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,':»yss . r " « .. * EARL WALSH Bill Green tells * goud one that ha beard while watching the Yahkees beat the White Sox in a night game ||8^ Thursday night. . ' . A fellow nearby w^s - explaining ^terious phases of the g»me to his jr) friend and reached high "C" in praise, of Joe ^J^UgfaigXiQ's long to the piste. ***">£ ** > "Well!" says the fair young The local ball club got off to a poor start last Sunday as Harvard scored four runs on one hit,three walks three errors. Harvard then want M to win, 9 to 6, proving tlwiinilwi better mudders on a sloppy track. Clarence Anderson had trouble with his control in the first Inning, issuing three passes, but walked only one mar, throughout the remainder of the game. However, the Harvard boys had their hitting clothes on and cracked out eleven safe blows. Koch, Harvard's right fielder, was the only man in the lineup whq failed to lilt. Slow StaTFbfela *Bm C. Wittmers looked like a soft tooth ,yi " > While on the subject of center field* we don't want to forget to mention that Harvard had a fellow in their center garden last Sunday who go and get *etn. Name fas La If he's so good, why do they keep. to the local batters, but his slow sideiI~">" An* •"» • Ij (*«UI -ClV..U®II CtHXIIICVJI iW.- *X_W_V«I iUVl«. Wj.V.|a.> Most of the local batters were swinging too soon. The locals bounced back into the ball game in the second inning, putting three hits and a hit batsman together for three raits. Harvard poked out three hits, good for two runs in their half of the third. McHenry came back with a run. A couple of quiet innings followed, but Harvard put over three runs in the sixth to sew up the ball game Another ball player seen tMo year tho impressed us as a future star vras young fellow nemed Kuppe, of the jfetoodstock Alemite atae. Leaks life* fs has It! Crystal Lake dropped the Johnsburg Tigers from their first place perch last BmMajr to a 41 to 3 ball game, giving theWoodstock Alemite nine undisputed etaimto first place. Gene Kach, who pitched for the Lake, County bracket winners last year, started on the mound for Johnsburg, but had to be replaced in the third inning. Bill Kruetzer stepped into the picture and set the Lakers down with only one run and four hits while striking out eight men. The Tigers started off with a run in the first inning, but Crystal Lake bounced back with four in their half of the inning. Bud Meyers was the hitter of the day, flamrsir.jr out a triple find two singles in five trips to the plate. Next Sunday the Tigers will travel to Harvard. Crystal Lake -- I Higgins, tf . Schauble, sa W. Tippe, 8b .. C. Sund, 2b. Mavis, p ..... Larkin, e ..... on--ttiat A two ran rally by the Foresters i Jurs, rf ., , . - .was cut short iri the seventh when R > Just as a point of Information --that Freund was waved in from third and cut down at the plate. Three good throws from the out* field, one by Bennett and two by L Wagner, cut down runners on the base paths and helped ing the situation in little shanty at the end of the third £ase fence nt the local ball park is a I*1 "b** | *f Advance calculations bad McHenry fens quite sure that our team would -bleat Harvard last Sunday. --I-- Just goes to show that we shouldn't it our runs before they're hatched. MeHerty -- 4 J. Weiser Ba* ii Brill local team has been going M Whiting somewhat of an experimental r, Bennett It is hoped that a definite [iL^Ffemtd eup can be set to nieet the field in this second round of league competi r»n starting next Sunday. It looks like most of the boys need snore practice. The recordsshow that giore hits are necessary in certain in the batting order. Of course, there is room for imrovement in all depaftafents, bat we o not say this in the spirit of criti- . It is mentioned rather as a hope the boys will stay right in there aim for the top. - --fc- . . W t Clarence Anderson shows that lie Jfeeda' more work. Pitching once a "*eek does not give him the control It would have with more pitching. J-% Opposing batsmen tell us that Clar- 'jftice has a good curve and a high hard flitch that is plenty good. If Clarence and his catcher can get at low inside pitch clicking, hell be hard man to beat. Hie boys make errors -- bit so da Ing leaguers. 