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*.* **<*:r. f^f >m>•*:'• *rr. ?> *» ; v * f" " s"5 **"/ * » ** / A.»,, ," r^'v J;*?*' ursday. BATTING By ^Rogers Hornsbf From the book "How to Play" fubiithed br % Sporting Nom r ' Chapter 2' . ! . / ADVICE ON BATTING < v The batter now awaits the first ball that is pitched. He is in stride for the first time. The bat sho 1 be held back in a hitting potion, arms and elbows away from the body. Your arms must be away from the body to get full freedom of the arm and wrist movements; so that when you swing at the pitch you will be in a perfect position to, follow through. v Finish the swing -with the bat around the/shoulder and the head. By adopting that leveled follow-through swing, controlled by the wrist and arm action, you are able to get distance out of your drives. The follow-through cannot be emphasized too much. Practice it at all times. Remember the bat must be swung on a direct !evel, going through a straight line, and not one that drops or raises after the swing from the rear. By swinging at the Ml in this manner you become a line-drive hitter, or hard ground-bail nltter, and not a fly-ball hitter. The balance in the batter's box is also considered very important. Your front foot Is no more than a pivoting guide. The rear leg is the leg that holds the full weight sts you stride into the pitch for your follow-through. Put your full weight and body into the swing. The stride of the front leg is not important. Many batters have been successful by stepping forward; others have been great batters although they pointed their leg to the outside or maybe to the Inside. The real power, however, comes through the proper body balance on the rear leg --the right leg for a righthanded batter, and the left for a lefthanded batter--and the ability to develop a position with your arms away from your body so as to be ready to hit at all times with the follow-through swing. An erect position is preferred. Try not to adopt a bend or even a semi-crouch while at the plate. The batter is again reminded that he must find his natural sUaice and position. I always stood erect while waiting for the pitched ball. Many good-batters go into the half-crouch or bend position. The feet may be spread, * foot, a foot and a half or may be two feet. Then again some batters prefer to keep the feet almost together. The part of the stance, the closed or the open, is another point that becomes an individual selection. The player must decide for himself. Swing at Good Pitches The ball now has been delivered by the pitcher. Kejep your eye on the ball. Follow it the moment it leaves the pitcher's hand. The pitcher may throw a curve. He may throw a fast ball. He may feel that the change of pace is a good one to deliver. He may try the outside corner. He may pitch to the inside corner. He may pitch high or low. Any pitched ball that is met squarely by the batter is likely to go for distance. Your timing is important. Follow the ball coming into the plate, and regardless of whether it breaks, is fast or slow, if the timing is perfect, if the swing is on a direct level with the ball, and if you followthrough with your swing, the ball will be well hit Be prepared, at all times, for the pitch. By this, it is advised to have your arms back and your bat off your shoulder so that you will be in a hitting position. Don't become a guess hitter-- trying to guess what the pitcher is pitching. Hit only good balls. Some batters go up to the plate determined to outguess the pitcher. The batter tries to guess what the pitcher is going to throw and swings only at that particular style of pitch. The batter will get more than his share of base hits if he swings at good pitches, whether it is a curve, change of pace, fast ball, or whatever delivery the pitcher may use. *Aj related to Sid C. Keener. This ir the second (a i series of articles to help give proper instructioii to boys in How to Play BcuebalL future columns will include Pitching, In fielding, Catching, Outfielding and Base Running. "Hon? to Flay," consisting of 112 pages, is available from the pub- B*«RA, Tme Srofenra Km, Wit Washington Ave., SL Louis 3. *o, for Wfty cent* a copy. flMy Talk of (faney In Washington \ According " to Hie Sporting Ikewa before Wayne Terwilliger figned his contract with the Washington Senators, he rejectd the club's first offer with a urt letter saying, "I was s Regular last season, and want to be paid like a regular." . . Jackie Jensen says that reports he received $22,500 from the Nats last season are not