The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-06-08

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and a review of the Braves games
for the past week.
John Quinn, general manager of
the Boston Braves; Harry Jenkins,
director of the Braves farm system;
and John Ogden, Braves scout for
this territory, were present at Tues
day nights game with Sunbury and
all three were not only high in their
praise for the fine job the manage
ment of the Hagerstown club has
done in undermining the stadium and
improving the diamond, but also
were very complimentary in their
praise of Dutch" Dorman for the
hustling ball club he so ably mana
ges. The three men also paid the
fans a fine compliment on their en-
thusiasm and support of the team.
Following the game they went into
a huddle with Gene" Raney, owner
of the club; Rufus Edwards, his gen
eral manager; and Dorman, during
which they discussed the entire pic
ture as it affected the minor clubs
that the Braves either owned out
right, or had working agreements
with, particularly as it affected the
Hagerstown club, and they assured
Mr.. Raney that whenever weakness
es developed in his club they would
do their best to strengthen them.
There was, however, no mention of
making any changes in the club at
present, which, right now, is the
hottest team in the league.
The Braves are leading the entire
league in double plays, having a total
through Tuesday nights 37th game
of AZ. While 1 do not have the latest
figures on the other teams in the
league, Wilmington, with % games
played, was the nearest to them with
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1t will be long time before you
will see three finer catches than
were made by Jesse Levan, Jay Sim
ons and Tom Astbury in Monday
nights game against Allentown.
In the second inning, Marolewski
sent a long fly to left field that Levan
took almost against the fence on the
dead run Burrichter, the next man
up, sent Texas Lacquer to short CEN
ter field that Tufano had no chance
to get, but Jay Simmons raced back
and made an almost impossible
catch. Then in the eighth, Sweder-
ske sent a short fly to right and Asst
bury came tearing in and grabbed it
within few feet of the infeld. All
three catches brought the crowd to
their feet.
The Braves pulled one of the most
unusual double plays l have ever
heard of in last Thursday nights
game at Harrisburg, with Heinbaugh
only handling the ball once but get
ting both putouts. In the fifth inn
ing, with Carrow at bat, Finn on
first and Links on second, Bradford
whirled and threw to Simmons and
Links was trapped between second
and third. In the run down Finn
moved toward second and finally
Links slid safely back to second base,
but at the identical moment that he
slid in, Finn also arrived at second,
and under the rules, Finn being the
back man, was called out by the UNI
pire. But Links then stumbled off
second and Heinbaugh, who had re-
ceived the throw from Tedesco, put
the ball on him for the second out.
The double play was scored from
Bradford to Simmons to Tedesco to
Heinbaugh.
P.S. The Harrisburg official scorer,
in putting the box score on the wire
left Heinbaugh's name out of the
double play by mistake.
In the ''Y" County Softball League
Pinesburg is still leading the pack
with a perfect recordof 10 wins and
no losses, but West End is right be-
hind them with a record of IL and
The standings, results and schedules
for Sunday will be found elsewhere
on this page.
In the Washington County Base
ball League there are three games
scheduled for tonight: Harrystown al
Boonsboro, Sharpsburg at Hancock
and Middleburg at South End
On Sunday afternoon Middleburg
plays at West End, Keedysville al
Boonsboro, Funkstown at Harrys-
town, South End at Hancock, Smiths.
burg at Gapland and Sharpsburg al
Williamsport
Two games are scheduled for Tues,