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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-07-15
Second Game

Barney Schultz, who was charged
with the loss, started the seventh
ming nightcap, but he was taken
out for pinchhitter in the top half
of the sixth. Don Meyers went in to
pitch in the bottom half, but this
time his inexperience caught up
with him, and he was taken out af-
ter committing two balks, and Don
Bolton finished the inning. Gene
Crumling started behind the plate,
but was injured in the fourth inning
when he and Ermer came together
when fielding an infeld fly, and
Christie took over the catching
chores.
Zeb Wicker, right handler, went
all the way for the Red Roses, with
Armstrong doing the catching.
The story of the game is soon told.
Wicker simply handcuffed the Owls,
setting them down in order in the
first five innings. But in the sixth he
walked Martin, the first man up,
and then Christie got life when
Usciak fumbled his grounder Mey-
ers came in to bat for Schultz and
struck out for out number one. Err
mer flied to right for the second out,
but Jenis then came through with
the first hit off of Wicker, three
Dagger to right, scoring Martin and
Christie. Keller then grounded out
to end the inning.
In the seventh frame, with one out,
Polinski reached first on Usciak's
second error and went to third on
Daddario's single, that being the sec
ond and last hit off of Wicker, who
then ended the game by striking out
both Martin and Christie.
While all this was going on, the
Red Roses were betting Barney
Schultz all over the lot, it being
obvious as early as the second in
ming that he had nothing on the ball.
The Red Roses scored two runs in
the second on two singles, double
and walk. They added three more
in the third on three more singles and
two walks.
1t was so, Lancaster, in the four
tn when the fifth run Of the game
scored on two singles, a walk and
stolen base. Another run came in
the fifth on two singles and sac
rifice, and that was the last inning
that Schultz pitched, as he was TAX
en- out for pinch hitter in the sixth.
Don Meyers, who did such swell
relief job for two innings last Thurs
day night, went to the mound in the
bottom half Of the sixth, and here's
what happened. lack, the first man
to face him, got a base on balls.
Then with Ruchser at bat, lack
broke for second just as Meyers
started his wind-up. But Don, who
never pitched before until he went
in in a relief role last Thursday
night, checked his wind-up and Of
course, was charged with balk, and
lack went to third. Prosk also got
a walk, and with Mccarthy at bat,
he broke for second, and the identi-
cal same thing happened, with the re-
suit that the second balk was charged
to Meyers, and lack scored. At
this point, Don Bolton came in and
retired the side without any further
damage.
Summary: Hagerstown, 2R. III. 1E.
left on base, 3; Lancaster, Or. 11H-
2E., left on base, II.
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INTERSTATE
LEAGUE STANDINGS
SCHEDULE
FOR WEEK
(ThrOugh Tuesday Mighty

Tonight Thursday Allentown at
Allentown Ga double header)
Tomorrow (Friday) night, Tren-
ton here. Only one game was SEIZED
uled for tomorrow night, but dou-
bleheader will be played in order to
make up the game rained out with
Trenton on June 26.
Saturday night, Trenton here.
This will be Ladies Night.
Sunday, Trenton here. This win
be a regularly scheduled double
header
Monday, Wilmington at Whining
ton This was originally an open
date, but the game will be played
to take care of the game rained out
on May q.
Tuesday, Wilmington at Whining
ton
Wednesday, Wilmington at Will
mington.
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AT YORK
(Thursday, July -

