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i. ' II i i i 0 3 t Bankers Sweep Double Header 12-9 And 16-2 Plattsmouth State Bank held its lead in the Midget baseball league Tuesday by sweeping a double header from Marge & Elmer's Bar 12-9 and 16-2. Butch Furse registered his first win of the campaign, al lowing only five hits to take the game as his mates banged out eight hits for 16 runs. Ed Egenberger and Loren Haase led the Bankers in the first game. Both connected for triples while Egenberger also came through with a home run in the fifth inning with two mates on base. The Bankers scored once in the first inning, three times in the third, twice in the fourth and five times in the fifth to take the opener. The Bartend ers threatened with four runs in the bottom of the fifth after trailing 12-5. Aylor, Weber and Cundall clouted triples for the losers as Steinbach lost the first game. Wiles took the loss in the sec ond game as he gave five walks and dished up a home run ball to Loren Haase in the first in ning of the nightcap. The seven runs were all the Bankers need ed to coast to their fifth win against one loss. The Bankers scored once in the second, four times in the third, once in the fourth and three runs in the fifth. Walton homered in the fifth. Marge &l Elmers picked up one run in the first on a single by State Bank 16 AB J. Haase, If 3 L. Haase, c 4 Egenberger, 3b .'. 4 Christenham, ss 4 waiton, p Campbell. Furse, rf Philips, cf Anderson, lb 2b . .3 ..3 . 3 . .1 . .1 R 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 26 16 Marge & Elmers 2 AB R Hudson, 3b Smith, ss Bulin, cf Aylor, c Sindelar, If Wilkins, rf Steinbach, lb-p . . Weber, 2b 1 Wiles, p-lb 1 .2 .1 .1 2 .2 .2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 13- H 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 H 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 -16 Bill Holland Seeks Honors 14 State Bank 714 Marge & Elmers ...100 10 2 Seven-Event Race Program On Tap At Fair Grounds The Nebraska State Fair rounds this week is the gather ing point for auto racers from all parts of the nation. Drivers from 11 states will compete Friday in a seven-event program worth $2,500 in prize money. Growing in stature Here's Bill Holland, the internationally famous auto race, who will compete in the July 4 meet at the state fairgrounds in Lincoln. He's pictured at the wheel of his Blue Crown Special .ioioia anui-00S siTodcuripui crGI sV-l Sui.wonoj Woster's Go Six innings To Mip Bankers 3 To 2 each year, the seventh annual Aylor after Smith walked. Aylor LjnCln meet. is regarded as one scoreri the second run in the i U1 L11C 111WSL ""wunain. uaica fourth as he went all the way around on three Banker's er rors. State Bank 12 AB Philips, cf L. Haase, c Egenberger, ss . . . Christenham, 9b . Walton. 2b Campbell, Anderson, Haase, If Furse, p . , lb rf .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .1 R o 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 H ; 0 3 3 2 1 ; 0 ! o; 1 0 24 12 10 .Marge & Elmers 9 AB R H Sindelar, 2b 3 0 1 Hudson, cf 2 1 0 Wiles. 3b 1 0 0 Cundall, lb 2 2 1 Walton, ss 1 2 0 Weber, If 1 0 0 Gochenour, rf 0 2 0 Aylor. c 3 1 3 Steinbach, p 2 1 0 15 9 5 State Bank 103 Marge & Elmers ..041 the summer schedule Coming from the Central States Racing association of In diana, Ohio, and Michigan are newcomers like Bus Luce of To ledo. Ohio; Ray Knepper of Bel leville. 111.; Charles Irons, Sher rard. 111.; Ray Grab. Madison, Wis.; and Ray Duckworth, Le banon, Ind. These new cars will mix with such long-time favorites of Ne braskans as Bobby Grim. Phil Mocca and Fritz Tegtmeier. The prime favorite, of course is Bill Holland, winner in 1949 of the Indianapolis 500-mile race. Edwin Schultz, .secretary of the Nebraska State Fair Board, expects the largest crowd in the history of the meet though 14. 000 persons looked on last year. Advance ticket sales are run ning at a record pace. The seven-event program will be of record length with a 25 lap feature race slated as the climax event. Time trials, will 25 12 j start the meet at 1:30 p. m. with 04 9 the first race at 2:30 p. m. ning after an error. State J. Haase, If . . L. Haase. c . . L. Walton, p . . Egenberger, ss Campbell, lb Philips, 2b . . Furse, cf Anderson, 3b French, rf . . reaching base on Bank 2 AB ... 