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- *\|?% "v:,vv--v .AThursday. August 6, .1931 PLA1KDEALXR - '• ; . 'v*; ; . ..v..,'. v, ttS( 3 I HEAR" by ' •• t:;v E ARL WALSH Hi Old Timers! About all we can think of is that Centennial. Never enjoyed anything so much as seeing and hearing you Old ^Timers gojgig over the "good old days." McHETTRY WINS OVERTIME GAME AT BURLINGTON A scrappy young bunch of ball players hied themselves up to Burlington, Wisconsin last Sunday afternoon and a happy young bunch of ball players came home with a ten inning victory recorded. The score was McHenry 10, Burlington Brews 9. A revised lineup pranced onto the field for McHenry with Arnie Ander- I son on third base and Vernie Freund • -- S • I * H -- I in center field. This was Arnie's first When Frank Schreiner introduced! V1® new team and he , „ . - ~ D .. d,d himself proud both afield and at us to Master of Ceremonies Bennett, ;bat The ^ are sti„ aboUt the Old Timer says, says he, "So this j his scoop-up and peg to fii-st that end- CROWDS SWARM BANKS OF FOX FOR PROGRAM JOHNSBURG TRAMPS OVER SHAMROCKS 20-6 i RACES THRILL SPECTATORS is the fellow who pi^ks prize fights. That fellbw never, forgets, anything. ::::v 'r-V- -- S • I * H TWe'll never forget him either. Every ed^ the game in the uuith inning. Spots" Thurlwell was onthe mound for McHenry with^ peppery "Little Joe" Freund behind the bat. McHenry was the first to score, ^me we looked around, we saw those 'Smith crossing the plate in the third • , , long legs bjlnung up the sidewalks.advantage was wiped out in the Must have made miles m those few fourth when a combination of errors. . * ' - days. , , ' " ! walks and base-hits gave Burlington 1' I ' ^ S * 1 * H-- jfi*e *Wis. Two more .runs in the fifth AhOther thing we won't forget was £*ve Burlington a 7 to 1 advantage, s imitation of Ad and Bill Musgrove hut this is where the McHenry b,oy« vitas he rode in the parade with Joi^]Yent work and showed that a grood ';'^fv.:Cl«xtoii-r-"T«n thousand dollars in this team can.conae^from behind and win damned old bole." • • •. ia game. *l, ••••'• S * I * H-- • v Two runs in the sixth and fbur iA : Herb "Stretcher" fienMtt"«& k a T' • this list of committee members who;p . ' Tenlh. dele.atei themselves tosee^fBolej^s^^^ hit^of °l &££ ' «em7" "wSS W^I^Xt8kr* ' 1 "Stretcher" and Frank Bennett, Frank *reutzer followed to account 'Boodle" Thurlwell, Dwight ,sBoleyw!^t^ As thmgs turned out. Kennedy, Harry -Wightman, Martin were "eeded" The^Brews Stoffel, "Bill" Spencer, Mike and "Ted"|!^5!^ J 01118 !n the,r half' but ,tl*e Winkel. They couldn't find the rrrng. .&***nd-1mn^ runs were left •but found another just as good. Thilt Andel*°n turncommittee's final report as handed toj P , •' * us labels the 1936 McHenry brew as, f!,S 1 * 1 *'cxccllcnti* • ! masterpieces that Spots has turned 1 • t * w ! in at various times, it showed that the -- S I H -- w I big fellow has what it takes when the There's just nothing like a good;going is tough. In spite of .a sore -committee meeting wl^,.i«ij>ortai|tjarm and discouraging errors, he was issues'are'at hand. i. | right in there at the finish dishing 'em .