*!• i SmlA - I.' %\wm McHENRY PLAINDEALER •jytv? ,<. •>.. • f ^ Thursday, June 21,1956 war- 9hemn Pony League and Little League Attracted ouf attention the past week. It was at high noon on Sunday that the ceremony took place tp officially open the newly formed Pony League. tt was dark and threatening rain when we left home--hatless. For a while the sun broke through a-bl&zin'. A sun-burned bald head gives us something to remember. •There were a few drops of rain Hind a mass of dark clouds that sent the officials into a hustle and bu&tle. tUaJUh. PONY LEAGUE OPENED AT VFW PARK SUNDAY Impressive Program Starts Young Boys Off On Right Foot . T$e show got under way as the VM* Drum and Bugle Corps, in theii?;, sharp new uniforms, marched onto* the diamond, followed by managers, coaches and their teams. Of course, the boys were decked out in new uniforms-- thanks to generous sponsors. An enthusiastic group of young and not so young people of our community gathered at the V.F.W. j-and ball diamond last Sunday for the opening ceremoyaies of the Pony League. A group of men, interested in the welfare of young boys, spent many hours in preliminary work and planning to bring about the formation of this league. Sizeable donations from sponsors • were necessary to defray the expense of outfitting teams. At the organization meeting, Dick Jager was elected president, George Kauss vice-president, Charlie Brown secretary, and Vale Charlie Brown and George Kauss I Adams treasurer. have been doing a lot of leg work ! About a half hour past noon and planning to get the league j last Sunday George Kauss stepped organized. With other officers and j up to the "mike" and those preseveral other, good fellows, they sent soon knew that the Pony did a great ^ob. I League in McHenry was a realty. | The V.F.W. Drum and Bugle The Little League has had a: Corps, resplendent in new uniyear of experience and is rolling forms, struck up a tune across the right along. There is only one con- i outfield and circuled to the home cern. Attendance is not what it \ plate. They were leading the pashould be. Parents, relatives of! rade of teams in uniform, manathe boys and all friends of youth activities are urged to do their bit to keep these programs going. League officers, sponsors (and j they put up a chunk of money) j and the men who guided the boys are all giving time and effort. All they ask is that you attend games. Encouragement is needed if this wonderful yOuth program is to continue. JOHNSBURG TEAM PLAYS CHICAGO STARS SATURDAY Visiting Team Is Made Up Of Former College Players Manager Joe Frett has lined up a special attraction for Saturday afternoon when -a special baseball game will be played on the Johnsburg diamond at 3 o'clock. It's carnival time at Johnsburg arid the ball game is set up as a special attraction. The Chicago Stars will furnish the oppositiop, a team that carries a 4-0 record in league play 7-2 in exhibitions against such strong teams as Fifth Army, Glenview Naval Air Station. The Stars are players who have gained recognition in college, military and various allstar teams. Arnold Hartock, former baseball coach at U. of I., Navy Pier, is the manager of the visiting team. He played ball for Northwestern University and has had a world of experience In am- RICHIE MILLER WINS 1936. Sem>Pr° jSHUT-OUT GAME AT The Tigers present a strong | JOHNSBURG, 3 TO 0 team in this area and should | give a good account of themsel- i The Johnsburg Tigers suffered ves in this game. ; their first defeat of the season Remember. Saturday - 3 p.m. J last Sunday at the hands of Ray • | Miller's Richmond team on the Johnsburg diamond by a 3-0 score. PRESENT FLAG TO LEAGUE Twa members of the V.F.W. auxiliary are shown here presenting