The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-09-06
INTERSTATE
LEAGUE STANDINGS
Does not include last nights games
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other sharp change in the baseball
picture. The week before, you will
remember, the weekend double
headers resulted in the races in the
American and National leagues, as
we'll as in our own Interstate league,
tightening up considerably. But this
weekend, with both Sunday and
Labor Day doubleheaders, has e
suited in the leaders in all three
leagues, pulling further away from
their nearest opponents.
In the American league, the Wash
ington Senators had plenty of
chances to wipe out Detroit's slim
lead, but they muffed their chances
and, as result, Detroit stretched
their lead to two full games as of
Tuesday. Not a very safe margin,
to be sure, but still lead for the
Senators to overcome. The holiday
weekend also saw the st. Louis
Browns and the New York Yankees
lose ground.
In the National League it was the
same story. When the Labor Day
doubleheaders were over, it was
found that the Chicago Cubs (the
week before just 212 games ahead
of the st. Louis Cards. had stretched
their lead to full four games, a
fairly safe lead at this stage of the
game.
Then in our own league, the past
weekend saw the Lancaster Red
Roses pull away from the second
place Wilmington Blue Rocks, after
the two teams were running neck
and neck the week before. The Red
Roses, 312 games ahead as of Tues
day morning, are just about in.
The former tight race for the third
and fourth spots, between our Owls,
Trenton and Allentown, also blew
up over the holiday weekend and
when the explosion was over, it was
found that Trenton lacked just two
percentage points of knocking
Allentown out of third place, to say
nothing of just about dealing death
blow to the Owls chances of getting
in the playoffs.
But those unpredictable Owls,
who not only play heads-up base
ball one day and sandlot ball the
next, but who also suddenly inject
player into the lineup that the
sportswriters didn't even know was
on the clubs playing roster, bounc-
ed right back on Tuesday night,
taking a doubleheader from Trent
on, to put themselves just one game
out of fourth place and reviving
their hopes of getting into the play
offs after all-IF.
If they can win their series in
Wilmington and if Allentown
knocks off Trenton.
If this happens, Dutch Dorman's
gang will come home tomorrow
with good chance of playoff
bench, IF they can take their series
with the league-leading Lancaster
Red Roses, which starts here tomor-
row night and ends with double
header on Sunday, the last day of
the season.
So let's all get down to the Sta
dunn tomorrow night when the
boys start their last ditch stand"
The management has announced
that there will be several valuable
prizes awarded the spectators dur
ing the game, so make date for
tomorrow night at the stadium.
Saturday will be Ladies Night and
Sunday will see the curtain rung
down on the 1945 season with a
double-header.
And now let's take look at those
Tuesday night games in Trenton.
Our two lefthanders, Ancherico
and Jilton, were the winners, An
cherico tossing a three-hitter in the
seven-inning opener, with Jilton
coming right back in the regulation
second game with two-hitter.
But the big gun in the Owls twin
win-aside of course from the swell
pitching jobs-was new third
baseman, Hal Nerimo, who got two
for four in the first game (including
double), to say nothing of a stolen
base, and three for three in the
second game Ga four Dagger and
two triples). Don't ask me who
he is, or where he came from. for i,
the first news of him I got. was
when he appeared in TUESDAYS
games.
Los Angeles, of the Pacific Coast |
League, have selected Bobby Mar |
tin, Ed Leary and Howard Preund.
from the local club.
The announcement was surprise |