The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-06-21
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
BY DOUG. STEWART


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AT a meeting held last Spring,
volunteer committee was appointed
to handle whatever Booster Nights
were allocated to the Hagerstown
Owls. Last week the Booster Night
dates were released by the League
and so meeting of the committee
was called for Friday night to get
things started Representatives of
the Field Athletic Association the
press and several civic and frater-
nal organizations were present and
the following dates were allotted:
Tonight (Thursday), Short Call
Night" sponsored by the Railroad
employees. Lancaster is the visiting
team.
Tuesday Night, June 26, Fire
mems Night" to be sponsored by
the volunteer fire companies, The
visiting team will be York.
Tuesday Night, July 10, Industry
Night" to be sponsored by the city's
industrial firms Allentown will be
the visiting team.
Friday Night, July q, Retail
Merchants Night" to be sponsored
by the Hagerstown Retailers
Bureau. Trenton will be the visit
ing team.
Monday Night, August q, Era
ternal Night" to be sponsored by
all of Hagerstown's fraternal or
CARNATIONS. Wilmington will be the
visiting team.
Each of the sponsoring organiza-
tons is being asked to work out its
own program and handle its own
publicity and, from the interest al
ready shown, the fans are in for
lots of fun and excitement on each
of the five Booster Nights, starting
with tonight's Short Calf Night.
It's an i'll wind that blows no one
any good. While the rain is piling
up future double headers, it certain
ly gave Dutch Dorman's overwork-
ed pitching staff a chance to catch
it's breath, particularly with three
double headers scheduled for this
week. They were due to take on
Lancaster twice last night (this was
written, of course long before game
time) there is another tWin-bill on
tap Friday night and of course the
customary two games on Sunday
Dutch is hoping for more pitching
help from the Chicago Cubs, but
whether they arrive this week, or
not, the rained out games on Mon
day and Tuesday gave the present
hurlers enough rest to enable them
to take their regular turns on the
mound.
The Owls have run into that "One
Run" iinx lately, to add to their
other miseries, but there's nothing
really wrong with the team, in my
opinion, that little more "moxey''
at the plate won't cure. AS l see
it, the big fault with the Owls is
their inability to hit in the clutch.
What those boys need to do, is to
stand up and take a healthy cut
at whatever comes over the plate,
instead of, as they have been do
ing, letting the curves go by with
their bats on their shoulders, wait
ing for the fat one that seldom, if
ever, comes.
If you want to amuse yourselves,
just count the number of called
strikes when the Owls are at bat
they'll surprise you.
Defensively, we have good in
field, but the outfeld could be i'm
proved plenty, particularly in left
field, where Matazarro's poor throw
ing and bad judgment have, of late,
cost us more runs that he has
driven in with his hitting.
The team looks pretty bad right
now, but given a couple of good
starting pitchers and a little more
of that college try" stuff, that en-
ables a team to recover from its
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