correct. "The figure oan be divided almost In two," says Jackie, who added, "The Red Sox treated me all right. They gave me a raise of $1,000 . . . and I haven't even made the team yet." McHENRY BRUSH or SPRAY PAINTERS ** WATER PROOFING • SILO CEILINGS "We Paint & Spray Anything" AL & BOB / Rontp 4, McHenry, 111. Phone 1404 », „ - < < ICE CREAM STILL THE Finest ICE CREAM Made... Try II Today 1 ALL FLAVORS BOY IT AT... BOLGER'SDRUG STORE flms St, McHenry, 111. UNIVERSITY GIVES GRANT FOR STUDY OF MEDICAL PROGRAM A grant of $54,000 to the Unlversity of Michigan. for a study of the medical service program which has been in operation in Windsor, Canada, for fifteen years, offering, subscribers complete prepaid physicians' on ftn insurance basis, was announced today by Health Information Foundation. The study is one of eight factfinding and public relations projects currently being sponsored by the Foundation to obtain facts about family medical costs and health insurance, protection. The project is of special significance, Dr. Odin Anderson, j research director of H. I. F. pointed out, because of the current interest of health and insurance leaders in discovering methods for increasing the coverage and benefit provisions of voluntary health insurance. "Nearly 90 million people in the United States are now protected to some extent by health insurance," he said. "But the vast majority of voluntary health insurance plans providing physicians' care restrict their benefits to care for hospitalized patients only. The full range of physicians' services, on the other hand, is designed to cover medical care by the general practitioner for the patient in the home as well as in the hospital." While the public seems to indicate a desire for more complete benefit provisions, Dr. Anderson stated, most medical and health experts feel that so-called "comprehensive" plans are subject to many shortcomings because: (1) people are not willing to pay for the greater costs of the full range of physicians' care; (2) excessive demands by subscribers and unnecessary service by participating physicians cannot be controlled; (3) there is insufficient actuarial data on which to base premiums for plans which would provide a full range of care; (4) it is uneconomic to process low-cost claims -- for instance, for home and office calls. The Windsor program will be studied from an administrative point of view with special attention given to the attitudes of the medical profession and the pilblic toward the adequacy of the services. Results of the study, when completed, will be made available to the public by the Foundation. Health Information Foundation, which Is supported by 130 drug, pharmaceutical, chemical and allied companies as a public service, recently completed a national survey of family medical costs and health insurance which provided for the first time in twenty years a base line of facts in these two areas related to the health care of the population of the country. Through the Windsor study and seven other research and nublic relations projects, H.I.F. is giving major emphasis in its current program to making available facts that will help extend and improve voluntary health insurance as a means by whioh American families can get better protection in minimizing the financial burdens of major Mlnesses. SPORTS FtASHBS §t*» Ci)t Sporting Weuw , , by J. G. Taylor Spink j Nieman Gets Com^etitloa From Bill Tuttle Detroit is curious about the improvement of Bob Nieman, who opens training as the No 1 left fielder, reports The Sporting News. J "I've stayed in good shape this winter -- ony six pounds above my playing weight," Nieman reported. "JEJuf I Want to nail down that job." The Tiger strataglsts agree that Nieman has earned a long look in camp. His primary contention in left field comes from Bill Tuttle, whose defensive speed and base-running savvy mark him as the most exciting rookie outfielder in the Detroit camp. Nieman adherents point out to their man's record. In his second season in the American League and first in Detroit uniform, Nieman batted .281 and smashed 15 home runs. The comparison is made with premier hitters. In his second year in the league, Mickey Vernon, the batting champion, hit .271. As a sophomore, George Kell settled for .272 and A1 Rosen hit .265. MCHS NEWS By Jackie MOM F.H.A. There wUl be a rally held in Hampshire for all the schools in District 20. A whole bus load of kids will be going from McHenry to help eleot officers for our district. They will hold a tea some time this spring for their mothers, with