The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-19

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of June last year, they had COM
pleted forty-eight
Legion Booster Night
Hagerstown's Morris Frock Post
of the American Legion, put on a
swell program for their first Booster
Night of the season on Tuesday
night. Proceedings opened with a
seven-inning game between the
Legion's juvenile baseball team and
the Martinsburg Legion junior club,
with Hagerstown winning to 2.
The colors were then paraded to
home plate, headed by the Legion
Drum and Bugle band, with their
snappy majorettes, where the Com
mander of the Post presented new
flag to Bunny Grifiths, representing
the Hagerstown Baseball Club. The
Colors were then paraded to the
fagpole, where the old flag was
lowered and the new one raised in
its place.
Then, all through the game, valu-
able prizes were awarded the
players and the fans, through the
generosity of a number of local mer-
chants and the Morris Frock Post.
When umpire Sauve cleared the
Hagerstown bench in the fifth inn
ing of Sundays double header at
Sunbury, it marked the climax of
situation that had its beginning dur
that Friday night game at Sunbury
that was called during the top half
of the seventh, with the score tied
2-2.
Preceding Friday nights game,
which was part of Booster Night,
there had been a big program and
as a result the game didn't get
started till around nine o'clock, and
by that time it was raining.
Since there was big crowd for
the Booster Night, it was agreed to
get the game started, even though
it was raining, in the hope of being
able to play five innings. The game
was held up for another twenty
minutes in the second inning when
the rain got heavier, but finally it
cleared off some and play was re-
sumed. It rained again all during
the fifth inning-at which time the
Owls were out in front 2 to l, and
at the end of the inning Bunny
Grifiths suggested that time be
called, but umpire Sauve said no,
and the sixth inning was started
with the rain still coming down.
During the Owls time at bat Crit
fiths again appealed to Sauve to
call time, but Sauve refused and
the inning ended with the score tied
%.
During the bottom half of the
sixth, Bill Stratton, pitching for
Hagerstown, complained bitterly
about the calling of balls and strikes
by Sauve, and he was backed up
strongly by Bunny Griffiths
The Owls started the seventh inn
ing, but after Swanson had singled
with one away, Sauve suddenly
called time, with no more rain fall
ing then-some claimed not as much
as was coming down at the end
of the fifth, when Grifflths first
asked that time be called.
In Sundays second game SauVe
was again behind the plate and the
Owls. battling for another win (they
had won the first game), were doing
a little coaching" from the bench.
Umpire Sauve finally turned around
and ordered Bill Stratton off the
bench. Then when he called the
third strike on Swanson, the fun"
really started and after ordering
Swanson out of, the game, umpire
Sauve cleared the Owls bench of
everyone not in the lineup, with
the exception of manager Griffiths.
That folks, is the story behind
Sundays empty bench"
Independent League
Boonsboro frightened its hold on
first place in the Independent Base
ball League on Sunday afternoon,
defeating Smithsburg by score OF
II to A, for a record of seven wins
and no losses.
Williamsport, by taking the meas
ure of Sharpsburg, 6 to 4, moved in
to second place, with .Sharpsburg
dropping back into the third slot.
Other results were: South End 6,