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swm -""T*1 MP it 'imjijiup'J "• •% , tb H I , • HEAR" by EARL R. WALSH cfcar taa *"*-tr" WtMm » tar dign >fo. ToU Mm we didn't want to be WltfafeMi Sfat, m faMttturf By the time we got home it was all clear.. Xhe ei^r vu jut a mew of dry, crumbly tobacco. . Must have been one that Walt Voft or MrAIlister had in stock. We're headin' for 'St. Patrick's Day and memories' of other, years are bound to spring up. Our first thought is of our father. Hiere was a special - twinkle in his j eye on St. Patrick's morning. He wasn't much on vocalising, but a | throaty attempt at "The Hat Me | Father Wore" was sure to occur on j that one morning of the year. Cor-! rections were futile as he persisted j in a variation that went like this: I Tis the most "distressless counthry" : th*t ever you did see. We dont want tp jump the <gun before the county bowling tournament is over, bttt if Wes Guffey's apore doesn't win first place, there ain't no justice! Wes hit 'em this way: 243-175-213 for a 631 series. Add a 100-pin handicap to this and you can readily see that anybody who tops this score will have his work all* cut out for him. SOOKBB of uurr 8CHAEFERS' iip**-,' ' T^Barbians, 2--Vogm, 1. E. Andersen, 429; M. Wilbrandt, 4l0; D. Tkhaefer, 424. Rupperts, 3--Pop Fenske, 0. P. Kraus, 446; P. Miller, 414; M. Sutton, 446: V. Herdrich, 196-129; G. Miller, 404; F. Freund, 216-525. wtttT Clevslimd, Miler, 1025; Miller, 1010. "CfeHTtedi and D. PopPnak* and G. Mflte and B. i J.- ^v'-fPALACE-^ ;'f' -i• - Match-- Johnsburg, 2288--Fox" Ubf, SON. Bill Meyers, 191-515; Samec, 199-525. Our father loved McHMtfy and wouldn't trade its precious soil for any part or parts, of, the world. But, we know that an unfulfilled dream lingered in his tharahts through many years. He wouUN^Kfffre day, when the youngest daughter grew upi take her to visit his birthplace in Ireland. (Why he chose that young brat ahead of the rest of us was queried, but never answered to our complete satisfaction.) Marion Krause and Emily Hester also kept McHenry on the map by winning the doubles in the McHenry County Women's Bowling Association. Marion: 153-163-171--487. ^ Emily: 152-171-145--469. Marion had a 57-pin handicap and Emily 95 to give them a grand total of 1108 pins. The girls brought home a basket full of cash.' Ladies Nine O'Clock-- Freunds Farmerettes, 2--Bridge, 1. M. Powers, 416; L. Thennes, 446; A. Freund, 423. African Druggists* 2 -- Barbians Butchervttes, 1. G. Barbian, 205-189- 160-554; P. Miller, 434; M. Krause, 177-484. Ladies Victory-- Pink Harrisons, * 3--Farmers Mill, 0. E. Freund, 428 yR. Freund, 165- 424; M. Schaefer, 429; S. Covalt, 449. Stillings <<66", 2--Peterson Boats, I Monday Co mil.-- 1. E. Peisert, 222-525; M. Stilling, 408} A. Schaefer, 418; D. Schaefer, 427. Mabel lbsh and Betty Lou Weber were also on the beam, finishing in the money in the singles matches. GraatlandRice K. of. C.-- .* Nye Jewelry, 2--Blake ' Motor Sales, 1. Nye, 188-210-146-544; Art Tonyan, 190-163-190-543 Rolaine Grill, 2--Palace Recs, 1. Aud Rothermel, 401; M. Miiler, 406. Pages Honeys, 2--Downs Motors, 1. B. Weber, 418; L. Smith, 491; BBuss, 172-401; Raycraft, 176-478. V Still ing's *66" girls were up in the money in the team event, but no scores are in at this, time. - -The advent of the radio and the ~~4ilft.es fitting the day brought untold But. that was anotfrrer day. The same tunes will be played. The same jokes will be told. But, many of the * uW timers , are gone. • y Most of us do a lot of _ talking about St. Patrick's Day celebrating, it's a great excuse for tipping a f^w eye openers, but participation falls shbrt of harmless tslki " We, of course, expect "Mose" to' throw a tea party. Hope he doesn't forget the wafers! ? Guess McHenry showed „ 'em we ; have some bowlers up this way. ' i The local men's championship! match swings back into action again j, next Sunday. More about that later, j The grapevine reports that ..Milton J Hoffman, nephew of R. L. Barry, i | near Bally-O-Gregg, was left in i j charge of the Barry ranch during the ; | past winter--with special instruc-1 1 tions to take good care of the chick-1 'Tis said that Milton took his } iob so seriously that each night ho j [picked up the hens one by one and j (•'put them to roost. It was a breath- I