skits and an exhibition of styles of clothing. This Easter they will be making favors for some old folks •froime. •' I Essay Contest The American Legion auxiliary , siponsored a contest for the jun- ; ior high and high school on "My | Obligation t<y My Country." The winners in the junior high were Terry Lishmer and Telia Nardi In the high school, Kathleen Anglese placed first and Joyce Krumweide placed second. Kathleen was first in our town. • Qualters Would Take Bonus Again Would Tom Qualters, Philadelphia Phillies $50,000 bonus player, take the bonus and stay as a bench-warmer or refuse the bonus and go into the minors if he had it to do all over again? The Sporting' News reports the youngster as replying: "I'd do exactly what I did. I might have been better off going to the minors for experience and a chance to pitch regularly, but I just couldn't pass up that money. "I used most of it to fix up our home in McKeesport (Pa.) and also to pay for an operation on my mother." English 4 Classes "Hie English class is making1 a display of the favorite poems of the techers. These poems are to be mounted and given *o the teachers after the display. Miss Oliva to Decatur Miss Oliva will go to Decatur March 3$ to 4 librarians! conference. Electric stock water heaters must be grounded to the neutral side of the circuit to be safe for use, says a University of Illinois farm electric specialist. Permanent types of vaccine will usually protect dogs against distemper for their lifetime. $8*000 GRANT MAf>E FOR RESEARCH AT STATE UNIVERSITY Swift A Co. has made an outright grant of $8,000 to help support one phase of the swine research program at the University of Illinois College of Agriculture during; the rtext three years. L. E. Card, head of the animal science department at the college, said in accepting the grant that the money would be used primarily to support a research project on the - nutritional requirements of (pregnant and iaotating sows. Card denounces the appointment 4 of an advisory committee to help administer the project. This committee includes R. F. Elliott, Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River, New Jersey; R. G. Halleman, Swift & Co., Chicago; and F. B. Adamstone, S. W. Terrill, D. E. Becker and A. H. Jensen, all of the University of Illinois. Since 1941, Swift A Co. has given more than $2,250,000 in 350 gtants to more than ninety institutions for basic research in animal and human nutrition. The company believes that such support of research by industry is essential if the United States is to continue progress toiward building a healthier, happier and more efficient nation. Another reason why the company supports basic research at the experiment stations is that industrial research needs a storehouse of basic scientific findings on which to base its own programs. The outlook is for large numbers of chinch bugs and corn borers in 1954, say University of Illinois entomologists.. 4-H NEWS The last meeting of the Cherry Valley 4-H club was at the home of Marita and Gordon Thomson, with fifteen members present. Bob Schmelzer, president,- called the meeting- to order. Tom McMahon led the 4-H pledge, after which the secretary, Karen Schmelzer, called the roll and read the Wnutes of the last meeting, which were approved as read. Dick Wissell, treasurer, gave his report. They discussed sending money to Camp Shaw-wawnas- see. Larry Thomas was elected the new recreation chairman during the meeting. Dick Wissell presented a pro* ject talk on his Guernsey project. Dorothy and Kathryn Curran played a duet on the piano, after which Marita and Gordon served refreshments. The next meeting will be at the McHenry high achool on March 19. - The Articles of Confederation was the first written plan for U.S. Government. AVOID THE RUSH Have Your Lawn Mowers Sharpened and Repaired NOWI Lawn Seed and Fertilizer ADAM'S REPAIR SHOP PISTAKEE ROAD Johns burg, I1L Phone McHenry 4S^ on three of EKCO'S FINEST FLINT KNIVES! MYF News The Federalists and the Republicans were the first two major political parties. Augie Aamodt and eight of his square dancers from Humboldt Park 'MYF came Sunday night to help eat a pot-luck dinner provided by the McHenry group. After dinner, a groufl} from Cary's MYF came and together they had a song session led by Sue Stinespring and Betty Wright A worship service on the need ofc prayer was led by Sue and Kathy Anderson. The group then went to the girls' gym at the 1'igh school for Square danclftg led by Augie Aamodt. 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