'A' Looking over the lir*¥aouod standingayijl shM?that the taam*flnbhed in a Biafli jnMie* • tie.* Thal^ not bad. But, let's slart beading for the top ami*. Manager Bill AMdf and the fWaster Committee have worked hard lb give McHenry a baseball team. It's .* long road when you start building, but the boys are on their way. Next Sunday, the team will play £rys1»] Lake on our home ground*. Bememberl --P- - Talk haa started early about the iPonrth of July game that will find the Johnsburg Tigers on the McHenry JfeH. N. Thartwefl H. Brits U Wagner Howard .... Andreas .... C.Andersoi Totals Harvard -- I T. Jones A. Wittmers La Flex -- Jackson MSler........ Anderson • J. Jones ...... Koch ....... C. Wittmers -r ,, mmfumtk Till, cf .. Osmuit, lb Totals Jokntbnf -- % A. Freund, cf N. Smith, 2b Meyers, ss W. Smith, lb ... T. Pitsen, If .... 8 0 D. fVeund, Sb B. Miller, rf J. Freund,'e Kach. p Kreutcer, p AB ~..4 b ....5 ..4 .4 .8 1 -.J B 1 1 • t •. A double main event, featuring four of the nation's" top heavyweight contenders Will hnHjjie the second allstar all-professiowaf wrestling card of the summer isason to be presented in Peg's Grayslake Arena, Friday-night, June 20. One of the twin features will pit 6 foot 5 inch, 245 pounds Friedrich von Schacht, the"German heavyweight champion, against barrel - chested Eddie Virag, 1936 Olympic wreetling champion on the Hungarian team, in a sensational return match. Last week the pair met in 9 bruising semi-windup match en the initial card of the season at Grayslake, and staged one of the wildest matches seen Here in rn»u> • uiwii. Let Me At 'Ban! Before it was all over, fans stormed the ringside for a crack at von Schacht and demanded that Virag be given another dyuKt at the towering Teuton because Referee Al Williams had called a quick count on Virag. He will get that chance the ensuing Friday night. N® Gnmta --r No Groans The other half of the double' feature brings together the great Ralph "Ruffy" SHwratein, undefeated w more than three years of pro wrestling and widely acclaimed as the uncrowned wrestling champion of the heavyweights, and.Joe Millich, national titlehoider of Yugoslavia. Both Buffy and Millich are clean, scientific wrestlers and both will be struggling to keep their ipotim records unblemished so fans may expect some real, downright wieetling . . . mhiua the grimaces, groans aad grunts. Totals .87 8 9 Three-base bit--B. Meyers. Twobase hit--Mavis (2). Jurs, Schauble. Strikouta--by Kreutxer, 8; by Kach, 1; by Mavis, 5. Bases on balls--off Koch, 3; off Mavis, 5. Double play --D. Freund to J. Freund to W. Totals 82 9 Two-base hits^-Howard, Anderson, Miller, J. Jones, Double play--L. Wagner to Thurhrell. Bases on ha Us --off Will Wittmers, 6; off Anderson, 4. Struck out--by Wittmers, 9; by Anderson, 9. Batter hit by Wittmer* --'ThurlweQ; by Anderson • A. Wittmers. FLAYCntOUHD VOTB8 Both the McHenry tennis teams got off to a good start in the County tennis league, by winning their matches Sunday afternoon. The girls won 5-0 and the boys 5-2. Next Sunday afternoon the local teams will meet the strong Harvard teams, the girls playing on the local courts Mid the boys 11 going to Harvard. /, The McHenry boys are stinging under that defeat on the Tiger diamond apid wfll be oat to win this one. 1 -- < There Is considerable local interest ft the Friday night fighta sponsored ly the Lake Zurich Lions Club this summer. •fJ ri f- Names that cropped up back in the ys when Officer Larry Hack was moting fights at tkt PoDy Prim are evidence. > j For instance -- "Jabber" Young, Kferee for the Polly Prim bouts, is Hie matchmaker. s Barney Ross is promoter. . The younger and bigger of the twe Larrys (who was. a broth Of a lad back in Polly Prim days) acted as »fime keeper for the wrestling matches •latches lfst Friday night. * *•' • ' ?