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-VOLUME XXXVI LAURENS SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1921.NU EARLY UMPIRES WORE SILK HATS .llaseball has Changed with Yeais., Na Stional Sp4rt as Played Now ha.1s been Hiemide to Bring Excitement. How many Ieople know that base ball was once the recreation of gen -tlkcmcn of standing, such as golf is today? And that our "national game" originated in England .in "The Book of American Pas tines," published in 1866 by Charles A. Peverly, well known sporting man of that period, a copy of which has just ibeen found, is much of the early history of base-ball. "The game," he wrote, "originated In Great Britain and Is familiarly known there as the game of round ers." It was a game for teams of live or more .players, played with a ball and bats, or Sticks 'something of the form of a policeman's truncheon." Jnstead of a home plate there was a hole, about six inches deep and 'a foot in diameter. Fbur other "sta tions" or bases were marked with pegs. There was a pitcher, or "feeder," who served up the balls to the bats man, who, when he hit the ball, log ged it for 'the first station, and as many more as he could reach in safety. Meanwhile the opposing side tried to put him out, either by hitting him :while he was running or iby "grotind Ing" the ball, which consisted in get ting -it into the hole. The .batter could decline to strike 'at any pitched ball, Ibut should the ,ball get into the hole or should he miss twice, he was out. A circuit of the stations counted one, and when all players were out the other side had Its innings. "The feeder is generally the best player on his side, much dopending on his skill and art," said a British ac count. "The scouts should seldom aim at the runners from a distance, but throw the ball ui) to the feeder or to some one near, who will try to hit or to grotind, as seeMs'the most advisable. A- caught ball also puts the striker out. On this foundation America built its game of baseball. Rounders like everything else inhcrited from the (British fathers, (lid riot exactly suit 'the Yankee taste. An Americanized form ldeveloped among the early col onists and their sons and, about 1850 suddenly gained great impetus through the formation of baseball clubs, which adopted strict ruJes as to the times of exercise, the manner of .picking sides and the like. Prob-ibly among the first of these grouPs-the 'first of whom record has been kept at least--were those 'which later lbecam united in the Olympic Ball club of Philadelphia in 1833. The town 'bli "circle" was only &0 feet in circumference as compared with the 350 foot circle later Intro duced in the standardized gane. The players madie their own biats and balls, kept themi at ft garden on Mar ket street andl after each game sip, i:cd ilmonadeO wh.lehcl the piropirietor biroughit out to them.. Such was the ipubl)ic prejuidice agains~t town ball that the players were' fretiuently chiided by theirm friends for i ndlidging in such "'chlii-sh"51' ne tiv'ilies4 and1( thie preju tdice r;o persist ed that it was many years before any considlerablie numb~er of 'persons loanedl their enthusiasm to the em bryon ic form of recreation which was slowly mloldling itself inito t he nationai game of America. But l 'hiiladiel phia muist yield to New York, the honor of having established the game on a firm footing. in i8 i5 a Knickerbocker Baseball cilub was or'ganized. They chimed for themselves the au'thorshib of 'base bail, thoutgh their conception of it was widely different from that of to dlay. Tihis organization was ans "exclu sive club" in which membership re (iluiroed something more than ability te play the game. Tlhough a team con test, it was ap~parently regarded much as golf is todlay. Their ruies, probably the first stan dardls for the gamo of basobail ever adopted, also show 'an. amuple margiri of difference. The "strike" of 192C was a "miss" 75 ycar's aigo, whereaF a turn at bat !was a str'ike in thob * ocabulary. A run was a "count" om an "ace" among tihe biasdbail fatherm .audl a foul ball a "foul stroke." .Other baseball rules adlonted b the club were as follows: "The gamo to consist of 21 counts, or acres; 'but at the conclusion an e(ual number of hands must be lafyed. "The11 ball must be pitched and not thrown for the bat. A -ball knocked out of the field, or outsIde -the range of the first or third base, is foul. "I.f a ball be struck, or tipped and( caught, either flying or on the first bound. it Is a hand out. "A