The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-08-26
AT YORK
FRIDAY, August 20)


thrae-gam series at York Friday
night in eleven innings, by score Of
TO.
Bill Wigle, who started for Hagers-
town, had a 6-1 lead going into the
eighth inning, when he suddenly
blew up like a tent and gave up six
hits, five of them in row after two
were out, to tie up the ball game be-
fore Manager Culp finally yanlSed
him out and sent in Poffenberger,
who became the loser. Christie was
behind the plate.
Joe Muir, left handler, pitched
the first inning for York. but then
came up with a sore arm, and Pat
Mccullough, right handler. took
over in the second He in turn was
taken out for a pinch hitter in the
big eighth inning, and Jim Minis
pitched the last three innings to get
credit for the win Clawson did the
catching.
The Owls took two-run lead in
the top half of the first Ermer, the
first man UP was safe at fist when Ell
lott booted his grounder. Jenis got
base on balls, and Keller sacri-
feed them both along. Then with
Christie at bat, Muir uncorked a
wild pitch, with Ermer scoring and
Jenis moving to third. Christie then
singled TO left, scoring Jenis, but
Daddario forced him at second and
Yeash flied out to right field to end
the inning.
The White Roses picked up a run
in the bottom half Kovalak, the
first man up, singled to right, and
after Fedoris had struck out and
Street had popped to Ermer, Merson
singled to left, sending Kovalak to
third, Wigle then walked both Ell
lott and Giordano, with the last
walk forcing in Kovalak. Brown
then lined to Ermer TO end the in
ming
Mccullough shut the Owls out
through the second, third, fourth and
fifth inning, but then made it 81 in
the sixth. Keller, the first man up
singled to left, and Christie got his
third straight hit, also a single to
left with Keller stopping at second
Daddario then flied out to Street in
deep left field, with Keller easily GO
ing to third after the catch. Yeash
then forced Christie at second, with
Keller scoring on the play. Polinski
singled to center, but Martin ended
the inning by popping up to Kovalak
II was 6-1, Hagerstown, in the sew
enth. With one away, both Ermer
and Jenis beat out infield rollers
along the third base line to put men
on first and second. Keller then got
his second straight hit, single to
left, scoring Ermer and sending Jenis
to third, with Keller going to second
on the throw-in. Christie then
grounded out, with Jenis scoring on
the play and Keller moving to third,
from where he scored on Daddario's
single to right. Yeash ended the in
ming by flying out to Brown in center.
While all this was going on, Wigle
was shutting out York from the sec
ond through the seventh, but then
came the White Roses big eighth in
ming, in which they scored five runs
to tie up the game. Merson, the first
man up, beat out hit along the third
base line, but Elliott forced him at
second. 'Giordano popped up to Jenis
for the second out, and then "the
fun" started. Bown, Clawson, Minis
(pinch hitting for Mccullough and
Kovalak all singled, and Fedoris
came right behind them with a
double, with the five straight hits
producing the five runs. Manager
Culp then sent in Poffenberger, who
got Street on a grounder from Dad
dario to Jenis for the final out.
Minis, after pinch hitting in the
eighth, took owe the pitching in the
ninth, and pitched no hit ball for the
last three frames. Poffenberger set
the White Roses down without hit
in the ninth and tenth, but in the
eleventh, Kovalak, the first man up,
singled to left. Fedoris forced him
NJ cecond and then Street honood