The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-08-03

schedule for the week, double plays,
and a review of the Braves games
of the past week.
When manager Dutch Dorman an
nounced his lineup for the second
game of Sundays double-header
with Sunbury, it probably was the
first time in organized ball that a
pitcher batted in the cleanup spot
and the three outfielders batted sew
enth, eighth and ninth.
Perrin, who pitched and won the
game, batted fourth, Tufano, the
centerfelder, batted seventh, Pot
tenger, playing rightfield, was eighth
and DePalma, in leftfeld, batted
ninth!
In last Thursday nights game with
Sunbury, it is interesting to note
that in Sunbury's second inning Joe
Reardon retired the side on four
pitches Merelo grounded out on
the first pitch, Karson took called
strike and then grounded out on the
second pitch, and Major flied out
on the first pitch. Then in the top
half of the eighth Dutch Romberger,
the Sunbury pitcher, did the same
thing. Tedesco swung at the first
pitch and popped up to short. Tu-
fano got one ball and then flied out
to center and Simmons swung at the
first pitch and grounded out, short
to first.
Here's another unusual occurance.
The three most important games on
Friday night all went II innings.
In our own game we pushed three
runs across the plate in the top half
of the eleventh to break "A tie;
in the Allentown-Trenton game AL
lentown came up with run in the
top half of the eleventh to break
90 tie; and in the Wilmington-Lan-
caster game Lancaster scored eight
runs in the top half of the eleventh
to break a 3-3 tie and Wilmington
scored three in the bottom half.
In connection with that Whining
ton-Lancaster game, l wonder how
long it has been since two teams
scored a total of II runs in one in
ming of an overtime game?
Al Bennett, the Braves big right
handler, who won his eleventh game
on July IL when he beat Allentown
here 10, hasn't been able to win a
game since. In July Is, at Trenton,
he pitched honey of ball game,
only to have it called under the In
ter-State curfew law at the end of
fifteen innings with the score tied
at 3-3. Then on July % he lost to
Wilmington here by a score of TO,
and lost again to Harrisburg on July
&c by another close, score, 30. His
last start was against Sunbury here
on Monday night, when he again
lost, this time by a score of S to 3.
Tonight Thursday, when York
comes in for the first of two-game
series, will be the Little Leagues
Booster Night.
Some fifty odd youngsters who
are in the league will parade into the
park in full uniform and after cir
cling the field will take their seats in
the Knot Hole Gang section to enjoy
the game. The youngsters, through
the aid of their sponsors, are pro-
viding some prizes for the occasion
and a unique stunt will be pulled
when some of the kids will be sta
toned in various sections of the
grandstand and bleachers, and will
swap" any foul balls that are hit
into the stands.
understand the youngsters will
swap the regulation balls for Little
League balls and then the kids, in
turn, will sell the regulation balls
back to the ball club and use the
money so gained for the benefit of
the League. So if you happen to be
one of those who grab a foul ball
and member of the Little League
comes up and wants to swap it for
one of their balls, be a good sport
and cooperate.
get a real kick out of listening
to the fans re-playing, over and over
again, the games that the Braves
lose and I'm no different from
the rest of them.
We grandstand managers can tell
you exactly what went wrong, when
it happened and why. Though, of
course, it is all second guessing, it
really is good thing after all, for it
shows the tremendous interest that
the fans have in the Braves Gas at
tested by the attendance of over
10000 so far this weary and their