2 ..3 3 3 3 2 '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.I 2 ' . '. .1 Woster Shoe Store, giant killer of the Midget League, slapped a 3-2 six-inning loss on Platts mouth State Bank to drop the Bankers into a first place tie with Cass Drug, Wednesday. The pitchers' battle, closest game of the season, involved Walton for the Bankers and Mincer for the Shoefitters. Wal ton allowed five hits while Min cer gave only one safe blow. Mincer whiffed 13 Bankers in registering the win. Elwood Johnson backed Min cer's hurling with two hits in three times at bat and scored two runs. Mincer scored the third run after walking in the fourth. The winning run was scored by Johnson in the bot tom of the sixth inning. After singling he went to second on a fielder's choice and scored on an error. Walton struck out six in los ing the contest, second loss for Kelliscn. rf 1 the Bankers agaVst five wins, j Archer, rf 1 Philips got the only State j Bank hit in the second inning. ; 20 He later scored. J. Haase scored j State Bank 110 their first run in the first in- ! Wo.sters 100 Druggists Climb Info First Place Tie; Win 12-5 Cass Drug climbed into a two way tie with Plattsmouth State Bank for the Midget baseball lead Wednesday by trimming Soennichsen's 12-5. Both have 5-2 records. England allowed only one hit and struck out eleven in lead ing the Druggists. Winscott suffered the loss. The Druggists scored four times in the first inning on two hits and two Grocer errors, and four in the second on three hits and two errors. They added another in the fourth and three more in the fifth. Meanwhile the Grocers picked up one run in the first and two in the second without a base hit. They added another in the fourth and one in the fifth when Pritchard got the only Soen nichichsen hit. Wilson. Hirz and Nielsen gunned ihe Druggists. Wilson had three hits in four trips while Nielsen had 2 for 4, in cluding a double. Hirz, also with 2 hits in four trips, came through with a triple in the fifth. Cass Drug: Baseball Schedule MIDGET LEAGUE Monday Soennichsen vs. Woster Marge-Elmer vs. Cass Drug Christian Church vs. State Bank THE PLATTSMOUTH, NECHACX;!, EZf-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday. July 3. 1S52 PAGE FIVE Wosters 3 French, ss . . . Long, 2b Johnson, c . Mincer, p ... Freeburg, cf . Cundall. 3b . Beverase. lb Huttoih If . . . 20 AB 3 3 3 2 2 1 R 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 R 0 0 o T o 0 0 0 0 0 II 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 H 0 1 2 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 Hirz. ss Wilson. 3b . Taylor, lb . . Nielsen, c Holcubek. 2b Meisinger, rf Aylor, cf Martain. England, If P -12 AB . .3 . .4 . .4 . .4 . .4 . .3 .2 '. .2 . .3 3 5 0002 1013 ENJOY SMOOTHER RIDING WITH EVERY MILE Make the most of your car's performance and riding comfort ... let us lubricate it now, and regularly every thousand miles . . . you'll save money,and enjoy safer driving. Stop in now for prompt attention at Huebner's. Huebner's "66" Station TANK WAGON SERVICE Phone 212 Plattsmouth Standings I Midget League I W State Bank 5 ; Cass Drug 5 I Wosters 4 ! Christian Church 1 Marge & Elmers 1 ! Soennichsen's 1 Plattsmouth Will Invade Louisville Still seeking win No. 1. Platts mouth will invade Louisville in a D-S-C league contest Sunday. Losers of five straight, Platts mouth is in eighth place in league standings. Louisville boasts a 2-3 record, after los ing to Weeping Water last week. About 50,000 tons of U. S. coal vent to Jamaica, B. W. I., last year. GretocrcarffietfreafesfGOoi esrfh Girls Fined On Larceny Charges Judge Raymond J. Case fined three Omaha girls a total of $30 and costs Monday after noon after the three had plead ed guilty to charges of petty larceny earlier. Fined were Myrna Louise Kin ney. $10; Ruth Elaine Frazier, S5; and her sister. Phyllis Mari3 Frazier, $15. They share the costs. Mothers of the girls were present in the courtroom at the time judgement was pronounced. 30 Soennichsen's 5 AB Rhoades, ss-lb 2 Prohaska, rf 3 Lono;, s:s-3b 2 Kaffenberger, 2b 3 Pritchard. If 3 Dunham, c 3 Mikles. cf 3 Pierce. 