The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-10-20
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
By DOUG STEWART


The Hagerstown High School Ma
room and Gray played much inn
proved game against the Mckinley
team from Washington, d. c., on
Friday night, and in my opinion a
really tough break cost them any
chance they had of winning the
game.
One would have expected that af-
ter the Mckinley boys took the kick
off and ran it back for the touch
down, it would have taken quite
bit of heart out of Mel Henry's lads,
but such was not the case. After
gaining possession of the ball, they
fought down the field to McKinley's
4-yard line. With the tying touch
down within their grasp, a vicious
tackle caused the Maroon and Gray
to lose the ball on a tumble, and it
was that tough break that was really
the difference between the two
teams
Tomorrow night the squad goes
over to Martinsburg for their re-
turn engagement and if they play
the brand of ball they played last
Friday night, they should come home
with their second win of the season.
AS they say in racing, it was a
tough day for the chalk players, as
far as Saturday afternoons college
football games were concerned.
While Notre Dame continued on
its winning way, and in doing so
put an end to Tulane's bid for ma
tional honOrs, and Army rode rough
'shod over the hapless Harvard Elev-
en-, they were really the exceptions
to the rule
While Minnesota was expected to
beat Ohio State, no one dreamed
that they would pile up such one
sided score. And Wisconsin's de
cisive win over Navy was perhaps
the biggest surprise of all In my
opinion, however, Navy was Just
having etdown-which comes to
all but the greatest teams-and they
will bounce back on Saturday
against Penn
Michigan's second straight defeat,
this time by Northwestern, is fur
Their proof (if any was needed that
this is not the Michigan team of the
past two years. And out on the
West Coast, CALIFORNIA; win over
Southern California confounded
number of the experts, who put them
on the losing end of close game.
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In professional football Sundays
results were about as expected, with
one exception.
In the National League, the Wash
lngton Redskins had no trouble beat
ing the New York Bull Dogs. who
have yet to win a conference game.
But the 1921 win of the Chicago
Bears over the Philadelphia Eagles
was something of an upset.
Over in the All American Con-
terence, the Baltimore Colts, striv-
ing for their second conference win,
lost a tough one to the third-pIace
New York Yankees, when, in the
fourth quarter with the Colts in
front by score of 21-17, little fad
ed back to his own 2-yard marker
and let fly with pass. But an alert
New York lineman broke through
and intercepted before the ball even
reached the line of scrimmage. to
give the Yankees the ball on the
Colts 3-yard line, from where they
scored the winning touchdown.
In the Washington County Base
ball League final play-off series.
Smlthsburg finally came through
with a win against Williamsport on
Sunday afternoon by a score of 7-3.
and as a result the teams will have
to meet again on Sunday afternoon
on the Williamsport Diamond to de-
eide the championship.
In the Independent League final
play-off, the Antietams beat the
Sandy Hook Nine by a score of 9-8,
to even up the series at one all.
AS in the Independent League the
play-off is decided on the basis of
the best two out of three games, the
championship will be decided on
Sunday afternoon when the two
teams meet again on the Gapland
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