player running the bases shall 'e out, if the ball is in the hands of an adversary on *the base, or the run ner Is touched with It before he makes his base; it being understood, how ever, that In no Instance is a ball to be thrown at himu. "No ace or base can be made on a foul strike. "A runner can not 'be put out In naking one base when a 'balk Is madc by -the pitcher. "But one base allowed when a ball bounds out of the field when struck." One is Inclined to imagine -what would 'be the -bewIlderment of those KnIckerbockers could 'they rise from their graves today and scan some such baseblall report as this: "In the lucky stanza, after Jamison had fanned and Wanby had iled on a i)ece of highway robbery 'by Pip?), Speaker was passed and registered on burns' triple, Ilurns oversliding the bag and ibeing nipped. Then 'Babe Ruth came In and pasted the pill beyond the middle pasture for a trip." The most familIar line In the rules of 1845 deals with the umpire. Then, as now, the "ump" was the su ,prome arbiter. The playera might storm and fume, the managers pull grass, or the fans throw bottles, 'but what the umpire said, went. Seoring The scoring of the game, however, was radically different. It was much like that of a game of casino or crib -bage. Which ever side first scored 21 was the wInner, provided the other team had an equal number of In nings. Not until 12 years later did the nine Inning game come Into being. Out of these early games grew the Washington, Gotham and Eagle clubs, with whom the KnIckerbockers played annuAl matches, clad in their flashy uniforns of blue pantaloons, white flannel shirts 'and straw hats. The hats later gave way .to mohair caps, and siny patent leather belts were added to the brilllgnt regalia. These unifornis were well amtched by those 'worn Iby tile early teams of Greater Boston, the Lowells and the Harvards. The Lowells wore white caps, trimmed with blue, white flan nel shirts and dark blue breeches with scarlet stripes at' the side. The lIar vard uniform was of light gray, neatly 'trImiped with i magenta.-Boston Globe. FAINI'3 MAIjES 1110 1I'1' IN "DIAG HARLAN" WillIami liiarnum, the noted Williamu Fox star, In a rattllng tIne plcture of the West, Is the attractIon at the P'rincess Thea tre Thursday. lyerylbody, down dep iln his heart, adores .a Western pIcture. There Is 110 tyjie of story so dist Inct ively A merl CanI. It Dermaits of romanDce, femn ine char m and mnascuilinc Prowess 11 does 110 othera'formt of phuot oplay. An d "ill"1' E ean 11m in a Westeren is jutst abouat the h Ighest developinnent of good entertaInment. That's wvhy we say "Drag Iaral an"' Is a p.Icturet that ~any' one w ill feel sorry to have amissed. Farnum1)'s r'ole of "Driag" Hain 1 is ap~pealinag from beginnIng to end. lie is a mnysterious4 -taniger', a soldier of' ed man in the West; anid catouh he does not -wear hais heart uapona is1 sleeve, he dtoes wear his nimble sIx gutns in 11ain sight and ready for in stant tase. Btut Jackle Sauandors, as Baarbara Mloargan, rancher's daiughter, Is the little lady whao finds that "l)rag" haR a haart as big as the proverbial barn. Charles Alden Seltzer's story apro vided the plot1 of, "Drag Harlan" and IH. P. Keelor, who adapted Tomt Mlix's' celebrated pictture, "Thae Ulntamecd," to 'the screen, is responsible for' the scenario of the Farnumn 'Pleture'.- J. Gordon Ed".aads was the direecor. l'xtreme care has boon exercised in choosing the cast, which Includes such favorite poa'trayers of "heavy" anad character roles as Arthur. N. Millott, 0. Raymond 'Nyo, Ihersc'hel Mayall, F'rank Thuarwald, "KeWPio" Morgan, Al 'Fremont and lErie Crne. DR. SIMON BAROUCIH DIES IN NEW YORK' F1am11ou1s Pihysiciani Formerly Liled In Camden. Fitlier of Barney Jinruch. New York, June 3.-.)r. Simon Daruch, noted -physician fand father of Bernard Ml. 'Haruch, financier, died at 1:10 1). Im., from an ailment of the lungs, colplicated by. heart disease. 