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ThUttdtf. JwitHrfy 10; 1952' *THE McHKWKy TLXUtPEJEQSR Review Of Local Sport Events During Past Y I + JANUARY Northwestern Military and Nav- McHenry County basketball Hl Academy printed a long to tournament was held in the new be remembered drill as the MCHS gym. Hebron won the Foie„ter basketball tourney con. cro*n, defeating a strong Crystal I t.,uded with a patriotk. ceremony. Late five in the finals. Johnsburg beat McHenry 61 to Al Bock man joined Uncle Sam's j 58 to win the Forester state meet. fortes and both the Co-ops and Shamrocks lost a good athlete. Wrestling took on a place of impdrtanco in the sports program in our high school. The promotional genius of Fred Meyer cfrew recognition as the tournament ended impressively. The Plaindealer gang prevented S.l.H. with a St. Patrick's Neiss scored 46 points as necktie and the boys reported the CQ-op(s rolled up a 96-52 vie- that "Brenda" kjcked Ift twy bits tory over Wy man's of Crystal on the deal. ; , 1 Lake. •' "Muggs wAstrying^toijEeta lu another high scoring game, 400 series and seiit out*a ehaf- Joe Jackson sank 40, points lenge for a special match with through the basket to lead Johns- any lady bowler having the same burg 84-62 over Cary. .. average. None that low. Joe Regner and his jeep were pert Harrison (ol- dead-eyestuck in a snow bunk at jttstakee Dick) took .pistol practice by aftn* at an Jcycle on "Smoky" Ren- Ce^op second team set ! nebeefc's car. Right through the srflwi aoH of a record in beating I fender* Gary in the fifth overtime period. Don Howard tossed a couple of long ones to keep em in the game. "Hassle" Miller tossed in the clincher. „ John "Bud" miller rolled a 69.% series in tlie C.O.F. bowling meet. Harold Steffan hit ti*J and Bill Tonyan 608. These w»re actual pins. mrry Larkin and Carl Neiss ea«i scored 23 points as the Ci»- ops beat the Johnsb'irg cagers. Herb Enguahl* points led the Warriors to a 50-29 win over Whitewater. Snow was heavy uiirf wasn't made lighter as S.l.H. was bombarded with caVds from Florida. Johnsburg eager* lpsetMarettgo WMTl. ^ FEBltl'ARY tygttioff's Hardware presented u trophy to honor the MCHS player tech year who was the best frefe*throw record. R& Scharlow came near a perfect- game in a 277-683 series at the Palace. McHenry- firms were JOHN KNOXMpst Valuably ~~ APRIL ( Spring was in the air and local showing j baseball schedules were plastered their boats in the Chicago Nation 1 on your sports page. al Boat ^how and didn't have to John Dreymiller walked in with take a bdek seat for any of them. | a brunch of .chorry blossoms. Joe Guzaardo and Frank John-i Jim Larkin announced his. reso& rttnned a game of golf, but tirement from baseball. Golf was switched to ping-pong. calling. The' MCHS wrestling team "*ou know,- I'm a lawyer", looked good in beating-Wheaton. 'snapped Jack Mosley in a bit of Hebron was making a habit of c«;Uue with S.l.H. scoring 100 points p -r gnme, but , Howie Freund was named inanour Warriors held 'em to 63. We ' agtv of ttu> Johnsburg Tigers, got Hugh Murphy was pitching The Warriors showed improved Sieat ball and his college coach, team play in beating Lake Joe Juuge, was louu in his praise. Geneva -41 to 35. Pete Roche's J.-' A fcieat spoils fan of inauy V, ^i)oya also won as the Bolger- : years standing, U. I. Overton, was HseUPn combination proved ef- l«*ci to rest He had plenty on the fectlve. - ball. , ... " Thef C. 0» F. bowling party was 'Twas a cold , day, but George a huge success. Prizes went to J-isten. Dick Hester, Paul Karls. Bill Tonyan in the singles, John \ Holger Pederson and yien Wattles Miller and Dick • Rosing in the took in a game at beautiful Wrigdoubles and Mayor Freund's five j ley Field. Along about the fifth in the team events. inning, "Muggs" pulled out a Bob Stilling's rebounding stood bottle of lladacol and the day out as the Co-ops wou^id up their ! was saved. season - with a 57-55 win .over i It happened on a Wednesday Richmond. afternoon in front-of Bill Pries' and Pat Koenig took over store. A character (about 3 sheets McHenry Recreation. *"'•:rh, to the wind) parked a bottle of The Warriors were busy and wine on one parking meter and a playing an improved game, liny1 bottle of coke on another. Then beat St. Mary's of Woodstock 33- , I.e put some change in the meters 26, Def&van 46-43 and lost a close j and weaved his way down the one, 49 to 45, to Marengo. I street. MARCH i Dr- Sayler and Henry Schaefer The Forester State Basketball : won the Old Timer's doubles Tourney was staged in McHenry. match. Jim Downs won the game as a Shamrock, lead the hitters in beating Richmond 5-4 in ten innings. The Tigers had an easy time beating the Merchants 14 to 4. ; "Mi Place" set up a fine ftteak as the ForeBter bowlers gathered for their annual meeting. The Tigers beat the Shamrocks 3 to 2 as "Si" Meyers hit a homer and Klapperich allowed only 4 hits. MCHS fielded a baseball team that looked great in spots and not so hot in others. Sports editors should never vacation. One took two days off and came home 4o fiifd his desk completely covered with miscellaneous itelus. Fun was starting early in *the season. Both McHenry and Johnsburg filed protests on games. Pat {Crohn's tennis was getting a lot of recognition at Jacksonville Illinois College. Dick Smith joined the Plaindttiler sports staff an<l covered baseball games throughout the season in able fashion. Our high school golf team won the Swani meet for the third consecutive year. the Merchants came to life and beat the Crystal Lake Vets 11 to 2. The White Sox were burning up the league and Cub faus were unusually quiet. Mary Jane Gerascli was announced as president of the Girls Athletic Association. Lecturer: "In some parts of Africa a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her". Heckler from audience: "Wity single* out Africa?" • i sseball concluded as McHenry lost a 4-3 game to Lake Geneva and tied Marengo 2-2. JUNE Dick Smith turned in" • clevei story on a V.F.W. softbul! gamp that wound up like a football •core. "Babe" Pries hit a grandslam homer. Another grand-slammer sailed off the bat of Bud Meyers as the Tigers shut out Woodstock 8 to 0. "My cousin from Cork and London" saw the White Sox play byll and wondered why they didn't use square bats. Hitch-Hikin' Fish- It happened on Grass Lak» where Lotus bloom and fish fly 'Twas on a Saturday night Jack Smith (Meats & Groceries* aiu. Bill O'Brien in one boat, and Ku die Frett in another boat, heade. for shore. Plop! Au l.S'j inc northern pike jumped liitp th boat and O'Brien almost jumpc out. Jack subdued the fish a: Bill yodeled for Eddie to com quick. Joe Schinttt was annou;c5n the JohnsJ;nrg prnmes and shuff ling pennied on n bourd to kfei track of balls and strikes. l>otli McHenry teams tsfil&d of building press coops. John Knox received the bal' player award for most valuable Elkhorn won the SWAN1 cage r®*~ywith a 13-1 record. McHenry toW^tifth place with 6-9. singles. More bowling. Eleanor Peterson and' Eileen Smith were doubles Annual Hookey Day.; at MeHeary Country Chib. The" Tigers moved' into first, place in the county league. Tom Bolger was spending his after-Lanking 'hours teaching younK ball players how to handle themselves. A crucial gatue turned into a rout as • Johasburg trounced Algonquin 13 to 5. Al Krause caught a 21-inch northern in Boone Creek, but no reporter was on hand this time. . Helen Miller was named- chairman of llalla-Ba-Loo Day. * Bins, ".Muskie Bait", FrisUv 'wrote an article on ia>w to cutci; a laiukie. Twas uuut>ual. Clarence Smith phoned to set the sports department straight oti the" '"Original Shamrocks". He whs-oik i't tiieui. - ' / Johnsburg strengthened^ their position at the fop of the league with wind over Womistock and Algonquin in a double header. The Woodstock ganjje went 11 innings. Charlie HHler hit a pinch single to tie it iu the ninth and his big brother. Dick, clinched it with a lonterr in the eleventh. The Shamrocks were hot after a spot in the first division and won a double header from Dundee and Spring Grove. Paul FreUlid drove home the wiuner in bey ling Dundee <1-5. When . a bat was broken, it llrompted Mel Whiting to remark, "I can remember whep that would mean the end of the game". Murphy, hurled a 1-0 victory over Spring Grove as Bob McCuli t.i .