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'_A» . . * * ? < rm ^VT > ^ vf*.*. .i'" / '-J ,V % * 4 wL-i »«: V ;fc. **•; >^&^fcvsL- "'""l '•"• "-•"••• " IBS Mc&EVKY FLAUfBSMA Thursday, AvgvsVll, IMS ... <fc . xj.I' $1 4. wp;, ^v-'ir: fA% TilV ft-- • :*}_'*• '• £r X HEAR « y EARL R. WALSH ; «f- {• . • V-j. r-^'•-.?>' ^HB6- calm| •' ' .«* ' V "J* ^ That seems to be the trend ot advice handed out these days to the many nervotis parents who dread Cthe thoughts of Polio. "Be calm" is good advice at any tne. We suppose it applies when Hess of any kind strikes i|s. If you hit your thumb with a hammer . . Be Calm, brother! If somfebody steps on your aching corn . • Be Calm.: ALGONQUIN HOLDS LEAD IN LEAGUE KHOX AMD^AOSSOH home as irons BEAT SPRDIG OBOVB BAJfTOSO SOOTHTAWS SHAltKOOKS TO S-l WIN OVZR BOOSTERS McHenry Shamrocks un- -- 1 Nelson, is .... Koch, If 15. Krause, lb Pennington, c Frisch, p Shamrocks Play Two Games Next Sunday; Leaders *fe. Tigerl The top four teams in the county baseball league held the pace last Sunday, winning their games and keeping the race in a tight state. AB .5 .S 4 4 • -- 1 3 ... 1 Spring Grove collected If hit« the Crystal Lake Boosters 9 to 1 • r*r~"~v*? of various lengths to make Willie *nd could easily have had a shut- « wwer,p „._..».l Klapperich feel that It wasn't his out had not some confusion arisen TessenOorf, C .f dav \f on the handling of a bunt. | » The Boosters started their prise; ** Totals _32 * Score In a see-saw battle at Johns- : The -- , burg last Sunday the Tigers beat veiled their new pitcher, Mike '# a determined group of b&ll players Santoro, last Sunday for the first j*- Krause, rf from Spring Grove by a score of; time before the home crowd with | Legal, ci ..... 8 to 8. i pleasing results. Mike Bet down ST™' ^ ~ 1 Parsley, 3b day. Johnsburg specialised in 3-run - -- . , splhrger, getting the same number rookie, Jeqnf' Roewer, who has _T Score ay innings in the first, third and eighth fn- been 'Signed by the* Philadelphia Lm® 001 000 000 -- 1 nings. Phillies, but ft wasn't Jerry's day. j Shamrocks 020 1S1 11* -- 9 Art Jackson homered for the His control was off and the heati Stolen bases: G. Larkin, Mc- Tigers in the third with "Tony" apparently took its toll on the Cracken, G. Bolger, E. Krause, ( Freund on base. In the home run:young fellow in the late inniDgi-,Rwwer. Two-base hits: McCrack- JUNIOR SPORTS • MM »<••< ••!•<!! I I t 1 Ml Last Monday the "Crusaders" mron their second game^gainst the "Colts" evening the series. Colts 0 10 0 10 -- 2 Crusaders .... 250002 -- 9 Batteries: Colts: Freund and Novak;' Crusaders: J,*j|ig, Schmidt and Collins. , Per cent for tit llast year--the p Twenty-two states morM few* * Mtff o( IMf. deaths per IOO,000»00Q miles of1 Next Monday at 6:30 p. m. these l nM"'e mileage this year than 1 tame two teams will meet again, .nnd^the ratio dropped to sevi It would be nice if a game or two could be played at Johnsburg trav*' and we are going to. work on that _ i idea. If it can be arranged to get some help to get the kids there mmo DEATH TOLL CUT OVER LAST i er deaths for t)M ftarat The nation's traffic death toll And *0® of 4tl eitlea orer ISjMS for the first six months of 1*49 population reported redactions fm was 13,810--onlv 100 lower •*"»" tta* number of deaths. No trafe for the comparable 1948 period. jfl® fatalities were reported in 111 L The National Safety Council, clZ?8" , ^ j which reported the figures, said The largest of the comtn that a five-month comparison, wlth perfect records were however, showed that the nation's B«dford, Mass., Pawtncket, R. [motorists roiled up 6 per cent and Cedar Rapids, low*. Then are only 12 Mgers In Hawaiian alplubct Calmness is to be admired, but let a child get the sniffles these days and all the