The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-06-10
Bamberg 9, Denmark 2.

In a dull, slow, lifeless, listless,
uninteresting, and anything else you
wish to say about it, ball game be-
tween the Bamberg and Denmark
teams of the Tri-county league at
Rhoad park Monday afternoon played
solely for exhibition purposes and not
to figure in the official standing Of
the league, the home boys came out
or the long end Of 9 to 2 count.
The one redeeming feature was that
the home team won. At times there
were a few plays which closely re-
sembled baseball. Indeed, no less
than three double plays were complet-
ed. However, neither team had it's
full strength on the field, neither
team was at it's best, and neither
seemed to care much which way the
game broke. 1t was by no means a
fair test of the relative strength of
the contesting clubs, but the game
afforded both teams some good bat
ting and fielding practice, and also
the unusual stunt of a pitcher being
taken out, then sent back to finish
the game, and then being yanked
again before the agony was over.
Denmark scored first in the Sec
ond inning and held the lead until
the fifth when the locals tailed
twice; again in the sixth Bamberg
counted four scores and the visitors
made their final run in the seventh.
The winners scored one in the sew
enth and two in the eighth. "Gyp"
Rentz and Otto Large both hit we'll
for the locals.
Goldsmith, a would be twirler,
started out to pitch for Denmark and
held the locals scoreless> until the
last half of the fifth. But after two
runs had been driven over by con-
secutive batting in this inning Capt.
Stewart, catching for Denmark, wav-
ed Goldie to right field and called in
Bruner, the ex-Sallie league south
paw, who retired the side without
further scoring. In the next inning,
however, Bruner was as wild as if he
had just got out of the army, and
after passing as many as he could
was taken out and Goldsmith return
ed to the box only to be driven out
again and replaced by Phillip Cox, a
Denmark boy, who was punished for
the balance of the game. Zach
Weeks, who twirled such a magnifi-
cent game for the league leaders in
Allendale several weeks ago, decided
to try his arm again, but in the very
first inning he easily realized, as did
his mates, that he was not right, and
although only one hit was plucked
from his delivery the only thing that
saved him was a lightning double
play on line drive. Zach is a great
pitcher when he is in shape, but his
arm has gone bad on him and it is
feared he will not be in condition to
pitch much ball this summer. Yester-
day was his first start since the Allen
dale game. Frank Bamberg toed the
slab after Weeks retired and for eight
long innings surprised himself, his
comrades and the fans, and shocked
the whole Denmark team by holding
it's heavy hitters at bay. Wonders
will never cease in baseball and
Frank actually famed number OF
them, and while they did acquire
eight bingles off him he kept the
hits we'll scattered and was never il
danger, Not more than two came iI
any inning and this only happened
once or twice. Charlie Rentz played
his first game at second base fol
Bamberg, and if he expects to re
main there will have to learn to take
a throw from the catcher Score D!
| innings:
Bamberg. 200 O24 1873 II
Denmark ..-.O1O 600 1902 9
Batteries: Weeks, Bamberg an(
Cooner; Goldsmith, Bruner, Gold
smith, Cox and Stewart.
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