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Tharsday, September 2,1M| ^ _ "W ^7" V, 7 j • > * >7\T ' , .r^ * '• " ^ ; "SO m by EARL R. WALSH DUHQgR SHAMROCKS* TO ! TO EVEN PLAY-Ol McCTJLLA HITS 463 SLEAGUE TO LEAD I mm •mm * • • - THE McHEKRY PLAINDEALEIfc w , T *£•"*>- 4" . fe*. -jurW, ...t ikt ». IHAMEOCK HETTEB8 Wally Hambvyar met hard hitting i DonRiddle. flle Ijtter kayoed Dick Totme from Lake _ come out the players-from oar league tetter will have watched what is laughingly Zurich in the first called a big league game. round last week. Jerry Pachke and j Plans for football gradually grind _____ r »(Frank Pumprys from Mundelien and! out of the mill. There is much to Statistics are released this week by S*l»PdpSS^r0PeCt'Vely P*ired i ^1"® „t"d ^LJ.0.- the Shamrocks management, jgivrng a TenUt£vel ! Things are however, progressing, itjgWinif » Tentatively signed for wrestling: Several meetings have been held to MSSemw bouts are WilUam Albert, C.A.A.tf. | get some of the spade work out of The boss took a vacation, but popped back into the office before we had a chance to write anything about him. He went down south to look over the situation, but reports that he couldn't find a Republican. Anyhow, we'jse proud of our boss. He didn't try to make a speech so There should have been a hip rainstorm at the end of seven innings last Sunday at Carpentersville Park. | complete picture of indi' The McHenry Shamrocks were lead-! compltohments during the 'McHenry „rv.mTI!nT1 i rk . -- - r. i's tfc,1 £a° ^ t?'1 c wis a. tt^(?sw3,j,s!sa wjts.'1-"h,pp,n they feet t^E forltx inning., .UowTngidee dotiUt-hMder, WilUrd UeCulU *•*•»* CS^ w™£? win\ *i"h J" T'"" "hS cne hit in the seventh. However, the ! edged Jim Larkin out of the batting ZIa It? S1 b* "ext *P™« first rules of journalism requires that:crown top spot with a .468 average to jtM,1s th®'"g •«jnot over seventeen to register with we give you the outcome right at* .462 for Jim. An injury kept Jim on «how " b°XerS dur_i Shorty (Long for the upper bracket this point rather than delay the | the sidelines for a few games, but ^ snow, A Pitch la Time A patch of Invitation or, real leather aewed on the ] knees of boys' play tii . FLAMES DAMAfiB CAft The fire department was «SMI to Lily Lake early Sunday morutete fight flames wWch ewiwi eamAsr- > Stephen Foster, who wrote many of the beat known songs about the South, waa horn in Pittsburgh, Pa. Toni Permanent Ware Kits, tnd $2.00. Wattlea Drug Store. Read the Waat A<*! agony. Dundee won, 6 to 5. ~ I failed to dim his batting eye. McHenry got two hits, but no! In the hms-batted-in department, runs in the first inning. Dick Conway1 McCulla set the pace with a total of led off with a single and stole second. '25 in spite of hitting in the lead-off Jim Larkin also singled, but was j position. "Sonny" Miller, who came nailed in attemping to steal. up strong after a slow stait, drove " " Ri • U I I M I M > > » M I n i l m»»» We mUst begin to plan now. December 31 is the limit for enrollment. JUNIOR j Last Saturday climaxed the seaj son's baseball activities for our 49'Mi^ ! town's young men. The Ramblers; J i finally came through in a well dressed hhiiss eeggggss wweerree sseerrvveedd oonn aa ppliaatstteerr-- wlitnth 'Ta ^nhiilt ^annda swcoorreeda wwnehne ^JH^C 1 > . . jand* Dea^McCr^ken m m i l i n i M I I I H i n i l l l lom The Rambler? have^" errv Larkin drove in *»j u v. - , some hard luck all season, but cooked. iCracken lined a home run deep into eacn naa iu. jerry i^ariun arove in Ed Murphy Schmitt at last fmmH his oAntml ' 9 while Jimi had 8 to his credit. i. jBeld Over From Ust Week) at - -d h,s eontrol> Miller had 8 two-baggers, McCulla . ... J rkir center field. Wagner hit to right, Some baseball fans have asked us: stole second, moved up on Murphy's to bring this county league business roller to first and scored on Conway's up to date for them. hit to right. Conway was out