The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-02-08

The big news at the annual meet
ing of the Board of Directors of the
Interstate League, held in Trenton
on Monday afternoon, was the an
nouncement by George W. Smith,
new owner of the Trenton team, that
John Bunny" Grifiths, manager of
the Hagerstown Club in 1947 and
1948 and prior to that manager of
the York Club for three years, has
been named manager of the Trenton
team. Bunny, who has always been
popular in the Interstate League, re-
ceived fine hand when he was in
troduced at the annual Sportwriters'
and Broadcasters' banquet, held in
the evening.
Other items of interest cleaned at
the meeting were:
The Trenton team, which has
working agreement with the Phila-
delphia Athletics, is all set except
for a playing field. Following the
announcement by the New York
Giants last fall that they were NOV
ing to Sunbury, the owners of Dunn
field leased it to a developer on a
long term lease. Gerry Nugent,
president of the league stated, how
ever, that it was almost certain that
the new lessee would rent the sta
dunn to the Trenton club, at least
for the 1851 season, and the final
word regarding it is expected within
the next few days. In the event,
however, of a slip-up, Mr.. Smith
will move his team to perhaps Sails
bury, Md. or Patterson, N. j., but in
either case the team would remain
in the Interstate League.
While the York team will operate
as an Independent club, it will have
a gentleman's agreement with the
Washington Senators, who have al
ready turned over ten players to the
club and has promised more during
the spring training period and will
also help the club bolster weak
spots during the season. The York
club, which will be managed by Joe
Bowman, former major league
pitcher, will do its spring training
at the Washington Senators farm
training camp in Florida.
The league will operate this year
with eight umpires Gall of whom
were in the league last year,. Tom
Murphy will continue as umpire-in-
chief, but this year will officiate reg
ularly, instead of, as in the past
being the ninth official.
The season will open on Wednes-
day night, April Is, with Hagers-
town playing at Lancaster on the
25th and Goth. The Braves first
home game will be on Friday night,
April 27, against Sunbury. There
will be 140 games played as usual
GO at home and 20 on the road,
with the season ending on Labor
Day, Monday, September 3.
The All-Star game will be played
on Monday, July 9, with Tuesday,
July 10, as rain date. The game
will be played in the home park of
the club leading the league in attend
ance as of July 1. One team will
be picked by the fans from players
on the Wilmington, Allentown, Tren-
ton and Lancaster Clubs, and will
be known as the West team. The
opposing team, which will be known
as the East team, will be picked by
the fans from players of the York,
Harrisburg, Sunbury and Hagers-
town Clubs.
The Interstate Sportwriters' and
Broadcasters' Association also held
their annual meeting and election of
officers on the same day.
Frank Colley, sports editor of the
Morning Herald, was elected presi-
dent, succeeding Ivy Kaufman, of
the Wilmington NewS-Journal. This
is the second time Frank has been SO
honored, having first been elected
president of the association back in
1912. The new vice president is Mike
Kane, of Radio Station WKOK, Sun
bury, Pa, who succeeds Johnny
VanSant, of Radio Station WSAN,
Allentown, Pa, and yours truly was
reelected secretary treasurer.
The association voted to hold its
1852 banquet at Harrisburg.
In the evening, the association
held its seventh annual banquet in
the ballroom of the Stacy Trent Ho-
tel, at which the guest speaker was
George M. Trautman, Commissioner
of Minor League Baseball.
Arrangements for the banquet
were handled by the Trenton Chap
ter of the Association and they did
a bang-up job, coming up with one