The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 30, 1921, Page 2, Image 2
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LOCALS PULL TOGKTHKU.
Pinch Hitting aiul Good Fielding 1
Bring Victory Over Orangeburg.
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Hitting in the pinches and driving
in runs with a vengeance the locals
overwhelmed Orangeburg at Rhoad
park Thursday afternoon in a slow.
and lifeless ball game, final score 11
to 2. Two ''Bills" were on the
mound for their respective towns, as
somebody told "Bill" Wolfe he could
pitch, but evidenced by the manner
in which the home boys hammered i
him to all corners of the lot his friend j
was probably just kidding him. There j
at least remained some doubt as to
whether or not he was a pitcher when
the eighth inning was over. Be it j
said for him. however, that his team j
mates played listless ball behind him j
and his twirling generally was as
good as his support.
To give credit where it is due, the j
locals pulled together, played as if
they had a real ball team and are'duej
praise and the old adage, "Well done, j
thou good and faithful servant." Bill
"Whitesides always gets jam up support,
and. Bill Whitesides usually
pitches jam up ball, and all this happened
along with the consistent hitting
Thursday in which he poled out
two safeties himself. There were a
few outsanding features, but none
from an Orangeburg viewpoint. The
splendid hurling of "Bill" Whitesides
must be mentioned: this chap walked
one and in the last eight inning's allowed
two measley hits; in the first
they got two hits from his delivery,
and that was their all for the day.
Whitesides has pitched 2S innings
this year for the local boys during
which not an earned run has been secured
from him and only 12 hits recorded
off him. He surely deserves
the privilege and ho.nor of starting a
regular championship game whether
he stays through it or not. Radcliff
played a star game in center field,
and has won a home in the hearts of
local fandom. He works hard, is in
the game every minute, is fast and
covers acres of territory, and his hit-1
ting makes him a fixture as long asj
he continues to want a job. "Gyp"
Rentz made a nice catch of a foul,
and every man on the Bamberg team
got two hits except Large, who got a .
two-bagger, and George Price. In the
ninth Bill Glaze gave Charlie Rentz
in left field a chance to electrify the
small crowd and Charlie made good.
The ball was slammed on a line over
the veteran left fielder's head, and
for a fraction of a second Charlie
misgauged it in the sun and it looked
good for a homer; but Charlie has
the happy faculty of recovering himself
in that sun field, and so he turned,
leaped and dived with his gloved:
paw high over his head and in it the i
pill stuck and was driven with such:
force that it knocked him'down, but I
he swung to it, thus giving him aj
jumping one hand stab and the most
sensational catch of the season at
Rhoad park.
Jeffords, the first man up, hit the
umpire with a batted ball for a single;
he was sacrificed to second by
Oscar Lowman, went to third on
"Stumpy" Banks's single across seci
ond, and scored when Glaze grounded i
to Whitesides who threw to third in- j
stead of home. The other run for the
visitors came in the fourth when
Glaze made a scratch two-base hit,1
and on his attempted steal of third j
the ball was thrown to left field and j
he came home. The winners' big j
round was the eighth. Whitesides!
grounded out to third to begin it.!
Large hit a Texas leaguer between j
left and center on which the left field-j
er made a two-base error. "Bub"
Cooner beat out an infield hit on j
which Otto went to third. He and j
"Bub" here worked a double steal as
Banks threw to second and Large
scored. Charlie Rentz singled and
Cooner tallied, Charlie going to second
on the throw in; Radcliff doubled
and Charlie counted, Radcliff going
to third on the throw in; Warren
singled and Radcliff crossed the rubber
for the 11th run. Capt. Bamberg
flied out to second, and "Gyp" Rentz
singled to right, Warren being caught
going to third for the third out, and j
thus ending Wolfe's agony.
Score by innings:Bamberg
.. ..101 002 34x?11 15 2j
Orangeburg 100 100 000? 2 4 5 1
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Wolfe and Banks. Umpires, Burch j
and Smith.
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Standing of Clubs.
