The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-12-09

find the story of the 1948 edition
of St Mary's Boys Basketball Team,
together with their schedule.
The boys journeyed to Washing
ton yesterday afternoon to open
their Season, but, of course, we had
TO go to press before the results
were known. The youngsters are
all keyed up this year, and they are
going to put their coach, Father
Dausch, in an awful spot if they
don't come through, as they stop
me at every opportunity to inform
me that they've got a real team, and
they're going places.
| had a short note from Oren
Sterling, who was enroute to the
Minor League confab at Minneapo-
lis, and he told me that he would
let be know what had developed
there as soon as he got back.
He told me, before he even left
Hagerstown at the end Of the sea-
son. that there was no possibility
of him re-hiring Culp as manager,
and when | was up in York at the
annual meeting last month, he told
me that although he had many APP
plications for the job, he didn't in
tend to do anything about it until
after he had discussed the whole
Owls set-up with Ossie Bleuge,
Mike Rooms has been named man
ager of the Mahanoy City Brewers,
of the North Atlantic Class d League.
Mike, by the way, recently rolled
a record-breal1ing score of 68t in
Hazelton Pennsylvania City Bowl
ing League match.
On Saturday | listened to two
really thrilling sports broadcasts,
both of which kept me on the edge
of my chair until the games were
over.
On Saturday afternoon l tuned in
the administration Califor-
mia game, expecting, like many
others did, that it would be a rather
one-sided affair, but it developed in
to anything but that, and up till
within few minutes of the end of
the game, il looked very much as if
Southern California was going to
pull the tremendous upset they did
back in the thirties, when they
snapped Notre-Dames long winning
streak
With the score 14-7 in their favor,
Leahys boys didn't look to have
much of a chance, but they proved
their championship calibre by smash
ing downfield for touchdown and
conversion, to tie the game at 14-14.
And as if that wasn't enough ex-
element, in the dying moments of
the game, when South California,
deep in their own territory, was
forced to kick on fourth down, they
fired, as an alert Notre Dame team
diagnosed the play and grabbed the
ball But time ran out before they
could take much advantage of it,
and so although the Notre-Dame
squad was saved a defeat, it was
without question a moral victory
for Southern California.
Then on Saturday night | listened
to the basketball game between the
Washington Capitols and the Balti-
more Bullets, and that was really
one for the book From the begin
ming of the third period, it was
nip and tuck battle every inch of
the way, with neither side being
able to gain more than two or three
points advantage at any time. Then
with just seconds to go and the Caps
leading by one point, they, of
course, tried to freeze" the ball,
but an alert Bullet forward sud-
denly intercepted Bones" McKin-
neys pass to one of his players and
let fly for the basket.
Just as the ball left his hands, the
final whistle blew, and everything
depended on what happened, for if
his shot succeeded, the basket would
count, and Baltimore would win the
game by one point. Straight for
the basket it went, hit the rim on
one side, bounced over and hit the
rim on the other side and then
dropped harmlessly out, to keep in
tact the Washington Caps unbroken
record of fifteen wins since the sea-
son opened.
Kenny Ridenour, sponsor of the
Hagerstown Cabineers. has announc-
ed that the opening game for the
1948-49 season at the Armory on
Sunday afternoon, will be against
the popular Merrick Boys Club, of
Washington, d. c.