3b 0 Haith. lb 2 Winscott, p 0 21 Cass Drug 440 Soennichsen's 120 Omahan Faces Double Driving Charge Her; R H 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 R H 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 1 1212 11 5 Dr. Mason Wescoff Appointed To UN Post In India Dr. Mason E. We.scott. wife and daughter, Ann, of Evanston. 111., were here Sunday and Monday visiting with his fa ther. C. C. Wescott, and other relatives. The Wescott family is en route east from Boulder, Colo.. where Dr. Wescott has been teaching at the University of Colorado. Dr. Wescott has been appoint ed as professor of applied sta tistics at Rutgers College, the New Jersey state university, New Brunswick. New Jersey, effective July 1. 1952. He has been granted a leave of absence to February 1, 1953, for the purpose of serving as a member of a team of specialists at the request of the govern ment of India through the United Nations. The new assignment com mands that the team spend four months in India in a consulta tory capacity for the purpose of study of statistical quality con trol in India industry. Heading the team is Dr. Wal ter Shewhart of the Bell Tele phone laboratories. Prof. Elter of the Rutgers faculty. Prof. Paul Clifford of Mt. Clair Col lege. New Jersey, Dr. A. A. Hald of Denmark. Dr. Wescott sails September 17th for London and thencx to Rome and Esypt and New Delhi, the carjitol of In- ! dia where thev will report Oc tober 3rd. Dr. Wescott has been identi fied with the mathematical de partment of Northwestern Uni versity since 1925 and editorial chairman since Juiy 1927 of in dustrial quality control, the of ficial journal of American So ciety for Quality Control. Plattsmouth Men At Valentine Farm Managers' Meeting Searl S. Davis and son, Stephen M. Davis, were at Val entine, Nebraska, the past week to attend a meeting of farm managers of Nebraska, nineteen being present. The group were guests of the sandhills cattlemen associa tion for the two day session, featuring a banquet at Valen tine with Chancellor Gustafson of the University of Nebraska, speaker. They were also guests at a barbecue held at the large ranch of former governor R. L. McKelvie, who royally enter tained the members. Plattsmouth Man Back From Korea Naval Anti-Submarine Squad ron 25 has returned to San Diego aboard the escort aircraft carrier U3S Bairoke. Serving with the squadron -is Ralph C. Poort, aviation ma chinist's mate, second class, son. of Mr. and Mrs. Allen N. Poort of Plattsmouth. The squadron has completed 6 months anti submarine duty in the Korean area. Subscribe to The Journal Philadelphia's privately-owned electric power utility uses three million tons of coal annually. Ph. CECIL KARR ACCOUNTING Income Tax Service Bookkeeping Systems Installed C287 Donat Building Appearance bond amounting to S75 was posted in police court Monday night for Raymond Rabb of Omaha, who was arrest ed here by night police on charges of reckless driving and drunken driving. The arrest followed an acci dent in which a car driven by Rabb collided with a parked car belonging to Shrader Rhoden. Rabb told police he struck the parked car in order to avoid a head-on collision with a car Jeanine Cooper and Ruth i comine toward him on seventh Bruns of Weeping WTater at- j street between Main street and tended a birthday party for Betty Dk'tl Sunday evening. Mrs. Clifford Cooper, Mrs. E. M. Ruby. Mrs. Wallace Philpot and Mrs. Ella Cook attended the funeral of William Spang kr Tuesday afternoon at Weep ing Water. Avenue A. He also told police that the car had no clutch. He was en route to Omaha from Nebraska City at the time of the accident. Damage to Rho den's car was estimated at near- j ly S600. j M. G. Balthazor was the ar ! resting officer. WESTE3N AUTO Associate Stsrs m&Mm il P 4 Hurry! Every Item Guaranteed! SALE ENDS SATURDAY NW WIZARD 20" ver Mower Recoil Starter Rotary Pc ifWIIACDl Phantom Gunman Active Near County A 'phantom gunman" has apparently been operating in the Cass county area. A Nebraska City motorist, en route to his home from Weep ing Water, reported to Nebraska City police thai he was .shot at a few miles north of Nebraska City near the Cass-Otoe county line. Charles Macho said a 1940 blue sedan approached from the south and when the two cars were about 30 yards apart. Macho heard a sharp report and the windshield to his right shat tered. Police said the hole in the windshield was made by a bullet. Hew'- tew Price! Westline GEAAT FERTILIZES AS IT CUTS! Easier Mowing! No Raking! Re. 128.50 R ear. 109.95 $CC50 $11595 I H.P.. air cooled. Brings Es Stratton gas engine drives both reel and wheels. Alt you do is guide it? Big, 18", 5 blade, ball bearing reel saves time, effort. ?xuj Easy Terms New "Suction-Lift" tornado blade grinds lawn clippings into fertilizer, distributes it evenly over lawn. 2-H P. 2 cycle gas engine. Light weight magnesium base. 4 cutting heights. 