Top showf part of th« crowd of 2,000 which wotchod tho Will County Form Buroou team, 

 IllineU champions, dofoot tho Polo Alto Form Boroav toom, Iowa titloholdors, 4-3 and 

 3-1, at Lagien Park, Emm«t*b«rg, la. Bottom showi Will cevnty nwn scoring at homo plato. 



Illinois Baseball Champs Defeat 

 Iowa Nine In Interstate Series 



IN THE championship style that sent 

 them to the top rung of the Farm 

 Bureau baseball ladder in Illinois, the 

 Will County Farm Bureau team de- 

 feated the Iowa champions at Emmets- 

 burg, la., Sept. 29, 4-3 and 3-1. 



Palo Alto County Farm Bureau, Iowa 

 titleholders, held the Illinois team to 

 seven hits in the first game and rallied 

 in the ninth inning to score twice but 

 were unable to overtake the three-run 

 lead held by Will county. Result: Il- 

 linois, 4; Iowa, 3. 



In the second game, Palo Alto took 

 the lead in the first inning but were 

 held scoreless the fest of the game. 

 Hurler Bob Bormet of Will county held 

 the lowans to three hits while his bud- 

 dies managed to get nine hits and three 

 scattered runs. Result : Illinois, 3, Iowa, 

 1. 



The first game of the scheduled 

 three-game interstate contest was 

 planned for Saturday but was held over 

 until the following morning. By tak- 

 ing both games in a row, the Will 

 county team ended the series after the 

 second game. 



Both teams won their state Farm 



Bureau titles by defeating all competi- 

 tion at their state farm sports festivals. 

 For the Will county team and its 

 coach, Bob Seeley of Manhattan, the 

 interstate victory was the high spot of 

 the season in a victory-studded record 

 that would be the envy of any baseball 

 team. 



Will county won the state title at the 

 Illinois State Farm Sports Festival at 

 Champaign-Urbana Aug. 29-30 by de- 

 feating Henderson, Henry and Macon 

 county teams. Before going into the 

 state playoff. Will won its district by 

 downing LaSalle, Kendall and DeKalb 

 counties. 



This year Will county has played 42 

 games, winning 39 and losing 3, and in 

 two out-of-league games defeated the 

 Chicago Cub Juniors, 6-1 and 5-0. 



Arnold Landeck, who pitched Illi- 

 nois' first win over Iowa, leads Will 

 county batters with close to a .400 av- 

 erage. Leading Will pitchers are Bor- 

 met, 19 wins, no losses, Landeck, 15 

 wins, one loss, and Paul Schultz, three 

 wins, no losses. 



Organized in 1931, the Will county 

 team has been managed for 16 years by 



veteran coach Seeley. Two team vet- 

 erans, Vernon Drecksler and Richard 

 McHugh have been with the team since 

 it was first organized. McHugh started 

 as a batboy. 

 Illinois AB R H F. 



R. McHu>;h, If 5 2 () 



F. McHuRh, 2b 2 1 ii 



Palmer, rf I o n 



Landeck, p _ 4 1 d 



Case, lb 4 1 I d 



C. Bormet, 3b 4 i i n 



Drecksler, ss 2 2 I 



Stebar, c 4 tt n o 



Fitzer. cf . _ i o 



Totals }0 4 -' (1 



Iowa AB R H E 



Compton, 2b _ ^ I 



Frederick, If 4 110 



R. Shriner, ss _ 4 14 



E. Shriner, 3b 4 I 



Stafford, lb 4 



Kuecker, p _ 4 o o 



Barber, c „„ 3 



Fogerty, rf _ 2 



Salz, rf _ t (1 



Mullins < (1 



Totals 32 3 6 



Illinois 0^0000-tOO — 4 



Iowa iMK)-000-102— ^ 



Summary — 2 base hits, Frederick; 3 bast 

 hits, R. McHugh. R. Shriner; Sacrifice hits, 



F. McHugh, Fitzer; Hit by pitched ball. 

 Drecksler, Compton; Double Plays, F. Mc 

 Hugh to Drecksler to Case, R. Shriner to 



E. Shriner to Stafford, Kuecker to E. Shriner 

 to Stafford ; Struck out by, Landeck 9, by 

 Keucker 4; Base on balls, off Keucker 3; 

 Stolen bases, F. McHugh, R. Shriner; Earned 

 runs. Illinois 4, Iowa ^; Left on bases, Illi 

 nois 5, Iowa 3; I'mpires from Minnesota 

 Ass'n. 



Illinois AB R H E 



R. McHugh, If _ 4 2 2 



F. McHugh, 2b 3 1 



Palmer, rf 4 2 



Fitzer, cf _ 4 1 n 



Case, lb 4 I 1 



C. Bormet, 3b 3 (i I 



Drecksler, ss 3 1 



Stebar, c 2 11 



R. Bormet, p 3 I 



Totals ^0 3 9 3 



Iowa AB R H F 



Compton, 2b .4 



Frederick, If 2 10 



R. Shriner, ss 4 1 



E. Shriner, 3b 3 2 



Stafford, lb ..< 4 o o 



Kuecker, rf _ 2 



Salz, rf 1 I 



Kundel, c 4 o 



Eckart, p _ 3 



Barber „ 



Mullins, cf S 



Fogartv 1 



Totals ^ ^^ 1 3 1 



Illinois Ofll-lOO-Olx — 3 



Iowa 100-000-000 — 1 



Summary — 3 base hits. Palmer, Case: 

 Sacrifice hits, F. McHugh; Hit by pitched 

 ball, Eckart; Stolen Bases, Compton, Fred- 

 erick; Double plays, Drecksler to F. Mc- 

 Hugh to Case, R. Bormet to Case, Compton 

 to Stafford, R. Shriner to Compton to Staf- 

 ford; Struck out by R. Bormet 8, by Eckart 

 5; Base on balls, off R. Bormet 4, off 

 Eckart 1; Earned runs, Illinois 3, Iowa 1; 

 Left on bases, Illinois 6, Iowa 6. 



NOVEMBER, 1946 



