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^y.Thursday, July 2»4t
RiALL NDBTH8IDE 777"
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elab were present.
meeting.
Frabideat Rowland idans to iseoe a
tomber IS at which presidents of
A# eewer^ ^ of the Pelmetto
Ime and the baseball leederi of
thrd® or foor othor cHlea
who ar# Interested in being in a
pro loop, will be Inrlted to attend.
A Mrwey of the present Palmetto
leagne Indicates that five of the
pr^ ct^ in the loop are agree-
able to going into pro ball In 1949
In the ewent the other two remain
nsgatlT^ sereral ether communl-
y®^y and-eager to be
inclnded in the leagne roeter. It is
hoped to hsT# sn eight club lekifue.
Whether the new loop will be a
D or C circnH will be determined
by the organisation Itself. The top
payroll for a D leagne team is
|2,«00 a month and for a C team
IS,400. The team roeter of jeither
a C or D team is 17 playere, ex-
<dnding the manager nnlesa he
chances to be a playing-manager.
The cot-down season sUrts 21 days
after the season opens.
Mr. Finch stated that D league
baseball would be Just aa fast and
faCeresting as the present semi-pro
brand that prerails in the Palmetto
league. Conditiona of management,
flnanc eand freedom of worry
wonld be outstanding dn the pro
linenp of teams. J
HoweTsr, getting ftto pro ball
1e^otJheeasy^iatterjM^om^^|r
footing, An that all haw# to abide
by the halary Umit and all pbiyers
most be on the eligible list of th#
batkmal aaeoclatlon. ,
"As thinii stand now in th#
«lmetto loop." said Mr. Heath,
after the Sunday- oonfereaes^ "If
tome ot oor Palmetto club# hart
several home gamea rained out
they stand to losa th^ ahhrt# and
underwear b^eaoa# of top-heavy
peyrolla. Everybody tried to ontdo
everybody el^ in the final days
before July 1, when the rostera
were eloeed. The pao# was fast and
resulted In some of the clubs lin
ing up former pro players. For
instance, Qbsngeburg has four
players whb sre on the Ineligible
list of the professional associstkm.
Camden has three and there are
others. In fact, I believe every club
In the leagne has players who sre
under the pro ban on their rosters.
Some of these so-called “stars" sre
getting salaries that would make a
playw in an “A” leagne bite his
finger nails in envy.
* “The evil of this situation is that
a few of the clubs can afford to
pay these tsncy wages, but there
are others, who evsn with their
payrolls well trimmed, are having
a hard time to keep from drown
ing." .'}
While in Camden Mr. Finch was
taken to the Legion stadium and
was enthusiastic over the tin# park
here. He was informed thst there
were many such parks in the Pal
metto league.
Howe
Fourteenth Win
Of 1948 Season
When Johaiiy JfoorA the chunk
ing wisard froia R«mb#rt and cur
rently manager of th# Camden
Chleto of th# Palmetto league,
pltdied hi# leage# leading aggrega-
tfcm to a If to 5 win over the fancy-
priced Orangeburg* Braves here
Saturday night b^bre the largeat
crowd of the seeeon, K was win
No. 14 against t defeats for him.
Bin Bostl#, ore waiasing Sally
leaguer from Chsrleetoii. spaced
four hits over four tnulngs but he
ran into a nect of eharpehooten in
the fifth who ahened him from the
hill. Modiak. another former Sally
hurler, took over an dthe Chiefs
cUmbed over Blm for four runs,
censing him to take thej long walk
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in the esventh lanlnt when tkre#
runs came ewer the pan. They had
prevloasly gathered S to the third
and one in the fifth. Camden aeored
a run in the fourto. ^
Babba started on the hUl for th#
Tmckere but was shelled out by a
forlous batttair attack by th#
Chlefa Hprton leA off to the ftrat
with a screaming four master over
the left field wall. Schuller of Lake
City got a homer within the park
when his Icmg drive to the rU^t
OVER THE SP(»tT DESK
Of TIm SMpptr ..
The sound syetem was
Friday night The reaadn—a
abled mike.
dia-
Th# attendance at the Chiefe-
Biwvec game was the largeet of
field fence was loat in the graee.*^® eeesoo. Ixioked like about IfOO
by Bertram. P® “A but the club beeses eay it
Kenny Knight of the Chiefs had,»M 1000.
three for three. Harriaoa hit a
con Dm.
Lake City
Camden
Babbs,
iShealy and Moore.
