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Apii * tm pLAnmALnt ij i f i f i : t i V, - * "SO 1 • Jin/Vtv by EARL R. WALSH » We hare more trouble recognizing *• - '• "Red" Hobbs in that new town car Public "Service Company has • --, furnished. When this man-power shortage ends, "Red" will have a a chauffeur and footman to complete P&-: picturc* - • .--Shortage!! have ^it ifl items it ? seems. Who'd have thought "Muggs" ! f ^ Wattles would be dashing around looking for second hand jewelry. , Glad to hear that Fred Beller, one of our column helpers, is getting along OK after a painful injury. m A secret ambition to ride on one of those little go-devil railroad h&ttdcars has lingered with us since boyhood. Guess well have to talk with Henry Antholz. They have putt-putt motors on 'em now. Years Ago they pumped 'em by hand. We can see Johnnie Purcell now. WW TOP HONOR* IN OOUKTY MWCT) 'Nobody told us to say so, but. if you have a baseball bat tucked away in your home, it would be a good idea to give it or sell it to one of . our teams this season. The boys are having trouble buying the sticks this year. -- McHenry's individual bowlers and teams made a fine showing, in competition with county bowlers in the City Association Handicap Tournament. Wes Guffey's 781 in the singles took first place and rates top mention. Vernon Freund and Clarence Stilling each hit €78 to tie for fifth place. Pete Koob's 664 gave Mc- Henry another spot in this event. In the all-events, HcHenry howlers copped six of the first eight places: Vernon Freund, 1981; Clarence Stilling, 1932; Hup Smith, 1920; Pete Koob, 1897; M. Miller (Woodstock), 1889; George Freund, 1888; L. Shattuck (Marengo), 1888; Herman Schaefer, 1874. Local bowlers also took first, third and fifth spots in the doubles: Vernon Freund and H. Olsen, 1822; Harold Freund and Gus Freund, 1283; C. Just en and C. Stilling, 1275. In the team events, the Fox Hole five took second money, (3040) only three pins behind Grove Liquor of Fox River Grove. Johnsburg's No. 4 team crowded close to the third place with a total of 3036. Schaefer's Meister Brau placed eighth, Palace Meister Brau tenth and Fitz- Gerald's Clothing fifteenth. BOWLING NOTES Some of you big he-men will never use those bats again--And, besides, they are dangerous to liave layin' around if the little woman goes on the warpath. SCORES- THROUGH SATURDAY 'OF LAST WEEK P. Don't put the snow -shovels away yet, boys! ' v Says one fair lady,. I thought he was referring to my hat in "that 'columrt, I'd tell him a thing or two." t The most strenuous time of the year is just around the corner. We'll soon have to roll out of bed early to watch Frank Meyef working in his garden. --Schaefers'--. MacArthur League-- Rupperts, 2--Pop Fenske, 1 Miller, 455; M. Sutton, 177-434; F. Freund, 190-541; M. Fox, 402; P. Kraus, 196-447. Barbians, 2--Vogue, 1. M. Simon, 190-505; D. Cleveland, 163-420; E. Hoyte, 411; D. Schaefer, 491 Victory League-- Farmers Mill, 2--Harrisons, 1. E. Albright, 189-445; M. Schaefer. 438; ! S. Covalt, 459. \ Stillings, 2 -- Petersons, 1. -G. j Weber, 171-436; D. Schaefer, 443; E. , Peisert, 178-499; A. Devik, 436; M. i Stilling, 471. War time elevates our most brilliant, inventive minds to lofty positions. So far none of them have come through with* a nice, juicy synthetic steak. Or is that what We've been eating? Thursday Comm'l.--. ' Atlas Prager, 2--Tavern Ffclfe, 1 i Hagberg, 524; Miller, 214-512. McHenry Laundry, 3 -- Kleinhans Bldg., 0. Fenske, 201-485; Kleinhans, 506; Adams, 217-518. Remember way back when S." L H. had a flock of contributors*? We give up. It's no use." We can't keep up to these modem songs. Still haven't learned Mairzy-Doats and the rest of the class has progressed as far as the Positive-Negative tune. Monday Majors •-- Hester Oils, 2--Fox Hole, 1. Budil, 199-532; Thorsell, 500; H. Smith, 201-557. Meister Brau, 2--Oak Park Hotel, 1. Herdrich, 521; E. Smith, 515; Schlitt, 224-600; Tonyan, 500; Peisert, 526. Our "S. B. C.," who reads death notices as thoroughly as Cub writeups, picked up a little item on a deceased who was bom in