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^*>1 v * >0*; » ?*TC- •u v ir< - *fwyTB^' *.*•>• y^y-"-***, „ <"v * y$ » »s* V -: •"•Vviv'. r ix-* ; ":KH 2 * ' , If" "V * Thursday, February 1, 1945 THS McHBHBY PUOHDEALXS by EARL R. WALSH MCHS WARRIORS IN ' ;.:•/ players' time. McCracken, "Bud"front. Guffey's smooth book QTTfiV on u •yim * uiiit «r. ••» I Miller and Knpsck did most of Mc- pve him a 207 gtmt for 608 total **7°^ XMT? i AM» Henry's scoring with 11, 10 and 9 pins. lUy McGee's 228 fame looms TWO Anii LOSE ONE y.-: points respectively. Stockwell paced up.' --^ -_p~ t jj,e ]osers with 11 counters. ••- . 'A t Antioch Game ' j The little Warriors also reversed In a close game, marked by the i an earlier defeat by dealing the Marengo five Some want an explanation. Others didn't notice. But, we failed to turn in a column , last week ioj- the first time since start i«g 'this chattelnearly ten-years ago. absence of the usual number of fouls, McHenry took the measure of the 'Antioch five'fiere last Friday night.j McHENRY 29-26. . McCracken ....... NUMBER of service sport de- After leading throughout, Mc- Knaack baters want to know if it is true l Henry's lightweights dropped an . Miller that basketball draws in more speC- ' overtime tussle. 35 to 32. Osen- iSchmitt tators than any other sport. Also! baugh's 17 points for the Visitors Murphy whether the estimated attendance of were too much for the home boys. Whiting 28-17 defeat. BOX SCORE PG ...5 4 . Commercial-- Les Adams should have warmed up before the first game in this series: 152-202-204-558. Hagberg started iohnsbarg-- Joe Frett, 237-578; Geo. Jackson, 212-571; C. Michels, 200-498; H. Fox, 201-546; B. Miller. 215-519; <Leo Tlichels, 524. * Fbrijsters-- • v- Ed, Smith,, 200-^40> W. Toiiyafi, 515; C. Stilling,. 215-531; Gus 200-525; Carlson, 2lft-521; Budlev, 199-53?; Geo. Jackson, 212-631; Grimellr, 238-574; Hagberg, 197-511; Harold Freund, 527; Hester, 528; Krause, 164-212-200-576; W. Tonyam 530; Ed. Smith, 200-534; GrimelM, 206-562; Geo. Jackson, 208-515; J. Wiser. 201-508; D. Weingart, 5U; Gus Freund, 519; W. Tonyan, 538; Ed. Tonyan, 500; Ben Schmitt, 510; Hospital trips, lioneymoon--nothing stopped us 'til a little spell of illriess took us out of the play last week. . •?. ... 90,000,000 a year is correct. My BOX SCORE guess would be that the combined ( McHENRY FG total of basketball spectators would McCraclcer^ .,,......7 be well beyond baseball, football;* Knaack*^ Guess the boss didn't notice that we were missing. No» need of saying anything to him now. He would cut our expense;, account, sure as "shpdtiiiV . racing and boxing--but 90,000,000 is j. Miller quite a collection of human beings, waiting* : A» a starter it might be men- Murphy tioned that there are many more Schmitt ! V ' . "~"iluggs" Wattles, the little cal, ; Was telling everybody that we went away for a much-needed rest. Jack Brennan, of the Jacob Justen Song funeral parlor^ wasted no time in checking on our health. He swears that his call was strictly social. ^ Herman Nye reported that the unholy alliance on Green Street would write a letter to the boss stating how much they enjoyed the Plaindealer last week. . .. - basketball teams than there are basei ball OTs, football teams. It happens Lt© he a game that | is popular in every rias"1 state in the nation-- Far West, Midwest, Southwest, South and East. Ned Irish has proved at Madison Square Garden that he can bank on an attendance ranging from, 15,000 to 18,000 at every performance. There are not so many basketball centers that can match this crowd accommodation -- but W. Miller TOTALS ^.:..,o .:„;....o ,£L.U. h ,0 0 0 •- & ^ t 0 ^.......