The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-06-01
Notes On the Games

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players and umpires Dzigan and Hell
Ter, which had been brewing for
some time, broke out into the open
during last Thursday nights game
and resulted in Manager Vanek and
another Allentown player, whose
name we didn't get, being tossed
out of the game.
1t seems that when Vanek came
in from center field at the end of
the second inning, umpire Dzigan
warned him that he wouldn't stand
for any more personal remarks. One
word led to another and Vanek was
thumbed out of the game. The AL
lentown players kept after Dzigan
from the bench. with the result that
the second man was tossed out also.
incidentally, after Vanek left the
game, his acting manager did bit
of master minding. In the eighth
inning, with Allentown trailing by
one run, Blake, the pitcher, came
to bat with two out and none on.
With the count three balls and one
strike, the acting manager sent in
a pinch hitter for Blake, evidently
figuring that he would be better
judge of balls and strikes. The
pinch hitter walked and Rider fol-
lowed him with single to center,
so it looked as if the master mind
ing was getting results But at this
stage, Herb Brett did little mas
ter minding of his own. He sent in
Thomas to relieve McElmurray and
Glen got rid of Colvin on ground
Ell to second to retire the side.
Thomas also set the side down in
order in the ninth, so the strategy
went for nought
Sundays double header with
Trenton, in addition to giving the
Owls twin victory, also produced
some heads up base running on the
part of the home team and rather
unusual play.
in the seventh inning of the irst
game, Hank Nowak was the first
up and he singled to right Two in
field outs got him round as far as
third. Plakovitz, who had struck
out in the fifth. was at bat and,
with the count two and two, Nowak
made a perfect steal home. after
which Pall1y struck out again. In the
eighth, with Milf Welch on third,
Morgan on first, and Martin at bat,
Brett signalled for squeeze play.
WEIGH broke for home with the pitch
and Martin laid down perfect
bunt, WEIGH scoring easily.
The unusual play came in the top
half of the 4th inning. in the second
game With one down, Giambel-
luce singled to center. Dwyer struck
out Kitman, but the ball got away
from Jimmy Rhodes, who caught
the second game for the Owls. Kit
man, forgetting accidentally or on
purpose) that with first base occu-
pied he was automatically out when
the umpire called the third strike
whether the catcher held the ball
or not), Immediately broke for first
Giambelluce, who would have been
perfectly safe had he stayed on first,
caught the spirit too and lit out also.
BY the time Rhodes recovered the
ball, Giambelluce (Pm getting tired
of writing that name) was headed
for third, but Rhodes cut him down
with perfect peg to Palkovitz, who
caught him sliding in and the side
was retired.
There was quite confab for a
minute or two between players and
unpires, but there was no getting
round the rules of the game and
both men were out.
The Owls split the holiday double
header with York, while Whining
ton Tin second place. took a pair
from Trenton, leaving the Owls still
on top by l IL games.