The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-06-10
BARNWELL 2, BAMBERG o.
Locals Went Down Before Babe
Adams i'm Barnwell Friday.

Well, our prayers were answered.,
and the Lord did have mercy on
| Barnwell and sent them Babe Adams.
! In a glorious pitchers battle there
| Friday afternoon between Adams and
Smith the former had shade the
better of the argument and shut out
| the league leaders from Bamberg by
score Of to 0. 1t was the first
shut out Of the season for the locals.
1t was altogether matter of too
much Adams, and the Barnwell team
did not have a great deal Of ball
! playing to do. About the beginning
Of the game somebody yelled at Babe,
calling him by his nick name, and
stranger from somewhere in the sticks
Immediately inquired in all serious
ness if that was Babe Ruth. Before
the game was over if he had been
pitching with his left arm probably
some of the Bamberg team would
have asked the same question. Smith
also pitched fine ball, entirely too
| good to lose, but he was unfortunate
enough to receive ragged support, and
each of the two hits off him was got
ten WITH a runner on second who
scored. Adams had the BAN berg
team completely at his mercy; they
| were all but helpless before his blind
ing speed and battling curves, and
might just as we'll have gone to Barn
we'll without any bats. One lonesome
hit was credited to the team, double
by Bullock with one down. He tagg-
ed second and made third when Smith
| flew out to right, but Frank Bamberg
famed. Bamberg also got hit to
center field which Price for Barnwell
| barely touched, but as the official
scorer didn't know a hit from an error
BarnwelIs crack center fielder paid
the penalty for it. 1t was a cloudy af-
ternoon and Babes terrific speed
worked with telling effect.
Price, the first man up for Barn
we'll, walked, and was sacrificed to
second by Hale, and scored on a clean
drive to right center by Leddy. In
the second inning the best infeld in
| the league took a balloon ascension,
as they all do sometimes, even the
famous old 100000 infield of the
Athletics, and Barnwell got another
runner to second At this point Babe
Adams shocked himself by singing
to right Thes runner from second
cut third base at least two feet, but
as both the Bamberg team and the
umpire we're slumbering hard enough
| to snore, nothing was done about it.
and the second and last run of the
game came across. The umpire's
back was turned directly to third, so
it didn't make any difference about
the ball not being played back there
| anyhow. He could not have called
| the man out, because he didn't see it,
and as it was, it was not his duty to
call him back even if he had seen it.
| The president of the league oficiated
in splendid manner. The game was
cleanly, fairly and cleverly won. The
Barnwell team outplayed the Bam-
berg team and richly deserved the
victory which went to it's credit in the
! percentage column. Adams just
naturally pitched unbeatable ball,
and Smith did not receive the sup
port which he merited although his
teammates could not be blamed for
the first run against him. No club
can win without a run; that's the tale
in nut shell.
The. Barnwell team is good, but it
is not the best team in the league nor
the second best. And Babe Adams
is not unhittable by any means. The
writer has seen him pitch many games
and has seen weaker teams than Bam-
berg pound him numerically. Babe
is pretty much like the little girl;
when he's good he's very good, but
when he's bad he's rotten. If he re-
mains with Barnwell he's due for two
defeats by the locals before the seas
on is over. Before the game started
it was agreed to play only seven in
nings. Score by innings:
Bamberg 1000 900 90
BarnweIl .. --11O 900 50
Batteries: Smith and Bullock;
Adams and Hale.