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r. •:.^V Thursday, August 12, 1943 • ' i • . THE McHENRY PLAINDEALlfc - "SO I HEAR" eiasbyEARL R. WALSH I " SIGN OF THE TIMES: ? In case of air raid stand near the slot machine. The jackpot has never fcwnhityet ^ Come wintry nightB M»4 «»# fcoys and gals will be talking about that of baseball played on our home last Sunday. -i-i In case you don't know, say-die Shamrocks beat the Woodstock Alemites in twelve innings. A report of the game appears elseon this page so we won't get fOing too strong about it here, . Tfce fact that it is the ienth Straight win for the Shamrocks, how- "evter, would seem to merit repetition. •' • • wouldn't want you sport fans torniss the big game cominy up next •GLKSDAY. ••••'•. VIV . . |ohiisb«*r coming d<rtm wfth « teikm much improved since thfeiir last --appearance. ' '•; • . - , • • - ' I • ' V • : In the hitting department, Johnsburg will feature a .543 hitter, Wlally • : ' We have sting Watty's praises in this column for several years, but mostly for his classy fielding around the initial sack. Wally always was a dangerous hit. terj but .543 is an average seldom carried in any league/ ^ "Moose" Wagner joined the Mc- Henry forces last Sunday arid adds punch to the Shamrock lineup. "Moose" was quite a favorite on the McHenry Indian squad last y£ar, but drifted to the Johnsburg team when the Indians failed to organize. Harry Dowell and Bud Miller will be the opposing pitchers. Harry has carried the pitching load for the "Micks" throughout their winning streak and has shown both skill and courage. Bud has staged a grand comeback - for the Johnsburg team and will be primed for this important battle. The teams will be battling for the league lead in this third round Of play so look for a whooperdo of a ball game. "Red" Winkel? We* to see anybody missed. SHAMROCKS BEAT WOODSTOCK NINE IN LONG BATTLE STAN HILL WINS PRESIDENTS CUP AT COUNTRY CLUB Most "of you know that "Red" and« Celia have a baby boy. The little fel-: ' low is a red-head and looks like his father. (We make no comment). MARKS TENTH STRAIGHT VICTORY Stan Hill defeated Dr. Gene Sayle^p last Sunday, 6 up and 5 to go, in a 36 hole match to win the President's Cup at the McHenry Country club. Considerable interest centered oil this match since both participants cfftne through to the finals after qualifying with the same handicaps. AIR CADETS, 17, ' .JtECEIVE FINEST . , It has been noted that the man has quite large hands and dad is real pleased. of the fin infielder. those Shamrocks go Willing along! ' > Last Sunday the boys battled the Wbodstock Alemite nine over a twelve SHOOTS LOW SCORE Jimmy Smith local golf pro friends last Saturday afternoon by shooting a thirty on the first nine holes at the local golf course. Mr. Smith "birdied" the first three holes his | inning span before putting over the, and i"81 missed a par on the fourth Says^that s one winning run for a 4 to 3 victory and » CWld their tenth straight win. 1 Twas a game packed with thrills, the action surrounding the scoring 82i srjSL* lashed a from the window. . ; > Conway forced Wi But. have no fear! bedhead will move up fast. We can remember how his dad used to start each school year in a back seat. It never took long for the teacher to hit to right field. Wagner for the second out. Crouch, with a single and doble to his credit, stepped up and evidently put on the hit and run with Conway. Anyhow, Crouch hit and Conway ran! Conway was a safe bet to reach third, move him up fi5ht-a„a.r her watch- ! f 1r" ">« W»te, »hen the Woodful ov* • ^ stock boys toesed the hail around * * 7 * ' bit, and slid across .with the winnin® - In hifh school :d®y* 4^ ceremony was one of Miss •" Pryor's Woodstock stored two runs in the first official acts on opening day of first inning, one cleanly earned as a school, , -result of Wood's single and,stolen bas& followed by Ken Zimmerman's double as the ball rimmed the hole and fail, ed to go down. On the long