The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-06-25

on NOIlQdy IIldG Jillllly ZLLiii i0A
been appointed acting manager of
the Braves, following the resigna-
ton of Dutch" Dorman, my mind
went back to August 1850, when
Jimmy first joined the club.
If you will remember, the Braves,
who on June IS of that year were
leading the league, three-and-one-
half games ahead of Wilmington, ran
into trouble and by August 10 were
down in fifth place, nine games off
the pace.
It was then that Gene Raney, own
er of the ball club, went out in the
open market and spent several
thousand dollars to strengthen the
club.
Included in the players he bought
was Jimmy linn, who was then an
inielder with the Fort Lauderdale
Club of the Glass A Florida-Interna-
tional League. The others were:
Tommy Lind, shortstop in the jack
son, Miss. Club of the Southeastern
League; Charles Terrell, catcher;
Richard Burgett, an outfelder, and
Nathaniel Glunt, an infelder, all
from the Raleigh Club of the Class
B Carolina League.
These boys broke into the lineup
as soon as they arrived. In fact, jim
my linn played his first game the
following Saturday up at Harrisburg
and was one of the sparkplugs of
the team all the rest of the way This
new blood resulted in Hagerstown
coming to life again and finishing
the season in second place, five-and-
one-half games behind the league
leading Wilmington team
have seen a lot of exciting base
ball games in my time, but l don't
think that 1 have seen one more eX-
citing, or played under more emo
tional conditions, than the game on
Monday night with Newport News,
winch we won o 10 D.
Coming off the road with seven
game winning streak, but with the
knowledge that their manager Dutch
Dorman had resigned, they were
faced with meeting the league-lead-
ing Newport News team in front of
one of the biggest crowds that has
been in the stadium all year, and
their new acting manager, Jimmy
linn, was faced with the response
bility of plotting his club against
one of the toughest teams in the
league. But every member of the
club rose to the occasion.
Undoubtedly affected by the ire
mendous support they received from
the fans from the moment they
stepped on the field until the game
was over, they really played their
hearts out and in my opinion, 1 think
the strain was off, to a great extent,
in the very first inning, when Jimmy
linn started that double play that
killed a scoring threat. And then
when big Tom Horton, in addition to
pitching a whale of a game, came
through with that two-base double
in the sixth that cleared the bases,
the boys were "off to the races"
Now what we want to do is to
show these young fellows - and
their young manager =. that we are
behind them 100 per cent, by getting
out to the ball park as often as we
can.
Don't forget that, as this is writ
ten, we are not only in second place,
but we are only three games behind
the leaders, and since the home team
for the All-Star game on July Is
will be the team that is leading the
league on the morning of July 5 Gin
other words after the Fourth of July
games), we have a mighty fine
chance of bringing that All-Star
game to Hagerstown.
AnC OOyS OIl LIlS uSIu IONS IlOGIll1S
better than the cheers of the fans in
the stands, so get out there and do
your part and l am sure that they
will do theirs.
The resignation of Dutch Dorman
is thing of the past and it will do
nobody any good to keep on hashing
and rehashing it.
Dutch is a good baseball man and
l am sure that he will land a profit
able berth somewhere else in the
good old game. And by the same
token I know, full well, that Gene
Raney, who you all know is a per-
sonal friend of mine, has done-and
will continue to do-everything he
can to keep his club winning and to
give all of us who love baseball the
best team possible.
In reply to many questions as to