THE RUTHERFORD RECTANGLE
May 28, 1929
AMBLERS AGAIN STATE CHAMPIONS
Down Wingate to Gain
Title For Fourth Time
The Man Behind The Ramblers
IT RIVALS FACE
QEFEATINJWO IIS
Griffin, Former Rambler
Pitcher, On Mound For
Wingate.
The Rutherford College Ram
blers defeated the Wingate Junior
College nine there on May 7th by
tho score of 7 to 5.
The Rarriblers jumped on Wil
liams’ offerings for three safeties
in the first inning -whch gave the
Eam'blers four tallies. This lead
lof'ked good for awhile, but in th^
last of the fourth Wingate mark
ed up two runs. The Ramblers
were able to count again in the
sixth, seventh and ninth, while
Wingate was only a.ble to tally
ujain in the seventh.
Buff, Hartley, arnd gee starred
at bat for the Ramiblers, each get
ting two hits out of five trips to
b^t. Freeman and Williams led
the slugging for the Wingate lads,
each driving out two safe blows
out of four times up.
Score R. H. E.
• Rutherford 7 11 4
Wingate 5 5 4
Score By Innings R.
Rutherford 400 Oil 00^ 7
Wingate 000 200 300—5
Batteries: Rutherford, B. Bum
garner and ,L. Ward; Wingate,
Williams and Bfird.
Rutherford took undisputed pos
session of the Junior College
Championship when they defeated
the strong Wingate nine May 8th
l)y an 8 to 2 count. This was the
Riamibler’s second victory over the
Wingate lads.
Ramblers were unable to
tally on Griffin, a former student
of Rutherford, until the sixth
frame in which they received our
markers. The Wingate lads tal
lied twice in their half of the
frame and were unsAble to tally
again while the Kamblers marked
uijj' f^r more in the ninth.
■Bejfy’s offerings were whiffed
at Tltinly time after time. The
Wfsgate lads were only able to
secure three hits from his offer
ing while the Ramblers trounced
upun Griffin for ten safeties.
Score R. H. E.
Rutherford ' 8 10 2
Wingate 2 3 0
ficore By Innings R.
Rumerford 000 004 004—8
Wingate - 000 002 000—2
Batteries: Rutherford, Berry
and Ward L; Wingate, Griffin and
Kfird.
RAMBLERS TEAMS HAVE
3 THREE-LETTER MEN
(Qpntinued from seventh page)
RaSjiblers are sure of victory. We
are expecting that next year the
championship in basketball will be
ours as it has been in baseball for
the last four years. Quick is well
qualified to 'bring this about.
Berry Elccted Captain Baseball.
At the athletic ibanquet which
was given to all letter men last
Saturday night, Wynn Berry was
elflced captain of base:ball for next
year. Wynn knows baseball and
there is no reason avhy he will not
lead the team of next year to its
fifth undisputed Junior College
Championship.
Game Was Hard Fought;
Frosh Take Advantage
Of Breaks.
By Ralph Whitley.
The Rutheiiford College Ram
blers met their second defeat of
the season when they were nosed
out by the Duke Freshmen nine,
there. May 10, iby the score of
2 to 1.
The Ramblers’ lone run came
in the initial frame when Buff, the
first man up, grounded out to
second. Kirk singled an.d was
forced out at second when Hartley
hit to short. Hartley scored on a
double by Ward M.
The gam,e developed into a
pitching 'battle between Bumgar
ner and McKethian, !with neither
having much advantage. Mc-
Keithan, hurling for the Baby
Blue Devils, gave u|p seven hits
while Bumgarner, hurling for the
Ramblers, was touched for only
'our safeties. McKethian wag abie
to fan only one of the hard hitting
Ramblers while Bumgarner’s of
ferings were whiffed at vainly by
four of the Ba/by Blue Devils. The
first nine men that faced Bumgar
ner were ^unable to reach firs|
base.
The Blue Imps secured theii.-
first run in the fourth rack when
Brist hit to Agee and Agee f'lm-
'bled and Grant sacrificed him to
second. Rockett hit to Smith on
second and while Smith was play
ing for Rockett, Brist advanced to
thiiti and scored later on Bumgar
ner’s wild pitch in noime.
The Ramhlers missed several
fine opportunities to score by their
inability to drive out safety blows
in the pinches. The Ramblers had
seventeen men to die on bases and
four of these men iwere resting on
the sacks with only one man down.
DUKE-RUTHERFORD GAME—
BOX SCORE
Rutherford Ab R H Po A E
Buff, ss 4 0 112 1
Kirk, 1. f. 3 0 110 0
Hartley, 3b I 4 12 0 10
Ward, M. 4 12 0 10
Ward, L. 3 0 0 2 2 0
Bumgar, W, r.f 4 0 0 1 0 0
Aibee, lb 4 0 1 13 3 2
Smith, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0
Bunngar., T., p __3 0 1 4 0 1
xBerry, p 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 33 1 7 24 8 4
Duke Frosh Ab R H Po A E
Brist 4 1 0 2 3 0
Grant 3 0 0 3 1 2
Rochelle 4 0 1 2 0 0
Beaver 4 0 2 9 2 0
Russ ■ 3 0 0 2 0 0
Shore 3 0 1 2 0 1
McKeithen 3 0 0 4 1 0
Rumbough 3 0 0 1 0 0
Hyatt 3 10 2 10
Total 30 2 4 27 8 3
Score by innings:
Rutherford 100 000 000—1
Duke Frosh 000 101 OOx—Z
Three-ibase hits. Ward M. Sacri
fice hits, B'uist; -base on balls, off
Bumgarner T. one; off McKeithan
two; struck out by Bumgarner 3;
by JMoKeithan 1; hits, off Bum
garner 4; off McKeithen 7; hit by
pitcher, Btomgarner T, by Mc
Keithen. —
SPORTS
FROM THE
SIDE LINE
By “WHIT”
A Successful Season
The close of anotiier baseball
season has dawned upon the Ruth
erford College Ramblers and it
has proven the most successful one
in the history of the institution.