fifth, he scored another "birdie," on the sixth he got a par and the seventh another "birdie" making him just four under par. He took a par on number eight and succeeded in getting a "birdie" (two) on the short ninth for a 5 under' par score of thirty. This is,the lowest that the nine holes has ever been shot in. • He finished the last nine in thirtyseven giving himself a 6if fter th« eighteen, holes. ' > of 17, who volunteer in the Refugees in Britain There are about 150,000 war in Great Britain. -f- %nck Gasoline Appeals to Be Made Aug. 25-Sept. present at the McHenry Uounty Triple A office, I. O. 0. T. temple, Woodstock, Illinois^ on Wednesday, August 25, and Wednesday, Sep^ tember 22, 1943, to help truck oper , ators fill out appeals for essential Truckers who need to appeal for more gasoline are requested to have it done at that time. Co JOHNSBURG EXTENDS THIRD ROUND DRIVE IN WIN OVER ELGIN to left, the other a" gift. Jei'ry Larkin Scores . Jerry Larkin led off for the Shamrocks, stole second, advanced to third on a low pitch that Johnson was unable to block arid came Ihome on Arnie Anderson's slow roller to third. Woods and Zimmerman combined Determined to stay on top of the third round standings in the County league, the Johnsburg ball team tucked away another victory last Sunday on their home grounds, setting third and last run of the day. Woods down the Elgin A. C. nine, 7 to 1. j had a clean single to left, but decided 'Wally Smith, who has been play-1to stretch it into a double. Harry ing a bangr-up game all season, ajfain i Stilling's throw-irPhad him nailed by helped the cause twith a single and a) the proverbial mile, but Jifti Larkin three-base blow, driving in three runs. I l°st the ball in a swooping, one-hand - Use Glandx for ; •, Pancreas glands are but one . of the many glands obtained, in normal legitimate meat channels, for therapeutic uses by the medical pr<y ' Dtii eii' niV"s e• Mixi at u"r e : _ In making concrete it is desirable to get as dense a mixture as possible, for with a given amount of cement and water, the strongest concrete can be made from the densest mixture. ------r-- : Truck operators, other than farm- " «tt.iw5kh who •c«nnot( perform tion of a strong emotional conflict ransP?rtat,on their present gaaowhich takes place in the soldier be- iine a,lotment. and who did not appeal tween his instinct of self-preserva- , more gasoline on July 26, tion and the opposing claims of! mother chance to appeal o» soldierly ideals and disciplinary re-1 25 or September 22, 1943. actions," says Dr. E. A. Strecker^ ; The office of Defense Transportapsychiatrist. In "other words, when tion Examiner from Chicago will the conflict within the soldier, which is common among all of today's active combatants, becomes too strong, the soldier responds by a state of shellshock. Dr. Strecker outlihed- methods of treating shellshock and pointed out that many of these mental casualties could be prevented through greater care in the selection of fighting men and through more thorough conditioning for battle-among those who arft selected. . ... retarding chemicals. with hits <in the fifth for Woodstock's : ~ Use of Treated Timber There have been no adverse reports concerning strength reduction in treated material in use, but on the other hand, tnere is no assurance that reduction in strength has Wallv has blasted opposing pitching attempt to put the ball on the runner.! f^K 0CCur£ed ®om.e cases- In this 'Mason to compil™the . am.zing Zimmerman's hit followed.! X . tjlo * & ^ ®te undue hazards, protection may o* .543. While the IOCHI outfielders csch dp* obtsined by lesving the lo&d While Miller held the edge in keesp- . serve credit for some very helpful: bearing members untreated or lighting runners away from the plate, both ; work in the outer gardens, the lid ly treated for decay protection and pitchers deserve credit for working j -must be tipped to Harry Stilling for then covering therti with inch lumgood games. Poor support