May 28, 1929
THE RUTHERFORD RECTANGLE
7
SPORTS
RAMBLES OF THE RAMBLERS
RALPH WHITLEY,
EDITOR
LOIG cuno TEAM
Fine Expression of Apprecia
tion! From Hickory Mer
chant; Gift Appreciated
Mr. Broome, of the Belk-B'roome
Department store of Hickory, has
given a loving cup to the Rutiitr-
ford College Ijaseball team of
1929. Mr. Broome felt that this
■was the finesrt way of expressing
his appreciation for the fine work
of the team. The trophy, we are
sure, is also an expression of the
very high esteem Mr. Broome
holds for the institution. It will
be remembered that this cup is
being given to the Southern
champions in baseball for 1929.
It is with a great deal of grate
fulness and pride that this cup is
accepted. We assure Mr. Broome
of our appreciation for this gift.
RUTHERFORD COLLEGE
ENDED SEASON MAY 15
Ramblers Victorious Over
Wake Forest Freshmen in
Beautiful Pitchers Battle
SOUTHERN CHAMPIONS
Rutherford College ended the
1929 baseball season here last
Wednesday in a rather auspicious
manner by downing the Wake For
est Baby Deacfins 2-0 in a beauti
ful pitcher’s battle. Tellis Bum
garner ,wh*o has been a member o-f
the Rambler staff for the past four
years, sang his swan song, and
pitched his mates to one of the
most impressive victories of his
career. The tall hurler was invin
cible and he had the Freshmen at
his mercy throughout the entire
nine inndngs. 6nly once did the
Deacons threaten, this coming in
the fifth when a Wake Forest play-
•er reached third with two out. An
easy fly by the next batter endeJ
the frame. The Deacon’s downfall
came about through the loose play
ing of their infield. TayJor, be
spectacled hurler of tJie Freshmen,
worked out a beautiful game and
■under ordinary circumstances
would have chalked up a victory.
The Burke county collegians were
only able to get seven hits off of
his delivery. Boots Buff got two
of these, one a triple and the other
a single. Buff also sang his swan
song after ©ffiiciently playing
short-stop for the Ramibders for
the past four years. Leaky Smith,
Rambler second baseman, jJayed a
beautiful game, gathering in some
hard chances that were labeled
hits.
The Ramblers Wednesday con
cluded one of the most successful
seasons in the history of the in
stitution. They won 19 games out
of 21 played. One of these losses
was to the strong Duke Freshmen,
the other to Weaver College. The
team always exhibited c '1 e a n
sportsmanship and always played
as hard with a five-run lead as if
they were the same number of
runs behind. Other teams in the
State can take their hats off to
these hard playing dashing Ram
blers.
RAMBLERS’ BATTING
Players 4 G Ab R H Pc.
Hartley 3b __21 84 25 36—.428
Buff, ss 21 85 28 33—.388
Ward M, cf _20 85 24 31—.365
Agee, lb 20 78 19 2.S—.283
Smith, 2b 19 74 16 21—.284
Bum. W. rf. -19 75 10 20—.267
Kirk, l.f 17 51 23 16—.312
Ward L, c. _,17 67 14 17—.254
Berry, p. 7 20 11 7—.350
Quick, p. 7 24 2 4—.165
Bum. T, p. _-ll 39 10 20—.513
Cox, rf. 5 11 1 1— .91
Payne, c. 4 15 6 9—.600
Seldon, ss. 1 1 0 0—.000
Average of regularly squad .334
Front row: (left to right) Agee, lb; Hartley, 3b; Coach Weaver, with Master Charles
Weaver; Smith, 2b; Buff, ss; Ward, L., c; Second row; Bumgarnesr, T„ ip; Bumgarner
W., rf; Quick, p; Kirk, If; Selden, ss; Baker, p; Berry p; Ward, M., cf; Nixon, manager;
Third row: Ledbetter, p; Cox, rf.
Rutherford Ramblers
Are Southern Champions
nineteen¥mes won
ONLY IWO LOST
Was a Brilliant Season; Fans
Are Pleased; Record
Unexcelled.
Rutherford has won the undis
puted Junior College champion
ship of the state in baseball for
the fourth time consecutively.
With very little opposition, the
Ramblers played through every
club they met except two. At no
time in all the twenty-one games
played Hid the Ramblers meet
their superiors. Out of the twen-
ty-ones games one was lost to a
Junior college and one was lost
to a Freshman team of an A
grade college, leaving the final
number of games nineteen won
and two lost. This is a record
that has possibly never been beat
en in all Junior college base ball.
Not only is Rutherford state
champions, but they are Southern
chamipions in Junior college cir
cles. A challenge was sent out
through the Associated Press, and
it was not accepted by any other
Junior college, to play a series of
games vrith any Junior collige in
the south. Since the challenge
was not accepted, and since there
is not on record anywhere in the
south anything that will come
near the recorid of the Ramblers,
they may be justly considered the
Southern Junior college cham
pions in baseball for 1929.
There are several reasons foi
this brilliant record. It would be
all but impossible to lose with the
efficient coaching of Weaver, the
strong array of pitchers—Berry,
Bumgarner, Quick,' and Baker, the
cock-sure in and out-fielders, and
the heavy batting that charcteriz-
ANNU’L BANQUET GIVEN
HONORIiSi:r ..-I’TER MEN
Former Teachers and Promi
nent Men Present, Speech
es Heard.
■Saturday evening, May 18, was
a delightful occasion for all ath
letic letter men at Rutherford, for
it was at that time that the an
nual athletic banquet was held.
