The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-20
SET-TO OF SETBACK
HELD AT LEVEL LAND
Corp. Kerr Leads Body Of Setback
Warriors Into Territory Of An
cient Contenders

Wilson and Col. John K. Temple are
at the head of the institution. For
many months now they have been
making incursions into the setback
territory about Abbeville and tramp
ing down the well-laid plans of such
amateurs as Pat Roche, Dick Sond-
ley, Pat McCaslan, Old Man Long
shore and others. Jim Mcmillan, May
or of Dyson, has even accused them
Of playing with signs. 1t is said that
these "champeens" of Level Land
have worn the tops off all the nail
kegs in the community beating the
would-be artists for miles around in
that territory. 1t has only been when
they went up against Greenvile
Street that they encountered kird
of Stonewall Jackson affair.
But the Level Land Stars, for such
we must call them, have been claim
ing that the Greenville Street ar
fists trimmed them only because the
Greenville street crowd were playing
on the home grounds. sAnd a chal-
lenge was issued many months ago
for a contest on the Level Land set
back diamond, where a finish fight
was to be staged. Finally a fried
chicken dinner was proposed by King
Wilson as means of smoking the
Greenville streeters out of their hole.
He knew his men. So it was that yes
terday evening Col. Dale Barksdale
hitched up the Chandler, and filled it
with hundred pounds of ice, Vance
Ashley, Col. White, the mule trader,
Corp. Kerr, President of the Green
vile Street College, since Uncle Jim's
resignation, and the Corps partner.
Arriving at Level Land about 7
o'clock, the visitors found the field of
action in order. President Wilson had
invited his uncle, Hon. P. B. Carwile,
wi!o is a doctor you know, to be in at
tendance, so that Corp. Kerr's life
could be saved if he ate too much
fried chicken. Then there was the
other uncle, Judge Addison Carwile,
who was invited in to give judicial
appearance to all decisions made and
to settle any complicated ; disputes
which could not be settled by plain
laymen. Then there were Seth Car
vile and Raymond Wilson, nephews
of the president, who have not yet
finished their college course in set
back, and who had heard of the fine
reputation which Corp. Kerr had CIV
en- himself as a setback player, and
they came to learn. Vance Ashley
was there, as stated, and he too was
wanting to learn some of the fine
points of the game.
The visitors had ~ o1sr arrived
and "sl;cked up" as iorton Roberst-
son, would put it, were he with US
still, than they were invited into the
dining room where one of the finest
appointed country dinners ever, was
set before them. Everybody dii full
justice to the occasion and the Corp.
ate so much fried chicken that he
didn't have room to get sick. After
dinner the warriors repaired to the
Odd Fellows Hall, where hostilities
Immediately opened. The CoCrp. did
the pitching for his team as we'll as
the batting. He pitched Carl Mays
style Of "underhand" delivery which
kept the home team eating out of
his hand for seven long stanzas. On
top of that every time he went to the
bat the Level Landers started to the
woods to hunt the ball. Babe Ruth
was a small hero as compared with
the Corp. last night.
1t would be cruel to go into the
details Of the victory which the Corp.
won, and profane to tell all that the
Level Land champs had to say. 1t is
sufficient to say that it would have
been a shut-out but for one fact, and
that is this: Col. Temple had told the
Corp. that if the Greenville streeters
won by score of as much as Is to
s, the Corp. should carry home five
of the finest frying-size chickens,
commonly called "fries' which ever
rev to young manhood in that CON-