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f&'iieHSfltilr fPLAiiibil£t&» /%*£*• ft- "Thunaiy. Jui* 7. iiil f i<i .1 i r, njig j njiUiii CetH/t iifaxAh./ Dear Earl. My cousin. a broth of a girl fcorn in Cork Iwt raised in London. while watching the White J|ox play yeBterday wondered innocently if they emUdn'U do better with square bats. - It seems to me to be an ex-, tremely constructive idea, but to cricket? . Just a happy thought ; -with Which to start the week* < • 'f. r Sinterely, Your Most Constant tlfe&dpr ,* , Perish the thought! If the other •i • .teams in the league ever got hold Of that idea, they might legislate ihe idea across to stop our ratling |>aging Sox. First thing you'd '\ - st.j^luiow somebody Would start tosv^^- jring blocks up to theplate when " the So* came to bat. 'Taint cricket! v „ ' . Hltch-Hikin' Fish-.. It happened on QraS$ Lake where Lotus bloom and fish fly. . 'Twas last Saturday night that V. Jack Smith and Bill O'Brien in ^ tone boat, and Eddie Frett in another. headed for shore. Plop! An 18% inch northern pike Jumped • Into the boat and O'Brien almost jumped out. Jack subdued the ^prize while Bill, yodeled for Eddie to come quick. Eddie assured his mates that the fish was in season. Then came the big question--to have their catch mounted or have a big fish fry? HEBRON HANDS SHAMROCKS 7-5 HOLIDAY LOSS Home Team Rally In Ninth Inning Is Stopped Short AGAINST MERCHANTS by Pick Smith McHenry a run in their portion PAUL J0DSONHtntLS of the sixth. Miller siugled and I 1 • A liPPPHHt tttflff scored on Harry Stiliing's double 1W nCDnW" WU* to left field. Harry went to third on the throw-in, but that was the ^end of the trail. ) Andreas oaught Paul Juduon's liner in the eighth and fired a strike to second to double Kuecker in a nice piece of defensive play. The ninth inning was action packed as Hebron scored four runs and the Shamrocks came iMck with two. , Schmidt batted for Halstead and opened the ninth with a single to left. Okeson hit to the same section. Schmidt stopping at second. Johnson sacrificed. Andreson grounded to Lay. Schmidt scoring on the play. Tibbets hit to center, Scoring Okeson. Phil Judson was hit by a pitched ball and advanced to second on Wilbrandt's single. Tibbetts scoring the third run of the inning. Kuecker was hit by a pitched ball, loading the bases. Phil Judson stole home with the Had the home ball club bounced up with a victory last Sunday it would be much easier to get this Story off to a smart start. However, "we may as well come out with the facts first as last. Hebron visited the Shamrocks a n d • final run of the inning. The other beat 'em 7 to 5. i runners also advanced, actually It was Johnson's s W:e e pi n g j amounting to a triple steal aecurve ball that kept the Sham- ' cording to the man who wrote the rocks in check until a ninth in- | book. Paul Judson drew a pass to nlng rally chased the long boy again load the bases. "Sonny" and brought Peacock to the ; Miller came in to pitch, Larkin mound <o effect the third out. j played short. Bill Bolger first ..Paul Freund's lack of control i |>afe Dick Rosing center field, caused his downfall in the ninth I Scjjm,dt came to bat for the secinning and "Sonnv" Miller was !'°nd t t!™f l" the innmg and lifted brought in to get the third man to Larkin for the third-out out. Defensive slips caused Paul ^ -- Too little Too Late -- some trouble, but* it simply wast1 Now- t'le Shamrocks had their not his day. </' I work cut out for them and made Hebron's lead-off man, Andre-!® good try at getting back in the ,soa, started the game with a hit I"" game. Miller hit safely to to left field and moved up on Wal- right field. Harry Stiliing's ley Tibetjs' sacrifice bunt to the 1 grounder went through Paul Judmound. An error at first gave Phil son for an error. Knox scored Judson life and Hebron jt run. Wilbrandt fifed out to center. Miller and moved Stilling to third with a two-bagger. Stilling scored Saw the Johnsburg Tigers shut out Woodstock last Sunday and decided that it will take a pretty good ball team to beat those; Tigers. . •can and Manager Howie Held a well-balanced team has reserves who can < step in any time and keep things going the irtght way. Joe Schmitt announced t h e .game and did a nice job. Joe has | his own system of keeping track of balls ahd strikes--shuffles pennies around the table. « Woodstock's team is on the way up.f They have some good young | hurried, off-balance throw went Phil stole second base, then got!on Bolger's grounder to second over-ambitious in trying to pilfer, base. Andreson threw out Lay, third and was nailed for the third i Knox scoring. Rosing singled to out on Harry Stiliing's throw to i left and Peacock came in to pitch. McCracken. [Andreas walked. McCracken With two out in" McHenry's half. grounded to short for the final of the first frame, Qerry Larkin's bat spoke loudly with a double to center. Only trouble was that Gerry ^ rounded second and was nailed trying to get back to the bag. HalBtead threw to