•'* '• -- And to add more McHenry color Mr. and Mrs. Nickie Justen watched tike matches last week. ' --1-- Jack Burnett, known as a right sort etf fellow when McHenry bouts were -tt the peakj is handling publicity fat the group. ' So -- to you followers of the sport, Konld say -- go down and see matches. To you old tjmtrs it ill seem lil^ old home week. Press Time Jottings: I Billy Pries will be known as "Skip- •pr" fop awhile--Oh, sure! He's a gtent boatman -- took a crowd to Johnsburg Tuesday night and got lost ---Must have been a blackout--Good thing he doesn't have to travel by boat between here and Woodstock these evenings--He'd never get home! --We thought those experts were . goofy for picking Conn--It that kid grows up in the next year or two, Joe Louis had better get ready to tarn the fight game back to the Irish! --Go in to see Walt Freund and ask him to show you that card table he Made--It's a beauty- Harry Anderson, who has been gfudying at Ann Arbor, Mich., the past year, is enjoying a visit with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James Reinlie, who recently moved from Chicago to Detroit. Mich. Mr. Anderson will also visit friends in INDIAK&TinUT OH POWER TO WAXXOF SPRING QROVX ran the /ohnsburg Indians bounced back into the winning column by beat ing Spring Grove 14 to 5 in a heavy hitting game. Although Joe Jackson was tapped for ten hits, he kept them scattered enough to allow them only five runs. Jackson never was in any real trouble although Spring Grove did tfereatfp in th? eighth when they put two rune atawa the plitte. The Indians got ta|y aa soon «a they got to bat by putting three tons across in both the first and second innings. With the score 9-5 going into the last half of the eighth, the Johnsburg boys put five more runs over for insurance. The individual stars ef the burg who had three hits out of six times at bat, one of these being a home run, and Danny Miller of Spring Grove who collected three hita wit of four times at bat. H. Freund, Lay, 3b ..... G. Jackson, c Meyers, lb J. Jackson, p M J. Freund, tf Schmitt. rf Britz, 2b A. Jackson, ef ~ - -Ifetals Spring Grave -- 8 Kauris, d* Miller, cf- Spoeky, 2b Flanagan, 9b' Stevens, lb . Lattemann, e. A. Pierce, p ... R. Pierce, tf .... May, rf 2b "Totals Johnsburg ...330 Oil 15x--14 15 Spring Grove ..Oil 1000 020»--• 5 10 Two-base hits -- Meyers, A. • Jackson, D. Miller. Three - base hit-- Schmitt. Home runs -- G. Jackson, Flanagan. Struck out by Pierce, 12; by Jackson, 6. Umpire -- Thomas Bolger, Jr. 8eft Ball League very interesting soft ball games were played during the past week. On Tuesday night the Gas Station team beat McCullom Lake 15-5, and in the best game played so far Johnsburg defeated the K. C. team 5 to 4. boy soout sxsotmvt HAZXIXD SATURDAY AT OHURCll-OI CHAMPAIGN Miss Dora LBBan McLean, daughter of Mrs. Mac A. McLean of Sterling, Mass., and Mr. Arnold Rieder Schenk of Woodstock. son of the Otto Schanks Morgan Park, 111., were joined in the bonds of holy matrimony Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at the First Congregational church of Champaign. 