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4 8 0 M D A T CaH/t. i-^'% The fireworks are over. hot ttao •Maory lingers on. Cars, people, carnival, baseball, fishing, boatlB| gooi weather, bad weather- All played a part In a busy weekend. ~ MrHenry bias growing pains on nch holidays, but crowds are handled remarkably well. Much credit goes to McHenrys polke <eUoW8 whQ can powder that ball, department.--And did you notice the fire department standing by until late into the night? They were organized and ready to help fa any emergency. From one source*' we hear that Bert Harrison is now referred to as a guide for fishermen .around ' Pistakce. Prom another source," we 'shear -that Herman Nye received a large fish (carp) through the mail,-- C.O.D. No connection between the two reports, we presume. The following has been passed around and finally landed on our fcook: *• Johnsfeorg New* 'T see the mayor of Johnsburg "Bill Ricks" has installed a largo : modem picture window In his home. Which could mean signs of who will have possession of first place. The two teams are tied at this writing. The Shamrocks will travel to Harvard next Sunday for a game at one o'clock--then hustle bac*c here to meet Algonquin at about 3:30 P.M. That should he a busy afternoon. Ton can bet Jess Armstrong will bring the Simplex boys to town with plenty of power. He has At 2 o'clock next Sunday the Spring Grove team will appear < on the Merchants' diamond. Watch for John Samec it th»t game. He came in to warn us that he would be rooting for his boy, Gerrettsen, against the Shamrocks last Friday night. John was there but didn't have much chance to cheer.: It was a buy whirl at the Mc- Henry Country Club over the weekend. On Thursday, July 13, a largo group of McHenry golfers plan t? visit the Woodstock Club. The following week, July 20, the local club will sponsor that annual day of days--"Hookey Day." DAILY PINUPS A social lion is one who ft obMuatrimony or something. But." he Sated to do his roaring In private denies it and says it is just to keep np with the beautiful homes which surround him In Sunnyside Estates jknonymous. SkW dt lttsMl over the weekend, but have had to hold the , reports down to a few paragraphs. However, we are giving you the box scores right and left Next Sunday the Shamrocks and Algonquin will battle it out Oil the local V.F.W. diamond to decide Your deeds that are laudable, must never be audible. No chisel Is as sharp as the one which hurts your friend. The "Ifs" and the "huts" are two fractions which keep lpany from satisfaction. When your knees are knocking is a good time to kneel. Always climb as tho you were only one rung from the top. He who laughs last Is he who laughs best He missed his cue first but won out on the rest. ANONYMOUS. Power lurked In the lower portion of the McHenry Merchants' batting order here last Sunday aa the team uncorked 11 hits to beat Floyd's of Carpentersvllle 7 to 4. Dick Rosing led both teams with 3 hits and scored 3 mas. Howard Knox came through with a baseclearing blow to right field In the fifth inning * to put the clincher on the victory. Walden hurled 8 innings for the Merchants having the situation in hand, but gave way to Madson in order to get Madson's name in the lineup for roster purposes Merchants •>. 'AB Wirtz, RF i Peterson, RT Lay, 2B Nye. SS .......... Eisorman, C ... Walden, P Rosing, LF ...... H. Knox, C* ... Olsen, IB Piesert, 3B TOTALS ...... Carpentersvllle Thomas, 2B Washcow, Kook, 3B Grotemeyer, CF .1 Faber, LF Schumacher, IB Schuberg, RF ....... Broderdorf, C ..... Jones, P Schults, P .t.T--T--. TOTALS Score by Innings Merchants: Carpentersvllle: Stolen bases: Kook. Two base hits: Broderdorf, 2; Schumacher, Peisert, Olsen. Double plays: Thomas to Schumacher. Struck out by: Walden, 3; Madson, 2; Schults, 3; Jones, 1. Basses on balls off: Walden, 2: Schults, 2; Jones, 1. 