The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

PAGE 8 - PLAINDKALER - FRIDAY. AUGUST 31, 1973 Many Youths Enjoy Park Tournaments The past few weeks found many youngsters thanking the city fathers for making available the chance to par ticipate in light competition which took place at the city park. Events included shuf- fleboard. volley ball, freethrow shooting and tennis The program, run by the city of McHenry, was open to all youngsters age six through fifteen. Freethrow competition was the first event to be held. This event found Mike Sabatka winning in the six through eight age bracket, Pat Becker winning in the nine through eleven division, and Peter Prust in the oldest age group. All three overcame tough opponents to become vic­ torious. Volleyball was next on the agenda. Though the turnout was light for this phase of the program, two teams showed fine athletic ability and went home with the first-place trophies. The team of Tom Hutchinson, Brian Lund, Craig Smith, Scott Freund, and Bill Rowe won in the twelve through fifteen age group, while Tim Sabatka, John Boro, Tom Balchunas. Mike Sabatka. and Rob Mortell came in first in the six through eleven age bracket. Shuffleboard proved popular among the McHenry young folks. Singles competition found Rob Mortell in the six through eight, John Boro in the nine through eleven, and Peter Prust in the twelve through fifteen age group winners. Doubles competition in this event was included and found Rob Mortell and Mike Sabatka winning, Ronnie Waytula and Tom Sharp victorious, and Peter Prust coupled with Tim Sabatka trophy holders in their age group. The city tour­ naments ended with tennis competition in both singles and doubles events. Tim Sabatka battled Mike Sharp for first- place in the intermediate singles contest. Both youngsters showed much potential and their match was probably the most exciting part of the tournaments. In the end Tim Sabatka won but not before Sharp gave him a real work­ out Lowell Kivley easily beat all of his opponents in the twelve through fifteen age bracket. Mike Sharp and Tim Sabatka were paired up in the These gals are the champs of the McHenry Country Club ladies tourney. L-R are Ethel Koehler-low net class C, Floss O'Connell-low net class A, Marilyn Bishoff-club Champ, Myrt Johnson-low gross class B and Barb Weber-low net class B. Missing from photo is Gloria Spiess-low gross class C. (STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD) MEET A GOOD NEIGHBOR OF YOURS See him for all your family insurance needs. •mm DENNIS CONWAY 3315 W. ELM ST. MCHENRY, ILL. S T A T | » A ft • (Si I N S U f t A N C t Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. State Farm Insurance Companies Home Offices: Bloomington, Illinois McHenry County Farm Bureau Softball Teams Win Three State Titles Local Youths Win YMCA Swim Awards doubles competition and crushed all players on the opposite side of the court. Dan Doherty and Randy Blankenhorn won in a lively contest with Lowell Kivley and Rich Steege. All participants showed courtesy to their fellow players and the tournament closed a success. Not all persons were winners but listed below are the names of youngsters who showed a fine competitive spirit: Debbie Mortell, Carrie Mortell, Joan Lingeman, Steve Lingeman, Nancy Lingeman, Kathy Sabatka, Sue Dixon, Mike Becker, Brian Becker, Jennie Prust, Sara Prust, Sean Haley, Debbie Boro, Kathy Long, Jeff Lennon, Jerry Pepping, Tom Pepping, Jeff Tronson, John Costigan, Don Verstage, Steve Kivley, and Rich Steege. This writer is sorry if any names have been left out. It is hoped that next year more events will be added to the tournaments and the turn out of youngsters will be greater. Again the city fathers should be thanked for making this program available to all children who live in McHenry. McHenry County Farm Bureau softball teams captured three state championships in the finals of the Illinois Farm Sports Festival last week to climax a remarkable season of participation and fun for many farm families. In the overall scoring for the respective County Farm Bureaus, McHenry County Farm Bureau finished third with 2,875 points, trailing DeKalb and Tazewell. This is the first year neighboring DeKalb County Farm Bureau has won the state title, racking up 3,515 points to edge out the recent champion in the large county group, Tazewell, which had 3,485 points. Softball championships were won by these McHenry County Farm Bureau teams: Slow Pitch, managed by Gary Miller; 35'ers, managed by Les Luedtke; and the All-County, managed by Chuck Lockinger. This is the third straight year the All-County won the state title. It downed De­ Kalb county in the finale, 7-5, with a come-from-behind rally. The 35'ers won the state title with wins of 6-4 over Edgar, 3-1 over Tazewell, and 7-1 over St. Clair. In that title game, McHenry had a 1-0 lead until mid-way in the game. The Slow Pitch team rallied smartly to come from behind late in the title game to down Marian, 10-8. Earlier wins of 25 8 over St. Clair and 22-7 over Henderson advanced the Slow Pitch champs to that title