the American flag to officers of the Pony league. Left to right, they are Charles Brown, Vale Adams, George Kauss, Mayor George P. Freund, Pauline Pries, auxiliary president, and Jean Wiles, who is patriotic instructor for the V.F.W. Hardly able to be seen back of Mrs. Wiles is Richard Jager. P rotect Our gers and coaches. Pauline Prir>s, President of the V.F.W. Auxiliary, led the group in a pledge of allegiance to our flag. Patriotic Instructor Jean Wiles, of the V.F.W. Auxiliary, presented a flag to President Jager, who responded with admonitions to the boys/-to always respect their flag and play the game hard and fair. Fred Meyers. President of the Little League, addressed the group with encouragement and advice. Mayor Freund addressed the group, expressing pride in the accomplishment as another step in the growth of the community. The mayor then went to the pitchers' mound to throw out the first ball. There is some concern about Charlie Brown was the catcher. Clarence "The Pilot" Niesen's loss George Kauss donned the umpire's of sleep, among his pals on the mask and chest protector and ges- West Side. Airplanes keep buzzing tured "st-ee-rike one," much to his house. Nobody else hedrs them*] the- amusement of the crowd. But, mind you, his pals don't ques- Three games followed. See Kelly tion the story. Brown's column for the highlights. I Five teams are entered in the Our linotype artist, Irv Zilly, is j league and all are outfitted neatly, vacationing this week. We expect; Carey Electric - Cards - Mana report next week on goings on j ager, Dick Conway. Coaches: Hal at Arlington and Comiskey Parks., Kujak, Cliff Hyatt. If he fails to pick winners, we ex-1 McHenry Ready-Mix Co. pect to see him back next week., j Braves - Manager. Louis Swedo. | Coaches: Lance Parks, Fred Peter- At this writing, the Shamrocks | sen. N ation's Youth U Duwayne Block, Elgin Vets, speed-ball artist, pitched a no-hit, no-run game last Sunday against Hebron in a county league game. He issued no walks, struck Out 17 batters and only two men reached first base. Only 28 men faced Block. Kelly Brown The playing of the opening three games of the Pony League season Richie Miller gained the shutout in a real hurling duel with Willie Klapperich. Lloyd Freund gave Richie the most trouble as he rapped out 3 hits in four trips, including a two-bagger. A glance at the box score will show you that seven Millers took part in the game for Richmond. • have not turned in a box score on their loss to Algonquin last Sunday, 12 to 3. The second round of the schedule start® next1 Sunday with the Elgin V.F.W. team coming to McHenry. Eetter luck this half, you, Shamrocks. Let's win a few. Hank Hiller was down to tell us that the Tigers will play the Chicago Stars Saturday afternoon on the Johnsburg diamond at 3 o'clock. The Stars have an impressive record and this should be a »tar attraction. Admiral Corporation - Sox - Manager, Fred Wirtz. Coaches: Harold Sanford, Max Doering. McHenry Oil Burner Co. - Giants - Manager, Bart Yegge. Coaches: Harod Freund, Gene Freund, Mike Brown. Nye Drug - Yanks - Manager, Don Howard. Richmond (3) AB R H Meyers ss 2 1 0 Katzcnburg 3b 3 0 1 H. Miller cf 4 1 2 C. Miller If 4 1 1 R. Miller p 4 0 2 J. Busch rf 3 0 0 B. Miller rf 0 0 0 G. Miller ph 1 0 1 R. Miller rf 0 0 0 Bob Miller c 4 0 1 Stilling 2b 4 0 0 R. May lb 3 0 0 Totals 32 3 8 Johnsburg (0) AB R H Huff If 3 0 0 Klaus ss 4 0 .0 L. Freund 3b t 4 0 3 H. Freund, 2b 3 0 1 A. Jackson-cf 3 0 0 F. Oeffling cf 1 0 1 W. Frett rf 3 0 1 Katz lb 3 0 0 i Barth c 4 0 0 Klapperich p 3 0 1 Totals 31 0 7 Support local baseball teams. LITTLE LEAGUE SCHEDULE Here is a warm weather story: | In the Sahara Desert it is quite | warm. Three travelers were walk- l ing