The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-10-29
BEHIND HOME PLATE
by H. S. Douglas

For my comments on the meeting
of the Piedmont League in Richmond
on Sunday, see Around Town With
The Editor" on the front page.
Ess
Friday nights game between the
Hagerstown Hubs and the Fort Hill
Sentinals, which resulted in a 90
tie, is, in my book, another proof of
the real value of fan support
Ever since the football season
opened, l couldn't help but notice
the lack of enthusiasm among the
high school students, who somehow
or another, seemed to have no faith
in their team. Last Thursday night
though, was a different story
The student body, headed by the
cheerleaders and the school band,
held one of these good, old fashion
ed, downtown parades and they real
ly whooped it up. So what happened?
The team went over to Cumberland
on Friday and literally played their
hearts out.
Time aid time again, the heavily
favored Sentinels threatened to
score, but each time the Hubs rose
up and shut the door in their face.
This was a game in which I don't
believe any special credit should be
given TO any one player, for the
whole team, including the coaches,
did a whale of a Job.
What made them fight the way
they did? Everyone may have a
different answer to that question,
but in my book it was because, for
once, the entire student body, show
ed its faith in its team.
The Hubs next game will be on
Friday night, November 6, at the
Municipal Stadium here, against City
College and l look for them to come
out on top. Let's all of us get out to
the game and show these kids we
are behind them 100 per cent.
Saturdays College games con
tinued the streak of upsets that has
been going on since the beginning of
the season.
Perhaps the big upset of the day
was Purdue's 60 win over Michigan
State, to break one of the longest
winning streaks of any college team.
Another of the big upsets was
Minnesota's win over Michigan by "a
score of 22-0, while still another was
PENIS 90 win over Navy.
Although Georgia Techs loss to
Notre Dame - the final score was
27-14 - ended the thirty one game
unbeaten string of the Rambling
Wreck from Georgia Tech" this was
definitely not an upset, as Notre
Dame apparently has one of its best
teams in many years.
Whatever chance Miami Univer-
sity had of beating Maryland Univer-
sity in Florida on Friday night, went
out the window in the first three
minutes of play, when an intercepted
pass and two fumbles, resulted in
Jim Tatums boys scoring three
touchdowns in as many minutes. The
bad breaks in those opening minutes
of the game took all the heart out of
the Florida boys, and from then on
it was strictly no contest. The final
score, by the way, was 800.
A most unusual incident happened
at one of the pro games on Sunday
afternoon, when Lou "The Toe"
Groza missed an easy field goal at
tempt inside the 20-yard line.
At this point, the score was 90
and the failure of Groza's field goal
attempt would have left the teams
in a scoreless tie, with the Giants
having possession on their 20-yard
line. But an Official detected Giant
off-side and so, instead of the Giants
taking over, the Browns were given
line, from where Otto Graham, on
sneak play over left guard, scored
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