The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-16
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
BY II. S. DOUGLAS

All roads lead to the stadium to-
morrow night, when the Hagerstown
Hubs meet the Martinsburg Bull
dogs in the Hubs first home game of
the season. My advice to you is to
get down there early as this game
ought to be a sellout
The Hubs will be out to protect
four-game winning streak, while the
Bulldogs, who lost their first game
and then went on to win three
straight, will be trying for number
four. The Martinsburg wins includ-
ed a q to 20 victory over the strong
Fort Hill team of Cumberland, and
81 to 0 win over Charles Town.
Both teams will enter the game at
full strength and while expect the
game to be close, l am giving the
nod to the Hubs.
What was to have been the decid-
ing game between Boonsboro and
Williamsport, for the championship
of the Washington County League,
ended in stalemate on Sunday af-
ternoon when darkness forced the
umpires to call the game at the end
of nine innings, with the score tied
3-3.
This means that the two teams will
meet again on Sunday afternoon to
decide the championship.
| received a telephone call from
Luther Broom, sponsor, that the Ha-
gerstown Rams Football Team, who
played their first home game at the
stadium on Sunday afternoon, Oc-
tober 5, when they not only won
their game with the Harrisburg
Eagles, but proved that head coach
John Elias and backfield coach
Buck" Farley have put together an
eleven that Hagerstown and Wash
ington County can well be proud of,
will play their second home game at
the stadium on Sunday afternoon,
October 26, when they meet the
strong Lebanon Athletic Club team
of Lebanon, Pa.
Mr.. Broom also told me that be-
tween the halves, the nationally
known Dick Davis Skating Act will
be featured. The Davis Act has been
seen by many of you on television
and it has been acclaimed every
where they have shown.
Mr. Broom also tells me that high
school students will be admitted to
all the Rams home games for half
price and that tickets for the game
against Lebanon on the 26th will be
put on sale at the high school.
Not only is Mr.. Broom bringing a
highly touted football team to Ha-
gerstown to meet the Rams on the
26th, but he is also going to quite
a bit of expense to bring the famous
Dick Davis Act here, so here's hop
ing the fans will show their appre-
citation by really turning out for the
game.
This coming Sunday afternoon, the
Rams will journey over to York, Pa,
where they will NEE the strong Mt
Alto team.
As was expected, the front office of
the Boston Braves announced last
week that they had renewed their
working agreement with the Hagers-
town Braves, which will be good
news to all fans in this area.
With the announcement came the
customary paper" transfer of a
humber of the members of Hagers-
towns 1852 team, the purpose of
which is to transfer players from
the Hagerstown squad, that are the
property of the Boston organiza-
ton, to clubs they own in the higher
baseball brackets, in order to pro-
tect themselves from the Draft.
In other words if, for instance, Joe
Christian was allowed to remain on
the Hagerstown roster he could be
claimed in the Draft for the Class B
claiming price, SO Boston has an
nounced that he has been placed on
the Atlanta roster, which means that
if anyone wants to claim him under
the Draft they will have to pay the
Class AA draft price.
This also applies to several of the
Hagerstown boys who have been
put on the roster of the Hartford
Glass A Club for the same reason.
These paper transfers do not mean
that all the players moved around
by the Boston organization will be
on the club they have been assigned
to when the 1858 season opens, nor
does it mean that the players that
are still on, the Hagerstown roster
will be with that club next year.
This moving of players around,
like men on a chessboard, in order
to get around the Draft rule is, in
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