The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-22
IN FOR BIG BALL.
Bamberg Joins Orangeburg League.
Big Independent Games Planned.

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present summer, and while Bambers
has probably put on the field the best
club in the history of our little city
and played more ball than ever be-
fore, at the same time nearly all other
important towns Of the state have
done likewise. Many towns through
out the Carolinas and Georgia are
boasting of practically professional
ball teams and the players are draw
ing fabulous salaries. AS business
proposition the matter is bound to
fail except in the way of advertise
ment to the various towns, and from
the amount of money that will un-
doubtedly be lost we fear that the
game will be injured in the majority
of these towns for several years to
come. Undaunted, however, after
our pennant winning triumph in the
Tri-County league, the Bamberg club
will continue in the field and the peo-
pie of the surrounding neighborhood
will enjoy splendid baseball here for
two more months to break the mo-
notony of the dull summer days.
J. B. Black, Jr., who successfully
piloted the Bamberg team to the pen
nant in the Tri-County league, has
resigned due to personal business
reasons, and the local club has met
and completely reorganized after
electing the following named officers:
E. L. Spann, president; F. M. Moye,
vice PRESIDENT; R. P. Bellinger, secre-
tary; H. n. Folk, treasurer; LaVerne
Thomas, manager, J. J. Heard, assist
ant manager and C. W. Rentz,
Jr., field captain. Fffty-six of the
leading business men and prominent
citizens of the town are backing the
team financially and otherwise. And
to go along with the excellent local
talent which has won many glorious
victories in the past for us, three
capable twirlers all in fine form, have
been signed as the regular pitching
staff for the locals. These men are
Smith, Schultz and Kits, none of
whom needs any Introduction to Bam-
berg fans.
Our team has Entered the Orange
burg county league replacing Bow
man which withdrew for the second
half of the season. We therefore
play regularly scheduled league
games on Tuesdays and Fridays as
formerly, and the schedule for the
local team is published elsewhere in
this issue.
In addition to these games in the
league the secretary of the club is
diligently endeavoring to give the
people hereabouts more good base
ball by arranging with Independent
teams all over the three states, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Geor-
gia, for games to be played in the
near future at Rhoad Park; practi-
caily every frst-class team in South
Carolina has been communicated
with, and it is highly probable that
the Waynesboro, Ca, team of the
famous Million Dollar League will
be seen here shortly in a series of
games. It will be remembered by
some that Waynesboro brought al
team to Bamberg and played three
games here II years ago. Since then
no club representing Bamberg has
met a team from without the borders
of the Palmetto state. One thing is
certain, Bamberg is going up. against
some of he strongest semi-profession-
al bali teams ever gotten together in
the southern states. The fans must
bear in mind that while our team is
composed almost entirely of home
boys with the exception of the pitch
ing staff, our opponents will include
practically whole teams Of profess
,sionals, many of whom are veterans
with Southern league and major
league experience, Therefore Bam-
berg is absolutely bound to lose a.
few ball games to such clubs, and
while that will be an unusual ordeal
for local fans to undergo as they have
never seen a home team lose and
consequently don't know how to taste
defeat, yet we must all bear these
facts in mind, and let's boost; don't
knock: cheer up the players, that's
what helps the boys out and wins
good old ball games. So con, fans,
men, women and children, and let's
all pull together for a game little
team, a game little town and a game
little bunch of sports, and then we
will experience as in the days of old,
a majority of victorious days, re-
gardless of how formidable our op-