Ity t........... 7 ^ 0
n 1
Oraham and Jpynoni
the
to the showers
ever.
Joe Blal<
lily, getting A homer
with two men
and a lin^
rubber. Bertram
lite to^
)ple mer-
the fifth
double
to the
drove the
ball out of the lot to the seventh
with two men on board.
Ace Cooper started for Camden
bnt laated but two rounda. He gave
up four ilalkB and fOuIr hits. Moore
to<dt over and spaced the six hits
he ylMed over ee many Innings.
He gave bnt <me walk.
Camden If 14 I
Orangeburg S 10 6
Cooper. Moore end Ooa; Bustle,
Modiak, White and Chtoner.
CAMDEN DOWN! QEORQETOWN
The Chlefa Jaunted to Oeorge-
towu last Thursday night and down
ed the Athletics S to 1 in a thrilling
game played before 600 fans. Cam
den scored all its runs in the
fourth on two donbleo, a tingle and
an error. Blalock and Bcnrtram led
the Chiefs offeusive with two for
four each. Smith and Danehey had
two for four each for the Ath
letics. Twice doling th# game the
Chiefs had ths sacka. loaded with
one out and failed to soore because
of some brilliant doublt-iday work
by the AtfaleCle tofUed.
Camden 8 11 2
Qeorgelown i ^ |
Moore . and Stone; Thomas,
WhHtad and Smith.
ERRORS CAUSE OF- DEFEAT
Before a crowd estimated at S.OOS
the Chiefs dropped th^r Monday
night game to Orangeburg 5 to 4.
Cooper and Martin mixed in a
burlinir'dnel an dbut for errors in
the ninth inning the Chiefs hAiky
chunker would have been returned
a winner.
Cooped led the Camden batttog
with two for four. Barnett and Mar
tin of Orangeb^sg''fiadMwo for
three each. |pd(hoiiea amw^M g
two sack
three ntns/.nad come within one
score of ^Ing the count. They
gathered'-^e tying run to the
sixth.
Orangeburg S 7 t
Camden 4 I 6
Martin and BnmeAt; Oooper and
Cox.
Bm BusHe had'die hasUo but H
died to a mere rusUe-—when the
war clubs of the Chteto went Into
action to the fifth.
Those hviner Sally leaguers,
Measra. Bustle and Modiak. do not
like the front line aotlvltlee of the
Chiefs. TYm much sharpahooUng
■Mil
Kap Knight was the hiro of th#
.gama Th# llaU#.f«Bow carort#
around tb# #seo#d..—cit, handl#d
twulv# dlfflenlt dmuce# wMhoat a
boot
Moore would havwhad a white
wash in the «#van toatog# he work
ed but for two tafleM wrrora that
opened th# fifth. Lamonts and
Goodman wtip. .got oo beeana# of
th# boots, gsorat ■#• BwOa’a hit
*atsr,
John Rowlandr the league prexy
was present at th# gam# and «x-
pressed dellillrt over the big crowd
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HORTON It STAR OF GAME
Little Ross Horton, the infield
sensation of the Palmatto league,
soUe the aho wta Legion stadlnm
last Friday night, nailing the apple
for a homer, double and a single
in four jAunia to th# plats.
Sluggish bacfcetoppiBg cost th#
SChlefs a win over th# Lake City
Truckers. Miller Shealy went the
route tor the Chiefs and appeared
to be safe behind a four run lead
t£et his mates piled up for him
In the first toning. But the Trhck-
« Came beck to take ouer toe lead
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LOSE TO LAKE CITY
Miller Shealy, Camdeo pitching
ace, hurled bmutlful ball for 18
innings egatoat the 'Lake City
Truckers at Lake City Tneiday
night but the Chiefs lust the gune
when he lost control to the 14th
rbnnd.
In the 14 inninga. Shealy gave
up hut five hits but the three
wflka in the 14th proved his undo
ing.
While the Chiefs got away to a
1 to 0 lead in the second Inning
the Truckers tied it up and took
a 8 to 1 lead with two mna in
the fifth. In the first of the ninth
Camden rallied to tie np the game
while Lake City frantically mthed
new huriera in to stem the Chleto
attack.
Bertmm did .^the heavy etleklng
/or Camden with two for five, in
cluding a homer with none oo to
the second.
Camden S 8 8
Lake City 4 5 1
Shealy and Stone; Arnold Grah
am, Randel.* Cathey and Tyson.
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