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'• •fSj V.^ • . / W-ff s . -i f* •:? THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER IIJ.il fi, II m j I, ^Thursday, July 1, 1954 ffi?OUTS /^ec^tajidUA, SHAMROCKS LOSE t- Aft. AkecUc"J 6 2 TO CRYSTAL £ » ™--* 5 'LAKE MERCHANT^ As a youth we heard many yarns about the year of the big Wind in Ireland. After that Tuesday blow, we may change the #&u°ies to apply to McHenry. '.. A fellow from over: i*ke County way was in and told us •bout a big, husky fellow over i that way who grabbed a 16-foot I plank, held it up against a hav I Shed and kept the building from * Wowing over. Upon inquiry; we |.. learned that •[knfw the big i "fell(*v. Sure -- }t was :Joe Reg- -her. • 1 1., ' " It won't tike a big Wind this Coming weekend to make things Whirl in McHeniy. With activity ©entering around the American Legion carnival, the community to sure to be a-buzzin'. Guess we'll keep our feet on the ground at this carnival. Was a time when our children were ffmall that we had an excuse to ride the ferris wheel. Frankly We're afraid of any other ride except the merry-go-round. 3 Had real luck at the Johnsl burg carnival last Sunday night. I Won two slabs of bacon and | tossed a ring around a live 'i duck's head all in about ten j minu|e|j. *•;" . | Th rfhglng was a joke, it We took careful aim at one duck f «nd nailed another one four feet away. Wouldn't have known then I' that we hooked him if Howie s- ' K&tz hadn't been watching from I across , ^he tafS. *' gPE^i5TTES-- *• Let's mark our calendar to go down •and" vvatcji the Speedette girls. ball Saturday evening at 6 o'clock on the city diamond. »: The local girls are playing the j* Chicago Roamers and would like it to have fans watch the action, j: This is no patty-cake game. The i! rirls play a hard game, ft • It I* 8 i* \) »» - ft - ii it County League Standings Algonquin Fox Lake McHeniy-' Richmond CL Merchants Johnsburg CL Boosters W 6 3 3 3 3 2 1 | I SOFTBALL LEAGUE By Dick smith In the Senior 16-inch softball league the Palace Rec'cation ! 6-1-54 to be played at 7:15 at No. team continued its winning ways by taking both ends of a double The hustling Merchants of Crystal Lake played too much baseball for our visiting Shamrocks Sunday afternoon in a 6 to 2 decision. . That big Wally Otto was the cause of most of the McHenry trouble. He pitched ^ 6-hit ball and fanned 5 batters. He did walk 7 batters, but only one of those got around to the pay-off station. Hugh Murphy pitched seven innings for the Shamrocks, turning the job over to "Sonny" Miller with a 4-1 score to the books. The Lakers scored two runs in the second when Bartelt was safe on Molidor's throw to first. Bruhn beat out a roller to third. Otto then lined a hot two-base hit to left which was good for two runs. With two out in the fourth. Howard Knox drew a pass. Harry Stilling moved him to second with a safe hit to left. Murphy lashed a hit to left center and Knox raced home. The home half of the fourth resulted in two more runs. Otto singled to left. Kingston, a In the other two games played, speedy fellow, followed with a ; Buss Motors won a fine game home run and had to put on the j from Wonder Lake 10 to 9. Go- j brakes to keep from running j ing into the last inning the score j past Otto between second and j was 8 to 7 in favor of BusS j third. • • j Motors. Hits by Murdoch. Schim- [ Not that they needed more j ke and Seeman put Wonder Lake! runs, but the Merchants scoied I ahead 9 to 8. Buss Motors came I two off Miller in the eighth. | right back to win the game when j McHenrv hopes rose up in the ! with one'out Schaefer and j ninth, but just enough to put a | Bob Peisert singled. Peterson little zest into a lost cause. John scoring the two runners. Standing* ; ; u W L Palace ; .. $ , 0 Buss Motors l Blatz Beer , .'