Unking chase, but Milton got 'em! ,As a boy we heard those* city flickers lending ducks to water. All "we know is what we hear. lW7E ARE letting the grass TT roots of baseball die," Sam Breadon, owner and president of the World Champion Cardinals, remarked to me recently. "I am referring to the millions of kids from 12 to 16 years old who would like to play baseball, but who get no help or encouragement. "This is true even In the big Southwest --from the Ozarks to Texas--the Cottonwood trail that gave baseball such men as Tris Speaker, Rogers Hornsby, Dizzy and Paul Dean, Carl Hubbell, Pepper Martin. I could name a hundred others, including Bill i Thar*. Comai'UDickey from Arkansas and Lonnie j McHenry Laundry, 2--Kleinhans Warneke, the tobacco chewing i Bld£„ 1. Justen, 176-503. champion from Mt. Ida. i Tavern Pale, 2--Atlas Prager, 1 ^ "Soft baU, football and otherj Devik, 186-529; Rochelle, 181-510; Johnsburg-- "' sports have started replacing base- , "Sonny" Miller, 185-238-1^2-605; | Jacksons, 3--Fretts, Ttimet, 183-47U B. Martenic, 489; C. Miches, 484; George Jackson, 193-471. Smiths, 2--Foxes, 1. A1 Freund, Old Timers*-- Smiths, 2---Adams, 1. V. Jones, Fit* Clothing, 2--McGee Clothing, i 519; Les Adams, 519; R. Thompson, ± L - W.flcfcBti, 190-W; dGeacpo jackson, 217-580. McGee's, 2--Tonyan' Construction, 1. Gas Freund, 202-197-199-598; Ed Smith, 542. i : Russian America . UHtil 1867 Alaska was designated On maps as Russian America. fc.-' H There Ury d bona. They may be worn clothes if daaired. 1. MeGee, 193-521; Guffey, 189-493. 208; Ed Smith, 204-560. Rogers, 3--Freunds, 0. N.' Carlson, -213-571; N. Freund, 504; A1 Barbian, 497; Dr. Sayler, 518; C. Hughes, 497; F., Rogers, 195-533. ball as a recreation for the yovng- Tommy Sutton, 198-509. sters. They like baseball and would | ' rather play it if they only had the Monday Majors-- chancy. This will be the big Job of Hester Oils, 2--Fox Hole, 1. Hes- 17^472"."' Art* Klein 216-473* " Leo iny new commissioner we might te 203-541; Krause, 216-522; H i1'6"4?2' Art Kle,n' 216 473• ^ nam. e. .H» e mu..s.t o.f fer and/ w.o rk out . Soccihifaiveifvetr* 225-554; Hxi.. S01m11i ittnh 1, 224- a plan that will rive yo^sters & ^ B dU 195.550. 01sen 509. over the counitry this chance." Smith, 473; S. Freund, 500; H. Fox, 185-477. We have been-\hammering with Meister Brau, 2--Oak P^irk Hotel, immenng wnn Thursday Comm'l.-- L Schlitt, 211-524; Peisert, 223-208- • a vw™m '* , what punches (we) had left along ! 182-613; E. Smith, 223-539; P. Koob, Alt.hoffs» Z--B^sses» *• these same lineb, receiving no sup277- 604. port except from Pittsburgh and Detroit and a few individuals like Jack Coombs, the old Colby Carbine, baseball coach at Dukev / . Webers, 2- i 402. Simons, 1. , Sis ^Veber, Neglect Schoolboys Had an interesting letter from o«i«ai» nv Aiurc Vic Miller this week, telling a few. AuL-clAK IfiAJnO of his experiences to date. Vic has PLAY ON FRIDAY been doing some boat riding; but w? jiqR CHAMPIONSHIP . won't go into that. Guess those - - f. rough waves, were not ^ Vic's liking when McHenry tfa*ketfali fans I . f ,Llke a11 ?e IVi thought that the sport ^as as dead; be gUd to come home as soon ± Christmas tree, along, possible. And we 11 be glad to £ news that cn Friday evening you fellows. Soon! .^ftrch 16, the finals in the girls' all- • Bill B„ rd, a wr.i.t es o,f .h.is experiences star tournament will be played in ' Al ... ,, • »pi. ; xf w .. the high school gymnasium. The in travel sine* joining the .JJnt » • under the dimodestly requests that we refrain Maurie have! from pnnting the ^tter We hope tournaments, and that Bill w.II oe commg home for a . ^ 0# these ^ four all-star vii-'t oefore too many moons have j ^ geIected The two win. • P*ss away. ners in the semi-finals on Thurs-1 „ A1I . ™«r. day afternoon will play for the! **11 ?thk*is .t•o y adHddiinnigr tthhaatt ww«p wwoouulldd champPi onship Friday night at 8:30. 8d„is5ion will be ten cents, print It. Here .t.