The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-09-01

The Owls are home from now I'M
til Sunday night, playing double
headers with Wilmington tonight
and tomorrow night; single game
with York on Saturday night, and
winding up the season, as far as Ha-
gerstown is concerned, with dou-
ble-header with York on Sunday
afternoon. Their final games of the
season will be played at York on
Labor Day
We are now in the waning days
of the Interstate Leagues 1949 sea-
son, with Allentown having already
cinched the pennant. But there is
still battle for the second, third
and fourth spots, with only four
games separating the second-place
Blue Rocks and the fourth-place Red
Roses. The four top teams, of course,
will get into the play-offs for the
Governors Cup.
AS was the case last year, it
looks right now as if the Cleveland
Indians are going to ruin the pen
nant hopes of the Boston Red Sox.
Just when the Red Sox were step
ping right on the Yankees heels, the
Indians popped up and knocked them
off three times in a row, and that
sure hurt.
o course, the season has another
month to go yet, and it still is a
three-way race between the Yankees,
the Red Sox and the Indians, not
overlooking the fact that the Tigers
who have come to life with ven
geance and are now only eight games
off the pace, could be right in the
picture also.
The case is a little different in the
National League, where there is
obviously a two-way race between
the Cards and the Dodgers, a race
that probably will not be decided
until right at the end of the season
but I am still predicting that the
Dodgers will win out.
There is also another exciting race
for the third and fourth spots in the
league, with only two games separ-
ating the Braves, Phillies and Giants
SOftbalI
The playoffs for the Presidents
cup in the "Y'' County Softbal
League got underway on Sunday af-
ternoon, and here are the results:
Pinesburg took two from Dargan
by scores of lis and 5-3, to assure
them a place in the finals, while
Charlton and Cearfoss split THEN
pair. Charlton won the first game
80, but Cearfoss took the second
80.
Charlton and Cearfoss will meet
on Sunday afternoon at Reservoir
Park for the rubber game, with the
winner taking on Pinesburg in the
finals on Sunday afternoon, Sep
TENDER II, in Pangborn Park at Zoo
o'clock
Over 1000 saw the game between
the Washington Girls team and the
Moose team at the Stadium on Fri
day night The gals put up real
battle, but the boys were just toe
good for them.
Congratulations to the Civilian
Club for a job we'll done.
Football
Don West, backfeld, and William
Slick, tackle, were chosen by the
players, as co-captains of the Ha-
gerstown High School football squad
for 1949
If the Chambersburg, Pa, High
School eleven doesn't have a good
season this year, it won't be for lack
of training. Last Sunday the en-
tire squad, together with their coach,
Robert Beard, and the athletic di-
rector, Lowell Schlichter, opened
their training camp at the State
Forestry School Reservation at
Mont Alto, where they will remain
until the season opens. The boys are
housed in a fine dormitory and take
all their meals at the Log Cabin at
Caledonia Park, being transported
back and forth by bus.
Incidentally, there is a good chance
that the Chambersburg eleven will
be included in Hagerstown Highs
1850 schedule.
The Cherokee Indian tribe be-
came United States citizens in 1906.