Tibetts, Tibbetts threw to Phil"Judson and the inning was over. -- Action, }io Scoring -- Hebron's second inning was packed with action, but no scoring resulted. Kuecker, who had a perfect day at bat, led off with a single to center. Paul Judson forced Kuecker, Miller to Lay. Halstead whistled a hard bounder along the third base line. McCracken skidded across the line in making the pick-up and 'his hall players* We'd like to* see the weaker teams strengthen their lineups. The league needs better balance. Hebron is on the way up, too. They fattened up on the McHenry teams the nast week. Saw them beat the S^uunrocks 'here on Memorial Day. f There's talk of building press j coops or platforms of some kind at both the Shamrock and Johnsl, burg diamonds. It's too hard to nee when you- sit down low with -the umpire, catcher.and batter in _ your line of viaian^--- -- v Leo Heimer is out looking for lumber this week for the new coop. Says he will ring in a commercial every inning for anybody who will come through with a few boards. out. The game failed to bring out the brand of baseball expected of the home team. There were ifs and second-guessing, but the game goes down in the records--Hebron 7, Shamrocks 5. Hebron Andreson, 3B W. Tibetts, 2B Phil Judson, C Wilbrandt, RF Kuecker, IB Paul Judson, SS F. Halstead, CF Schmidt, CF Bud Schmidt, LF through the screen, allowing both runners to advance. The batter received credit for a hit and an error was charged on the throw which allowed the runners to advance. Schmidt bounced to Miller at short and a very helpful double play resulted. Miller fired the ball to the plate to nail Paul Judson and Stiliing's hard peg to Eddie Lay got Schmidt in his attempt to advance. The Shamrocks picked, up their fir|t run in the second inning. Harry, who was on base every time at bat^rew a Walk. Howard Knox forced Stilling on a tap to the pitcher, then stole second 4>ase. Andreson fumbled Bill Bolg^ r's grounder, then threw wild allowing Knox to score. Okeson, LF Johnson, P Peacock, P A.Br 5 4 4 5 - 3 3 3" 2 2 2 S Totals 36 7 Shamrocks A.1K* R. Andreas. LF 4 0 , McCracken, SB* 5 0 O. Larkin, IB, SS 3 0 S. Miller, SS, P 4 2 H. Stilling, C 3. 1 H. Knox, RF 4 2 B. Bolger, CF, IB 4 0 E. Lay. 2B 4 0 P. Freund, P 3 0 Rosing, CF 1 0 H. 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 : o 14 H. 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 36 5 8 Score by Innings: . Hebron: 101 001 004--7 Shamrocks: 010 001 002--5 Two base hits: G. Larkin, H. Stilling, Knox, Kuecker. The McHenry Merchants travelel to Hebron last Sunday and found Paul Judson about as tough as his brother Howie was against the Red Sox. Madsen, pitching for the Merchants, deserved a better fate as he only allowed seven hits in his eight' innings. He struck out ten men and only walked three. Hebron scored in the second inning on a single by Schmidt, ^a hit batsman and a single by Halstead. A walk, two singles and three infield errors put the game' on ice In the third inning. Five runs scored for Hebron to make the score 7 to 0. Up to this point in the game Madsen had allowed only three hits. * In the fourth inning Butler saved a possible triple or home run w h e n he m a d e a b e a u t i f u l o n e hand stab of Judson's fly ball as it was to go over his head. I n t h e f i r s t f i v e inningB the Merchants were held to two hits. One a single by Klapperich on which He was caught at second trying to stretch it into a double. The other hit came after two outs in the fourth. McCulla singled and Paluqji walked. Freund hit a line drive down the first base line that looked like a sure extra base hit but Kuecker made a one hand catch of the ball and beat Freund to the bag for the third out. The Merchants scored in the sixth on two walks and a single by Paluch. In the jiiuth a walk to Freund and a triple down the right field line by Butler scored the second and last run for the Merchants, In the seventh a double by Judson and a single by Schmidt and Anderson scored two runs. A run in the eighth made the final score 11 to 2. * Merchants: Nickerson, LF B. Knox, SS B. McCulla, SB Paluch, CF D. Freund, D. Butler, LF B. Brennan, 2B Kennebeck. Pr Klapperich, C idsen, Totals Hebron: Judson, 3B Tibbitts, 2B P. Judson, P Kuecker, IB Smith, LF Scnmidt, RF Anderson, SS Halstead, CF Johnson, C. j* Totals Score by hmtngs: Merchants: 000 001 Hebron: 025 001 Two-base hits: Judson. Three-base hits: Butler. Struck out by: Madsen, X|.-}vKinnebeck, 1; Judson, 8. Bases on balls off: Judson, 3; Madsen, 3; Kennebeck, t. Winning pitcher: Judson. AA 4 4- 3 8 R. 0 * 0 0 0 MERCHANTS BOW TO ALGONQUIN NINE 14 TO J Errors Pave Way After Madsen Puts Brake On Sluggers by Dick Smith For six innings the Merchants played a snappy, stubborn game against Algonquin here on Memorial ,,Day but in the end had to settle for the short end of a 14 to 3 score. During this time it looked like McHenry might pull the upset of the day. Algonquin found their hitting clothes and with the aid of a few errors went on to win the game going away. The Merchants started the scoring in the first inning. Nickerson singled to right and was bunted along by Knox. McCulla scored him with • a clean double to right center. Brennan dumped a Texas leaguer into left for two bases and McCulla scored. Brennan went to third on a passed ball and scored on a wild pitch. Butler walked, but was thrown out try.