-- S * I * H ---- ' UP with all he had. His three hits - We met some young Old Timers, too. c*™ in mighty handy too. Mr. and Mrs. Morris VanAtta's little1 The difference between victory and girl, Gladys, was about the Park Sat-j d ] efeat m'ght easily be attributed to urday afternoon. Ithe waV our team ran wild on the base _ s • I • B (paths while Burlington took no liber- ^ . . I ties with Joe Freunds' arm. The first .Our gang had some great times in,man up for the Brews walked ^nd a the iVanAtta home There was onejsnap throw hy. Joe ^ him off ao place you could either roll up the rug fast thftt he hard, knew w^at had or dance right on it. Good, hospit- (happen^d. From then on, those Bur. I lington ifellows stayed close .to their | bases. The Johnsbuig lads really went to town with the boys in green last Sunday, after they got started. From the start of the game it looked pretty good for the Shamrocks. Harold Freund, catcher, for the Johnsburj; lads is the leading batter and he sure ly showed his stuff last Sunday by getting on base safely seven times and j four pf these times he had clean hits, k r|batting in nine runs. Pawl Pitzen, who Crowds swarmed over bridge rat!- j has in a batting' slump all seamgs the river banks and all points of : sonf hit that apple hard H vantage last Sunday afternoon to en-;had four hits oul of six ^ joy the River Piogram, a^feature of ;pl&te Alvin Freund also showed some McHenry s Centennial celebration. i spirit with the old bgt ,.Bud„ Miner A nicely-planned program got off to [did some of the hitting himself bea slow start when the judges had dif- j sides the swell, pitching he did G ficulty lining up those speedy, roar-;Larkin did the hitting for the Shaming, little outboai-ds. Once under way, j rocks, getting himself a double and a each event was run off in nice style j triple. with the l^ge crowd of spectators ; Next Sunday Johnsburg goe^ to sticking to the fimsh*. - ^ Wauconda and Donald Freund will One feller whc^pUt. in^>usy arfter- prt)bably be on the mound.' ' noon was Peter Seyl. After guiding1 ?/AB"r H • ;2 ;' W 1-6;"' • : ' 2 •v--4* •vl :.v;5 ^ ' #•. 0 0 .....2 ' 0 0 v.:l A\ ' 0 1 .....3 0. 0 1 0 0 41 his speedy, little, boat over the water ; AMROCKS , . . to win two races, he jumped into the L v " ",.v_ water and showed that he could go j ' "ff*1"* places under his own power, winning j p the Menfs Swimming Race. , . 'c' *>._! C In the Women's Swimming Race, the j ~- ^smussen, crowd enjoyed seeing a persistent lit-. ' smussen, 3b •tie swimmer, .Betty Kilday, take third " 1 e • place. Betty could hardly match the, • r}^on'„?~ "" speed of the older girls, Janet, Living- ; ' ^ ston, first place winner, or Helen Buch " ler> in s-econd place, but stie served notice by , her performance that she may < * '£l?s. P ...... .. ....... make them do some tall paddling a couple of years to keep ahead of "her. The Canoe Tilting contest proved interesting to the spectators. "Fran and Lee Reding, sister and brother, tipped all rivals into the river fend r'- '^"d. lb took home a nice cup. - |D. Freund, Bob and Jack McMahon took honors, ' • Pitzen, cf ............ in a hard-fought canoe race. Pad- ^ Z^reund* ••••vv dies tangled in this race th*'COtn-'j rreund. c1.............. peitors played for position. i R- Hettermann, If .. When a shortage of entrants was j*- Pitzen, rf announced for the Row Boat Race, Miller, p George Barbian ancl Joe Engeln hop- Tonyan, cf .,.h....... ped into the nearest boats and gave;' ' ; v j1 the winner, Walter Brooks, a run for; Total his money. George showed'the pep of SCORE BY INNINGS^ a college athlete, giving hft all for j Shamrocks 203 000 010--- KELLY, KILONIS, KASABOSKI, KAY c AND K'PETERSON McHESRY TEAM PLAYS TWO GAMES WITH ELQIN •lidlst Thursday an ifl! star baseball team composed of five players from