3 6 H 0 • 0 0 i l t l 0 i 7 AB R H V 0 1 .: 4 « 1 6 1 2 .78 W 2 " 4'" ID 0 .3 2 2 ..I T f . 4 t 2 T 0 0 . 2 0 0 36 4 10 02<r 131 00-7 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 - 4 The WMfettMla tad to go 10 innings on the Orystal Lfcke Bboet ers diamond last Sunday to dome out with a 7 to • victory. Highlights of tlia |um iaolnd ed Murphy's sensational MM pitching and soma perfect, twig relays by Jerry Larkin.< Mlrphy went In to pitch In the elgth and struck out 6 batters In 3 Innings Shamrocks Conway, 2B .... McCulla, C, RF J. Larkin, RF G. Larkin, 38 ... < -H. Stilling, LF Bockman, IB .... McCracken, SB , P. Freipid, CF Miller, P, IB .... Murphy, P R. Freund, IB W. Bolger, C TOTALS ..... P. L. Boosters Nelson, 2B ..... M. Krause, RF . Pennington, C ,. E. Krause, IB .... Koch, 3B Fanter, UP ..... Scully, CF Parsley, SS ^„; Ruddnskl, # ..... Fritsch, P Tessendorf, PI{ . Kingston, LF .. TOTALS .... Score by Innings: Shamrocks 221 000.0)0 1< C. L . B o o s t e r s 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 . 0 - 6 Two base hits: Koch. , , Three base hits: Koch. Double plays: P. Freuhd,fto -Miller to Bockman; McCtilla to Conway to E. Krause- to Parsley. Struck out by: Miller, I; Jtfurphy, 6; Fritsch, 2. Basses on balls off: Miller; 1; Murphy, 3; Fritsch, 5; Rndalnski, 2. Winning pitcher: Murphy. - SHAMROCKS LOWER-- TIGERS HIT FOUR THE BOOM TO BEAT HEBRON 9 TO 4 Hebron came to town on the Fourth of July and led the Sham- AB B H -- 4 1 1 d 1 2 •.MM.fM 5 ft 1 «-*•«. 4 9 I tc 0 V 9 V i ...M.M.*- 4 ' 1 0 1 0 - 0 ......... 0 ?/ 0 .......... 0 0 ....... . 7 8 IB R H ......... « 0 0 --....6 0 0 2 3 «.«.4. 4 . i 0 Ml 2 3 * 1 2 P 0 0 4 a 0 0 0 0 ......... 6 0 0 .......... 1 e 1 ....... • t 0 40 « 9 a f " < V a A i t v . ; mm i '? HE CUSTOMER was being shaved in a country town to which he was a visitor, when the barber cut his cheek. The man was all apologies, and to give the cut a chance to close up, he placed a piece of tissue pa per over the gash. When the shave was finished the customer--to the great surprise of the barber--handed over a substantial Up. That's right," said the victim, with a smile of forgiveness; "I don't often get shaved by a man who deals in three trades. "Three trades?'; queried the puzzled barber. Yes," cams the sarcastic reply --"barber, butcher, and paperhang sr. HADN'T CAUGHT UP HOMERS TO BEAT SPRING GROVE 15-5 Cutting loose with a 13-hit attack, Including four home runs. rocks 4 to 2 going into the eighth k the Johnsburg Tigers trounced SHAMROCKS WIN TWILIGHT GAME TtiKM 8PMWG GROVE The Shamrocks gave away a few ran* tore last Friday night, but had enough left to beat Spring Grove 7 to 2 In a seven Inning /With Gerrettson and Wan Halla unable to stop the Shamrock bats, Norm^Jjtt-lts tool^ over for the final two HWts, getting McCulla and Jim Larkin on fly balls HlWwtki AB Cospray, 2B ~-- 4 Miller, SB 2 McCulla, C .. 4 J. Larkin, RF 3 O. £*rktn, 88 3 1L Freund, IB 8 McCracken, LF, CF .... 2 H. Btilling, LF $ Bolger, CF - 0 Murphy, p ...... t TOTALS ........ 24 flpil^r Grew IB Hainan, 3B g Brfk SS, P 4 Molfdor, SS, 2B ............ g Christensen. CF 2 Eggeter, c 8 R 2 0 0 0 0 1 % 2 0 2 7 R 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 s Brrettson, P, 2B, LF 3 eh. IB 8 May, RF „.... % Wan Halla, LF, P .^.... 