*.0 ...._: .....~.i- Freund ...: 1 O. tr- 3 l 0 4 510 and 550. 3 i 538 series. yi 4 2 1 Stoller turned in a Foals FF FoulE ^th 196 and hit 500 on the nose. j Freund. 203-545; Ed. Thennes, 564; 1 i "Sonny" Miller has two good series, J- Matchen, 5QI; Harold Fjreuftd, 554; Ed-. Smith, 212-555; Ben Hiller, 213- J Winkel 535 , 507; N. Carlson, 226-556; Budlet, Old Timers--^1" ' 206-540; V. Jones. 564; Hagberg, 512; - Les Adams. 210-350 and 529; N Carlson, 205-563; M. Schaefer, 20ft- 488; Dr. Sayler. 504; Rogers. 503; Nic Freund. 219-565 and 203-551; Jones'. 507; C. Hughes, 501; Ed. 3 TOTALS '0 MARENGO r 0 Ackman .... •0 Hahn i Roth ,^0 Steig ......... =>4- Stockwell j Miller • Shearer .... 19 Ladies-- ; ' , P. Miller, 415; M. Sutton. 480; V. Herdrich. 405; "G. Miller, 453; F. Freund, 186-489; M. Wilbrandt, 184- 476; D. Cleveland, 41^; D. Schaefer, j Smith. 176-246-206-628; "Mugs" Wat- NEWS ABOUT OUR SEBVICEMEH 191-505; F. Pederson, 176-469; M. FT Fouls Beatty. 178-471; M. Simon, 462; E. 2 | Peterson. 174-450; E. Schaefer, 449; 0 ^ 0! E. Hovte,' 442; H. Immekus, 404; lip. Kraus, 179-494; B, Justen, 179- 1 ' r 0; 449; M. Stilling. 415; R. Freund, } , 4 1171-486; M. Schaefer. 188-462,; S. Co- < 0 2 valt 457; E. Freund. 183-427; H. ' •' 2 Surtees, 181-433. Many Republicans were quick to point1 out that the Plaindealer gang put over a fast one in slipping a political writeup (and a Republican one) in our space. Bill Carroll's picture loomed up big as life. Never before has there been so many good things said about anybody in this particular space of the Plaindealer. Graatland Rice ANTIOCH SterWpz^..,..^^H?-,vv;.i:2": Good , % Jones .2 Nielsen .'4 « Triegeir \.K?. 1 Reeves >.v,...-........,»."........0' Ait; :|fT Fouls . Simpson-' O^*";j^0 ,i0' , Hemmingsen", 0. . .1' . 1 H o l l i d a y -- ,1 . i \ l'-2\ TOTALS - f ».;'r ? ' .. . . . . 14 \'£ BOWLING NCTES TOTALS Score by Quarters: McHenry -- 5 12 20 29 Antioch - -- 6 1 15 26 Crystal Lake Game ; After being, absent ibr a w^ek, "'Bowling Notes will trjy- to pick up , the loose ends, combining the two ; weeks and stressing individual performances. ^ Vi Schaefer*! 173-462; <5 Kralowetz 424; E. HeSter 443; C. Mehr. 4C>0. Barbian, 180-491; J. * The Meister Brau girls won a j 439; L. Steffes. 412; M. Green. 427; 2 close match from the Antioch Grrla, E- Hester. 176-456~and we l|ear that 1 2il8-'>082 '-«•>• ' . ^[Mildred Kinsala was all a-flutter to ' A lot of irood bowling turned up think that Bowling , Notes did not M the SchlUz boys l>eat the Bu^ appear last week -list her 218 Girls. Tommy Sutton hit 'em like Z*™ ™ a 457 senes- K" ^refeld, this:' 225-196-213-634. J. "Bud"' Miller's 200-554 and D. Kennebeck's 200-532 w^re next in runnig up 2648 pins, j^ette Buss anchored the girls with a wow of a series:- 190-166-182- 588 ties, 203; J. Downs, 208; Jake Schae^ fer,~l83-l85-223-591; --and we save ! Lieut. Robert V. Knox of Bostell the best 'till the last like frosting passed through Chicago last Thurson you1r cnke; F. Rogers, 239-192-223- day evening on his way to Spring- 654. ^ ; field, to spend a convalescent leav*, ' r'r " - o with his family. He has been con- . Ladies' Nine O'ClockeiW ' fined to the U. S. uaval hospital a* E. Kosinski. 198-480 j.-G. frarbian, Chelsea; Mass.. for the past trm> . 170-456; M. Yegge, 408; P. Miller, months with, injuries sustained in a^fall on November 15. He is recovering now from an operation which he submitted a short time ago. WTth his Wife and daughter, he spent the weekend in Crystel Lake with his parents, Mr. and Slris. Mi-, chael Knox, who will observe their Mi ^ - U80-46t^L. Thennes, 175r fiftieth w„edding ^nnivereary on Juii- , ester, 47i"; f' R. , Marshall; day, Feb. 4, - Thursday Ladies-- ' Sis Weber. 