Farm Bureau Baseball 



THE dramatic race between the Cubs, 

 Giants, and Cardinals for the Na- 

 tional League chanipiSnship prom- 

 ises to be duplicated as County Farm 

 Bureau nines from Will, DeKalb, Henry 

 and Clay counties go down the home 

 stretch in the race for the state Farm 

 Bureau League title. 



After nosing out one of the strongest 

 teams in the League — Adams <ounty — 

 tl:e 1934 state champions from Will coun- 

 ty drove up to Sycamore on September 

 14 and come home with a stinging 7 to 

 defeat. 



This game was the first major disas- 

 ter and the only shut-out Will county has 

 experienced for several years. The Will 

 county boys were counting on Lefty 

 Schuldt for another victory but it seems 

 that the DeKalb county boys liked his 

 fast ball and curves so well that they 

 drove in six runs in the second inning 

 and added another in the eighth. In the 

 meantime Foglesong, DeKalb hurler, 

 held his opponents to six scattered hits 

 none of which materialized in runs. 



Homerding, a right-hander who re- 

 placed Schuldt after the second inning 

 slaughter, proved more effective and held 

 DeKalb to the single extra tally men- 

 tioned. Outside of that one bad inning 

 it was a close game, DeKalb getting 7 

 hits to Will county's 6. As this is writ- 

 ten Manager Bob Seeley of Will county 

 is rejuvenating his team with plenty of 

 practice to even the series with DeKalb 

 at Manhattan September 21. 



Adams county, playing its second year 

 in the League, made an outstanding rec- 

 ord against several of the strongest 

 teams in western Hlinois. It lost to 

 Will county in each case by close scores, 

 and in both games threatened to win 

 until the later innings. 



Henry county re-entered the League 



They Gave Will County A Hard Battle in Their Semi-FInal Series. 



Adams County Farnn Bureau Teanr<: Front row, left to right; Fessler, out-fielder; Russell 

 Schafer, second baseman; McClintock, catcher and pitcher; Rowbofham, third base- 

 man; Relneback, catcher; Hill, shortstop. 



Back row, left to right: Mealiff, left-fielder; M. Scranton, shortstop and right-fielder; Les- 

 lie Scranton, pitcher; Spencer, left-fielder, third baseman and pitcher; Upschulte, center- 

 fielder. Mr. Cornwell, manager, is not In picture. 



"They're Fighting Hard for Another Title" — 1934 STATE CHAMPIONS from Will County: 

 Front row, left to right; Myers, shortstop; Stebir, catcher; Homerding. pitcher; O. Hohen- 

 steln, out-fielder; Schuldt, pitcher; McHugh, second baseman. 



Second row, left to right: Nahas. shortstop; Dreclcsler. third baseman: Fitigerald. out-fielder; 

 B. Hohenstein, catcher; Oswald, second baseman; McGowan, scorekeeper. 



Third row, left to right: Cheney, out-fielder; Fehland, first baseman; Botine, out-fielder; 

 Zatteau, pitcher; Seeley. manager; Kohl, out-fielder. 



this year and came through with flying 

 colors winning the divisional champion- 

 ship and then defeating the hard hitting 

 Carroll county team. Henry took Car- 

 roll in the first game at Lanark on Au- 

 gust 28 score 10 to 7. In the return game 

 at Cambridge on September 7 Henry 

 county had its hands full keeping ahead, 

 finally winning 6 to 5 in a game marked by 

 plenty of hitting and action on both sides. 

 In the meantime Henry has been wait- 

 ing for the outcome of the Coles-Clay 

 county match. Coles and Clay split the 

 first two games. Clay won the first at 

 Louisville 8 to 5 and Coles won the re- 

 turn game on September 11 at Charles- 

 ton 7 to 4. The third deciding game 

 played at Effingham on September 14 

 went to Clay county 7 to 4. As we go lo 

 press, word conies that Will county lost to 

 DeKalb 6 to 5 on Sept. 21 while Henry 

 won from Clay 17 toO. Clay forfeited their 

 remaining games. Henry will play DeKalb 

 for the State Championship, opening at 



Sycamore Sept. 28. ^''^ ^"''^ 



■■From baseball to publishing, to road 



' •■.-'. commissioiier" 



A versatile baseball coach and man- 

 ager is Bob Seeley. manager of the Will 

 County Farm Bureau Baseball Team. 

 His regular job is or was editor and 

 publisher of the Manhattan American, 

 weekly newspaper, until he was elected 

 township road commissioner. Now he is 

 kept busy repairing washed out bridges 

 and roads, but manages to set a few 

 sticks of type around press time. 



Bob now 38, is an old time baseball 

 player. He was catcher with the Colum- 

 bus team of the American Association 

 in 1917. Prior to that he caught for pro- 

 fessional teams at Des Moines and 

 Wichita. 



OCTOBER, 1935 



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