The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-26

affair. Miller allowed 10 hits and
five runs, but Major" Bowles was
just a mite more liberal, giving up
IL hits, good for six runs and the
ball game. The win put us back in
second place, three games from the
top.
Saturday nights game can be
summed up in one word-"Ang-
staff" In command all the way,
Lefty set the league leaders down
with six hits, three of them coming
in the eighth inning when Lancaster
scored its lone run. In the mean
time the Owls went right to work on
Gerkin, touching him for four hits
and two runs in the first inning
They added two more runs in the
fifth and another in the seventh, to
win 81. This win clipped another
full game from the lead of the Red
Roses, leaving them just two games
ahead
Then came Sundays double head
err and the unscheduled prize fight.
The less said about the first game
the better 1t was one of those
loosely played games that bob up
every now and again, even in the
big leagues, and when the smoke of
battle had cleared away Q'm talk
ing about the baseball battle, not
the Bowles-Sabena affair." the box
score read: Lancaster 18-20-1, Ha-
gerstown 7-13-3. Winning pitcher,
Bowles; losing pitcher, Maggie. And
there we were, once again, three
games behind.
! And now, before getting into the
+ final game, I'll let you in on little
secret. Before the first game, Bowles
said that, providing he won the first
game, he would pitch the night cap
too, if Woodie Wheaton wanted him
to. Seems to me that Mike Sabena
very effectively put an end to that
little scheme.
In the night cap Julian Morgan
(he's a proud Daddy now you know
pitched a four-hit shutout, while
Gerkin, Wheaton and Newell, be-
tween them, gave up 16 hits, good
for 10 runs, putting us, once more,
within two games of the top
The Owls left for Allentown last
Monday and opened their series
there by taking the first game II to
is. Lancaster was idle, so, as this is
written TUESDAY morning., the
Owls are just one and half games
from the top and could very we'll
come back home today for "Ha-
gerstown Night" (see story on front
page), sitting on top of the heap.
In losing the first game of the
double header on Sunday, we also
lost the services of Chew for few
days, but he is expected to be in
uniform for tonight's game. Ray
crashed into the Owls dugout while
making a sensational catch of
Sefck's foul pop in the fifth inning
He suffered bruised chest and was
ordered by the club doctor to take
few days rest. He left for his
home right after the game, but was
expected to rejoin the team in AL
lentown on Wednesday. Williams
also was injured when he crashed
into the wall in center field, but he
was able to leave with the team and
played in Monday nights game at
Allentown.
Finally, we may get some pitching
help for the stretch drive and the
playoffs. There is a chance that OFT
may be back in a Hagerstown uni
form for tonight's game. The deal
hinges on whether or not another
Buffalo pitcher, Gentry, is accepted
for Military Service. The Buffalo
front Office promised Mr.. Sterling
that if Gentry was rejected they
would send OFT to Hagerstown by
the 26th (the deadline for players
who could participate in the play
offs) 1 talked to Mr.. Sterling Sun
day night and he told me that he
had heard rumor that Gentry had
been rejected and that he was going
to wire Buffalo right away So, if
Gentry remains with Buffalo and
the Buffalo front office lives up to
its word, OFT may be on the Hagers-
town roster. before this sheet hits
the street That's a lot of ''ifs" isn't
it?
P. S. Don't forget that Connie
Mack and his Athletics will play the