The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-06-24
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
By DOUG STEWART

Del . - q ~ q r.
The four-game series with Lam
caster over the week end, produced
some unusual situations, and here
are some of them:
In Saturdays game, Bobby Mar
tin, the Owls second baseman, had
only one assist, and that came as
part of double play.
Mike Rooms, who has been play
ing a bang-up game since he moved
over to third, was credited with six
assists.
The successive home runs by
Yeash and Daddario in the second
inning both came on the first pitch
ed ball.
In the first game of Sundays
double-header, IA Lancaster batters
flied to the outield, with Don Mey-
ers in right field getting of them;
Ed Yeash got 4, and Mary Feltman,
in center field, got the other 3.
In the second inning of Sundays
game, Marlborough, the Lancaster
pitcher, retired the Owls on three
pitched balls. Daddario, the first
man up, got an infield single off the
pitchers glove on the first pitched
ball. On the next ball, Rooms hit
into a double play, and on the third
ball of the inning, Jenis grounded
out short to first.
In the Owls seventh inning, Don
Meyers fouled off eleven pitches and
then singled to left field. Hallbor-
ough threw eight straight inside
pitches, every one of which Meyers
fouled off, and most of them were
down the left field foul line. Then
Marlborough put over an outside pit
Oh for a ball Three more inside
pitches followed, all of which were
fouled off. But on the next one
(Which was also an inside pitch)
Meyers Strengthened it out for
single to left field, to drive in the
Owls second and final run of the
game
The climax of the series came in
the second game on Sunday, when
Lee Griffith, the Lancaster left hand
er, shut out the Owls on one hit Ga
double by Rooms in the second) and
only faced twenty-five batters dur
ing the seven-inning game.
In my book, the real blame for
Schultz losing that heartbreaking
eleven-inning game Monday night at
Wilmington, can be laid at the door
step of the Detroit Tigers, who have
failed miserably to live up to their
working agreement with the local
club. (See story of game in Keep
ing Up With the Owls" on page six.)
Some fans that l have talked to
are prone to criticize Manager Gene
Crumling for not taking out his
pitchers when they run into trouble,
but as this is written, Gene has a
total pitching staff of five, and one
of them, Bill Wigle, has been suf-
fering with sore arm for couple
of weeks.
1t is true that Detroit sent in pit
cher Red" Kaiser, but it is just as
true that he was obviously not in
shape, and il seems that the only
help that Detroit is giving the Owls
is to try and shove off on them play
ers who are either not in physical
shape, or not up to playing in Class
B ball
Nobody can accuse either Manager
Crumling or any member of the
team at the present time, of not
playing their hearts out to win for
the local fans, and it might interest
some of those who are always grip
ing, to know that up in Wilmington
on Monday night, Schultz got just
as big a hand from the fans when
the game was over as their own
winning pitcher did.
l know that the Owls are pretty
firmly entrenched in the cellar; 1
know that they badly need help;
but l also know that the boys are
giving everything they've got, and
they certainly deserve more sup
port from the home fans than
they're getting.