attempting to steal third. Three runs ... . • . ... A- , which was ail the Ramblers needed. All Star baseball game p&yed The final score was 4-0 and Schmitt as a v homer" riu£*fH-- •~i McCulla stole 10 .nd Bill n McHenry and Johnsburg were tied scored and, ended McHenry's run ®°J'gS1erl. J(i\ . Manager_ mil, wno » lWt» of the^.n,e w«, the hone w for first place at the end of the! production Until the ninth. j recognized for his defensive skill league seaSon. Richmond finished in: With only one clean blow off^^ ^alS ^baSne at™^after in third place end Dundee m fourth. Mciphy in the eighth. Dundee scored 8Crting himself in the lineup more j" • runs and went into 'be leaa.; frequently in the later games. The bracket of teams the o or three. The Lily Lake Mudheift beat the - , , , , . Wonder Lake Sailors 2-0. Lily Lake run by Paul Nearke and the pitch- has been the te&m to beat all season ing of Johnsburg s Huler. The lattet with Mike Stichauf doing the mound is a boy to watch m next years older work, they played true to form and Players were at rosed out Wonder Lake in the above the game by the dozens and just mentioned close score. about everyone of_ them saw action., Only foui or five of the regular runs a r€SU't« game lasted so long that Crusaders showed up to play Johnsthe. field events had to be cancelled, burg in the final game. It was too tfcrn, no play-ofr was in order as iar fthwirdH b^arskei ni n ^tdh-is a-i nning, but could records whooluolnd^ a iinnd itcha^te lin«t>huant .s th. le.gue standings were «»- in .11 f.i™e» be excused doe to the 'Th*8 Sh^L" sSed'"^- cerned. Iinneld. Murphy hurt hi^ own cause SO for nnno^inc tpam« - , . ,. I by issuing the first of two passes, and; jn the Ditchinir deDartment the Allan Brenner of McCullom Lake bad, because Jerry Long pitched a The first four teams under tj"s; forced in a run. i McHenry team shows an impressive won the Nesco Cooker and can claim very fine game and with more exsystem engage "? * JSlt . The. Shamrocks bounced back in record. Hugh Murphy showed a world ^ b* contacting Shorty Long in Mc- perienced support would have made a first place team plays the third plsce the ninth when Murphy and Con- , of stufTin striking out 88 batters in Henry. At this writing Mr. Brenner much better game of it. The Colts team while the second and[fourth way tripled in succession. McCulla 8 games. Hugh showed the need h*8 no.t COI»« forward so we would powe'-t-ci their way to a 6-1 victory, placers cross bats. Its a two out put on the squeeae to bring Conway of more pitching as he issued 22 appreciate his friends telling him Ed Lay, football director for the of three play-off. Since first place | in with a that put McHenry passed and hit S batLen. about hU good luck. Prizes of $5.00, league, has given the three team wae a tie, it was necessary for mc- ahead 5 to 4. There was only one With a chance to pitch 2 games a and $2.00 were awarded the1 coaches the official application forms out and everything looked rosey until week, Murphy would undoubtedly ^y® who the most chances, which the young players must use McCulla broke for second with the have been sharper than that highly- Jerrv Long, who sold well over $100 in order to make one of the teams, pitcher holding the ball. lie was advertised blue blade. „ worth won the first prize. Stan Aim Sonny Miller, Lloyd Freund, and Art jwenenry urew •**" V"" ' thrown out and a nice rally ninned * Sonny" Miller who took able care placed second and Ralph Bennett took Jackson will soon have teams on «nt e.me. Supd.y Dundee WW th« bud, McH.nry ledStoT of X pitching' dep.Vta" u"il thW. Marilyn Schmitt w.s .warded «.ld for prelim,n.ry prsctices. game will be played at Carpenters- j ville Park next Sunday. ninth. ing Menke. Grover drew an intentional pass to fill the bases. Miller i hope and trust tnat popped to Conway for the second out' McHenry will ^".I^ndee^next Sun_- Schumacher then shot a hot grounder ! He wafked Wacholz plenty gdbd in winning five games efficient score keeping throughout the ment has not yet arrived the boys then threw three balls to Menke.' and losing only 1 start. Not a strike- season. By the way, the boys went will begin their pigskin season with Manager Bill Bolger then waived I out artists, he had 38 to his credit, over the top in this chance drive.! chalk talks, and instruction. As '"Sonny Miller" to the mound. Menke He was plenty stingy on the free They not only paid for the new uni- soon as uniforms arrive contact sesforced Wacholz. Kneibusch singled rides, giving-) only 7 bases on balls forms, but also for all other equip- sions start. Each team, however, to left. Schuldt doubled to left scor- in 6 games, j ment used this season. does have two footballs furnished by Johnsburg won the first two games against Richmond so will meet the winner of next Sunday's McHenry- DunJee fame. We, of course, hope and trust that McHenry will bent Dundee next Sund. y. Th'enwowHl --•*•£*» S»««-„d'{har^r; ' Pl.Ter"" championship between McHenry and ^ Tom Bolger's head just as he was McCulla ..... " " «^°ut to make a play. The ball game J. Larkin .. G. Larkin ... B. Bolger .. Miller Freund .... McCracken.. Wagner .... Murphy .... H. Stilling. W. Bolger Conway .... L. Stilling T. Bolger Crouch Final Regular Schedule Batting Johnsburg. U. , j mi was ever. Johnsburg and Richmond will tangle again next Sunday at Johns- Dundee burg but the game has no bearing Grover, 3b as far as the standings are con- Miller, 2b° ".!!!!!..!! cerned. These two teams have been Schumacher, ib"*".". hot rivals all season. Last Sunday a Thompson, cf little scrap between players took (aber, ss * " place, but after the game the boys Wacholz, rf""""*"*;* got together on a friendly basis and Ortmann, If „ agreed to another game. Just for Menke, If fun! Well, you never know what fun Meir.^c may break out so there will be a EggcJrt .. larg crowd circling the Johnsburg Kneibusch, diamond to find out. ~ " ' AB 4 5 4 4 Schuldt, p Totals R 1 0 0 0 0 2 Q i 1 1 The Shamrocks k-st the toss and must play on the Carpentersville diamond again next Sunday. It's 110' McHenry picnic flaying that infield. But, we Conway, 2b-lb suppere it is just as fair for one McCulla, rf team as another. Their infield is J. Larkin 3b grass a la bumps. |G Larkin, "T" -- ' Miller, lb-p ........ The Shamrocks can't stand pros- McCracken, If cf .... 86 6 AB 5 4 6 4 2 2 3 9 3 0 0 H 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 © 1 : 1 "fl" •W % i Totals ~ Averages Coanty League Gai At Bat Runs Hits .. 54 18 25 .. 39 14 18 .. 64 17 28 .. 31 10 12 .. 55 13 20 .. 34 11 12 52 9 17 .. 10 6 3 .. 34 * 9 . 47 9 12 .. 22 4 5 .. 30 6 6 .. 22 4 4 .. 43 7 7 1 0 0 .. 538 134 .lis ^Pitcher Murphy .. Miller J. Larkin Pitching totals 12 Records On Wednesday night of last week Mr. Long. The league is, in a sense, Lily Lake defeated McCullom Lake1 insured a successful season if the 11-1. McCullom Lake found an effec- baseball experience is any criterion, eg tive pitcher in young Bob Braun who It seems an omen of good fortune to pct. should develope nicely with a little start such a campaign with a fi- .463 experience. nancial debt. .462 The smallest lad on the field, As soon as forms are completed *438 Claude McDermett, stands not much with parents' signatures, Dr. Wm. .387 taller than his bat but got on base Nye and the physician co-operating .364 just about every time. Naturally, with him will give physical examina- .353 he walked. Harris Golbeck came tions to the boys. As soon as the .327 through again for Lily Lake with a i kinks are ironed out of the league .300. long home run. The blow cleaned structure, play will begin. .265 three other men off the bases. Congratulations to the boys, the 255 Next Sunday, if the long awaited coaches and Mr. Long on a fine base- ^227 rain does not hit McHenry, the boys ball league an<J good luck to them