater; Kerahaw at Hartavllle. .
The board of managers of the Palmetto
State Baseball league In a special
called meeting here Monday night
sustained the protest of the Camden
club against the Chester team and the
two games won by Chester lust week
were thrown out. It Is optional whether
the games be played Qver, but the
management of the two teams declared
this would be done within the
mouth.
The board, after an extended hearing
and discussion held that the playmg
of Stroud and Petrone by Chester
was clearly a violation of the league
regulations relative to players being
required to have residence wlth'n a
twenty mile radius of the team they
play with.
Frank H. Heath, vied president of
the league, presiding in the absence
of President Raymond Blandlng stated
after the meeting that the protest
board, comprising the managers of
the neutral teams, would have do- ,
clared the two disputed gaij^^ forfeit- (
ed to Camden, but the C?mueu oiu'o
president, J. T. Nettles, declined to
win games by forfeit, requesting only
that the games be thrown out and
the Camden ap<f Chester' teams play
them over on open dates. j
The action of the league board does
not make any change In the leadership
of the league. Chester still retains
the lead with five games won
and one lost. This week, however,,
may witness several changes. Harts-^
\ille battles Kershaw and barring the j
unexpected should win, while Chester J
faces a fast-stepping Sumter team and
may have a hard time winning. Camden
and Lancaster stage a doublequarrel
and If Camden wins both
games, the Chiefs will step over the
Red Roses in the percentage column.
Mr. Heath, in a statement after the
meeting, declared that the utmost harmony
prevailed at the league meeting,
which he held was really something
in view of the Issue at stake
between Camden and Chester.
"Manager Martin, of the Chester
team, while a ball of fire and animation
during a baseball game was Indeed
a fine fellow to deal with, and
with Major Thompson, also of the
Chester group and secretary and
treasury of the league, they accepted
the verdict of the protest board very
gracefully and agreed to Immediately
take Stroud and Petrone off the Cardinal
roster. Mr. Nettles, of the Camden
club, was a credit to our community
and showed real sportsmanship
when he declined to accept the
two games on a forfeit.
"It is quite apparent that all of the
team managers are looking ahead into
1940, when they will all seek to
have lights installed at their respective
parks In order that we may have
night ball. The first year of a league
of this kind Is always featured by
minor bickerings and explosions, but
I know that every manager and every 1
player wants to see up pull through
the season and insure bigger and bet- j
ter baseball next year. I
"I think the spirit that has been i
shown by the Kershaw club in plug- <
ging away in the face of a long string i
of defeata is most commendable. It <
certainly must be discouraging to players
and fans. . Too much cannot be i
said in praise of the sportsmanship i
of the Rebels." 1
1
Fight miners, trapped nine hours by
a tunnel cave-In, at Keetley, Utah, 1
were rescued Monday. a company an- 1
nouncement said none of the men were 3
injured. The cave-in was In a tunnel 1
used by the New Park Mining com- 1
pany as a means of egress to Its work- ?
Jngs.
i . a . ... i. i.[ xi?i '..J' iiHISTORY
OF BASEBALL
Which I? Thi? Year Celebrating Centennial
of Its Origin,
While historians ami psrudo historians
are quarreling over tho origin
of baseball, statisticians reveal stag*
goring figures on the economic side of
the game. Old and young, big and lit*
tie, male and female?baseball is of
interest to all of them, either as play*
era or spectators.
So strongly has the game caught the
fancy of the country, that there seems
to be something lacking iu the mau
who cannot catch or throw a ball with
some semblauce of grace, and In a
woman who has not stood on the sidelines,
become sun-baked In the bleachers,
or sipped "pop" iu the cool of a
grandstand.
"Baseball's contemporary hall of
fame met In Cooperstown. New York,
to celebrate a century of the national
game; but baseball fot; dollars did uot
arrive until 76 years ago on a tleld in
Brooklyn, N. Y.f wheu the first commercial
game was played," says a bulletin
from the Washington, D. C.,
headquarters of the National Geographic
society.
Out of that game has grown a
multi-million dollar bnsluess. Compare,
for instance, the open fields and
the later board fence enclosures where
the early game was played, with the
gigantic baseball stadia of steel pud
cement now in every large city. The
American league plants alone, not including
the value of franchises, are
valued at 120,000,000, and that figure
does not include the $4,000,000 munlci*
pally-owned stadium used by the
Cleveland American league team. The
Yankee stadium In New York was the
most costly, topping the Cleveland
plant by $1,000,000.
