AINSWORTH HOLDS LEAGUE LEAD O’Neill, Ewinjr. Chambers Victorious in Sunday’s Tilts As a result of Sunday’s games in the North Central day and night league there was a rear rangement in the standings. On the top rung of the league is Ainsworth, after defeating O’Neill Friday night and hand ing a loss to Valentine Sunday. O'Neill and Valentine are tied for second place. Chambers was able to garner 1 its second victory of the season | this week by defeating Stuart on the Chambers diamond. Dick Tomlinson Gets 3 Hits— ATKINSON — O’Neill moved closer to the top spot in the North Central day and night league Sunday evening by de feating Atkinson, 13-10, here. The teams traded score for score and both showed a fat ninth inning. O'Neill chased across five runs in the first half of the ninth and Atkinson bounded back to score four. But it end ed with the Rockets on top. Top evening swatter was Man ager Dick Tomlinson, of O’Neill, who bingoed three times in four trips to the plate. One of the evening’s highlights came when Helmet, of O’NeiU, homered in the ninth bracket with the bases loaded. Box scare: Atkinson (10) ab r h M. Troshynski, 2b _ 2 0 0 Frickle, 2b_4 2 1 P. Miller, cl_6 3 4 Berrigan, c_5 13 Scott, lb __6 0 2 Mack, If _4 0 0 Judge, 88 _ 5 12 B. Miller, 3b_5 2 1 C. Miller, rf_3 10 J. Troshynski, p _ 5 0 2 Totals_45 10 15 O’Neill (13) ab r h Meserve, ss_6 2 3 Haynes, cf-6 0 1 Morrow, lb_5 11 Tomjack, c_3 0 1 Adamson, rf _ 6 2 1 Tomlinson, If _ 4 2 3 Ellington, 2b _ 5 2 1 McKay, 3b _ 5 2 2 Helmer, p - 5 13 Graham, p-- 2 10 Totals _ 47 13 16 Summary: R H E O’Neill 120 101 305—13 16 3 Atkmson 100 021 024—10 14 5 Batteries: O’Neill—Helmer (6), Graham and Tomjack, Haynes; Atkinson—Troshynski, Scott and Berrigan. Schrad Hurls Effective Game— EWING—A tight ball game Sunday afternoon ended with Ewing on the long end of the score. Ewing 3, Page 1. Clem Schrad. apparently completely recovered from the ankle he sprained a week earl ier, struck out 13 Page batters while the losing pitcher, Darrel Heiss, struck out eight Ewing men. Afternoon hitting was evenly divided, but Boulter and Larson, of Ewing, both connected for a double. Summary: R H E Ewing 010 100 010—3 4 4 Page 000 000 001—1 3 3 Batteries: Page—D. Heiss and R. Heiss; Ewing—Schrad and Podany. Chambers Takes Second Win— CHAMBERS—A team that has enjoyed but one win during the season, surprised the Stuart In dependents Sunday afternoon when Chambers defeated them, 8-6, here. A home run in the seventh frame was hit by Wallers. However, no man was on base when the four-bagger came. Krysl absorbed the loss. Summary: R H Stuart ... 020 040 000—6 8 Chambers 300 100 130—8 10 Batteries: Stuart—Krysl and Hoffman, King; Chambers—Wal ters, L. Oetter and K. Oetter. Ainsworth Spills Valentine, 15-3— AINSWORTH — League- | leading Valentine was dumped i by Ainsworth 3-15, here Sunday evening before a large home j town crowd. On the Ainsworth mound was Rudnick. who took credit for the win as Beeman, Sharp, and Phelps, the Valentine pitching staff, attempted to hold down the Ainsworth score. Summary: R Valentine 002 010 000— 5 I Ainsworth 205 003 122— 15 Batteries: Ainsworth — Rud nick and Clark; Valentine — j Beeman, Sharp, Phelps and Mc Cormack. Visitors from Minnesota— REDBIRD—Rev. Harold F. A&hel, of Minneapolis, Minn., arrived Sunday, July 31, for a visit with his father-in-law, j Pete More, and family. Sunday Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Birmingham entertained i n honor of Mr. and Mrs. William j Froelich. The occasion marked the birthday anniver sary ol Mrs. Froelich and their wedding anniversary. Howard’s Market RUTH AND LYNUS HOWARD Phone 33 O'Neill — Formerly Barger's Super Duper — STORE HOURS Week Days 8 A.M. to 6 P-M. WE WILL BE CLOSED SUNDAYS IN THE FUTURE Calumet Baking Powder 3 for -.-...-27c Tomato Catsup 2 for 29c Sure>Jell 4 for 45c COCOA ' Two Vz-lb. boxes 43c Baker’s Chocolate 2 for_41c LYDIA GREY. COLORED Toilet Tissue . 