The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-06-22

Ell The OWLS, VINO lett on their last
road trip with game-and- a-half
lead, came home on Tuesday in ex-
actly the same spot, but with AL
lentown replacing Wilmington in
the second slot.
On the trip they took 2 out of 3
from Trenton and broke even in a
4-game series with York, giving
them a better than 500 road aver
age. If they continue to play win
ming ball at home and can main
tain road average of 500, they
should be cinch to cop the pen
nant.
Now let's take a gander at those
seven road games.
AS l reported last week, they
dropped the opener to Trenton, I'll.
They were rained out Wednesday
night, but bounced right back on
Thursday to bag both ends of a
double header, 81 and Az.
In the first game, behind the
three-hit pitching of Slotter, they
jumped on Kelleder, pitching for
Trenton. for eight hits, including a
triple by WEIGH and Rothman's two
Dagger, and best of all, they played
errorless ball
In the second game, with Thomas
on the mound for Hagerstown and
Kaiser and Messina doing the hurl-
ing for Trenton, the Owls punched
hits in the second and eighth
frames, scoring twice in each in
ming, while Thomas kept his nine
hits well scattered, giving up one
run in the first and another in the
ninth Nowak and Mierkowicz led
the stick attack, Nowak getting two
for four and Merky collecting three
for four. One error was charged
against us.
Moving over to York, we were
rained out Friday night, but on
Saturday we outlasted the White
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slug tests, coming out on top of
1919 score. Dwyer started, but was
knocked out in the sixth, being re-
lieved by Johnny Flesh, who got
credit for the win. But, with men
on base in the ninth, two out and
left-hander coming to bat, Manager
Brett called on Slotter to relieve
Flesh, which he did very effectively,
forcing the one batter who faced
him, to ground out, ending the
game.
But Sunday was different story.
In the first game Morgan started,
and for the second time in six days,
was knocked out of the box. In
Tuesdays game against Trenton he
was taken out after giving up IL
hits and runs in six innings, but
on Sunday he only lasted two, dur
ing which he walked 2, gave up 9
hits and allowed runs. Dwyer re-
lieved him and went the rest of the
way, but he too, was anything but
effective, giving up II hits that
were good for IL runs. In the
meantime, Patton was Handwriting
the Owls sluggers, keeping the 8
hits he gave up well scattered The
final score, York Is, Hagerstown 1.
The second game was much the
same story-poor pitching, weak
hitting. Thomas started, gave up Z
hits in four innings, good for A runs,
and was relieved by Brett, who
gave up another run in the three in
nings he was on the mound. The
Owls managed to get 6 hits, but they
couldn't connect when hits meant
runs and so they were shut out,
leaving six men stranded on the
bases Final score York 5, Hagers-
town O.
Monday night was scheduled off
night, but the team stayed over in
York to play Fridays rained out
game and to win it. Joe Slotter,
who, at this stage of the game, is
the most dependable hurler on the
team, hooked up with Cwik in
pitching duel, during which Cwik