The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-06-17
Baseball

Wilmington on Monday and Tuesday
nights, just about the best baseball
that has been seen in the Municipal
Stadium in a long time. As so often
happens with a losing team, they
got just about every bad break pos
sible, but they refused to let it get
them down and backed up the SUI
perb pitching of Stratton, Kapucinski
and Bolton, with a top notch eXhi-
bition of defensive play-and the
fans who saw those games showed
their appreciation in no uncertain
terms
So let's keep on boosting the Owls,
instead of knocking them, and be-
fore you know it, the boys will be
out of the cellar and in the thick of
the fight
For recap of the games, turn to
Keeping Up With The Owls" on
page six.
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knocking the team, those fans in the
rightfeld bleachers who have been
razzing Halvonic, ought to remem-
Der that the boy has been in there
trying all the time, with a badly in
jured knee, that hurts like hell
every step he takes.
Bernie Jenis, the popular Owls
first baseman of the 1947 squad, who
was returned here from the Eastern
League in Williamsport last week,
was in uniform during the pre- game
batting practice on Monday night
and was scheduled to take over the
first base chores during the Tuesday
night double-header.
While on the subject of first base,
want to put in a good word for
Mike Rooms, who although pitcher,
did pretty good, all-around job
during the many weeks he was at
first base following the release of
pep" Rambert
There will be added attractions
at both tomorrow nights and Sat
urday afternoons games with Ian
caster at the Stadium.
AT tomorrow nights game all the
contestants in the Miss Hagers-
town" contest will be guests of the
management and will be introduced
during the game, while at Satur-
day afternoons game, colorful cere-
monies and musical program will
be furnished by the members of the
Tall Cedars of Lebanon, a Masonic
organization which is holding spe-
cial meeting here that day. The
ceremonies will get under way at
1870, with the game scheduled to
start at 2:3O, and it will also be
Ladies Day.
1t looks like Maryland is having
a tough time this season in organ
lied baseball Not only are our own
Owls in the cellar in the Interstate
League, but our neighbors over in
Baltimore are having it pretty rough
too, since the Orioles are also hold
ing up he rest of the International
League.
Here's hoping that help comes to
both clubs soon, and this particular
ly applies to the Owls, who from
the way the team has been playing
for the past week, just need a little
help to really get going.
l wonder what's happened to
Rolfe OF the Detroit Farm System,
who promised Mr.. Sterling over two
weeks ago that he was coming to
Hagerstown to look the situation
over for himself?
It's wonderful what a little COOP
Grafton will do
At the meeting held at the City
Hall last week, at which the Mayor
and Council, members of the Ha-
gerstown Field Athletic Association
(Which controls the Municipal Sta
dunn, Mr.. Sterling, president of the
Hagerstown Baseball Club; and the
members of the press and radio were
present, the question of policing the
ball park was thoroughly thrashed
out
The gathering of youngsters in the
parking enclosure, bothering people
for tips for parking cars, and the
parking of cars outside the fence,
on the tops Of which car owners and
their friends view the game (for
free, to say nothing of damaging the
fence as well) came in for plenty of
discussion, and it was the unanimous
opinion that, while it was Mr.. Ster-
ling's duty to control the inside of
the ball park and the parking lot, it