Like any other business enterprises,
baseball has its ups and downs. Attendance
figures do not remain stable
from year to year. For instance,
the largest number of spectators at a
single game did not assemble this year
or last year, but in 1932, when 73,5^2
attended a game in Cleveland. Last
year, however, was a banner year for
spectators at double-header when 85,421
people packed the New York
Yankee's stadium. This attendance
was in striking contrast to the "gate"
nt the first commercial game, which
was witnessed by 1,500 spectators.
In the early days of baseball clubs,
members were required to be in good
standing for a month before they
could play. Today a player may be
literally bought sold, and may then
play-orf a new t.eam immediately after
he Is acquired. The record price
paid for a player in alll the history of
baseball is $250,000. Players sold by
one club to another are not guaranteed
the. same salary by the purchasing
club. This may seem a bit anomalous
in a democracy, but a saving
provision Is that a player may quit a
club (and professional baseball) If his
contract is unsatisfactory tq him. By
the "waiver route" a player, no longer
prized by his team, may be put up for
sale to any other team that will claim
him for $7,500.
The cost of running even an average
big league team would amaze the
throng passing through the turnstiles
at any hall yard. The salaries alone
of players and employes, numbering
about 300 when a team is at home,
amount to a quarter of a million dollars
for the season.
Then there are additional expenses
of about another quarter million. This
latter figure Includes such items as
aix dozen baseballs for each of the 77
games at home and two dozen for an
equal number of games away. Four
dozen balls at a home game are for
jse of the umpire, the remaining two
dozen for practice.
Bach player has four uniforms and
ase about eight bats and two gloves a(
season. Inflelders who play on the
skinned diamond runways, wear out
four pairs of shoes, and outfielders
wear out three. Four sets of base
jags and four plates for the pitcher's
jox and "bull pens" are used each
rear. While the team management
urnlshes the other equipment, players
nust provide their own gloves and,
ihoea.
In 1937, nearly 3,000,000 bats, 23,K)0
masks and 300,000 gloves were
nanufactured to keep up with the donands
of baseball. And manufacturers
made more than 7,000,000 basemils.
Covers for the balls are still
landsewn In spite of other modern
levelopments in the manufacture of
mseball equipment. Horsehide covers
largely come from Europe, and
nany balls find their way back to the
jountries where tolled the "dobbins"
hat gave up their skins that baseball
ana might enjoy the game! One basemil
manufacturer, whose plant averLges
about six hundred dozen balls a
lay, ships them to every state and
deven foreign countries. In Mexico,
^iba and Japan, the game now Is one
>f the leading sports.
The first amateur association of
>a?+haii clubs, was organised In 1867,
gad the first series of games was pisy*
Kl the next year between teams from
few York and Brooklyn at Plush'New
York, near the present
ITotM's fair grounds.
The first Inter collegiate game was
played July 1, 1809. wiien Amherst!
college defeated Williams college at
IMttstluld, Mass. The acore waa 78
to 82?large figures compared with
scores of today, but in those days
scores of more thau 100 were not UU-j
common. '
The Amherat-Willlama game, compared
with baseball as It la played on
modern diamonds, presents many contrasts.
The balls were smaller than
those used now?crude leather-coverad
spheres with metallic centers'
wrapped In yarn. I
The game wus planned to last until
one team made 65 runs, but 1J 'continued
anyway for four hours or 26 Innings.
No gloves, masks or other protectors
were used. The only "uniform"
was a belt worn by Williams'!
players with their collegiate Insignia.
There were no foul balls and runners
could be put out between bases by
being "spotted" (struck by a thrown
ball).
. Kvery large city In the United
States has a dozen or more baseball
clubs. Nearly every college has a
varsity toam. In rural communities
baseball is a favored pastime. Six
million spectators have witnessed
American league games alone In one
year. Add to that the turnstile figures
of the National league and
scor,es of lesser leagues, college game
spectators, and the fan line at thousands
of free amateur "saudlot" games
and you will arrive at a figure that
may almost equal the population of
the United States.
Teething At 71
Spartanburg, Juno 30.?J. M. Martin,
71, it) toothing.
Ho exhibited today two now teeth
Juat emerging from the gums, while
several others soon will cut through.
Ho aaid ho lost his original tooth
about ulne years ago.
Chiefs Drop Game |
In Card Stronghold
lMy Tlio Sklptfer)
li required u burlesque triple play,
the first to be made lit the Palmetto
league to subdue the Camdeu Chiefs
up at Chester last Saturday, the Cardinals
(.Hipping tight ooutesi by a seore
of 4 to 3.