- Steal second. Frettnd stiiick out. Threat Fades The next scoring chance ,for the Merchants came in the sixth. Hrennan walked. A passed ball had Brennan going for second but a nice throw by Feffer cut him down. Butler walked and went to second as Freund beat out a hit clown the third base line. Paluch went down springing and Klapperich grounded out, Kreeger to Moehle. During this time, Madsen had complete control of Algonquin. In the first inning, with Moehle on second as the result of a single and an infield out, he struck out Hlanken for the third out. In the third inning Madsen again got out of a tight spot by using the strike-out pitch. With one out. Kreeger singled to right. Tipps singled to center and the bases became loaded when Moehle beat out a ground ball to second. Broederdorf took a called third strike and Blanken again struck tM* ttnt on « gootfc; corve ball. ; « i XeCnlla Helps ' A good play by McCulla on Liebert's hard smash to third helped Madsen in the fourth. F. Tipps followed with a double bat Feffer became No. 6 for Madsen to end the inning. . Three runs for Algonquin tied the score in the sixth, Singles by F. Tipps and Feffer and an infield error loaded the bases with one out. R. Tipps bounced out over the road in right for a triple and cleared the bases. A moment later Tipps was caught at thB plate when a squeeze play went wrong. Four hits and an error gave Algonquin four runs in the seventh to make the score 7 to. 3. Freund relieved Madsen at the start of the eighth. Two errors, Singles by Broederdorf, Blanken, Tipps and Moehle scored seven more for the Indians. The second of the $wo errors could have retired the side with only two runs scored. Neither team scored in the ninth and the final scbre was Algonquin 14--Merchants 3. Merchants w,;;; Nickerson, R*:-; B. Knox, S8 *•- n B. McCulla, 3B B. Brennan, 2B 1). Butler, L.F D. Freund, 18 Paluch, CF Klapperich, C Totals T', Algoaqnln R. Tipps, LF*; Moehle, IB ^ J •5 ; Broederdorf, SS; 1M . 1 i . Blanken, CF, Mavis. ' Liebert.C j# F. Tipps, 3B'» Feffer, RF H Kreeger, ; Totafb* J Score by Innings: Algonquin: 000 Merchants: * 300 Jk -f; .4. ' 1* 17 000 470--14 000- - STHANK YOU! I want to take this means of thanking the maqy friends who sent me cards and letters and re* membered me in other ways during the lime I was in the hospital. These kindnesses, were very much appreciated. 4 PETER BLAKE Aammii manufactured vally (rem the air is tbe chsai«»t sourc* af nttroger svkflahifc- Indny for nop production. (Sports Continued on P^ge 6) : FOU g -- Tile --- and All Building Materials of '"'ia' See Representative FRANK OAmP Call 767-W or write «•• BITXR8IDE ]»RI^ , MeHENRT, ILL. " FREE ESTIMATES IIHIIIIUlHmUltlllHllUUIKIUIIllMinHWIIIUMMIIHttlA 001-- 2 21x--11 t Cross town rivalry should bring out quite a crowd next Sunday when the Shamrocks visit the j Merchants. i --- • Both teams are hungry for a victory right now so an all out battle is expected. Hebron took the lead in the: Stolen bases: Knox, Phil Judson third on a hit by Johnson, stolen | *2), Wilbrandt, Kuecker <2), base, and a blooper into short | Johnson. right field by Phil Judson. Freund i Sacrifices: Tibbetts, Johnson, struck out two batters in this in- i Struck out by Freund, 8; By ning and Miller turned in a nifty j Johnson, 2. play on Wilbrandt's smash for thej^a8e8 .on balls off Freund, 3; Off third out. Johnson, 3. Scoring resumed for both teams i Hit by pitched ball: By Freund, in the sixth. Wilbrandt led off i Kuecker, Phil JudsOn. with a single to right. Kuecker Bill Bolger tells us not to count the Shamrocks "out of the race-- •ays better days are aheau. Neighbor Herman Kreutzer, sitting comfortably in his rockin chair, had a lot of fun watching some of us march by with the "infantry" in the Memorial- Day parade. walked. Paul Judson beat out a slow roller to third to load the bases. Halstead swung at a third strike. Okeson grounded to Larkin who stepped on first, then threw to the plate too late to get Wilbrandt coming in from third. Johnson took a third strike to end the inning. -- One-Two Punch -- The old one-two punch gave The Shamrocks. did niit play last Sunday since the Crystal Lake Boosters dropped out of the league. The first round of the schedule will now be played out as set up and remaining games scheduled with the Boosters will 'count as forfeits. Gasoline Being Tested The Agriculture department in North Carolina is conlucting tests of gasoline to provide better protection of the public against adulter* ated or illegally blended gasoline which has a flash point so low that its use might be hazardous. 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