3 TOTALS M Score by Innings: Shamrocks 002*203 x - 7 Spring Grove 002 000 0 - 2 Stolen Bases: G. Larkin. Two Base hits: Gerrettson, Conway, 2 ; Miller. Struck out by: Murphy, 8; Gerrettson. l; Wan Halla, 1. Bases on balls off: Murphy 3* Gerrettsan, 5; Wan Halla, 2. ' ' WOODSTOCK WINS CLOSE BALL GAME FROM JOHNSBURG Woodstock 000 020 03x - 6 Johnsburag 020 000 011 i 4 Stolen Bases: Hiller, D. Freund, B. Meyer, Kats. Two-base hits: D. Freund. Three Base hits: King. Home runs: G. Jackson, Joorfetz. Double plays: Jinga to McCannon to Tornow. Struck out by: Lange, 3; E Jackson, 4. Bases on halls off: Lange, 4; E. Jackson, 2. Winning pitcher, inning. Like Clancy, the Shamrocks lowered the boom in the eighth and sent 7 runs across the plate for a 9 win. Shamrocks AB Conway,. 2Bi 4 Miller, SS, P 6 CRYSTAL LAKE VETS EDGE MERCHANTS 6-5 IN LAST INNING The red-hot Crystal Lake Vets edged out the Merchants on the Vets' diamond last Sunday 6 to 5. Howard Knox and Joe Feffer led the hitters with three, safe blows apiece. 48- Wirts started strong for McHenry with seven strikeouts in the first four innings, but a combination of base hits and infield errors spelled his doom. 0. L. Vets |B R. Lockwood, LF 6 Jackson, young Johns- Mit ourltr, met Eddie Lange, veteran Woodstock^hurler as a pitchopponent Woodstock last Bimdajr~and was shaded 5 to 4 Not thn* young Eddie didn't pitch good t0 W,n mo8t «ames as eaM to•uu"°«i The game was a battle all the way as the Tigers took an early lead, lost It--then battled back in the last two innings. Weadstock SB 4 McCannon, 2B - 4. A. Steinwehe, CF 3 1. Steinwehe, LF 4 Tornow, IB, RF 4 Dermont, RF_.... - 3 Joorfetz, 88 ,'.w 4 Helm, IB W. McCannon, c 4 Lange. P f ^TOTALS, 32 lefepsfcarg AB Hiller, 8B 5 D. freund, RF^i^^. ^ B. lleysr, SS 4 O. Jjrtkkon, c ...........|.. rmm. LF 4 IL Freand, LF i A. Jackson, CF 8 Kate, IB ... 4 King. 8B 4 M. Jackson,' P. ••• f TOTALS ff by Innings: Herdenrath .. Feffer, CF ... Gaulke, SS .. J. Feffer, IB Willard, 3B D. Feffer, 2B Olinsky, 2B Radarick, C L. Wendt, P TOTALS ......... Merchants Peterson, RF ,1.... Lay, 2B Nye, SS ......... Rosing, LF Knox, CF Peisert, 3B Olsen, IB ........... H. Freund, C v.-- Wirtz, P TOTALS Score by Innings Merchants: C. L. Vets: Two base hits: arick. R 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 * 4 0 0 1 -- 5 6 6 ...... t ....... 4 . 0 . » :. 4 41 AB . 5 4 9 ... 4 .. 4 ... 4 .. 8 ... 8 ... 4 34 McCulla, C R. Freund, IB H. Stilling, LF .... Bockman T. Bolger, 3B G. Larkin, SS ..... L- Stilling, RF .... Murphy, CF ......... B. Bolger, CF ....... J. Larkin, CF, RF Paul Freund, P .... McSracken, 3B TOTALS Hebron Tibbetts, 2B ......... Wilbrandt, IB ..... Burns, PH Anderson, 3B ...... Kucker, SS, P ..... Nelson, PH Schmitt, C Smith, LF ............. Halstead, CF Peacock, P ............. Halstead, SS, IB . TOTALS Score by Innings: Hebron: Shamrocks: Stolen bases: McCulla, H. Stilling. Two base hits: McCulla, Miurphy. Sacrifice: Miller. Hit batter: H. Stilling; T. Bolger; by Freund: Tibbetts. Halstead, Kucker. Double plays: Anderson to Tibbetts to Wilbrandt. Struck out by: Peacock, 8; by Freund, 4;" Miller, 2. Bases on balls off: Peacock, 6; Freund, 4. Winning Pitcher, Miller. 012 010 001 - 000 410 001-9 J. Feffer, Had Sacrifice hits: Nye. Stolen bases: J. Feffer, Willard 2. Struck out by Wendt, 4; Wlrti, 8: Bases on balls off Wendt, 4; Off Wlrti, 8. Catfish Many a wily female has coaxed her spouse Into taking care of the kiddies, but the mamma gaff-topsail catfish really stretches the point. For about 80 days her mate patiently holds a mouthful of eggs the size of marbles. He doesn't swallow them, but neither does be set to sw»"ow anv food Named fer Louis XVI Louisville, Kentucky, was named for Louis XVI, the luckless monarch executed during the French revolution. 