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' " '^r4-' '• ' .,'. THfe MCHENRY PlititbEAljElt Joy ' r./r Thursday, August 14; 195f THE WEST AIDERS OF 1917 < t* ' M , v'^v .fe' We rkn • fi,.;; i eat corn an(* save the wheat Ar v« ?v , pic5ure * ! for the boys in France." A ;ipagelast week of an old time fairj Q(J size ac|.- told us to ; Jbaseball team and asked for information from those who •,^|hight remember. We got itk^ Peter M. Justen was the ^ . Vfirst to call and get us on the r : *ight track. You will see the f^lifival team pictured this week. It wasback in the fall of 1917 "V'i'jthat these pictures were taken "• lis a three game series developed between the East Side ^;Ind West Side. There was quite •• ,a rivalry in those da^s and Itome of it carries over right to . " day. ! ' Pete had the \ates, names of players and quite a bit of •information written on the backs of his pictures and that led us to the oid files in the Plaindealer basement. "Make Post Toasties Your War Cereal." That's how it goe£. We start to look up a, couple of ball games and get lost in the news of days gone by. Two young girls walked down the street the other night, turning to see who was in every car. When we passed them, they turned their heads sharply, turned right back without losing stride and one spoke out, "Nope:". They didn't giggle--just a serious "Nope." PRO-AM TOURNEY HELD MONDAY AT McHENRY C. CLUB "World War No. 1 was in 'progress at the time and patriotism ran high in ^ McHenry. The local Red Cross chapter was one of the best and soldier boys were writing home to thank the ladies who knitted sweaters for them. We found a nice letter from A1 Pouse, who was a recipient of one of those khaki, wool sweaters. A whole group signed a letter from Camp Grant (Rockford), among them being Mike Degen and Henry Quinn. Many of those ball players were past their prime as athletes. A player had to be married to qualify for the team. The games were played to raise funds for the Red Cross to enable the local chapter to do things for the local boys in uniform. e should have stopped and aslced the boy's name this week when he stopped his bicycle at a stop sign instead of cutting' in front through traffic. It rarely happens. Have you seen the old "Clay Hole" on Center Street? It is no more. It has been completely filled and ready for improvements that are intended to make it an attractive playground area. Legend had it in our boyhood days that the day Hole depth , had never been determined. We thought it went right through to China. Only the most daring ever took a dive in for a swim. In later years, parents worried about small children getting into the water. Then came the mosquito menace. Center Street residents seem very happy with the improvement. If you think the summer isn't fading away, just look at the announcement from our high school about football. Who was that "Egner" who jplayeil third base for the West Siders? Jim Perkins was a tight fielder -- another West | Sider. And we found that Lou j Smith and Emil Geier took* a band for the "over - creeUers" from the East Side. , Waiter Warner must have f|een a ring^Ffor the West Side In one game. He got 4 hits and stole bases like Pepper Martin j>f the old Gas House gang. , "Doc" Spurling and Coach Dorr (of McHenry High) were the umpires and Frank Schreijier reported a rough time for those men in blue. 1 One of the features of the jsecond game was to post scores jof the World Series. Reports came to the Northwestern Depot after each inning over Western union and were delivered to the ball park. ' This ball park was in the old. Mill Pond -area. Cars