ILLINOIS 



IOWA, 

 2-0 



ILLINOIS Farm Hiircau Baseball 

 League 1919 clianipions. Will 

 county, took the Illinoi>-I()\va inter- 

 state title in two straitrlit wins in a 

 series played at Manhattan. 111., in late 

 Septemlier. Both ■ranies were won l>y a 

 4 to 3 score w ith the first game going 1 1 

 innings. Both games were well played 

 with good sportsmanship heing ex- 

 hibited by the |dayer>. An f>utstanding 

 job of fielding was turned in bv .^ee- 

 hausen of Will rounty and the pitching 

 was good on both sides. 



The first game, played on a Saturday. 

 drew .H6() paid admissions and the sec- 

 ond. game on Sunday drew 750. Man- 

 ager Bob Seely of Will conntv did a real 

 [•romotion job with [>lacards. street ban- 

 ners, etc.. advertising the game. 



Iowa was re|)reseiited bv its cham- 

 pionship team from I'alo Alio coimtv. 



In another interstate series w ith lAwa. 

 Carroll county's Hural Youth softbali 

 team wliich won the state division title 

 at the Sports Festival won three games 

 from Kossuth county on Oct. 1 and 2. 

 The first game was played at Wliilte- 

 more. la., with Carroll topping tlic 

 Iowa nine 10 to 2. In the second game 

 at Wesley. Carroll took a (^ to f) victory, 

 and in the third win for Carroll county 

 at Algotui the second was 7 lo I. 



DeKaJJi county's 111 softbali team 

 split a double header w ilh P>uller couiilv 

 in Iowa on the weekend of .S<>|)t. 21. 

 but did not stay for a plavolT game. 

 DeKalb thought tiie third game would 

 make their departure time loo late. 



Following are the box scores on ihc 

 baseball iiMerstale series with Iowa: 



Tola 



3!) \ 7 4J:i I 



Palo Alto Coiintv (low a I 



Totals II 3 6 \\ I 



Shriner balled for Fogarlv in olh. 

 Will County 100 002 000 01—1 



Palo Alto County 000 300 000 00—3 

 Summary: 2 base hit.s — Drecksler. 

 McFvilley. Broadrick. Stafford: Sacri. 

 fice hits — Honsbnicli: Stolen ba.ses- 

 Seehausen 2. Frederick. Fogarty: Struck 

 out by Honsbruch 9. by Fckert P.: Base 

 on balls off Honsbruch 6. Fckert 2: 

 Left on bases — \^'ill County .5. Palo 

 Alto County 13. Famed runs — \^'ill 

 County 3. Palo Alto County 0. 



Second Game 



\^ ill County I Illinois I 



McHngh. If 

 Stvhansen. 2b 

 McFvilley. 3b 

 Stoeven. cf 

 Broadrick. lb 

 Palmer, rf 

 Dr<'cksler. ss 

 Mc(,)uarrie. c 

 Smith, p 



Totab 



32 4 6 1 1 



Pah) Alio (!oiinl\ ( Iowa i 



('omplon. 21) 

 F. Fckert. ■•.b 

 Johnslon. ss 

 Slallord. lb 

 f rederick. rf 

 1!. Fckert. ph 

 ^bTrill. cf 

 Bleuer. If 

 Bar!>er. c 

 Shriller, p 



Totals 



R. Eckerl batted for Frederick in 9th. 

 Will County 100 120 000—1 



Palo Alto County 020 001 000—3 

 Summary: 3 base hit — StafTord; 

 Doubleplays- Johnslon to Compton lo 

 StafTord: \Vild Pitch—Shriner 3; Stolen 

 bases Seehausen; Struck out by Smith 

 4. by Shriner 6: Base on balls — off 

 Smitli 4: olT Shriner .t: left on base 

 Will Counly 6: Palo Alto County 5; 

 Famed runs. \\ ill county 4. Palo Alto 

 Counly 2. 



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ILLINOIS FARM 

 LEADER DIES 



JOHN S. BLM(;AR\FR. prominent 

 member of Marshall-Putnam Farm 

 15ureau. and a member of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association economic study 

 committee, died Sept. 1.5. He was a 

 former member of the Illinois state 

 AAA committee starting in 1936. In 

 1941 he went to \\ ashington as assistant 

 to the director of the loan division of 

 the north central region for the AAA. 

 Shortly after the end of the second 

 \X orld \^'ar he returned to his farm in 

 MeXabb. 



Mr. Bumgamer had always taken an 

 active interest in farm problems and 

 programs and made a worthwhile con- 

 tribution to their solution and operation 

 because of his sound judgment. His 

 service on the lAA economic study com- 

 mittee was greatly appreciated bv the 

 Farm Bureau leadership. 



Mr. Bumgamer was an organizer and 

 president of the Marshall-Putnam Farm 

 Bureau, director of the Marshall-Put- 

 nam Oil (;om|)any. member of the 

 board of directors of the Farmers State 

 Bank and McXabb (^rain Company. Hf 

 also was a director of the John .Swanev 

 High School. He was 69 at the lime of 

 liis death. 



BETTER CORN.... 



f(',intiniiril inini [>ii/:f 20) 



plowed under or sideilressed. (Plowing 

 under has proven advantageous in cases 

 of minor drouths. Sirledresscd nitrogen 

 is very efficient with plenty of rain I. 



6. Don t let the corn ripen loo early 

 while the weather is still hot. This 

 occurs too often when corn slar\es from 

 nutrients, especially nitrogen. (There 

 is some ol)ser\ation. slill not pro\en b\ 

 a<lefpiale research, llial the leaf disease 

 1 lelminliiosporimn will be less dam- 

 aiiiuL' when the pola-h sup|)l\ is aile- 

 (piale. ) 



7. Make use of a full season by hay- 

 ing your corn remain active as long as 

 yon dare to risk escajiiiig the frost line. 



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