1 Wedding Superstition It Is wise to burn all your wedding clothes after the ceremony other wise you will not prosper until they are worn out, sccording to an old superstition. 4 .....4 ..... 1 ...... 1 3 zrr ...„ s 1 ...... 2 2 1 .... 35 AB 4 ..... 3 ...» 1 .... 8 ..... 3 ...» 1 .... 4 8 ..... t .....8 1 .. 82 1 0 1 0 1 9 R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 020 000 200 200 000 07x 0 1 0 1 0 1 11 H 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 - 4 9 Spring Grove IS to 5 in a holiday attraction. Dick Hiller ran wild on the base paths, having 4 stolen baS<M! Dick also had a big day at bat,' clouting a home run in his 3 for 4'trips. Johnsburg AB R H Hiller, 2B i 8 3 N. Smith, RF 8 1 1 Thelen, RF ...... J "l 0 B. Meyer, SS .'. ^ *1 : 3 G. Jackson, C . *4 ' 1 2 R. Freund, C 1 • 1 . r' E. Meyers, LF ............ 4 0 0 Pltzen, LF ................... 1 0 Q Katz, IB ............ '*Look here," said the irate traveling man to the small-town hotelkeeper, "don't you know that roller- towels in"frotels have been prohibited In this state for three years?" "Sure," replied the hotel -man, '-but that there towel was put up before the law was passed." . 4 .. 8 .. 8 9t 4 .4 * 8 . .4 . 4 .8 . ;i- 0 .. 0 . 1 . 9 97 2 1 2 0 16 R» i 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 A. Jackson King, 3B Klapperich, P TOTALS Spring Grovo Haiman, 3B Britz, SS B. Molldor, 2B Christensen, LF .. Gerretsen, IB Eggeter,- C J. Molldor, CF May, RF Jacques, RF .... Busch, IB Wan Halla. P Goddard, P t Hendee, P TOTALS Score by Innings: Johnsburg 130 501 *23x - 15 Spring Grove 200 010 200 - 5 Stolen Bases: B. Molldor, Hiller, 4; G. Jackson, Kats, King. Two base hits: Haiman, Britz. Home Runs: B. Molldor, G. Jackson, Hiller, B. Meyers, R. Freund. . • Struck out by: Klapperich, 10; Goddart, 3; Handee, 1. Bases on balls off: Klapperich, 4; Wan Halla, 2; Goddart. l; Handee, 1. Winning pitcher: K^aperlch. Simplified Finance 'Thinking to restrain his wife's extrava< ganee« the husband presented her with an-account book and gave her 'I60." "Write down what I give you on One'page," he explained, "and on the opposite>i)age write down what happens *to-ft That will enable you to know how much you have spent at 'the end of any given time." ^h^ti rtett 'iier husband asked to see' the book, his wife told him eagerly, <<«I did just as you told me. See/r>;' On one page was written: "Received ISO." On the opposite page Was noted: "Spent it all." These are the lifeguards who protect the lives of those who are receiving instruction in the Red Cross water-safety program now taking place on nine McHenry county beaches. Each instructor is accompanied by a life guard, Who sees that every child in the class is protected. Pictured above are: Back row: Jeannine Burger, Woodstock'; Sharon Sells, Wonder Lake; Florence Lacy, McHenty; Blanche Schweitzer, Cary; and Jo Jutnam, Harvard. Front row: Dorothy Smith, Pat Hutson, Diane Collins and Carol Cripe. Carol Cripe is from Marengo. The othor three are Woodstock girls. Thirty^Thousand Hostelers Will I Soon Be On the Roads and Trails Every Timet want some collars for my husbttna," said Mrs. Jones, "but I am afraid I have forgotten the size." "Thirteen and a half, ma'am?" suggested the shop assistant. "That's it. How did you know?" "Men who let their wives buy their collars for them are always about that size, ma'am," explained observant salesman. MUCH TOO MUCH SPORTS CYC US S frJAWA p - > . %1 - , • f . ^"i^^Lp^SSr- Did Htm No Geed grovel here in the dust at your feet," exclaimed the impassioned young suitor, as he sank on his knees before his adored one in the ' paYlor. "Dust! Dust! Do you mean to insult me?" she gasped. "After I spent the whole morning cleaning this room!" °^^ON ihoome&jes WDtfU? tBCORP , rod. rue ^ 1953 8°? AW TO TACK UHBLOaC. WHCL S£TA MBV MARK OP ? CLVPf THB FAMOUS 'flOUNO -THff - NN0S10 fWfft ,TDTffS A CZ125 ON ALL MIS JAUNT* . CME HAS "?WgN Hg tfOTQfiCKlf in •TOifNT ayjNTties.. IN FULL jr "We have everything on the menu today, sir," the waitress said. "So I see," the customer said. "How about a clean one?" To Fit the Crime m "Judge, so help me, I wasnT going 60 miles an hour like the officer says. I wasn't going 30 miles an hour. I wasn't even . . . ." "Stop!" said the judge. "We'd better close this case before you start backing up and hurt somebody. Ten dollars." Whittling It Down "How milch do you still owe on your car?" ^ "Only a grudge against the man who sold it to mo.*' Renew that subscription to the Plalndealer now! This summer some 30,000 boys and girls in their late teens and early twenties will tour North America,. Western Europe and North Africa as members of American Youth Hostels. They will travel "under their own steam," on bicycles or on foot, pay 50 cents to spend the night at a hostel -- which may be anything from a former army barracks to a converted barn -- and their average expenditures will be under two dollars a day. Above, a young hosteler takes time out to enjoy the scenery; right, the same hosteler repairs the results of a •pill with a touch of antiseptic and an adhesive bandage (one of those ready-to-use dressings with the gauze pad already affixed to the adhesive tape). Cured Meats Heavy knitted cotton "stockinettes," or cotton muslin "jackets" are used to cover cured meats to protect them in storage and shipment Complete line of Beehe livestock remedies at Wattles Drug Store McHenry. 8tf Model For The Wrights The "Pterodactyl" might have oeen hired by the Wright brothers as a model had he lived later. This flying reptile who existed between the glacial periods had a wjjq£ soread of more than 20 feet, Need rubber stamps? Qrdir i®t The Plaindealer. Evaluation "to I good enough tat yon?** sighed the young man. "No," said the girl candidly, "you're not; but you're too good for any other girL" GENTLE REMINDER As Jones and Brown were talking together in the street, a donkey began to bray and wheeze and cough in a most distressing manner. "What a cold that donkey has," said Jones, "and, by the way, that reminds me--how is your cough?" Brick Laying -- Tuck Pointing FIBEPLA€K CHIMNEYS CEMENT BLOCK C. S. JOHNSON t';S P.-'to. pMft' • StHENRY ACID CLEANING WINDOW CAUIiKHTQ WATER PROOFING [ H. Y.JACKSON Crescent Drive < • MoHENRY 471-M •••J fear Protector* TfcOte who are working tmfler noisy conditions should protect thelr hearing with ear protectors, which reduce noise by as much as SS jpr- POR SALE AT s Beautiful Pistakee Bay New 5 room convertible home in Bay View Park. 3 bedrooms, kitchen, bath, living room 14x24. Water right?, also vacant, 2 easements, 1-9 ft.,--1-5 ft. Fine fishing* SEVERXNOHAUS ESTATE, PHONE 194 Plftakee Bay Or see your local dealer McHenry, Illinois Heads Chevrolet T. H. Keating, for 33 years a Chey.-; rolct salesman, has been named geneiWU manager of the Chevrolet Motor DiVP sion, world's largest producer of automobiles. Keating worked his way up through the field organization to his previous post of general sales manager. He succeeds W. F. Armstrong. WRESTLING Lake County Stadhm ROUND LAKE PARK, HI FRIDAY, JULY 7th 8:30 P. M. •• BILLY GOELZ vs. WALTER PALMER TanOan Tag fwninSHr JUAN HKKVWUEZ an# JIM MCMILLAN CHRIS and BABE ZAHARIAS KEI> TAYLO* TS. 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