W L Pc
Williston S 1 .SS9
Bamberg 5 3 .625
Denmark 4 5 .4 4 4
Barnwell 4 4 .50 0
Ehrhardt 3 6 .333
Springfield 1 6 .143
Friday's Games.
Barnwell 9, Bamberg 0. forfeited.
Denmark 2. Williston 4.
Springfield S, Ehrhardt 3.
Tuesday's Games.
Springfield 0, Bamberg 0, 3 innings.
Williston 6, Ehrhardt 4, 6 inns.
Barnwell 1, Denmark 2.
BALL I
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RAM BERG FORFEITS GAME.
Game Rreaks Fp in Seventh Inning at
Bajmwell Friday.
The Bamberg ball team journeyed
to Barnwell last Friday afternoon,
and came back minus a ball game.
Whether Barnwell won it, stole it, or
merely got it by way of forfeit without
any justification for a forfeit The
Herald is unable to say because this
paper did not have a representative
at the game. We only have the statements
of some mighty good Bamberg
citizens, and we can only say that it
was a very unfortunate affair and that
as long as the Tri-County league uses
such umpires as it has allowed to
officiate in its contests this season,
with a few exceptions, there will be
110 satisfaction in trying to have ball
games on a sportsmanlike basis, and
a staff of regularly employed disinterested
arbiters will be the only salvation
for the league.
We do know that the Barnwell correspondent
of the Augusta Chronicle
misquoted Jack Farrell, of Blackville,
in stating that the ball batted by Pate
in the seventh inning was fair. This
decision broke up the game. Mr.
Farrel telephoned to Bamberg Saturday
saying that he made no such
statement, and we are further informed
that with the exception of one
man practically all Blackville spectators,
who by the way, were pulling
for Barnwell, stated frankly that this
decision of the umpires was rotten
and that the ball was clearly foul.
The correspondent from Barnwell of
the daily papers also stated that the
Bamberg team left the field because
their umpire refused to change his
decision. But according to the fans
and team from here almost as a unit
the boys left the field for the very
reason that their umpire did change
his decision. It is probably not good '
sportsmanship to quit a ball game,
but it's pretty tough to be handed the
short end of everything going and
coming from the first inning through
the seventh, and then have to take
such medicine as allowing two run;
ners to score on a ball so plainly foul
that it was handled on the side lines
by a spectator who was in sympathy
with Barnwell until this decision.
And we don't know which is the poor
est sportsmanship to take advantage
of that kind of stuff or simply walk
off the field and say take it if you
need it that badly. Then too Barnwell
is the only town in the league
where they allow batters to walk on
three balls, and only home batsmen
then; all this comes along with our
information too. Anyhow the Bamberg
boys hit well, garnering no less
than 15 base hits in their stormy
seven innings, to Barnwell's eight
along with a number of walks so the
umpire said; while the home team
made one error to Bamberg's two.
The forfeit of course made the score
9" to 0 in Barnwell's favor, but granting
them the two scores which the
umpire's decision gave them on the
foul, the score at the finish was 10 to
9 with Barnwell having ten.
.Williston Cinches First Half.
Williston practically cinched the
first half of the Tri-Countv league
season in Denmark Friday when they
defeated the home club by the score
of 4 to 2, while Bamberg forfeited
the game at Barnwell. In the game
at Denmark both teams started off
as if there would be 25 runs made.
But after the first frame Smythe for
Williston settled down as did Ballentine
for Denmark and only one more
run was tallied in the remaining eight
innings. This was made through an
error by Muhr at ^hort for Denmark.
Denmark had many chances to win
the game, but almost invariably fell
down in the pinches when a hit would
have turned the tide of defeat into
victory. In the first round with two
on Lott's single got by Willis in right
field for a triple and he later came
home, and that was enough runs to
win. With two on in Denmark's half
Gibson scored both with a long double
to left center. But that was all they
could do. J. Kennedy for Williston
got three hits.
Fourth of July Game at Orangeburg.
