The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-11-19


meeting on Sunday afternoon, but
nothing definite came out of it.
The directors voted to continue
as an eight-team league, but at
tached to the vote was a big '1F"
and here it is:
With Baltimore moving up to the
American League and Springfield,
Massachusetts, wanting to drop out,
the league was left with apparently
just six teams.
1t became known at Sundays
meeting, that Havana, Cuba was all
set to put team in the Triple-A
International League, and Richmond,
which is now in the Piedmont Class
B League, also wants to get into the
International, but the price asked
by the Piedmont League for the
Richmond Franchise apparently is
a stumbling block.
So there the matter rests, until it
is brought up again at the Minor
League meeting in Atlanta, Georgia,
on December 2.
In the Glass A Eastern League,
the president, Tommy Richardson,
announced some time ago that Allen
town, Pa, would enter the Eastern
League and that Dutch Dorman
would manage the club.
The Allentown park, of course, is
owned by the st. Louis Cardinals.
It now appears, however, that the
Eastern League still has to have
another team, if Allentown comes
in and from what I can hear, Rich
ardson is having a tough time find
ing one.
This brings us to our own Pied
mont League, and look what a spot
it's in
At the present time, there are only
seven teams in the league and there
is no word, so far at least, of an
eighth team.
Then, of course, If Richmond even
tually joins the International
League, that would reduce the Pied
mont League to six teams and it
looks to me that it would be finan-
cial suicide for Piedmont to operate
as a siX-team league, with those
long jumps between Hagerstown and
York and the Southern Cities, and
the possibility of having to play a
shorter season in order to avoid
long home stays, which was one of
the troubles this year.
So, as I've said in this column so
many times before since the season
closed, nothing even resembling a
solution can be expected until after
the Minor League meeting and it
will probably be well on into 1854
before anything definate is known.
The Hagerstown High School
Hubs wound up their 1858 football
season on Friday night, when they
took the measure of Frederick High
School by a score of 1912. Although
the Hubs cannot be said to have had
a successful season, it must be adj
mitted, in all fairness to the boys,
that they had more than their share
of injuries during the season.
The much more successful st,
James School team bring their
season to a close on SATURDAY after
noon, when they meet St. Adams
of Washington, on the St. James
gridiron, at 2 o'clock.
The boys racked up their fifth
win of the season, against only one
loss, on Saturday afternoon, when
they journeyed to Middletown, Della
ware, and beat st. Andrews School
by score Of 1877.
st. James pushed over a touch
down in the second period to make
the score 60 at the end of the half.
Both teams scored in the third period
and in each case, the kick for the
extra point was good, to make the
score, st. James, IS, ST. Andrews, 7.
The fourth and final period was
scoreless, although st. James had
the ball on st. Andrews five-yard
line when the final whistle blew.
In the Penn-Maryland Conference
on Sunday, Funkstown won from
Waynesboro when the latter team
was forced to forfeit the game, due
to being unable to place eleven men
on the field.
In the only game played, Harrys-
town scored 60 victory over Mont
Alto, with Waynesboro drawing a
bye
Funkstown leads the league with
record of five wins and two ties,
while Harrystown is in second
place with five wins, one loss and
one tie.