( n Harry StilUng with 'he lone run. Tlie Johnsburg Park was purhflsed by the Community Club. Rfctv'ne . 1)i y was a big success. V«rn Miller fantiol 13 batters lo beat the Tigers 4 to 2. "! was still st.innvrtime. but a call went out 'for MCHS football piayers to report for equipment. Willie Klapperich turned in another fine pitching performance as Johnsburg beat Richmond 4 to 1 ip the first play-off game. "Hessie" and Vern ..Miller starred as Richmond won the second plriy-off 2 to 1. . -- -- * -. r Section Two --i- Pago F!f#:- %'ii McHenry again drew Dundee i n , winners. THE HOOKEY BOYS the regional and didn't beat 'em. Hebron beat Dundee aftd had to come back against Elgin the next night. 'Twas too big a task. Norman Knaack took first place as Illini Bowmen held their first archery match of the year. Nancy Howard was best in the women's match. Wt Althoff and Fred Fowles seiu cards of the snappy variety which led S.l.H. t® observe that those old boys were looking over more than the scenery, Fannie Freund bowled a 595 series to win first place in the county tournament. Ed fcickels, a real sports fan, passe# away. JJe Ismissed by maoy*~ Dick Rosing was chosen manger of the Merchants. on the Warrior team. I The unpredictable Merchants Weather was bad and baseball j threw a scare into the Shamrocks panics were postponed. Things before bowing 1 to 0. "Sonny" were so bad that hitch-hikers would ride either way. Tommy Sutton bowled a 244 game in a 634 series in Singles Sweepstakes. Kate Jackson and Lou Huemann won the Bowling Bar doubles. Schedule makers had both McHenry teams playing at home on the same dates. Fans dijbi t like it and said so. MAT Bud Kraus won the V. F. W. singles and came within a 1-pin wiggle of a perfect game. Howard Knox, playing his first Miller and Bob Madsen hurled. Andreas drove in the lone run. Al Krause fell in the creek near the Dobyns' residence while fishing. A reporter just happened to be present. Nobody could beat Algonquin in the county league. Will® McCulla signed with the Phillies. Dick Hiller's play was putting the old! spark in the Tigers. Murphy fanned 13 batters in a 4-hit, 4 to 2 w'n over Richmond. JULY Feed Heide announced the 8th season Beries with a win over the 1 Shamrocks. Baseball wouldn't die., Wattles bowled a 200 game. : Yes. he did! Clarence Feit*reisel defeated Pat j Krolin, after five gruelling sets of ! tennis, in the Lions Club tourna- I meat. OCTOBER ! Junior' Sports lost a friend j when' Roy Kent was suddenly, taken from this earth. j Your sports department got aj big boost when Jack Pepping i started reporting high school athletics. Sports Ed. tlioug!it so •nighlv Of Jack's first story that he gave him a by-line right off' the bat. The Shamrocks beat the Tigers > 4 to 0. bunching their hits to win the deciding game of the postseason series. "Sonny" Miller opposed Willie Klapperich on the mound. " The Warriors ran rwild: to score , a 33-0' wiiu oVer Whitewater • jforc a large home crowd. Starting i U.e second half. Stilling kicked oft - Whitewater tumbled - and Stilling recovered hi* own kick." "Mac" estimated that Tom Huemann lost 100 yards to his credit > when plays were called back on penalties. One case was a 70-yard run. The baud put on the best ihow seen in these parts. The Warriors suffered their first loss at Marengo, £-0. . | M c H e n r y S p o r t s m e n ' s CI a h ; shoots were popular. ' T h e T h u r s d a y n i g h t Y o u . n g People's Athletic Club swung into ction. Henry , Stutx won the Zender trophy for the season, winning the most boat races. A record ilomtvoniiug crowd was pleased with the team spirit as the Warriors beat l^ake G« nt-v.. 26-13. McHeiirv's line play wa.i terrific and Harry Uolbeck quarter-backed his romping back- ; field in geat style. . Old Timers played the , Tigers at, Johnsburg in a benefit game for the injured Bud Meyers. Lots of comedy. The chumpionship 11 a r v a r d eleven beut the Wavrior* It to 0. NOVEMBER The Wur iors e,iu.