along, but suddenly one stop- ; ped dead still and looked around ! at all the sand. "What's the matter?" - "I'm hojjiesick." "We are, too." "But it's worse for me. Back i home . . . Dad has a brewery!" MINOR LEAGUE SCHEDULE Saturday, June 16 - Yanks and Cards vs Sox, revealed a wealth of talent that was a joy to watch but a chore to report on. Every young player had a bit to contribute. If it were just going down swinging, it was going down with enthusiasm. Robert Anderson, left fielder for the Giants, was there and I mean there. Very few balls got by him. The first double play, last of the fifth, in the first game, was a neat one: Pitcher Houck to S.S. Gate's to 1st base, Wahl. The first home run was hit by Robert Anderson (Giants) followed by homers by Geinosky and Sanford. Bill Geinosky (Spx) turned in a brilliant . pitching performance. James Vavrik, aided and abetted by a wad of bubble gum, was an able catcher. He didn't miss a play j even if he did pause to blow a bubble. In the second game between the | Score by Innings: Braves and the Yanks, John Steinback, Pitcher, piled up an impressive list of strike-outs. Jim Peterson showed snappy work in the in- j Freund. field and Jerome Aguirre made a nice catch at the screen. A nice catch must be credited to Mike Low (Yanks) in the same game. Ronny Howard (Yanks) distinguished himself with two of the longest fouls of the day and then with a tricky infield hit that had them all fooled. The twilight between the Giants and the Sox was Sox all the way. David Gende (Cards) smacked one that was ticketed for faraway j' Johnsburg places but Fred Wirtz' outfield Richmond was there. And by then the sky was dark and the thunder was beginning to rcll. All of the young talent displayed Sunday was not, by any means, on Little Leagi By Bill Bolger Fred Meyer, league president, has compiled the following information on the teams this lilllllllllllllll SOFTBALL NOTES By Bud Weyland "The softball games scheduled' for last week were played on Tuesday and Thursday nights., All the games played were thrillers and the results and scores were. Pa's Yanks, 7 Bimbo's Tavern, 6 Hettermann's Tavern, 14 Wonder Lake Businessmen, 8 Richmond: 000 000 210-3 Johnsburg 000 000 000 -0 Two base hits: L. Freund, H. Three base hits: C. Miller, G. Miller. Walks: Klapperich, 2; R. Miller, 3. Strikes outs: Klapperich, , 4; R. Miller, 5. COUNTY LEAGUE STANDINGS Crystal Lake Algonquin Elgin VFW Elgin Merchants Hebron the playing field. Dick Hardrich, McHenry Larry Swedo and James Peterson ( Eaeles ve Cardinals ^ Oriioc ' to°^ care °f announcing and score- Sunday s Scores: "BtacWrd? 0,1105 I keeping very efficiently. i Algonquin. 12; McHenry 3. w 6 5 5 4 4 2 1 1 week: Little League is changing its schedule. Minor league games will be played on Monday nights at 6:30 and a double header on Saturday afternoons at 1:30 and 3:30. Major league games will be played on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights at 6:30. On Sunday afternoons there will, be a triple header - 12:30 - 2:15 - 4 p.m. The reason for this change in games is to keep a night open for rained out games and also a night to clean up the diamond. As president of the Little League in McHenry, I feel that the officers, managers and coaches are doing a real good job. We all think ^hat we have the finest group of youngsters in these United States. Our managers and coaches are doling the hardest work to keep this league up to the standard this community wants it to be. But, we are not getting the cooperation of the parents thet we had last year. So why not come out and See your boys play ball. It will ^iake them play better and I'm surte- it will put the officers and I managers in higher spirits and ; keep doing more and