The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 05, 1920, Page 3, Image 3
BAMHKK(i GETS REVENGE.
Springfield Beaten in Most Brilliant
Game of Season.
Well, it didn't rain Friday and
Bamberg folks are mighty glad it
didn't. Do you remember the story
of Rebecca going to the well with the
pitcher? Every pitcher goes to the
well once too often, and is broken;
likewise every Napoleon sooner or
later encounters his Waterloo. And
so in keeping with these old sayings
one "Slats" Martin, Springfield's
candy kid on the slab, and premier
man of the Wofford college hurling
corps, bit the dust and suffered an
honorable but stinging defeat Friday
afternoon at Rhoad Park at the
hands of the lowly Bamberg team.
Yes, it was this same Martin who
had played his little mean trick'on us
the first of the season and disappointed
us after promising to play with
Bamberg; yes, the same Martin who
had on Tuesday before let us down
with one scratch bingle. And as
the great game progressed we wondered
if this same Martin did not feel
a little tinge of delicacy in facing on
its home grounds the club which he
had treated so shabbily, vea, wondered
if he did not consider it the
height of nerve; and then again as
the memorable battle to the death
wore on into extra innings we wondered,
yes, wondered, if this same
Martin realized as did the spectators
that while he was weakening Kitts
was growing stronger and Springfield's
chances were hopeless. And
then as the unlucky 13th was reached,
we wondered, if this same Martin
didn't realize the error of his ways,
and wish the situation were reversed
with Kitts pitching for Springfield
and himself in a Bamberg uniform
where he belonged. And then as the
magnificent struggle was over and
we watched this same Martin trudge
from the field brought to his knees
in humble submission, a battered,
beaten, conquered athlete, we realized
as never before the sweet sentiments
conveyed in the old adage,
"He who laughs last laughs best."
Perhaps it would have been more in
keeping with a spirit of brotherly
love and would have displayed a
more pious attitude to have thrown
the mantle of charity about the man
who had been brought to account for
what h? had done, but the moment
was too tense, the excitement was
too great, the heights cf glory had
been reached, our season's ambition
. had been realized, so there could be
no resistance to the temptation for
a relaxation of every nerve, and a
mighty yell rent the air as we experienced
the sweet feeling of complete,
well earned revenge.
The score was 1 to 0, with the run
made in the last half of the 13th
inning with two men out. It was
probably one of the greatest games
of base ball ever played on South
Carolina soil and that night many
people were heard to remark that it
was the best game they had ever witnessed.
Perfect fielding was the
order for the last nine innings, not
an error being made. And now,
Otto, you naughty, naughty boy, you
hadn't ought er done it. Yes, dear,
readers, you know that Otto and
Kitts did it. For it was the masterful
pitching of Kitts that saved the
exhibition for his team, because for
13 brilliant scintillating innings he
sent the heavy hitting Springfield
batters back to their bench with
nary a tally to their credit. And
then in the fatal 13th it was Large's
trusty willow that brought home the
bacon and sent the Springfield team
reeling and rocking into second
place in the league's standing. With
Welch on second and two out Otto
Large cracked the ball far over the
head of two outfielders and as the
beautiful white sphere sailed towards
th? corn field one could conjure his
imagination to the extent of reading
between the seams' in bold capital
letters the glorious word "victory."
There is no denying the fact that
the visitors have a great ball team,
the kind that one defeats with pride,
and with such victories come honor.
Then, too, coming down to brass
tacks, Martin pitched a fine game,
and had he not been opposed by his
master, the remarkable Kitts, probably
would have won. Martin walked
four and gave up eight singles
and a double, while Kitts allowed
only eight hits, all singles, and did
not issue free transportation to a
single visiting batsman. Martin
struck out eight and Kitts fanned
five. Both teams had five men left
on bases. The game should have
been won in the first inning when
with two down Keel walked and
stole second, and Large then poled
a peach of a single to left field. But
Keel lost his balance in rounding
- third which threw him off his balance
in rounding third which slowed
him up, and consequently he was
easily thrown out by a perfect peg
home from Salley in left field. This
was one of the feature plays of the
game. In Springfield's half of the
first round Bamberg made two rank
errors and the visitors got two clean
hits, yet they lacked a whole lot of
scoring because at all times when
hits meant runs Kitts was a miser
with them.