mamas get to chattin' over the back fence. The Dads try to show calmness and confidence, but they are doing their Igpre of worrying. We had a call last Week asking that we take the lead in having our city sprayed with DDT. We promised to find out something about the idea. Algonquin held first place as department for Spring Grove was Roewer is a big fellow with only en G Larkin, Nelson. Home and a coach tQ handje them Stan Mavis set down the Wood- I Howard Knox, who drove the ball 18 birthdays chalked up so there run . Mccracken. Struck out--by it could be done we must re. stock Merchants 5 to 1 with a on a line into the roadway in is plenty of time for him to de-, ' bantoro, 9. Bases; member that Mr. Long commutes 3-hit masterpiece. Mavis finished right center. Howard also smack- velop. • <m baIl«-off Roewer 6: off San- to the game by striking out the last ted a double and scored 3 runs. The SShhaammrroocckkss#,ssccoorreedd ttwwoo, rrnnnnsa 'tt oro' 4- pitcher: San 8 men to face him. j Klapperich gave way to George in the second to take a lead, the\'lor Johnsburg had a battle on their I Jackson, the all-around man, first run being scored on a double hands in edging out Spring Grove' ^'h*n trouble arose in the ninth, steal, MeCracken coming home 9 to 8 the victorv keeninc the1 George came in with nobody out from third when the Boosters faii- Wers in second place ! and two on base to pitch out of ed to execute the cut-off play with' The McHenry Shamrocks had^he and save the game.^ A finesse. | an easy time downing the Crystal play ,f^om H°w.le ®un. to In the third Roewer led off withj TEN-DAY STATE FAIR WILL OPEN FRIDAY, AUG. 12 % Just when we had reached the stage of trying to work out a feasible plan for raising the needed funds, we read where the State Lake Boosters 9 to 1 and held third place. NOTE: The Shamrocks beat Richmond last (Wednesday) night to go into a tie for second place. Dundee's 6 to 4 win over Richmond entrenched them firmly in fourth place with a chance to move Up if the other teams falter. Watch Next Snnday Si Meyers did much toward stopping the rampaging Spring Grovers in the ninth. a pass. Nelson's bunt went for a Chicago and there are nights when the train is late and he idoe^n't eat till 9 or 9:30 p.m. It is too bad that McHenry has to stand so "divided" otherwise so ttiuch could be done with lots less effort. I It was gratifying to see additional parents watching the game last Mouday- Keep your eyes on the hotjPitzen, c ..., Jaknsbnrg - 9 ABv R E. Meyers, jit - lb ....4?^ f G. Jackson, ss - p ..;...3 1 Katz, 3b ....;..........„..,5 W. Smith, lb .4 .. # D. Freund,' If 0 4' Howie Freund, 2b ....4 1 R. Freund, rf 4 J. AUllUBf W v 1 cau W llCl C Ulv OUIt^ ] _ _ _____ i* * *_ a Health Department had advised I games coming up next Sunday. The A Jackson, cf City of Woodstock against the j Shamrocks will travel to Rich- 1 mond gun<jay morning to play a The department urges individu- I rained-out game at 10 a. m. al action. The plea is for clean-! *n afternoon the Shamrocks line8S. Use care in the disposal ^traYe' 80m® niore , of garbage. Swat the fly. Clean ln« Dundee on the Carpentersville May, ss up that vacant property. Cut the diamond. IB. Britz, 2b Klapperich, jp J. Freund, SB .4 0 4 .4 0 .0 •. 0 *;• 0 . :1-*: = 1 I 1 I • 0 Totals Sprinf Grove--8 6 5 weeds, ifge DDT or some spray1 Algonquin^ will appear on the'xjrban, cf .......i 4 in spots where there is apparent Johnsburg diamond, making a bid | "Winn, c 5 need. jto hold fir8t Place, ! Christensen, If 4 j All games next Sunday prom- Knox, rf 4 So it seems the idea Tor spray- '8e ^ard fought since the Lay, 3b 3 ing the entire city is not advis- outcome of each will have a defin- Busch, lb 4 ito bearing on the final standings. r Whiting, p ............ 