McHenry before the Civil War. |k. of a-- McGee's, 2--FitzGerald's, l--Bar jbian, 194-491; McGee, 195-481; L. Stirling, 199-561. I Nyes, 2--Blakes, 1. Nye, 213-553; Brefeld, 182-498. James H. Bolf, aged 84,7«f *501 West Lgke street, Chicago, and formerly of South Bend, died at 3:30 a. m., today in his residence following s---:" an illness of one week. He was bom- July 29, I860, in McHenry, 111., lived here four years and then returned (o Chicago ten years ago. He is survived by his widow, Mary; t > four sons, Charles, at home; John and Phillip, of Chicago, and Edwin, of South Bend; and two daughters, - " Mrs. Margaret Triggs, of Chicago, and Mrs. Kathryn Wilson, of West ..Chicago, 111. - --Pali -Any of you Old Timers ever heard of the above family ? As if this country iant -busy enough, they , are going to stage another Charlie Chaplin trial. Lou Novikoif, the "Mad Russian," seems to be able to hit for everybody but the Cubs. He starts out with 10 hits in his first 22 times, at* bat out in the Coast League. City League--~ Alexander Lumber, 2 -- McGee Clothing, 1. Dr. Van Denburgh, 229 j 513; Feireisel, 20jB-520; F. Petersen, { 503; H. Smith; 204-577; Gus Freund, 224-597; Hobbs, 512. | Walsh Ins., 3--McHenry: Lumber, ,0. Dick Conway, 233-569; Les Bacon, 533; W. Schlitt, 210-526. Tonyan Construction, 2 -- Bridge Tavern, 1. Ed Smith, 236-572; Ed Tonyan, 206-536; M. Budler, 503. Meister Brau, 2--Sip Snack Inn, 1. George Jackson, 221-160^219-600; Bud Miller, 241-556; F. Unti, 517; Hagberg, 536f-H-. Freund, 581; Krause, 222-585.. Old Timers-- .. Adams, 2--Rogers, 1. J. Schaeffe^* 502. , .=_==, Jones, 2--Smiths,7 1. W. Meyers, 306; J. Cristy, 191-532; C. Hughes, 208-562; V. Jon<?s, £1-3 What we want to see is Novikoff fail to hit for some other major league team before we 'will believe he is a bust. Monday Comm'l.-- " /* ' Palace Recs, 2--Ilolaine Grill, 1. L. Budler, 176-456; A. Nett, 414; M. Miller, 173-472. "Pages Honeys, 2--Downs Motors, 1. B. L. Weber, 413. We can't see where pur White Sox are-going anyplace this year--much we hate to admit it. Btfe, maybe other teams yf£(a,'t be going so far either. After all,-« it isn't too important what baseball teams do in the way of setting records during war time. That they keep • the- game alive and give the fans the best possible brand of hja§eball is important. t The McHenry Cotrrtty Baseball League plans to operate in full swing this year. Two new. teams will be added--Elgin Mid Arlington Heights. That will give the league eight teams instead of six as they lined up . last season. The ShamrockB have a flock of players in military service so will have to dip into younger talent this year. We expect to see some of the high school boys in uniform. In spite of discouraging 1-run losses <last year the "Micks" stayed right in there and kept their old fans pulling for them Sunday after Sunday. -- , ^-- We have a feeling that their record will be much better this year. The team was built on team spirit and that goes a long way in athletics. Read the Want Ada Thursday Ladi Althoffs, 2--BusseS, 1. E. Althoff, 430; B. Buss, 173-488. Simons, 2--Webers,, 1. • 0 „ amrtAND MCE IT MUST be understood in advance that it is the minor leagues and the colleges that make the major leagues what they are. And you can include the sand lots, who furnish their full supply of stars. The big leagues stand and wait. But, it is the case of Lou Novikoff, recently turned back by the Chicago Cubs, that proves again th e number of brilliant minor league stars who can shine in their own domain, but are only dim candlelights in the wind when they move into faster company. Lou Novikoff is no outstanding excep- Lea Nevfkeff tion. He is merely ^ one of many. For example, I recall from my earlier years the case of Three-Finger Jack Hulseman of Shreveport, who could hit .380 in the Southern,, league,. lead that circuit more than once, and yet finished around .190 in the majors. And SLOCUM LAKE (By Mrs. Harry Matthews) sLororo TAMtowmo PENB MEAN OF FARMERS' PI< By accident, Earl and Harry Eikmeier of Moody county, S. Dakota, made a discovery which may mean the savings of lots of pigs for farmers. They placed their movable sheds on the side hill with the doors uphill. The pigs stayed at the lower edge and sows, when they laid down, laid with their backs uphill. "Die Mr. Allen and Miss Alice Kerber of Chicago' and H. W. Hensel of Crystal Lake were callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hansen Sunday. fJMr. and Mrs. William Burkhart enjoyed a fish dinner at the home °f Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oswald at Eikmeier brothers say they never Williams Park recently. lost a pig from sows laying on them. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Grunewald j T. O. Larson, livestoek specialist and daughter, Patsy, spent last Wed-{for South Dakota, says the infornesday evening at the home of Mr. j mation, which the Eikmeier brothers and Mrs. A. J. Grunewald at East i found out by accident, will save a Troy, Wis. Mr. Grunewald has been i iot of pigs for farmers. By putting very ill at his home at East Troy, {farrowing pens on a side hill or by Mr. and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews of i sloping the floors in permanent pens Oak Park spent Saturday night and' *nd putting pig brooders or guard Sunday at the home of Jjlr. and Mrs. 1 rails at the lower side, there will be Elmer Esping. j very few pigs lain on. The slope of Mr. and Mrs. William Weisheit of the ^°°r should be about one and Chicago were callers Sunday at the one-half inches per foot. home of Mr. and Mrs. James Thom- j They cleaned the houses with lye son at Williams Park. land hot water (one can to five gal- Mrs. Ella Parks and Mr. and Mrs. Ions) before they hauled them o6t Hugh Parks and daughter Jacqueline ton the side hill. They washed the of Park Ridge and Ira Cook of180WS "^h soap -and water before Roselle, were Sunday callers at the farrowing. home of Mr. and Mrs. W .E. Brooks. The young pigs had the run of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Matthews of the alfalfa field and were fed oat- Itasca were callers Sunday at the meal and ground corn. The supplehome of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mat- ment was four pam tankage, four thews. i parts soybean meal, and One part Mr. and Mrs. Tt. W. Lusk and Mrs. ; linseed oil meal. The 180 bushel Hulseman was a great hitter--but John Blomgren were guests at the sel* feeder lasts them about ten only in the minors. v home of Mr. and Mrs. Axel Nerstrom days- » ,A day or two agp I had a fan at North Chicago Saturday evening. "This idea about a sow always lying session with Lt. Bill Dickey, late of ' tyrs. Harold Fornoff of Chicago w>th her back uphill, if it's always the Yankees, and Duster Mails, , spent Easter Sunday at the home of; true, will mean that all floors in the best pitchers of his day | her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James farrow pens should be sloping. The Thomson at Williams Park. " shunt to the floor can be made by Mr. and Mrs. William Burkhart moving the houses to a side hill or of Williams Park and Mr. and Mrs. hy sloping the floor in a permanent Arnold Burkhart of Chicago attend- building. q the Apostle^^No^-omi0 Pa^k^ °f.| LIGIJTNING CAUSES DAMAGE Mrs. Forrest Grunewald and Mrs., ^st Jeek s f ear,-v sPnn/ thu"der Mamie Fischer called" on rdatives ^htning storm caused considerat East TVoy, Wis., last-Thursday. lHfrsonaI '"Jury property Mrs. Robert Luening of Roseville «t/he home of the James was a caller at the home of Mr. and F,t°h fam,ly' residmfir on the John Mrs. C. H. Hansen Monday. 