The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-06-10
RAMBERG TRIMS BLACkNILLE.
Charlie RentZ Breaks Up Another
Game in the Ninth Inning.

After finging phenomenal ball for
eight innings against Bamterg at
Elackville yesterday Watkins, Black
villes prize twirler, was bombarded
| in the ninth with the most terrific
| heavy artillery barrage that ever
| greeted a pitcher in the Tri-cOunty
| league. And at the same time tile
| Bamberg team displayed the most
consistent pinch hitting ability it has
shown since it's organization. Zip,
| bang, bap, and merrily the safe hits
rang from the crack of the bats as
sweet music to the ears of Bamberg
supporters. 1t was fast game, snap
py and plenty of pep to keep the
| fans on edge; the first eight innings
| we're played in less than one hour.
The Blackville infeld had not shown
the least sign Of the strain and until
| yet it has not done so, and with Ellis
|
out of his hand and Watkins backed
| by sensational support letting the
visitors down in practically one, two,
three order, everybody except the
Bamberg team had settled back in a
comfortable position waiting for
darkness to end the pretty pitchers
| battle. Up to the final round only
one man had reached third for each
team and they didn't have the chance
of snow ball in the lower regions
| to score. Two hits had Blackville
obtained, while three measley singles
| were all that our boys could muster.
So with the score standing zero to
| nothing each team was fortunate to
have as a starter for the ninth frame
| it's lead off man at the bat Charlie
Rentz, Turnipseed and Large had
raped out our only hits, and Watkins
looked like million dollars on a
pedestal. Here's how it happened.
Frank Bamberg, first up, poked a
neat single over third. Turnipseed
was hit on the foot and took first.
Large moved each runner up one
bag when he grounded out down the
| first base line. And right here Char
lie Rentz broke up another perfectly
| wonderful ball game. With two
strikes on him this old vet drove the
l0veliest, most beautiful, dearest
darling single to right center as Bam-
berg and Turnipseed dashed over the
plate with the runs that brought
tears of JOY to the eyes of Bamberg
boosters, and weeping and wailing
and gnashing of teeth to all the home
! folks. That was a great suficiency,
but the beginning of the end had
just started. "Gyp" Rentz then pop
ped out to third, but Pete Watson
walked forcing Charlie to second, and
each man moved up base on a
| passed ball for the catcher, McCar-
thy. Bill Brabham next singled to
| left while Charlie scored and Pete
was stopped at third. On the first
pitched ball Bill took second and
then FBub" Cooner surprised himself
and came near causing several people
to drop dead when he smashed a
peach of a double into the ruins of
the old school building, and it was
easily realized that the building
wasn't all that was ruined; Watkins
was in the same predicament. But
to add insult to injury Smith was hit
and Bamberg passed filling the bases
and then Turnipseed drove another
two Dagger to the brick ruins batting
in the sixth and seventh runs. Otto
Large remembering Shakespeare's
beautiful lines as they fell from the
lips of Portia beginning: "The
quality of mercy is not strained,'
ended the slaughter by grounding out
to pitcher. Twelve men had been to
the plate in this last fatal round for
Mr.. Watkins, and he trudged from
the field a sadder but wiser man,
worn and weary from age and over
work. But it was his own little red
wagon, and he and he alone let it
go down the hill and tumble over
to destruction. "Buck" Browning
began the ninth inning for his club
with a single to third, his second hit
of the day, and Blackville only got
three, but "Buck" couldn't get to
second, and thus the game ended Z
to O. Blackville has a splendidly i'm
proved ball team, and but for the
magnificent pitching of Smith who
had them completely at his mercy