The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-28
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
By DOUG STEWART

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For the first time since the sea-
son opened, l completely forgot to
make arrangements with Whining
ton to send me the box score of
Saturday nights game, and as you
know l have been publishing these
Saturday night box scores, due to
the fact that there being no Sunday
paper here, the Saturday night box
scores are not carried in the daily
papers.
However, through the cooperation
of Frank Colley, sports editor of
the Morning Herald, l was able to
get a copy of the box score, and
you will find it in my column,
keeping Up With the Owls" on
page 6.
Hal Keller, the Owls hard hit
ting outfielder, continues to stay
near the top in the RBI column. He
drove in four runs in a doube-head-
er at Harrisburg on Monday night
to give him a total up to that time
of 20.
The Owls, who are still on an ex-
tended road trip, come back home
tomorrow night for four-game
series with Sunbury, followed by a
three-game series with Harrisburg
Although the Hagerstown boys
are dwelling in the cellar, they have
been playing much improved ball
for the last couple of weeks and
can be expected to give a real ac-
count of themselves during this
home stay
So let's all get out to the stadium
and show the Owls that we appre-
clate the fight they are putting UP.
Woody" Wheaton, who pitched \
beautiful two-hit shut-out against
Harrisburg on Monday night in the
flrSt game of double-header, tried
an iron man stunt in the second
game when his starting pitcher was
Knocked out of the box in the sec
ond inning. But it didn't work, and
although Woody" was hit pretty
hard, he stayed in there in order to
conserve the rest of his pitching
staff.
The Charlton team in the "Y"
County Softball League really had
scare thrown into them on Sun
day afternoon, The Charlton bows,
up to Sunday, had gone through the
season indicated, and it looked as
II they were going to have an easy
time of it, as they were meeting
the Harrystown boys, who were
down near the bottom in the stand
lngs, IN a double-header.
don't know whether Harrystown
was playing over their heads, or
whether Charlton, figuring thew
mad lock, were taking it easv. but
IN any case, while they won the
oouole-header, they just managed
TO squeeze through, winning the first
game 80 and the second game IN
Last Sunday completed the regu-
lar season of the league, but there
are several rained out games to be
made up, so it will be two or three
weeks yet before the final standings
can be announced.
Last weeks issue of the Sport
ing News" had a fine story of Ted
Kapucinski, who pitched for the
Owls last year and who is now the
leading pitcher in the Williamsport
CLUB IN the Eastern League.
The story (picture and alb which
was written by Jim Sheen, states
that Ted, who has already won IS
games in l6 starts. is among the TOP
three pitchers in the Eastern League
and appears virtually certain of an
American League career within a
couple of years.
Kapucinski is owned by the De-
trolt Tigers, and it is expected that
at the end of the Eastern League
season he will go up to Detroit for
a couple of weeks.
The story also states that the
probabilities are that Ted will like
ly be assigned to either Little Rock
or Toledo for more seasoning, before
joining the pitching staff of the De-
troit Tigers.
Good luck, Ted. All your Hag-
erstown friends are pulling for you.
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