111., by Rev. Milville T. Kennedy. * The bride's wadding gown was of bice and chiffon with sweetheart neckline. a tulle fingertip veil hanging In folds from a coronet of pearls. A shower bouquet -af white roses and stephanotis eom^lfeted her ensemble. Sisters of the bride* served as her attendant* Miss Marjorie McLean as maid of honor attired in rose embroidered taffeta, and Miss Winnie McLean as bridesariad, wearing blue embroidered taffeta. Coronets of flowers were worn in their hair while both carried old fashioned booqttets. George Whitted-of Chicago served the groom as best tnan. Ushers were Donald Jennings and James Lee of Qtampaign, Bobclffc Schutlz of Huntley and Richard Williams of Morgan Park. Upon the completion of their wedding trip the coujtle will be at home in Woodstock on June Two trucks met on a country road Just wide enough for (me. Truck Driver No. 1, a scrawny frail little man, leaned out of his cab. "Turn out, you," he shouted, "If ya don't, I'll do to you what I did to the last guy who wouldn't turn out for me." Two - hundred - pound muscular Driver No. 2, not caring to have trouble, pulledgut. But as the other truck rurnbleaTay, he yelled: "What'd ya do to that other guy?" "Turned out for him," said. Track Driver No. 1. 3 DONT NEED HELP Customer--What can I do Ira* fleas aa a dog? Druggist (abseatly) -- Dog fleas get along all right without any assistance from anyone.,"-, - Dieting fi. man was introduced to a circus sword-rwallower. Not having seen a sword-swalkwer before, he asked him to demonstrate his art, whereupon the fallow apparently swallowed soma pins and Madias. "But," protested the man, "those aren't swords; they are pins and needles." "I know," replied the circus frtak. "I'm on a diet." % On Thursday night the Married Men broke into-the win column by defeating the C. O. F. 11 - 8 in a very , to their friends in interesting game, and in another good 23. The bride > member of this game the All-Stars kept their record j June's graduating class at the Univerclean by trimming the McHenry I glty 0f Illinois while the groom, Boy Clerks 19 - 7. The standings in the, Scout field executive in the Boone - league up to this week are as follows; McHenry district, gn^uatori from the All-Stars 0 same university in |M9 Anderson Oilers ......2 . • K. of C 1 i ftcHenry Clerks 1 . : * Married Men 1 , I* Johnsburg .j .... 1 1 McCullom Lake --JO C. O. F - 0 , s Besalts ef Gfrls Tenfcia Matchea A. Froehlkrh, McHenry, defeated Judith Anderson, Woodstock, 6-0, 9-1. Anita Althoff, McHenry, defeated 8Dft«hMhr, Weedstoch, 4-1, 6-0. Esther Althoff, McHenry, defeated Muriel Sauteen, Woodstock, 6-0, 6-0. Adele Froehikh and Maureen Miller, McHenry, defeated Judith Anderson and Hazel Gates, Woodstock, 7-5, 6-0. Anita Althoff and Esther Althoff, McHenry, defeated Muriel Sandeen and Mi Schreedcr, Woodstock, 6-4, 6-0. Reeatts ef Bays' Teaaia Matches L. McCracken, McHenry, defeated Twomley, Woodstock, 6-2, 1-6, 7-5. Vernon Freund, McHenry, defeated Woolf, Woodstock, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3. Althoff. McHenry, defeated Dixon, Woodstock, 3-6, 6-2, 6-8. Austin, Woodstock, defeated Boy Gladstone, McHenry, 6-2, 6-6/ • Drummond, Woodstock, defeated M. Gladstone, M^Jenry, 6-2, 6-0*_ ,. V.' Freund 'and It Gladstone, McHenry, defeated Gabriel son and Woolf, Woodstock, 6-2, 6-1. L. McCracken and C. Althoff, Mc- Henrv, defeated Twomley and Dixon, Woodstock, 6-2, 6-4. jDHAMP TOUT ZALZWILL RXFBSS BMHXT E088 OABD AT lJUCI ZURICH Tony Zale, the wnrlfte middleweight champion, and twa. Golden Gloves Champions from Bloamington, Illinois, will headline Barney Boss' seeond amateur card at Lake Zurich, Illinois, next Friday night, lone 20. Boss, , who is promoting these fights every Friday night at-the new outdoor arena under the sponsorship of the Lake Zurich Liens Ch|b, will present Tony Zale as a guest referee on this Friday evening. <3bmn Potter, the 1941 middleweight champion of the Bloomidgton Golden- Gloves team, will appear in the feature bouts of the evening. Matchmaker "Jabber" Young matched Potter