The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-09
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
BY ii. S. DOUGLAS

Although l have nothing official to
report, / understand that two local
men have about completed arrange
ments to buy Gene Raney's' bowling
alleys at 140 West Washington
Street and there is possibility that
the deal may have been closed yes
terday.
Gene told me sometime ago that,
because of his health, he wanted to
sell the bowling alleys so that he
could devote his entire time to his
business interests in Montgomery
County and his pet project, 'The
Hagerstown Braves"
At exactly 1855 on Tuesday after
noon, the greatest of all the World
Series came to an end, with the
Yankees winning the seventh and
final game by a score of to 2.
The thrill-packed series, particu-
larly the last three games, beggars
all description. AS you have read
or heard, sportswriters and radio
and television broadcasters found
themselves at a loss for words to
describe the thrill administration
and perhaps the best description I
heard came from the lips of Mel AL
len, who shared the television broad
casts with RED" Barber, who said,
during the seventh game, that the
game had gone beyond being tense
and had now become past tense"
It is useless for me at this late date
to go into details and descriptions of
the various games, since they have
all been fully covered in the daily
papers, over the radio and on tele-
vision, but l would like to say that
throughout the series I have never
seen, or heard, a World Series in
which two teams were more evenly
matched.
/ think all students of baseball will
admit that the Yankees had the best
pitching staff and l think they will
also admit that the Dodgers were
their superiors at bat and on the
field and to me this once again proves
something l have always believed,
that a ball club that has the best
pitching has distinct edge, particu-
larly in short series.
was pulling for the Dodgers, not
only through the regular season, but
all through the series, and although
they lost out after battling the
Yankees RICH down to the wire, I
don't think anyone could say they
were disgraced.
Two great managers met in a titan
struggle and Casey Stengel came out
on top because he had the pitchers
who were able to go in when the
chips were down and put out the
fire
And so another World Series goes
down in history, but I don't believe
there will be another like it for
many, many years to come.
P.S. For the sake of this old tick
er of mine, I'm sure glad that it is
finally over.
In a game that was in doubt until
the final whistle blew, the Hagers-
town Hubs beat the Allegany High
Eleven on Friday night by a score of
z to 0, in the last quarter. I wasn't
able to get to Cumberland for the
game, but l am told by those who
were there that both teams played
on almost even terms.
The Allegany boys had their first
tough break when a touchdown was
called back due to a penalty and
their second bad break came in the
last quarter when a 15-yard penalty
for unnecessary roughness put the
ball in position for the Hubs to score
their lone touchdown of the game.
1t was one of those games, apparent
ly, that was great to win and tough
to lose.
Mel Henry's boys do not play this
week, but the Municipal Stadium
should be packed to overlooking on
Friday night, October II, when they
meet the strong Martinsburg team,
reported to be one of the best in the
conference.
Congratulations to the Hagerstown
Rams on winning their first home
game on Sunday afternoon, but it
was too bad that there was such a
small crowd present.
Luther Broom and his associates
have done everything they can to
provide the fans of Hagerstown and
Washington County with real team
and it certainly seems to me that the
fans could give them much better
support than they did at their open
ing game.