The best that can be said for the
game with York last Thursday night,
was the fact that Hagerstown
might have uncovered a new pit
cher-Don Meyers, the outfielder.
For after York had slammed the
offerings of Bolton (who started) i,
Schultz lin the fifth and Stratton
Tin the SIXTH for nineteen hits lin
Guiding six doubles and six triples) i,
good for twenty-one runs, Meyers
took over at the beginning of the
seventh inning and shut out the
White Roses in the last two frames.
Meyers walked Sheehan, the first
man to face him, but Clawson tap
ped one back to Don, who wheeled
and threw to second, forcing Shee-
han. Muir then hit an easy ground
er to Daddario who booted the ball,
and both runners were safe. Street
then grounded to Ermer at third,
who stepped on the bag, forcing
Clawson for the second out, and
then Brown flied to left field to retire
the side.
Then in the eighth inning, Mey-
ers set them down 1873. Giordano
went out on a fly to right, Plate
popped up to Martin at second, and
then Don got Merson on third
called strike.
And if that's not good relief pit
ching, | don't know what is, par
ticularly from an outfielder.
Joe Muir, left handler, who had
already beaten the Owls three times
in a row, had no trouble getting his
eighth straight win without loss
(and his fourth against the Owls.
He gave up only five hits-four
singles and triple-and didn't al
low any runs.
Yeash got the triple when he led
off in the fifth, but he died right
there, as Polinski lined out to first
base, and then Crumling hit a ground
ball to Giordano at third, and Yeash
was out at the plate trying to score
on the play.
Eight men batted for York in the
third inning when they scored four
runs on two triples, single and
two costly errors by Ermer. They
came back in the fifth and scored
nine more runs on seven hits, in
Guiding three doubles and three
triples, with thirteen men coming to
bat 1t was during that inning that
Bolton was taken out, and Schultz
came in. Stratton took over the pit
ching duties at the start of the sixth,
but York continued on their ram
page, scoring eight runs on eight
hits in that inning, including three
doubles and triple, and twelve
men went to bat. Don Meyers took
over the pitching chores in the sew
enth to retire the side in the last
two innings,
Summary: Hagerstown, OR. 5H.
Sc, left on base, 6; York, 21R. 19H.
DE-, left on base, 5.
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but Bill Plate came through with a
double to right, sending Kovalak to
third, and both runners scored on
Merson's three-bagger to center.
Elliott then grounded out to end the
inning.
The Owls made it So in the fifth.
Wigle, the first man up, walked on
four pitchers. Mills then served up
two more wide ones to Jenis, but
Bernie slapped into the next pitch
and got two-bagger into center,
scoring Wigle and Ermer Keller
then hit long fly to the wall in
right field, which Brown pulled
down, but Jenis had no trouble 60
ing to third after the catch, from
where he scored when Mills made a
balk. Christie popped up to short
and Daddario flied to center to end
the inning.
The Owls made it 90 in the sixth.
Yeash doubled to left and Bobby
Martin drove him home with an
other double to left. Crumling then
grounded to Elliott at short, who
booted it for an error, and Crumling
was safe at first, with Martin holding
up at second. That was all for Mills,
and Kalkowski came in and struck
out Wigle for the first out.
Ermer was up next, and he singled
to short left field, with Crumling
moving to second and Martin stop
ping at third Bernie Jenis then
stepped up and smacked a triple to
right field, driving in Martin, Crum-
ling and Ermer, to give Bernie a
total of five RIBS. Keller then
struck out and Christie ended the
inning by popping up to Elliott at
short
While this was going on, Bill Wigle
was setting the White Roses down
from the second through the sixth
innings without a semblance of hit,
the White Roses third hit of the
night coming in the seventh, but the
base runner was erased on fast
double play, Daddario to Jenis.
York made it 40 in the eighth.
With one out, Plate got a single to
center. Merson followed with a
high fly, also to center, which Keller
dropped, and Plate went to third and
Merson was safe at first on the error.
Elliott then singled to right, scoring
Plate, and Sheehan followed with
another single 10 right, scoring Mer-
SON. Brown then hit a line drive,
which Wigle knocked down. But
he was unable to make play and
the bases were full. But Bill
promptly got out of that hole by
striking out the White Roses third
relief pitcher, Bob Green, to retire
the side.
York's fifth and final run came in
the ninth, when with one out, Ko-
valak walked and Giordano sent
him to third with single to right,
from where he scored on Plates
single, also to right. But Wigle then
got Merson on a pop-up to Martin at
second and the game ended when
Elliott grounded to Jenis at first,
who threw to Wigle, covering, for
the final out.
Summary: York, 5R. OH. 1E., left
on base, 10; Hagerstown, OR. 10H.
2E., left on base, 6.
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or Obey in 4th.
Score BY Innings

