The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-11-01

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half at Cumberland on Friday night,
when each side scored a touchdown,
the Maroon and Gray were unable to
get going in the second half and lost
the game by a score of 20 to 6.
The Hubs only score came on a
beautiful 66-yard run by Leo Burke
over right tackle, seconds before the
first quarter ended Fort Hill tied
it up just before the whistle sound
ed for the end of the half and then
scored touchdowns in the third and
fourth quarters, to put the game on
ice.
First Quarter
Hagerstown won the toss and
elected to receive. Lee kicked to
the Hubs 25-yard line and Burke re-
turned the punt to the SO. After
Spence had picked up yards to the
35, Burke made first down on Fort
Hills AZ on the next play. Burke
was thrown for a 1-yard loss on an
attempted pass play, but Spence, on
two tries, got the Hubs second first
down on Fort Hills 81. Clancy
then lost 8 yards, but Burke picked
up Z to put the ball on the 33, from
where Spence picked up the third
first down, being stopped on the
Fort Hill 23-yard line. On tries at
the line, CLANCY, Burke and Spence
were all stopped cold and when
Burke's fourth down pass to Schoen
was knocked down by White, Fort
Hill took over on their own 23-yard
line.
The Cumberland boys, on tries,
made it first and ten on the SO and
an off-side against the Hubs moved
the ball to the 38. White then car
ried the ball to the 46 for Fort Hills
second first down. Still charging
hard through the line, the Sentinels,
on 2 plays, moved to Hagerstown's
A giving them first downs in
row, but on the next series of downs,
after Fort Hill had picked up g yards,
the Hubs stopped them cold on
fourth down and took over on their
own 81.
On the first play from scrimmage
Burke broke over right tackle and
eluding three would-be tacklers,
broke into the clear and raced 66
yards for the first score of the game.
Gossard's kick for the extra point
was blocked and the score was Hag-
erstown 6, Martinsburg 0.
Burke then kicked to the Sen
tinel's 15-yard line and the ball was
returned to the 81 as the quarter
ended.
Second Quarter
After changing sides, Slime drop
ped back to his 25-yard line and cut
loose with perfect pass to White,
who grabbed it on the Hubs 80,
where he was Immediately tackled.
An offside penalty against the Sen
tinels moved the ball back to the
Hubs IS. Then, after losing three
yards, they tried another pass that
fell incomplete and were forced to
kick, but Comstock broke through
to block the punt and the Hubs took
over on their own 40-yard line.
An offside penalty set the Hubs
back five yards, but Burke, on the
next play, handed off to Noel Spence,
who raced 10 yards before being
tackled and Hagerstown had its
fourth first down on Cumberland's
46. But the Sentinels' defense stiff
fened at that point and Burke was
forced to kick. The Sentinels took
the punt on their Vineyard line and
ran it back to the % A line buck
gave them two yards and then, af-
ter a pass attempt failed, Slime, on
third down, quick kicked to the Hubs
81. On three stabs at the line,
Spence made the Hubs fifth first
down on their As. Burke picked up
two yards and then handed off to
Spence, who smashed through for
another first down to the SentineIs'
As.
After being penalized back to mid
field for backfeld in motion, Burke
shot a 40-yard pass, intended for
Parks, who made a great try for the
ball and just missed it. Another
five-yard penalty set the Hubs back
to their own As. Breaking out in
spread formation, Burke tried
screen pass, but Page intercepted it
and was downed on Hagerstown's
At.
Ferris then comn1eted q -1ono noce