The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-12-01
MOPS UP WITH ALLENDALE.
Bamberg High Walks Away With
Visitors Last Wednesday.

Visitors Last Wednesday.
I'm what was advertised to be a
foot ball game, but which in reality
turned out to be a marathon or track
meet, Bambarg's high school eleven
plowed through, waded over, dashed
across, ran around, knocked down,
trampled on and overwhelmed the
midget eleven children representing
the Allendale high school at Dixie
Land park, the local high school field,
last Wednesday. The result OF the
slaughter was 81 points for the win
ners, and if they had been there yet
the losers would never have realized
the thrill of a score. In less than
one minute after the referees whis-
tie had set the wholesale massacre in
to action Half Back Jones had cross
ed their last white line with the pig
skin under his arm for six points.
Something remarkable then happen
ed. Bamberg quickly kicked off, and
including the kickoff it required ex-
actly three plays for them to score
another touchdown, Captain Price
racing thirty yards on an end run.
With clock like regularity this big
boy playing full back would tear OH
80, 40 and so yard dashes until 1t
got to be almost joke. The entire
local back field composed of Jones,
Price, Ducker, and Klauber, ran
their tongues out up and down the
field, with the exception Of Klauber
at quarter who had sense enough to
always make the other fellows carry
the ball and to save his wind for
calling signals. George Ducker at
half back appears to have the making
OF great college foot ball player in
him. He handles himself well, hits
the line hard, is power on defense,
and is easily the all round star OF
his team; another year or two in high
school foot ball and he will be jew
Ell for some big team to boast of.
Bamberg high really hasn't a finish
ed high school foot ball team by any
means; Ducker is the only man on
the team who knows how to ae-
curately tackle an opponent. But
the one-sided score is accounted for
by the fact that the parents and big
brothers of the Al1endale children
did not come with them to let them
know that if they got lost somebody
would be along tc minister to them
and show them the way home. They
were too tiny to represent any foot
ball team. Be it said to their credit
that though outweighed until the
scene was almost comical, they bat
tied gamely and courageously, and on
one occasion with the aid of several
well executed forward passes they
carried the ball into Bamberg terri
tory, but their last forlorn dying hope
OF ever scoring faded and ebbed away
as the local defense stiffened and
buckled down to serious business.
The Allendale kidlets however, are a
fine bunch Of little fellows, full Of
pep and game to the core, and the
graceful manner in which they took
their medicine assured the spectators
that at least their fathers before
them must be men and if they them
selves live long enough they might
also grow up to real manhood, having
accepted their disastrous defeat in
smiles and as matter of fact, rath-
er than to chew, cuss and spit about
it, as many other poorer sports would
have done. But they were not big
enough to cuss big anyhow. Prob
ably nobody present ever before wit
messed socalled foot ball game in
which participant performed
throughout the contest with shoes
shined, long trousers, collar and tie,
but such was the battle regalia Of an
Allendale half back; and during one
play when he lost cuff button this
lad of society desired to stop the
game to search for his property;
whoever, the heartless officials refus-
ed to consider his important request.
The Bamberg boys hardly had to
play hard enough to need bath
when their field day was over.
Officials: Watson, Wofford, ref
eree;. Bamberg, Sewanee, umpire;
Stabler, Wofford, headlinesman;
Carter, Clemson, and Chavis, Citadel,
timekeepers. Time of periods, 10, -,
10 IL.
Attractive Party at Gone