Errors-Martin, Usciak, Prosk,
lack. Runs batted in-Zack, Arm
strong 2, Daddario Ruchser, Christie
Mccarthy, Yeash, Astbury, Fauth
Home run Armstrong. Three base
hits Prosk, Keller Two base hits
Ruchser, Fauth. Sacrifices-Fauth
Double plays-Usciak to Ruchser 2;
Zack to Prosk to Ruchser; Ermer.to
Christie to Wigle; Usciak to Prosk
to Ruchser. Left on bases-Hagers-
town 6, Lancaster Z. Base on balls
off Obey 5, Kelly 2, Fauth 2. Strike
outs-By Obey 3, Fauth 5. Hits
Off Obey l in innings, Kelly 5 in
3 innings, Mlady 2 in 2. Hit by pit
cher-By Obey (Ermer). Wild
Pitch-Fauth. Winning pitcher
Obey. Losing Pitcher-Fauth. I'm
pires-Farra, Kane, Murphy. Time
Of game, 2:15.
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KEEPING UD
WITH THE OWLS
BY Doug Stewart

hits off Stratton (who also walked
three, the hits including two
doubles and triple, for a total of
twelve runs.
Summary: York, 7R. 12H. 1E.,
left on base, 6; Hagerstown, 1R. 6H.
1E., left on base, 5.
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AT LANCASTER
monday, July 12)

The Owls won their final game of
the four game series with Lancaster
on Monday night, by a score of 6-3,
to give them an even break on the
series.
Jim Lawrence, the young right
handler who was sent here by De-
troit after being signed to con-
tract following his graduation from
the University of Wisconsin, made
his first appearance in organized
baseball and also his first appearance
Continued on Page 100
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HagerstOwn

A. Hit into double play for Wigle in
9th.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-07-15
Double PLAYS

Through Tuesday night, with 70
games played, the Owls had com
pleted AZ double plays-29 at home
and 10 on the road.
This is 16 less than they had COM
pleted last year, with the same num-
Der of games played.
Al first glance it would seem that
many more games had been rained
out so far this year, than was the
case at the same time last year. But
on checking the records l find that
just the opposite is the case.
Last season, through July 10, the
Owls had completed only 60 of their
14O scheduled games, while this
year they had played 70 games
through July Is (Tuesday).
Due to both games being rained
out at Allentown on Tuesday night,
the Owls were scheduled to play a
double header last night (Wednes-
day. and another double header to-
night (Thursday), all four games
being played in Allentown.
And on top of that, they are also
scheduled to play double header
with Trenton here tomorrow (Fri-
day) night, the first game taking
care of the Trenton game rained out
here on June rs.
Hal Keller, the brother of Charlie
Keller, sent to the Owls by the Wash
ington Senators from their Charlotte
club, has been doing alright for him
self since joining the Hagerstown
club. At bat 20 times, he has had 7
hits Cncluding triples and a
double) has driven in runs and has
scored 7 times himself, for bat
ting average through Tuesday night
of $50.
Now let's recap the games of the
past week.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-01-16

the cell door says that on Shapiro
Street near here a girl was just
kilIed.) Our Haganah youths
raised their heads, muttered curses
and returned to their reading.
They were here because they had
been stationed to protect a Jewish
house in a narrow street bordering
on the Arab quarter. For three
days the boys held out, until finally
the roof of their house was burn
ing and they ran out. On seeing
the police, they dropped their
weapons. In the curious Palestine
tangle, these hOme-defenders were
arrested for carrying arms.
They are the perfect sabra pal
estine-born) type, six-footers with
undisturbed souls. BY a coincid-
ence the father of one of them was
brought in the next day, charged
with possession of a revolver which
was found in truck in which he
was riding, to help Jews in moving
from an Arab area. The father
is dock worker.
At noon the wife and mother ar
rived for a visit, but not as the
traditional wailing Jewess. This
Palestinian woman was brisk and
courageous, her face radiant with
pride in her sturdy son and the
brave, muscular father.
Under the regulations against
terrorists, it would be possible to
receive life sentences, even execu-
ton, for conviction of carrying
arms, but the British Summary
Court is at least appreciative of
the difference between these home
defenders and the terrorists. The
father, as a test case, was fined
so pounds (about $2O0.OO). The
youth, his SON, is still awaiting
trial.
The general complaint of Ha-
ganah is that the British do not
make an effort in behalf of suffic-
lent protection, while centering on
self protection. The situation is
doubtless more difficult for the
British soldiers who are not to be
blamed for a dislike of risking
their lives a few months before
their evacuation from Palestine.
However, ugly tales persist, such
Continued on Page Severn
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overhead into an Arab snipers'
post, so we pulled stakes, heading
for the Jewish section in Carmel.
'I knew a nice music spot in
Herzl Street, but no sooner had I
opened the door when I saw a girl
whose ankle had been messed up
by a stray bullet. After evacuat-
ing her, I again tried to find a
peaceful spot. But tracer start
ed across the street so I gave up
and headed for the barracks"
Meanwhile, riflemen in a neigh
boring building were firing. 1
asked how they knew where the
target was. They don't, replied
the police, they fire at random in
the air.
It is impossible to arrive at a
wholly accurate description of such
a situation. However, stray bull
let's yesterday killed a woman
hanging out the washing OH the
roof block of our Jail.
Other police explain that they
are only shooting down at the
Arabs who are shooting at the
Army while Haganah (the Jewish
unofficial militia) is in the middle
shooting at both. This scarcely
illumines conditions. Haganah also
asserts that their men have been
shot at by both Arabs and the
British.
In our cell, two 17-year-old
youths are awaiting trial on
charges of carrying arms. They
are typical of the situation.
Cat this moment, a passerby at
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-01-16