2 for_33c CHARMIN Toilet Tissue 4 rolls _37c Swerl 2 for__ 59c Shina Dish 2 for __59c MEDIUM BAR IVORY SOAP 3 for_52c A-Jax Cleanser 3 for_52c INTERSTATE GOES INTO FINAL WEEK Pickstown Is Assured Of Second Half Season Crown i Pickstown has clinched the crown for the second half of the season in the Interstate league by pulling through thus far with five wins and no los ses. As the season ends next Sunday, Pickstown could lose the final game but still take the crown. Verdel, winner of the first half of the season, showed up a poor third in this half’s standings. Other results Sunday dis played the fact that the sea son was drawing to a close as most clubs played a brand of ball worthy of praise, most spectators said. Winner Nudges Bonesteel— BONESTEEL—Sunday even* ing Winner managed to sqeeze by Bonesteel 6-5, here as the ead changed hands three imes. Bonesteel started off in the first inning by scoring five runs. Winner picked up one in each the third and fourth frames to even it off. Winner then took a one run advantage in the seventh bracket as Bonesteel bounced back in the last half of the eighth with one run. It was all tied up going into the ninth canto. Winner eked out three runs with the Bone steel team able to garner oniy two. Hitting the apple four times out of four trips' to the plate was Edwards, of Winner. Summairy: R H E ' Winner 001 100 103-6 9 2 Bonesteel 200 000 012-5 6 2 Batteries: Winner — Carlson, Ackerman and Weming; Bone steel—Summer and Herbert. Pickstown Maintains Interstate Lead— PICKSTOWN—In one of the tightest games played in the Interstate league this season, Pickstown nudged Fairfax, 1 0, here Sunday evening. Carbol, of Pickston, the win ning pitcher, allowed but one hit. That one hit came in the eight inning when Koenig, Fairfax’s catcher, cracked out a double. Wiblema lost the heart breaker as he had whiffed 16 Pickstown batters. Carbol sent 10 Fairfax batmen down via the strikeout row. Top hitters for the fracas were Kramer, Stanage and Eades. All hit twice for four jaurtts to the plate. Summary: R H E Fairfax 000 000 000-0 1 4 Pickstown 000 000 001-1 7 2 Batteries: Fairfar —Wiblemo and Koenig; Pickstown—Car bol and Kramer. • “■ ■« 1 ■■ ■ Butte Commits 4 Errors in Losing Tilt— BUTTE — The home town boys committed four errors that proved costly as they lost to Verdel, 6-2, here Sunday evening. Butte’s Liewer tapped out two hits for three trips to the home base, including one double, to take game batting laurels. Next in line was Ver del’s Rossmeier, who banged out two hits for four trips. On the mound for the winning Verdel nine was Barta. He whiffed seven Butte Sluggers. i A. Elwanger was tagged with the loss as he snuffed out five members of the opposition. Summary: R H E Verdel 000 001 104-6 9 1 Butte 000 000 002-2 6 4 Batteries: Verdel—Barta and i Christenn; Butte—A. Elwang er and Mullendorf. Spencer Trips Lynch— LYNCH—In a battle for the cellar position in the Inter state league, Spencer dumped Lynrih, 7-3, here Sunday after noon. Hits were divided, and the game was evenly played, ac cording to fans here. Hitting was not outstand ing but Hermsen, Pelc and Gallsler collected two hits for five trips to the plate. On the mound for the win ding Spencer team was Sho wery with Hermsen doing some relief work. Summary: R H E Spencer 000 011 023-7 10 3 Lynch 000 201 000-3 4 4 Batteries: Spencer—Shoberg, Hermsen and Pelc; Lynch— . Thompson Carson and Christ ' ensen. ' Suers Eentertain At Dinner Party— t Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Aim and family and their daughter, Mrs. Charles Klein and two j children, of Imperial, and Mr. and Mrs. Felix Hendricks were dinner guests Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Sauers. “The Voice of The Frontier” Mondays, Wednesdays, Satur days. SCOREBOARD NORTH CENTRAL DAY AND NIGHT Team W L Pet. Ainsworth _ 7 2 .777 O’Neill 8 3 .727 Valentine 8 3 .727 Atkinson 5 5 .500 Ewing_ 5 6 .454 Stuart 3 6 .333 Page 2 7 .300 Chambers 2 8 .200 Results Sunday, July 31: O’Neill 13 at Atkinson 10 At Ainsworth 15 Valentine 3 At Chambers 8 Stuart 6 At Ewing 3 Page 1 Games Sunday, August 7: Ewing at Valentine. O’Neill at Stuart. Chambers at Ainsworth. Page at Atkinson. INTERSTATE Team ' W L Pet. Pickstown - 5 0 1.000 Fairfax 4 2 .666 Verdel . 4 2 .666 Winner 3 2 .600 Bonesteel 2 3 400 Butte .... 