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'■ W". 7; -4' 'T"-:t: ,* ^AOI TWO TMl CAMOIN CNIlOlliei.1, CAMDOII, tOtlTH OAlkWJIIA,milAY, AUttUiT 11, 1»44 FrMII tiM •kIppM's OMfc Sisler Accbm»d As Greatest Rrst dicker In History Maeen i.et0«r, the Oactofi yeuthr who r«c«!v«d tK« almoet unanimoue vote of tha big eroord at th« all<atar gamo at Chariotta aavaral waaka aga aa balng tha outatanding playar on tha flald that night and waa thualy hon- prod ^ balng mada a mambar of tha Mttarn all^r taam to play In tha Caquira ganta, knowa now how Rwba Wllaon, Camdan’a fina young pKchar, fait on that alMmportant night And Slalar aahoad our ballaf that H wa had llghta at tha ball park, wa afould hava big erowda thara for avary gama. Wa will go farther and state that If we had liidits we can plan for a Class D ball clnb after tha war. a a a • HGe Series In For Laeper. on hla first appearance JoillOr L6in01l TO BC on the hlU at the Polo grounds. Just __ . _ ® _ _ cooldn*r find the ptetw. Bren **a Pf^Vgn ill thp nrUTtlt Wade of The Charlotte Obaarrer. who * JJI UlC llUl Wl has been writing reams abont tha prowess of the Gaston youth, said his Mumappolig Will Bd Scdiie ai ball was trareling *^lterakelter and when he wasn’t walking batters he was getting rapped lustily.” Jake said that Leeper's poor showing probably coat him the chance of starting the game for the eastern team, for Bill Fiastl Bdtlle for Natioiutl Titlo. Following the Spartanbnrg<Oolnmbia Pierce, his successor on the bill, was state title series at Columbia the the pitching sensation. Jake says Junior Legion baseball spotUght in Pierce, who balls from Detroit, had this area will be lereled at the home every thnlg', which was'plenty. {town of the winner of this series when • • • {next week the winners of the cham> Our Juniors finished In s subdued riorida, ^ base over in Columbia last week, Carolina play off for when the Caps mauled them to a If A d^cHM 14 #nwaswa sasMt ilH tP# COIlOB 2 tune. And take K fnom one who^ has heard plenty from plenty who saw of this reglo^ tournament goes to this holocaust. It wasn’t because Cam. CharlMton wbwe the region^ tonma- den did not have any pitchers. To winners of the vart- pin the blits where It belongs Is to ^ sectional wm be held. fPsten It on the Infield. No matter .how good a pitcher may be. If he hasn’t any support, he'll never win, unless he did what Rube Wilson did inaction f. SMtion 7 IncludM Tew, last June with Sumter and Columbia, ■^!^,*“*2** beat them by striking them out. 1^,^*, * Section 9 includes West Vir- • • e e Ifinia. Tennessee, Virginia and North But weYe not out with hammers Charles* to beat up an anivil chorus. We L®®’.,*^*^****!* hext Friday, August 18. think that the Junior Legion baseball ^ew Orleans season has been one of the most In-, °J|L , terestlng and entertaining we have ,,^® 'World Seriof, the experienced in our eight years hers. ^® -^wlcnn Legion Junior Considering everything we believe D«»®haU promm will be played In Coaches Plwce and Robinson turned Minneapolis August tf-Sl. This final out a good team. Outside of a couple J®*"*** ** preceded by 11 sectional and of the lads, it was a team of hitless *®*”’ roflonal tournaments. There are WbHdepiT-Biit the boys are fine lads the program and they really resurrected the sport j^*® y®"* ■“ “Of® t*»»n in 1948. of baseball around these diggings. We' bop. It Mb b, b.pt up .uotb., 0)]|||ty ijbrary News son. • o The sight of scores of kids pisying the game ever in the Qrammar seheel lot Is really something to chortle ever. Notes The County Library ' Bookmobile, There you have kids who will be your operated by Mias Sparrow, has cir future High sehool and Junior L^on cniated 80,489 books since January 1, stars. Keep this program going at 1944. There are. 8 routes and 10!: top speed. It le great. 1 stops in the county. It is- Impossible ? • • • I to itop at every home, but centrk Elsewhere in this issue yon will stops are made in each community, read what George Sisler thinks of If there is a family in the county Who baseball in Camden. You will note is not receiving service frmn the that he was pussled because Camden Bookmobile and would like to obtain did not take advantage of the faCill- books, we will be glad to furnish a ties offered at a fine ball park to schedule informing them of the date promote the sport more vigorously. 