The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-06-21
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
BY DOUG STEWART

There was an unusual incident in
that game with Salisbury on Mon
day night that the Braves won by
a score of 10 to (for the story of
the game, see Keeping Up With
The Braves" on page 6)-Bill Allen,
the pitcher, was up to bat in four
successive innings.
In the fourth frame, in which the
team batted around, Bill led off with
a single. He led off in the fifth and
grounded out pitcher to first. Then
in the sixth, in which seven men
were up, he came to bat with one
out and. again grounded out pitcher
to first. He came right back in the
seventh frame, when eleven men
came to bat, and drew a walk. He
didn't get to the plate in the eighth,
but he was up again in the ninth
and made the third out.
The Wilmington Blue Rocks, who
were scheduled to open a twogame
series with the Braves last night,
Just about the time this weeks issue
was being delivered to the post Of
flee, have added three pitchers and
catcher to the squad within the
past week.
The catcher's name is Michael
Kondrack, who broke into the line
up in Tuesday nights game against
York
The three pitchers are: Robert
Nemes, who won his first Whining
ton start against Lancaster on Sun
day by a score Of IL to l; Richard
Delozier and Charles Brant.
That no-hitter that Jerry Minton,
of the Salisbury Athletics, pitched
against the Harrisburg Senators last
Thursday night and still lost the
game 2 to 0, was unusual in more
ways then one.
In addition to losing the no-hitter,
here's what happened:
In the sixth inning, with Harris
burg at bat, Burson hunted down the
third base line and beat the throw
to first and the official scorer ruled
that it was hit. Minton then walk
ed Henriques, the catcher, and Harr,
the pitcher, sacrificed both men
around. Joe Fuller then hit one to
DiMenna, the first baseman, who
booted the ball and Burson scored
on the error, with Henriques going
to third Bowman then flied out to
centerfeld, with Henriques scoring
after the catch. There was no fur
Their scoring and the official scorer
gave out the summary as: Harris
burg, 2R. III 0E; Salisbury, OR. 2H.
1E. --.-.
After the game was over, how
ever, the official scorer reversed the
decision on the bunt on which Bur-
son was credited with a hit, ruling
that DiMenna had dropped the throw
from the third baseman and called
it an error instead of the hit he had
previously given the batter and
changed the summary to read: Har-
risburg, 2R. OH. 0E; Salisbury, OR.
III. 2E. .-
That's really one for the book.
The sudden surge of the Chicago
White Sox, a perennial second divi-
sion ball club, to the top of the
American League, is the talk of the
country and is one of the best things
that has happened to baseball in
many a moon.
Enjoying 31a game lead over the
second-place Yankees as of Wednes-
day morning, manager Richards
team is showing no signs of weak
ening and are evidently no ''fash-in-
the-pan" ball club.
The amazing situation proves
above everything else, that it is the
will to win, and not the money mil
honaire owners can spend for bal
players, that really counts, and here's
hoping the White Sox cop the pen
nant - and the world series = ever
though I picked the Red Sox t.
HoioI, ~, 4oxo