j Pat Kelly, Knoxville, Tenn., Irish- MceHnry team and five from the |r* WAUKEGAN MAJORS v TO PLAY HERE NEXT SUNDAY manager of the Mc* Henry baseball team, has booked 0'.."] game with the strong Waukegan Maj* ors for next Sunday. Kovach ani, Belec will form the battery for th« . Majors. "Spots" Thurlwell will be oia the mound for McHenry with' Jo# man and Mike^Kilonis, Greek star >f Mineral Springs team journeyed to El Schenectady, N.'Y., are the principals g'n* in Fred Kohler's all star windup Fri- " The batteries for- McHenry were day night at the Dietz Stables, Route B°h McGonigle and "Tbughy" Justen. 59-A, 176, Ivanhoe on the Diamond The batteries "for Elgin were Ray Lake road, three miles west of Mun- Hoeppnei* and Malbearn. delein. The bout is scheduled for six- The game was played at Lord's Park"* ^reund behind the bat. The game will ty minutes to a one fall decision. with the McHenry team defeating El- j start at-2;30 p. m. Both Kelly and Kilonis 1are hot on gin 10 to 8. ) > -- the trail of Bill Weidner the new 175 Elgin, however, came up Tuesday I F^RMHOUSE TAVERN pound light-heavyweight champion. cf this week and defeated a new com-fWMlke Butler h?f taken over Fm Lake county fans who have watched bination from McHenry to the tune o*! on Route U" S" 12 < Kelly in action are pleaseti with his 15 to 6 1of McHenry, starting operations oil style and knowledge of the wrestling The McHenrv bovs will Mav a re ^'IUBy- ^r- ana .urs. neroert me- .. game. On. the other hand while they, turn game next Tuesday ^ . Itaff- who had been operating the place, . 1 have admired the skill shown by Kil- ' - V .have returned to their home townj • * :>. onis they have voted dead against his TFNlflTQ TriTTPVATMfTP1Sf*P^1 |Brookfield. ; 4 unruly tactics. The Greek champion TENNI® TOURNAMENT L -• :;^ ; _ V ' . stops at nothing when the going gets' «... ~~!T" . _ J FOX LAKE WOMAN. Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Frie- Total JOHNSBURG N. Smith. 2b ..... tough and his unsportsmanlUte act^s : The ^Qwi^ firIs }*St E1^n in the ring have been very much dis- ^ play the girls approved by the fans at Lords Park, in tennis: Anita Al- Kelly has been a sensation around '^d^e. FrfleWich. Dorothy Alr the mid-west territory since coming j «.^.ary Alth°ff, Ele«nor Althoff here from the south. His intense de- an{,Ml"am Sayler. ' sire to win and the seriousness he puts : P T.he b°ys will go down to Elgin on into «ach bout has convinced the fans fy ;to ,play ,a return engagement, that Pat is on the way to a title bout • ^irs^ ;be played by Char- Krlohis has been the stvimbling block ® SWOn^ \ in many a wrestler's path. -Mike also anxious to get a titl,e chancak. has declared that he will toss Kelly record time. Whether he can make good his boast remains to be seen.. Babe Kasaboski, the handsome Canadian 1 igh £hea vy weigh t grappler AS R H ...6 . 1 - ' *7 ' 3 v" •' d ' 3 1 . ': o . ; 3 ; 3 ...6 '"':4 ..:7 2 1 ...6 •• 2 1 .,.•5, 8 2 ...1 0 1 56 20 24 Johnsburg 002 122 418--20 Two base hits--T. Pitzen, H. Freund R. Hettermanty, P. Pitzen, B. Miller. able people, the VanAttas. -- S • I • H -- Adele 'Toots' Heimer Butler brought her cheerful smile to town. too. s * 1 * H -- Johnny Hunter drove up from Terra Haute, Indiana, and had a grand time. Met his sister, Edna, down with the Old Timers, too. S * I * H -- All in all, the whole team is shaping up nicely and we expect to see H fO 0 0 ' son comes to a close, j McHENRY I Ap R .Fay, If s 0 jV. Freund, cf ..,w..,3 0 0 1 | A. Anderson, 3b ,..,4 1, 2 A Had a: ni^e visit with Richard B. R. Bennett, ss 2 I 0 '•Dick" Walsh. Of course, we went]L .Freund, cf-lf 5 3 4 2 right into a baseball discussion. "Dick" | Thurlwell, p ... .......4 I . 