The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-22

BamberS On the Short End of One
to Three Score Last Friday.

Bamberg's beginning in the Orange
burg county league was not very aus
picious. Our ball team, considerably
weakened due to sickness, injuries
and players being ruled out en- &C
count of being too good for the bunch
across the Edisto, journeyed to
Orangeburg last Friday afternoon
and played it's first game in the
league, Orangeburg coming out with
the big end of to l score. The
Orangeburg team played good clean
ball and Bamberg was defeated fairly
and squarely, the only thing to our
detriment being that it seems rather
unusual to let Joe Bronson, Of
Orangeburg, run the Bamberg team
and not pay him a salary for it. He
certainly did handle the situation to
suit himself, however, and right well
did he run the hog over our
boys, who in their accustomed easy
going manner meekly and humbly
took things for what they were worth
over in Orangeburg, and calmly sub
mitted to Mr.. Bronson's ideas of how
We should play ball. The old, old
spit ball was the source of trouble,
and although the aforesaid Joe
Bronson acted about as much like
wild man as any Mexican general
could yet he surely accomplished his
purpose to queen taste and had
Kits to- stop putting any moisture
on the ball despite the fact that not
once did the umpire even hint that
he would bar the splitter or the man
using it. Our team was admitted into
this league by the president; we were
not shown any copy of the bylaws
which it is said prohibit the use of
the splitter in the circuit, nor were
any references made to it's
prohibition. This same president
ruled that Kits was eligible to pitch
in the league while Smith was not.
This same president had played ball
with Kits and consequently knew
that his mainstay in the box and his
sole asset in holding a job was the
spit ball. Yet he was eligible and
not one word was said about barring
it until our schedule was mapped, we
ha0 paid $50 as guarantee and were
in Orangeburg before a crowd OF,
1900 people to start the first game.
Then one Bronson began raising his
howl, and with few wild, frantic,
mad maneuvers easily prevailed upon
the Bamberg authorities to quietly
sit back and let Kits fling 'em to
suit this wild man. Bamberg has a
wonderful amateur ball team, COM
posed of about 10 or 12 thorough
gentlemen and great little ball play
ers, but one thing they have got to
learn: This easy going, soft baby
stuff doesn't get them very far in
base ball, especially away~from home,
and if they don't stand up for their
own rights regardless of whether
they are dealing with human beings
or wild animals, then Lord knows
else will, and people will soon
begin to think we haven't got any
rights, It is said the Orangeburg
county league desires to play baby
bail, and be it said to his credit that
Joe Bronson certainly handled the
team as if he felt he had
roped in bunch of appropriate ma
terial. / |
At. that Kits did not pitch bad
game and with a little consistent pinch |
hitting behind him and slightly strong
er head work on the paths and coach
ing lines would have left the field
Our team is capable |
of putting up a better batting exhi-
bition than it did Friday even against |
more skilful pitching, and it is the
opinion of the writer that
with it's full strength Bamberg has |
80 per cent. stronger ball team than
the city on the Edisto..
Large got two hits, "Gyp" Rentz
garnered two, and McGhee Bamberg's
like peg killing a runner
at the plate was the only feature
from Bamberg standpoint, although
also made fine throw
and cut off run. For the winners
Wolfe and Lowman were the bright
stars. Orangeburg scored first in the
third inning when Pete Watson in
right field misjudged Wolfe's long
fly which consequently went for a
triple and a moment later he scored
on Oscar Lowman's smashing. drive
to center. In the next half Large
led off with three Dagger and scored
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