Records, 1935, 1939-1940, and 1946, consisting of printed league rules and regulations; team rosters; team and league statistics; league schedules; league standings; game box scores; newspaper clippings; correspondence between league officials and John A. Montgomery (Sports Editor of The State) re the results of games; correspondence between team scorers and managers and league officials re errors in statistics, suspensions of players and managers, roster changes, forfeiture of games, and brands of baseballs to be used during league play. Items of particular interest include a score book used by the Chapin team in 1935; "Instructions to Umpires, Managers, and Players of the Dutch Fork League," 5 July 1939; letter, 19 July 1939 (Parr, S.C.) from M.H. Sternenberg to R[obert] L. Frick (Chapin, S.C.) re a warning issued by Lee Cumalander of the Chapin team that if Sternenberg ever came to Chapin "he would proceed to BEAT HELL OUT OF ME" and Sternenberg's view that "if it is dangerous for me to come to Chapin then it will be too dangerous for teams to come there to play ball."; 6 items, 27 Apr.-2 May 1940 re a fight between Kinard, a player from Jolly Street, and Bowers, a player from Chapin, during a game; and letter, 5 July 1940 (Chicago), Thomas H[enry] Connolly to M.H. Sternenberg (Parr, S.C.), re a letter sent by Sternenberg to Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis. Persons involved with this team included, during the 1935 season: W.E. Taylor, President; M.H. Sternenberg, Secretary. League composed of teams from Chapin (Lexington County), Jolly Street (Newberry County), St. Phillips (Newberry County), and Stoney Hill (Newberry County); 1939 season: M.H. Sternenberg, President; Robert L. Frick, Secretary. League composed of teams from Peak (Newberry County), Jolly Street, Chapin, Stoney Hill, Hartsford (Newberry County), and O'Neall (Newberry County); 1940 season: M.H. Sternenberg, President; Robert L. Frick, Secretary-Treasurer. League composed of teams from Batesburg (Lexington County), Chapin, Jolly Street, Peak, Prosperity (Newberry County), and Stoney Hill; and 1946 season: League composed of teams from Batesburg, Chapin, Jolly Street, Newberry, Peak, and Stoney Hill.
