The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-03-11
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
Bowling Scores
BY H. S. DOUGLAS

Bob Lewis, who bowls in the Lions
Club League, is really Dragging
about that 1853 game he rolled last
Thursday night - it is high so far,
for the League.
In fact, Bob is already figuring
how much it will be worth when the
prize money is distributed at the
end of the season.
Rufus Edwards, business manager
of the Hagerstown Packets, announc-
ed yesterday that Stephen W. Fol-
lett, the outfielder who was drafted
from the San Angelo Club of the
Glass c Longhorn League, at the
Minor League meeting last Deem
Der, has finally agreed to terms and
will report on Monday to the spring
training camp at Winter Garden, Fla.
Field Manager Paul Campbell, to-
gether with the "a members of the
club who will be fighting for place
on the team, are leaving by bus to-
morrow for Winter Garden and are
due to begin the month of spring
training on Monday.
So now we will just have to be
patient and wait for news, from time
to time, from the training camp.
In the meantime, don't forget to
get your tickets for the opening game
of the season on Saturday, April "a.
You can buy them from the Boy
Scouts and they are also on sale at
several business places throughout
the city.
You will find the complete
schedule for the Piedmont League
at the top of the page.
Looking over it, 1 find that the
Packets only have two double-head-
ers scheduled at home; both with
Lynchburg. The first will be held
on Memorial Day, Monday, May 81,
and the second will be held on Labor
Day, Monday, September 6, the last
day of the season.
The only other double-header that
the Packets have scheduled is at
Lynchburg on Monday, July 5, since
the 4th of July this year falls on a
Sunday.
The Packets will have fairly long
home stands in every month of the
season.
In May they will have five straight
games at home, May through May
5, two with York and three with
Lancaster; followed with another
seven straight games, May II
through May II, four with Colonial
Heights and three with Norfolk.
In June they will be home for six
straight games, June Is through June
20, again with Colonial Heights and
Norfolk.
In July they will have a seven-day
home stand, still again with Colonial
Heights and Norfolk, starting July
%.
In August they will be home for
seven straight games, beginning
August 6, three games with Newport
News and four with Portsmouth.
Again in August they will have an
eight-day home stand, starting Au-
gust 10, two with Lynchburg and
three each with York and Lancaster.
Congratulations to the North
Street High School Badgers on going
through their regular schedule of
10 games without loss.
They won their 18th and final
game Friday night when they went
over to Frederick and took the
measure of the Lincoln High School
boys by score of 8075.
This year the Badgers will not en-
ter the state tournament to be held
at Morgan College in Baltimore on
March IL and Is, but they will enter
the Tri-State Conference tourna-
ment, to be held in Rockville on
March 1919 and 20.
Both of our high school teams lost
out in their post-season tournament
games.
In the class ''B" tournament, the
boys of Smithsburg High School
playing in Cumberland lost out in
opening round of the District play
offs, loosing to Bruce High School
of Westernport, by a score of 1885
In the Glass GA" District l play.
offs, the Hubs of Hagerstown High
School also lost out in the first rounc
to the Campers of Fort Hill High
School, Cumberland, by score Of
71-61.
After going through two straight
seasons and the 1853 playoffs withou
a loss, The Lions team of the Junior
Basketball League. suffered theil