The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-04-24
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
by DOUG STEWART

Bowling banquet last week was the
swell show put on by the -Four
Black Notes." a blaclS-face quartet
composed of Harold Jones, Harry
Barger, William Hartman and Peck
Harper Giving forth with a blend
of harmony that would do credit to
any professional outfit, the boys in
terspersed their singing with some
clever jokes and topped their show
off with some snappy tap dancing,
featuring Peck Harper. Their show
really brought down the house and
they were recalled time and time
again.
f. T. Mcdonald, president Of the
league, presided and Rufus Edwards,
acted as POSTMASTER.
Tuesday night the Hagerstown
Lodge of Elks entertained the Hag-
erstown Owls and a number of other
guests, at their annual Get Ac-
quainted with the Owls night and,
as usual, everyone had a swell time.
The program opened with the
showing of two baseball pictures
the Major Leagues training film, de
signed to show the youth of the
country the fine poins of the game,
and a composite film giving the high
lights of all seven games of the 1916
World Series.
The training film was particularly
good and, as j. V. Jamison, Jr., re-
marked, "The Owls, after seeing
that film, will be knocking the ball
out of the lot from now on" The
thing that impressed me was the en-
phasis the narrator placed on timing,
He kept repeating that while the
stance at the plate, and the distribu
ton of weight when IN the batter's
box were important, the thing that
really counted was the timing, par
ticularly that almost mpercCeptible
stop at the beginning of the swing
that enabled the batter to meet the
ball we'll in front of the plate.
Following the pictures, the guests
were welcomed by Exalted Ruler
WinsloW f. Burhans, after which
brief talks were given by Oren f.
Sterling, president of the Hagers-
town Baseball Club; j. V. Jamison,
Jr., former president of the Inter
state League; Lee Staley, secretary
of the Hagerstown Athletic Associ-
alton; manager Bunny" Griffith,
who introduced the members of the
ball club Frank Colley, sports edi-
tor of the Morning Herald; Jimmie
Riser, sports announcer for WEI,
and yours truly. Dick Kelly, sports
editor of the Daily Mail, was un-
avoidably absent, but sent his good
wishes for another successful owls
season. The program ended with
refreshments
Whether or not WEI and WEI
FIN will be able to broadcast the
opening game in SunDury on We'd
nesday night (see the full story
elsewhere on this page) will depend
on whether the telephone company
will be able to get the lines in in
time.
If you want the results of the
games in the Major Leagues on Sun
days, tune in Sundays Headline
News" sponsored by the Globe-In-
dependent and heard over WEI
every Sunday night at 8:15
Mr.. Sterling announced on Tues
day night that he has purchased the
contract of Gene Joselane from the
Tulsa club and that Gene should re-
port before the week is out. This
will be good news to the fans who
well remember Genes hitting last
season to say nothing of some
pretty fair pitching now and then.
Sterling also announced that
pitcher Curtis has been sold, but l
didn't get the details.
Having seen the Owls in all their
home exhibition games l see no rea-
Son-with some added strength at
the bat-why the club shouldn't be
in the thick of the pennant race
from the start. The pitchers-if they
live upto their chucking in exhibit
ton games-will just about be the
best in the league. The big question
in the infeld is the shortstop spot
Hassler is a hustler, covers a lot of
ground and has good arm, but may
need more experience - time alone
will tell. In Gene Crumling, there
is no question but that the Owls have
the leagues number one catcher, and
Jennis at first, George Daddario at
second and young Halvonik at third,
can all be counted on to carry their
share of the load