The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-03-10


in the Glass B Tri-State League, for
first baseman, Walter G. German, he
gave further proof of the statement
he made to me last fall, that he was
going all out to give Hagerstown a
winning ball club in 1949, and he
was going to do it if it meant put
ting an entirely new team on the
field.
The only members of the 1948
team that are now with the club
are Gene Crumling and Boots"
Poffenberger. Gene, of course, is
assured of his position behind the
plate as he is without doubt one
of the best catchers in the league,
and Boots" Poffenberger is also as
sured of his job, providing, of course,
that he gets-and stays-in good con-
dition.
The baseball rules committee re-
vised the pass and balk rules at a
session conducted on March at
Sarasota, Florida, by Commissioner
Chandler. Among the changes made
were:
/. In the case of the intentional
pass, the catcher must keep his feet
within the lines of the catcher's box
until the ball leaves the pitchers
hand. In case he violates this rule,
a balk shall be called. At the same
time it was decreed that the pitcher
in the act of delivering the ball must
take the position as defined in the
rules.
This will prevent the present
practice by the catchers of stepping
completely out of the box and walk
ing up the line toward first base to
receive the four balls tossed by the
pitcher.
2. A balk shall be called on a
pitcher who straddles the rubber
without the ball in his possession, or
stands in position to pitch without
the ball Also if he stands in po-
sition to pitch and drops the ball it
shall be called balk.
3. The famous webbed l''claw'
glove used by the first basemen the
past few years, which the COM
mittee felt violated all specifications
and turned the job of first basing
into lacrosse acrobatics, was out
lawed for the 1850 season. At the
same time it was ordered that pitch
ers must use dark colored gloves.
My heartiest congratulations to
Coach Sladen and every member of
the st. James School Basketball
Squad for their fine record of 10
wins against only loses during
their 1913 40 season.
1 took in the doubleheader on
Monday night between the girls and
boys teams of st. Mary's High School
and the York Springs, Pa, High
School, and while the girls were
unable to hang on to their half
time lead and came out on the
wrong end of the score, the boys
evened things up in one of the best
played high school games l have seen
in long time. All through the
game and until the last few minutes,
there was never more than two
points between the two teams, but
then the Gaels really got hot, and
in less time than it takes to tell, had
racked up three baskets to give them
an 8-point lead, but in the dying Sec
onds the Pennsylvania lads came
back and nearly upset the dope, the
game ending $685. in favor of st.
Marys.
The win gave the boys a record of
IL wins against 10 losses, and that's
a really fine record when you con-
slider that they always go up against
much bigger schools than St. Mary's.
P. S. And in those last few seconds
Father Dausch really walked the
floor.
The boys made it 1910 on Tues
day night, when they beat the st.
Andrews CYO Five, of Waynesboro,
in another thriller, by a score of 40
to 38.
There was all kinds of excite
ment up at Raney's Coliseum on
Thursday night.
First of all, Margaret Hess, of the
Mars team in the Eastern Star
League, had a score of better than
100 in the first five frames, and she
looked a cinch to break Norma
Musey's all-league record of 1862.
But the breaks went against her in
the last five, and she had to be con-
tent with a game of al, which by
the way is a record for the Eastern
Star League, and score that is not
To he Snaezad at nv anyone