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1939 with 47.0 seconds. They again won in 1940

with 46.0 seconds, another new county record. They set a state record with 46.2 seconds in 1939 and set a new state record of 45.8 in 1940. This record was eventualfy broken, but stood for years. "Scotty" Strathern placed first in the 100-yard dash in 1939, while John Schamel placed second in county 100-yard dash competition. Charles Webber and Hillery Rockwell placed first and second respectively in the running high jump at the 1939 and 1940 state meets.

season," one might assume that a full season had been played. No mention is made of a dedication of the playfield. Yet Brady's account specifically mentions "dedication." It is possible that the stadium was begun early enough in 1928 to be ready for use by Labor Day that year. Whether 1928 or 1929, that must have been a happy day for Brunswick.

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SPORTS SHORTS SCHEER STADIUM Beautiful Scheer Stadium was lost forever with the construction of Brunswick High School and its athletic fields (open 1965). People who never saw that sports field were deprived of a visual feast. The facility was named for E.W. Scheer, General Manager of the B&O RR, who sponsored sports activities for the workers' families. Construction began in 1928 on the B&O farm and was completed for the 1929 season. Over $15,000 was spent for the ball park, which was declared - by locals for sure - as the best in the state. The stadium's dedication has been recalled by Jack Brady, who was a town athlete, a referee, and later a h igh school coach of championship teams. There had been rain the night before the dedication and the grass was to be cut the morning of opening day. Bootsie Barger used his truck to cover the field with kerosene, for which he was the town's distributor. He burned off the oil to dry the field. This was Labor Day, 1928-we think - and Brady was refereeing the football game; that sport too was played on the baseball field. It was Brunswick versus the Baltimore Firemen. Tired, with less than one minute to go, Brunswick had the ball on Baltimore's ten-yard line. On the fourth down they tried for a field goal. Marvin Younkins was on his knee for a placekick for the goal try. The center passed the ball (by mistake) to the kicker, Genie Walker. The lines were coming in after the defensive line charge. Genie dropkicked the ball; it was all he could do. The ball went low; it hit Max Cecil on top of his helmet. It spun through the goal post for three points. Brunswick won the game! Because September 2, 1929, was advertised in a B&O publication for the "last baseball game of the

The Frederick County Sports Hall of Fame includes several Brunswick athletes: Glenn, Carl, and Jack McQuillen and "Babo" Merriman.

A church basketball league began around 1962. It was popular quite a while, tapered off, then was

revived around 1973. Today Rev. George Harpold keeps it going.

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Potomac Valley Youth Association includes basketball in its program.

HERE'S TO THE UNSUNG HEROES In sports, civie organizations, churches, and the rest, there are always unsung heroes who helped get groups on their feet but for some reason are not in the public eye, do not make newspaper reports, and whose important role is not visible to the public. For example, when Mrs. Draper Sutcliffe was chairman of the Band Boosters fund-Raising Committee with Jeff Cauley as co-chair, the band uniforms were finally bought, but does anyone know how much time and energy the band boosters spent before the uniforms came? Norman Dawson provided the portable dressing room (his truck) for a drum major to change into his football uniform. The right man was at the right place at the right time. A close call, but an unsung hero saved the day. The need for lights on the football field was ultimately faced and solved . This was a community

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