425; B. Bvss, 442; B. muuuiiwauuii uu» While our MCHS \basketball team taking on there are so "many hundreds of ^as engaged in some notable battles by Hup Smith's 613 series,, the mi&tch and winning, 2473 to 2341. J. places on the map that can range j with the classy, sharp-shooting ® Meister Brau team started their *Bud" Miller was top man in this from 4,000 to 10,000--and most of from Crystal Lake in the last couple < coun^y tournament play with 1007 one: 224-541. these places are usually packed. « ronnrt on the came at Clharles Miller i# now isiationed at. _- f Camp Howze, Texas. , v j'. s a - - 1 Alfonse ••Wirtz." staitoned at .Catap Wol;ers, Texas, is enjoying a fur- . lough with his family here,- : - _ During our home stay we had a rare chance to hear the radio. Every five minutes some yokel„JKOuld blast out with "Dan't Fence Me In." A soprano tried it the second day and we had a relapse. For example, Indiana Is dotted with towns whose basietball teams draw more to a game than the entire population of the town the game is played in. At least that is what Indiana experts and other camp-followers tell vs. Basketball has never had the chance to compete with an Army- Notre Dame ero^id -r a Michiganseasons, a report game- »l jpjns jn their first game. Actual pins Crystal Lake last Saturday n*8^!for three games wtre 2734. might best be brief. We lost to a better team, 56 to 29. * Dean McCracken was the only McHenry player able to hit the basket dften enough to cause the winners any Concern. Dean's seven The surprise package was a teah) made up of Joe Frett. Bill Tonyan,1 Palace WHO'S tiie, champ ? That's what will W" decided start- This league is bubbling over with Miss Catherine Reuland of CMgood scores, topped by one of the cago., mathematics teacher in the 1CM best of Hup Smith's great series: cal high school, received word last 214-213-214-641. weekend that her brother, 19 ye&ro Dr. VanDenburgh, 523; W. Schrei- old, has been listed missing in Ger- •baskets and four free throws stood pjace Ralph Bennett. Herman Schaefer and ing February 11 at the Palace. TCiis • gtoller 225-567; Hobbs. many. Ted Budil. The boys rolled 2694 ac- annual event has drawn top bowlers , ' ' tual pins and with a 346 handjeap in the community in the past couple are resting only 3 pins out of first i>f years. Anyone interested in enout in a losing cause. Hayden sank 11 out of 14 free Monday Majors-- The top score in this tering please contact Mike Budler^by ^ phone or at the alleys before Febru-, wuvvu -r « . - v, . . . . . . . . - group is a ary 7. They say the prize list is Ohio State gathering -- a Southern throws to bring his total points up 235.597 for Bill Schlitt. Bill, Ton-1 especially attractive this year--And, Califotnia-Notre Dame test -- 6r an to, 19- ' . yan rolled one of those consistently of course, the champ gets the )>eau- Army-Navy show. Many of these- The McHenry lightweights *a„re pood scores: 190-191-199-580. It ,tiful» cup to have and to hold until carries would draw over 200,000 if better, but lost by a 33 to -7 coun news when these fellows get f somebody better comes along. • ' «™r big scores, bu^ here's a few: Koob. • - --:--And some of the they get paid for spilling over the air! You can't blame those jokes on the war. At least not this war. We heard some news reports, too, j but can't remember such stress on j anything but that poor Roosevelt i hound that got a plane ride. •r Well, we heard enough of that. After all. what's the use of being one of, th£ members of the First Family of The (Land if you can't put on-the dog once in awhile? ^Zeke" Bacon called from Crystal Lake last Saturday to see if we were goinp down to the basketball game that night. We didn't think so. But, the old *»rgs> got us jtfid dSwn we went- , • • •• * - What we saw was MbHenry compfetly outclassed by one of the hottest ^hootmg-~teams 'W tion. • Those bellows on Crystal Lake's there was only enough space in which to park the human body--leap and fat. o ] Hayden X,doubt that any basketball game, jLegel no matter under what favorable Schroeder ... conditions, could lure in 75,000 or jTimnvW«^~. 