drove in Just west of the old grade school. We used to hike down from the standpipe. Talk about action. West won the first game 15 to 11. Back came East for a 12-10 victory. There were hints of some Side bets on the third game which was won by the East Siders 15 to 10. We liked the gal who remarked one recent hurpid day, "Let 'er snow!" TIGERS WIN SLUGFEST FROM CRYSTAL LAKE by L>ee Hiller On Sunday, August 10, the Johnsburg Tigers played host to the Crystal Lake Chiefs before the largest crowd of the season. They saw two of the finest hitting teams in the league give a display of hitting power not too often given. Your reporter estimates a crowd of approximately 150 people attended the game. Final Score: Johnsburg 15, Crystal Lake 10. Every man on the Tiger squad had at least one hit. Lloyd Freund went 3 for 5 with a single, double and a triple.' Tony Freund had 2 for 3. Terry Britz started for the Tigers and was relieved by Willie Klapperich in the sixth inning. Everyone enjoyed the performance given by Willie as he made his first appearance in quite a number of games. One comment heard-after the game, "Good pitchers never die,' they are always remembered by some." (Namely, opposing players.) There were four home runs in the game, three by Crystal Lake and one by Johnsburg. The largest pro amateur event ever held in the State of Illinois came off in beautiful shape this past Monday, Aug* ust 11 at the McHenry Country Club. This was tl\e 3rd annual Pro- Am. held by the Illinois xSection of the Professional Golfers Association sponsored entirely by the McHenry Country Club. The reord field of 214 play-; ers topped any event ever held in Illinois by 50 players. Play got underway at 9:00 o'clock Monday morning and at 8:45 in the evening the last players were turning in their scores. The last 3 foursomes had to finish in (the dark, but fortunately it did not se^m to affect the scores. A busy day was realized in the club house with megls for more than 400 persons, which is probably a record in serving at the club. A1 Chewning, the Country Club Chef, kept his staff* at full pitch until late evening and received many compliments on the food and also the manner in which the crowd was handled. The pro low gross scores were as follows: Tony Holguin, Ed Lewis, Bill Ogden, and Byron Harke all tied at 69. The low scores for the teams were 9 3 way tie at 63. Dan Taggert (pro), Bud Haut (AM) 63; Ed Lewis (Pro), Bill Ferguson (AM) 63; and Ed Lewis (Pro), Peter Nettesheim, (Am) 63. Many spectators enjoyed the shot makers perform, and as one spectator was overheard to say, "it is too bad those good golfers don't swing in slow motion. Maybe if they did, we could find the answer to better golf. After seeing this tournament build to its present proportions, it must indeed be proof that the McHenry Country Club rates highly with the true participating golfers. A. flhe Chicago Firemen team' played the Johnsburg Tigers before the Carnival Crowd here Saturday afternoon, losing 7 to 6. Loren Freund, looking better in each game, went the distance allowing 6 runs and 9 hits. Besides starring on the mound, he also starred at bat With fa double and a triple in two official tim^s at bat. • The Tigers went hitless until the fourth inning when Tom row: William G. Schreiner, Jim Perkins, Peter | Oeffling led off, grounding out , Df. R. Chdniberlin. '^So for .