The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-11-01
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
By DOUG STEWART

The Maroon and Gray of Hagers-
town High will play their third home
game of the season at the stadium
tomorrow night, when they meet
Montgomery Blair. Game time will
be 800 o'clock.
After having their win streak
broken at Cumberland on Friday
night, the boys will be out to put
this one in the win column. So let's
all get out and cheer them on.
The University of Maryland after
a slow first quarter against LSU on
Saturday night, really started to roll
in the second quarter and came up
with a convincing q to victory.
On Saturday afternoon they will
be back at College Park to meet Mis-
souri, and l look for them to keep
their win streak intact.
Moving up to fourth place in this
weeks AP poll, Coach Tatum's boys,
unless the unexpected happens-and
we've got to admit that it's happen
ing every Saturday-should be a
cinch to get bid to the Sugar Bowl.
While I am not overly interested
in professional football, I must adj
nit that I got a real kick out of the
Washington Redskins successive
wins over the Chicago Cardinals and
the Philadelphia Eagles, under the
coaching of Dick Todd.
l don't profess to be football ex-
pert, but it's pretty obvious that the
reason the Redskins were fioundering
around when Ball was their head
coach was because he insisted on US
ing the T formation, from which
Sammy Baugh always had difficulty
in getting away his passes.
When Todd took over two weeks
ago, the first thing he did was to
get his team back on the Double
Wing; switch Gilmer from offense
to defense; and turn the quarter
backing over to Sammy Baugh-and
the result speaks for itself.
Todd's big test will come on Sun
day against the Chicago Bears, and
whether the Redskins win or lose, l
feel pretty sure that they will put
up a real battle.
l don't know whether the poor
attendance at a boxing show held
here some weeks ago, and also the
poor attendance at the Merchants
Football Game at the stadium on
Sunday afternoon, are indications
that Hagerstown sports fans are not
interested in boxing or semi-pro
football, but l do know that the
publicity for both events was pretty
bad. The only information that l
had about the boxing show was what
1 read in the Morning Herald and
the only news l got about the Mer-
chants football game was what l
read in the Daily Mail.
My paper got no information
whatever from either of the promot-
ers, and also listen to Glenn
Thomas sports program over WEI
every night, but can't remember
hearing anything about the boxing
show or the football game on that
program or any other program.
I've handled a good many sports
events and have never passed up a
chance of getting my story before
the public.
Understand that l am not blaming
either Frank Colley, sports editor of
the Morning Herald or Dick Kelly,
sports editor of the Daily Mail, but 1
certainly blame whoever was sup
posed to handle the publicity for
the fights and football games for do
ing mighty poor job.
Over in Waynesboro the publici-
ty man for the Waynesboro Tigers
doesn't lose a chance of getting the
story of his team across to the public
and as result it has become one of
the most popular teams in this sec
ton of the country. So don't blame
the Hagerstown fans for not turning
out to sports events, when the pro-
motors don't take the trouble to take
advantage of every angle of publicity
that is open to them.
Many man saves everything but
his soul.
RUBBER STAMPS