The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-08-28

On Tuesday night, September z,
when Allentown will be here for the
last home game Of the Braves for the
regular season, the fans of the com
munity, with the cooperation of the
press and radio, will put on a spe-
cial Players Appreciation Night and
during the game every member OF
the squad, from Manager Dutch Dor
man down to the bat boys, will re-
ceive awards in recognition of their
fine team play throughout the sea-
son and their sportsmanlike conduct
on and off the ball field - plus the
almost certainty that they will, for
the second year in a row, win the
Interstate League pennant.
The team work of the Braves and
their will to win was never more
exemplifed than in the first three
games of the Allentown series here
over the week end.
After pulling the first game of the
series out of the fire on Saturday
night in the 18th inning behind the
superb relief pitching of Charlie
Miller, the Braves came right back
on Sunday afternoon to take the
double-header also.
In between the games on Sunday
afternoon l dropped into the club
house for a few minutes and 1t was
wonderful to see the confidence Of
everyone of the boys When l re-
marked, "Now we've got good
start, let's take the second game
ALSO" Jimmy linn came right back
with Second game nothing Doug,
we are going to take them all" And
then to show how relaxed they were,
Buck Riddle, who you would expect
to be perhaps frightened up bit be-
cause of the fact that he has been in
batting slump, piped right up with:
"Sure we are going to win Doug,
now tell the boys the story you told
me last week"
Needless to say l complied with
Bucks request and then left the
dugout with their chuckles ringing
in my ears. And then they went
out on the diamond for the second
game and wrapped that up also, be-
hind the shutout pitching of Jack
Larson.
If any further evidence is needed
that the Braves never know when
they are licked, it was given in that
thrilling 13-inning game with Allen
town on Monday night. The boys
came from behind twice to tie the
score - once in the bottom half of
the seventh (their last chance, since
it was a scheduled seven-inning
game) and again in the eighth. AL
though they finally lost the game,
they battled the Cards through thir-
teen innings, leaving the field to the
cheers of the huge crowd for team
that refused to quit.
Then of course, they came charg-
ing back in the nine-inning second
game and won it easily.
So fans, let's all turn out on Tues
day night-thats one game 1 am
going to pay my way into-and show
these youngsters that we really do
appreciate them, as well as the out
standing manager in the league -
Dutch Dorman.
Charlie Miller, the most under
rated pitcher in the Interstate
League, gave one of the greatest ex-
hibitions of relief pitching against
the Allentown Cards at the stadium
on Saturday night that l have ever
seen.
Called on by Manager Dutch Dor
man to relieve Bill Wilson in the
ninth with the score tied, none out,
two men on base and count of two
balls and no strikes on the batter,
Charlie not only retired the side
without run, but then went on to
shut Allentown out in the ninth,
tenth, eleventh, and twelfth innings
to get credit for the win as the Braves
scored the winning tally in the bot
tom half of the twelfth. (See story
of the game in my column, Keeping
Up With The Braves" on page g.
And to top it all, Charlie came
right back on Monday night to take
his regular turn as starting pitcher
in the nine-inning second game with
Allentown, after Bob Giggie had lost
a heartbreaker in the first, and won
it easily, to assure the Braves four
wins out of the five-game series,
with Charlie winning two of them.
According to the record book
Charlie has won Is and lost IL, but
what the book doesn't show, is that
he has saved nine games during the
season for pitchers that got credit
for the wins. In other words, Dor
man has sent in Miller on nine diff
ferent occasions when the starting
pitcher, although out in front, was