The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-01-13

week, he took personal charge Of
the individual single and three
game departments, with scores Of
1874 and 1853. Nice going Harry
The Hot Stove League is in ses-
sion folks and as we have some
mighty important visitors with us,
well get right down to business.
Welcome to the league Mr.. Sterl-
ing, what can you tell us about the
Hagerstown Owls prospects for the
1914 season?
Well, Hot Stove leaguers, the most
important piece of news l have for
you right now is that Walter Wilson,
whom, you will remember, was our
best pitcher in 1912, has received his
honorable discharge from the
Armed Services. He was claimed
by Buffalo when the season ended
and will, of course, report to them,
but if Bucky Harris doesn't need
him and will option him back to us,
il could just about mean the pen
nant for us this year.
That's swell Mr.. Sterling, but what
about Hewitt, the pitcher who was
going so good last season, when he
broke his ankle?
i have contacted Hewitt, but
frankly he will have to be a little
more reasonable in. his financial de-
mands before we can get together.
One last question Now that Buff
faIo has decided to train at Hershey,
what are the prospects of getting
another team to train in Hagers-
town?
can't tell you anything definite
about that right now, but / can say
that l am hopeful of getting either
Toronto or Syracuse to come, and
now I'd like the Hot Stove leaguers
to meet very good friend of mine,
who is really doing everything he
can TO help us--Mr. John c. Stigl-
meier, president of the Buffalo
Bisons.
Glad to have you with us Mr.
Stiglmeier. Can you tell the league
anything for the good of baseball in
general and the Owls in particular?
Well men, all I can say about
baseball in general, at this date is,
that all of us in baseball are behind
the war effort one hundred per
cent, regardless of what effect it
may have on us as players or own
ers. AS for the Owls, l am going
to give my friend Oren Sterling, all
the help can and have, as mat
ter of fact, signed up number of
young ball players, with the Ha-
gerstown Owls in mind)), who may
need little more seasoning before
they are ready for class A. A. base
ball. They include catchers, pitch
ers, infielders and outfelders, and I
feel sure that some of them will be
able to help the Owls this year.
Thank you gentlemen, for being
with us. This session of the league
is now adjourned,
When the Brooklyn Dodgers an
swered Memphis Bill' Terry's wise
cracks Brooklyn still in the
League?-by turning round and
knocking Terry and the Giants
clean out of the pennant race, l
thought it would teach him les
son, but it appears that just as a
leopard never changes its spots, he's
still the same old Terry.
have no objection to the phrase
"too cheap" that he used in his
latest blast against baseball-"ba
ball is too cheap for me"-in fact
/ like the phrase. What l object to,
is using it against baseball when he
should have applied it to himself.
In other words. Terry should have
said: Pm through with the game be-
cause I'm too cheap for the grand
old game of baseball
l wonder if Terry ever heard of a
guy called Babe Ruth? The Babe
had twice as tough a time in his
young days as Terry had and when
his playing days were over, his
greatest ambition was to manage a
major league club. But when things
didn't work out the way he had
hoped, Ruth didn't go around
throwing mud at the game he loved
Instead he tried to help baseball
whenever he could and today he. is
still the idol of every kid in Amer
lea.
l wonder how many youngsters
care what Terry says or where he
goes?
Worked, Too.
I Il o.