'Dr. Baruch had been ill at his home here for sonic time.,. Ile was 81 years old. Dr. Bru1ch was regarded ioth in Europe and America .as an expert on hydrotherapy, the treatment of diseas es by the use and al)pplication of water internally and externally. iHis writ ing on that subject were translated into German and French. lie -was credited with introducing free muni cipal bath-houses and municipal baths in Chicago and New York were named in hils honor. ,He was born in Germany, where le was educated at the Royal Gymnas lus of Posen. Coming to America, le received a degree from the medical College of Virginia In 1862. Immediately lie joined the Confed erato army, serving as a surgeon in the field with the forces commanded by General Robert B. Lee. Twice he was captured while caring for wound ed Confederates-once on the battle field at Gettysburg, 'and again at South Mountain, Md. After the Civil War, ie ,practiced in Camden, S. C., where he remained until 1881, when lie moved to New York. A hospital has :been erected in his honor at Camden. A specialist In chronic diseases, lie diagnosed the first recorded case of perforating appendlieitis successfully operated on. He was professor of hydrotherapy at the College of Phy sicians and .Surgeons in this city. At one time lie wias president of the South Carolina Medical Association and was later chairman of the South Carolina State Bord of icalth. Dr. Baruch was president of the American Association for the Promo tion of, Ify'glentes and Public Baths, and ;t professor in the College of PIhy sicians and Surgeons. SHIRLEY MASON A IT IN iER LATESTI' PLAY Shirley Mason, in her newest Wil lam Fox photoplay, "Wing Toy", at the Princess Theatre 'Wednesday, han dies a big role In a manner that cap tures and holds her andience. "Wing Toy" is concerned chiefly with the adventures that befall a It tle null who, t a foundlin', was reared by one Yen Low, an unscrupu lous dealer in opium and other drugs, and a power in the affairs of New York's Chinatown. On a visit to Chinatown, Bob Harris, a young news paper reporter, meets aml falls in love with the gir!, Wing Tv.y. The affain !3 tonmplicated by '(1n 1 6w, who, him- I self a victim to the girl's charms, wills to possess her. After much spirited action, su(h1 as raids on opium (lens, battles lit Chin atown, t-Ic., liarris fl:i ally wins the hand of the little OrIon tal--whio prioves not to be an Orien - tal, and all endis hap fi'ly. Sbh iry Mlamon's work -In th is uni que story was a constatnt delight. Fetr (charnettc*z'ation of the supposedly Chini ese mindh stands out as thle best thling she has done her(eP. Thle priodle-. ion i ore evidence of enr'efitl anad con se lent !ous stagi n fori whtleh creditI must 1be gi veni to it oward iM \. .\I itc(hell,. the director. The story was w rit-t;n for Mlss Mason b)y Pearl D~oles 13ell, the author' of '"1let' Elephlant Man'' he Ifirst of Miss -\l ason's sitarring v'ehicles. HII!NTl FOR TWIO MIN Attorney General Asks for P'o:~se it Knoxyllie, .Jutne 2.--Attorney (Gen ceral. Ittrtam of Hunntsville has re (luested the auithotities at Nashville to authorize the sheriff' of Andeison, Rtoanie and~ Scott countios t.0 summtiion a iosse of 25 men each to hunt for the two men st.1ll at lar'ge 'who are char'ged with killing Geor'ge Lews an~d seriously wouunding, Arthurt Cruloy sear Clitnton, the night of May 30. Chief of Police Rtobetrts of Hlarri mani, tonight received information that Tom Chistmas and Hlarr'y Wil son, the two men sought, had hloen seen at D~earmond, a flag station on the Souther'n railroad eiht miles out of Marriman, on the road to Knox ville. Chilef Roberts immediately for'med a p)osse and~ started fotr the see in automobiles MOST SPECTACULAR MUSICAL COMEDY EVER PRODUCED IN LAURENS KATCHA-KOO AN ORIENTAL AMERICAN MUSICAL COMEDY To Be Given Under the Auspices of BUSINESS WOMEN'S CLUB Two' Nights TNDAY AND June1314 LAURENS OPERA HOUSE Qet your tickets now. They're going fast. Reserve them at the Powe Drug Co. on or after 10 a. m., Friday, June 10. GIRLS! GIRLS! Local Society Ladies The greatest coterie of dancing and singing girls ever assembled in a Musical Coredy te be seen lavishly costumed in the latest creations. YOUTH AND BEAUTY SHOW of wonder and refinement---a creative little operetta of genuine New York design, so cleverly presented by this amazingly artistic cast of local people, as to make it amusingly delightful and professional A. wealth of humor that weaves its way through the show will keep every one in the best of spirits and entertain you quite royally. PRICES---75c and $1.00---Plus War Tax FORDS REDUCED Telegraphic advices from Detroit give the following revised prices for Ford cars: Prices F. 0. B. Detroit, Regular Without Starter Old Price New Price Touring Car . . . $440.00 $41 5.00 Runabouts . . . . $395.00 $345.00 Coupe . . . . $720.00 $695.00 Sedan . . . . . , $770.00 $760.00 Truck Chassis (1 ton) . . $545.00 $495.00 Starters $70.00 Extra No restrictions on territory. We can sell any where in the- United States. Buy here where you can get service. *Waidrop's Garage Laurens. S. C.