^j S 1 Pa's Yanks - . McHenry Sand & OraVfS Wonder Lake 2 Bimbo's Tavern Illinois Bell . # r * 1 f KnigJWL* of Co1urM»«#^ 6 Stained Out Game» ^ Pa's Yanks & McHeniy* Sand' & Gravel game of 5-27-54 to be played at 7:15 at No. 2 diamond Friday, July 2. McHenry Sand & Gravel & Wonder Lake Repair -- game of 1 2 diamond Friday, July 0. Illinois Boll A Blat* -- game of 6-3-54 to be played at 7:15 at 12. header Monday, June 28. In a free scoring game the Palace No. 2 diamond on Monday, July beat K. of C 's 29 to„ 11. Doolin. Low, Kantorski and Si'ekerman hit? home runs for the winners. The game was faifIV close until the sixth when the Palace scored five runs to put the game away. Walt Freund and Father Mc- Gowan shared hitting honors for the losers. Walt getting three and Father McGowan two. In the other game, the Palace beat Pa's Yanks 9 to 4. A big first inning in which the winners scored five runs was the deciding factor. In this inning. Todd and Fredricks hit home runs. At the end of the fourth inning the scoie was 8 to 4 in favor of the Palace. Pa's Yanks couldn't^~do a thing with Kreutzer in the last three innings as they went down in order in each inning. "Blondie" Kails tells lis that the Tom Brewer who beat our White Sox for Boston is the Same fellow who pitched for Camp Atterbury at Johnsburg t w o M M C P a A a k gal Jgjdie. knows wftatV%Oing on &U Bolger led off with a single and Phil Judson walked. Bill Bolger who had added two walks to his list, ran the count out before going down swinging at a shoulder high pitch. Paul Judson drew his second walk in as many trips. "Sonny" Miller lifted to center and John Bolger scored after the catch. Phil Judson tried to advance to third base, but the effort turned into the third out. ('.L. Merchant* (6) AB R and the final score was 10 to 9. i «*: Here's your baseball for Sunday dfld Monday. McHenry travels t6* Algonquin Sunday. Pox jj Lakft, (loaded with Jacksons) will 11 be here on Monday. ,4! ... Johnsburg Is lined up this way. They play Lake Forest on Sunday at Johnsburg. On Monday Johnsburg travels to Richmond. i! t II I* »» H N*t» ft *• *»• I! it <i • ' DAKV PIMPS: Contentment is a casual dividing Hne between surplus and Want. *< 'Revenge may at times be sweet but forgiveness is at all ! Shamrocks times refreshing. C.L Merchants Kingston, cf D. Feffer. 2b J. Feffer, lb Pepping, rf Martine, Bb ' Bartelt. If ' Bruhn, as j G. Plauck, c ' W. Otto, p Totals Shamrocks (?) B. Bolger. rf-lb B. Knox, 2b S. Miller, lb-p H. Knox, cf H. Stilling, If H. Murphy, p*rl G. Molidor, ill J. Bolger. ss W. Bolger. c Paul Judson, 2b Phil Judson, c Totals Score by innings: 5 .5 4 4 3 : 5 i 4 36 AR 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 2 0 1 31 1 1 1 •: i i 0 1 6 12 R H The night game found Pa's; Yanks going on a hitting spree j to win 29 to 11. Every one on the team had at least one hit . with Dick Webef getting five six. Illinois Bell tried to get back into the game by scoring ten runs in the last four innings , but the Yanks had plenty of runs , to spare. AJecsap* . Ian neglect lights and brakes. but YOU fo* only ONE ItfeT I, Sprinc's the time for love and fun. But moonlight's much more effective outside a bospitaL Brakes or wiper, lights or horn out of kilter can fail at the wrong time. So keep your ' car in shape and.. • • 0' DtlYl CAffFUUY--Tkt fiftyM save rn«y U y»«r m! The games Tuesday night were i © © rained out. They will be played at a later date. » Thf nioc&^l^igattL Thttr*? day night. The first game starts about 7:30 and the game under the lights starts abma 8:30 JamUngs The public is invited to att«»d c#vnor (1W# these games. Some of the best ;< 2. Thomas Jeffer* TIGERS WIN ONE ^ AND LOSE ONE IN BUSY WEEK-END PLAY The 'Johnsburg Tigers played two Illinois-Wisconsin league fames the past weekend, faring both, good and bad. On Saturday, the Great Lakes pine walked off with a 7-3 vic- | oi v mostly because of the generosity of 5 Tiger errors. Pitcher Mitschele turned out to be quite a slugger for Great Lakes with a double and triple. Howie Freund, 'onfe of the best in Tiger history, was back in action on Sunday to help beat the Kenosha Chiefs in a tight 3-2 ball game.) John Toomey was a l^t of pitoner in this one. /The TJgeri looked at some fast snii^when Hartman relieved IJoseley on the mound. He struck (iut 8 batters in a row with a blazing fast ball. ' Jolinsburg ^3) iVisert, fi ; -5;. . KWz, lb • (\ \liller, ss Ho\vie Freund, 2b Hueniann, 3b ^Ul s 3 0 4>4> i X R. PYeund, c Pierce, rf Si Meyers, ft Sahs. cf Toomey, p i Totals Kenosha (t) , Schilling, ft (.lorecki, 2b Wickland, lb H< .ister, cf •Selvinger, ss Bonofiglio, If RnVdell. If Zvick, 3b Thomas. ph M.itcjii, c B\<e!ey, p lla tman, p .lohnson. Ph Totals 2 4 3 1 2 3 2 28 AB 5 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 32 1 0 V o 0 5 R 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 to Ka4z (2). Strikeouts: Toomey, 9; Boseley, 3; Hartman, 6. Bases on balls: Toomey, 1; Boseley, 3. Great Lakes (T) Dwyer, ss Banas, 2b Meagher, cf M. Gravr, rf - Gillen, lb Mitschele, p i Scarafia. rf-cf^ ; L. Lopek, 3b J Molck, If - 1 Rayonas, # Totals Johnsburg (3) Pierce, rf Katz, lb C. HilleiV fb Barth, c M. Freund, c Huemann, 3b Peisert, Sf Sahs, ss R. Freund; cf 1 , L. Freund, p Totals • ' Score by innirtgs: Great Lakes: Johnsburg AB 5 .4 2 2 3 2 4 3 ' ' 4"- 4 33 AB 4 . •• 5 • 5 » 2 4 3 3 3 3 32 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 3- 6 201 020 200--' 300 000 000 '-: Two base hit ^-Mitschele. Three base hit: MitS«iele. Strikeouts: L Freund, 5. Bases on balls; L. Freund, 4. ^ TEST YOUR I~qH lt Pays to AJwrtite / 4, | 1. What motion picture actor and actress were the first to receive Academy Awards? 2. Whose portrait is on a twodollar bill? 3. How far jkangaroo jump? 4. 'Which European city corresponds closest to New York hi latitude--Paris, Madrid or Warsaw? 5. How did the game of derive its name? The movie newsreel became a daily feature during President Wilson's administration. Mr. Wm. Van Natta of Crystal Lake and Mrs. Gilbert Buinett of Grayslake were Sunday guests in .the Robert Thompson home. S. re by innings: Kt-nosha: 000 020 000--2 Johnsburg:. 100 200 OOx--3 Two base hits: Beaster, Huemann. i Three base hits, Shilling, Howie Freund, Toomey. Double plays: Howie Freund to C. Hiller 1 COOLMAN! WINDOW FANS It- Reversible . 12" Reversible . Answers to TEST YOUR I. players in the. coufnty hardball league are now playing 16-inch softball. Come on out and see some of your favorite players 3. 15 to 20 feet. 4. Madrid. 5. It is a corruption at the Persian word "Shah," or '""icing.'" 2" Oscillating Fans " Oscillating Fans •lifters * . .. . $31.96 .. . $35.95 $19.95 up .. $17.95 . $1S8^S NOTICE Tb Whom It May Concern. Not responsible for any debts contracted by anyone but myself after July 1st, 1954. 