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if V GnattaaillM A ®K®T tfan® **ck W* OpMMd • ** dtociwtioo on the importance of concentration and othar mental aids on the aida of winning competition. This piaca aatms to have developed a cumber vt rape*. cimkna and diaagreemanta in the scattered belief that fthyaleal ddU', and physical superiority are the dominating points. This doesn't happen to be true. The mental , or concentrative side is still more important than the physical side. What good i* • pitcher " with blinding speed who can't locate the plate, who has no change of pace, who doesn't know •'the weakness of opposing batters? When Lefty Grove first came Along with the Athletics, I recall watching him strike out six of the first nine Yankees who faced him, and then have his West Virginia ears pinned back by the fifth inning as he headed for the cooling shower. Grove only became a great pitcher . when he learned how to pitch. Bach • Indents ef golf as Bobby Janes, Walter Hagen, Tommy Armour and others have all told me that they rate the mental or emo- -ttonal side af calf at 7t per rent • the physical side at M par cent. Many years ago on a knoll at Oakmont, one of the great courses when not spoiled by plow share traos and ice greens-. I happened to be standing with Bill Fownes, an able critic of what it takes to win a big tournament. There Were nine survivors left, with only nine holes to play in this particular National Open. They were all in a seething mass. ^ Blowing Up on Last Hole "This should be a great scramble," I said to ,Fownes. ' "I don't think so," Fownes sa'd. "There are only two men from the Mne left who^ can concentrate through 18 holes. They art Tommy Armour and Harry Cooper." They ran 1-2. The others blew up completely. s If Sammy Snead had only had the ability to concentrate on his play as Jones, Hagen and Nelson have d&ne, he would have been a sensation. I've seen Sammy in his prime throw away a U. S. Open and $3,500 in cash in a Los Angeles Open by taking two 8's on two final holes - where a ten handicap player would have had two 5's. The brain was still the major factor.! After all, it Was the brain or many brains that developed the atomic bomb- Brains In sport have nothing to do with any Intellectual trend. Fine lawyers, able writers, smart bankers, leading physicians can be extremely dumb on the competitive side of sport. Clowns er illiterates, saeh as Rube Waddell and foe laekson, can be and .have been smart baseball people. • Rube Waddell was completely iftjimb until you handed him a glove And a baseball. Then he became baseball smart. Joe Jackson could neither read nor write, but he was a different human being'when you handed him a bat--"the big black bat his brave song sang"--or sent him to the outfield with a glove, v 'Only One Play to Make* 1 asked Larry Lajoie once if he had ever pulled a boner in a ball game. "How can you pull a boner," he said. "There's always only one place to throw a ball--always wily one play, to make." Fred Merkle ot the Giants was J$own as "Bonehead Merkle," but intellectually^ he was far and away the smartest*member of McGraw's old squad, and this included Christy Mathewson. Merkle was a keen student of Kant, Schopenhauer, Plato, pragmatic, and unpragmatic philosophers, but his competitive reflexes were slow and out of Una. Smart competitors in spert can be vary damb people in ether lines of Uving. They can be among the dam best. Jast eensider the millions prise fighters have mad!, anly to finish broke and hungry and. forgotten tn their poverty. There are those who are only equipped to make a living out of professional sport. They are taking the hard way. For one simple reason--the time they have is short. On a genera] average they are fading out at 30. They are about through at 35. They are gone at 40. Then, st what is supposed to be the prime of life, they are through. Only a few smart ones have mapped out an extended trad on beyond. • • • What the Public Wants Attendance figures prove again that baseball's big public is more interested in a close scramble, in keener, closer competition than it is in looking at stars. ~<The quality of baseball played has been a rather deep dip from other years. But the quality of competition has been far higher. Through the first half of the race no manager and no quivering fan in the stands ever knew s ball game was over until the last man was out* . by EARL R. WALSH There's something in the air this week. Maybe ifs the decrease in the number of summer visitors about the town that makes us realise that a change is about to oecuc. One more big week-end and we can start referring to the summer as .being in the past. A trip down to the Mgh school football field gave further evidence that summer does not go on forever. Coach McCracken, after giving us a crackin' good team' alst year, is striving to put together another winir.' Most football coaches worry some* thing awful--and Mac runs pretty close to form.v I suppose? Office Boy--Yea, sir. She's making her first parachute jump, you know. A former Kentaeldan declares that his grandfather lived to he 93 years old and he never used glasses. He did all his drinking out o| a jug. The town tightwad, out of town on his wife's birthday, sent her a annoyed at his thrift, the wife mailed I®, f" I*1* °* ** diamond in him a card which read: building up a 16 to 2 decisipn, 'Dear John: Thanks for the lovely check. The milkman cashed it morning." ly c this We saw the Cubp„ lose M of those games to the Cardinals and understand that such great Cub fans as our "S.B.C.", George Justen and Herb Reihansperger saw part of the series: However, nothing has been seen or heard of any of them since. We must consult our former Crystal gaser, Vern Harrison, on the coming sports events. He used to make Sredictions easy for us bade in the sys when he was selling cow-cure to the farmers in "MugrV Wattles' place of business. v We found a fellow who really didn't have to advertise his business during: war time. Art Adams, Last year we took a quick look at the team in early prdbtice, listened to Mac a few minutes and began to worry right along with him. But, we have our guard up this year. In spite of the loss of some high class material through graduation, MCHS will still have a fair to middlin' football team. up Johnsburg sprung a new pitcher, named Rflbaae, on the Shamrocks last Sunday and he proved just too good for the laaal awingers. Of course due credit mmt be given the visiting sluggers who sailed 17 hits "Moose" Wagner waa on the mound for the local boys and did all right for three innings in spite of some ragged support. But. the fourth was a horse of a different color. Six hits in a row, topped by Roy Schaefer's base-clearing homer, were enough to call Murphy to the mound. To cover the Johnsburg scoring Kilbane, 9; Murohy, 2; Wagner; 1. Bases on balls off--Kilbane, 0; Wagner, 0; Murphy, S. JOHNSBUfcG TAKE8 LEAGUE LEAD AS WOODSTOCK, L08ES 1 k Catling Cheese To heap Cheese from brumbling when cutting it heat the knife in boiling water. In trimming MeHenry last 80& day Johnsburg assured themselves of at least a tie in the third round of the MeHenry County baseball league. In order to gain a tie, Woodstock will have to heat Algonquin next Sunday. Richmond pulled the veteran Albert "Ike" Brits out of retirement to beat Wbodstock 4 to 2 with wellcontrolled slow stuff. Woodstock had only six hits, one of those a. ninth inning homer by Garrett. .. . , .. , Richmond hopped on Loetscher for WOUl?Lr<5!?Pe HngAy description so five hits and three runs in the first we will refer you to the box score. | inning. The winners had a total of The Shamrocks put over a run in ten hits, including a home run by the fifth before hopes had faded. | Vernon Miller. "Moose? Wagner uncorked a bounder i Richmond and Johnsburg braved that went through short and moved.had weather to play a scheduled to second on Murphy's hit to left.;game a few weeks ago when the Harry Stilling then hit to center to: other teams 'were idle so are now score Wagner; but Murphy was finished with the third round. " out at third when the pitcher cut off McHENHY COUNTY LEAGUE the throw-in. Won Harold Freund pinch hit in the: --••• * Short for The symbol "lb" used to detfg* nate a pound is a contraction of the Latin word for pound, libra. Wallpaper States Ink stains on wallpaper can be removed with a solution consisting of equal parts of hydrogen peroxide and ammonia. 1 Baked apples will flavor if a CVQGPM IBSO forebaking. Mere Mtt A Soviet scientist claims tb hifi increased the milk yield of cow* tgf giving them a slight doae of cgrt»> tosln, a cell-destroying subetaaea that occurs naturally in blood. p Read the Want Ads We saw some old familiar faces that will go a long way towatti building a good line.' And a good line is important! In the backfield, Mac will have to use all his ingenuity to get a smooth working foursome. Last year he came through with a surprise package--and a big package --in Norman Knaack. Maybe something will turn up this yqpr. We aren't going into names this week until we see more of the boys (n action. * . wide. "Hookey Day" waa a big success at the Country Club. We must pickup a review of the goings-on at the Club for next week. AM Horseradish A dash of horseradish mixed with each glassful of tomato jufea will add new interest. Washing Wicker When washing wicker furniture add <me tablespoonful of household ammonia to one quart warm water. Apply with a brush, rinse with a cloth wrung out of clear lukewarm water. H ninth and pounded a hot drive out!