2 11 3 2 2 1 able. But, action on some of the a%»ve ideas should be taken. Be Calm- Like h , you will! They tell us that McHenry has some pretty good ball players playing around the county league^, .... . Howard Knox, playing for Spring threq series he following Sunday will mark Haldeman, p the beginning of play-offs to de- ; termine the champion of the league. Pairings will be made in which the first four teams in the standings will play the best two Grove, hit ar<y and added V double at Johnsburg. emendous home run last Sunday County League Standing1* Total 8 .... Score Spring Grove .. ohnsburg Stolen bases: 40 8 1« by Innings 200 210 102 -- t 303 000 03x -- 9 G. Jackson, Katz, There won't be any complimenthit when .filler and Santoro got ary admission passes to the Illi- | si Meyers and Don Freund are 'crossed up as to who was to nois State Fair which opens a 10-; doing a fine iob handling the j handle the ball- Roewer scored day run Friday, fair officials said ' Colts when he and B Krause pulled a recently. Mr! Long wants to express his successful double steal. The With the exception of two free thanks t6 Richard and Charles Shamrocks also showed lack of gate days--Children's day Friday Hiller for their good work of umpreciaion on the cut-off play, but and Veterans day Sunday -- the piring back of the plate also to j might have nailed their man had general public will have to pay Bob Green for the good work on I Conway's throw been low. j twenty-five cents to get In. jthe bases and last, but not least McCracken, the hitter and run- j In the past, the policy has been! Marilyn Schmitt for keeping score maker of the day, led off the to expand the number of free days I third with the first of his two and to print up thousands of j doubles and scored a run that passes. This polices out. fair of- | looked big at that point of the ficials said, even for the big Dem- I game. McCracken also produced ocratic day Thursday, Aug. 18. the big blow in the fifth when three The fair events will open with j runs scored. It took a lot of hus- selection of Illinois typical farm tie to circle the bases when his family Friday from a field of fourlong fly went on the loose in cen- teen contestants. ter field but hustle is Dean's long Henry J. White, fair manager, suit. He had to dive over Pen- said the ninety-third exposition nlngton, who blocked the plate will be the best ever "in every debut missed the ball on the relay, partment and every event." At- Santoro showed skill with men tendance usually runs around a on bases, particularly in the fifth m "on# • and seventh when the first batter T"e fairgrounds will be out of led off with a two-bagger. In each "OUI,ds for Springfield children case, he retired the side without under I6- if the finti polio quarallowing a score. Notes on the Game Also got a report that "Hessie Miller shows promise as a member oi^the Richmond team. | There has been an epidemic of falling chairs at ball games this year. A couple of weeks ago r Team ___ Won IiOSt Algonquin :.i4 3 Johnsburg ...^,4 ...13 3 ; McHenry ...13 3 Dundee •fiv .4 " ; Richmond 8 Woodstock ... 7 Spring Grove ... S C. Lake Boosters ... ... s 10 >: Hebron t 13 IV C. Lake Vets ... 1 1$ antine restricting them to their i own yards is still in effect. There is no indication when it will be lifted. So far thirty-nine polio cases Including six deaths have occurred in Springfield. However. the fairgrounds area is excluded fron~. the city quarantine. 