The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03
LYNCHBURG HERE
"wednesday. August 26l

"wednesday, August 26)
Lynchburg came in for their final
three-game series on Wednesday
night and the Braves took the first
game by the Iopsided score of II to
4.
Ed Lenthe, one of the teams top
righthanders, chalked up his 18th
win against 5 losses and Ted Laguna
was his catcher.
He shut the Cardinals out in all
but the fourth and eighth frames,
didn't walk a man until the eighth
and had four strike outs. In addi-
ton to that, Ed had one putout and
three assists and started one of the
teams two double plays. He also
had two hits, a single and a double.
Vogel, Highlander and the los
ing pitcher, started for Lynchburg
but was knocked out in the fourth
and LaCroix, another highlander,
went the rest of the way. Shepherd
was behlnd the plate.
The Braves Jumped off to 40
lead in the first when eight men came
to bat. Jimmy linn started things
off with a single to center and then
stole second. Bob Myers and Bill
Barrett both walked, filling the
bases. Ted Laguna was up next and
he forced Barrett at second, with
linn scoring on the play and Myers
going to third. Dick Guyton was up
next and he kept the rally going
with a single to center, scoring My
ers, with Laguna going to third. Joe
Blake then singled to center, scoring
Laguna with the third run of the
inning, with Guyton going to second.
But when Dean let the ball get away
from him, Guyton went to third and
Blake moved to second. Then, when
Dean made a wild throw to the in
field for his second error on the play,
Guyton scored the fourth run and
Blake went to third. Earl Hersh was
up next and he grounded out second
to first, with the runners holding,
and the inning ended when Don Da-
miano flied to left.
1t was so Hagerstown in the Sec
ond. Ed Lenthe opened the inning
with double to right and linn laid
down perfect bunt along the third
base line and beat it out, with Lenthe
stopping at third, from where he
scored while Myers was hitting into
double play. Barrett then ground
ed out to retire the side.
Both teams scored three runs in
the fourth frame to make the score 8
to Hagerstown.
In the top half Dean, the first man
up, took third called strike, but
Davidson followed with a double to
center. Wallace was up next and he
hit high fly to short center. linn
and Barrett went after the ball and
as result Davidson had to hold up
to see if it was caught. But although
linn got his glove on the ball, he
couldn't hold it and it was scored as
a single, but Davidson had no chance
to 60 to third. Shepherd then got an
infield hit, loading the bases. Sanders
was up next and he fouled out to
Myers back of first for the second out,
but DeMarse came through with a
single to right, scoring Davidson and
Wallace, and when Guyton let the
ball get away from him Shepherd
went to third and DeMarse to sec
ond on the error. Balay got the fifth
hit of the inning, high bounder to
second, scoring Shepherd, with De-
Marse going to third, but Lenthe
ended the inning by striking out
Vogel.
In the bottom half, Damiano, the
first man up, singled to center, but
Dean let the ball get away from him
for his third error of the game, and
it rolled clear back to the fence. BY
the time Dean had recovered it and
made his throw to the plate, Da-
miano had come all of the way round
tc score. Lenthe was up next and
he got his second hit of the game, a