The Jail is in the Jewish center,
half way up Mount Carmel, amidst
a strategic area for Arab snipers.
The British occupy the surround
ing rooftops, shooting into the
Arab section near the port area.
Therefore, rifle-firing and short
bursts from automatic weapons
are going on all round us night
and day.
Nevertheless, the most cheerful
atmosphere prevails in the Jail.
The friendly police stop at my cell
door and give the latest news. A
2O-year-Old policeman tells of his
effort to enjoy a holiday last
night: 81 went down to cafe in
the port area with a pal. We set
tied down for a third beer when
the Army mOrtars began firing
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-01-16
In A Haifa Prison
BY MEYER LEVIN

Copyright, 1948 Jewish Telegraphc Agency, Inc.)
EDITORS NOTE: Meyer Levin welrknown novelist who
Palestine various times for the
Jewish Telegaphc Agency taken off the blockade runner
Brighten British imprisoned, pend
deportation Hafa despite the fact that he had valid
bail of $4,000.
HAIFA (via Wireless)-
From the comparatively safe vantagepont of the Haa jail,
assmatng Haifa situation locked her
arriving illegal ship
meaning You Can't Brighten U.s.
Evening star., 1948-12-11

Is accidentally killed by these inept and ap-
parently hysterical adolescents before we can
take effective steps for our own safety7< Why
not at least keep them unarmed until they
have demonstrated their ability to hit what
they are shooting at-before we have some
more victims like Miss Kilmer?
A SHOOTING INSTRUCTOR
Evening star., 1948-12-11

which further complicate the chronic
deadlock. And it seems unlikely that 50
unstable a situation can endure indefi-
nitely, especially after the setting up of
the federation with the recalcitrant Re
public left out of the picture.
Nevertheless, the latest breakdown of
negotiations is especially disappointing.
The Dutch mission was seemingly resolved
to make all possible, concessions in order
to reach lasting agreement, while it was
hoped that the partial suppression of the
Communist revolt within the Republic had
sufficiently strengthened the hands of the
more moderate leaders. But the negotia-
tions have proved that the two sides are
still so far apart that they cannot reach
common ground. The best that can be
hoped for in the immediate future is that
fresh hostilities can be averted.
Evening star., 1948-12-11
Report on SEGREGATION

The lack OF balance and objectivity in
the most recent report on race segregation
In Washington may be explained on the
ground that such qualities have no proper
place In purely propagandistic presenta-
ton of this sort.
That may be. But their absence tends
to weaken the value of the report as
helpful contribution to improvement of
race relationships. It's exaggerations, over
simplifications and misleading use of sta
tistical material rob it of merit as q serious
study of sociological condition The
Washingtonian who reads it is apt to be-
come more preoccupied with its disingen-
uous distractions than with the tragic
dilemma with which it is supposed to deal.
Presumably the report is not directed to
Washingtonians, however. For while some
of them are singled out for conspiratorial
responsibility for things as they are, the
remedy which is by implication prescribed
would come through legislation. And that,
of course, is in line with the theory that
prejudice and the evils which stem from
it are best uprooted by statute. That ap-
proach takes no account of the evils that
may be substituted for the ones removed.
Surely there is opportunity here for some
foundation to finance genuine study that
would concern itself with the relative
merits of the so-called gradualist thesis
and reform by statute. This report, ike
its predecessor which came from the Presi-
dents Committee on Civil Rights COM
pletely discards gradualism. But II the
report Is correct in its assumption that
the color line in Washington has become
more firmly hxed than in Woodrow
Wilson's day "a highly dubious assump-
tion) the causes of this phenomenon
should be more carefully explored. 1t
could be that the increasingly aggressive
exploitation of the race issue tends to
solidify rather than soften opposition to
change.
Evening star., 1948-12-11
The Art of Insult