100,000 people. If I am wrong, Ned, Clarke .....t... Irish can correct me. ,Reddersdorf But basketball isn't played in just Green- ......... a'few of our bigger stands. It is ^ MjjpKin ...... played in high schools and in col- * Hanert leges--in YMCA's and churches, in boys' clubs and girls' clubs--not^in hundreds, but in thousands of spots you never heard about. It isn't a game scattered all over the map but packed all over the map. I still don't believe the total attendance would ran up to 90.000,- 000 but maybe it does. At least this" is an argument that no one car. settle, give or take seme 10*000.060 spectators. « Faster but Gentler Basketball today is a faster end a fax more skillful game than it wa? when I happened to play on the ouf reeollee-- ^Vanderbilt team of some decades back. But it isn't as rough a game ~8ns;it was th^n. I am not referring to any man-to-man contact. In those BpX SCORE CRYSTAL LAKE FG 4 TOTALS McHENRY McCracken Knaack J. Miller .. Schmitt ....! Murphy Whiting ... 5 ..3 0 • iiiiiiiiiZlo ........0 ..............18 ^ FG :.....;7 :o • .,v.L.......'*...;0/ ./ .....lfr ski, ?rQ5-574. FT Fouls s 202-580; Thorsell. 564 (and he had a Monday Commercial-- To the head of the cla&s goes Lu 207- 169-229-605. V; ! Other good scores: K. of C.-- : j Betty Lou Weber, 188-488; L. Bud- Not too many big " scereRi * but i Ier. 403; W. Ibsh. 406; Ann Nett. they have' a lot of fun. Leo Still- ! 445; and 184-423; T. Raycraft, 404; 213-587\ series is' way out in M. Miller. 462; L. Budler. 420. 11 2 • 1' 8 0 1 2 * 0_ 4 20 ^ 1 205 game this week); Vernie Freund,., "202; Ed Smith* 212;1" JaA Wrublew-:!Smith with a beautiful seiies: 4 4 1 2 1 2 otvTZfte. Garden Fresh Fruits and Vegetables 19 FT Fouls 4 17 team can all sink baskets. If that days the gymnasiums were'rather team dosen't |ro far along the trail ; small and they were heated by a toward the state meet is their 6wn ] number of radiators or other warmfault.? I ing appliances around the floor. -L~--- « • • " '•*'• ! One of the main ideas then was . During the game, which was a bit painful to a McHenry fan. our thoughts roamed back about twenty yeafrs when "Zeke,", Dick Overton, the Whiting boys, Gus Freund. Ernie Barbian, Bill Nye and Adrian Thomas formed a squad that copped the county chamnionship for Mc- Heftry at Crystal Lake. .. .. ' Scores were seldom* as high in those days of fhe center jumn and other regulations. But, McHenry packed.,scoring punch in allpositions.-: : . •. . ' r WoodstocV'High- will send its bas- ' ketball team to McHenry next Tuesdav night. Feb. 6. That's always a big sports event. j: to bend or pin your opponent over one of these smoking hot devices until the flesh began to sizzle and there was an unpleasant odor of burning skin. I still recall such games where I looked more like a zebra than a human being--where there wasn't so much skin left uponthe body and what was left happened to be badly scorched. Basketball has come a long way since those pioneer, uncovered wagon days when the player took quite a beating, since there were no rules against anything except murder and possibly mayhem. It is all different