chance. point compilation of 2,875 poiiltsSrepresents widespread participation in events that began with bowling in the winter and concluded with softball competition in seven categories over two days last week. Swimming, golf, and bowling were among sports ul*. which McHenry county rural people enjoyed the season. Scoring is weighted to stress participation. Last vear McHenry county At the conclusion of the Lake Region YMCA summer swimming instruction classes, award cards and emblems were presented. Local POLLIWOGS receiving awards were Mario Materazzo (McHenry) and Jackie Elliot ( R i n g w o o d ) . l r ; In the MINNOWS group, Jean Rodenkirch was honored. Jeff Smith was in the select group in the FISH class. .was fifth in overall scoring. It was second in 1971; fourth in 1970; fifth in 1969; and seventh in 1968. A dinner for all participants in the many events through the year is set for Sept. 15, Larry Harris, executive secretary, announced today. Tickets are available at the Farm Bureau office; from Jim Keefe, Sports Festival chairman ; and Harris. McHenry VFW Girls Softball Team Season Record of 18-2. (Front row) Mary Ellen King, Diane Pintozzi, Robin Perrino, Sue Cooley, Kathy Barry, Peg Berry, (standing) Coach Pam Shaffer, Linda Meurer, Karen Connor, Betsy Stephenson, Sharon Lively, Deb Mahon, Ronnie Bierman, Danette Crawford, Coach Maggie Miller. (STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD) New Pool At Camp Duncan Between the middle of September and Oct. 1, a new swimming pool will be opened at Camp Duncan, located on Rt. 12, north of Volo. Grand opening is planned in October. The new six-lane, 75 x 42 foot Fri 8/31 - Thurs. 9/6 SKYLINE R o u t * 1 2 0 - 1 M i l e E a s t o f M c H e n r y This week is a success. We have some of Grandma Hiller's (Mrs. Bill) doughnuts on our table. Give us those doughnuts and you can have the cake. Cousin Dorothy always tells how she loves hot weather She should be happy this week But, when we called at the Walsh home Sunday night, we found our hot weather lover ensconced in a comfortable chair with the air conditioner going full speed. TO OUR APPRECIATED SPORTS REPORTERS Some copy is coming in after the deadline. It puts us in a bind. And -- typed copy helps. When we have to edit and have it typed, sometimes the last bell pool is enclosed and will offer a complete YMCA program, according to John Eliot, aquatic director at the camp. This includes family and adult swims in addition to open hours. There will be lessons for all ages. A special feature will be competitive team swimming. "Y" members and the general public are invited to use the pool. For further in­ formation, contact Eliot at Camp Duncan, Round Lake. 111. 60073, either by mail or telephone. EARL WALSH So I Hear SPORTS EDIT0RJ McHenry Girls Win Second In Tourney has rung. That means hold it for the next issue. PICNIC -- The Senior Citizens (young folks) are winding up their bowling season with a picnic in the City Park on Friday of this week, 3 P.M. Fun and sociability. If the Minnesota ball club has any more pitchers like this fellow Kaat that they want to send to the Sox, it will be just dandy. He may be old, but he was beautiful in his first ap­ pearance for the Sox. Labor Day is upon us. That's the signal for men to throw away their straw hats and women to put on their furs - never mind what the ther­ mometer says. Have faith, you Cub fans. Your team is going to stumble into the pennant. The way the other teams are playing it looks like they don't want it. Some mornings it hardly pays to buy a newspaper. Among the things we learn. The heat wave will last two more days. Cool breezes stalled over Minnesota. Cubs lost to Atlanta 7-4. Sox lose to Brewers 9-0. frZ! AUG. 31 7:00 & 9:05 Each Eve. ADGE 3 DIANA ROSS/S BILUE HOLIDAY 2 DY SINGS THE BLUES THE NEXT MOVE IS MURDER THE LAST OF SHEILA Starring (In Alphabetical Order) RICHARD BENJAMIN • DYAN CANNON - JAMES C0BURN JOAN HACKETT-JAMES MASON • IAN McSHANE • RAQUEL WELCH @GRAYS LAKE OUTDOOR Its. 120 & 21, Grayslakc v f i n n Y t A N D b a U H ; THE PLANET OF THE APES ® G FRI. - THURS. AUGUST 31 - SEPT. 6 BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES On Saturday, Aug. 18, and Sunday, Aug. 19, the McHenry V.F.W. Girls' softball team travelled to Lake-In-The-Hills for what was to be the most challenging weekend of softball all season. Opposing the league champs were teams from Cary, Lake-In-The-Hills, Marengo, and Woodstock in a tournament where any two defeats meant elimination from play. On Saturday morning at 9 .m. the McHenry girls faced a renovated Woodstock "A" team, which included in the roster, an all-around, out­ standing player, Mary Sue Parker, who spent the 1973 summer as the leader of a local farm bureau team. Her of­ fensive and defensive abilities were sparkling as she ac­ counted for several fine Woodstock plays. She blasted two home runs out of the park and was the major cause of the McHenry defeat. McHenry's returning left-fielder, Robin Perrino, belted one over the fence, but the scoring fell short of the lead. McHenry's pitcher, Sharon Lively, received