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Thursday, June 15,19H THE McHKHRY PLA2HDEALBB Page •V:Vy-: by EARL R. WALSH THOMAS HURLS 4-HIT GAME AS JOHNSBURG BEATS SHAMROCKS 91 -• MEMBERS OF MGHS 44 GOLF TEAM The little note came in labeled society news, but somehow landed in here: "Mrs. John Grasser sure is a good The Johnsburg nine proved strong in all departments last Sunday as they trimmed the Shamrocks S' to 1 on the McHenry diamond. Lyle Thomas, winning pitcher,' poured in an assortment that baffled the "Micks" to such an extent that • only four hits were gleaned, two of these coming in the first inning when the Shamrocks scored their only run of the day. . ' vi Both lusty hitting, and' infield «r-j dealer in cards these days. She'rors gave Johnsburg: a 4 to 1 ad- / dealt Mrs. Gertrude Ritter a thousand vantage at the end of four innings, aces without a blind, and not even ' Four scoreless innings followed, her partner." , Then came the visitors ninth and all Must have beefc meant Is* ^lier i hell broke loose. x partner! i Larkin's hard throw to second for ^ rj ? ; a force-out • jfot away from Conway . - ^hien W school boy was asked to to start the ball a-rollin'. Then the riaTiie the Great Lakes,, ^te replied--jboys from Johnsburg started swing- S Michigan, Superior, Huron, Erie, On- ing from their heels and Harry Still- ^ tario and Veronica. . ing got a wow of a workout in deep i* ' . left field. Four runs : crossed the , / They say if your wife 1*4rI»8<*> >1™ th^ ganje into a One- .S :.yo|ir "jokes you either . have, ft s"*ed exhibition. jokeor a good wife. T NOTES ON THE GAME: ' , , : A little nimpus started e«r!y Inbetter the gartie when the visiting ump called a play at first base that didn't m 'M #» m- €»: 4} «> Patient at Louisiana;Itiir1eat for the insane: "We like you than the last doctor." New doctor, (very f|att"ered): "How*please the Shamrocks one Jittle bit. is that?*' i The storm eventually, blew over * aa (Patient: "Well, you seem more all storms do. like one of .us. Jerry Larkin proved a great tar- Belle Nichols will swear to it--- gttt as he stretched high, wide and John Drey miller told her that his j handsome for throws at first base. hunting dog came to town, took one _ look at So I Hear • then want home Roy prbved to be the little man finishing only 3 strokes behind the follows : who was there. He got three hits1 strong Rockford team. | and scooted and died. i»: v j o u Photo by A. Worwick, McHenry •Richard, Schmitti Dean McCracken, Norman Knaack, Arthur J ackson and Harold Michels. -Mfi pictured' above formed j Rockford. McHenry won the Dis- and .the entire community has reason the '44 MCHS golf team that won se-, trict Meet played here. to feel proud of the splendid record cond place in the state tournament,, Low scores for the season were as of this team. Art Jackson, 74; -Harold The team has expressed apprecia- ; Michels, 76; Dean McCracken, 78. | tion to th* McHenry Country Club HIT BT LIGHTNING Word was received last week by Mrs. George Adams from her brother, John Conway, of- Flint, Mich., saying that he had just returned from Tampa, Fla. While there he visited his son, Pat, who was in the hospital recovering from injuries sustained when he was struck by lightning which hit his elbow, the heel of one foot and the toe °of the other. Two companions were ; killed instantly; JOHNSBURG « Mr. and Mrs. John T. Schaefer, Mr. arid Mrs. Ben Freund and fantily, Anton Sohmitt. and Mr. ar, d Mr». Francis Schmitt were dinner gueste in the Frank Pftpwn honeon' 8w|$ 'day. - George P. Thompson of MtHenry is one of eighteen men ordered by Lake County Board No. 1 for preinduction physical examinations. manaot Wm Botet ibnpM.tulm Km WWW. h)LM«7L IM • (!•• Km| THOMAS P. BOLGER, IVtftTGK Life Programs W^ pian alid program, life tnftor&nce to suit Hie needs of the individual. ^ Policies issued through the oldest life insurance company in the United States, v AU forms of Juvenile Insurance; including attractive educational policies. - ! v \ ^ Earl R. Walsh INSUahNCE _ ; , •... v _ ... , 1--- ----- all over his left-field Throughout the season the boys! Jackson and Michels wen the only! for their grand co-operation and gen-< ij t> ifar v '""®n La"? Muck position to haul in fly balls. Made a,^ace(^ teams from larger schools, seniors on the squad so it appears! erosity in allowing them to use the! told Belle about his brother carrying njce piay on a wen.hit ball off Dean suc^ as Rockford, Elgin, Highland i that another good team will repre-! course. This co-operation has been i jfish to the submarines she thought MxrCracken's bat. Park, New Trier and Belvidere, los- sent MCHS next season. - a big factor in the development of; : he meant tuna. ing only to the state champs from 