The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-11-15
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
BY DOUG STEWART


The Rotary Club Bowling League
statistician has added new twist
to bowling scores. Evidently tired
of recording just the high scores OIL
mike" Ellinger, Bob Foltz, Riley
Daniels, Max Fiery and the others
who constantly get their names IN
the 1900 or Better" class, he has
added the Crying Towel Gang" re-
served for those who drop below W
in a single game. Here are the
bowlers who made the new Gang
on Monday night:
Daniels, 80; Harner, 81; ]. Rey-
nolds, So; Fultz, SO; McCallum, 90;
Leichell, "a; ]. Stonebraker, 80; Lind
sey, 88; Raup, 80; Schofeld SO; Refs
ner, 85; F. Reynolds, 81; Altenderfer'
83: Capt. Carey, 81; Mowrer, 81;
Thomas, 80; Lawson, 81; Kieswetter,
81; Eyerly, 85; Dorsey, SO.
It sure was good to read that the
University of Maryland won their
annual Homecoming game against
VMI. Coach Bryants Terrapins
weren't bit worried about WINS
q to l3 win over Vanderbilt and
proceeded to really pour it on their
old rivals.
Make no mistake, the College
Park eleven is going to be a squad
to reckon with in 1946.
Well, Well! Navy has finally been
recognized. Sports writer's who all
season long have been belittling the
middies from Annapolis and calling
all their gridiron victories, lucky
wins, are now loud in their praises
of the boys from Annapolis and are
even admitting that they might
give Army a real battle.
All this is right down my alley, as
I've been singing the praises OF the
Navy eleven ever since the season
opened, instead of climbing on the
bandwagon when the middies really
hit their stride.
I've seen many an Army-Navy
game and l know from past expert
ence that all previous performances
go right out the window when these
two great service teams meet in
their annual encounter. Of course,
if you want to qualify for the nut
house, you can try comparing the
two elevens via the mathematical
route. You can get out few reams
of paper and figure that, as Notre
Dame and Navy tied Go and Army
beat Notre Dame 48-0, that makes
Army 48 points better than Navy.
Then you can start on another sheet
and figure that, as Army beat Mich
igan 28-7 and Navy beat Michigan
1877, that makes Navy points bet
ter than Army.
Then, if the attendants haven't put
you in a straight jacket by that time,
you can get out a third sheet and
really get down to fractions. You
can figure that Army beat a Michi-
gan team that hadn't started to roll,
while Navy beat a Michigan team
at its peak From there you move
on to compound fractions when you
try to figure out the relative
strength of the fresh Notre Dame
squad that met Navy and the badly
battered Notre Dame eleven that
took the field against Army.
And finally, as you rest comfort
ably in your padded cell, you can
tear up all your sheets of figures and
start making paper dolls with them
because, as l said before, records
just don't count when Army and
Navy clash.
P. S. Make room for me in that
padded cell, brother, for I'm taking
Navy.
If you want to see good football
game and, at the same time help the
Victory Bond drive, be sure to take
in the Hagerstown-C Charles Towr
High School football game on the
local high school gridiron on Satur.
day afternoon. Read Joe Snyder:
story elsewhere on this page, for al
the details.