The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-02-19

Thanks to Gene Raney, VINO wrote
out a check for $4,000 to buy fran
chise for the Hagerstown Braves in
the Piedmont League and who will
also write out another check for
$4,000 which will pay the Hagers-
town Clubs share of the leagues OPP
Grating expenses for 1858, Hagers-
town is now definitely member of
the Piedmont League.
A tentative schedule of the League
for the coming season. which has
been sent to all eight clubs by Frank
Summers, president of the League,
for their approval, shows Hagers-
town opening here on Thursday
night, April % against York. The
two teams will play here again on
April "a and will then move over to
York where they will meet each
other on April Is and April rs.
The tentative schedule then shows
Hagerstown returning home and
meeting Norfolk in two games -
April q and % with Richmond
coming in for a three-game series on
April 80, 30 and May l.
The Braves will then leave on
their first road trip to Virginia.
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| am glad to report that the an
nouncement that the Braves were
definitely in the Piedmont League
gave the advance sale of ticket cam
paign a real shot in the arm, but it
will take the combined efforts of
everybody if this advance sale is
really going over the top.
The Chamber of Commerce is ac-
lively supporting the campaign and
they have appointed strong COM
mittee who are working closely
with Rufus Edwards, general mana
ger of the club.
In addition to this, there are a
number of team captains who are
out plugging the sale and, of course,
you can also buy tickets at the News
Agency on the Square, the Chamber
of Commerce office in the Hotel
Alexander building and the down
town office of the Ball Club, Room
lis in the Matthias Building on the
Square.
Also don't forget that have tickets
for sale in my Office, with book of
ten tickets costing you just $500 and
a book of twenty, $1400. These
books are good for any home game,
including the opening night game,
and each ticket carries a rain check
just as if you bought it at the ticket
window Also, buying these books
of tickets not only saves you five
cents on each admission, but also
saves you the bother of standing in
line at the ticket window
Finally you can use as many tick
cts as you want to at one time. For
instance, if you are taking your wife
and son with you to a game, all you
do is tear three tickets out of your
book, hang onto the three rain
checks and give the other half of the
ticket to the man at the gate.
Another sign that the ticket sale
is really taking hold is an announce
ment by the committee of represent
alive citizens of the community who
recently banded together to organ
ize Booster Club.
The announcement states that they
have selected the name, Home Plate
Club of Hagerstown," and that they
have scheduled a mass meeting in
the Ballroom of Hotel Alexander on
Friday evening, February 81, at 7:30
p. m.
The committee announced that an
outstanding speaker will be present
at the meeting and they want every
body interested in organized base
ball = and the Hagerstown Braves
in particular = to be present.
During the meeting the new club
will formally be organized and a
special $50 man committee" will be
appointed 10 push the advance sale
of tickets to the limit.
Therefore, with the Chamber of
Commerce actively behind the pro-
ject; the Home Plate Club of Hagers-
town getting ready to jump in with
both feet; and the service clubs and
fraternal organizations really get
ting on the ball; all that is needed to
really put the advance sale over the
top is the cooperation of you and I
- the individual supporters of base
balm doing our part by each of us
buying book of tickets and getting
our friends to do likewise.
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