The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-06-01
BEHIND
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BY DOUG STEWART

See Keeping Up With The
Braves" page 6, for the Interstate
League standings, postponed games,
schedule for the week, double plays,
and a review of the Braves games
for the past week, including box
scores of the Saturday and Mon
day games.
While / am tickled to death at
the fine showing of our Braves, 1
am disturbed for fear they might be
getting overconfident 1t must not
be forgotten that we still have 108
more games to play and that the
games are going to get tougher and
tougher as the other teams streng-
then their weak spots
While it is perfectly true that we
have been getting a lot of breaks
during these early days in the sea-
son, the boys should remember that
they owe the fact that they have
been in a position to take advant-
age of these breaks to the heads
up coaching of their manager, who
in my book has no equal in the
league. am not taking a thing
away from the team, who most of
the time have been playing heads
up baseball, but there is nothing
that will hurt winning team so
much as overconfdence. There is
an old saying in baseball that is
pretty good one-A team that won't
be beat, can't be beat. And there
is another saying that is just as
true-A team that thinks it can't
be beat, will be beat.
/ have stated before in this col
umn that l am not singing out in
dividual players, because / feel that
it is the work of the team as a whole
that is keeping us on top, but I do
want to say that 1 feel that Charlie
Heinbaugh is very much improved
ball player. When l saw him at
spring training at Myrtle Beach. I
frankly doubted if he would make
the team, but he has got his chance
and he certainly is doing fine job.
There is quite bit of discussion
going on in the Interstate League
regarding the attendance, which,
with the exception of HagerstoWn,
is very poor. Al Cartwright, sports
editor of the Wilmington News Jour
nal, lays a lot of the blame squarely
on the shoulders of the Philadelphia
Phillies, who incidentally own the
Wilmington club.
Cartwright, in his column, states
that the special excursions which
the Phillies are putting on are pull
ing away crowds from the Whining
ton games by the hundreds and also
from other towns in the Interstate
League, and | also understand that
Harrisburg is feeling the pinch, not
only from the Phillies excursions,
but also from the broadcasting of
the Phillies and Athletics games.
Don't be surprised if the. whole
matter is dumped in the lap of Com
missioner Chandler before long,
The Today race meet got off to a
fine start on Tuesday, with more than
10000 racing fans present for open
ing day, eight-card program.
Despite the off track, caused by the
heavy rains, the nags - for once -
ran true to form, with seven favor
ties winning to the delight of the
chalk players, with Regalbuto boot
ing home three favorites in row,
including Grand Mars, winner of the
feature race, the Bester Memorial
Handicap.
The meet will continue through
Saturday, June 10, with Monday
being an off day,
General manager Roger Hershey
and his associates had the plant in
fine shape and the big crowd got
their bets down without any undue
delay
The Hagerstown High School base
ball team added another win to their
impressive record on Tuesday night
at the stadium, when they beat Fort
Hill High by a score of 4 to 0. Hemp
hill pitched beautiful game, allow
ing only one hit and striking out
twelve.
In the Y County Softball League
Pinesburg continues to show the
way with a perfect record of eight
wins against no losses, but West End
and Harrystown are right behlno
them. You will find the standings
scores and schedule elsewhere or
this page.