«. t^ine co.ched by A senator wa; »pe«ch-rnakine down ^ McCracken, the Junior, by Muth Being intK^uced to a mjn „ ,he SophomorM by sure tha,t Vhis wentiirXe aluLdieencei was D ' " " Mc C r a e l t e n . a n d t h e P r « h m e n " made up of Democrats, the speaker j Leshe Krieger. waxfed eloquently about the "fellow : _ _ with enough boys for two baseball SPRING FEVER HAS ij^ams. As a windup, ^he senator (JOME TO M'HENRY Jurned to the man and said, "--And pjgQpLj. WHT.TT . I suppose your boys are all Demo- _ ^ C3Cftt>S " g ^ • 0 many times we've used the ex- 'pression "beautiful Fox river"-with- I out ' qCite realizirig just how true Things got 80 bad at the P&lace the wo^ds were. Before sundown on -^nday «%ht that Mike Budler fur- one of these bright, early psrmg nished his four line watcher, Art, evenings, it is well wofffi1 while tak- Hendricks, with a club. It was la- a walk or ride (gasoline permitting) along the river. The reflection of the homes and trees on shore in the satin smooth surface of the water ; gives a lovely mirror-effect which makes one wonder why, even in peace times, it is necessary to leave and a 1-3-7-10 railroad; Gert Miller Hup Smith. 228-601; JBudler, 514. a 4-7-9; Pop Fenske a 5-7-9; Art ; Sip Snack Inn, 2--Walsh Ins., 1. Keeval a 5-7-9. Art Krause, 550; D. • Hester, 526; Actual pins:-Chas. Lasch. 2(53-196- Les Racon, 226-580;. H. Stoller, 510. 175-574; G. Miller, 173-195-145-513;! McHenry Lumber, 2--Meister Brau. -311 Er Elm St., McHenry " Phono McHenry 424 24-HOUR SERVICE SPECIALIZING IN FARM TRACTOR TIRES AND TRUCE TIRES - 80 0 DYE AR TIRES AND TUBES ^ 1 GOODYEAR BATTERIES • "All but one," answered tlij man, ^"learned to read." - - dies night! We didn't want to accept that It Looks Like Spring Is, Actually Here! Better be careful, though, about changing to lighter wearing apparel and getting one of those spring bolds* After a long siege of wintry weather it sure does seem good to gaze upon that bright morning sun and dream about the Victory garden and beautiful lawns, flowers, etc. We have a good supply of garden and flower seeds waiting for your orders. Also a limited number of garden tools -- better get yours now before they are all gone. Did you see all those flyers up around the lake last Sunday? No, they were not the kind that travel through the clouds, but handlers of the fly rods, trying to tempt the blue gills early in the season. We have some things for the anglers, but a very limited supply. Come in and let's talk it over. / E. H. Nickels Hardware jtotir little city on scenic trips. And while chilly winds still blow, spring weather is just around the corner. Robins are making more frequent appearances during the past week and one evening last weekend about seventy-five geese, in perfect V formation, flew low over "McHenry. Their loud "honking" seeiried to be trying to dr6w attention, to their return^ Jumping ropfes, roller skates and tennis rackets have come into evidence over the past weekend also. While we may expect more snow and -north winds, , it is doubtful if they can dampen the spijrits of McHenry folks* who are beginning to get "spring fever." PHONE 2 WEST M'HENRY Doughboys Offer Selves For Sandfly Fever Tests Fourteen soldiers who volunteered to submit to experiments which greatly increased the knowledge of sandfly fever, a disease encountered by American fighting men in tropical and semi-tropical regions, have been awarded the Legion of Merit, the. war department announced. The soldiers were all infected with the disease during the experiments. The fever was produced in some of the volunteers by small injections of blood from individuals who had it, and in others by deliberate exposure to repeated bites of infected sandflies. Sandfly fever--the medical men call it "phlebotomus fever"--is caused by the nocturnal bite of a sandfly c§rrying the infective agent, a fllteraW^irus. The carrier is, a fly aboutM^ighth of an inclf long, and! itZis^onlj^the^vfemale of the species which bites. Thie puncture of the skin is usually painful and in a week or two ixie biie inflamed and swollen. The fever is not contagious. The only way it can be transmitted is by the bite of a sandfly that has bitten a person who has the fever. The onset of the sickness begins tw® or three days afterwards and results in symptoms not unlike those of influenza. The patient is incapacitated for one or two weeks, although his temperature, going as high as 102 or 104 degrees, usually subsides * ia about three days. We Sunday Niters may not. always; - * ^ . .• score so good but the last few weeks % O. F.