3.. 5 knows his way around the big leagues King, rf ' ...5 0 1 1 0 and has helped young fellows get j j Freund^ 0 0 1 started in the game. .>,] Smith, lb ;,....;^.v.^4; ; 3 2 *6 | Kr«tttaea%^21i 4. .0 1^ 1 "Dick' -- S * shares I • H -- our desire dear old Alma Mater. Art Jacobs M>ok first in the Class A and B outboards. "Malcolm Ernst copped honors in the Bang and Co BackjG. Larkin, J. Lark in. Three base hit race. - j A. Freund. Both spills and thrills were enjoy-1. '•"v •• ed by a large crowd that look forward to more events on the good, old Fox. The fine. 70-piece High School band from Woodstock, lunder the direction of Clarence Olson, furnished music for smooth-working outfit before ithe sea-|^he afternoon The judges were Lang of Peru. Dr. Brunswick of Crystal Lake and Probate Judge, Harry F. Daniels of Elgin. Attorney Walter G. French and his committee, consisting of Wm. Mertes, The Phoebe ' fiwp phoebe, a familiar flycatcher, often called peewee, is about seven inches long, grayish olive brown above, with a dark crown, wings and tail, and with white outer tail feathers. Ve^y little has been done in the doubles tournament this week because of the pageant.' Gold Crested Wren- Weighing only about an ounce, thfe draws the semi-windup assignment,- Wre" 'S capable of mi" en found in northern Europe and across the North sea in a erous bird. Asia and is one of the most beautiful of the small birds. meeting Tony Falletti of Italy. Babe sinlniaK A V youngei star is one of the fastest wrestlers in the 175 pound division. In his match with Falletti he will be pitted against brute strength, although italetti knows the rOpes and figures tu outsmart his younger rival. The bout will be over the thirty minute, distance. V Charley Peterson, consistent Pistakee lake» winner faces Rudy Kay of the north side pf Chicago in another match of thirty minute duration. The bout should be one of the most interesting on the card as Kay is known to lose his temper frequently. Peterson likewise gets peeved and Charley\s old title «f "The Roughouse Swede" may be called into play when Ihe fur starts flying. Frenchy LaRue, sensa tional Quebec star arid Frank Schroil of Hollywood are in the four all-star bout on the card. LaRue is making, his first appearance as is Schroil in' the Dietz Stables arena and the fans will see two new tophotchers in this boot. DIES AT rtd&PITAL Mirs. Colon Ostrahder, 71 years old»,' '•*. of Fox Lake, died July 28 in the Lake Copnty hospital at Waukegan. Funeral - senices fwere held Frids^t 'k July 31, at the Jacob Justen under-i' taking- «»tablishment ' in "McHenry^ . V'C with burial"in Woodland cemetei-y- "> J"1'" THOMAS BROWN DIES > AT SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS/: ^ Thomas Brown died Wednesday ia'" a hospital at Springfield, where he ha$ . been for the past year. He is survived by his wife, who was formerly , Jessie Simpson, a former resident here. ' ' GRAF ZEPPLIN LETTER ia£k Fleming has received a lettefr of which he is quite proud. It was mailed in Germany and came over oa the Graf Zepplin. SCHMELING-LOUIS FIGHT PICTURES Dietz's Stables Arena Ivanhoe --- - Routes 176 and 59-A TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 -;V". feature Attraction -- Victor McLaglen in v "LAUGHING AT