The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-03
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
BY H. S. DOUGLAS

to the news stories coming out OF
both Washington and the Minor
League meeting at Atlanta, Ga, here
is what will probably happen:
Hagerstown will have working
agreement with the Washington SEN
ators and will remain in the Pied
mont League.
Richmond, who lost out in their
attempt to get franchise in the In
ternational League, will also remain
in the League, as will Norfolk, New
port News, Lynchburg and York.
Portsmouth will also probably stay
in, although the owner of that club
stated few weeks ago that he had
not yet made up his mind.
And finally, Lancaster may take
over the Roanoke franchise, under a
working agreement with the Phila-
delphia Athletics.
With that cocky basketball team
of st. Mary's High school stepping in
"where Angels fear to tread" Ha-
gerstown's high school basketball
season got underway on Tuesday
night, with ST. Mary's Gaels meeting
the Hagerstown High School Hubs.
AS was expected, the Hubs came
out on top by a score of Sc to Al, but
the Gaels put up a good fight - as
they always do.
Dave Kuhn, the Hubs classy cen
ter, was the top scorer with %
points, while the Gaels Ed Gallaher,
around whom coach Father Dausch
plans his attack, came through with
10 points.
Congratulations to the Maryland
University football team on winning
the National College Football
Championship and the O'Donnell
Trophey, donated by the Notre
Dame Monogram Club, to the team
who wins the Associated Press foot
ball ranking poll.
Maryland, with 1877 first-place
votes, had total vote of 1866, while
Notre Dame, the second-place team,
received 141 first-place votes and
total vote of 3,149.
The big surprise of the Saturday
afternoon games was Texas Chris
tian'S 1870 win over Southern Meth
odist. SM.U. was an outstanding
favorite against team who, up to
that time, had not won a single
Southwestern Conference game all
year.
Notre Dame, playing their next to
the last game of the season (they
wind up against SM.U. on Satur-
day., ran wild against Southern Cal
ifornia, the final score being, ABA.
There was no question about which
was the best team with Notre Dame
probably playing one of its best
games of the year.
Even in the few games played on
Thanksgiving Day, the parade of
upsets continued The procession
started with Wake Forest beating
highly rated South Carolina by
score of 1918, and this was followed
by Penn being tied by underdog Cor
mel, TT. But in my book, the big
gest upset of the day came in the
Utah-Brigham Young game.
The University of Utah entered
the game a four touchdown favorite,
but when the smoke cleared, the
final score was Utah 33, Brigham
Young 80.
watched the entire game on tele-
vision and it was thriller from
beginning to end. Each time Utah
went ahead, Brigham Young came
right back and tied it up. In the
final minutes of the game, with Utah
leading 1926, Brigham Young, on
sustained drive, crossed the goal line
for six points to make the score
1892. The 18-year-old Sophomore,
Billy Meadows, who just a few
minutes before, with the pressure
really on him, kicked the point after
Brigham Young's fourth touchdown,
again stepped back to try for the
point that would have tied the game,
but unfortunately, he never got the
chance, as bad pass from center
caused Satterfeld, who was to hold
the ball for the kick, to tumble it and
so the game ended 1892. but all
the glory went to Brigham Young.
also watched the Detroit Lions
play the Green Bay Packers and in
that game, I saw the second longest
pass-touchdown play in the history
of professional football, when De-
troit's Bobby Lane, standing in his
own end zone, threw pass to