~*°?dstock ov« ®«cond base. Sonny Miller thert! ?, 1 chmon.d John^^wayl^hw^rsge fixed jR5h<?d a , double to the center Alfronqyin cles HESTLIS? 7rom Sfr Lnd fi«,d People came from far and weeds to score Freund with ^Henry the shamrock's second and last run. Hebron BOX 'SCORE V-T'v JOHNSBURG AB A. Freund cf Frett 3b R. Fretind Jackson c Miller rf J. Freund S. Freund L. Freund 2b Schaefer If .. Schuller If .... Kilbane p .... Loot IVf i ••'4/ Pet. .800 .760 .600 .600 .250 .000 ...6 5 ........... S 8 '2 ».^n«..... .0 Results Last Sunday-- Johnsburg, IS; MeHenry, 2. Richmond, 4; Woodstock, 2. Algonquin, 13; Hebron, 0, Games Next Sunday (Final)-- Woodstock at Algonquin. Hebron at MeHenry. China's Barrett The Yellow river in China la dubbed "China's Sorrow" because of the many floods it has loosed on the rich adjacent farmland# A TOTALS . -.44 Bud Miller, star pass catcher last year, was down watching the boys and wishing he could get iji there. Maybe we can get him on a lendlease basis from Uncle Sam's Navy. MeHenry wilt travel to Antioch for the first game of the season. TliaU September 14th--not so far away. All home games will be played under the lights--and boy--do (the fans like that! We doubt if any team around has had a greater following than ours since night games came into the picture. While getting enthusiastic about football let's not forget that baseball is still going strong. Hebron will play. the Shamrocks here next Sunday. Pickups: The time of year will soon arrive when you can tftrn the sloping porch over to the dog. Passenger Trafle Passenger traffic in 1944 waa the greatest ever handled by the railroads in any one year, amounting to 95% billion passenger miles, or an increase of nearly 9 per cent above the preceding year. Office Bov -- Please.*sir, may I have the afternoon off? Boss Man--It's your grandmother Penicillin for Mastitis Trestment dl rhronic bovine mastitis with penicillin is a promising new use for the "miracle" dr-f. according to U. S. department of agriculture scientists. Small quantities of a culture filtrate of the penicillium mold grown on corn steep liquor w'ere used in preliminary experiment*; O# relatively low and variable penicillin content, 'they gave excellent results when infused into affected quarters of 59 cows. The culture filtrate eliminated from 48 to 80 per cent' of the infective organisms, including streptococcus agalactiae, the principal specie^ of bacteria causing mastitis, and also various staphylococci which complicate the condition. Although not conclusive, these results are believed to warrant further tests with purer ptnicillig. Subscribe for The Plsindealer SHAMROCKS Conway is Bolger c 4 Miller lb ..4 J. Wagner p-2b ~4 Murphy cf-p .......„...8 H. Stilling 3b ...J L. Stilling If „S Knox 2b-cf G. Wagner rf .2 Freund rf ..1 TOTALS ......ST Score by innings: JOHNSBURG 000 602 SHAMROCKS 000 010 Two-base hits--Sonny Miller. L. Freund and * © 0 1 ft ft ft 1 1 026--16 001-- 2 Miller, J. Wild-Life Restorstioa The apportionment of $806,500 among the states for the restoration and development of their wildlife resources during 1945, under the terms of the Pittm an-Robertson act, is the smallest since the act became effective in 1938. Peanuts Rich Peanuts have long been valued as feed for livestock and food tpr human consumption, Peanuts contain about 27 per cent protein of good quality, nearly 50 per cent fat and 17 to 25 per cent carbohydrate. They also contain important minerals, phosphorus, calcium snd iron, and are a good source "of vitamin B. They may be used in a variety of ways. R Freund. Three-base hits--B. Miller. Home runs--Schaefer. Double plays -- J. Wagner, unassisted. Struck out by-- Rothermel Electric Shop V ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS RADIO REPAIRS Let us estimate that next electrical job of yours. ' LEO O. ROTHERMEL, Prop. " * Phone MeHenry 272-M 304 Riverside Drive KIAILS on Pistakee Bay McHENRY Announcing the Opening of a NEW Cocktail Lounge mi Dining Room ~ - Short Ord«f|. \ • " lUasonable Pricat Pull Course Dinners By Rasarvation Beautiful Grounds ' " Pleasant Surroundings4 - Right On the Bay- - • J r$rSirs~?t;. TT * • i e f l • > r - ? HESTER OIL • ' /he Best For Leg«" ,; GET OUR PRICES ON TANK WAGON 8ERVIC2& WE GUARANTEE TO SAVE YOU MONEY FUEL OIL, GASOLINE LUBRICANTS vm OF 0. ft N-W E. R„ WEST M'HEintT, at. . 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