in the:*b wow of a catch in the seventh that ber heavily impregnated with firepinches kept Roth in hot water. On robbed Schmidt of an extra base blow. the other hand, the Johnsburg boys! Harry put his head down and started came through in fancy style when the for a point somewhere in the general chips were down. direction of Ring wood, then turned An interesting note on the game is just at the right moment to make the that each team made only one put-out | catch. in the outfield. Roy Schaefer is cred- Ken Zimmerman, who furnished the ited with a catch for Johnsburg, in J main power for the visitors at the righ field, while Walbaun handled : plate, had the misfortune of dropping Elgin's lone outfield catch, in the | a short fly ball in the seventh inning center garden. j that let in two runs and tied the score. * The Johnsburg team is pepped up j "Moose" Wagner, who was on base with a strong determination to win | with a hit, and Dick Conway, who the third round of the County Mtague j gained life through Gay's error, were race. Starting with a completely re the waiting runners when Bud Bolg. •ised lineup this season, the team had I er's fly ball played butterfly tricks on some trouble hitting a consistent win • • Wkat Ifou Buy With 6 WAR BU\IIS Booby Trap Detector The Woodstock game brought out | 8ome tr°Te £lltlng a c°nsiste™ win-! Zimmerman. • targe <™wd Thi, Johrisburg con- j b^rSg^Znlr to ' * B*" te»t should draw th. biggest gat. of; fin>1 ^ for.coanty e year. : YOU WJJJ want to be on deck next In the snow, in the sand, on the beaches, on the roads, in the woods, everywhere the Axis soldiers hide "booby traps," to slow the movement of oncoming fighting men of the United Nations. The detector does the same work on land as the mine sweeper does at sea. ' . [Sunday when the Johnsburg team ap- ITf,^ what y«« dJiidJ yester^y #«ms-- Ij ^pea rs on the McHenry diamond to the Shamr0cks ig to you, you haven't done much; Elgin A. C I ^PICKUPS* I big today. . Clean your finger before you point sst any spots. / The war has its points. Nobody ever mentions a toothache, expecting sympathy. We're expecting any day now to hear that vitamins have been added to a certain cigarette. •--The Yellow Sheet. Then, there was the small boy who explained, "My maw and paw had an awful time getting married. Maw wouldn't marry paw when he was drunk and paw wouldn"t marry maw when he was sober." Meyers, ss; . Keinie, 2b. ... Cooper, 3b. Johnson, c. ... Roth, p. ....... Walbaun; cf. Smith, rf Koch, If Rabe, If. ....... Hoban, lb. ... A.B. ..: 5 ... 4 „. 4 ... 4 .... 3 .^ 4. ...4 ..; 3 ... 1 .... 4 Totals 8$. Johnsbarg'--7 H. Freund, ss. . A. Jackson, 2fe. Scorers differed on the number of Miller, p. hits in the Woodstock game last Sun^l Smith, 11). day. The visiting scorer gave each • G. Jackson, c, team one more hit than the local A. Freund,/cf. ...... aeorer. , " ! Schaefer, tt. »•. •. • • ! Prett, rf It has been a long time practice ! Jim Freund, 3b... for us to accept the home teams' scor-1 S. Fpeund, lf. ...... ing records as official. j AJB. R. ... 5 1 ..: 4; -- 1' . 5 •}? 1 ... i- : I ... 4 : ... 4 ...3 0 ... 1 - 0 ... 4 1 1 t H. 1 0 i 2 1 •4 "6 a o :V%' - o M K • 0 0 1 2 11 The tenth inning brought on more than a little excitement. Woodstock got a couple of men on base, but failed to score. With two down, Arnie Anderson pulled the old hidden ball trick on Garret. Both fans and players alike were caught in fiat-footed surprise. Some argued that the bail was not in play because it had not been returned to the pitcher's mound. Under the circumstances, Garret was actually wandering off the bag at ; his own risk and the argument failed : to impress. However, Umpire Murphy saved further discussion by saying j , that time had been called. Who called j Time, Why--Murphy! . . . And, who! hfid a better right? j Well, the upshot was that Umpire; Murphy held a tete-a-tete with Urn-** Like buying War Bonds, the soldier operating the detectors will never know just how much