*Q the pitcher. -Art Jacklson comments). * i A Top row: Walter Vogt, C. W. Goodell, Earl Gorman, Floyd Covalt, Ray Howard, Martin Smith. Front ^M. Justen, Uf. K. G. Ch&mberlin. (See "So I Hear" fj» BEAT CHICAGO FREMEN.7-4 '/ by Lee silHer E iProtect Our a Nation's Youth E by Jack Yegge It just gets you to look at the old files. Takes a lot of time to look up one item. There are so many other old items to attract your attention. For instance we noted that Ford cars were selling from $365 to $600 at the John R. Knox garage. And whaddaya know! Overton and Cowan announced a new Overland to soil under $500 to compete with Ford. • And John Stoffel was selling coffee at- 25 or 30 cents a pound. It was right in his ad. The West McHenry State Bank had resources of $431,000 and Cashier Carl Stenger came out with ah ad to show the growth of the bank. In 1906 they had deposits of $10,000. In 1917 the deposits had soared to $373,000 and many people thought that was the limit. In those war days many of us learned to eat oatmeal bread. Another idea was to Johnsburg AR R> H D. Hiller, ss 5 1 1 R. Freund, If 3 3 2 L. Freund, 2b 5 3 3 A. Jackson, cf 4 1 2 T. Oeffling, rf 4 2 1 S. Miller, 3b 4 3 2 W. Frett, lb 5 1 2 T. Huemann, c 4 0 1 T. Britz, p 3 0 1 W. Klapperich, p 1 1 1 Crystal Lake: AB R H Wahlin, rf, p 5 0 1 Philpot, If 5 1 0 Hanson, 3b 2 3 0 Hayes, lb 4 1 1 Reinert, c 5 3 3 Johnson, ss 5 1 2 Heather, cf 5 1 3 Feffer, 2b 5 0 0 Ackmann, p, If 4 0 0 Otto, p 1 0 0 41 10 10 Innings: Crystal Lake 010 3 4 0 0 0210 Attention McHenry. High School Athletes Physical examainations will be given Friday morning August 22 at 8:30 a.m. All McHenry High School boys who plan to come out for any high school sport during the 1958-59 school year, may get their physical examination Friday morning, August 22 at 8:30 a.m. at the high school. The examinatins will be given in the nurses department in the new addition. The examination will cost $1.00 and must be paid at the time you get your physical. There will be a football meeting for all football squads at 7:30 p.m., room 124, at the high school on August 22. L. J. McCracken Athletic Director "HAD THE WANT ADS! Well, the season is all over. We wound it up Sunday with two games. The first one was between the Giants and the Cards, with the Cards winning 17-3. Paul Morenz had a busy afternoon hitfing two homeruns and pitching the game. Between games, Earl Walsh, master of ceremonies, introduced the officers of the league, the sponsor, the manager, coaches and members of the w i n n i n g t e a m , t h e B r a v e s . Charles Brown, president of the league, assisted by Bart Yegge, secretary, presented a trophy to Chuck Miller, who sponsored the champion team. Louie Swedo, the manager, Fred Peterson and Charles Corso, coaches, and each member of the Braves, reccivecl individual trophies for winning the championship of the lea* gue. Bobb^ Gates, all roun<$ player for the team, received an autographed ball for hitting the most homeruns. Members of the team presented t h e i Jl manager with an autographi ball and a gift. We felt very honored an^f grateful to Mr. Brown and th$ pony league for the gift thaflf we received for the small part we played in helping makf? this a Vary successful season And-now for - the All-Stall Brave game. We'll bet Petij DeCicco would like to have jji team. like that all the tim^ The score was 12-3 in favo: of' the All-Stars. Paul Moren: and Billy DeCicco each ha a homerun. Willie Winkle am Charlie Dixon homered for thj Braves. Morenz, DeCicco a Adams pitched for the A Stars and Peterson and Gate! pitched for the Braves. I was a great game and a goo crowd was on hand to chee| their favorite players. After the games hot-dogsj and pop were served by Char-: lie Brown and his helpers. In games played last week the Cards won a thriller from the Giants 4-3 on Wednesday night. On'Thursday night the Cards beat the league chanv pions in a well-earned games, The score was 6-0 and PauJ Morenz did a beautiful job aj: holding the Braves scoreless.'