11m Dnieper dam in Rail Mraycd by^Ruaaian ptWrti flw German advancw earfar la •ABRINGTON TRIPLETS Great excitement prevailed last %eek when if wias announced that Barrington had the distinction of heing the home of triplets. Three ^ian babies, two boys and a girl, Were j' ' " %<* bom Monday morning, March 26, j * v. * » tiasae to Mr. and Mrs. Owen Trimble, 210? Mou^h much has bete doM ll George Street, Barrington, at Sher- arrest tuberculosis in patients in its man hospital in Elgin. But one of early stages, and to prevent the the boys, who was the weakest of spreading ol the disease among th# the three and was placed in an in- population, there are still about 10Q^» cubator at birth, died Tuesday. , 000 new cases of and 60,000 deatl^l s ..." - from tuberculosis each year in fMjl i . Read the Want Ads United States. Green Feed Supplies" ....... Chickens With Vitamini Green feed supplies vitamins A and G and for this reason laying hens should be allowed to range on it, say extension poultry specialists. Both vitamins are necessary for maximum egg production and hatchability. Vitamin A is necessary also to prevent an eye trouble similar to roup. Green feed has " some advantages other titan nutritional, in that it tends to keep the birds satisfied and probably helps to prevent feather pulling and cannibalism. For this reason the birds should have access to a green range at all times. This can be supplied by a double yarding system, which not only supplies an abundapce of green feed but aids in combating diseases and parasites. Oats make a good winter grazing crop. They should be seeded at the rate of five bushels per acre. This makes a dense sod which will give 1 scenario of raw action; grazing for a flock of hens much longer than .when lighter seedings are made. --20 some odd years ago. "I could name you 30," the Duster said. "Do you recall Paul Strand? Paul hit over .400 with Salt Lake. What a hitter. Paul was a .400 minor league hitter. But a .200 big league hitter. "I'll give you another. Do you remember Ike Boone, the Alabama football and baseball star? There was a great football and baseball player. Bee came to the Missions* on the west coast in a tough league with a bad right arm. He really had only one arm he could use. A Flop in Big Time "But in his first 27 games that season, Ike batted .410. He was terrific. We all said that with two good arms he'd hit .500. He was big, game, strong, a natural athlete and a natural hitter. But in the big leagues with at least one or two clubs he was a steady .240 hitter. "And there was Smeed Jolley with the Red Sox--6 feet 3--235 pounds, one of the greatest minor league hitters I tytr saw. He had everything. In the big leagues he hit maybe iN. "There was Bevo LeBourveau of the Phillies and Giants--terrific in the minors--but a flop in the big time. I could name you 20 great minor league hitters who couldn't hit the size of their hats in the majors. And this includes the great Russian-- Novikoff--who can hit everything in the minors and nothing in the majors." t"One trouble with the minors," Dickey said, "Is this--the pitchers or the catchers often fail to discover the batters' weakness. We'll take Lou Novikoff. He can murder a certain type of pitch. He can't even foul a fast one inside. But don't ever give him a fast one outside. He'll murder it. At least that's what ::I hear. All I know is that after being with the Yankees in "the American league so many years, I kne^y just about what every fellow likes to swing at--and also what he DOESN'T like to swing at. And what a difference that makes." (As a side remark, I'd like to add that Bill Dickey knew more about American league hitters than any catcher in the history of baseball. ; He knew everything they liked--and j everything they didn't like). | Greatest Hitter j "There was one exception. His name is Ted Williams of Jthc JR^d | Sox. "There is the greatest hitter I ever saw," Dickey went on. He'd i neyer swing at a ball two inches off ' the plate. Williams could wait for" a fast ball or a fast curve until it was almost in my glove. Then if ' he liked it he'd even hook it to left, j "Ted had the swiftest reactions j I've ever seen. He could make up his mind what to do in at least! a tenth of a second. I tried to [ cross him every way I knew, b»t4-| never could. I'll say that Ted Williams is the greatest hitter I ever saw in baseball, and I know how goo4 Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe Di Maggio were. But Williams was something out of this world. If we hadn't run into this war I be* lieve Williams would have finished as the greatest hitter of all time." It might be added here that Lt. I Bill Dickey, the . Arkansas quail I