The Cards played Stroud again and
for a second time "within the week,
the Camden team tiled a proteat prior
to the start of hostilities. Chester
has tiled an affidavit signed by the
team manager and team captain to
the effect that Stroud and Patrono
who played here last Thursday are
now living iu Chester and are* therefore
eligible to. play with the Cards.
The affidavit oltes that Stroud and
Put rone are boarding at the homo of
one Paul Robinson, on Henry street
on week ends and oue nite during the
week; that they are employed at Martin's
Service atatlou on week ends
and that they are paid only for tho
time they work at tho service station
and not for playing ball.
The writer regards the affiduvit as
being somewhat of a "weak slater."
In the tirat place we suspect that tho
Paul Robinson home they allege they
board at, Is the home of a meluber of
the team and the tilling station tho
two players labor at, la owned by tho
manager of tho team, or at least, by
some relative.
The fact that the players board at
some place on week ends and during
one liito of the week and are employed
week onds at a tilling station Is
regarded by the writer as Just a subterfuge
to get by the league regulation.
Just what action may be taken by
President Blandlng and the board of
managers of the league is problematl
oil. but wo believe the league head!
ami team managers should take a do-j
tormlnod staud on the mutter and U
Chester does not like lite medicluu,j
drop the Cardinals from the league I
and put l?ando in their place.
The success of the Palmetto league
depends upon the rules being lived up
to. At the recent meeting in Camden
the team managers discussed Stroud
and Catrone, and it was agreed they
are not residents of the Chester territory,
The Chester management frankly
admitted It, hence the playing of
the two men came as a great surprise
to the Camden group as woll as other
team managers who have called this
writer to express their indignation.
We will admit that Hock Stroud
was a complete bust in the game at
Chester, six, far as offensive play was
concerned. Taylor, who was on the
hill for the Chiefs fanned him throe
times.
Going into the last half of the ninth
Inning Camden was to the front by a
3 to 2 score. In the first half of this
tuning Camden sturted to a rally that
was nipped on a burlesque triple play
that was made possible by some more
of that stupid and whistle-stop brand
of coaching and buse-ruimlug that
was so much In evidence in the game
here the Thursday preceding
Lyles was safe on a walk and Kicks
reached first on an error by J. Co per
at short. Taylor lifted a Texas leaguer
between first and second and Durham
went back to gather It In. The
runners had started to advance and
had the couches been alert, both could
have returned safely to their sacks,
so slow did the Chester outfield handle
the ball. In fact, when the ball
was thrown to first, the first busoman
fumbled the throw and had to
chase the ball at least six feet, retrieve
it and go back to the bag, which
he did while Hicks was seeking tc
J' i ^ i ii mi.
get back before being retired. I*yles
had gone to third and bo hardly got
, started buck before the bull was
[ thrown t?.> the Cheater second eaokor
j und a triple play, sbinowhat rugged
and ou the burlesque order, had boou
recorded,
In the last of the ninth, with the
Chief* leading 3 to 2. Taylor walked
Durham. Manager Russell took Taylor
from the mound and sent Mooro
in to retire tin* able. J. Cooper was
out at first but Durham went to third.
Adklns hit to l.lghtfoot who threw
to hist to retire htm, but Durham waa
over with the run that tied up the
ball game. Then came H. Cooper and
the home run clout that gave Cheater
the game. _
The score as reported from Cheater
was as follows:
Chester 4 ti 2
I Camden 3 9 7
flatteries: Thompson and Hunt;
Taylor, Moore and lllcks.
Drop Game To Cords
The Chiefs Journeyed to Wlnnsboro
Friday and played an exhibitlou with
the Royal Cord team of that place.
The game featured some lino pitching
hv Cauldor, who regularly plays
the third sack for the Chiefs. The
Cords won the game 2 to 1 after as
Hue an exhibition of tight baseball as
has been offered In the Cord's park
this season.
In the Palmetto state leaguo games
last Thursday, Sumter trampled over
Kershaw 11 to 2, mainly because the
Rebels had to gather a pick-up team
to mako the trip. A number of substitutes
were played by the Robs, duo
to the Inability of the regulars getting
away from their Jobs to make the
i trip. HartsvlUe kept on tho hools of
the Chester Cards by defeating Lani
caster t> to 5 In a midweek quarrel at ,v
i Hartsvlllo.
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