. Players--please>turn in your I hit a line drive which the shortuniforms to your manager by i / dropped. Butch Nowak next week. |hJt to left and Loren Freund ITt. , s b. een ' a grea;t season and, .h,i t a double to score two runs. he f h Hue we1 hnaatv'Ae ennnj ionyt ;eodn iwi / rriiTtimncgr tthhiisp 1. 7 column every week. We'll be' , ^ . loo1k •i ng fr orwardj *to seeing al1l1 / and Dick you parents and friends aft the park liext year. So long for now. A picked team of McHenry Pony League baseball, players will be hosts to the best of Crystal Lake in a game here, Tuesday, Aug. 19. Game time will be 6 p.m. The McHenry boys will then play a return engagement at Crystal Lake on Friday, Aug. 22. This se'Sbnd game will provide a new experience for the X first time. A large group of parents and league followers are expected to form a motorcade for the trip to Crystal Lake, leaving the V.F.W. grounds at 7 p.m. The game will start at 8 o'clock. Be there on time. A keen rivalry is evident as the boys look forward to playing a group from another town. Crystal Lake fans have been red-hot in their support of the young players and are sure to be here in great numbers. We hope they will be greatly outnumbered by McHenry fans. Remember -- next Tuesday night. nn singled, Freund ^flpled to le Hillw singled tl right. Tony Freund walked and First Show Starting At Dusk FRI, SAT, SUN, MON, TUES AUG 15-16-17-18-19 "NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS" local players as they will be playing under lights for the WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY AUG. 20-21 Double Feature Program "WILD HARVEST" Alan Ladd - Dorothy LaMour dnd "UNION PACIFIC FRI - SAT -- AUG. 22-23 'DRAGSTRIP RIOT" and "COOL AND THE CRAZY" Late Show Sat., Aug. 23 "THE PHANTOM SPEAKS" RUDY BECKER'S KENNELS 1 Mile East of the Skyline Drive-In PHONE McHENRY 2436 TRAINING and BOARDING FOR ALL BREEDS Board Your Dog by Day, Week or Month Shampooing -- Nail Clipping ^Training In • HUNTING • OBEDIENCE • RETRIEVING Johnsburg 03205005x15 Doubles: S. Miller, L. Freund Triples: L. Freund, T. Britz Home Runs: S. Miller, Heather, Johnson, Hayes. Winning Pitcher: T. Britz. Losing Pitcher: Ackemann SCORE HIGH WITH HER JOIN A MIXED LEAGUE AT McHgNRY RECREATION ^The League is being formed now for Sunday evenings at 8:30. Call soon and /be sure to get in. We'll bowl with 2 couples on a team. 1 Phone 2520 was out on Lloycl Freund's fielder's choice. Sonny Miller grounded out and Tom Oefflihg singled, scoring Hiller and Freurtd. Art Jackson popped out to end-the inning. > In jthe eighth filler singled to right and" was forced on Oeffling's fielder's choice. Art Jackson tripled to left center scoring Oeffling. Nowak popped to third and Tom Huemann filed, out.to left for the third out. •». The Chicago Firemen were great sports and are awaiting a return match to play later this fall. , * Chicago Firemen Morrison, lb . Kolomay, 2b Hivley, rf Supergan, Gill, ss Falk, 3b Block, cf Klode, If rtostj, cf fOwafes 3b JStahlman, p ine Drive-in ULTRA-MODERN mile East of McHenry on Route 120 Show Starts at Dusk FRI. THRU TUES. AUG. 15-16-17-18-19 Taken ' from The Original Stage Play A Picture Everyone Wants To See . "NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS" Also 3 Color Cartoons For Saturday Only -- 3 big attractions starting about 8:20 the picture "Flying Leathernecks", followed by "No Time For Sergeants", then for the late- show "Gunslinger." All for one evening's entertainment. Come Early & See All 3. WED - THURS -- AUG. 20-21 "NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE" and "BLAZE OF NOON" Also Color Cartoon Johpsburg Tigers AB i D. Hiller, ss ' 4 T W. Frett, lb 3 Lloyd Freund,^ 2b ,5 • 1 0 4 0 1 4 i n • 4 v . 