in .200 play a triple header to finish the .182 season. Each game will last only .163 five innings and the teams gather in .000 the following order: First game, ^ Wildcats vs Ramblers; second game, .3S1 Mudhens vs Sailors; third game, i Colts vs Crusaders. j August 25 Bob Devore, a member Pct. of the League financial committee, .850 has arranged to take all the boys to .833 see the Chicago Cubs. If all has football. laveatioa of Typewriter The typewriter was Invented , by Christopher Kholes, of Mooresburg, Pa., in 1867. It was a cruc'e and cum- Bersome contraption. .000 gone well by .857 Complete line of Lee's poultry remedies at Wattles Drug Store, Mc BOXING and WRESTLING ^ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd, 8:30 p. m. • BOXING m 1. John Chcoske ¥». Kenneth Pratt Waukegan McHenry i Gene Peters • /m •- Dick Depew Round Lake Pk. Fox Lake 1 JWally Hamburger vs. -Don Riddle Fox Lake Highland Pk. 4; Frank Humphrey vs. Willie Grogan Highland Pk. Round Lake Beach 5. Jerry Paschke ~ .-•'fik-':' John Schobloom' Mundelein Antioch WRESTLINO i: Carl Engstrom Johnny Konun De Paul U. Loyola U. ^ Bob "Red" Davis vs. William Albert LAKE COUNTY STADIUM ROUND LAKE PARK, ILLINOIS ' y, - » "" • 1 1 1 0 1 u 1 0 0 perity on the base paths of late. B. Bolger cf They're runnin' wild! |H. Stilling, If;!££* Elsie Winkel wants the C. D. yf A. W^Bolger0 C. """"" bowlers to know that then league Murphy, p •will start Tuesday, September 14, at; t. Bolger 2b 7:00 p. m. Don't say we didn't tell Freund ..! you. j ................... Totals ................ Louis On', brother of Jack Orr, | former MCHS coach, called in to say Score by 'Innings: hello this week anJ leave with us «[ McHenry little enthu»U:-m for the boxing cards Dundee at Round J.ake Paik. Louis spends. riuch time teaching tlu Grant Hi?'V stolen bases: Conway, 2; McCulla, 2: School boys the manly art of box-j MiHer, Wagner ing. During the summer months he Two-base hits: Schuldt. is doing a nice job as matchmaker at Three bage hits: Conway, Murphy. Round Lake. Some of you fellows jjoire runs: McCracken. -- will remember when Louis boxed Doui>ie plays: Miller to Schumacher. Johnnie Peacek a few years back. - - Looks fit as a fiddle right today. j McHENRY HEAVYWEIGHT ON FRIDAY NIGHT CARD l AT ROUND LAK^ PARK Promoter Fred Kohler will feature ^heavyweights in his all star boxing. - -- -- and wrestling card next Friday night 35 5 11 I in the Lake County Stadium in | Round Lake Park starting at 8:30 p. m. 030 000 002--5 ! Norman Velisek, of Long Lake and 000 000 042--6. i Kenneth Pratt, of McHenry, a pair of hard punching heavyweights are Struck out by Schuldt, 6; Murphy, & Bases on balls off Schuldt, 2; Murphy, 2; Miller, 1. Before another week rolls around, we hope to visit "Mac" and see what ' the prospects are for geting eleven JOHNSBURG VICTORY able-bodied boys on the gridiron to represent MCHS this season. True I to the coaching profession, "Mac" will! WAY TO THE FlKAliS spill a lot of gloom over us. I The JohnBbur OVER RICHMOND EARNS Frankly we don't know what to! expect of the team this year, but will1 expect more than "Mac" wil\ lead us to hope. Tigers beat Richlay 4 to 1 on the earning their way into the final play-offs with either McHenry or Dundee. "Bud" Meyers, who was injured "Where are you living now?" is earlier in the season, returned to the a question popped at us daily. We ,. . , seem to be harder to keep track of' 1,n®uP played third base. "Bud" than a pup's flea. Well, *e left co"^led tW? ^ I? t0nV^P\ "East Canada" this week and have I Klappench and Vern Miller hooked landed on the fork leading to Mc-luP ,n * tight pitching battle. The •Cullom Lake or Ringwood. i°"e ru" of KlapPfl rich w*8 «,ded I along by an overthrpw of second We had thought some of renting j *>?