2 4 .333 Spencer l 4 .200 Lynch l 4 .200 Results Sunday, July 31: Verdel 6 at Butte 2 At Pickstown 1 Fairfax 0 Winner 6 at Bonesteel 5 Spencer 7 at Lynch 3 Games Sunday, August 7: Butte at Winner. Verdel at Bonesteel. Fairfax at Lynch. Pickstown at Spencer. NORTH-CENTRAL Team W L Pet. Center 9 1 900 Orchard_ 7 3 .700 Elgin 6 4 .600 Creighton “B” 5 4 .555 Petersburg 3 7 .300 St. John’s _ 2 7 .222 Niobrara 1 8 -HI Results Sunday, July 31: At Center 9 _ Brunswick 4 Elgin 7 _ Petersburg 7 Orchard 20 St. John’s 6 Games Sunday, August 7: Brunswick at St. John’s. Center at Orchard. Petersburg at Creighton “B. Elgin at Niobrara. Ainsworth Wallops O'Neill Rockets, 8-3 Ainsworth, currently the po tent team in the North Cen tral day and nigt league, rip ped O’Neill apart Friday night, 8-3. Spearman, the winning batters under the lights at pitcher, whiffed nine Rocket Carney park here. On the mound for the los ing O’Neill team was Graham who allowed eight hits. Best hitters of the fracas were Tomjack, of O’Neill, Schmidt and G. Richardson, of Ainsworth. All hit the .500 mark for the evening tilt. The box score: Ainsworth (8) ab r h C. Richardson, c _5 0 0 Anthesn, ss _2 0 0 Sisler, ss_3 11 Beebout, 3b_5 2 2 G. Richardson, rf_4 12 Nelson, 2b _5 12 Rudnick, lb_5 0 1 Seimer, cf_5 11 ! Schmidt, rf_4 12 i Spearman, p _ 4 11 Totals_42 8 12 O’Neill (3) ab r h Meserve, ss_4 0 0 Tomlinson, rf _ 5 10 McKay, 3b_5 0 2 Wolfe, Cf-5 1 1 Tomjack. c 4 0 2 Morrow, lb_4 0 0 Adamson, rf_3 0 1 Ellington, 2b_4 0 1 Graham, p_3 10 Helmer, p _ i 0 0 Totals ...38 3 7 Summary: R H E Ainsworth 000 002 312—8 12 4 O'Neill 010 020 000—3 6 6 Batteries: O’Neill—Graham, Helmer and Tomjack; Ains worth—Spearman and C. Rich ardson. City Golf Tournament To Get Underway Qualifying rounds of the city golf tournament will get under way this week at the Country "SP here according to A. P. ( Scovie”) Jaszkowiak, chair man. Score of the qualifying rounds must be turned in by Tuesday, August 9 to Chair man Jaszkowiak with first round pairings to be announc ed in The Frontier, Thursday August, 11. Play of the initial round must be completed by Tues day, August 16, Jaszkowiak concluded. Max Golden, of O’Neill, is the defending champion. He defeated chairman Jaszkowiak 3 to 2 far the 1948 champion ship. It has been announced by the sponsor, the O’Neill Coun try club, that there will be flights for all entries and prizes for every winner. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Fetrow and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fetrow spent Sunday at Fort Randall S. D. Weekend guests of Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Hall were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rawlings, o f Wallingford, la. CENTER TOPPLES BRUNSWICK, 9-4 w Bears Had Stretched Win Streak to Six Contests Of the three games played Sunday in the North Central league, most teams displayed the cooperation needed to gar ner victory. Final scores indi cate the losing teams of two of the games at no time show ^ ed lack of cooperation. Barringer Swats and Pitches Nice Game— ST. JOHN’S—Orchard soundly thrashed St. John’s, 20-6, here Sunday afternoon. The Orchard team exploded in the sixth inning to score eleven of its twenty runs. Barringer, the winning pitcher, turned in a nice performance on the mound and at the plate. On the mound he struck out seven St. John's batsmen and with the stick, he cracked out two triples and a single in six trips to the plate. Bauers and J. Funk divided the mound duties for the losing St. John’s team. Summary: R h Orchard 006 0011 012—20 20 St. John’s 010 002 102— 6 5 Batteries: Orchard— Barringer and Hemingway; St. John’s— Bauers, J. Funk and Filsinger. Center Knocks Off Brunswick— CENTER—After winning the last six straight games, Bruns wick was defeated by Center, 9-4, here Sunday afternoon. Chuckers for both teams turned in a convincing strike out record. Carlow, of Center, collected 12, while Snodgrass, of Brunswick, totaled four. Second baseman, Bob Pease, of Center, cracked out three hits for four trips to the home plate to take game batting honors. Summary: R H E Center 103 120 20x—9 9 5 Brunswick 101 010 001—4 9 2 Batteries: Brunswick— Snod grass, Pishel and McMann; Cen ter—Carlow and Decker. Elgin Has Fat Seventh Frame— ELGIN—Sunday evening the hometown boys romped to a 7-3 victory over Petersburg. Elgin chased all of its tallies across home plate in the seventh bracket and went on to win the ball game. On the peak for the losers was Temme, who collected eight strikeouts, and Henn. De Wayne Beckman took game batting laurels by swat ting two hits for three trips to the plate. Summary: R H Petersburg 101 010 000—3 5 Elgin 000 700 000—7 7 Batteries: Petersburg — Temme, Henn and Diers; Elgin —Yochum and Schrage. O'NEILL LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hill and family left Sunday for Hebron where they are spending a week visiting relatives. Mr. and AJrs. William Dahms left Friday for San Matea, Calif., after spending six weeks visitting Mrs. Dahms’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Fisher. Enroute they will visit her sister, Miss Mary Ann Fisher, of Denver, Colo. Mrs. Mary Wetzler and Mrs. Minnie Endes, of Gregory, S. D,, returned Saturday from Riverton, Wyo. Mrs. Endes will spend a few days’ visit at the home of Mrs. Wetzler and Mr. and Mrs. George Layh before returning to her home. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pruden | and daughters, of Albany, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. James 1 Erskine, of San Francisco, < Calif., left Monday for their I homes after spending a week , visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Sanders and | amily. Miss Bernice Grothe spent 1 the weekend visiting friends and relatives here. Bernice at tends Wayne State Teacher’s college at Wayne. Dale Fetrow spent Tuesday in Sioux City on business. Larry Dean Donlin returned Saturday from Ctolumbus where he had spent three weeks visiting his grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Jon son. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ries were Friday dinner gests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Cone. Miss Shirley Kaiser, of At kinson, spent last week visit ing her cousin, Miss Esther Kaiser. P. C. Donohoe, M. H. Hor isky, H. J. Hammond, and Tom Enright, returned Thurs day from a two-week fishing trip to Park Rapids, Minn. Miss Naomi Johnson, of Pas adena, Calif., left Thursday after visiting relatives here , for several weeks. She will visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Johnson, of Columbus, enroute home. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Nissen, of Page, and an aunt of Mrs. Nissen’s, of Pekin, 111., visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Eby enroute to their home from a vacation trip to Estes Park and Denver, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Dowr ney left Saturday for the Black Hills and Custer, S. D., I where they will eet Mr. and Mrs. Lowell White, of Cald- ! well, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. DeBack er and daughter, Diane, spent Sunday visiting in Spalding. J {FARM PROGRAM TO GET UNDERWAY Damkroger Will Instruct Vet-On-Farm Classes O’Neill’s veteran-on-the-farm training class will meet Mon day, August 8, at 8 p. m„ In the vocationa 1 agriculture room at the high school here according to Berl Damkroger, mstructor. Plans are complete to re ▼ire the O'Neill class of on the farm trainees with re entry papers all in order Damkroger said. I MaBvfTe ClaSS dlsbanded, May ^ 25 trainees were en rolled. Te new instructor said he was looking toward to seeing al">OUuCl 25 trainees Monday and that the evening program will take up plans for future classes plus a lecture on soil minerals. The prograam is set up whereby the vocational agri culture and the trainee in structors can teach 28 trainees. The veteran instruct or is allowed to teach 25 men while the vocational agricul ture teacher is limited to three. Sausers visit in Colorado and Wyoming_ Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sau ser and son, Donald, returned Saturday from a week’s vaca tion, in Boulder, Colo., they visited Mrs. Sauser’s sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs Albert Rosier and daughter, Miss Doris, in Sterling, Colo. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bridges. They also vis ited in Denver and Cheyenne, Wyo. Mrs. Leon Thompson and son, Douglas, of Bloomfield, arrived Friday to visit the for mer’s sister, Mrs. Herbert Kai ser, and family. Sunday they drove to Atkinson to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kliment and son, Ivan. Forp DealerService When your Ford needs care, you're wise to take it "home" for service. Nobody but a Ford Dealer knows it so well. We're set up to service Fords right, to give you the savings oft Ford-trainod Mechanics Genuine Ford Parts Factory-approv ad Methods Spatial Ford Fquipmant LOHAUS MOTOR CO. Phone 16 O’Neill Do You Want More Money For Your Eggs ? 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