The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-06-22
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
By DOUG STEWART

0GN hhNCphtS Up WIN AhC
Braves" page 8, for the Interstate
League standings, postponed games,
schedules for the week, plays,
and review of the Braves games
of the past week, including the box
score of Saturday nights game at
Sunbury
The terrific rhubarb in the fourth
inning of Friday nights game with
Lancaster, in which Umpires DON
ahue and Bolla thumbed six of the
Lancaster players out of the park,
really had its beginning in Thurs
day nights game. Here is the full
story:
During Thursday nights game,
Wade, the centerfielder, held up the
game for sometime when he claimed
there was something the matter
with his glove and he had to go
back to the dugout and get another
one. Then on Friday night he pull
ed the same trick again, this time
claiming that he had broken a shoe
lace. But Umpire Danahue, re-
membering the Thursday night
episode, called to Manager Head and
went with him right into the Lam
caster dugout and ordered Wade to
get to his position in hurry and
few words were said over that.
Then the real explosion came in the
bottom half of the fourth With
Astbury on third and Soscia on first,
Bennett fouled out to the catcher,
Bareford. Bareford, after making
the catch, asked Donahue to call
time but, of course, that would have
been against the rules since the ball
was still in play, emitting the run
ners to advance at their own risk
after the foul was caught, and that's
exactly what happened. Soscia
broke for second and then Astbury
broke for home, and finally Asst
bury was tagged out in the run
down, but Soscia pulled up at third.
Then the fun started. The whole in
field charged on the two umpires
and Wade also got into the act, and
as a result both Wallis, the first
baseman, and Wade were thumbed
out of the game.
Then things quoted down until the
inning was over, but at the begin
ming of the top half of the fifth,
as Lancaster came to bat, three of
the pitchers in the Lancaster dug
out started giving Donahue the works
and he went over and thumbed the
three of them out of the game. To
wind things up, Glica, who struck
out in the inning, really put on an
act when the third strike was called
on him and he became the sixth man
to be thrown out.
The tight race in the "Y" County
Softball League continues, with
Pinesburg on top, but they are just
one game ahead of West End, while
Harrystown and Friendly Market
are tied for third place, three games
off the pace.
The standings, results of Sundays
games and the schedule for Sunday
afternoon will be found elsewhere
on this page.
There is another really tight race
in the Washington County Baseball
League, with Middleburg and Will
Transport tied for the lead, each
having record of 10 wins and 2
losses, while Boonsboro and Gapland'
are in another tie for third place,
just half game from the top two.
Here's the schedule for this week:
TOnight-Gapland at South End and
West End at Hancock.
Tomorrow Neutrality-suspicious. at
Middleburg.
Sunday ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS at
South End; West End at Funks-
town; Harrystown at Hancock;
Smithsburg at Keedysville; Gap
land at Sharpsburg: and Will
Transport at Middleburg.
The Hagerstown Little League re-
ceived a fine write-up in the ma
tional bulletin of the organization
recently. The article stated that the
Hagerstown League might well be
the model Little League community
of the nation. The story gave full
publicity to the fine work being
done by the officials of the Little
League, particular mention being
made of the new Ladies' Auxiliary.
A camera that will take pictures