**: Johnsburg bunched their hits a trailer. Had a nice spot picked out at the top of the batting order and in the northwest corner of the city ma<l® Vern Miller s efforts hard by park! One of these days wf?ll land--never ho more to roam. ANNOUNCE EXTENSION OF RAILROAD FAIR THROUGH SEPTEMBER The Chicago Railroad Fair has been extended through September. Extension ef the fair, which comemorates the one-hundredth anniversary of the Chicago and North Western Railway System, was announced by Major Lenox R. Lohr, president of the fair, a former McHenry resident. Originally, the fair, which opened July 20, was scheduled to close Labor Day. Major Lohr announced the extension as Ma public service to the spectators from all over the United States and Canada who daily exceed early predictions in their attendance." So far, nearly 1,600,000 persons) have attended the fair, and more i R. Miller than 600,000 have seen the "Pioneer" .Winn, 2b, c stealing four bases. Thc> same two teams have arranged a special post-season game for next Sunday at Johnsburg. There has been considerable rivalry between the two teams during the season and Richmond is anxious for one more crack at the Tigers. Johnsburg Howie Freund, 2b N- Smith, If ..m... Pitzen, If G. Jackson, c B. Meyers, 3b ........ W. Smith, lb .^... S. Meyers, cf .... A. Jackson, cf L. Freund, ss D. Freund, rf ... Klapperich, p -- Totals Stilling, ss .. Christensen, I V. Miller, p C. Miller, cf AB 5 2 0 1 4 4 4 I 4 B 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 locomotive of the North Western's parent company dramatically run under its own power in, the Fair's "Wheels A-Rollin'" locomotive, weighing brought rail transportation to Chicago 100 years ago. Huff, rf ........ J. Miller, lb VanEvery, c .. pagent. This j Rudolph, 2b only ten tons, ~" 1 Totals .... 3 3 S 0 31 0 •\*r . 0 0 0 0 Score by innings: Johnsburg: 102 010 000-- 4. Richmond: 000 100 000-- 1. SPORTS EDITOR One of the most popular featBies for the 8,000 men at the recent National Guard encampment at Camp Stolen bases: Christensen, Howie Ellis was the "Four by Four," daily Freund, N. Smith, G. Jackson, D. news sheet of the forty-fourth in-) Freund. fantry division commanded by Major Double Plays: Klapperich to B. General Joseph Teece of Waukegan. i Mevers: B. Meyers to H. 'Freund Sports editor James McCulla picture and that of the news editor' J. Miller. appeared in a recefet issue of a Wan- Struck eat by V. Miller, 11; Klappe- the only three time winner is ii cvmnwMKa vy major uoavje nays: au^pvnea w o. >h Meyers; of the paper was Pvt. to W. Smith; Stilling to Winn to lla of McHenry. His1 J. Miller; R. Miller to Rudolph to in the main event. It will be a case of youth versus experience. Norman Velisek will be boxing for the first) time under A. A. U. rules, while Pratt is the winner of most of his twenty-eight matches, which include* the 1942 heavyweight Championship of Rockford. Last spring he was a finalist in the Milwaukee Golden Glow Tournament. Pratt beat rugged John Chcouske, former Grant high school boxing' Captain in his first appearance ir| Round Lake and' has intentions of making another Grant High School alumni say 'Uncle' in three rounds or less. Valisek. who scales 215 has ~a weight advantage over Pratt who tips the beams at 192. The Long Lake boy has always held his own in football, track or boxing and will bring a sizable group of boosters to the show, as Norir/s gcr.ial personality has won him many friends. Velisek attended the Gavin High school and then graduated with honors from the Grant High school where he was awarded the best all time heavyweight award in boxing. John Chcouske, a prince of a boy in the rinjf and out, who hails from Waukegan and David Lundman from iLibertyville, both straight hard punchers are in the semi- wind up spot. They weigh 175 pounds. ~ Gene Peters of Reand Lake- Park kegan paper. rich, 2. Farki' paired with Dick DePew from Fox Lake. e time the paper has Henry. AT NATIONAL For MM Lost Hiaf of i Moke Labor • Play Day! 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