with George Blako, a Chicago niddleweight, and Joo Jawgiel, a Chicago heavyweight, will face Billingsley. Young expects to close three other bouts for the June 20th card tonight, and Lou Taiaber, former world's middleweight wrestling champion, who is in charge of the gruntand- groan department, has arranged j two wrestling matches to augment the ' .boxing. These fights, spou^orad by the Lake Zurich iLtons dub, are held every Friday night at the "Dock," the new outdoor arena at the north end of Lake Zurich on U.S. Highway 12. The first bout is scheduled to get tinder way at 8:80 p. m. Smart Mrs. Jtttes (showing her guest a home-made radio) -- My husband made the cabinet as well. "Oh, did he work to a deaign?" asked-the gueat. "No," said Mrs. Jooea, "ha made it out of his head, aad he's got enough wood left over for a email table." Battle ef Cistey Mrs. Wimpus- The people In our part of town are watching the results of a vary interesting conflict Mrs. Duff--What ia itt Mrs. Wimpus -- An irresistible blonde has just mtt an Immovable bachelor. Daffynitioa Teacher--What is a porcupine? Pupil--A small animal with , quails on Its back. *SOAK THE BICM* AHLBERG BEARING 00. « HAS ANNUAL PICNIC AT BENDER'S SUNDAY Four hundred twenty-nine employa of the Ahlberg Bearing company, Chicago, and their families held their annual picnic Sunday oy the large grounds at the C. J. Ben in West McHenry. WOODSTOCK ALEMITE8 WIN FIBST ROUIND IN CO. BASEBALL LEAGUE Postal Revenues Postal revenues in 1939; were the greatest on record. They totaled $753,867,444, a *25,035,805 increase i}y«J938 .revenue. • ' * " ' ^i^ml Highway ^he highest automobile roacT In the United States is the Mount Evan* highway in Colorado which riaea to an altitude of 14^80 teat WBbetm Was There Former Kaiser Wilhelm, of Germany, was in the audience when Geraldine Farrar sang her first Wagnerian role in December, IMS. A New York beggar was found to be keeping two big automobiles. Perhaps that is why he had to 1 V ' ., * "• " , ." ^ , -V The Woodstock Alemites defeated the Richmond Millers last Sunday, 5 to 3, to win the first round of the McHenry County Amateur League. Johnsburg Tigers, who were tied r residence | for first place with Alemite before | game time, dropped their game to the Although the weatherman provided j Crystal Lake Boosters and slid into chilly day, the enthusiasm of the . second place. One of the best games of the past weekend found Carl Hopp pitching a 12-irming 2 to 0 victory over Hebron Carl allowed only four hits. "Why are you alwaya rubbing it in on rich people?" ' "They deserve it" "Yea, but wa can't all be you know." Plei rf nasiIhioib "I shall die," throbbed the suitor, "unless you csnaswt to marry ma, "I'm sorry," said the maiden kindly, but friendly, "bat I will not marry pen." So the fellow pent out Weat and after 82 years, S monthe, and 1 day, became suddenly ill .and died. Fatal "Why did you fire that new boy? asks the partner of the strawberry merchant. "Didn't you aee what he was doing?" answers the other. "I told him to fill those boxes with berries and the gawk was filling the frojta>T>« instead of the tops." Pitting Nam* "Why don't you give your new bungalow a name? Something appropriate like 'Watt Inn,' 'Cosy Inn,' or 'Seldom Inn?" "That'S an idea. As I've just finished paying for it, I'll name H/All Inn'." Baia Is Better Candidate--How did you like my speech on the agricultural problem? Farmer--It wasn't bad, but a day's rain would do a heap more good. McHenry County fltsadhignf L Pet. R 1 JB58 guests provided the warmth for the party. Games of all kinds were the order of the day, including horseshoe pitching, sack races, pie races and a pie eating contest. An important part of the outing was a dance which was held at the Fox pavilion. Three prize winning families at the j Woodstock • picnic are deserving of mention, one : Johnsbutg 5 consisting of nine children, another of ; Algonquin 4 eleven, and the prize winner of all was j McHenry S a family of fourteen. 