more for | these youngsters. Results of last week's games: Cardinals 6 - Falcons 1 Bluebirds 15 - Orioles 8 Eagles 12 - Owls 8 Falcons 31 - Eagles 0 ^Bluebirds 8 - Cardinals 4 Owls 10 - Orioles 1 Standings: Falcons Eagles Cardinals Bluebirds Owls Orioles The Minor league report will be in next week. We will have scores and standings. Whitey's Tavern, 11 Buss Motor Sales, 10 Old Bridge Tavern, 9 Bob Inn, 7 Pa's Yanks earned their 7 runs on 12 hits, 1 double and 2 Home Runs hit by A. Jackson. Bimbo's Tavern. earned their 6 runs oh 10 hits, 2 doubles arid a home run hit by G. Morenz. Winning Pitcher. Behnke Losing Pitcher, Pieroni Hettermann's Tavern earned their 14 runs on 20 hits, 5 doubles, 1 triple and a home run by B. Miller. Wonder Lak; Businessmen earned their 8 runs on 14 hits 1 double and 1 triple. Winning Pitcher. Miller Losing Pitcher, Schimke Whitey's Tavern earned their 11 runs on 15 hits, 3 doubles, 1 triple and 1 home run by Matthesius. Buss Motor Sales had 10 runs on 16 hits, 4 doubles and 1 triple. Winning Pitcher, Lorch Losing Pitcher, Peterson Old Bridge Tavern had 9 runs on T3~hTts7 2 triples and a home run by Alms. Bob Inn earned their 7 runs on 14 hits. 5 doubles and 1 triple. Winning Pitcher. McCarroll Losing Pitcher, Brand TEAM STANDING VV Hettermann's Tavern Pa's Yanks Bimbo's Tavern Buss Motor Sales Bob Inn Old Bridge Tavern Whitey's Tavern Wonder Lake Businessmen 0 McHenry Plaindealeir Phone 170 - 171 Published every Thursday at McHenry, 111., by the McHenry Publishing Company, Inc. RATIONAL EDITORIAL Asibci* iyTS3N MEnnnacffimi W. BURFEINDT, Gen'l. Manager ADELE FROEHLICH, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATE In McHenry County 1 Year $3.00 6 Months $1.75 3 Months $1.00 Outside McHenry, County 1 Year $3.50 6 Months $2.00 3 Months $1.25 PRESS Entered as second-class matter at the post office at McHenry, Illinois, under the act of May 8, 1879. It Pays ; to Shop at Home BRownlng 9-6321 WED. thru SAT. JUNE 20-23 •ft - £ CYDCHAMSSE SUN., MON. & TUES. JUNE 24-25-26 . GLENN MMItT AOO fORD - BORENIHE - STEIGEft CiNlM*ScOf€ IKNMcbtOI Won Lost Tied 4 1 ! 3 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 | 0 5 ; Maki tfiat murk 1:30 REIKER'S GLORY Monday, June 18 -- 6:30 Owls vs. Bluebirds. Saturday, June 23 -- 1:30 Eagles vs. Oriles. 3:30 Falcons vs. Cardinals. Monday, June 25 -- 6:30 Cardinals vs. Owls. Major League Saturday, June 23-- 1:30, Eagles vs Orioles 3:30, Owls vs Cardinals Monday, June 25-- 6.30, Cardinals vs Eagles Saturday, June 30-- 1:30, Bluebirds vs Eagles 3:30, Orioles vs Owls Monday, July 2-- 6.30. Falcons vs Orioles Saturday, July 7-- i 1:30, Bluebirds vs Cardinals ! 3:30, Eagles vs Owls Schedule for the remainder of this week as follows: One game, Saturday night, 6 p.m. behind the Admiral Corp., Sox vs Giants. Sunday, June 24, Double header, V.F.W. field, Sox vs Cards, 1 p.m. Braves vs. Yanks, 3 p.m. Schedule for the following week: Behind the Admiral Corp. Monday. June 25, 6 p.m., Giants vs. Yanks. Wednesday, June 27, 6 p.m., Sox vs. Giants. |j Saturday, June 30, two games: j Braves vs. Cards, 1 p.m.; Yanks I vs. Giants, 6 p.m. {Sunday, July 1, after Shamrock j game, 6 p.m., Braves vs. Yanks. Richmond, 3; Johnsburg, 0. Crystal Lake, 14: Elgin Mer., 4. Elgin Vets, 17; Hebron, 0. Games Next Sunday: Elgin VFW at McHenry Algonquin at Johnsburg Hebron at Crystal Lake Elgin Merchants at Richmond Ultra-Modern Cinemascope Screen 104' Two Shows Nightly First Show Starts at Dusk THURSDAY LAST I5AY ^ JUNE 21 ' • In Technicolor "THIS ISLAND EARTH" Plus "TARANTULA" FRI. & SAT. JUNE 22-23 In Color & Cinemascope James Cagney in "TRIBUTE TO A BAD MAN" SUN., MON. & TUES. JUNE 24-25-26 In Technicolor Rock Hudson - Cornell Borchers Goo. Sanders "NEVER SAY GOODBYE" Plus In Color Ann Sheridari - Steve Cochran 'COME NEXT SPRING' STARTING WED. JUNE 27 In Color & Ciftemascope Guy Madison - John Hodiak Virginia Leith "ON THE THRESHOLD OF SPACE" Children In Cars Free Under 12 yrs. Crystal Lake, 111. Phone 644 Sundays Cunt, from 3:00 p.m. No Matinee On Saturday Week Days 7:15 p.m. FRI. & SAT. JUNE 22-23 -- Double Feature Program -- "STRANGER AT MY DOOR" MacDonald Carey - Patricia Medina And Bud Abbott - Lou Costello "BUCK PRIVATES" SUN., MON. & TUES.