The athletes had been eagerly
looking forward to the banquet,
and it was rumored that some of
them had 'been training for the oc
casion by going without food for
three days previous to Saturday
evening. So Coach Weaver may
be assured that at least some
training rules were observed dur
ing the season.
Possibly twenty letter men were
present. Also some vistors were
presnt, namely. Prof. Poster
Starnes, former President of
Rutherford College; Hon. Harold
Hatcher, former football coach at
Rutherford, and .Mr. D. W. Alex
ander, of Connelly Springs. Prof.
Billups, who acted as toastmaster,
called on the vistors for speeches,
and all of them responded with
helpful remarks.
Other speakers were. Professor
Holt, Tellis Bumgarner, Luke
Ward, Claud Quick, Wynn Berry,
Caldwell Nixon, manager, Coach
Weaver, and A. B. Bruton, man-
work on the part of the team
could produce a team of this kind,
ed thew hole team. Never was
the fans disopipointed in the play
ed . the whole team. Never were
the team demoralized because of a
lack of cooperation among the
players. Time after time the
spectators were thrilled by a
seemingly impossible catch or a
home run. Only the very best
coaching and the most, efiicient
ager of the team of 1928.
Just before the close of the
banquet Coach Weaver awarded
stars to T. Bumgarner, L. Ward,
M. Ward, Claud Quick, Otis Buff,
and Baxter Kirk. Letters were
warded to L. Smith, Wynn Ber
ry, Willis Bumgarner, Spencer
Agee, George Hartley, and Man
ager Caldwell Nixon. Also an
election was held to determine
iwho should be captain of the base
ball team of 1930. Wynn Berry, a
Morganton boy, was elected cap
tain.
Then the boys gave Professor
Johnson a note ol tiiur/m for his
work in preparing the banquet.
The note of thanks also included
Verna Berry, Myra Wagg and Jane
Goode, who served waitresses.
RAMBLERS TEAMS HAVE
3 THREE-LETTER MEN
Basketball and Baseball Cap
tains Elected For Next
Year.
MARS Hia DEWS
Ramblers Defeated Baptists
On Mars Hill Field;
Score 13-8.
Rutherford has this year only
three men who participated in all
three of the major sports to the
extent of receiving a letter or
star. These men not only played
in a sufficient number of games
to receive this recognition, but
they played a type of athletics
that was commended from the
side lines. Rarely ever did these
men disappoint the fans.
Bumgarner, T., played end and
back field in football, guard in
basketball, and pitched in base-
hall. Bumgarner, W., played end
in football, guard in hasketball,
and outfield in baseball. Quick,
Claude, played end in football,
forward in basketball, and pitch
ed in 'baseball. All these posi
tions were well filled when these
men plaj^ed. They all had a sha.-e
in the splendid athletic record of
Rutherford this year.
Quick Elected Captain Basketball.
_^Claude Quick of Charlotte, has
been elected to captain the bas
ketball squad for next year. Un
der the direction of Quick, the
(Continued on last page)
By "Ralph Whitley.
The Ramblers pounded out a 13
to 8 victory over the Mars Hill
lads here May 4.
Claude Quick, a young right
hander, turned, in a brilliant
mouttd job while his mates were
hammering the offerings of Al-
Ibrltton for fifteen hits one of
which was a home run by “Leaky"
Smith.
The Ramblers were able to
taly in all the frames extept the
fifth and eighth. They were able
to tally in the initial frame whm
Ward, M., doubled to ri^h*- fieUl
and second, later on Bumgarner’s
T. double to left field.
The Rambler’s were iiiale to ttil-
ly four times in the - venth in
ning. Smith, the firsi man up
polled out a home run. W.ord I .
and Quick were given free tick
ets to first base; Kirk flied out to
third. Ward L. scored on
single, this was followed by Hat
ley’s single which sent Buff gal
loping home and Hartley did like
wise when Ward M. singled to
center field Ward M. and Bum
garner T. both got three hits a~it
of our trips to the plate and Bufi
got hree for five. Riddle starred
for Mars Hi” by getting- thrue
:saeties out of five trips to bat.
“Leaky” Smith, Ward M. and
Bumgarner T. took what honors
were dished out to the Ramiolers
in slugging. Smith getting tv/o
safeties out of four times up, one
being a double and the other a
bome run. Ward M. and Bum
garner T. both got three hits out
of four chances , each getting a
triple, double and single. Riddle
starred at bat for Mars Hill by
getting three hits out of five
chances and these being a triple,
double, and a single.
Score R- H. E.
Rutherford 13 15 4
Mars Hill 8 10 4
Score By Innings R-
Rutherford 122. 103 40x—13
Mars Hill 022 010 140— 8
Batteries: Rutherford, Quick
and Ward L.; Mars Hill, Albritton
J., Bost and Albritton.
GREAT SEASON
Morganton, May 25.—Ruther.
ford college has just completed
the most succesful baseball sea
son in the history of the insti.
tution, winning 19 games and
losing two. These 21 games
represent contests with the jun
ior colleges of the state besides
several contests with A grade
colleges land members of the
big five freshmen. The Ram.
biers won the state junior col
lege title in a walk for the
fourth consecutive year. It
seems also that they have add
ed to their laurels this year by
an^iexing the junior college
championship of the entire
south. No member of the
'Southeastern Atehletic associa
tion, junior college conference
of the southern states, has a re
cord to compare with that of
tKs Ramblers.