1 Exhibitors will compete for a ' I record high of $299.6G7 in fair Somebody parked a car near prire monev. Entries total 1 770 stn.ok the r,ght fie,d flag and caused a11 head of cattle, more than 4.000 f kinds of trouble. Jerry Larkin got hogs, 1,035 sheep and 1,268 horses, ground rule double on what M. than all get ay two singles fn five trips. Parsle/^made the mistake of toy- Howie Freund. R. Freund. Two-ling with MfcCulla's arm in the tbase hits: W. Smith, Christensen ninth on a short passed ball and 2, Urban, Knox. Three-base hit: was a dead duck. camp chair gave way. A week ago at Johnsburg, Clay Hughes went down like a ton of brick. Of course, Math, being young and spry, had no troubles getting up. But, they tell us it took several Boosters 1 men and fair ladies to get Clay on Hebron l2 CryBtai Lake MSTK alter thl8hock' A" We Boosters 6. is what we hear. Scores Last Snnday . Dundee €, Richmond 4. Johnsburg 9, Spring Grove t. Algonquin 5, Woodstock 1. McHenry .9, Crystal Lake ' E. Meyers. Home runs: A. Jackson, Knox. Double plays: G. Jack- Ison to Howie Freund to W: Smith; | Howie Freund to Meyers. lout--by Whiting. 1; by Haldeman, 11; by Klapperich, 4; by G Jack- ^^have 'been a" home Tun. , son, 1. Bases on balls--off Whiti ing, 3; off Haldeman, 2; oft I Klapperich, 5; off G- Jackson, 1. 'Winning pitcher: Klapperich. out, apparently thinking he would Une changes for Plaindealer adha^ e had a chance to field the v-ertiBlne and news. 13 If there Is any place that yon. must travel, night or day, we are ready to serve yon. On call twenty-four hoars a day for those In Mod of transportation. Call a McHenry Cab Phone 723 It was down at Al Gehrman's; that George Miller and "Smoky" | Kennebeck feasted on smoked her-.| ring, whale steak or some such, item one night this week. TOWN TEAM -- CAMP XOTES - Last Sunday we lost to the Chiball. The game wasn't close enoughs to cause ,,too much concern, but it looked like Jerry had a home run in the mak}n'. Uft Mt tip « <dote for you to drive o Nosh Airflyto--the big, exciting cor with-- e Endosed-wheel streamlining . . . plus more room inside. o One-piece windshield Twin Beds. e Weather Eyo Conditioned Air Sy?t«M , . 4-wheel coil spring ride. o Unitized Body and From*... over 25 mites a gallon at average highway speed in the Nash "600. Let us demonstrate both great Airftyte series; the Nash "600" and Nash Ambassador. DOWNS NASH SALES m Elm Street Phone McHenry 48* McHenry. Illinois •'f Santoro had and laid Hebron 8, Crystal Lake Veta 4. Scores Angnst M McHenry 10, Richmond 3. ' Games Next Snnday Algonquin at Johnsburg ing a city league next spring. _ Crystal Lake Boosters at Spring hope to give them a good game urove cago "Sand Lot" team 7 to 1 but down a neajt sacrifice bunt in 3our the loss is offset by the experience trips. ~~r * we gathered. Next Sunday, at home, we pliy a team from St. Joseph of Elgin. iThey are organising prior to Joining a city league next spring. We Archie Brdangen, famed. nouncer and scorekeeper for the Boosters, was, on haiid. Archie used to bring some pretty fast basketball teams to McHenry some- When they had eaten full and plenty, Al wrapped up a few fish tor "Smoky" to take home to his folks. George busied himself cleaning up the bones. Whoops! G " ag<7 McHenry at Dundee Richmond at Hebron Crystal Lake Vets at Woodstock We are wondering if the people i tW(,ntv Tmt« mo who are interested in this venture! niy y w SHAMROCKS DEFEAT Tge/1!kec* u£ p«*- RICHMOND 10 TO 3 and tossed it in the river. JN TWI LiTE GAME B have a clear picture of what we are trying to do. Well, we #will try to explain. A -- We are going to have a town team. We are giving all local boys a chance to show their wares. - It is only in playing j games that you can tell j real talent. -,vD -- We are saving valuable time, for if we had waited until Spring we would u... have lost most of the - season. We are making every effort possible to give each and every aspirant a chance to show what he has to offer. Be as patient with us as we are ! with the boys and we are sure Santoro, p Totals Man the boats! Out