The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-02-26
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Baseball Banquet
By DOUG STEWART
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part of the Hagerstown Sports
writers and Broadcasters, the fourth
annual Banquet of the Association,
was held in Hagerstown on Tuesday
night, at Franklin Court Auditorium,
with about four hundred present
If the comments heard after the
big night was over are to be be-
lieved, then the banquet was a real
success in every sense of the word,
from the minute the fine, piping hot
turkey dinner was served, until the
curtain rang down on the last act of
the floor show
To be perfectly honest. I'm just
plain too tired to write much about
it, but I'm certain you'll be hearing
plenty from the fine crowd who
were there.
/, do however wish to express the
thanks of the committee to these
who went out of their way to help
us put it over: To all the boys in the
Hag6rstown News Agency who
handled the sale of tickets; to Ste
wart Paxton for getting the three
hundred and sixty autographed,
miniature baseball bats 1--WE were
all sorry that there were not quite
enough to 60 around); to the adj
vertising department of the Potomac
Edison Company, who took care of
the signs and place cards; to the
Senior McFaddin sports store for
their fine window display; and last,
but far from least, to the entire
staff of Franklin Court Auditorium,
for not only a wonderful meal, but
also for the efficient way it was
served and the tables cleared after
the dinner was over.
All the guests at the head table
got wonderful reception and, if APP
plause means anything, then the
Owls new manager, "Pep" Rambert,
is going to really have the fans be-
hind him when he takes over the
management of the team when
spring training opens next month.
Again, on behalf of our entire
committee, thanks a million.
pep" Rambert, the 1948 Manager
of the Hagerstown Owls, met the
local sportswriters and broadcasters
at press luncheon at the Hotel
Alexander on Monday, with the
president of the Hagerstown Club,
Oren E. Sterling, as host
Rambert is one of the cleanest
looking fellows I've seen for a long
time-looks every inch baseball
player-and from the cut of his
lib" I'd say he's going to be a
real manager too. Of course, it's
far too early to talk about the team
and what they're going to have and
where they'll be, and as Rambert
said at the luncheon, This is my
first visit to Hagerstown-I've no
idea who we'll get from the Detroit
Farm Club or what the actual roster
will look like on opening day." He
did say, however, that whatever
team he puts out on the field would
be hustling, fighting team, and
that he wasn't interested in what
had happened in the ball club be-
fore his time, but only what was
going to happen to the ball club
from the day he takes over as man
ager when the training season opens.
Good luck to you, pep, we're
all pulling for you.
Basketball
The famous Highland Globe Trot-
tiers, who have always been prime
favorites in Hagerstown, are COM
ing back en- Sunday afternoon, when
they will meet Uncle Johns Cabi-
neers at the Armory. This colored
team, apart from its expert work on
the floor, also puts on a real show
that's worth the price of admission
by itself.
Each time the Globe Trotters
have come to Hagerstown, the Arm
orys been packed, and I've no doubt
that the same thing will happen
Sunday afternoon. So my advice to
you is to get your tickets in advance
SO you won't be disappointed. You
will find them on sale at Ridenour's
Liquor Store on the Square, at Rog-
er's Jewelry Store, West Washing
ton Street, and the Elite Render
vous, North Jonathan Street.
The defeat of the Optimist Club
in Division I of the Junior Basket