The unusual number of 27 assists
were recorded to the credit of the
credit of the home team while the
losers got 20. Nearly the whole
Springfield team starred in the field,
but as is evidenced by the number
of assists it was the two infields
which had the brunt of the fielding
to do. Welch at short for Bamberg
featured with briliant fielding, getting
12 chances and his lone error
being a poor throw. McGhee Bamberg
at first base accepted 25 chances
without a bobble. "Bub'- Cooner's
ever ready deadly wing slaughtered
the only runner who dared to steal
on him. while Bovlston catching for
Springfield, neatly gobbled up two
nasty fouls. "Kitty" Boland at second
base for the vanquished made
six put outs and three, assists without
an error, and was the pivot in a
fast double play.
Here's the garrison thrilling finish
in detail: Welch, first up, took
four bad ones and trotted leisurely
to first. "Buck" Browning got a
sacrifice on a bunt to pitcher and
was thrown out at first, Welch pulling
up safely at second. Keel fanned.
The day's hero then stepped to the
plate, and Martin, seemingly not realizing
that "Discretion is the better
part of valor," boldly slammed one
across right in a left hana batter's
groove, and our hero smashed it.
Away it went easily good for three
bases, but as two were all that were
necessary Otto under the rules could
only be given credit for a two bagger,
as the midget short stop hot
footed it over the pan with the lonesome
tally of the fray. Kitts was the
proudest man on the field and well
he might have been. However, every
Bamberg man worked like a trojan,
and all together, and each one deserved
a pat on the back, a hand
shake and possibly more. Maybe
the jinx has gone.
ELLOREE GAME BIG WRANGLE.
Failing to Win, Elloree Gets Mad and
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The exhibition game between Elloree
and Bamberg Wednesday was
marred by numerous errors and continual
kicks, howls, wrangles, arguments,
fusses and near-fights. In the
third inning play was stopped quite a
while during a wrangle over the use
of the spit ball by Kitts, but Elloree
finally agreed to play with it and the
game proceeded to more fussing.
There is a ground rule in force to
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the effect that a base runner can advance
only one base on an overthrow
of first, third or home. The rule
book provides that in a case of this
kind the runner is allowed the base
he is headed for and one more, and
of course that is the universal intention
of the rule. About the middle
of the game Bamberg had a runner
on. second, the batter fanned, the
catcher dropped the ball and threw
into right field, the runner scoring
from second and the batsman going
to second. The umpire first called
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the runner back to third, but he finally
changed his mind and decided
to let that score count. Then with
the count three to two in Bamberg's
favor in the last half of the 8th inning*
two men down and an Elloree
runner on first Kitts grabbed a
grounder throwing the pill almost to
St. Matthews over McGhee Bamberg's
head at first. Of course under these
conditions the batter should have to
stop at second and the runner on first
have to check up at third. But the
runner from first was allowed to
score. Elloree players admitted afterwards
that this was a run to which
they were not entitled. Quite naturally
Bamberg players kicked strenuously,
and in all probability would
have quit the game rather than submit
to this decision, but they -were
not given the opportunity. The umpire
instead of ordering them to play
ball quickly walked out and without
announcing any grounds therefor forfeited
the game to Elloree by a score
of 9 to 0.
Then it was that the crowd surged
on the field in a violent and angry
mood, one dashing hero with
bat in hand fairly wiggling to bring
it into deadly play, with the accomrvonim
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"knock his block off," probably referring
to the Bamberg captain. So,
preferring to play the old "safety
first" game and realizing that selfpreservation
is the first law of nature
the small Bamberg contingent cranked
up and lost no time in leaving
the game with them in the wild jungles.
Anybody can have that will go
after it; we won it, but didn't have
time to bring it home.
The Bamberg team did not play
particularly good ball and Elloree
was just as bad. It was simply a
case of too much Kitts. He had the
situation in hand all the way and the
Elloree hitters could not touch him.
He employed terrific speed and his
spit ball had a wicked break. Fel
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holding the locals to four measly
hits.
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Elloree 101 000 01?3 4 3
Batteries: Kitts and Cooner; Fel-1
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