The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-25
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Baseball
By DOUG STEWART


cent Minor League meeting in
Miami. president George M. Traut-
man. of the National Association,
announced the new active player
limits and the new salary limits for
clubs below AA The limits become
effective thirty days after the open
ing of each leagues regular season
and remain in effect until twenty
DAYS before the close of each
leagues regular season. This means
that for the first thirty days of a
season. and also for the last twenty
DAYS of a season, clubs can exceed
both the player and salary limits,
but for the rest of the regular
season, each club must operate
within the limits of the class in
which it belongs.
Here are the player and salary
limits for the different leagues:
Glass A, 10 players and monthly
salary limit of $4,000.
Glass B, II players and monthly
salary limit of $4,000.
Glass c, II players and monthly
salary limit of $4,000.
Glass D, II players and monthly
salary limit of $4,000
In all cases, the manager, if he
is a playing pilot, must be included
in the active player limit, but no
part of his salary, whether he is a
playing manager, or bench man
ager, is chargeable against the
monthly salary limit
This means that in the Interstate
League, each club will be limited
to II active players (including the
manager if he is a playing manager)
and the total monthly player sal
airy limit for each club will be
$4,000 Exclusive of the managers
salary
Al Hollingsworth, former major
league pitcher, who was with Hol-
lywood in the Pacific Coast League
for part of the 1947 season, will
manage Allentown next year, it
will be his first job as manager.
The southpaw veteran will succeed
Specs Garbee, who resigned during
the last week of the 1916 season.
Football
Harold Buck" Early, of the
Hagerstown High School football
team, who last week made the
Maryland An-County Football team,
has again been honored by being
named as one of the backs on the
All Maryland High School Football
team, selected this last week end
by sports writer's throughout the
state.
Players from Baltimore City
schools dominated the team, placing
eight men on the first string squad,
while James Ruehl Of Allegany, was
named center, and James Manages,
of Fort Hill, was named on the
hackfeld.
Elwood Hauver, of Hagerstown,
was selected as one of the ends
on the second team, and Dick Harm
ish and Jack Bowman received
honorable mention
The Philadelphia Eagles, having
finally won the National Football
League Eastern Division champion
ship, figure to take the measure of
the Chicago Cardinals on Sunday.
Now let's take look at the New
Years Day games.
For the biggest upset of the year,
III take Southern Cal over Michi-
gan in the Rose Bowl game.
In the Sugar Bowl l like Alabama
to beat Texas
I'll string along with Maryland in
the Gator Bowl.
In the Orange Bowl I'll take
Georgia Tech to trim Kansas.
In the big Shrine game at Oan
Francisco, I'll have to take East over
West.
Arkansas to beat William and
Mary in the Dixie Bowl, and Missis-
sippi to take T,C.U. in the Delta
Bowl
So there they are-at least you
can't say l didn't try.
Basketball
Uncle Johns Cabineers continue
to lead the way in the "Y'' Com
munity League, by taking the meas
IRE of Wiebels Markets on Monday
night, 81 o29, for record Of two
wins and no losses. Other winners
were: High Street, 81, Leeds, 25t
Fairchild's, SO, Peoples, 35.