1 Coach Mccracken, the high school the young golfers in the community It was announced this week that Ken Zimmerman, former I), of I. star footballer and Marengo coach the past year, has accepted a position at Aurora West High as athletic di- .Thomas looks like 4f much-improved pitcher since we saw him last year..' • V;y Art Jafekson hit the longest ball rector and head coach of football AV'ho should be back and basketball. .there in the vegetables- waiting to ' I catch the ball but Harry Stilling) Zimmerman playsc«Snterfieldfol*: • 1 NEWS ABOUT OUR ALGONQUIN TAKES SERVICEMEN LEAD IN COUNTY (Continued from Page One) BASEBALL LEAGUE Lt Elmer Edward Efber. son of McHenry C®UBt> L«M?ue. Mr. and Mrs. George Erber, Sr., West Teams W. -- i McHenry, Illinois, was one of 326 Algonquin ~ 4 Stanley ^und the f0rCeS com" Woodstock . „ * - ' missioned in graduation exercises at McHenry ........... 2 • the Institute of Meteorology at the Johnsbuig ........ 2 Alvin Freund showed flashes of.| ^ Richrt,ond town these days. From observation, his old-time speed on the base paths. '^ather forecasters^ includingHebr0n • the Woodstock Alemites ahd is quite a clouter. ^ : 1 no hit. N. H. Petesch is a man about the L. 0 fri. ' 2 3 been noised around that Lyle Johnson will travel for Hebron this season. Perhaps he will make his debut next Sunday. Phone 43 MEM TIEM ova... McHenry, BL V'5? Ms i • Dutch air captain who was the last ^e8U't^ Last ^Ohflayr man to fly out of Java, a nephew Algonquin. 8; Woodstock, 3. of vice-president Henry A. Wallace Johnsburg, 9; McHenry. 1. who received his commission, and Richmond, 10; Hebron, 8. we can readily see that he made many real friends during his years: Dowell didn't walk anybody, but ,ijs McHenry. Peoplo are glad to some of his pitches were too good. see him. Guess that speaks volumes -- for any man. Thomas hit a wildr streak along n.Um(, a , , : «l»ut the seventh, but ti» Shamrock! ^ J , K°"ft ° So™!*!: women officers to study.at the Uni- McHenry at Algonquin; vei-sity, was held in Rockefeller Me- Richmond at Woodstock. morial Chapel. • t Hebi-on at Johnsburg, Dr. Carl G. Rossby, Swedish-born director of the University's Institute STAMP SALE Pet. The eighth grade class of the Mci. OOO j Henry public grade school, under the >750 supervision of Miss Nellie Doherty, .1)00 has closed a successful year for the ,f>(K> sale of war tamps. The total sale •250 for the school .year amounted ^"to •000 $2,093.35. Each student, by his purchases, may feel justly proud of hisJ p»rt in this warthy endeavor. 1Utt>*na£fiab i . LOW PRICES f O N EVERYTHING Zvttjg, : After looking over the American failed to wait him out. League records for this season we The Shamrocks have their work are glad that the Yanks.over there cut out for them next Sunday.. They are not performing like .the Yankees foce "Tubby" Simmonini at Algonover here. „ quin MARRIAGE LICENSES George H. Glos. Jr.. McHenry, tb iCrace Kliassen. Oak Park. FANCY SOUTHERN CUCUMBERS 2*. 15* This McHenry County League is getting crowded with "name" pitchers. . Algonquin's Simmonini his made \ H. Freund ss quite a name for himself in minor A. Freund cf league circles and has had brief G. Jackson c trials in t£e majors. Miller rf A. Jackson 2b X* Woodstock's Alemite niAe has Ho- R. Schaefer If .... ward Judson on the mound. Sports J- Freund 3b fans may know Judson best in S. Freund lb ...>. basketball, but most people who Thomas p read the papers know that he waia f no slouch as a twirler for the Uni- j Total* ..... versity team this spring. SHAMROCKS--1 While the Shamrocks are a .500 j team today, none can deny that Conway ss Harry Dowell's record last year McCracken cf makes him a first-rater. He'll be J. Warner 2b winning. ; H. Stilling If -- - Crouch 3b .... The McHenry Shamrocks will Hebron will appear on the Johns-r^f Meteorology, who was the first travel to Algonquin nex\Sunday to Baseball burg diamond next Sunday. ..-.V/V^Q instigate airplane flights for the take on the league leaders7\ j gathering of weather data arid who1 Algonquin rallied in the l/te stages JOHNSBURG--9 'developed new theoretical methods 0f the game last Sunday to beat j|l which have been applied to weather Woodstock in a battle for undisputed 0 forecasting, was the principal speak- posession of first place. 3 j ®rj ^r; is "n con" "pair of muchVherald^iT't^rs. t sultant to the Secretai-y of W^ar. Simmonini and judson, were thf big 8f Lt. Erber received his second attraction at Algonquin last Sunday. fancy" southern Green Bean u KH TEXAS YELLOW AB R .5 • i ' . 2 ^ .5 : 2 ......5 l i ;..:.5 ; ,• 0 0 ...--4 'A 1 4. '.'j. . .-.:.4S ';. ; 9 Oaioas.. 3 «. D* CALIFORNIA VALWCIA OrangM 6 ^ 63* 10 ^ 43* AB .*4 -...3 .4 4 Judging by last Sunday's perfor-, Larkin lb ...