State Title to De Kalb 



Farm Bureau Baseball Season Closes With Final 

 Between Henry and DeKalb Counties 



Se 



ries 



nVENTY-ONE y<;.r ..Id I';ml Fo- 

 glesonj;. who <>|)cratcs hi> witlowi'd 

 mothers 180 aero farm near Kirk- 

 land and pitches Satiirihu' afternoons 

 for (he DeKalb Count\' Farm Bureau 

 baseball team, had a lot to do with the 

 latter w^inning the 19115 .state cham))ion- 

 «hip in the final series with Henry 

 county. 



In the final Kanie played at Syeamore 

 Oct. 9. Foslcsone struck out 11 batters, 

 allowed no bases and balls, and yielded 

 only one clean hit. With such pitchinu 

 coupled with .some heavy hittint; by its 

 batsnuii. DeKalb bree/ed through to 

 the championship on the long side of 

 a 10 to .score. 



The loss of several playi'rs in tin 

 last two games b\- Henrv coimty 

 coupled with their inability to solv* 

 Foglesong's fast low ball brought de- 

 feat. 



Henr\- county took the first game of 

 !hp final series at Sycamore (> to l{. Tht' 

 Henry county boys refused to bo |)h<ito- 

 graphed fearing that xhv charm of their 

 unbroken scries of victorit'S would be 

 broken. At Cambridge for the return 

 game. DeKalb eveiK tl it after a pitch- 

 er's battle belwei'ii Robson and Fogle- 

 sone with the latter striking out 1.") men 

 to Rohson's 11. In that game won by 

 DeKalb 4 to 1, Henry made five hits 

 to DeKalb's .seven. Rob.son allowed 

 seven bases on balls. P'oglesong onl.v 

 two The latter adfled a final punch 

 when he belted out a home run in the 

 ninth inning which his teammate E. 

 Lamont duplicated a moment later for 

 two more run.s. 



At the final game, it was DeKalb 

 ci'.iinty's day from the beginning. In the 

 first inning Wayne Paul.son. DeKalb 

 county's slugging catcher, drove one of 

 C. Johnson's fast balls over the left- 

 fielder".s head for a home run. Though 

 none realized it at the time, this was 

 enough to win. In the second inning. 

 DeKalb continued its barrage of hits 

 for three more run>. In the third it 

 added two more. Harry Robson went 

 to the mound for Henry county in the 

 fourth after DeKalb had piled up an 

 impressive lead of six runs. He 

 handled the situatif)n to Vjotter advan- 

 tage but could not prevent four more 

 runs from crossing home. 



A representative crowd of northern 

 Illinois Farm Bureau folks witnessed 

 the game in Sycamore's community 

 park. 





■^v. 



PAUL FOGLESONG 



"lie pitched his tcinn-inates to the Slate 



Cliumpioiisliip." 



DeKalb county's victory marks the 

 first lime since thi organization of the 

 League 111 1921 that a team from ex- 

 trenu' nortbein Illinois has taken the 

 championship. Will county, which many 



had picked to repeat its state title per- 

 formance of last yej'.r. lost to DeKalb 

 in two successive games after elimina- 

 ting the strotig Adams county niiir 

 from west-central Illinois. Henry coun- 

 ty defeated Carroll and Clay in inter- 

 divisional matches to win the right te 

 play in the state championship series 



A total of 23 County Farm Bureau 

 teams competed in the seven divisions 

 of the L(>ague this year. Divisional 

 winners were DeKalb. Carroll. Henr\ . 

 Will. Adams. Coles, and Clay. 



The counties with Farm Bureau 

 teams thi.s year were Lake. McHenr\ . 

 Boone. DeKalb. Carroll. Jo Daviess. 

 Henry. Peoria (two teams). Woodford. 

 Will. Livingston. I.«iSalle. Henderson 

 .Adams. McDonough. Fulton. Coles. 

 .Moultrie. Cla>. Edwards. Wabash 

 Wa_\ ne. Several ollu'r counties had 

 impromptu Farm Bureau teams en- 

 tered in the League, which played un 

 official games at picnics. 



The organization of soft -ball leagu" > 

 in many counties which formerly had 

 strong baseball team.s has been an im- 

 portant development in the field of 

 farm sports during the past three years 



As many as eight or ten communitx 

 tiams played regularly, often at night 

 on lighted fields, in some counties thi^ 

 year. Tazewell, Henry. Stark. Knox 

 Lee. Henderson. Carroll. McLean, Ran- 

 dolph, are among the counties which 

 have actively fostered Farm Bureau soft 

 ball. The fact that a much larger number 

 of players are enabled to compete in 

 this sport together with the low cost of 

 equipment and avoidance of travel ex-, 

 pen.>e has led to rapid expansion of 

 .soft ball. The game spread from city 

 to city and from state to state during 

 the depression as an inexpensive form 

 of recreation, exercise, and amusement. 



THEY BROUGHT HOME THE BACON 



DeKalb County s State Champions — Front ro~ left to right:- W. Paultcn Fogleiong. Eldo" 

 Lamont, John O Brien, manager, Geo. Tindall. R. Danrewltz, B. Donneliy, 



Second row left to right: — Malvern Bland, Dale Dienst Mel Maer+i and mascot, W. Lamon* 

 Clarence Wales, Ralph Nelson, Ross Paulson. t 



\. A. A. RECORD 



