The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-02-11
BEHIND HOME PLATE
by II. S. Douglas

10 points, followed by Anderson
with 10, Meier II and Stotler and
Hewitt each
In the Jayvees game, Hagerstown
took a 1913 lead in the first period
and were never headed. Rudisll
was the high scorer with % points,
with Ringer and Lochbaum having
9 each.
The girls varsity team went over
TO Martinsburg ON Friday night and
walked away with their game
gaainst the girls of ST. Joseph High
by a score Of 1923. II was a fairly
close game in the first half, with The
Eagerstown girls leading 1913 in the
first period and 25-l7 as the half
ended They again out-scored ST.
Joseph in the third period, increas-
ing their lead to 37-25, but Hagers-
town took complete charge of the
game in the final quarter adding 10
more points, while holding the st.
Joseph girls TO 3. Shove was the
high scorer for Hagerstown with II
points, followed by Hays and Lutz
with 8 each
BOOnsborO High. The girls and
boys teams moved over to Hancock
Friday night and took a double head
er from Hancock High, the boys win
ming 504g in a real thriller and the
girls coming out on top 1919
In the boys game, Boonsboro led
1873 at the end of the first period
and maintained the same advantage
as The half ended, the score being
24-19. Boonsboro increased their
lead TO 4l-33 in the third period, but
Hancock came fighting back in The
final quarter scoring l6 points, while
holding Boonsboro TO Q. But they
lacked that one point that would have
sent the game into overtime.
Corbett, Pearson and Doyle were
the high scorers for Boonsboro, with
49, 10 and 9 points respectively, while
Bishop, Tillou, and Kerns led the
way for Hancock, each scoring 10
points
In the girls game, Boonsboro took
90 lead in the first period and
were never headed. The feature Of
this game was the fact that all of
Boonsboro field goals were scored by
Earnshaw, who hit the hoops 10
times and also added 2 foul shots, for
total of 20 points The other 5
points Call foul shots) were scored
by Crook, 2; Sweeney, 2 and Hoover
|. Funkhouser was the top scorer for
Hancock with points, followed by
Faith and j Mitchell with 4 each and
Bishop with g.
WiIIiamsport High: The Williams
port boys and girls teams, playing
on their own court, took a double
header from Clear Spring High on
Friday night, the boys winning 35-
"a and the girls 1920
The boys game was a nip and tuck
affair until the final whistle blew,
the winning point being scored in the
last minute of play,
( Williamsport led 81 in the first
period and were ahead 1911 at the
half, but Clear Spring came back
with bang in the third period which
ended with the score tied, 1926.
Both teams fought right down to the
wire in the fourth period with Will
Transports superiority from the foul
line giving them the deciding point.
!, Zimmerman was the top scorer for
Williamsport with l6 points, follow
ed by Brown with IL, while Kretzer
led the way for Clear Spring with
Ia, followed by Moore with 8.
In the girls game, Williamsport,
after leading by just 2 points, 1920,
as the half ended, put on marvel
GUS display of defensive basketball
, in the second half, holding the Clear
Spring girls scoreless in the last two
periods, while picking up IL points
themselves.
: For Williamsport, McCauley and
: Cline did most of the scoring, each
having l6 points, with Britner ac-
; counting for the other 2. Rankin led
| the way for Clear Spring with 10
followed by Hawbaker with and B
I Boyd with 4.
North Street High: Both the Badg.
ers and Badgerettes won their games
with the Page-Jackson High Schoo
Friday night over at Charles Town
, w. Va. Both games proved nothing
,, more than workout for the two
teams.
The Badgers won by a score O.
1923, while the Badgerettes were
> on top 1873.
A feature of the Badgerettes game
was the fact that after Norris, O.
4 Page-Jackson, scored a goal and i;