The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-01-20
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By DOUG STEWART
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The annual banquet of the Wash
ington County Baseball League will
be held tonight in the Boonsboro
Firemens Hall, and a banner turn
out is expected.
Among the guests who will be
present will be Oren Sterling, presi-
dent of the Hagerstown Baseball
Club (unless unexpected severe
weather should stop him from get
ting through, but regret to inform
you that the new manager, Woody"
Wheaton, will not be able to attend
due to the fact that it would neces-
state him being absent from his
work for two days in order to get
here and back. Woody" wanted
to make the trip very badly, but
since he has to take time off in order
to attend the annual Sportswriters
Banquet in Wilmington on February
9, he felt it would be unfair to his
employers to also ask for time off
to come to Hagerstown for the
County League Banquet.
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There is nothing new to report on
the Owls right now. Mr. Sterling is
considering either Chambersburg or
Charles Town as training site, and
will let me know as soon as he
reaches a final decision,
l took in the opening games of the
Junior Basketball League at the
Washington Street School gym on
Thursday night, and it sure was a
grand sight to see the youngsters in
action.
While some of the teams have had
a little more practice than others,
it looked from what I saw that we
ought to have fairly close competi-
ton all through the season, but in
my book, it isn't half as important
which team wins and which team
loses, as the fact that these young
sters are not only getting good ex-
ercise, but are also learning the value
of clean, competitive competition.
Another good thing about the
league this year is; first, that it has
been enlarged to IA teams SO that all
teams can enjoy BASKETBALL; and
second, that group of adult referees
volunteered their services for the
season. The young men who did the
refereeing for the league last year
did fine job, but they could hardly
be expected to control the kids as
we'll as men of maturer age.
was particularly interested in
watching the playing of the young
sters from my own Boys Club, every
member of which actually belongs to
the Club and attends the regular
meetings Our coach, Jack Stone
braker, has done a wonderful job |
with them, and whether they lose
every game or win their share, they |
are getting invaluable help in learn
ing to play the game of life the right
way
When the girls and boys of St. |
Mary's High School Basketball |
teams kept telling me that they
were going to have better teams
this year than they had last, they
weren't just giving me a line, for
they surely are playing much better
basketball, and although the girls
lost couple lately, they came back
this week to win, and the boys have
won their last two games in row.
And let's not forget the Hagers-
town High School teams, both Var
sity and jayvees. With additional
coaching help, the teams are giving
really good account of themselves,
and it should also be mentioned that
they were quick to come to the front I
in the current March of Dimes cam
paign by staging one of their games
with all proceeds going to the fund.
l leave to the daily papers the job |
of covering and commenting on the
various basketball league games,
since it's impossible for me to cover
all of them, so I'm combining myself |
to doing everything in my power to
boost the games of the younger folks.