Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-12
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
The Contest Between Rock Hill and
Chester-Personal and Other Notes.

i, The Contest Between Rock Hill and
Chester-Personal and Other Notes.
Correspondence OF the Yorkville Enquirer
Rock HILL, July 11.-Rock Hill has
recently gone ball mad, but has awak-
ened-it is hoped. We have right at
home one of the best amateur bona
| fde, local teams that can be gotten
together in this section-the best our
town has had in many years-and
there are many citizens who love good
ball, but who do not in the least ap-
prove of professional ball, who are
willing to give a local team their en-.
thusiastic support. The addition or
hired players gave any opponents the
same privilege and the consequence
was that Chester secured better talent
and succeeded in coming out best in
the contest. The series with that town
Just ended here, resulted in an even
split with the advantage decidedly on
Chester's side. Mondays game was a
fast one with the score 2 to in Ches-
ter's favor. Sparks, an Augusta man
pitching for them and Evans an eX-
Lacquer for the locals. In the second
game Tribble Of the Sumter team was
in the box for Rock Hill and shut out
the visitors in the score Of to ., our
boys batting Shelf Moore Of Columbia,
that they were up against worthy
foe, Chester had Foster of the Char
lesion team in the box after the sec
ond inning and his work was superb.
Fullenwider of Monroe pitched for
Rock Hill and for the first three in
nings did fine work. The game was
called on account of rain before the
end OF the 1st half of the 5th inning,
with score Of to 0 in favor of Ches-
ter News has come here that Ches-
ter fans are very sore over that calling
off Of the game before the half mad
been finished, but anything else would
have been unjust and the umpire, Mr.
Baird, held on longer than was expect
ed in the face Of the rain. While all
chances were certainly in Chester's ia
vor no one knows what Is going to
happen, and had Fosters fine work let
up in the least the score could easily
have been entirely different. The open
gambling was commented on freely as
disgraceful and there is small doubt
that the recent games have debauched
the youth Of our town more than any
thing occurring here recently.
Lieut. f. Ross Tompkins. Of the 11th
cavalry u. S. A. has been in the city
for a week visiting his parents, Capt
and Mrs. r. E. Tompkins. He left
for Charlotte Friday morning and will
from there go to Des Moines, Iowa,
where on the 25th instant he will wed
Mrs. Marie Mills Goode of that city.
Lieut.. Tompkins was graduated from
the S. c. NJ A in 1S94-the encamp-
ment that year being in Yorkville-and
since shortly after that time has been
in the army. He was first a volunteer
in the Second South Carolina, with
rank of lieutenant, and Immediately
after the disbanding of the volunteers
entered the regular army. His bride
to be is beautiful young widow, who
is a society favorite in Des Moines,
where her family is prominent.
According to the officials of the
Rock Hill division of the Southern
railway, there is no foundation for the
recent rumor that this division was
to be abolished.
Mr.. Goodall, who recently took
charge as manager of the Rock Hill
Buggy company, will occupy the Buch-
anan residence in Oakland. His fam
lily arrived here today from Cincinnati.
Mrs. Carlisle Ragan, who was Miss
Lutte Fewell Of EbeneZer, is visiting
her parents.