The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-09-07
Keeping Up With The Braves
By Doug Stewart

back to the mound and Pair went
down to second. 1t was charged as
an error against Pottenger. Major
then popped UP to zinn to retire the
side.
Sunburys third and final run
came in the top half of the seventh.
Juliano, the first man up, grounded
to Lind at short, who made wild
throw to first and Juliano went all
the way to second on the error.
Busa, when went to the mound for
Sunbury in the fifth, followed with
a double to left, scoring Juliano and
at this point Dorman pulled Perrin
and sent in Bradford, who got AS
promonte on a pop to Tedesco for
the first out Then, with two left
handlers coming to bat, Dorman
yanked Bradford and sent in
Charlie Higham who got Zubrinski
on strikeout and then uncorked
wild pitch, sending Busa to third.
Magliolo walked, but Higham set
tied right down again and forced
Pair to hit a grounder to Lind at
short, who threw him out at first to
retire the side and end the game.
Summary: Sunbury 3R. 8H 0E. z
Left; Hagerstown AR. 5H. 2E. 4 Left.
Second Game
Al Bennett went the route in the
nine-inning second game to become
the first pitcher on the Hagerstown
squad to win Is games Che has lost
y. Terrell was behind the plate
through the ninth inning, when he
was taken out for pinch hitter and
Pottenger caught the last inning.
Joe Colone also went the route
for Sunbury and Karson was his
catcher.
Sunbury took two-run lead in
the top half of the fourth. Zubrin-
ski, the first man up, singled to cen
ter and went to second on Magliolo's
single to the same spot. Then, with
Pair at bat, Bennett was charged
with a balk, sending Zubrinski to
third and Magliolo to second. Pair
singled to center scoring both run
ners. Littrell was up next and he
grounded to Bennett, who threw to
Lind and Pair was forced at sec
ond, and when Pair came in on the
left side of the bag and deliberate
ly slid into Lind, who took an aw-
full fall, Umpire Murphy, who was
right on top of the play, invoked the
new double play rule and Littrell
was automatically out at first.
Merelo then grounded to Harbaugh
for the third out.
Hagerstown scored a run in the
bottom half to make the score 81
Sudbury. With one away, Glunt sin
gled to left and went to second when
Merelo booted the ball and Perrin
went in to run for him. Rocky
Tedesco then came through with
clean single to center scoring Pere-
mi, but he went out trying to steal
second. Harbaugh then flied out to
retire the side.
The Braves tied it up in the sixth
when, with two away, Burgett beat
out hit to deep short and Perrin,
who had taken over in rightfield,
scored him with a double to left.
Tedesco went down swinging for the
third out.
Both teams scored twice in the
eighth.
In the top half Zubrinski singled
to left, but was forced at second
by Magliolo, who then stole second.
Pair followed with single to right
with Magliolo stopping at third But
when linn, who had taken PERMITS
relay, threw wild to third Magliolo
scored on the error. Pair raced for
third on the wild throw. but Ted
esco recovered the ball and threw
to Lind, covering third. who put it
on Pair as he slid in. But. the UNI
pire ruled that linn had thrown be-
yond the white line going between
the end of the bleachers and the
light tower near third base, entitl-
ing Pair to two bases from the be-
ginning of the play and he was au-
tomaticallly safe at third. Pair was
hurt on the play and had to be TAX
en- out of the game and Busa went
in to run for him. Littrell was UP
next and he grounded to Tedescc
! who held Busa on third and then
threw Littrell out at first. But
Merelo came through with a sin
gle to center, sending Busa across
the plate with the second run Of
the inning. Major then grounded tc
Bennett, who threw him out at first
In the bottom half, with one
away, Levan doubled to left. Bur
gett then beat out a grounder back