LIFE" ; . III Case of Rain 6T Cold Weather, V the Film? Will Be Shown Inside ADULTS, 25c; CHILDREN, 15c to, see v some young fellow from our commun-j . ity make his way up the ladder. Said; he had quite a talk with Joe Freit,« -*-from Johnsburg along the same -- S * I * H -- rf- Total 41 10 14 30 4 BURLINGTON BREWS AB R H PO E .,..4 Williams, 2b ,5 By the way, has Anybody heard froi*» T' liU" Wp ill- i * _r ' . "Bill" Kreutzer lately? "• ig Kramer, rt ;»»;M5 ter^sted in;seeing "Bill" make good.' H Johnson, ss DeGrave, lb otal truck out ' 4- . 5 \ 0 1 17;', V Z&v ' 0 v. •0 Heard that one of our former teach- Heck, cf ers, Mrs. Wray (Florence Howe to Schiebe^ cf some of you) was in town. If she Lois, p •, has any gray hair, "Red" Winkel and Rubec myself must take some of the blame. Sorrj£ we didn't see her. , • _ ; . ; _ s * 1 *'H Thought both the pageant and parade were a grand success. Both represented much work. S * I * H -- ' j Father "Bill" O'Rourke pinned the. name, Clark Gable, on Mayor Peter, _ _ , f •» «• • i 1 Doherty when he saw him all togged MClmed Men S (jlUD iJout for the crowning of the queen 44 9 12 30 4 By. L-ois, 3; R'ubeck, 4; hurlwell, 6. Bases oh balls--Off Lois, Thurlwell, 5. Two base hits--Anerson, Smith. Three base hits--Heck. Sacrifice hits-1--Thurlwell, 1; Kreutzer, I. : .. Jcs. J. Rothermel, Everett Hunter, George Kramer, Roy Kent anil Robert Carey, deserve credit for their efforts in planning and carrying out tjie aft ernoon's program. >7 Results are as fbllfaws: Outboard C and F 1st--Peter Seyl. 2nd--A. WaUe. 3rd--John Warp. > Outboards--Free for All --Peter Seyl. ' • Looked pretty snappy up there with the queen" and her court of honor. -- S * I ' H -- There's still plenty of life in those Old Timers. You'd think so if you watched them sprint around the dia- ADAMS TEAM TRIMS . TOXYANS 19 TO 4 The Adams team rode rough shod over Bill Tonyan's team Thursday "night, scoring eleven runs in the second inning and ending up with a 19 teen hits, but were unable to make them count. ADAMS Tony Schmitt, 3b ...... Chas. Freund, lb .... Ernie Freund, rf .v..... mend at the City Park last Saturday i to 4 score. The losers drove out fourafternoon in the Old Timers' ball game.' It was a part of the Centennial celebration. Soiae of the "boys" hadn't had a bat in their hands for the last forty years, more or less, but they stood up to tihe plate and socked the ball ail over the lot. The teams weren't named, but there were two teams Frett, p and one of them scored 18 runs while | Schaefer, 2b the other scored 12. That ought to Adams, c ... be accurate enough. B. Smith, cf S * I * H -- Gerasch, If This fellow, "Dutch" Thurlwell, was little ahead of our time, but it is easy tp see that he must have been quite a ball player in his day. --S * 1 * H -- It was "Boy with most of : "Never Again!"i Total TONYANS L. Conway, c ..... Huemann, ss .... Bring the liniment,"; Tonyan, lb-p .... them the next day. H. Freund, 3b .. , J • • , * •'•.'! Granger, 2b '....... -- S • I • H -- Justen, p-cf 'last Sunday's ball game, that Leo >« imams, rf ....; Freund collected four hits in five trips j G*0- Freund, lb fl6 the plate. We have been watching Leo the last couple of years and find •Jjim to be a good, hustling ball piayer of promise. ^ i V Total , Two base R H PO I ...2 3 l 9 .....2 2 0 .....3 3 9 .....1 1 . 0 2 2 1 .....2 2 0 .....3 .1 10 is 2i H PO 3 3 .. ..0 0 3 ...v0 4 ...„1 „3 V 2 ....0 0 ....1 1 --1 ..,:i 0 I ....0 /.&" 0 -.ft 1 •7 4 14 18 ' 2nd--A. Walle. 