This record has been m^de pos
sible by the courage, cooperation,
and hard work that has been ren
dered by the members of th-j
squad and Coach L. S. Weaver.
Just Hard Luck.
Prof. D. D. Holt said “No one
couM wish for more than what the
team has done this season.” Well,
I must be an extreme optimist for
I don’t see why our boys got so
big hearted when they visited the
Weaver lads, unless they weio
told a har'J luck story, and by the
looks of what happened this must
have been the case.
Coach Weaver came to Rutherford five years ago, having been
graduated from Trinity College, now' Duke University. While at
Trinity he play&d on the Southern Championship team of 1924. Tal:- j
ing over the athletic reins at Rutherford when the athletic life of
the • instituition wa.s at a low ebb he has succeeded in placing this ac
tivity well, in tl-o, fojfefront of junior (colleges throughout tjie state.
One of his' »teps was to institute football as an intercollegiate
sport, iWhich Rutherford had never had before. He continued to im
prove the basketball and baseballs teams until, during the paS’t four
years, his baseball teani has not lost a series of games to any
S'Chool, and several A grade colleges are to be found on the schedule.
The baseball team has accordingly wo-n the undisputed junior col
lege cham!pionship for the past four years. In alddition to winning
championships _Coach Weaver has instilled into his men those prin
ciples of hard fighting, fair play and true sportmanship which he
holds to be of higher value than the winning of games. He may
justly be called, not only a “maker of champions,” but also a “ma
ker of men.’-!
A Suggestion
Of course Coach L. S. Weaver,
the man behind the Ram t jlers,
will take a steip toward improvinf;
the Ramblers next year, but I
suggest that he gets better oppo
sition. t will be a hard thing to
do -when Wingate Junior College
is not able to make it interesting
for us.
BABY DEACONS LOSE
iMWiO NINE
Quick Shows Rare Form; Buff
Stars At Bat; Scoire
Was 10-1.
The hard hitting Ramblers wont
on a wild hitting spree and
swamped the Baby Deacons there
JMay 9tih under a 10 to 1 score.
t^ick, the brilliant little hur-
ler for the RamibJers, was in rare
form, letting tho Baby Deacons
down with seven scattered binglc*
! wihile his team mates rapped
I Slate and Newsomo for fceventeen
safetise.
B'eots Buff, Rutherford’s mighty
short sto-p, starred at bat, getting
four safeties out of four trips o
the plate. Hartley, “Buddy”
Ward, Luke Ward, W. Bumigy.r-
ner, and Agee, aho did good v/ork,
getting two safeties each. •
Score R. H. E.
Rutherford 10 17 1
Wake Forest 1 7 3
Score by Innings R.
Rutherford 403 010 131—10
Wake Fore&t . _ 000 000 100— 1
Batterieis; Rutherford, Quick
and Ward, L. Wake Forest, Slate,
Taylor, Newsome and Bell.
Catawba 100 040 000— 3
CAIAWBA INDIANS ARE
EASILY DOWNED HERE
Bumgarner Does Excellent
Mound Job; Ward and
Miller Feature At Bat.
New’ Comer Elected Captain.
Wynn Berry, a new cQmer to
Rutherford, was admitted to the
mound for the Ran:t>lers this sea
son. He has proved to be a big
cog in the wheel and has been
electeid captain of the 1930 base
ball squad.
Keep An Eye Open.
Just keep your eyes open dur
ing the coming football season so
you will Ibe alble to watch the
Ram/blers.
The Rutherford Ramblers
pounded their way to victory
again, when they defeated the
Catawba Indians of Salisbury
here May 3rd, by the score of 12
to 5. This game was played on
the Morganton field and was one
of the best games of the season.
Cataiwba, one of Rutherford”s ri
vals, brought one of the (best
teams from the “little-six" group,
and this gave Rutherford a won
derful Chance to test her strengh
against teams from institutions
of higher rating.
The ame was well played, with
hits and runs from both sides be
ing scattered. Tlie Indians played
excellent ball, but were not able
to keep up with the Ramblers.
Tellis Bumgarner pitched a
good brand of ball for the Ram
blers, allowing nine hits and five
runs, while Catawba used both
Boone • and Long, anfd gave u*p
twelve hits and twelve runs. Fea-
turin'g at bat were, M, Ward with
The Ramblers and Indians game
which was to be played at Cataw-
iba on Monday, May 6, was not
played on account of rain. Ruth
erford had defeated the Indians on
May 3rd by the score of 12 to 5,
and they were hoping to have an
other chance, but old man “Jo-Jo”
said NO. Both teams were get
ting set for a good game, and no
dodt>t it would have been close, as
Catawba has a good team, and no
comment is needed for the Ram
blers.
*Is your son going to college
this fall?*
“He hasn’t said, but he has
bought a second-hand ukelele.”
John Gibbs: I’ve had a terri
ble warning of approaching death.
Mrs. Crawford: No, really?
Gdhbs: Yes, I .bought one of
those lifetime fountain pens and
it’s broken.
three hits out of four times up,
and “Chick” Miller of Catawba,
with two out of three.
Score R. H. E,
Rutherford 12 12 2
Catawba 5 9 3
Score By Innings R.
Rutherford 220 520 Olx—12
Batteries: Rutherford, Bumgar
ner, T., and Ward, L. Catawba,
Boone, Long an-d Zimmerman.