8 NICK JL ADAMS Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson attended the 50th Annual Show of the American Peony Society at Minneapolis last week. FRI. & SAT., JULY 2-3 "THE MAD MAGICIAN" Vincent Price Mary Murphy SUN, & MON., JULY 4-6 "JOHNNY GUITAR" Joan Crawford Sterling Hayden and Crosley Air Conditioners la Stock! Lee & Ray Electric PHONE 882 516 Main St. McHenry, 111. Wtien things just sfonpiy can't be changed, they'd best be subtly rear ragged 000 100 001 2 020 200 02x--6 Two base hit: W. Otto. Home run: Kingston. Stolen base: J. Feffer. Sacrifices: Plauch (3). Ctfunt yoitr blessings, don't Double plays: J. Bolger to B. coiu0a iicl. iiever wear them. r re them; hide your worlever wea If ^ou are too busy to be tiend, you are too busy. When a man allows his head to be turned he may be headed Jj^ th^,. wrong direction. Anonymous SPEEDETTES TOO STRONG FOR THE OAK PARK JUNIORS Knox to S. Miller; D. Feffer to Bruhn to J. Feffer. Strikeouts: Murphy, 1; Miller, 1; Otto, 5. Bases on balls: Murphy, 4; Otto. 7. PAT O'CONNOR AND BOB ORTON TANGLE AT ROUND LAKE li One of the most thrilling operators on the wrestling horizon I Pat O'Connor of New Zealand The Oak Park Juniors, a newly j will serve as the top attraction organized team, were no compe- j of the all-star show at" the Lake tition for our McHenry Speed- j County Stadium in Round Lake ettes. Before the game ended, j Park Friday night. ; i; • \ if O'Connor's foe will be Bob Orton, a hard-belting giant fiom Kansas City, Mo. Orton stands3 six feet four inches and weighs 240. He has crippled j | several major wrestling contenders of late. I-- ;; the Speedettes had crossed the plate fourteen times, the^ Oak Park Juniors failing to score once. Our Speedettes have a -real problem. Teams who are. as newly ^organized as our Speedettes give otir girls no competition, j The match will run sixty min vrtifrreas teams who have been j utes or two of three falls, organised 3 to 5 years art too I Other activity will include a seasoned for them. rough tag encounter with the With a little patience and un- world's most coloiful combine, derstanding on the part of the | Gypsy ' Joe and the bearded McHenry fans, we are continuing I sheik of Araby, facing Billv with a schedule of veteran teams. I c.oelz and Johnnv Arjon, both In this way our girls can really j from Illinois. The Sheik-Gypsy learn and by next year beat the | pajr holds the midwest tag teams that even now our Speed- j crown. Gypsy is bossed by his ettes give, quite a battle. j wife, a fortune teller, from a Miss McKaige, the Speedettes ringside seat. Another clash, coach, feels it is much better to opening the show at 8:30 pm. watch a close game even if our j will send Tommy Martindale. a girls are on the short end of i former professional adagio dancthe score rather than watch a j ing star, hailing from Texas agame in which the Speedetts win j gainst Rudy Kay. longtime by ft 14 to 0 scorc. Not to inpp- t roughneck tton the benefits and knowledge1 Bristle when you buy a 40 Outi^eWfJ* TUES., WED. & THURS., JULY 6-7-8 "CHAMP FOR A DAY" Alex Nicol Audrey Totter THE RIVIERA Mow Place of the Middle West LAKE GENEVA, WIS. The "Band of Renown" BROWN ONE NITE ONLY! Monday, July 5th Direct from ths BOB HOPE SHOW Dancing Nightly at THE RIVIERA V;• CRYSTAL • »«i«' • BROILERS ' FRYERS '•. * EGGS • Distributor of . - "Keeshin's Peak <0i.