they have aided in the success of their campaign, but he knows his work is pire Bill Althpff and Garret was sent j necessary and must be accomplished. If more Americans on the home front will come to realize this, the success of our War Bond campaigns will be assured. V. S. Treasury t)ep*rtment back to hold the base he had carelessly vacated. There was no further kick. After all, both umpires had worked the game in fine fashion. Zimmerman was caught in a rundown between first and second for the third out and everybody on McHenry^s side of the fence was happy. Umpire Murphy came -up smiling, in return to some good-natured taunts. The song has about ended, but the melody of a sweet pitching perform, ance by Howard Judson still lingers on. Judson fanned fifteen, batters was a fast ball that carried a breeze; That's that. Now for another big game next Sunday. Johnsburg is com* j . City 4M Years Old Guatemala's historic city of An« tigua recently celebrated the 400th anniversary of its founding. The capital of Guatemala, until its destruction by an earthquake in 1773, Antigua today is noted for its excellent examples of Spanish colonial architecture and its historic and impressive ruins. In reviewipg our own personal notes Score by innings: \ on the game, we feel that liberal scor- Elgin A. C 000 000 100--1 7 5 ing .favoring the batter would have Johnsburg . ..120 002 20x--7 11 5 given Arnie Anderson Ci^it/fo* j Stolen bases: H. Freund, 2; Smith, j ing out a slow roller. .'fl. Two-base hits: S! Freund,, Smith. | . Woodstock--3 _ ! thr^e-Wase hit: Smith. Double plays:!': A R Perhaps we were influenced by.the A. Jackson to Smith. Struck out: Woods, ss. ...... ... 6 fact that the base^ympire called Arnie Miller, 5; Roth, 12. Bases on balls: Garret, rf 5 safe .an instant before the throw was dropped by the first baseman. But, scorers are not supposed to be influenced by umpires' decisions, according to the rule book. » Miller, 1; Roth, 2. Winning pUcher: Zimmerman, cf. Miller. Uimpires:. Butler and. Van Johnson, c. Warbeck. McHENRY COUNTY LEAGUE STANDINGS The other hit in question was. a " ball hit by Ken Zimmerman betweeh third and short. Third baseman AnJ derson tried for the ball. Shortstop McHenry ... Conway cut over and made the stop,; Johnsburg s .but couldn't get a good-thgow away. - -- Richmond ... &ow, you can't give an error to a Woodstock fielder after a ball has gone through Algonquin •another fielder. Maybe this ball went , past the first fielder--not through.. Anyhow, there was no kick, Jost matter of discussion. Third Round Won .. 1 Losl 1' • 1 "• . 0 2 . 0 2 Judson,, p. Gay. 3b Boxleitner, lb,-,. Hutchinson. If. Reed, If. Schmidt. 3b. . Totals.:. ..46 Did you men get your5 cigar fro Conveyor Belt A conveyor belt 66 miles long, hich required 50 railway cars to transport it, was recently manufacured bv a rubber plant. <2. Larkin, lb. Anderson, 3b. J. Larkin, ss. Stilling, If. A.B. ... 5 .... -6- ...: 5 Wagner, cf. ....^.^ 6 B. Bolger, rf; Conway, ss. Crouch, 2b-if. W. Bolgtr, & . Ppwell, p. ...... JOHNS MANVILLE TYPE A HOME INSULATION INSTALLED' BY THE WALL-FILL CO. ORIGINATORS OF BLOWN-IN ROCK WOOL INSULATION LEO J. STILLING McHENRY 18 R. H. 2 3 0 0 .1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 1 i 0 2 1 0 0 : 0 1 0 0 3 10 R. •fjlt 1 0 V- 'W-i l 0 ' 0 0 2 0 0 •m: 'V 6 When toe need for our ser vices arises, your call assures prompt attention -- Funeral Directors -- Phone McHenry 103-R Residence, McHenry 112-W Green Street, corner Elm -- McHenry "V. Totals.........JSi Score by innings: Woodstock 200 010 000 000---3 10 Shamrocks 100 000 200 001--4 G Stolen bases: Woods, Zimmerman. Tvvo-base hits: Crouch, Zimmerman. Double plays: Gay to Woods to Boxleitner. Struck out: Judson, 15; Dowell, 6. Bases on balls„: Dowell, 0; Judso n, 0, Umpires: Althoff and Murphy. • . - Sugar Beet Area " • ' Sugar beets are grown in 19 western and midwestern states. WANTED--Maintenance man. 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