2x12:4 Awards Presented Following Swim Week Instruction Here (STANDARD Fifty -three Plattsmouth youngsters n.isserl hepinner 1 bell swimming tests, 19 were award ed intermediate numerals: and three qualified in the junior life saving test, following the free five-day swimming project held lasi week at Merritt beach, a report of the program discloses. Junior life saving awards were earned by Robert Beverage. Warren Campbell and Paul Weyer., According to the re port, junior life saving profi ciency is one of the leading abilities looked for in the Red Cross Water Safety program. Developing greater skills, in eluding Sandra Young, Margery Brittain. Joan Steinbach. Fred Haith, Helen Malone, Nancy Hirz , Agnes Whelan, Jeanne Marler, Johnny Haith, Hunter Ingwerson. Zandra Nielsen, Sara Bayer, Kenny Karson, tSeven Balthazor, Jimmy Sheard. Jim my Grosshans, David Anderson, Spike John. Larry Marler, Don nie Williams. Jimmy Bulin, Joe Dee Humerickhouse, Jerry Lee Harse, Jimmy Holoubek, Ron ald Adkins, Galen Pritchard, Lauren Fleischman. Dennis H. Meisinger, Barbara Wiysel, Bet Subscribe to The Journal i 13 BRUCE E. GOLD ! 430 .Alain St. Phone 623 tie Archer. Janis O'Donnell, rading of leg and arm ! Iancy McConaha. GASOLINE This "AnimohUe" was invented to give you a slight idea of the wonderful things that happen to your car when you fill up with Standard Red Crown Gasoline! At regular price it's this Summers King-Size Gas Buy! strokes. 50-yard elementary.) back stroke. 100-yard selected ; stroke, turning closed course, j one minute floating and other j swimming techniques were con- sidered in awarded intermediate ! recognition. j Those receiving intermediate awards were Carey Rohlfs, Lor- j en Haase. Norman Meints, Bob- by Huttpn. Bob Beverage. Ron- j aid Reimer, Dale Thornton. Le- ; Roy Walton. Ken Pritchard, i Marlcne Wetenkamp, Larryi Cundall. Billy Long, Keenan j Eiting, Warren Campbell. Stan- j ley Kozeu, Larry wauon, "U" i ga, Sharon Brown rearson. i.arry vanaerveen aim Donna Larson. By far the largest group was the beginner class which was broken down into smaller class es by procurement of addition al instructors. Friday afternoon, last day. was almost entirely devoted to testing beginners. Beginners skills tested in cluded breath holding, rhythmic breathing, prone float, prone glide, back float and glide, kick glide on front and back, arm stroke, finning, jump into deep water and plain front dive. Beginner certificates were awarded to Judy Meisinger. Ro land Grant, Julie Floyd, Pattie Konfrst, Jovce Ranzell, Phyllis ! Myers, Marilyn Ann Holmes, I Janice M. Hudson, David Goche j nour. Robert Morris, John Hans, I Merry Jo Williams, Janet Camp- Very good results of the swim ming lessons indicate enthusi asm and attentiveness on the part of the majority of the childre particpating, the report states. Red Cress methods of ' teaching permit a confident child to learn very quickly the basic principles of swimming and floating. Instructors point ed out that children seemed es pecially earnest in following in structions. Instructors were Norma Ells worth, official Red Cross repre sentative; Miss Mavbelle War- Peggy Simp son, Mary Stuben. Jerry Cronin, Betty Provaynik. Kit Hemer and Howard Shenrock. Volunteer assistant instruc tors were Mrs. Fred Davenport, Mrs. Kenneth Weaver, Mrs. Charles Grcsshans, Mrs. Lyle Brittain and Mrs. Jerry Konfrst. Beach supervision was by vol unteers, Mrs. Orville Nielsen, Mrs. Carl Chriswiser, Mrs. Don Cotner, Mrs. John O'Hare and Mrs. Ralph Cognac. r r ANSWERS TO 7 ilntelligenceTcsf J 1 Grant " 2 Louisville. 3-Xla-pan. 4 SHAPE. 5 Wyoming. 6 ' James Forrestal. 7 (A) slow Sown; (B) do it nbw; (C) worsen; tp) permit; (E) reduce. M Mites arm tqyip. 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