«- Prefection Poultry** for Frcfth - Frozen - Cut-up Part* Restaurants -- Taverns and Stores, QUALITY PAYS Phone McHenry 880 VOLO, ILL. ULTRA-MODERN SCREEN SIZE 52x80 Program Starts At Dusk FRI. A SAT., Drive A Crooked Road" Mickey Roon&y Dianne Foster JULY 2-3 THURS. LAST DAY! JULY 1 Shelly Winters Parry Sullivan "PLAYGIRL" SUN. & MON., JULY 4-5 "LOOPHOLE" Barry Sullivan Dorothy Malone -- Also -- 'The Royal African Rifles" Louis Hayward Veronica Hurst TUBS., WED. & THURS., JULY 6-7-8 'TITANIC" Clifton Webb Barbara Stanwyck ELM RT. 176 WAUCONDA Open Daily 6:40 P. M. Complete Shows 7:00 & 9:15 AIR CONDITIONED Adults 60c - Children under 12-25c THURS., LAST DAY, JULY 1 "SHARK RIVER" In Vivid Color Steve Cochran Carole Mathews FRI. Sc SAT., JULY 2-3 "RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11" with a Cast of Thousands SUN., MON. A1 U: JULY 4-5-6 Open Sunday 4:45 P. M. "JOHNNY GUITAR' In Tru-Color starring Joan Crawford WED. & THURS., JULY 7-8 DOUBLE FEATURE "MISS ROBIN CRUSOE In Pathe-Color Amanda Blake George Nader -- and -- "THE GUNFIGHTER" starring Gregory Peck FRI. St SAT., JULY 2-3 Vincent Price Mary Murphy "THE MAD MAGICIAN" Also - Six (6) Color Cartoons SUN. & MON., JULY 4-5 IN COLOR Joan Crawford Sterling Hayden I "JOHNNY GUITAR" Also - Color Cartoon TUES. thru THURS., JULY 6-7-8 Alex Nicol Audrey Totter Chdrles Winninger "CHAMP FOR A DAY" Now - See ALL The Big Hits on our New Giant Wide Screen! FRI. & SAT., JULY 2-3 Continuous Sat. from 2:00 IpTICmNNI . -HieFttSH ^TURNER pw. % Siomf - - JULY 4-5 Continuous Sun. from 2:00 SECRET INGAS fMAMTON HEST0N • R0BFR1 T0UNG M(0U MAbkh THOVAS V.IKHFU I MA SUVJ 11:11,WliMIIIMil! |>|| ill 11 Hi n I TUES., WED. & THURS., JULY 6-7-8 Elizabeth Taylgr Dana Andrews in "ELEPHANT WALK" In Color IIIIIIIII' more of Pont exterior paint $6 35 HOUSE P A I N T Gal. t White stays white^--Voters stay bri^hl • Goes en fast and easy • Protects your house far years limited Time offer. Paint yovr house now and save/ gained by our team when playing veterans. The Chicago Ro§mers will be here again next Saturday. July 8. The Speedettes were beaten the Rc time. It i may be an upset this time. The Roamers have been organised and playing three years. Come to the city diamond at 6 , o'clock Saturday and support your girls' softball team. by |he Roamers by 2 runs l^st is quite possible there ATTEMPTED BURGLARY A reported attempt to enter] the warehouse on the Charles Herdrich property on East River ' road one evening last week was made to the sheriffs office. A neighbor heard glass breaking | about 11:30 at night and summoned local police.- Upon investi- j| gation, it was found that the j pane in a door on the south of i| the building had been broken. Nothing was reported missing. 1212 So. Green St. Phone 1000 •^SDPOHfr MB • Ml • Sporting Goods Marine Supplies McHenry, 111. I DUPONT PAINTS for EVERY PURPOSE The only theatre outside metropolitan cities equipped for Cinemascope. All pictures are now shown on huge Panoramic Screen. ' FRI. & SAT., JULY 2-3 -- DOUBLE FEATURE -- TARZAN AND THE SHE-DEVIL" Lex Barker Wendell Corey -- Also -- •FTELL'S HALF ACRE" starring Wendell Corey SUN., MON., TUES. & WED. JULY 4-5-6-7 Direct from Chicago Loop CIMBMASCOPE MUSICAL SPECTACLE! Celebrate the 4th of July at the Miller Matinee * Sunday and Monday. FAM vrruv x oijAAXh SCREEN 45x60 FEET ROUTE 120 - 21 Open 7:00 pjt --• First Show At Dusk -- Come Early - CHILDREN UNDER 12 IN CAR FREE ~ We Show First-Run Features THE NEWEST LATEST AND BEST THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY JULY 1-2-3 i Based on the book by Johanna Spyri auf EL * sew • " tiiito Released On a* , United Artists . And This PLEASING FEATURE | // Grand Prize Cannes 1953 A Film of Albert Lamorisse • Presented by William L Snyder Released thru United Artists SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY JULY 4-5-6 by ROBOT I. JACKS • MncM bf HMMON XMKS by UONMD PMSKINS t BMtNEY StATER WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY JULY 7-8-9-10 "THE LUSTY MEN" and "LITTLE FUGITIVE" 2bL