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by DOUG STEWART

nights game | saw one of the raw
est decisions ever made.
With Moe Cunningham, Trenton's
righttielder on second, Jok hit a
ground ball to Daddario, who rifled
the ball to Firnbach at third for an
easy out of Cunningham. But plate
umpire Heller made no attempt to go
down and cover the play, and base
umpire Burnett, who was at least
thirty feet away from the third base
bag and could not possibly see the
play since he was behind the run
ner. called Cunningham safe. The
whole Owl infield, headed by Ram
bert, put up a terrific squawk, but
to no avail.
Then on the very next play, Turcy
hit to Kapucinski, who wheeled and
threw to Daddario, forcing Jo5 at
second. Daddario's relay to Rambert
looked from the press box to have
been in time to get Turcy at first,
but Burnett called him safe, with
the result that Cunningham, who
crossed the plate on the play, scored.
This time Rambert really hit the
ceiling and was thrown out of the
game. and Mike Rooms went to first.
Cor story of the game read Keeping
Up With The Owls" on page 49,
In response to many inquiries as
to which teams in the Inter State
League arc owned outright by major
league clubs, here is the complete
status of all eight teams in the
league.
Three teams are owned outright
by majors-Allentown belongs to
the ST. Louis Cardinals; Trenton be
longs TO the New York Giants, and
Wilmington is owned by the Phil
adelphia Phillies.
The other five clubs are all priv
ately owned, and each one has a
working agreement with a major
league club, as follows: Hagerstown,
with Detroit: Harrisburg, with
Cleveland; Lancaster, with Brooklyn;
Sunbury, with Cincinnati, and York,
with Pittsburg.
HagerStown fans will be glad to
know that Ken Humphrey, Hagers-
towns popular right fielder of last
year, is finally hitting his stride with
the Williamsport Club in the East
ern League.
Hitting only .042 for the first six
games of the season, Ken raped the
ball at terrific .522 pace in the next
six games to bring his seasons mark
UP to PIT.
The Owls have bought Charles
Dettrey, a right handler, and he has
already Joined the Club Dettrey
halls from Philadelphia and has had
some previous experience
Irving Levy, an outtelder who
played with Lancaster in 1943, before
going into the Service, joined the
Owls on Tuesday and played in right
field. He was injured, however,
while fielding ball and had to be
taken out of the game in the fourth
inning.
Mike Sabina, an infelder, who
came to the Owls in June of 1943
having been purchased from the
Nashville Vols of the Southern AS
ISOLATION, reported to manager Ram
bert yesterday for a try out, Mike
who quit pro ball to go into business
in Baltimore, called Mr. Sterling
over the week end and told him he
was anxious to get back into the
game and was told to report for a
look see" He has been managing
and playing with semi-pro team
in Baltimore.
Sabena, you will remember, is the
lad that knocked Major" Bowles,
the Lancaster pitcher, cold in fight
that took place at first base, between
a double header at the Stadium on
Sunday afternoon, August %, 1913.
Mike and Bowles had some words
toward the end of the first game, and
when Bowles got careless with his
language as the game ended, Sabena
tangled with him and knocked him
colder than frozen mackerel.
Bowling
Several teams from the Mems and
Women's Divisions of the Sunday
School League played a match in
Baltimore on Saturday night, with
teams from the Baltimore Sunday
School League lsee story elsewhere
on this page. The Baltimore League
will play return match here in the
Fall, in what might be the beginning
of an annual encounter between the