3rd* Anthony ^Fankl. 4 ! Bang and Gx>. Bpck ~,lst-- Malcolm Ernsifc . . :i 2nd--William Finkl, . 3rd--Carl Janehscli. Women's Swimming Raw 1st--Janet Livingston. ^ 4 2nd--Helen Buch. 3rd--Betty Kilday. \ Men's Swimming Race 1st---Peter Seyl. • 2nd--Edward Sullivan. 3rd--Frank Schnackenberg. Canoe Race lsk--Bob and Jack McMahon. 2nd--Lee and Fran Reding. Canoe Tilting v 1st---Fran and Lee Reding.f 2nd--Camp Cutten. Y.M C.A. 3rd--Bob and Jack McMahon* Row Boat Race --- 1st--Walter Brooks. 1 2nd--George Barbian. 3rd--Joe Engeln. Outbtmrds A and B 1st--rArt Jacobs. 2nd--Anthony Finkl. , 'j FREUND BOYS STILL . WINNING BALL GAMfcS The Freund boys registered another win on Tuesday evening, the losers on this occasion, berng Team No. 1, captained by McCracken. The winners hit Green quite hard, getting twelve hits which netted them six runs. Frett, pitching for the Freund boys, allowed bu£ j|iit hits. The score: * : TEAM NO. 1 vEI:; CONVERT YOUR OLD WATER STORAGE TANK ' I N T O A - • • MODERN AUTOMATIC HOT WATER UNIT New Republic Hot Water Conversion Unit brings the luxury of Hot Water t6 every liAcne R PO Granger, 2b 0 0 i G. Justen ................. ...........0 0 Green, p J......... ..........0 1 6 Adams, c ...0 l 0 J. Schmitt, lb .L. 0 0 9 T. Schmitt, 3b ......... 2 •-0 E. Justen. cf ........;.. .......v.,.0 1 1 Schaefer, ss :o 0 1 Gerasch, If ...u. ...0 jo: 0 TRAM NO. 4 & 18 S * I * H -- The local team will have their chores' umpire did not call a bull. right? Elmer Freund, cf . ,Herb. Freund, 3b . ony Schmitt, C. ' Freund. Frett (2>, Ad,irS. L ConWay. j H.^M cut out for them when they mfeet •ithe Waukegan Majors next Sunday at the local park. Waukegan has some good ball players. So has McHenry. -- S • I * H -- "Doc" Chamberlin scored four runs in that Old Timers' game and says it was like pullin' teeth tryiftg t6 lug the dogs around those base paths the time. -- S * I * H -- This Week's Baseball Question Jim Fay bringp up a question that arose in the game at Burlington last Sunday: With a man on first, the piteber dropped the bail ae be was 5 about to deliver it to the batter. The Wiui he Cv;-V'#-' S * I • H ^ Last Week's Answer The batsman yas not out. He became a .base-runner immediately after three strikes had been called by the umpire. Had th£ batsman bunted a foul on the third strike he would have been out, but his attempt to bunt-- even though he missed the ball--was as if he had swung freely at the ball. If the catcher failed to hold the third strike, the batsman .becoming a baserunner, must proceed to first base. If he arrived there in advance of the ball ht mii* safe.- • Chas. Freund, lb .... E. Smith, c Frett, p Conway, 2b G. Freund. If B 1 2 .^1 1 «......^ ...........1 0 0 ...........0 H 2 ;*•- 1 0 1 i d PO 2 2 0 1 8 0 8 0 0 6 12 21 SCORE BY INNINGS Team No. 1 000 010 0--t Team No. 4 Ill 201 x--6 Left on bases--Team No. 1,5; team No. 4, 7. Bases on balls--Off Frett, 1. Struck out by Green, 3: by Fiett, 7. Two base hit--Herb Freund. Three base hits--Elmer Freund, H. Freund. Home run--Ernie Freund. Umpirea-** Weber and Bickler. Subscribe for The Platoffealer. • There are two good reasons wiry eirry home can now enjoy the luxury of instant hot water. First--with the Republic Hot Water Conversion Unit you can transform an ordinary water storage tank into a Modern Automatic Hot Water Unit. Then you may have abundant hot water service at any desired temperature for 24 hours a day. 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