The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-22
A BASEBALL
CLASSIC
Rotarians Go Down in Defeat
Before the kiwanians

ceive upon his panoplied person a
baseball pitched by Rotarian-Pres-
ident Sam Edmunds. was absent
from his post yesterday. He says
that his exacting duties at court
now in session prevented his at
tendance The Rotarians as the
hosts of the occasion accepted his
statement in good faith. One thing
is certain and that is that he was
not there. This duty devolved,
therefore. upon V;ce-President Har-
ry Shaw. BY some fortuitous con-
eatonation of. circumstances the
ball went over the plate right into
the hands Of the catcher, where it
stuck, and the two officials left
the field arm-ip-srm. congratulat-
ing each other upon the efficiency
that had been shown-as great a
surprise to. themselves as to the
spectators. !.
This baseball game was not a
burlesque.. Every member on each
side appeared to be. doing his best,
and, if he were not. his lack Of
strenuous effort was skillfully con-
eeaied-.
To one who saw the score board
for the first three innings. it ap-
peared that up to that time there
had been a .scoreless and an error
less game; but there is some reason
to suspect that this score was made
possible by collusion with the score
keeper. No protest was; made, and
the score stands. 49,. ~
The, Rotarians, according to re-
suits announced, were overwheim-
ingly. defeated. The Kiwanians were
the undisputed yictols. - Thirteen
to two seems like. decisive VIC
tory. The .Kiwanis admit it.. The
Retarians. have tried to. explain it..
The game was. handled by two
experienced baseball players, Eu-
gene Rurdy of the Carolina Law
School umpiring balls and strikes
and Stanley: Weinberg Of The Gita-
del, the bases. There were no
kicks registered against their deci-
sions.s s,f a
Manager and Captain John. Riley
for. the Rotarians and Manager
Captain John ,Duaie for the XII
wanians did their part we'll and
deserve the credit that classic
game Of ball. always gives to, those
responsible for its roper conduct. :.
:. 1t was noticed that the batteries
were frequently : changed. This
may have been due to-. the desire
to give the other fellow a chance.
There may have been another rea-
son. For the Kiwanians the bat-
teries We're: Chandler and Plow-
den; Hughes and Edwards; for the
Rotarians; Riley and Propst; Green
and Noise. ~, a...: 4.s
It was a. very interesting game
in spite of the one-sided score and
the enthusiasm was: oyerhowing.
There was some excellent playing.
some that was very Indifferent,
and some that was ,execrable. But
every player has a complete reason
for every play that he made and
why he made as he did. Every
body. therefore, is perfectly satisfied
with the whole game.
The game throughout was enliy-
ened by the capital singing of the
Kiwanians. Under the, inspiring
leadership Of their song leader XII
wanian Pierce the members Of this
organization kept things moving
from the very start and they did,
not stop until the last ball was
thrown.
The Kiwanians have just reason
to claim "a complete victory and
they are claiming it. The Ro-
tarians, on the other hand. set up
the counter claim that the Kiwan-
ians. were their guests for the af-s
ternoon and evening and that the
Kiwanians were completely de-
ceived by their courteous conceal
ment of Intentional errors, In JUS
tification of this .counter-claim they
refer the Kiwanians to Rotarians
John Buck who broke his glasses
in order hat he might mot be
tempted to turn his back. to break
a rule OF courtesy; Perry Parrot.
who preferred to turn his back to
a ball rather than be discourteous
to an invited guest; Henry Moses,
who forced himself to forget the
number of outs and deliberately
walked into the arms Of the op-
posing third baseman. What better
reason can anyone ask for than
che demands of courtesy, when it
comes to winning game or treat
ing a guest as he should be treat
ed. The Rotarians. therefore. feel
no chagrin over their defeat.
From the field of baseball car
mage to the halls of feasting the
and Rotarians went, the
of enemies But this
is another story. Aftermath:
It has been noticed that as. the
Kiwanians go limping throughout
the city today they are saying TO
the crippled Rotarians: SIN the
words Of the renowned Wellington,
There is nothing sadder than
great victory, unless it is great
defeat.'''
Sumter County Survey About
Ready.