The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-24
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
World Series
BY II. S. DOUGLAS

games will be broadcast over WEI
AM. and FIN. and will be televised
over NBC, Channel a.
AS announced last week in my
interview with Gene Raney, he APP
piled for and obtained permission
from the Board of Directors of the
Piedmont League to dispose of his
Hagerstown franchise.
An unexpected development at the
meeting, however, was the announce
ment by Frank Summers, president
of the League, that he will present
his resignation at the annual meeting
of the league to be held next month.
AS to what will happen to the
Piedmont League, and for that mat
ter to the Hagerstown franchise in
the league, will probably not be
definitely known until after the
Minor League meeting in December
Six of the clubs in the Piedmont
League 'at Sunday afternoons meet
ing said that they expected to CON
tinue but, of course, there were no
definite commitments made.
Making their first home appear
ance on Friday night, Hagerstown
High Schools Hubs lost to Eastern
High School of Washington by a
score of IA too.
Playing the much heavier Eastern
High boys, the Hubs, although un-
able to score, gave good account of
themselves ON defense.
Although this makes two straight
losses for the Hubs, having lost their
opening game the week before to
Chambersburg High, they were far
from disgraced in both games and / |
look for them to show marked of
fensive improvement from now on
out.
The Hubs take on the Westminis-
ter High School Eleven at the stad-
ium tomorrow night, and here's hop
ing that they break into the win
column.
Thing are moving along in the
county teams playoffs.
In the County League, Smithsburg
and Williamsport, who won the semi I
finals, met on Sunday for the first
game of their best three out of five
series, with Smithsburg coming out
on top 10 to 9.
In the first game in the finals of
the Independent League, Antietam
won out over Security by score of
Is to II and the second game will be
played at Security on Sunday.
Finally, in the South Mountain
League, Funkstown won over Boons-
boro on Sunday by score of 8 to q
to win the semi-finals and now thew
Will have to wait until the series be-
tween Gapland and Myersville is de-
cIded (both of those teams are tied
at one game apiece). They will meet
at Gapland on Sunday afternoon for
the second game in the series.
The standings, complete results
and schedules of all three leagues
Will be found elsewhere on this page
Inc fourth annual Horse Show. |
sponsored by the Blue Ridge Riding
Club, held at Mt. Tammany Farm
on the Williamsport Pike on Sun
DAY, was big success in every wav.
There were over % classes AMONG
the entries, including several stake !
classes and championships.
Among the winners were: Peggy
Warner, of Chambersburg, who won
the hunter championship on her
horse, Grenade; Gayle Dittmer who
won the jumper championship on
her horse, Brown Buster; and Jackie
Howard who won the championship
OF the open three-gaited class on
her horse, Something Special.
III the opening games on Saturday
of the college football season is any
indication, the preseason predictions
OF the sportswriters of the nation
are going to take an awful licking.
Plenty of the teams of 1852 took it
on the chin in their opening games.
prominent among them being: Ala
bama, who lost to Mississippi South
ern by a score of IS to 10; Stanford.
who lost to the College of Pacific by
a score of Is to 20; California who
was swarmed under by Baylor, the
score being rs to 0; and Nebraska
who was licked by Oregon, the score
IN that game being 20 to IL.
A lot of the big stars of previous
years, who under the two-platoon
system played less than half the
game, are not going to be nearly
as successful now that they have to
play practically the entire go min
utes. AS matter of fact, believe
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