only Sox get a new pitcher with a .93 earned run average. Is that help9 Prices are UP. Watergate again! The first person we saw when we came down town this morning was Harry Dean. Isn't that a great way to start a new day-- You can't be lucky every day. Yesterday morning we looked in the rear view mirror and saw the smiling face of Mrs. Bill DeVries. her second loss of the season. At 1 p.m. on the same day, the V.F.W. girls played the Marengo team who had also suffered defeat in the first round of play. The McHenry girls' hitting began to pick up but the fielding still lacked its usual dependability. At the end of the seventh-inning the girls nosed out their opponents, 15- 14, behind the tireless pitching of Sharon Lively. Later in the afternoon, the girls were then slated to play against once-beaten Lake-In- The-Hills. The game began at 5 p.m. on Saturday, and ended Sunday morning at ap­ proximately 9:30 a.m. as an extra-inning duel and a rain- shower forced suspension of the game. The LITH's girls led 4-1 until the top of the seventh when a series of singles and doubles by McHenry, forced a 4-4 tie. In the bottom of the eighth inning, LITH's girls put the winning run on third with no outs but failed to score. McHenry scored three runs in the top of the ninth before the game was suspended because of the rain, and, the next day, they added six more to defeat their opponents 13-4, and move into the semi-final round against Woodstock's "B" team at 12 noon. Despite the 90 degree heat and humidity, the V.F.W. girls out-dazzled their young op­ ponents, 21-2, and advanced into the championship game against their first-round competitors, Woodstock's "A" team, at 2:30 p.m. that af­ ternoon. Manager Maggie Miller's strategy in handling the strong Woodstock shortstop was extremely successful, in that, out of four trips to the plate, Miss Parker was just one-for-one. Woodstock jumped 21-23 N. AYER ST. HARVARD, ILL. (815) 943 4451 to a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning and added one run in the third, two runs in the fourth, and one in the fifth, creating an 8-0 McHenry deficit. However, alert baserunning by Betsy Stephenson caught Woodstock catcher Menge off guard, and that broke the scoring gates open. The V.F.W. girls scored four in the fifth and two more in the sixth but fell short of the victory and first place by the close score of 8-6. Over-all, the McHenry girls played two 7-inning contests and one 8 r2-inning suspended contest on Saturday, and the remainder of the suspended game and two 8-inning games on Sunday. Each game, a total of 37 innings of fast-pitch soft- ball, in two days, was pitched by McHenry's Sharon Lively, who was voted Most Valuable Player by her teammates and coaches. Miss Lively has a final season record of 21 wins and 3 losses. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ab r h Bierman 4 4 2 3 King 5 4 1 2 Mahon 6 3 0 1 Perrino 7 4 1 2 Lively 1 4 0 1 Barry 2 3 0 1 Cooley 9 3 0 0 Stephenson 3 3 2 3 Conner 8 3 0 1 Totals 31 6 14 BB: Mahon, McHenry Woodstock Barry. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 6 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 8 Stock Car Racing WtfWS\WVWWVWW --WILMOT-- Sid Norton of McHenry finished second in the IRA Sportsman twin 30 lap cham­ pionship. Danny Brown was third. Sid is also listed as No. 1 in the Overall finish. Jim Kelly was the leader in the 15 lap semi-feature. FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM Doors Open 6:40 • Cartoon at 6:50 - Feature at 7:00 Only THIS FEATURE STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 31st FOR 7 DAYS: A CHARTOFF-WINKLER /CARLINO PRODUCTION CHARLES BRONSON in A MICHAEL WINNER Film "THE MECHANIC" Caulder" PLUS THE FINAL CHAPTER BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES I 'Flea Market" SUNDAYS 8 AM - 4 PM| Umled Artists F jm i l y En t iT td inment Proqrams and Adu l t A r t F i lms ^ . . P/e>»*n ta t ions and Requ i re the Purchase o f Separa te Admiss ions *** ********** Adult Art Films *7Hfrlc *?eatuie PRESENTED EACH NITE - NINE TO TWELVE ^Success fu l Wes t Coas t Fo rmat Presen ted For Our Majority of Couples • a Color with I nglish Sound. THIS PROGRAM STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST*31st FOR 7 DAYS* 'MAID IN HOLLYWOOD' BRIDE S DELIGHT' THE GROUPIES' SPECIAL REDUCED RATES FOR COUPLES • - - - - - -- ••••••] l he I hea t re i s Equ ipped fo r P ro iec t ion o f 16 & 35mm Fea tu res 'EXPLICIT ADUl r FILMS FOR MATURE MENS, WOMEN ONLY ' L IMITFD TO AGE 18 8 , OVF R POSIT IVE PROOF REQUIRED ' Yard-wide Mouth? Manta rays sweep plankton and small fish into a yard-wide mouth with earlike fins. Rays can weigh more than a ton, yet frequently vault above the surface like fly­ ing fish! Exploding Building? Buildings hit by a tornado often appear to explode. The phe nomenon is caused by the sudden drop in air pressure when the storm's center passes by, which in effect gives normal air inside the building the force of "com pressed air" and blows the struc ture apart MILLER WOODSTOCK - 338-0032 STARTS FRI. for 1 WK. MARK TWAIN 'S lorn . Saws«f