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Page Two 



THE I. A. 



RECORD 



Tazewell County Wins 

 State Farm Baseball 



Tazewell. Nevertheless, the Lawrence 

 county boys who hit the ball freely 

 drove in one run to tie the score in 

 Title at Bloomington the last of the eighth. Here the Taze- 



well fans took a hand and cheered 

 their boys on to victory as they came 

 to bat in the ninth. A beautiful dem- 

 onstration of the squeeze play with a 

 man on third in the ninth netted a 



1928 STATE CHAMPIONS FROM TAZEWELL COUNTY 

 Front row, left to right: — Jack CaHus, captain, and William Ackerman, pitcher. 

 Center row — George Israel, Milton Rich, Ralph Israel, Earl Hinman, Delmar 



Sturdyvin, Lester Blumenshine, and Paul Graff. 



Back row — Wayne A. Gilbert, nianager and asst. adviser, George Storey, 



George Schmidt, Jesse Myers, William Ellenson, and Lester Keil. 



run and paved the way for a victory. 

 The inning placed Tazewell two runs 

 ahead. Lawrence county failed to 

 even the score in the last of the ninth 

 and the game was over. 



Following was the lineup in the 

 championship game: 



Defeats Lawrence Nine From Southern 

 Illinois in Hard Fought Games 



TAZEWELL County has the state 

 championship Farm Bureau base- 

 ball team for 1928. It is this coun- 

 ty's second victory in 

 five years. Tazewell 

 came out on top in 

 the race for the 

 coveted title in 1925, 

 but in the two years 

 following Marshall- 

 Putnam was the vic- 

 tor. In the five years' 

 history of the Illinois 

 Farm Bureau Base- 

 ball League, Mar- 

 shall-Putnam county 

 has won the state 

 title three times and 

 Tazewell twice. 



The final game of 

 the season was played 

 at Blooming:ton, Sat- 

 urday September 29. 

 It was a hard-fought 

 battle from beginning 

 to end. Tazewell came to bat first. 

 Wagonseller, star hurler for the Law- 

 rence county team, opened the game 

 but after three pitched balls it was 

 apparent that his arm, which had 

 been strained in the previous Law- 

 rence-Tazewell game, was not in con- 

 dition. He retired and was replaced 

 by Conrad. The Tazewell batsmen, 

 all of whom are dangerous against 

 most pitchers, started the bombard- 

 ment early and by bunching two hits, 

 aided by an error at second, drove in 

 two runs before three men were 

 out. 



Lawrence Play* Well 



Lawrence county 

 was especially effec- 

 tive in catching run- 

 ners stealing to sec- 

 ond. Two Tazewell 

 men were caught off 

 second during the 

 first three innings. 

 Lawrence county 

 came back in the sec- 

 ond with one run, but 

 Tazewell increased its 

 lead in the fourth and 

 fifth innings with two 

 more runs. In the 

 sixth Lawrence came 

 back with two runs 

 making the score 4 to 

 3. 



Several bystanders commented on 

 the fact that Lawrence county did 

 not take advantage of its opportuni- 

 ties. The southern Illinois champions 

 seemed unable to hit the ball with 

 men on bases when any kind of a hit 

 would njean runs. Taylor, Lawrence 

 county third baseman, was unfortu- 

 nate in handling grounders on sev- 

 eral occasions. He let one go through Tazewell had defeated Lawrence 

 in the fourth, another grounder was county in a previous game at Morton, 

 fumbled, and in the fifth a bad peg score 9 to 6, and thus took the series 

 to first base meant more runs for in two games. 



Lawrence 

 Miller, CF 

 Kintner, 2b 

 Taylor, 3b 

 Burman, s. s. 

 Burman, RF 

 Bennett, lb 



Tazewell 



G. Israel, s. s. 



Rich, lb 



R. Israel, 3b 



Hinman, RF 



Sturdyvin, 2b 



Blumenshine, LF 



Left to Right: 



FOUR LAWRENCE COUNTY PLAYERS 

 [Conrad, pitcher; Wagonseller, pitcher; Bennett, lb 



ner, 2b. These men and their teammates. Southern Illinois Champions, fought 

 hard for victory. 



Conrad, C 

 Conrad, LF 

 Wagonseller, P 

 Conrad, P 



Inningrs 1 2 



3 4 



Ellenson, CF 

 Carius, C 



Ackerman, P 

 Graff, CF 



5 6 7 8 9 



Farm Bureau Policies 



And Activities of I. A. A. 



Discussed at Decatur 



More than 200 Presidents, Advisers, and 

 I. A. A. Leaders and Staff Members Meet 



MORE than 200 Farm Bureau 

 presidents, farm advisers, offi- 

 cers, executive committee, and staff 

 members of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural As- 

 sociation gathered for 

 a two-day conference 

 at Decatur on Sep- 

 tember 27-28. 



The first day was 

 devoted to the activi- 

 ties and service offer- 

 ed Farm Bureau 

 members by the I. A. 

 A. The discussion 

 was led by the de- 

 partment directors. 

 Following a banquet 

 on Thursday night, a 

 detailed review and 

 explanation of the 

 Association's activi- 

 ties during the past 

 three years toward 

 securing a d e q u a te 

 surplus farm crop control legislation- 

 were presented by President Eail C. 

 Smith. 



"After the party conventions we 

 had our choice," said Mr. Smith, 

 "of following one of four courses. 

 One was to endorse the Repub- 

 lican candidate. The second was to 

 endorse the Democratic candidate, 

 the third to back entirely away from 

 the issue because it had become asso- 

 ciated with the 1928 political cam- 

 paign, the fourth to stand our ground, 

 endorse neither candidate, but to 

 give our members complete informa- 

 tion regarding the 

 statements and ex- 

 pressions of the two 

 nominees with such 

 official comment as 

 seemed justified by 

 our policy. We chose 

 the latter course." 



On motion of Lloyd 

 Welch, president of 

 the McDonough 

 County Farm Bureau, 

 the Farm Bureau 

 presidents gave a un- 

 animous vote of con- 

 fidence to the Asso- 

 ciation and its leader- 

 ship endorsing the 

 policy in political 

 matters being pur- 

 sued. 

 The life insurance program was out- 

 lined by Donald Kirkpatrick and V. 

 Vaniman and considered in detail on 

 Friday morning. 



The proposed $20,000,000 bond 

 issue was presented in detail by John 

 C. Watson. The I. A. A.'s stand on 

 the measure was reiterated as pre- 

 sented by the Public Relations Com- 

 mittee in the September issue of the 

 Record. 



Don't fail to vote on Nov. 6. 



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