The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-06-16
BASE BALL
SPRINGFIELD GETS TRIMMED.
Locals Take Honors at Ball Game
Tuesday Afternoon.

CnQaunted Dy bad start IueSQay
afternoon at Rhoad park, the locals
fought game uphill battle against
the tail end Springfield team and
Manager Kinard's boys finally came
out on the long end of four to two
score. The game was marred by con-
tinuous and more or less justifable
Wrangling on both sides, and the
umpires deserve special mention, each
team constantly having to play ten
men. The excessive heat caused the
pitchers to have to work slowly, but
so far as the actual playing was con-
cerned the game was the best of the
present league season. The game was
started late, due to a shower, and
should have been called at the end
of the seventh inning on account of
darkness.
From a Bamberg standpoint Char
lie and "Gyp" Rentz and George
Price were the bright particular stars
in fielding, while old Hard Luck
Warren was really the hero of the
victory. He batted in the first and
last runs with timely singles to right
and olso got another hit for good
measure. He had the Sprin gfeld bat
ters eating from his hand when hits
meant runs, and deserved a shut-out.
The losers began the first inning with
a rush on him for two runs, but loose
fielding was responsible and for the
last eight the visitors went blooey.
Boland, catching for Springfield, got
three of his teams eight hits and
scored run. Parnell, the contor-
zionist, acrobat, comedian, or any
thing else you choose to call him ex-
cept base ball pitcher, was raped
in the pinches, and but for good sup
port from his team mates and umpire
mate would have suffered a much
more stinging defeat at the hands of
the 1920 Tri-County league cham
pions
The first two Springfield batters
were retired on easy chances. Boland
then started trouble for the home lads
when he singled cleanly to- center.
Reese followed him with a tap to
Large who should have made an easy
chance out of it, but it rolled away
for scratch hit and Boland was safe
at third with Reese on first. With
Fulmer at bat Reese took second on
the first pitched ball, and both run
ners scored on Fulmer's Texas leag-
uer to left center for one bag. But
that was the finish of the meek and
lowly tail enders. The locals came
back in their half of the first and
scored one run after two were out
also. Charlie Rentz reached first when
the ball was dropped there; he was
safe at second and third on two sue
cessive wild pitches, and crossed the
rubber when Warren hit safely to
right. In the third the score was
tied when Cooner, first up, walked
and scored from first on Large's long
two-bagger down the left field line.
In the fifth Price walked, was sacrl-
feed to second by Cooner, went to
third on a passed ball and counted
on a wild pitch. The last run was
made in the seventh by Large who
started it off with an infleld hit, was
sacrificed by Brabham, went to third
on wild pitch and scored on War
ren's second clean safety to right.
There were several peculiar things;
for instance, it's mystery how the
umpires ever slept any that night.
And in the sixth inning the specta-
tors witnessed a play rarely ever
seen in real sure enough honest to
goodness ball game. With two
strikes on him Parnell saw that no
catcher in the world could get in ma
chine gun range of the next ball
pitched by. Warren, so he took
healthy swing at it and of course
trotted to first safe on his third
strike. Another interesting feature
was that Bamberg tailed run IN
every odd inning, the first, third, htth
and seventh, and, of course, didn't
take the ninth.
Score by innings: II II
Bamberg ..101O1O1O*-4 9 2
springfeld =. -20OOoO00O-2 8 L
Batteries: Warren and Cooner;
Parnell and Boland. Umpires: Jum-
per and Watson. Time: Couldn't
see watch after two hours OF playing
as it was dark.
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