The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-29
LOST.
Perfectly Good Ball Game, at ST.
Matthews.-Reward for Return.
Standing of the Clubs.

Lost, at the St. Matthews baseball
park Friday afternoon beWeen the
hours of and $50 o'clock, one ball
game, nine innings in length, spotted
with numerous errors, few redeem
ing features and reasonable supply
of base hits. Finder will please re-
turn to Manager Thomas of the Bam-
berg team and receive liberal reward.
After apparently having the old game
game sewed up in paper bag>it was
found that the bag was rotten, it
bursted, and the game dropped to a
beautiful silver platter on which we
graciously, but not gracefully, hand
ed it to the home club for safe keep
ing, feeling that it would be better
taken care of. It was.
A five run lead ought to be enough
to win any reasonable game, but this
was an unreasonable one. "Rube"
Skinner started out the the Saints
with absolutely nothing, and our
boys landed on him in the very first
inning with few wicked drives and
savage clouts which with a couple of
errors accounted for three scores. 1t
seemed all over but the shouting as
Smith was working like pine board
house afre, and retired the St. Mat
thews boys in the first two innings so
easily that it actually seemed pitiful.
In the first half of the third our boys
continued their good work and SEEM
ingly just as matter of safety first
put two more runners across the pan,
thus giving us the commanding lead
Of five tallies. AS the first home
player stepped to the plate in this
inning the writer eased back COM
fortably wondering if st. Matthews
would get hit off Smith, he was
going SO strong. Then suddenly as
storm breaks on calm sea, bang,
cracked the ball to the right field
for two sacks, and Mr.. Smiths un-
doing had started. Perfect support
would have helped him to win his
game, but nevertheless, had both
pitchers been accorded -errorless sup
port Smith still would have lost his
game by the score of 8 to 0. Even
at that there is no denying the fact
that he is a great pitcher. Nearly
the whole st. Matthews team pounc-
ed on the game little slab artist with
vengeance in this inning, three
doubles, two singles, an error and
some slightly loose fielding netting
/ them total OF five runs and from
that moment the outcome Of the, game
was never in doubt. Although only
two more hits were recorded against
kSmith the home team broke the tie
with two runs in the seventh caused
largely by a rank error. That was
all the scoring, as the visitors were
helpless with one man doing the bat
ting for the team.
The playing of the game produced
four distinct outstanding features the
magnificent pegging of "rStumpy'
Banks for the winners, great catch
by our "Bub" in center field, two
worlds record breaking throws by
Charlie Rentz and the sensational
batting of McGhee Bamberg. Here's
this chaps record in four times up:
A clean double 20 right field for his
first effort, a long, two bagger to cen
ter on his second trip, smashing
drive down the left field line FOR two
bases on his third appearance, and
just to round out a good days work
he. poked an infeld single towards
first base for his final time at bat.
Let the dead past bury it's dead, =
so we shall not give any review OF
how the. runs were made; but the
score book tells the horrible tale IN
detail just the same. The team
plays an exhibition game in Spring
field today (ThursdayJ, and returns
home for the regular league game
here Friday with that team. Score
by innings:
Bamberg :. 1902 600 000-5 9>7
st. Matthews 005 900 20x-7 Z 8
Batteries: Smith and Turnipseed;
Skinner and Banks.