'Crystal Lake 8 Among the officials of the company , Harvard 3 who were on hand to enjoy themselves i Hebron Jt were Paul F. McQuinn, Leo J. Behm, {Richmond 2 F. 0. Burkholder and Chas. J. Bender. The Ahlberg Bearing company, which engages in manufacturing ball and roller bearings, is located at 3025 West Forty-Seventh street, Chicago. 2 .715 8 .572 4 .429 4 «.429 4 .429 5 .286 5 .286 i" -"I OR 31 31 22 44 75 67 59 75 Order your ••Vi. •" -fy at The Christian H. Brooks, 60, of Lancaster, Pa., made a visit to the court house and obtained a marriage license, a fishing license and a dog license. Park Watts has a farm, 42 acres of which are in Indiana, 43 in Ohio and iO MirhijpaTi. ^ No Barm Done Husband--Confound it! I've locked the keys inside the car. Wife--Never mind, dear. It's such a nice night we might as well ride home in the rumble seat. Still a Bargain Lodger -- It's disgraceful, Mrs. Skinner! I'm sure two rats were fighting in my bedroom last night. Mrs. Skinner--Well, what did you expect for $3 a week--a bull fight? Fashion Note Jasper--Poor Sue slipped on bet veranda last night. ~ Joan--Well, well! Did it flt her? Lots of Concrete It would take a 40-ton railroad car, hauling a full load a day, 150 years to transport concrete contained in Grand Coulee dam. _ . Mask-Oxea Musk-oxen were circumpolar in distribution during the Pleistocene, but they are now confined to Arctic Canada and Greenland. Need Rubber < ,P*T l" a"', i:'n d-- e'.Tav-lar. Order at lbs The abo#e eat -shown four of Wonder L»&*s b&Mlt&ful homes, recently built by Ivar Fredrickson, local contractor. • a • Woncfer -La)?* has bten growing so rapidly in the 'fast few years that it Js almost impossible te keep up with the improvements. This nearby report section, on ES "shore of this large "man-made'* la trow has approximately 700 h<KQ«v a^^i|»y are still being erected as.fast up^asible. In this four-way nfctore, we find the owners to, b$ as follows, reading from left t®,r|!^t: . sdab Thirty-five meintteVs of the North Oak Park Wom^A*? fcluh were entertained Moday' of Mrs. A. K. Bums ih tKVBf|!®Sry Grange subdivision. TheWSme# ertjoy this trip to the Burns every yeiar. Wiaoonffe'ri of a uni the 48 states 0,8. a»ithorixatten patrol marfca action tqr all with tb6„aiig.jjf Thieves wh#^%tole 5,000 feat «i copper WlH ffMf Clinch in Gilroy, Calif., ifdted: «e?febcutk>n in taking it, dettttlvti James Peters, waterfront home in Indian Ridge subdivision. Mr. Peters, his father and mother, operate a baking business in Chicago. Foster I. Bamette's home in Indian Ridge. Mr. Bamette is with the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., in Chicago. Frank B. Murphy's home in Wonder Center. E. M. Strong home in Wonder Csa ter, employed by the Wander Laha organisation. • . AIOOMINAL sumxmttl i Svrfftftl lith A eiitil la* «f wpirti mi la ipwiiwi, y»i feUc, «tc. Thm Om MMrtMcarf Situ will •*sssrNoiSsss^SwiMSiHito& {st iterv, H0N4M IhTm TNm« SlwiMNv MM MM KWWG Bolter's Drug Store •Bo^oB^kiiow them% a place at the north end of Wljalcef at the Bridge, that serves a wonderful diBnw, ftwmly style, and at a moderate fnriee, just the fcifld that you .will enjoy. The beet of food and servioe. Come DBd^l to . . . - ' ^f^SRNARD'S MILL let Bii;pcore our statement. Chicken or rokst. Jlj^yprmdnd 318 Margaret Jenner, Prof^ ^ A ( , t- '-t K) 219 ol 00 »ncJFf • tas, DANCE Uo, 0m MO* iMt«( HsBwiy J, June 27 "ft* p."** " ' OtLBKST'S HAUIOMT BAMD \ JtV> '(• » •• •" r » Arimiwkm -- 35e p«r penoa, ^ »• \%rsvM ttiXHt 'tfr Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Jun«325 a2$ r 27 - 28 PUBLIC SQUARE, Woodstock standi, m*b aad ridr • - ••