The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-12-11
BEHIND HOME PLATE
BY H. S. Douglas

Elmer Westfall, the outfelder-
catcher who played with the Sails
bury Reds this year, was the only
active player in the Interstate
League who was drafted at the
Phoenix meeting. Westfall was TAX
en- by the Columbia, Ohio club of
the AAA American Association.
$50
Umpire Courtney, who, in my
opinion, was the best umpire in the
Interstate League, has been sold
to the International League.
Rufus Edwards, general manager
of the Hagerstown Braves, told me
on Tuesday that he had been advised
by Mr.. Nugent, president of the In
terstate League, that the New York
Giants have definitely decided to
give up their Sunbury franchises,
but they were trying to interest a
group of Sunbury people in taking
it over.
Rufus also told me that the deal
with a group of Allentown men and
the St. Louis Cardinals has practical
ly been completed and definite an
nouncement regarding it will prob
ably be made at the Interstate
League meeting in Lancaster on De
cember Is.
That is the only concrete informa-
ton have at this time, but 1 be-
lieve, as l said last week, that there
is very good chance that the
League will operate in 1858, with at
least six teams.
Among the possibilities, Rufus
tells me, are these: That the Phila-
delphia Athletics might make a full
time working agreement with Sails
bury, and that the Brooklyn Dodgers,
who formerly had a working agree
ment with Lancaster, are now con-
sidering a possibility of coming back
into the Interstate League. These, of
course, are just possibilities and per
haps something definite about them
will be announced at the Lanctser
meeting.
HagerStown High Schools varsity
basketball team lost their first game
of the season at Gettysburg on Fri
day night, after winning their open
ing game the previous week against
Williamsport High.
The Jayvees, however, made it
two in a row, beating the Gettysburg
Junior varsity without any trouble.
In the varsity game the Gettys-
burg Five were in command all the
way. They held a lead of Is to 6
at the end of the first period; % to
II at the half; 40 to 26 as the third
period ended, and added II more
points in the fourth period while the
Maroon and Gray were picking up
ten. The final score was 81 to 36.
Kuhn, Hagerstown's center, and
Springer, a forward, were the top
scorers for the Maroon and Gray
each having 9 points, while Carter,
the center, was the star of the
Gettysburg squad, coming up with
II goals and 3 foul shots for a total
of Is points.
In the Junior game, Huyett, a Ha-
gerstown guard, was the top scorer,
with 5 goals and foul shot for II
points, while Baker, a Gettysburg
guard, led his team with points.
Withstanding a terrific drive by
the Fort Hill Five in the fourth
period, the High School Varsity
team edged out their Cumberland
rivals at the High School gym on
Tuesday night by a score of so to 49,
Trailing by a point at the end of
the first period (15-14), the Maroon
and Gray bounced back in the sec
ond stanza to go ahead 80 to 20. The
Sentinels started to creep up on them
in the third period, which ended
Aba in Hagerstown's favor, and
then, in hectic last period that saw
Cumberland nearly snatch the game
out of the fire when they scored Is
points while holding Hagerstown to
9, the local lads rallied and managed
to cling to their one point margin.
Kuhn again lead in the scoring