The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-09-08

their dOuDleheader on thursday
night, Hagerstown winning the first
game TO, and Wilmington taking
the second one 81.
First Game
Woody" Wheaton pitched the sew
en-inning opening game and set the
Blue Rocks down with two hits, a
double by Mccullough in the third
frame after two were out, and a
single by Mathews in the fourth, al
so with two away. Keller was be-
hind the plate, and Hidden was in
right field
Moon" Smullen (the losing
pitcher), a left handler, started for
Wilmington, but didn't get through
the first inning and Pat Mccullough
relieved him and went the rest of
the way. Oswald did the catching.
The Owls sewed the game up in
the first frame when they came
through with five runs. Dykes, the
first man up, beat out a hit to first,
and then Smullen walked CHASER
and Kelly to fill the bases. Hal Kel-
Ter then stepped to the plate and
slammed triple to the fagpole in
center field, scoring Dykes, Chaser
and Kelly and bringing Halls RBI
total up to 95
That was all for Smullen, and Nc
Cullough went to the mound. Helm
baugh greeted him with single to
right, scoring Keller with the fourth
run of the inning. Then, after Hix-
son had sacrificed Heinbaugh to sec
ond and Harbaugh had taken a third
called strike, Hiden got the fourth
hit, single to left, sending Helm
baugh across the plate with run No.
s. Wheaton, the ninth man up,
flied out to right to end the inning.
That was all the scoring until the
bottom half of the third, when two
| hits plus two errors gave the Owls
two more runs. Heinbaugh, the first
man up,singled to left and went to
second when Tesauro, after fielding
the ball, made a bad throw. Hix-
son was up next, and he singled to
left, with Heinbaugh stopping at
third Harbaugh then grounded to
Mathews at second, who made a
wild throw trying to get Heinbaugh
at the plate, with the result that on
the error Heinbaugh scored, Hix-
son went to third and Harbaugh
pulled up at second Hidden was up
next, and he flied out to center for
the first out of the inning, with Hix-
son scoring after the catch. Wheat
on then went out to first unassisted,
and Dykes grounded out short to
first to end the inning. MCCULLOUGH
pitched shutout ball in the last three
frames
Summary Wilmington, OR. I'll. Be.
LOB 4; Hagerstown, 7R. III. 0E.
LOB 3.
Second Game
George Bird went the route in the
nine-inning second game and pitch
ed shut-out ball in every inning but
the fourth, when the Blue Rocks
scored all their runs. Crumling was
behind the plate and Keller was back
at his regular position in right field.
Bob Green, right handler, went
the route for the Blue Rocks, and
he also pitched shut-out ball in eight
of the nine innings, the Owls get
ting their lone run in the second.
Oswald was again behind the plate.
After both teams had gone down
1928 in the first inning, the Owls
took one-run lead in the top half
of the second. With one away, Helm
baugh was safe at first when Math-
ews booted his grounder. Hixson
was up next, and he singled to right,
sending Heinbaugh to third. Har-
baugh, the next man up, grounded
to Romello at short, with Heinbaugh
scoring on the play and Hixson NOV
ing to second. Then when Daven-
port, the first baseman, dropped Ro-
mello's throw, Harbaugh was safe
at first on the error. Crumling end
ed the inning by hitting into a dou-
BILE play.
The Blue Rocks won the game in
the fourth Bird walked Romello
and Whalen, the first two men to
face him. Woods was up next, and
he laid down sacrifice bunt in front
of the plate, advancing both run
ners, and was safe at first himself
when Crumling booted the ball,
filling the bases. Davenport then
| flied to left, with Romello scoring
after the catch, and the other two
runners holding up. Mathews then
singled to right, scoring Whalen with
the second run, with Woods stopping