Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-08-23
CLOVER news LETTER
"TOwn Founders" Baseball Season
Has Come to a Close.
LOCALS TOOK TWO FROM JCAROLEEN

Rube Agnew Struck by Pitched Ball
Refused to Give up and Stuck il
D Out Although Rendered Speechless.
Manager Smith is Pleased With
Seasons Work.
(By Staff. Correspondent.)
Glover, Aug. 22.-Clover's Town
Rounders" closed the baseball season
here on Hawthorn Field Friday and
Saturday when they won two games
from the peppery Caroleen, n. G. ag-
gregation, the score in Fridays game
being to and that of Saturday II
to 8. Young Johnny Walker, Glover
high school pitching ace who pitched
for Clover Friday allowed eight hits,
but he kept them scattered, while his
team mates hit the offerings of Pitch
er Simmons all over the lot. The out
standing feature of Fridays game was
the hitting of Capt. bill" Rudisill Of
Clover who connected safely five
times out of five trips to the plate.
The largest crowd out for a game on
Hawthorn Field this year came out on
Saturday afternoon and saw the
Founders defeat Caroleen IL to 3, the
game being a regular swat fest; bad
Eye" Guthrie Caroleen pitching pride,
being touched for total Of fourteen
safe bingles Butler Cook, the gentle
man from Newton in the Tar Heel
State, who hasn't lost a game this
year. pitched for Glover and allowed
only seven hits. One Of them had to go
for a home-run however, although II
was only a two -bagger. 1t was secur-
ed by Captain Long of the visitors, the
ball rolling under the left field fence
and out of the park, scoring two run
ners who were on bases, and Long.
What might easily have been fatal
accident occurred in the seventh inning
when Catcher "Rube" Agnew of Clo-
yer, while batting, was hit directly
over the heart by one of Guthrie's fast
ones. The big catcher dropped to the
ground like a beef and first impress
sions of the vast crowd of fans were
that he had been fatally hurt.
Water was poured on his face and
in a short time he was able to rise to
his feet. He was rendered speechless,
however, the blow having affected the
muscles governing his speech.
Despite the fact that he was unable
TO say a word and gave every evidence
Of being in severe pain, the big catth-
er refused to leave his post, even when
CAPTAIN Rudisill and his friends, Mr..
and Mrs. Jas. a. Page insisted on it.
He stuck it out until the end and
caught his usual great game. But the
fans and players missed keenly that
great line of chatter and encourage
ment that is ever his wont to throw
out in baseball game. About an
hour after the game his power OF
speech was recovered and at 7.30 Sat
urday evening there was no indication
of i'll effects from the accident. DIR.
Harry Nell of Clover, who examined
him shortly after he was struck by
the ball, gave it as his opinion that
one or more of his ribs were fractured.
Receipts from Saturdays game to-
tailed more than 5000. 1t was a mon
ster crowd gathered from Glover,
Yorkville, and all parts of Kings
Mountain, Bethel and York townships
From a financial standpoint we are
going to break about even." said Man
agcr Will P. Smith Saturday after
noon. 1--WE have had winning team
and team that has been worth much
to this community in many ways.
They have provided wholesome enter
tainment during the summer for the
people OF Glover and feel sure that |
voice the sentiment of the entire citi-
zenship of the town of Glover when |
say that | am proud of them. We
would have made money if we had had
more games; but with only one game
at home each week and some weeks
not having that schedule, / think the
fact that they have been enabled to
break even is remarkable"
The Caroleen team, which spent Fri
day and Saturday here, were enter
tanned in the homes Of the citizens of
Clover The players, before leaving,
expressed themselves as being delight
ed with the entertainment accorded
them here and stated their hope that
they would again either as a team or
as individuals, have opportunity to
play baseball in Glover.
Protracted Meeting.
Rev. y. \. Hemrick, pastor of Clo-
yer Baptist church, began protract-
ed meeting Sunday. A protracted
meeting at Union church, of which
Rev. Hemrick is also pastor, was re-
Gently concluded after nine members
were added to the church roll. Glover
Baptists are well pleased with Rev. Mr.
Hcmrick, who accepted the church
pastorate only a short time ago, and
in the opinion of number of them
the church promises to take on new
life.
Many Had "Hot Boxes"
That there were many "hot boxes
among the great crowd of fans who
saw Glover mop up with Caroleen
: here Saturday is evidenced by the fact