The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-05-28
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
BY ii. S. DOUGLAS

Rufus Edwards announced on
Tuesday night that Homer A. Moore
a righthanded outfielder, is being
sent here from Lincoln, Nebraska,
and may have reported by the time
you read this.
He also reported that Earl Hersh, a
rookie first basema1- outfielder, who
bats left and who was signed to a
bonus contract by the Milwaukee
Braves, has reported to the Hagers-
town Club in order that Dutch Dor
man can look him over. Dutch had
him working out in the outfield on
Tuesday and l noticed that he had
quite a bit of power at the plate.
There was quite a story about him
when he was signed by the Braves,
but it remains to be seen whether he
is ready right away for Class B ball.
%*%
Have you noticed that every time
Jimmy linn is out of the lineup
the team seems to get off stride and
that the boys, somehow or another,
seem to get clicking again when
Jimmy gets back in the game.
Just look at the games of Satur-
day, Sunday and Monday against
Roanoke. With Jimmy back at sec
ond base after being out for some
DAYS with a pulled muscle, the team
not only ended their long hitting
famine (they got total of q hits
in the three games), but they also
came through with four double plays.
linn started one of them and was in
the middle of the other three.
I am not taking a thing away from
any of those young fellows on the
ball club, who are giving their best
all the time, when | say that with
linn in there the infeld, in particu-
lar, does, a better job
Jimmy aggravated the pulled mus
Gle in Tuesday nights game while
making a play at second and had to
leave the game.
Here's hoping he won't be out long.
%R%
Severn, the outfelder who was
sent here by the Lincoln Club, has
refused to report. He phoned Rufus
Edwards, general manager of the
Braves, and told him he had decided
to quit organized baseball and re-
main at his home in st. Louis, Mo.
$50
In my column last week / went
out on a limb and selected the play
ers that l thought would remain on
the club after the May % deadline
and l hit it right on the head, with
one exception, l selected Palcek as
one of the pitchers who would be
held, but he was farmed out and
Kornack was retained, but was i'm
mediately placed on the ineligible
list for a period of at least ten days
49,
AS mentioned also in my column
last week, both Jack Concannon, the
shortstop, and Ted Laguna, the
catcher, will report to Dorman with
in the next week or ten days.
49,
When Bill Loos went on a batting
spree on Saturday night against
Roanoke-he got for including
double, drove in four runs and
scored one himSelf-the only time
he went out was when he took cut
at a three-nothing pitch in the sec
ond inning and popped up.
Again repeat, the Braves will be
up close to the top again in the near
future, SO let's keep those turnstiles
really clicking and show Gene Ran
ey that we really appreciate his
keeping organized baseball in Ha-
gerstown.
Through May 20 Bob Giggie, our
star pitcher last year, had appeared
in ten games in Atlanta, winning
four and losing two. On May 10 he
pitched a twohitter against Little
Rock and won it to 0. He had a
no-hitter going until two were out
in the seventh inning.
So
On May Is Billy Smith came UP
with three-run homer in the eighth
inning in an Atlanta-Little Rock
game and pulled the game out of the
fire for the Crackers, who won it
4 to 3.
In answer to many inquiries, Hal
Keller, who at one time was a mem
Der of the Hagerstown Owls, is now
catching for the Toronto Club of the
international League
Through May IS, Hal had caught
nine games and had batting aver