Page Eight 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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THE race for the state championship 

 in the Hlinois Farm Bureau Base- 

 ball League has narrowed down to 

 three or four outstanding teams. Taze- 

 well county, a favorite with many fans 

 by reason of its victory in Division III 

 over the strong Marshall-Putnam, 

 Peoria, and Woodford nines had won 

 consistently until its recent defeat by 

 Logan county. On August 15 at Gales- 

 burg the Tazewell boys played the fast 

 Henry county team, undefeated this 

 year, and the Tazewell players came 

 through with a 2 to victory. Again 

 at Peoria, three days later, these two 

 teams hooked up and Tazewell, true to 

 form, won the game 9 to 7 and with 

 it the series. At Macomb on August 

 21, Logan county defeated McDonough 

 county 10 to 2. These two teams 

 crossed bats again at Bloomington on 

 August 31 when Logan county won its 

 second victory 11 to 7. Woodford 

 county defeated McLean in the first 

 game that day 3 to 2, the better game 

 of the two. 



Logan and Tazewell counties fought 

 their first battle in the race for the 

 championship on Labor Day at Morton. 

 It was a hard-fought battle but Logan 

 county came out on top with a 1 to 

 victory in the first of the three-game 

 series that will decide the champion- 

 ship of northern and central Illinois. 

 It was by far the best Farm Bureau 

 baseball exhibition of the year, and in 

 the opinion of Farm Adviser Checkley, 

 the game saw Logan county at its best. 



Same Lineup 



The lineup of the two teams was 

 practically the same as heretofore. 

 Ackerman pitched for Tazewell and 

 Hanahan for Logan. Ackerman struck 

 out six men and Hanahan 4. Two 

 base hits were made by Beaver of Lo- 

 gan and by Bluemenshine and R. Israel 

 of Tazewell county. Ackerman suf- 

 fered his first defeat in 16 games. A 

 pass to Galen Shirley, the only pass 

 issued by Ackerman during the game, 

 a stolen base and Perry's single scored 

 the lone tally of the game in the Jxth 

 inning. Perry was out stealing and 

 the second hit of the inning by Chris- 

 man was wasted. Hanahan pitched an 

 excellent game for Logan and held 

 the Tazewell sluggers to six hits. 

 Neither pitcher secured many strike 

 outs, but excellent support by both in- 

 fields retired hitters in rapid fire 

 fashion. i 



Many Spectator* 



A large number of Logan and Taze- 

 well county farmers as well as towns- 

 people attended the game. Another 

 large crowd was expected at the second 

 game on Sept. 8. The winner of this 

 series will probably play Lawrence 



OFFICIAL STANDING OF TEAMS IN THE ILLINOIS FARM 



BUREAU BASEBALL LEAGUE FOR WEEK ENDING 



SEPTEMBER 8, 1928 



SEMI-FINALS 



I<awrence county, southern Illinois champions, defeated JelTeraon in two games: 



At Flora— Auc 24 At OIney— Auc 30 



Lawrence H Jefferson 6 Lawrence 20 Jefferson 1 



13 hiU, 6 errors 12 hiu, 7 errors 26 hite, 6 errors 6 hiU, 1 error 



Batteries: H. Ck^nrad and S. Conrad: Spangler, Mills and Corder 



In Division V Cass & Morgan tied for championship, each having won five games and 

 lost one to each other. 



Tazewell county eliminated Henry in two games at Galesburg and Peoria previously re- 

 ported. Logan county eliminated McDonough at Macomb (previously reported) and at 

 Bloomington on Aug. 31. 



At Bloomington — Auf. 31 

 Woodford 3 McLean 2 



7 hiu. 2 errors 6 hiU, 1 error 



Batteries : Young and Moser : Van Dyke and Payne 

 Logan 11 McDonough 7 



16 hits, 2 errors 13 hits, 3 errors 



Batteries: Hoerr and Myers; Mead and L. Mings 

 Logan defeated Tazewell in first game of three games scries 

 At Morton — Sept. 3 

 Logan 1 Tazewell 



5 hiu, 1 error 6 hits, errors 



Batteries : Hanahan and Quisenberry ; Ackerman and Carius 



county, the southern Illinois cham- 

 pions, in the near future for the state 

 championship. 



Jefferson county went down to de- 

 feat to Lawrence county in two games 

 played at Flora and at Olney. Jeffer- 

 son had won the championship in Di- 

 vision VII by defeating Washington, 

 Clay, and Wayne consistently. The 

 Lawrence county nine romped away 

 with the title rather early in Division 

 VIII. The Lawrence team is rated as 

 one of the best in the state because 

 its players are all experienced and 

 play regularly in the Lawrence County 

 Community League. 



Game One-tided 



The game at Olney on Augrust 30 

 was a one-sided affair with Lawrence 

 county winning easily 20 to 1. The 

 game was played on a rough, uneven 

 diamond. As a result there was 

 plenty of loose playing and errors. 

 Both teams hit the ball freely, al- 

 though the Lawrence batsman made 

 the majority of the long drives. 



The winning team in Division V has 

 not been reported up to date, although 

 Cass and Morgan counties are running 

 neck and neck in the championship 

 race. Each team has defeated the 

 other once. So far they have failed to 

 play a third game to determine which 

 team has the best right to claim the 

 championship. 



Mason and Scott Enter 



Mason and Scott counties both en- 

 tered teams in the League this year 

 and made a good showing against the 

 experienced Cass and Morgan county 

 nines. 



At -this writing efforts are being 

 made to bring the season to a close at 

 an early date. It is expected that the 

 two leading teams will play a cham- 

 pionship series of two out of three 

 games. The teams which compete in 

 the championship series will select the 

 time and place for their games, which 

 will be announced by radio and news- 

 papers as soon as the information is 

 available. 



C. M. Hatland 



Club Work At Walnut 



Is Very Successful 



CM. HATLAND, instructor of vo- 

 • cational agriculture in the Wal- 

 nut Community High School, super- 

 vises the work of almost 100 club 

 members besides discharging his other 

 duties as teacher. During the present 

 year he has acted as leader for the 

 following clubs 

 with enrollments 

 as indicated. 



Sow and Litter, 

 21; Dairy Heifers, 

 19; Baby Beef, 8; 

 Lamb Clubs, 3 ; 

 Ton Litter, 4; 

 Corn Clubs, 21; 

 Poultry, 15. 



Mr. Hatland 

 started the Voca- 

 tional Agriculture 

 Department at the 

 Walnut Commun- 

 ity High School five years ago. The 

 enrollment in his classes has averaged 

 35 boys per year. He took an active 

 interest in club work in cooperation 

 with the Bureau County Farm Bureau 

 from the beginning. For the last five 

 years his club members have exhibited 

 a full carload of their stock at the 

 Aurora Fair. He has also had a car- 

 load at Springfield for three years 

 and has exhibited at the International 

 for four years. Each year and from 

 each fair his club members and team 

 have returned to Bureau county in the 

 Walnut Community bedecked with rib- 

 bons and bearing trophies of every 

 description. 



Mr. Hatland reports that practically 

 all of his pupils have returned to the 

 farm and are making agriculture their 

 life work. The type of livestock in 

 that community, particularly hogs, is 

 unusually good and Hatland has found 

 that there is keen rivalry between the 

 farmers of that section and his club 

 members as to who shall breed and 

 raise the best hogs or feed the best 

 calf.— Ray E. Miller. 





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