1\ P ramnwiini tgdm M, Rnkhsmb Onmponnd is msieui so lettsvs psrtodls pain and out monthly elsUy for due to helps asfrsi LIMLnMOUVSBBai BaMball Ac« Wikj Op«Md School Horo la Honored BfMmA. One of the first of the outstanding ball players of all time, to be pre sented by Connie Mack to 80,000 fans : n Shlbe Park Friday night was 0eo. Sisler, former manager of the 8t ..ouis Browns and baseball’s greatest first baseman. Sisler. who was in charge of the Brooklyn baseball sclwxd in Csnien until Thursday afternoon and who eft on a late train fbr PhUadelidiia in order to attend the 50th annlver aary of Connie Mack’s era of manage ing teams in major league baseball, was greeted with rounds of’ cheers from the mob of fans. ’The other members of Mack’s all- time alletar team were as f<dtews: Eddie Collins, second baseman of the Athletics; Frank (Home Run) Bakgr, third baseman of jhe Athletics; Honus Wagner, shortstop of the Pittsburgh Pirates; Li. Bill Dickey, catcher of the New York Yankees; Walter John' son, right-handed pitcher fbr Wash' Ington; Lefty Grove, southpaw pitdher tor Athletics; Trls Speaker, outfield er for the Cleveland Indians, and Babe Ruth, ’’the greatest hitter of all time, Yankee outfielder. Catcher Mickey Cochrane, formerly with the A’s and Detroit, and outfielder Ty Cobb, were unable to be present. President Roosevelt sent Mack a message of congratulations and the fans presented' him with a purse of $6000. Since he first took the beft of a big league club—at Pittsburgh on Augiut 4, 18847-baseball’8 “grand old gentleman” has' gone up and down the baseball ladder. He has won nine American league pennants with tds Athletics and five world titles, as wall as winding up in the cellar on many occasions. Mack has long since, however, be come p baseball ioiUttttiPA ieiCoiie> of the game’s immorals. Je. Legion Echoes The recent embroilment in Junior Legion baseball ranks growing out of the Camden protest of Red H<dlis, Columbia infield star, has served to Inflame Columbia Junior Legion fans to a point where they are casting slurs upon the sportsmanship of Oun- den Junior Le^n athletic officers and the fans in general. • • and stop nearest their home. The Library is always delighted to receive gifts of books as our funds will not permit buying the number 01’ books needed by the large number of borrowers. Recently Miss Mae Boykin of Boykin, who is a staunch supporter of the County Library, pre* sented the library with 18 of the new best sellers, requesting that they be i placed on the B^kmobile. Miss Boy- I kin has. over a period ot years, do nated many valuable books which the The fact of the matter is that the Columbia Junior Legion group have not acquainted the public over in the state capitol with the real fasts. This is evidenced by the words of a Co lumbia radio sport caster last Friday evening when he expressed himself as being pussled because Camden de layed so long in noaking a protest • • • ’a Library is very grateful for. The reason is simple—Columbia dk not turn over the list of idayers to Camden until last Friday nlgbt After persnal of the list Camden athletic officers saw that Hollis was not eligible and Immediately announc ed the protept. It is our understand- Ihg that Sumter and some of the other team leaders were also balked at scan f team leaders were also balked at scan- DriTe CArefully—s(v« » Life. th® cpipiubia^^iver record list V f * ^ r.-r,' DIFFERENCE YOU— > '? *3 N .'.N v< ' % INey IMb PmAIv avfawfcfcii CtlsPHNlt Jake Todd, State Legion athletic director, did what was expected whep he declined to sustain the Camden protest. And the story then became lust a matter of maneuvering so thai the Columbla-Spartanburg series coulc be played, which would then auto matically kill the protest. For some reason or other it was impossible to secure a meeting of the state execu tive comnalttee. The state committee consist of W. D. Schwarts of Charles ton, Mr. Todd, M. J. Shirley of Honea- path. Dr. John B. Setxler of Spartan burg and Archie Schiffley of Orange burg. « • • If Junior Legion baseball is to sur vive in South Carolina, there must be a radical change in the present organi sation setup. The mess of protests and resultant hard feelings has been nn annual fkent. it 1*. lim^ Fh»t tome ~ plan be evolved that will forever elim- inate a re-occurence. • • • • W For Prompt... Dependable Service CALL TAXI PHONE ▼ 12 8 24 Hour Smice ’ 2 aaa to 6t30 PHONE Slt-W rs Insured JtMUON HUDSON, OvMv !# ——— t Post athletic officers abonld be re quired to turn in to the State cotm mittee a list of players of the ro- specUve teams. This list should be mimeographed and each Post having a team furnished with a copy. Al this should be done weeks before tlu playing schedule is launched. A fixe< date for the filing of protests again* players should be established. Am then there should be an iron-clad en forceable rule that no protests may be filed after that date.. • • • • This year the protest mess waf embarrassing to aay the least. Spar, tanburg protest on Greenville becanag a Greenville team had a Greenvlllu city player on a county team waa made at the last minute and after Greenville, winner of Uie upper State district, had gone to Columbia, bees feted by the Rfchland County Poa and were preparing to play Odambla for the atate title, the Spartanbnri protest wee