The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-13

The annual fall meeting of the
Interstate League and the Sports
writer's and Broadcasters' Associa-
ton will be held at York on Mon
day.
Needless to say, l will be there,
and in next weeks issue | will give
you a full account of what took
place. There is good possibility
that out of the league meeting may
come some definite information re-
garding the status of the Harris
burg Senators and the Wilmington
Blue Rocks.
There is a question as to whether
the Harrisburg Club will be able to
make a go of it and l imagine the
Board of Directors of the League
will want a definite answer from
Harrisburg at this meeting. In the
event that Harrisburg drops out, |
understand that there are at least
three other cities who want to come
in, so regardless of what Harrisburg
does it looks as if we will have an
eight team league next year.
The only question regarding the
Blue Rocks is whether or not they
will remain in Wilmington, or move
their franchises to another city. This
too, l expect will be decided at next
Mondays meeting.
AS far as the Sportswriters' and
Broadcasters' Associations meeting
is concerned, the big question to be
decided is where the 1858 annual
banquet will be held. At our Feb
ruary meeting, held here on the day
of the 1852 banquet, Mr. Dix, pres
ident of the Allentown Club, init
mated that the 1853 banquet would
be held in Allentown sometime in
February and we are hoping that
this will be definitely settled during
Mondays meeting.
This evening, Gene Raney, owner
of the Hagerstown Braves, and Ru-
fus Edwards, his general manager,
will meet with a representative
citizens group of the community to
talk over plans for next year.
AS you know, the attendance fell
away off this year, resulting in the
club finishing in the red and it is
hoped that during tonight's meet
ing that plans can be made for an
advanced season ticket sale, so that
the club can be assured of sub
stantial number of paid admissions
before the season opens.
This plan of selling general adj
mission books for a given number of
home games has worked successfully
in other cities and feel sure that it
can be put over here too.
For three straight years now Gene
Raney has given the Hagerstown fans
a winning ball club but, with the eX-
ception of the big 1850 season-that
was when Gene took over the ball
club to keep the franchises in Hag-
erStown-the attendance has steadi-
ly fallen off.
In round figures, the 1851 attend
ance was 10000 less than in 1850
and this years paid admissions
the year that the Braves not only
won the pennant but also the Gov
ernor's Cup-was, believe it or not,
10000 below 1880
1t does not takke a philadelphia
lawyer" to figure out that this drop
in attendance has forced Gene Raney
to dig deep into his pocket to keep
the club going and even though he
is a comparatively wealthy man,
there is a limit to the amount of
money he can afford to lose on his
ball club.
Although the fighting Irish of
Notre Dame covered themselves with
glory on Saturday afternoon when
they upset the fourth-ranking Okla
homa, 81 to 81, the unsung hero was
J. D. Roberts, Oklahoma'S 225-pound
junior guard, who was thrown out
of the game late in the second quar-
ter when, after being blocked from
behind by Menil Mavraides, Notre
Danes right guard, turned around
and swung his elbow, that caught
Mavraides in the stomach.
After the game was over, Roberts
walked into Notre Danes locker
room and apologized to Coach Leahy
and followed that up by personally
apologizing to every member of the
Notre Dame squad.
That, in my book, was fine ex-
ample of true craftsmanship.
The Hagerstown High School
Hubs close their 1852 season at the
stadium tomorrow night when they
meet the unbeaten Frederick Cadets.
Kick off time will be 800 o'clock
and the stadium should be packed.