The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-07-05
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
BY DOUG STEWART

Ever since the loyalty of 3,165
citizens of Washington County, by
buying tickets for, and attending Sat-
urday nights game with Allentown,
assured Hagerstown of being the
host city for the Interstate League
All-Star game, to be played at the
stadium on Monday night, July 9, at
8:15 p. m, have been besieged
with inquiries about the big game.
Here is all l can tell you at the
present time:
Rufus Edwards, general manager
of the Braves, advised me just be-
fore going to press that the regular
price of admission - Use - will be
charged, and reserved seats, as usual,
will be $1.00. He also informed me
that the reserved seats will go on
sale tomorrow (Friday) morning at
the Hagerstown News Agency on the
Square.
Unfortunately, he was unable to
give me the lineup of either of the
two teams, so you will just have to
watch the daily papers, or listen to
the radio stations, to get that in
formation.
While Ray Bortz and Lloyd
Freund, in the early days of the sea-
son, played their hearts out, alter
mating at second base, it was obvious
that a more experienced second
baseman was needed, just as it was
obvious that the club needed-and
got in Jim Solt - an experienced
first-string catcher.
Through June 4, with 40 games
played, the Braves had completed 81 i
double plays Now let's take look
at what happened after Jimmy linn
joined the club on June S and took
over the second-base chores.
Well here's the answer: Through
Sunday, with SO games played, the
boys had completed SO double plays. |
In other words, the team came up
with 81 double plays in the first 40
games played, but after linn joined
the club they put together 81 in the
next % games.
An experienced player sure makes
a difference, doesn't it?
And while on the subject of double |
plays, you will go long time before
you will see a more unusual one
than the one Billy Smith, Tommy
Lind and Charlie Miller came up
with in the first game of Sundays |
double-header with Allentown.
With Elser on first, Hertwick hit
a grounder between first and sec
ond. Smitty, raced over, speared
the ball and fired it to Lind, forcing
Elser at second. Charlie Miller, on
his toes, seeing that Smith could not
possibly get back to first after MAX
ing the throw, tore over and covered
first in time to grab Lind's return
and beat Hertwick to the bag to
complete the double play.
Congratulations to Bobby Teller,
who is making a real comeback with +
Cleveland after a couple of rather
lean years, on getting his third no
hit game against Detroit on Sunday
afternoon, thus becoming the first
major league pitcher of modern
times to accomplish the feat.
Walter Haight, well-known turf
reporter of the Washington Post"
sports staff, will, 1 understand
handle the public address system at
the Hagerstown races this year.
Walter is doing a bang-up job as
announcer at the Charles Town races
and Eldred Rinehart, president of
the Fair Board and general manager
of our race meet, is to be congratu-
lated on securing Haight for the
meeting.
Work on the new grandstand is
rapidly nearing completion and Mr..
Rinehart assures me that everything
will be ready for opening day.