The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-23
BASEBALL IN ORANGEBUR6.
Bamberg's Team Play Faster Ball
hut Lose Both Games.

Last week four games of baseball were
scheduled to take place between the Bam-
berg and Orangeburg teams, two to be
PLAYED in Bamberg and two in the city on
the Edisto. Monday afternoons game
here was not finished on account OF rain,
and Tuesday Bamberg won by score OF
toe. On Wednesday morning Laval,
one of our pitchers, left US and went to
Cordele, Ga. Hoffman was badly used
up with sprained ankle and Brabham
G. was also disabled and could not play.
However, the management wanted to
keep faith with Orangeburg and carried
the team over on a special train Thursday
afternoon. A pitcher was expected but
did not come, and Hoffman, crippled so
that he could not run three feet, had to
90 in the box, and other substitute play
ers had to be found after getting on the
grounds.
The writer was not at all pleased with
the decisions of Orangeburg's umpire here
in Monday and Tuesdays games, and
heard many of our home people and Vlsl-
tors from Orangeburg even criticize him:
Therefore, wishing to avoid friction If
possible, we went in person on Wednes-
day to the management Of our team and
endeayored to have change OF umplres
for the two remaining games, one from a
neutral town This was not possible Tor
Thursdays game, and on Friday, after
vain efforts to secure the services OF d
gentleman from Blackville, Mr.. c. j.
Davis, of Fitzgerald, Ga: was carried over
by our boys. But the Orangeburg team
said they would not play unless Jefords
umpired, 80 the best We could DO was 10
work the double umpire system. Even
then at close stage of the game, While
Jeffords was umpiring at the pitchers
stand aud Davis the base running, JEFF
ords called Norvell out at second for
running past Brabham, who was on third,
when foul was knocked, and it seemed
to take considerable showing of the rules
to him by our players to induce him to
change it. To our mind he had no right
to make any decision, as Davis was um-
piring the bases. In both games the de-
cisions were severely scored, not only by
Bamberg's contingent, but by visitors
from other towns and some Orangeburg
people.
Good crowds went over on the special
both days, many ladies being in the party.
The first five innings of Thursdays game
was beautiful exhibition, neither side
scoring, but decision against Bamberg
at this stage seemed to take the spirit OUT
of our boys. and in the next inning Hoff-
man went up in the air and was batted
freely, four scores being made. The hnal
score was six to one.
On Friday Columbia's crack pitcher
was put in the box, he who had pitched
a shut out game against Orangeburg and
allowed only one run in another only
few weeks before. The hopes of Bamberg
were high, but what change came over
the spirit of our. dreams. He allowed
himself to be batted all over the field, he
fumb!ed every ball knocked to him, and
with his all-round careless playing threw
the game away in the first few innings,
and let everybody on to the fact that there
was something wrong. 1t was very eVl-
dent to all present that he wanted Orange
burg to win the game, and this, with the
assistance of the umpire, he succeeded in
making a certainty. Yonmans was suosti-
tuted after the fifth inning, and after this
Orangeburg did not cross the home plate,
getting only one hit off him. They were
Clearly not in the game after the change
of twirlers, while Bamberg made four
more runs. The final score was to Z.
The writer believes in good, clean sport,
no matter who wins, but we are afraid the
exhibitions of Thursday and Friday DO
not tend to this end.
The report of the game which appeared
in the State was evidently written by
some one who lived at Orangeburg but
was away from town, and had his sum-
mary sent to him by some one who was
not at the game. Let US take glance
at his report: Bamberg got two q hits,
OrangebWg made but one error, two men
were bit by pitched balls, four men were
given bases by the pitcher, total of nine
men who were ON bases, yet the summary
SAYS that seven men were left on bases,
and that Bamberg made six runs; this
makes it seem to US that at least thirteen
men would have had to be on bases. We
mention this to show that the report Is
badly off in reference to base hits. The
games now stand 3 to 2 in Bambergs
favor