The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-05-05

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Those scrappy Owls, after having
to lay off two days because of rain,
finally got back into action again on
Tuesday night at the Stadium, meet
ing Harrisburg in the first of an abb
breviated three-game series, with
the second game scheduled to be
played last night, and the third and
final game tonight Thursday.
Woody Wheaton sent Pickell to the
mound for Hagerstown, with Crum-
ling behind the plate, and Les Bell
countered with Piercey, lefthander
and Harrisburg holdover from last
season, with Naragon doing the
catching. But neither starting pitch
er was around when the game ended
and what game it was, for those
Owls, playing before another near
capacity crowd, suddenly came to
life in the seventh-trailing by
score of 81, and put on a rally that
saw eleven men come to bat and sew
en- big runs cross the plate, to put
them ahead 86. Harrisburg picked
another tally in the eighth, but that
was all, and the final score was 81
Hagerstown.
The game was featured-apart
from the fine relief job turned in by
Wheaton by two sensational
catches. In the second inning Bud
German raced clear out to right
field (behind the Lights to haul in
Naragon's foul fly, and in the eighth
Charlie Hiden raced all the way to
the fence in centerfield and then
jumped high in the air to snag
Malmberg's long drive. It was one
of the greatest catches l have ever
seen in the Stadium. e.
Warren Pickell, the Owls right
handler ran smack into trouble in
the top half of the first. Perlmutter,
the Harrisburg centerfelder, open
ed the inning with a single, and
Malmberg, the shortstop, followed
with another, sending Perlmutter to
third. Hansen, the second baseman,
then walked, filling the sacks. Cox
the rightfielder, popped up for the
first out, but Pickell then walked
Lemon, the leftfelder, forcing in
Perlmutter with the first run and
leaving the sacks loaded Radsavage,
the first baseman, then flied to right
for the second out, with Malmberg
scoring the second run after the
catch. Carron the third baseman,
followed with double, scoring Han
sen and Lemon with runs three and
four, but he was out at third trying
to go to third on the throw to the
plate, for the final out.
Woody Wheaton took over the
pitching chores in the second and
went the rest of the way to get
credit for the win He got rid of
the Senators easily in the second
and third frames, but was touched
for HarriSburgs fifth run in the
fourth, when Radsavage smacked
one over the rightfeld wall. Woody
got out of bad hole in the fifth.
when two walks and an error fill
ed the bases with one out, but fast
double play, Caravello to Caciavely
to German, ended that threat. Har-
rlsburg picked up their sixth run in
the sixth, on a double and single.
While all this was going on, Piercey
was having easy sailing, giving up
only two hits Ia double by Chaser
in the third and single by Wheaton
IN the fifth But the Owls broke in
to the scoring column in the sixth.
German, the first man up, hit one in
front Of the plate, but when Naragon,
the catcher made low throw to
first that got by Radsavage, German
pulled up at second on the error.
Caravello then got a single off the
pitchers foot, with German GO
ing to third. Hidden popped up
for the first out, but Keller singled
to center, scoring German with their
first run. Caciavely then forced
Keller at second and Wheaton
i grounded out to end the inning.
Harrisburg went scoreless in the
top half of the Seventh and then
came the big inning.
Crumling opened with single to
left and Mirande, who went to left
field in the top half of the inning,
followed with "a single to right.
CHASER, flied out, but German kept
the rally going with a single to right.
scoring Crumling. Caravello came
right behind him with another sin
gle, scoring Mirande with run num-
Il L