JIOW. There are thousands of basketball centers that have the required room heeded -- that have Accommodations for spectators. In those earlier days, basketball TOTALS ./. Score by quarters: McHenry 3 8 ?20 29 Crystal 'Lake 10 28 " 45 56 Marengo Game The Warriors reversed a previous defeat Tuesday, January 30. by handing a tall Marengo five a 40-33 setback. The heavyweight game started out fast with McHenry scoring six baskets and one free shot to lead at the end of the first quarter 13-12. Both teams matched baskets in the second quarter and McHenry left the floor at the haif with a two point margin. In the second half the Warriors defense clamped down and held the visitors to five points while they ran up a nine point lead. In an effort to gain more time for a possible victory, coach Dale Smith substituted at every deadball, thus stopping the clock. The strategy proved futile however as the Warriors froze onto the ball. The substitutions added an estimated three minutes to the NOTICE Just arrived One 4*20 Rosenthal -Corn', shredder. Can accept two orders for Rosen* thai Steel (40) Shredders for about May 1st delivery, E* J.SHELDON PHONE 2891 * GRAYSLAKE, ILL. When we saw the W»dstock teainj was largely S game intended for-the swift. The swift are needed today. might break loose ?y minute- ^ney «njf rec^ faon^ op^ Had .snee^^ver ball-handling and bordering often on the midenough size. The,r shooting ,wasn t ^ ^ Thpre ^ Gertainly ^ opthev appearedr to have ability that might break loose ^iny minute. .Ifhey enough good. A- • Whatever the pros^frcts of victory, may .be. a Woodstock-McHenry game is sure to be sniritedA And this is frnfll.bv]iMi]p for the game. Our gymnasium is packed for attractions with much less natural rivalry. ' . |Iad an interestmg; Earl "Le'gs" Dowell. The big fellow hasn't lost his sense of humor. . _Everett Reeves sends a novel card from California and expresses concern about fellows like Teji Rogers and Petie Schaeffer having, to shovel so much show. . * You bowlers Who would like to try ' your hi«k and skill at winning the .local " championship cup, please cast your eyes on the notice in • Bowling Notes. ----' •• -- • On drug store in Havana, 111.' Out fof Ice Cream Out of Sherbet Out of Gum -Out of Cigarettes --~t-- "Out of Stamps vOut of Patience )ut of Town. --£BS World News." ' , ,W A winte traction at Saturday evAiing. February 10. The eVent is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. There will be games, jnusic .and other entertainment for the pleasure of all who attend. There is no admission charge. ponents ranging from 6fcfeet 7 to 6 feet 9. These service debaters always want to/know whether or not basketball is the fastest game. Basketball is faster than football or baseball--^ much faster--;but not as fast as hockey where the players have of ice and skates. A basketball game played on ice with - skates would be the all-time toD for speed and all around agility. After all, skiing is the fastest sport. Without ice or snow, skates or skis, the next fastest sport is the 100-yarddash. . Baseball Immortals . It is amazing, in ,a way, the amount of general public interest future nominations for baseball's Hall of Fame .have^Jhrougbt about The old-timers, now 60 years o» over, have the feeling that their fa- • vorites are being overlooked by younger generations. These oldtimers saw Fred Clarke manage the Pirates 40 years ago and give i great outfield exhibition at the same time. They saw him as a leader :and a playing star. Will You Have A -Garden This FRANK BENNETT WRITES J very interesting letter receiv®d R CARNIVAL from Frank W. 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