1 O 2 i" i> -i r+L gm Firemen: 210;0 2 01 <£0 Tigers: 00 j02 0 4 0[V Doubles: Morrison, t Lo.rje.n Freund. W Triple: Loren Freund.* Winning p i t c h e r: Lofih Freund ' 7 ^ Losing pitcher: Stahlman, S. Miller, 3b T. Oeffling, rf . • T. Britz, cf i A. Jackson, cf ^ B. Nowak, c T. Huemann, If Loren Freund, p 34 SHOP IN McHENRY ELM THEATRE! WAUCONDA, ILLINOIS*,"^ Children (Under 12) 2S x Open Daily at 6=40 Summer Sunday Hours: () > Doors Open 4:80, ( l... Show Starts 5:00 Adults 60c ,,i„, FREE PARKING • 125 CAR^! Tel JAckson 6-1421 FRIDAY THRU TUESDAY AUGUST 15rl9 U1 ft'sTm© RdtHtq • LaughiestTme M Of \5ur Lifetime?,; feyting iotfw UdQt rot* OK* 'MBMNId JOHN IEMAHIN' UBtVYN URQY • WJVK Weekday Shows at 7 & 9:15 Sunday Shows at 5, 7:15 & 9c30, WED THRU SAT AUGUST 20-23 Wed. is Ladies' Nite Children Under 12 Years • Free In Care A TI ME r. TO LOVE j# AND A TIME TO DIE « UWVERSAMNTttMTKYML ^ JOHN GAVIN LILO PULVER A ) JOCK MAHONEY DONDEFORC" KEENAN WYNFT £mASSm* 22SSL Shows at 7:00 & 9:30 GENOA T H E A T R E G I N O A CITY. W I S C U N 1 •. BRowninsr 9-6821 MOTHER'S MATINEE Saturday at L.:00 p.m!-' Mother's Admission .50 Children .... .2»V-" STARTS: WEDNESDAY THRU SATURDAY August 13-14-15-16 -- Doors Open at 6:30 P.M. REFRESH YOURSELF ... GO OUT TONIGHT SEE A FIRST RUN OUTDOOR SHOW! OUTDOOR THEATRE AVf XI IAVMI GRAYSLAKE, ILL Open 7580 P.M. Weekdays -- T P.M. Sat. & Sun. CHILDREN UNDER 1% -- IN CARS -- FREE Promouftt ftmntj The Mother of The Year... in dp* TECHNICOLOR' MARILYN MAXWELL-REGINALD GARDINER; BACCALONI • CONNIE STEVENS STARTS: SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY August 17-18-19 -- Continuous Sunday from 1:30 P.M. .with this key I thee wed WED - THUR - FJII - SAT -- AUG 13-14-15-16 ROLLER DANCE SKATING LESSONS ON TUESDAY -- 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. JUST FOR FUHROUB Rtttt 608 Front St. (Rt. 31 )v McHenry, Hi. R^NK OPEN TUES., WED., FRI., SAT. and SUN. 8:00 P.M. to 11:00 PjM. , We Sell Complete Line of Skates -- $13.95 & Up BOWLERS HAVE FUN - BOWL IN A LEAGUE ^ We have a few openings left in some of our bowling leagues. If you (men or women) wish to bowl on a regular sponsored league, CALL 2520 J giving your "name, average & nights you are able to bowl. McHenry Recreation PHONE 2520 a East End of Old Bridge McHenry, fiL M-G-M GLENN PRE8ENT9 FORD SHIRLEY MACLAINE They called £ ' him the STRANGER IN CINEMASCOPE AND METROCOIOR M-G-M pioenli •JAMES'MASON ROD STEIGER- INGER/6TEVENS-. PLUS -- LATE SHOW BONUS FEATURE EVERY SATURDAY SUN - MON - TUES -- AUG 17-18-19 passage ""ARTHUR ISNMEDir iof bhckson CinimaScoPC • • [Lno^DWtuumi rnntmn WLjam «,™-- ,, AUNMWUWLRlWnOKAi. PtC^U** AN AUIEO AtTlSTS WCTUtt WED - THUR - FRI - SAT 4- AUG. 20-21-22-23C WALT DISNEY'S % i WILLIAM .SOPHIA HOLDEN LOREN TREVOR HOWARD "Ttvs K&m" HIGHROAD PRESENTATION CinbmaScoP£ McHENRY THEATRE 218 Green St. Phone 144 * t Oo McHenry, IB. New Summer Schedule! Dbors Open 6:45 Show Time 7:00 Every Day Includfn? Sun and Continuous Throughoi the Summer ,,; (Unless Otherwise Specified) THURS - FRI - SAT - AUG. 14-15-16 COtOMM ncniffiS pranMt WILLIAM . SOPHIA HOLDEN 1 LOREN TREVOR HOWARD i Production --Added-- Selected Short Subjects SUN - "MON - TUES - WED -- AUG. 17-18-19-20 II BAMBI 99 & "THE TALL STRANGER Wiih JOEL McCREA II RKDl I0NY DOUGLAS CURTiS tl ESTBORGN INE JANET LEIGH A UNITEOB/Umst?1 ' --Added-- Selected Short Subjects &