-4 rk'luvan 20-16 ill a thrillor-diiler. McHenry's gym was packed. The famous Globetrotters played thtvCo-ops here and gave thecfans great show. Art Jackson was chosen to Tianage the i Johnsburg Tigers la '62. Coach "Muc" and line coach Wheeland drew a tip of the l a for a great Job with the footbiii team as the Warriors beat Elk horn 12-6 and finished second ir. ;u> conference. McHenry had a r.-2 record, sooriug 9S yoiuts w>vlie l'.oiding the opposition to 67. Harry Gnlheck won the most valuable player award, presented' to him at the Kiwanis banquet. Vic Schwall was the guost speaker at the banquet. Bill Peschke joined our stuff. . reporting ht§ti Jwhool wrestling , matches. *• Tommy SttttOn howled a 288' game at McHenry Recreation. He j had 10 strikes, then a wobble oh i the 4-pin. i Basketball got under way with j McHenry beating S't. Mary's at ; Woodstock 40 to 36. Local grade schools entered the Little Ten basketball conference. The Warriors lost a couple o^ close cage wanies. First it was to Woodstock .'High. 37-35. then. 5).'.loss to Elkhorn. [ " BKCKMBKR ilappehin^s in the month of December niiist be fresli in your minds, but let's take a look just . to round out the year. / , ; , j 'Twas December.,, but. tWy' w-eire;' playing tennis oil the loclti iotirtsr^ The Jim Fays fl«!W In 1'ioiif | California.- and must have gop#;j iji.ck real please-d with the . the Rams t<M)k care of the Chicago Bears. - Adolph Kluver killed a bear and shot a deer. f McHenry Pagers took care of linrlinglOn 43 to 37. Coach Cuda l;ati his J. V. team playing a nice g:.nK\ getting sotne of the boys ready for Coach Fulton when another season . rolls around. " Bill Peschke reported on the wrestling match In which Mc- Henrv's team beat Arlington Heights. The Warriors beat Whitewater 42-3S, but lost to Marengo 61-46. The County Cage Tournament, was played at Woodstock. McHenry beat Huntley with ease. They beat Marengo 59-55 in overtime for the best game of the nieet. Then they in< » Tlt bron' Santa came to town with a satik full of candy, but what old WhiskfTs cost us is another story, In this review we couldn't temrU tu go fiver all th# bowlinp scores. We prtiit 'en. You re#: em. * "Anonymous" was very loyHt and has been popular with readers. ' Your co-operation in keeping this sports page alive is appreciated. We'd like your help fn '52 •U "Jk w L'UL.N 1 l t rtuL. .A TUG OF WAR CHAMPIONS HAiiU;.!) j. KKhl/M) With A Whoppfr •TW- \i SEPTEMBER •CiS'rmqiiin beat Dundee and Richmond beat the Tigers (10 innings) and the winners prepared for the championship series. Great Lakes sent a classy field- •ig team here to play the SHamocks in a Polio Benefit. The ailors won 5 to 0. Don Howard •ul Leo ,Heimer were In t rare orm in announcing proceeding? , nd everybody had* a good time. Klapperich pitched a 2-hitter Johnsburg shut-off Dundee '< o 0 for third place in the county league. The McHenry police department ' akeci a cake in hpnor of City Collector Mayme Buss' birthday. MCHS Warriors, under the_..direction of veteran coach "Mac" McCracken, opened the season witb a 7 to 0 win over Woodstock. Algonquin retained the oounty baseball championship by beating Richmond 9 to 4. "Pitchin* Paul" Fr ?tfhd beat the Tigers in a post-season tilt. The Warriors won their" first two games with only two touchdowns. They beat Burlington 7 to 6 as the Swani league opened. 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