^..1...--4 mance, we'd say that Johnsburg • Bolger c has plenty of mound strength in1L. Stilling rf 2 Lyle Hiomas. He's a big; fellow who I L. Wagner xt can pour 'em in; r H. Dowel||jj^A,.i.i..........3 Up at Richmond they Iwwe "BtiHet Joe" Miller's son. While hisTecord isn't too impressive, it strikes us that some day they are going to get the big fellow to put his whole body into throws. When he" gets a follow through motion, look out! B i 0 0 :M'S 0 0 o 0 Up at Hebron, where rattfcr: are tossed aside for basketballs at a tender ago, thfcy expect to have a home town boy--another "name" pitcher working soon. You remember Lyle Johnson. He gained experience and favorable recognition at Lake Forest College and Northwestern University. ' •' Total# U " •:v- 1 • ' 4 SCORE BY INNINGS: R H Johnsburg 013 100 004--9 12 Shamrocks 100 000 000--1 4 Stolen bases--Alvin Freund; twobase hits--G. Jack|on; A. Freund; Miller; double plays--J. Freund to A. Jackson to S. FVeund;. struck out by--Dowell 6; Thomas 4; bases on balls off--TTiomas 2; winning pitcher-- Thomas. 1 " lieutenant commission from Major Each pitcher fanned 17 batters, but Louis L. Kalb. representing Central Algonquin collected 17 hits off Jud- Technical Training1 Command. Chi- SOn's offerings while Simmonini alrago. He will go into activ* duty lowed oniy g safe blows. Neither immediately as a weather officer in pitcher issued a walk.- an army air forces post in the United » , . „ „ . „„„„ States or abroad i JohnsburgT w>ll play a home game ' • • . next Sunday with Hebron. Word has RETURNS FROM PACIFIC IN THE NAVY So--you see--this league has some : twirlers of note. And most of the ; boys have a lot of zip on the ball. We seldom have a chance to watch tennis matches, but word comes in that the high school girls wielded a mean racket in their recent tournament. - Shirley Weber beat Albina Sainek in the beginners tourney. Tn the trophy match, Catherine Schwerman beat Nancy Carey in a long three-set match and Rosalie Williams won from Bonnie Page in two sets in the semifinals. Honors went to Catherine as she • beat Rosalie 6-2 and 7-5 in the finals. »Recent transfers include Charles N. Freund from Foft Sill. Okla., to Camp Campbell, Ky.; Clair Kinsey from Mare Island, Calif., to San Francisco; George M. Freund from Venice. Fla., to Greensboro, No. Carolina; Richard Overton from Camp Haan. Calif., to Camp Carson, Colo.; and Victor O. Hunt from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to Baltimore, Md. Good Egg Layer Experienced poultrymen can pick a good egg layer by the brightness of eye; full, bright-red, waxy comb and wattles; moist, dilated vent, and whiteness of shanks and beak, on jut Mow- skinned varieties. Subscrji>e for The Plaindealcr! LIEUT. ROLAND MeCANNON . . Lieut. Roland McCannon, who recently resigned as superintendent of schools in McHenry county, reported for duty at Camp Schuyler, New York, during May. Succeeding Mr. McCannon for the duration is Mrs. Mary Endres of McHenry. who has been his assistant the past few months. His recommendation of Mrs. Endres as his successor was approved by the county board of supervisors a short time ago. A native of Ringwood-Greenwood community. Lieut. McCannon . came to Woodstock for his position as head of the county schools from Algonquin, where he had been principal. After deceiving his bw>ic training at Camp Schuyler, he expects to be given a spocialassignm«Rt. | LIEUT. GEORGE G. SMITH After almost twelve months of active duty in the Pacific, Lieut. George Gage Smith, USNR came hpme on leave and recently was honored at a gathering of' relatives and friends at the home qf his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Granger Smith, in Elgin. A pilpt of a navy dive bomber on active duty on a plane carrier in the Pacific for the past eleven and one-half months, he is enjoying a week's leave, after which he will report to the navy relocation center at Jacksonville, Fla. During the past year he participated in bombing missions in the Marshalls, the Gilberts and over Saipan, Pinian, Palayu and Truk. It was over the last named Jap stronghold that he received his only wound. He was struck by f l a k , in the leg and received deep flesh j wounds, but was only incapacitated., a" few days. He has been recommend- i ed for the air medal and Disting- j uished Flying Cross. •; Lieut. Smith graduated, from the! Elgin Academy in 1939. where he! was a star in track and football. He j later attended Coe college for two i years before enlisting in the navy in October of 1942. He l f i e t his fu-! ture wife, the former Betty Jane j Whitlock of Park Ridge, at Coe col- j lege and married her upon his grad- j uation in the air corps. Lieut. 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