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Something really unusual hap
pened in that 2 to l Salisbury win
at the stadium on Thursday night,
that might have cost them the game.
With Westfall on third and two out,
Watts grounded to Jordan who boot
ed the ball, but despite the fact that
two men were out, Westfall Rugged
the bag instead of breaking for
home on the play.
However, the lapse of memory on
the part of Manager Blazo, who was
coaching at third, didn't cost his
team anything, as the next man sim
gled and scored Westfall with the
tying run.
Bobby Brown, the only lefthander
on the Braves squad, who gave ev-
cry indication at the beginning of the
season that he would be one of the
better pitchers in the Interstate
League, just simply refused to keep
himself in good condition and as
result has been shipped down the
river to Class c Club.
1t is too bad that young fellow
with his prospects should throw
away golden opportunity to make
a name for himself in baseball.
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Although there were a total of
three errors in the York Hagerstown
game at the stadium on Monday
night the game was, in my opinion,
the best of the season so far. Andy
Bush pitched steady ball and came
up with no less than nine strike outs
which, l am quite sure, is record
as far as he is concerned since join
ing the Braves.
His opponent on the mound, Don
McKeon, gave just as fine an exhibit
ton of clutch pitching as Bush did.
He had a tough break in the ninth
when the side would have been re-
tired without a run and the game
pushed into extra innings, but for
an error after two were out. Never
theless that took nothing away from
Joe Christians home run that fol-
lowed the error and won the ball
game.
In addition to the fine pitching
there were number of good de-
fensive plays by both teams, two of
them, strangely enough, coming
from the third basemen. Jordan
knocked a grounder down right be-
hind the third base bag and then
picked it up and got his man at first,
and few minutes later Arroyo,
York's third baseman, fielded slow
roller down the third base line and
with perfect peg got his man at
first by an eyelash.
incidentally, Cans, York's catcher
for the game, was far and away the
best l have seen in the league this
year. A veteran of the game, he was
on his toes every minute and backed
up every infield play.
Congratulations to the coach and
members of the Hagerstown High
School Baseball Team, who have
completed their ten-game season
with the fine record of nine wins
and only one loss.
Looking over the final averages,
furnished me by John Kerr, mem
Der of the faculty, 1 find that Ed
Owens, the pitcher, finished the sea-
son with a perfect record of six wins
and no losses. Dave Kuhn, the sec
ond pitcher on the squad, also had a
perfect record, and 0.
Four members of the team finished
the season with a batting average of
800 or better. They are:
Ed Owens, IS times at bat, with
an average of .440. He had II hits,
including 2 doubles, and had II
RIBS.
Jack Jones, second ,baseman, 50
times at bat, with an average of
429 He had Is hits, including 3
doubles, and had 8 RIBS.
Leo Burke, first baseman, "a times
at bat, with an average of 1882. He
had 10 hits including 2 double, 2
triples and one home run, and had
IS RIBS.
Jim Gossard, third base-catcher,
81 times at bat, with an average of
1855. He had IL hits, including
double and l triple, and had 8
RIBS.
In the fielding department, five
players had a perfect season with
an average of 1000 They are: