The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-19


There's one thing you've got to
admit about the Owls pitching staff.
When they blow up, they really
"blow," and strangely enough, two
of their best exhibitions in this re-
spect were in games against York.
In the game played here on Au-
gust 4, Morgan set York down in the
first two innings with one hit, but
he blew sky high in the third and
before Angstatt, who relieved him,
could put out the fire, 16 men had
been to bat and IL runs crossed the
plate.
Last Thursday night, up at York,
the boys put on another exhibition.
Going into the last half of the
eighth, Angstatt had a comfortable
lead (the score at that tine was Ha-
gerstown z, York A., but he sudden
ly lost control or something and
couldn't get man out. He was re-
lieved by Miller, who couldn't do
much better. Thirteen York bat
tiers came up and took their cuts,
driving in eight runs between them
and leaving the score at the end of
the eighth, York IL, Hagerstown Z.
Staging a typical Owls rally in the
ninth, the boys put over five runs
(Tom Davis homer accounting for
three of them to tie the score at 10
all, but walk, an error and a single
gave York the winning tally, with
out a man being retired. P S. We
took the opening game of the series
Wednesday night ST..
Friday nights game was post
poned and the team moved over to
Lancaster for really tough four
game series with the league leaders.
We lost the first game Saturday
night So, but we came right back
on Sunday and took a double head
err, winning the first game rs, and
taking the seven-inning night cap
60.
This reporter was particularly
glad to hear that Nagle was the win
ming pitcher in the night cap. In his
games at home he has been anything
but effective, particularly with men
on the bases. In Sundays game he
was in plenty of trouble, as he
walked five men and uncorked a
wild pitch, but two double plays, in
one of which both Nagle and Chew
participated, helped him out plenty
and after giving up run in the first
and again in the second inning, he
held the league leaders scoreless for
the rest of the way. - F@s%
Nagle helped win his own game,
by the way, with a timely single
that drove in two runs. Williams
put another run across with homer
that cleared the club house in left
field (some wallop), while Mays,
Lilies and Daddario drove in one
apiece.
In the first game the Owls got to
McCrabb for II hits in the seven
innings he pitched (Manager Woody
Wheaton pitched the last two in
nings and held the boys hitless)
Morgan gave up eight hits himself,
but he kept them fairly well scat
tered and only walked two men.
All but two of the runs in the first
game came in clusters of twos. The
Owls got in the first, in the third
in the sixth and one in the seventh
Lancaster got 2 in the second, one in
the fourth and in the sixth. Ha-
gerstown's runs were batted in by
Riley ~, Sabena, Lilies (2) and Will
hams, the seventh run crossing the
plate on Males error.
With the double win putting then
just two games behind the leaders
those rampaging Owls came bounc-
ing back on Monday night to give
the Red Roses an II to trimming
bringing our boys back home Tues.
day, just one game from the top o.
the heap.
Woodie Whe ton, who hac
stacked up an enviable record of 1;
wins against one defeat, started fol-
Lancaster, but retired at the end O.
the sixth, after giving up II hits anc
runs Peiffer relieved him anc
was touched for 4 hits and three
runs.
In the meantime, Miller was set
ting down the league leaders with
seven hits. He blanked them fol
the first five innings, allowed one
run in the sixth, chalked up goose
eggs again in the seventh and eighth
but weakened a little in the ninth
when four of the Red Roses five
runs crossed the plate.
Lilies led the batting attack with
four for six, including two doubles
Maier and Riley had three apiece
and Mays had two.