The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-06-21
CAROLINA LEAGUE
OPENS TOMORROW
Laurcns and Greenwood Open Season
Here Thursday and Friday Big
Crowds EXnccted.

baseball League, which includes,
Greenwood, Anderson, Abbeyille and
Laurens. is fully prepared and equip
1Eed to meet and defeat its first op-
lponents, the Greenwood team, Frank
Moore, manager Of the Laurens team
said yesterday. The initial games will
be played here next Thursday and
iFrlday.
me lIaurcns Baseball Club was
formally organized last Thursday night
at meeting OF Baseball fans in the
court house. The following officers
were elected: president, r. r. Nickels: ::
Vice-Prcsident, j. G. Smith, Sr., Wa
terloo; Secretary and Treasurer, d. e.
Conn. Four directors were also elect
Gu. These are Dr. ]. II. league, Hugh
Fuller. of Cross Hill, l.. B. billiard of
Clinton, and Dr.. w. II. Pace, Of Gray
Court Frank Moore was elected as
temporary manager
1.-TWO meetings have already been
heid by the Board Of Directors of the
Laurens Baseball Club and consider
Hole routine business was handled.
Financial matters and compensation
for players were discussed in detail,
~Dut action on the latter was deferred
until the team will have played several
games A report from the secretary
showed that $293O3 has already been
contributed to tnr club. The largest
single contribution made was that of
Messrs. Che les Fleming and Frank
Moore win Jointly contributed $4O5O,
their sEaTc OF the receipts of the game
playcl hero Monday with team of
,wc"cD. Several hundred dollars
! tgcd to the club will be collected
t&G9y and tomorrow, so that the local
cab may have az financial start equal
at least to that of the other clubs in
I the league.
| plans for the first two games Of the
season which will be played here
Thursday and Friday of this week with
Greenwood arc that they start at 5
io'clock, so that merchants and clerks
Twill be enabled to soc the games. A
Lrelucst VIII be made that all the
i,ctoEcs close 81 the opening hour of
the first game. Many changes have
| been made on the fold so that both
| players and spectators will have the
| benefit OF the shade In the afternoon.
| Seats vii also be provided for spec
| tators.
a lineup Of players for the Laurens
| team has not yet been completed by
ManaaC1 Moore. Among those from
whcnNpf q players for the first games
Twill E>thosen are tho following: FL
| tcn Ow:Dgs, Of Owings, pitcher and
heavy hitter; Hugh Eichelberger, Of
| Clinton. OF p. G. fame, heavy hitting
onti9lder; "Puss" Cox, Lanford Sta
ton, it'n,man player for four years;
Speedy Arnold, Clinton, outfolder;
Grady culbertson, Of Cross Hill,
pitcher and outfielder; Charlie Crisp,
OF Laurcns, shortstop; Frank Moore,
1st baseman with "many" years Of ex-
pcrlence behind him; Jake Razor, Fur
man catcher and 1st baseman; Gary
Culbertson, Waterloo, catcher; Arthur
Howard, Clinton, several years with
the fast IWhitmire team, infeld and
cutfold player; "Buck" Cannon, CT
Clinton, 3rd baseman; "Big" Charley
Pinsonl of Cross Hill, former New
berry college pitcher; Bias Cox
heavy hitting End baseman; "Pete"
White, of Owings, P. C.'s End base
man and one of Fountain Inns fast
aggregation; IIefty" louis Bobo, a
pitcher who needs no Introduction;
Fred Fuller, Up. C.'s centerfelder; Sam
Bagwell, Watts Mills 3rd baseman;
Connor Owings, pitcher and outfield-
er; Jeter Owings, pitcher. More
names. are expected to be added to this
list 3a
Considerable interest In the team
and the league Is being manifested
Throughout the entire county, and a
Large attendance Is expected at, the
game here. The schedule Of the league
is for two gams to be played at home
and two visiting games each week.
Among the plans considered by the
directors OF the local club is that one
OF the two home games beplayed else
where IN the county. Should these
Iplans materlaliae, there will be at least
| one game here each week and the other
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