:, The Attorney General could have made
out pretty good case for his request that
the Un-American Activities Committee
refrain from any interference with the
grand jury probe Of the Hiss-Chambers
affair.
To be sure, it is not at all clear that
continuance. of the House investigation
really will be prejudicial to the work OF
the grand jury. But there can be no
certainty about this, since there Is no way
Of knowing just what line the grand jury
inquiry is taking or what kind of indict-
nents may be returned. All things con-
sr~sfdered, the Department of Justice would
= be entitled to the benefit of the doubt If
+ les request to the committee had been
I elean-cut and to the point.
= !, But that was not the case. In state
! unent accompanying the formal letter OF
i request, Attorney General Clark in effect,
accused the committee of tactics which
hout the Constitution and of trying the
case in the newspapers. If there is some
truth in this, that does not alter the fact
that the comment was gratuitous affront
Ito the committee and hardly calculated
to persuade it to comply with the request.
Furthermore, the department statement
scontained some double talk evidently
designed to minimize the accomplishments
sof the committee. Except for the micro
Slim disclosures, according to the state
sment, "the committee has obtained no
Irrelevant information not previously con-
:sidered and presented to the New York
.grand jury"
That may be true enough as far as It
.goes. But 1t leaves much untold. 1t was the
scommittee, not the Department OF Justice,
(which put Whitaker Chambers on the
stand and first brought to light his accu-
sations against Alger Hiss. Not until after
this had been done did the department
put Chambers before the grand jury S
q witness. Again, it was as O result of
chain of events set in motion by the COM
/: mittee, not the department, that Chambers
| finally revealed that he was in possession
! of secret documents stolen from the State
Department at the instigation of Com
munist spy ring. 1t is true that once it
had this information in hand the depart
ment got busy and put the FB1 to work
| on a full field investigation. But it Is also
! true, or at least there is every reason to
+. believe, that this would never have been
done except for the disclosures originally
made through the House committee.
: In view of this, If the Attorney General
now wants cooperation from the COM
nittee, why does he not try the experiment
Of giving credit where credit is due? Why
, not admit publicly that the committee has
played a large part in the disclosure that
the Communists, with the aid of ofacials
on the inside, were looting the State De-
, partment of its secrets? 1t might not
do any good, but it could hardly be any
: less fruitful than this business of taking
pot shots at the committee and being the
target of pot shots in return.
Evening star., 1948-12-11
Conservation PROGRESS

Are we as Nation making any progress
In the conservation of mammals, fish and
birds? A pamphlet entitled Guarding
Our Wildlife Resources" recently published
by the Fish and Wildlife Service, answers
In the Affirmative. The national wildlife
refuge system, 1t says, now contains 282
small, others are large. The total land
and water area of them is about $4,000 900
acres. But their size perhaps Is less i'm
portant than the fact that they are located
strategically along migration routes and
In the neighborhood of wintering grounds
established ages before North America had
human inhabitants.
The first sanctuary was established on
Pelican Island in the Indian River in
Florida in 1908. It represented principle
of cooperation between State and Federal
agencies which gradually was developed
until it reached an apex in the Federal
Aid In Wildlife Restoration Act Of 1887.
The program is financed largely through
the Federal tax on sporting arms and
ammunition. Thus 100000 hunters con-
tribute toward the restoration of game
birds and mammals
All Of this story Is told in readable
narrative form in the new pamphlet. The
booklet, however, is not simply progress
report. 1t is designed to be useful in the
current endeavor to obtain the collabora-
tion of every country in the Western
Hemisphere. Among other international
agreements discussed in the text are those
. arranged for the protection of migratory
, birds and treaties protecting fur-seals,
. whales, salmon and halibut. The whole
pamphlet was translated into Spanish for
! distribution at the Inter-American Con-
. ference on the Conservation of Renewal
Natural Resources, held in Denver in
, September, with the aim of securing the
. active cooperation of the republics to
the South.
Such help is vital. In the systematic
preservation of wildlife as In many other
matters Of concern to every living indi
) .vidual, the world has become one world
This is particularly true Of birds that