- JUNE 24-25-26 George Gobel - Mitzi Gaynor David Niven "THE BIRDS AND THE BEES" WED. & THUR. JUNE 27-28 "TOP BANANA" Starling Phil Silvers JUNE 27-30 "The Searchers" JULY 1-3 'Alexander The Great" "Song Of The South" Mon. - Sat. Box Office opens at 6:00. Sun. at 2:00. Get in the comfort habit. Relax in the coolness you'll find here. ELM THEATRE Phone JAckson 6-1421 Wauconda, 111. Route 176 Adults 60c Children (under 12) 25c Open Daily at 6:40 p.m. Open Sundays at 2:30 p.m. FREE PARKING - 125 CARS LAST DAY THURSDAY JUNE 21st "MIRACLE IN THE RAIN" with Jane Wymau - Van Johnson FRI. & SAT. JUNE 22-23 Vw Disnqj' SUN., MON. & TUES. JUNE 24-25-26 T S evgRYTHtNQ YOU'VE HEARD ig A ©OLO WIINE OF ENTERTAINMENT* -- DAN DAIIEY • CYD CHARISSE from M-O-Min COLON »nd ClW««»*OQ>» \ I> CRYSTAL oVTit"? T"c^r Two Shows Nightly 1st Show Starting At Dusk Admission: Adults 75c Children under 12 free. FRI. & SAT. JUNE 22-23 Kenneth Tobey - Faith Domergue Also Richard Denning in "CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN" SAT. MIDNIGHT SHOW JUNE 23 Lon Chaney - Bela Lugosi "THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN" SUN., MON. & TUES. JUNE 24-25-26 -- Double Feature Program - Dean Martin - Jerry Lewis "JUMPING JACKS" And Bing Crosby - Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour "ROAD TO BALI" WED. & THUR. JUNE 27-28 Tom Ewell - Sheree North "THE LIEUTENANT WORE SKIRTS" * * | Sunshine is most beneficial, but j Its amazing what a little moon- I Ugh *" will do. George Reiker's beautiful harle- • quin Great Dane, 2 years old, won a blue ribbon at the Chain O'Lakes Kennel Club dog show at Lake: Forest on June 17. Hep name is Reiker's Glory. i BIKE FOUND Ubcal police have had another opportunity for bike riding if .they were so inclined. For several days they have been' in possession of a red girl's bicycle for which they have not located an owner. The bike may be claittied by young owner upon identification* at the city hall. Support your local teams in ;the county baseball league. You'll see some good baseball. SHOP AT HOME and STAY YOUNG DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF BUB and HIS RHYTHM BOYS and HIS BANJO SATURDAY. JUNE 23 DANCING 9 TO 1:30 BLUE 1500 LARKIN ELGIN, ILLINOIS The Log Cabin known as the "Cabinetfce" (formerly located on Route 120 at the new kriflge) has now taken over the McHenry Ice Creain Co. building at 131 So. Green St. where it will again feature those JUICY, ALL-MEAT HOT DOGS with all the trimmings, as well as SPICY TAMALES. -- COMPLETE FOUNTAIN SERVICE -- THEATRE BIG SCREEN FEATURES GRAYSLAKE, ROUTE 120-21 OPEN 7:00 P.M. -- COME EARLY! CHILDREN UNDER 12 IN CAR FREE -- NOW Jl THIS: Last summer, during June, July and August we served 30,400 Hot Dogs. These were 6 inches long, or a total of 182,400 inches, or, 15,200 feet, which amounts to a total distance of about 3 miles of Hot Dogs. If these were laid end-to-end they would reach from McHenry to Lakemoor. This year we hope to sell enough Hot Dogs to reach the town of Volo . . . and we will! WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY 20th Century-Fox presents JANE RUSSELL RICHARD IGAN co-itwrHig JOAN LESLIE win AGNES MOOREHEAD WOMB. 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