The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-10-26
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
BY DOUG STEWART

ket on winning the ''Y" County SOFT
ball League championship.
In one of the best games played IN
the league all season (see complete
story of the game elsewhere on this
paeel. Friendly Market won the
third and final game of the playoffs
from Pinesburg by score of to y.
This winds up the leagues season,
except for the annual banquet and
presentation of awards, the date OF
which will be announced shortly.
The Washington County Baseball
League and the Independent League
continued their playoff games sun
day afternoon.
In the Independent League, Sc
curitv beat out the Redbirds 9 to U,
to even the series. The third and
final game will be played on Sunday
afternoon.
In the County League, Keedysville
evened the count with Williamsport
bv winning the second game OF the
plavoffs by a score of 10 to 5. The
third game of the best three-out-ot-
five series will be played at Williams
port Sunday afternoon.
Whether or not the HagerstoWn
High Hubs have just good team,
or a really great one, will be decided
at the stadium tomorrow night, when
thew take on the hard hitting, high
scoring. Fort Hill eleven of Cumber-
land High.
Coach Mel Henry has brought the
squad along steadily and there is nc
question that they will be in there
nitching tomorrow night with every
thing they have. While the record
of the two teams favor Fort Hill,
believe the scrappy youngsters from
Hagerstown High will come out OF
top. but it will probably be plent,
close.
Saturday afternoon saw still NOR
natterns woven into 1950's footba
Crazy Quilt.
The University of Maryland, rank
ed the eighth team in the nation, we
slapped down by North Carolir
State, and Navy defeated the Un
versity of Southern California IL
...s,, ~ fIoo concOn
But perhaps the biggest upset
the day was UCLA's win over pr
viously undefeated Stanford, by
score of 81 to T.
It now becomes evident that Not
Dame, for the first time in yea
does not have championship callb
team. When Purdue knocked the
over a couple of weeks ago it rank
Eat that time) as one of the greatt
upsets in college football, but w
Leahy's boys just squeezing by i
lane and then being thoroughly be
en- by Indiana on Saturday, 1t
velops that it was not an upset at
all and this is borne out by the +
that Purdue, after beating the Fig
ing Irish, lost to both Miami UNIV
sity and Iowa.
l am certainly glad that the
TONS sports writers have finS
Weakened up to the fact that Ar
despite it's win record, does not,
in my opinion hasn't for long tt
rate as the nations number
football team.
I don't believe there is M;
college football team that year a
wear sets up the weak schedule
Army does and, until such time
they are willing to set up sche'
that compares with such team:
Notre Dame and Navy, to men
just couple, they will never rat
top, regardless of how many ga
they win.
Back in the early days of pr'
sional football the New York q
were one of the big teams and it
now as if they have come into
own again.
While many national sports
ers made excuses for the Cleve
Browns when the Giants beat
early in the season, there wa
question of the Giants SUPERIOR
Sunday afternoon, when they ha
the Browns their second loss.