The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-15
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BY DOUG STEWART

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With the opening of the Owls
training season only a few weeks
away, there is still no word of a
manager, or a working agreement
with one of the clubs in the higher
brackets. The last word / had from
Mr.. Sterling on the subject was a
note from him yesterday, telling me
that he hopes to release the name of
the manager the latter part of this
week. If get the name by Sunday
] will see that you get the news on
The Globe-Independent's at Hap
pened During The Week" program
over WEI at $3.50 Sunday night
Mr.. Sterling is, however, making
Roadway in securing players for his
team. Last week he signed up five
more players-Floyd Doss, Leonard
Spivey, Aaron Osofsky, Edward
Red Galasso and Aaron Lefty"
Marmor
Doss, a pitcher and first baseman,
halls from Lynchburg, Va, and is
looked upon as a great prospect. He
is II years old, is six foot tall, weighs
100 lbs. and bats and throws left
handed.
Spivey, an outfielder,. halls from
Madison Heights, Va. He is also II
years old, weighs ITO lbs. and is 6
foot tall. He is right handed all the
way.
Osofsl1y is from the Bronx and is
discharged war veteran. He is 81
years old, 5-feet eight, weighs 40 lbs,
and is right hand pitcher.
Marmor plays first base and the
outfeld, is 10 years old, classified AZ,
weighs 1870 lbs, is 6-foot one and
left handed all the way.
Galasso is another right hand
pitcher, % years old, 5-foot eleven
and weighs ITS lbs.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are due
in town shortly to start their spring
training and most of the Major
League clubs have got their training
camps under way. Spring is in the
air, men. Creaky joints are ready to
be limbered up with the help of the
garden spade and the 1945 baseball
season is just around the corner.
Here's hoping that Oren Sterling
quickly lands good playing mana
ger; that he hooks up with a Major
League club that can really help, and
that the Owls come up with a win
ming team. But win or lose, I'm for
the Owls till the last man is out in
the ninth inning of the last game of
the season. Get behind them too
gang.
l have been reading in the papers
about proposed softball league q.
was not asked to sit in at the recent
meeting in Hagerstown at which the
matter was discussed). Maybe there
is demand for a softball league;
maybe there isn't; but what | can't
figure out is how does the proposed
league fit with the request of the
powers that be, that travelling this
year be kept down to minimum?
Existing baseball clubs are arrang-
ing their schedules to keep their
travelling down as much as possible,
but now there comes a proposal to
start a new inter-city softball league
and that, of course, means more
travel!
Is my face red! Here I've been,
razzing the daylights out of the
Five Old Men" who make up the
WEI basketball team, so what do
they do?
Well all. they do is knock off the
FERA Hurricanes! But what puzzled
me was the funny" way some of
the WEI players names were spelt
in the official lineup of the game!
The game was played as part of
doubleheader at the "Y" Friday
night. The other game was between
the FERA Cargoettes and the Beth
lehem Armorettes. The local girls
lost by narrow margin, but
they more than held their own in
some extra activities" that were not
scheduled.
The famous Eiffel Tower in Paris
is 984 feet in height.