The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-07-07
WINNERS OF FIRST HALF LOSE.
Williston Meets Defeat at Rhoad Park
Friday by Score of 8 to 5.

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league leading Williston team bit
the dust at Rhoad park Friday and
went down in defeat under the drive
Of the Bamberg boys by score OF 8
to 5. The locals must also give
give thanks to two others, little Billy
Whitesides, doing his mastery twirl-
ing, and Dukes at first base for Will
liston, who played the greatest game
Of ball for Bamberg Of any man who
ever stepped on the diamond at
Rhoad park. He certainly was with
rs Friday. Jamison, port side hurl-
er, or rather, a recruit, from ST..
George, began the mound duty for
Bamberg, but his support was loose
and ;wobbly and his offerings were
also raped rather freely and at op-
perfume times. So at the beginning
of the fifth he was relieved by the
master OF the Tri-County league bats
men. One more time little Billy
Whitesides was called from obscurity
and kiddish insignifcance into the
thick of the fray with the odds four
to one against him and the dashing
invaders assaulting every effort and
charging swiftly, surely and fercely
against the defenders of the forlorn
stout heart, smiling countenance and
gallant confidence beat back the on
rushing forces, stemmed the tide OF
almost certain defeat and turned it
into victory, mounted to the immortal
baseball heights of fame, grasped the
ton most round of the pinnacle OF
glory and emerged from the trying
battle in triumphant victory as a
conquering hero. Say what you will
about this lad. He may have horse
shoes plastered all over him; he may
receive sensational support, and ne
does; the goddess of luck may have
visited him in his tiny little cradle
and tipped his dainty lips with her
golden wings thus assuring him ever
lasting fortune and enternal success
in his every endeavor; yes, you may
even say that he hasn't enough stun
ON the ball to hit it, but through it
all little Billy has never yet faltered'
and even without the proper encour-
agreement and opportunity he has in
yariably held his stand in the breach
against every club so unfortunate as
TO have to face him, and today the
kid must be branded as the best
pitcher in the Tri-County league. AS
stated above Dukes played great
game for Bamberg. If this, boy IS
first baseman the ex-kaiser is per-
feet gentleman. But anybody who
can slumber as soundly as he can is
bound to be an honest man with a
clear conscience, and if debutante S
chaperon at a moon light picnic would
only take a few dots from Dukes
everything would be lovely.
Smythe had won straight games
without a loss. Five errors were
chalked up behind him, but even at
that the scorer showed every consid-
Grafton for the fielders. The locals
made two errors. Williston gathered
ten hits from the two home pitchers,
while Smythe gave up eleven. Large
felt him for two screaming triples,
Brabham got a double and two sing
les, and Charlie Rentz banged out
four clean~ singles, most of them in
the pinches, and gave evidence of the
fact that he behaved himself better
on his recent Sunday school trip to
Greenville than he did last year at
Atlantic City. The visitors punched
three hits in the first inning by Trot-
ii, Lott and Odiorne, along with
sacrifice and a stolen base which net
ted them two runs. They ran in two
more in the third with the assistance
of some weird work by the winners
and a misconception of the inheld tiy
rule by the umpire, and their final
tally was recorded in the fifth OF
Bill Whitesides when Arthur kenne-
DIV doubled to left and Lott singled
to right. Large started the fracas
for Bamberg with a Jack Dempsey
wallop to the corn field in right
center for three bags, and counted on
Brabham's single back of short. In
the fifth Otto again started trouble
for the winners of the first half by
another Jack Dempsey punch down
the right field line for three sacks,
and scored as Brabham doubled to
right. Three runs were scored by the
boys in this inning, three more in the
seventh and one in the eighth, mostly
bv consecutive safe hitting and the
miserable work of the Williston in
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