The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-11-24

Mr.. Sterling asked for and received
an extension until Wednesday, De-
cember 8, before announcing his
final decision. On that date a special
meeting of the board of directors
will be held in Baltimore, so until
then we will just have to wait and
see. This much, however, I can tell
you. Mr.. Sterling very definitely
has two other towns to which he can
take his ball club in 1850, and it is
my understanding that unless a local
group can be found-and found
quickly-who will buy the club,
there is no possibility whatever of
the Owls coming back to Hagerstown
next year.
Mr.. Nugent, president of the
League, announced officially on
Thursday that Mr.. Sterling definitely
had two towns to take the ball club
to, but that he could not divulge the
names of either of them until a de-
cision had been reached as to which
town would get the franchise.
When I asked Mr.. Nugent how they
could arrange tentative schedule
for 1850 with the final home of the
Owls still in doubt, he told me that
the tentative schedule had already
been drawn up, showing the Owls
opening their 1850 home season on
April Is against Allentown, and that
if the team remained in Hagerstown,
that game would be played here, but
in the event that the team was NOV
ed somewhere else, the schedule al
located to Hagerstown would sim
ply be moved to wherever the team
goes.
Those good people over at Smiths
burg certainly know how to do things
right.
Under the sponsorship of the
Smithsburg Recreation Association,
the members of their baseball team,
which won the play-off champion
ship of the Washington County Base
ball League, were honored at a din
ner held in the Community Hall by
the fans of the community. A bang
up turkey dinner was served by the
ladies of the Mite Society of Trim
ity Lutheran Church to a gathering
that filled the Community Hall to
capacity. Lewis Hershberger, sec
Rotary of the association, acted as
POSTMASTER and introduced the var
ious guests.
Brief talks were made by J. v.
Jamison, Jr., and Lee Staley, mem
bers of the Washington County
League board of arbitration, and by
''Wib" Davis of the Waynesboro
Record Herald, and yours truly, af-
ter, which the Rev. james Cupit,
vicar of st. Annes Episcopal Church,
Smithsburg, gave the main address.
And by the way, it was just about
one of the finest talks to an athletic
club that 1 have heard in a long
time.
Music was provided by the Mil
lers, with lots of group singing, af-
ter which the dividends of the play
off series were divided amongst the
members of the team, in which every
body, from the manager to the bat
boy, shared.
The officers of the Recreation AS
ISOLATION, who are doing a fine COM
munity job, are: Kenneth Harp, pres
ldent; Wayne McAllister, vice-pres-
ident; Lewis Hershberger, secretary;
Denton Jacques, treasurer; Howard
Newman, ticket manager; Mike New
conner, Carl Myers, Lee Davis, Reno
Harp and Lewis Hershberger, stand
ing committee.
AS has been the case all season,
college football games
produced their share of upsets, and
IN the process several prospects for
bowl bids were eliminated.
In this column last week I pre-
dicted that Ohio State would take
the measure of Michigan, and I
came pretty close to being right, as
the game ended in TT tie. AS the
result of this the two teams also
their Western Conference
schedule in tie for the lead. But
since, under the conference rules.
Michigan is not eligible this year to
90 to the Rose Bowl, the tie put
Ohio State very definitely in the run
ming for the Rose Bowl bid, with
California being the host team, and
he official announcement will prob
ably be made even before you read
his.
Another so-called upset was the
Tennessee Vols win over the Ken !