goes George and "Smoky" in a row boat to In a twi-lite game here last everescue the floating package. Just ning the McHenry Shamrocks beat as they reached the spot, down Richmond 10 to 3 and moved into goes the package to Davey Jones' a second place tie with Johnsburg locker. in the county league standings. ! The Richmond team smacked All diving attempts proved fu- "Sonny" Miller's offerings for 12 tile. ° If you happen to hook a safe hits, but were unable to smoked herring, you will know score except for the third Inning. whore to return it. ; Being able to field his position ^ saved "Sonny" from further They are talking around Johns- trouble in this inning as he pegged burg about the long home run hit to third to force his brother, "Hesby Howard Knox last Sunday in sie," then closed the inning by that wild game with Spring Grove, starting a fast double play. This yoa with, the, might be as good a spot as any to f*®al results. They are also getting a chuckle record the fact that "Hessie" led out of the homer hit by Art Jack- off the inning with a single off son. It seems that Art had two his brother and was all smiles strikes on him and properly heading for first base. shortened up to try to meet the While Vern Miller had much ball on the next sewing. Wham! of bis famous zip on the ball, wild- He sot the wood on the ball and ness kept him in trouble most of fcal (pi it over the tree tops. Maybe the way. pays to shorten up. The same teams will meet next V Sunday morning at Richmond at Big V. F. W. carnival-this week 10 o'clock. the city park. Let's be there. • --•=•. i Shamrocks -- 10 AS Daily Plnn'ps . . .. - Conway, A principle can stand for high McCulla, deals and be just a sugar-coated J. Larkin rejudice. X*. Larkin, ss -- Murphy, cf ._w When you need advice most, be McCracken, 3b most wary of what kind you ac- H. Stilling. If .. 8? Manager Bill Bolger made some changes in hie lineup in the seventh. It was getting late, Crystal Lake having played an earlier game with Hebron, and some af the boys had to get home to milk the cows. No fool in'! McHenry Conway, 2b Miller, lb T. Bolger, lb J. Larkin, rf G. Larkin, ss H. Stilling. If P. Freund, If B. Bolger, cf ...4 McCracken, 3b G. Bolger, e McCulla, c 1 Learn to master trifles and the )ig issues will solve themselves. Freund, 1ft S. Miller, I-..; When you form ilow in making exceptions ou ^are well grounded. Totals 33 Richmond -- S AB a good habit be |Kat?> nburg? If 5 lie Itupld. till'May, 2b ;V. Miller, p C. Miller, cf apology some- j R. Miller, ss thin wall be-! Huff, rf ......... 1 Peisert, 3b .. H. Miller, lb re never was a man so that he could not rememat some time having hyn Hypocrisy and |imes have only reen them. . ANONTMOW First Baseball Game On May 1st. 1903, the first baseball game was played in New York ay an American league team. Pretxman, c ....... 11 Ortd timber is one of-*>ur noon' s principal raw material de- Sdencies todaor. Modern forest, aanagement ia beginning to bring ick some of the areas that jpare ipped under the "cut and get basis on which mest of our rest virgin stands were felled, it it will take years before many |if the lands again ring to the sound the cutters. |Tl£ Plaindealer will'be printed le day early -- next week only, emember the change in deadline trars. 13 'Complete line of Beebe livestock (medies at Wattles Drag Store. tcHenry. ' t-tf Totals 38 . t Score by Innings Richmond 003 000 000 -- S McHenry <%12 101 03x -- 10 Stolen bases: May, V. Miller, McCulla 2, J. Larkin 2, G- Larkin. Three-base hit: G. Larkin. Double plays: S. Miller to Conway to Freund; H. Stilling to Miller to Conway. Struck out--by V. Miller, <; by S. Miller, S. Bases on balls--oft V. Miller. 7; off 8. Miller, 1. 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