The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-23
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
BY H. S. DOUGLAS

Bulldogs (see my account OF the
game elsewhere on this page, can
expect lust as close and exciting
a game when the Hubs take on the
Fort Hill High Eleven, of Cumber-
land, at the stadium tomorrow night
and l look for another big crowd to
be present.
In this column, last week, l stat
ed that the game with Martinsburg
would be close, with the nod going
to the Hubs, and I am again pre-
dieting another close game, with the
Hagerstown squad coming out on top.
Going back for minute to that
game of last Friday night, I've got
to be fair in stating that the breaks
were in HagerstoWn's favor, but they
were smart enough to take advant
age of them and certainly no one
can take away that great stand they
made in the first series of plays in
the game, when the Bulldogs
marched straight down the field in
what looked like a certain score,
only to have the Hagerstown boys
stop them just as they were reaching
pay dirt.
On the other hand, don't think
anyone can deny, either, that the
Bulldogs had complete command of
the game in the second half.
Just to remind you that the Ha-
gerstown Rams will meet the strong
Lebanon Athletic Club Eleven at the
stadium at 200 o'clock on Sunday
afternoon and in addition to seeing
a bang-up football game, the spon-
Sorer of the team, Luther Broom,
has engaged the popular Dick Davis
Skating Act, which will be put on
between the halves.
l sincerely hope that there will be
a much larger crowd than was pres
ent for the Rams first game here and
high school students are again re-
minded that they can purchase tick
cts for the game, at half price, out
at the high school.
So let's all turn out on Sunday
afternoon and show the Rams that
Hagerstown can support hometown
football team, the same as other
cities in this area do.
Congratulations to the Boonsboro
team in winning the Washington
County Baseball League champion
ship and here's hoping that the
league will be able to have another
successful season in 1858.
President Jack Riffee has announc-
ed that the first annual dinner of the
Hagerstown Pony League will be
held in Franklin Court Auditorium
on Wednesday evening, October 20,
at $50 o'clock
An unusual feature of the dinner
is the fact that it will be followed by
Graduation Exercises for the players
who will no longer be eligible to
play in the league, due to their hav-
ing reached the age limit.
The Hagerstown Pony League is
a member o fthe National League of
the same name and has for its slo-
gan, protect Our Nations Youth"
In the first season of the new
league, its organizers and officers
voted to limit it to four clubs, in
order to build a strong organization,
and the four teams that have so sue
cessfully completed their first year
in the league are:
Yankees" sponsored by Mr.. R. T.
Miller of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen; Tigers" sponsored
by Hagerstown Block Company;
"Safeway," sponsored by Safeway
Driving School; and Pony Express"
sponsored by Accelerated Transport
OAAy LA ~ SSS, LII.
have been looking over the
final 1852 official averages complied
by j. B. Walter, the leagues statisti-
clan, and he certainly has done the
best job I have seen since the league
started.
Here are few facts concerning
the Hagerstown Club.
They wound up the season with the
second highest number of double
plays, 142 (Which TALES exactly
with my records). Lancaster led the
league in this department with ISL.
The Braves had a batting average
of .252. Lancaster was on top with
.265 and Allentown in second place
with .254. However, Hagerstown
led the league in club fielding, with
a percentage of $40.
Lloyd Freund won the batting
honors for the Hagerstown Club
with a percentage of 1913, just five
points below Isreal, of Harrisburg,