The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-07-13

denly completely lost his temper
and made pass at Lyons. His
Teammates quickly grabbed him and
pulled him away, but he got away
from them and charged Lyons
again, although 1 doubt if any blows
actually landed Both Dutch and
Antolick were thrown out of the
game. On Monday, president Ar
thur H. Ehlers, of the Interstate
League, announced that Dorman
had been suspended for one year
and that he would be eligible again
on July 9, 1945.
But it was in Sundays double
header that the Owls really came
apart at the seams, losing the first
game 18 to 2, and the nightcap, IS
| to l.
The only way we could have won
those two games would have been
by having nine guys named Roth
man in the lineup, for DOC" got
himself seven hits out of eight times
at bat in the two games, including
two doubles and a four-bagger over
the center-feld wall. More than
the rest of the team got put to-
gether.
There was some excuse for the
Owls weak hitting in the first game,
for Ripple's curve was breaking to
perfection and any student of base
ball knows that when lefthander's
curve ball is really breaking and
just catching the corners, it's just
about the toughest pitch there is to
hit. But when you've made that
much of an excuse for the Owls
poor showing, you've given them all
that's coming to them.
Glenn Thomas, making his first
start since reioining the team,
started the first game, but was in
trouble from the start. In the first
inning he gave up two singles and a
home run, which, coupled with two
walks, produced 4 runs. In the Sec
ond, another walk, a single and an
inside the park home run added 3
more. He gave up another hit in
the third, but a fast double play
prevented a score, but when the
first man to face him in the fourth
singled sharply to right, Brett took
him out and Julian Morgan took
over. But that was just going from
bad to worse, for those Wilmington
boys really teed off on Julian, get
ting to him for Is hits, good for II
more runs.
In the nightcap, Adam TwarkinS,
the lefthander secured from Will
Transport, who pitched six innings
against York on July and looked
really good started the game, but
didn't last through the first inning.
/ In the game against York he showed
exceptionally good control for a
southpaw, giving up only one walk
in the six innings he pitched, but on
Sunday he was as wild as March
hare, walking five men and hitting
one Art Dwyer took over with
two men out and managed to retire
the side after the Rocks had batted
around, scoring four runs without a
hit, thanks to Twarkins' wildness
and an error by Rhodes. Dwyer
lasted till the end of the fifth, Civ
/ ing up six hits, which, coupled with
errors by Rhodes, Merikowicz and
Brett, produced 4 more runs.
Manager Brett went to the mound
in the seventh, but he was having
an off-day too, giving up five hits
and walk, good for five more runs.
Did you ask what the Owls were
doing during their times at bat dur
ing the afternoon? Well I'll tell
you.
In the first game they got seven
hits (three by Rothman, who drove
in one run and scored the other)
leaving five men stranded In the
second game they got eight hits and
three walks (four by Rothman, who
drove in the only rum, leaving ten
men stranded.
In the first inning of the first
game, Martin beat out hit to first
and Rothman pushed him round to
third, with single to right But
Nowak, Mierkowicz and Arago
struck out.
In the second game they had men
on base in every inning but the
fourth, but that was as far as they
got.
And their fielding was just as bad
as their hitting. So, all in all, it
was pretty bad day, the only con-
ISOLATION being, that Monday morn
ing found us still out in front by a
1 full game, with probably the three
worst games the Owls will ever
play, safely out of their systems.