approved by Jake Todc The Camden protest on HolUa waa e» actly the same, Hollis belug from area not included ta the Columbia Junior team territoiy. And in the face of the fact that he had already ruled (me way, Todd ruled exactly the ooatiary <m the Oamden protest Columbia • • • • CPORTS OUT OT ' •* ADAMriS HAT lAMawj. Mil F»«r PiAyfO T mok$ IN 819 BUT WORN mL 2lh5|t)lf SAME VIM IMT ftm w. tMA/ed NViNreo DC CMDCRfS MASK. LWMIN ROffit BRiSNAHAN WOtm. THE FIRST SHMilMROf LAlMNEPArHIMdM: A FEW ATYfMPTS IMWE BEEN MADE ID PMC PLAiTERg WEAR HilMCTS MULE BAfnNO TO AMDiD ACOOCNTS NO TNOUgH HOT SUCCiSSFUL VET, ’DICV’LL PROBABiy WGMt CM SOME OMV.' East Beats \lilth De^it As Star of Game Ihe Ctfolinaa, won the East-W4^ Hunting licenses Are Being Placed At All Agencies Are Same Price As Last Year According To Game War- dm Honfli. Game Warden F. M. Hough an nounced this we^ that licenses for the coming hunting season are being placed with the regnlar license agents throughout the county. Licenses are the same price as last season. County Ueenaes sell for $1.10 and state licenses $3.10. Two-day non-resident hunting permits are $S.10 and annual non-resident Hcenses are $16.26. A part of the Santee-Cooper basin is open for hunting. A state license at $8.10 Is required to hunt <m this property. No county license Is good In that area. The seasons for Kershaw county are: Deer (buck only) opened August 15. ’Coon and ’possum opens Sept 1st Rabbit and squirrel opens Sept 1st except between Sept. 1 and ’Thanks giving day rabbits may be hunted without firearms and squirrels may be hunted without dogs. The quail season opens Thanksgiv ing day. Federal seaapn dates on doves and ducks are not available at this time. A ’’split” season tor dove hunting in South Carolina was announced by A. A. Richardson, chief game warden. The seasons will be Sept 16 to Oct 16, and Dm. 26 to Jan. 20. Camden Loses To Sumter 30 to 1 Muller’s Rectory Square Esqulree, a baseball team of small boys, jour neyed to Sumter last we^, Wednes day,-to give battle to the All-Stars of the Sumter Y league. ’The score, Sumter 80, Camden 1, told the story of the massacre. Sum ter scored in every inning while the Camden batters were nnahle to kit the offerings oC the Sumter twirlen. The Sumter tbam has had a most successful season. The boys are coached ^ John Riley of the Sumter Junior Legion team and Louis Bryan, a Sumter baseball enthusiaat Bay War Bonda and Hlampa Mogoo Laepor Wm Jott or Pitcher la Thb Classic. The EUtftem team, managed brn... Mai-k and with V ^ Hie Mack and with Masoa Gastonia southpaw, as rei American gmne at the polo New York last Midday by a iS? S 8 to 0. The game was all tfttMy gHngimy * _ who won the battle almo^ handed by his sensational pii^ performance. ™ Mason Leeper, tiie Carolinii IB BB^ was given a chance to stmt hk^ in the ninth Inning and it was oaitii the Roe work of his support2 field tiiat he escaped being seMa la the Colombia-Spartanburi ^ for the State Jnni(Hr Lorion tttk^ teams were tied at two-all, fog^ the Tuesday night game. SpartamS won two games at Gofaiinbla apfS Columbia abut down the Spartam? games at Spartanburg. In as m as Greenville has ffled against Spartanburg and an iron-clad protest against bia, neither the C^pe or the 8^ are likely to go any further k' Legion competition. KCRtHAW LOOM NO. OULW lCoath.AttP.M. J. a BOfmAM, W. E J. m BOM *9 Kidneys Must Work Well- to toaaw le, tH h wraeg. Tee SerySZriHeev* eed Mp tto^ Sato Ml paieiMM easla toe Si Weed. Ttov eoMaie eaiKe toraHl Oek OeeU’e teSap, llto uMk tmittm \/ tou have been reading about the wartime need for pulpwood. Today . the need It greater than ever before. Our offeuives in Europe and the Pacific have greatly increaied milL tary lequiremente for guppliM and equ^pmgnt made oi paipwood ot packed in paper or paperboard made of pu^iwood. It hf» become an A>1 war material , Syftem at an esgential occupation, - IPs fl WsrlkM M Polpwood cutting hag been lecog- nii^bytiieWarMaiyoNerCom- mlttion and the Selective Service 8 Nst-Mrw.Nkra _ . ; production k difter- from moat war induftrief. It win continue on the oeme gcalo afterdiewar. Cut pnlpwbod today becaure it if bodi potriotk and profitable; Your comity agent, lofeeter,or min buyer win tdl you about peak warthne prkea being paid fbr ft. Now*t die time to get into a bmf- neti which wiU contkma to pey" good dividenda when peace retumt. This ansual spidmnie of ■portsioanahlp la rsgrsttahla. especially this year when there so mxttA interest shown in Uis Junior Legion program. H no action la tAkea to correct the evO, the Junhw Legion hueabsM program is golag to pass o«| of the pktnie.’ Perry was AwnrM the HubhMi in DsssnNtor. WtE for attoNh lag farthest north, and later apsslil ■isl Nr North Pols dioeoyitt on Aim E INI. .»***♦*, VICTORY L B. tK I. CifiMd L. W. PULRWOOO COHIIIIJTift mcia ooMMiniB