-- . * _ _ .some of our bowlers have picked Stilling?, 2333 ^Snntn|, "303. W. up the kind of railroads that usuallv Tfcnyam 513; B. Hiller,' 184-475; J. n„_.,, i/hae i maM a bowler mumble things they TThhiieess,, 11995o--44887(;; JJ.. HHeerrdarriiccnh,. 5o1io5.. Baseball, year after year\ has J, , hJ k { . * J. grounds, 2479-Winkels. 2228. H. gone to sleep in this important de- '^e |^] ' j g0 thrilled \vhen some Freund, 193-530; Gus Freund, 201- velopment--and this includes base- , >ve °° inrinea wnen some _ 1S9 iqtball s Big Three. These three have one hits 'em just right that we have -^.Jl. M. Weber, 182-495. run the game ably in other respects, no mercy for the ear drums as we po • . ^ But they have all fallen down on wild. A few of these that I remember Citybuilding up and bringing baseball are: Bill Rochelle picked a 4-7-9-10 Alexander Lumber, 3--Bridge, 0. to the kids from the ages of 12 to 16, many, many thousands of whom would rather play baseball than any other game, but rarely get .the chance. Crowded Cities--lack of space-- lack of any help or cooperation on the part of baseball leaders--these have all figured in the decay of the game's so-called "grass roots." They have either forgotten all about ethe kids, or else they have been*too shortsighted to face the major problem of the game. The new commissioner must be one who can rebuild rbaseball for the kids--and that will be Jtfpmrost important job. It will b^^uo no one in baseball has evenjpPproac'ie^> barring the few places I have mentioned. There 1 are millions of kids who Would like to play baseball--who never hiave the chance. And anyone with a half grain of intelligence knows that if a kid from 12 , ta 15 years old doesn't have the chance to play baseball, he will never get anywhere in the game. FootbaU is different. You can take a husky young fellow around* 18 or 19 who never saw a football and turn 1dm into a great tackle or a great guard. Especially if he is big and fast. You can't do that with a baseball player--or I golfer. The great basebaU players come up as kids-- who played -thg game. The grea| golfers came up as caddies--Hagen, Sarasen, Oulmet, Nelson, Hogan, Chick Evans, Goodman, McSpaden, Johnny Farreli, Harry Cooper. • Must Start Early Baseball and golf are game* you must learn in early youth. Football can be picked up later on. Golf has been given a big 'br£&k. Baseball hasn't. I don't care whether the new commissioner is Jim Farley, Edgar Hoover or Ford Frick--or some one else Who has the respect of the ballplayers and the spectators. All I know, is that his first job will-be to organize a new youth movement for baseball, which (outside of .Pittsburgh, Detroit and in certain locations where the American Legion has been an active sponsor) has been almost completely overlooked, although the two big leagues have each contributed $20,000 to this fund Certainly there has been no help from the two major leagues outside of tins contribution and little hey^ from any of the .minors. In many big cities, it must be admitted there is little room left where the kids can play--except along cobblestone streets or those haunted by automobiles. But there is still space enough left in the United "States to give boys from 12 to 1C a chance to play baseball. It is still a national crime that out.of 100,000 18-year-old boys called to the draft, over 25,000 are turned back as physically unfit. But it is a difficult matter to get anyone interested in this problem. Army and navy say they are too bus> trying to win a war to bother about the situation. And this group is too young for sport promoters to use as money-makers. Besides Breadon, only Larry Mac- Phail and Horace Stoneham seem to think that part of the duty of the new commissioner should be that of trying to rebuild the waning enthusiasm for the game in the high schools and the colleges, and even they can't agree as to how that^ Should be worked out. •"?» CUT OUT AND HANG UP NEW LAWN MOWEBS None This Season USED MOWERS You want to sell, I want to buy. You Want to buy, I want to sell. You want to triads I want to trade. You want to cut grass, I are, everybody do. -1 •: -; Sharpening of mowert^ skates, knives and *' shears v Bob Thurlwefl 110 Main St. WEST M'HENRY For That Tasty CLUB BREAKFAST =*=LTO0HEQ1I DINNER or be it STEAKS OR CHOPS* Home-made Pastry--Sure BEST OF COFFEE Manor House, Cents* X.;-. 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