shot, never makes any wild state-1 ments. He only calls them as he; sees them. Nothing else counts with : him. • j Most Thrilling Fight ' When it comes to the most thrill- j ing prize fight, I always pick the Dempsey - Firpo volcanic eruption ; that lasted only a t r i f l e morl than; four minutes. Where Dempsey was j ^hammered to the floor or at least to; his knees with Firpo's first right- i hand--where Dempsey kept Firpo' on the floor most of the round--! where Firpo hammered Dempsey j through the-ropes--where everything happened in"'such a hurry that no; one could follow the swiftly shiftipg; '1 For City Improvements . VOTE FO# ~ - ALFRED TONYAN ^ CANDIDATE POR , ' \» . ItfAYOR OF McHENRY, HL» " ON THE TAXPAYERS TICKET , - ; : ElXCnON, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1945' • ^ YOUR SUPPORT NULL BE APPRECIATE^ -- m F. Ouneo farm, located at Butterfield Mrs. Stuart Byrne and two child- T°ad am Il "/"T ren of Williams Park, spent two days L'bertyy.lle The Fjtch family were recently at the home of her mother, a£ Jnn" ^en a.b | olt of h^tn,n^ Mrs. Helen Tubbs in Chicago. „ the j.ndow pane and Mrs. Helen Tubbs and Floyd Wor- ' to the table Miss Carol F.tch, thy of Chicago, spent Easter* Sunday 18-s»ffered bums,on the legs _ _ . * arm nor mnt nor c wqe clicrnHv at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. Byune at Williams Park. ~ ANNOUNCEMENT and her mother's arm was slightly burned. Dishes were shattered, and plaster and burning debris fell into the living room after the roof caught I desire in this manner lo announce . my candidacy for the office of mayor | Community Refrlgeratioi. of McHenry for the commg fou- , There „ere 5 ^ fro£n fo£ Jock. years, to he voted at the city elec- er plants in ^ United Staf , 0°,, °" '^ n yu J," J"ly. according to a count made by 1945. Your support will be greatly the state exten8ion service*. Iowa appreciated. My name will appear ^ wfth $80. under the "Taxpayers" ticket. 45-3 ALFRED TONYANL___i -- ' Read the Want Ads I Order your rubber stamps at the 1 Plaindealer. D & W ICE CREAM DELICIOUS AND WHOLESOME. TAKE HOME A ^ WNT, AQUA^OR MOEE. Vive flavors of, Ice Creai& No sherbets or ices. It's the taste that tells. TUCKER'S SWEET SHOP VOGUE CLEANERS Phone McHenry 19. We Pick Up and Deliver * Two to Three Day Service : the Vogue for splendid service and excellent workmanship Fitzgerald's Men's [Representative] West McHenry PARCHMENT WRAPPED FRESH CREAMERY BUTTER '24 Red Points . . 45' JUMIO WHITI Bread 2 NATIONAL Paa Rolls i'/4-lb. LOAVES PK6 OF 12 •' 17* 6* MAIN 4MM* Pabst-Eti 18* FOU IDS' MOAOOffWi ^ Noodles. H| ^3 SOLO MEDAL OR PILLSIURY^ Flour .. '££57* 0OLD MEDAL OR MUSaURVS Floir .. i£29* UNSWEETENCD •RAKFRUIT M IIm PH. J i i o e . . PCP WHEAT PLAKSS KeHoa's..^9* SOFTASILK SNO SHEEN OR SWANSDOWN , 25c ••sa FRESH BEETS . . SOUTHERN BUNCMllk BUNCHES Syrup for Panel To make syrup for punch boil two cups of sugar and three cups of water for five minutes. Cool, chill and sweeten as desired. Keep Open A trousers hanger is ide j foi holding a cook book open. Clamp it across the top of the open book and* hang it above your kitchen work table. (March on Iron 'When starch sticks to your {sen Pallets Get Colds disconnect Iron before atarch Close the. back and aide ventila- arches. The" use soapjnd water tors of the laying house as the nights or dr5 begin to get cooler. Pullets will get, m°ve starch. Next ti^ne, cook starch colds, unless drafts are prevented. 1 ® 80 1 4et (ft Smve flrttiont Itetory-BletM RECAPPING Only Ftrestone zecapping gives your tine the famous DtLin Oluunpioa Oear-Oilp Ikead, the tread with extra iafth for extra safety, extra traction ' aat loager ndleacs. He Certlftcete Heeded New Tires and Tubes We Have All Sixes FIBESTONE Passenirer Car. Truck and Tractor Tires and Tubes. Remember tubes are not rationed. Trade In Your Battery now for a new FIRESTONE. We have them to fit all cars and trucks. We allow $2 for the old battery. FIRESTONE SPARK PLUGS, RADIATOR HOSE and FAN BELTS. Special price on Firestone Spark Plugs--49c. Walter J. 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