Arrangements have been made for
an exhibition game of base ball betrrppr,
"Ramhprs- and Orangeburg at
Orangeburg on July 4th, at 4:30 p.
m. This is expected to be one of the
most interesting games of the season.
A Universal Game.
Is any game more nearly universal
than tennis? The United States, having
just won the Davis cup from
Australia, has received a challenge
from Spain. A team is expected
from India, and in the preliminary
play-off there will be contestants
from Great Britain, Australia,
France, Japan and perhaps from Mexico.
liAIX STOPPED GAME. J
With Score Tied, Game Called in the ;
Third at Springfield.
With Charlie Rentz absent from
the line-up Bamberg went to Springfield
Tuesday for the scheduled game
with the tail-enders, and after three
innings had been played tlie game
was called on account ef rain. Neither
side had scored a run and both
pitchers were working in big league
style. Monte Preacher was hurling
for Springfield and the cloudy day
along with his blinding speed proved
very effective against the locals who ,
could do little with his delivery, and
"Gyp" Rentz got the only hit, a single
to right field in the second inning.
Four of the Bamberg boys fanned.
Bill Whitesides for Bamberg was
equally or more effective; his baffling
curves were breaking nicely and for
the three innings he had opposing
batsmen completely at his mercy, not
a Springfield man reaching first. The
game bid fair to be a battle royal
when the downpour came. It is
probable that this game will be played
off at Springfield at an early date
to be agreed on by the respective
managers.
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Umpire Takes Exception.
Umpire Christie, of the Denmark
team, has taken exception to reference
in the last issue of The Herald
concerning certain of his decisions
in the Denmark-Bamberg game Tuesday.
The Herald wishes to assure
Mr. Christie that nothing contained
in the article was intended as a reflection
in any manner upon the character
or honor of the umpire. The
idea that was intended to be conveyed
was that as an umpire Mr. Christie
was badly off in some of his decisions,
and this opinion is shared by
a large number of those who saw the
game. The Herald is perfectly willing
to grant that the errors, if errors
there were, were of judgment
only. Mr. Christie assures The Herald
that he did the best he could.
After reading the reference again
carefully, we fail to see any reason
why a personal reflection could be
read into the article, and we wish to
assure the umpire that certainly none
was intended.
LIFE SENTENCE FOR POSTON.
Found Guilty of Murder.?J. H. Mil
ler the Victim.
Kingstree, June 18.?The trial of
Tom Poston, charged with the killing
of J. H. Miller, of Kingstree,
culminated here today when the jury
brought in a verdict of guilty of
murder with recommendation to
mercy. An appeal for a new trial
on the ground that the defense did
not have time for the opportunity to
prepare evidence as a rebuttal for
testimony of two of the witnesses,
tending to show that the act was
committed with premeditation, was
overruled by the court.
The court sentenced Poston to
serve the remainder of his life at
hard labor either on the chain gang
or on the public highway.
Large crowds have attended this
case throughout its progress, showing
the keen interest manifested by
friends of the defendant and of the
man he shot, and it has been one of
the strongest contested legal battles
ever held in this county. Both sides
were well represented, Messrs. Kelley
& Hinds representing the defendant,
and Solicitor McLeod being assisted
by Leroy Lee and Congressman
P. H. Stoll.
Mr. Miller was shot and killed
while on his way to spend Sunday
with his wife and child. The automobiles
of Mr. Miller and Poston met
and words followed, it is alleged.
GHOST STORY?RATS.
Mystery of "Haunted House" Explained.
Bristol, Va., une 18.?The mystery
of a strange noise in a house
here that has caused great excitement
for the past week was declared
solved today when more than fifty
big wharf rats and a net work of rat
tunnels was found under the house
in the course of a police investigation.
The floor of the "spook" room
was torn up and workmen armed
with shovels and picks dug down several
feet. Today was the first time
in the past week that a crowd of several
hundred people has not visited
the place. Chief of Police R. L. Morton
today said that throngs would
not be allowed to collect in the neighborhood
while the investigation was
in progress. Nearly 10,000 people
have visited the house in the past
week.
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