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PAGE 6 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 30.1»78 ; :A BIRDIE ATTEMPT as Tim Martin pitches for the pin on number 13. Tim's ball fell inches short of Uhe cup and he one-putted for par. His 34-36 Sunday gave him a 72 hole total of 298 for the runner-up Ispot in the club championship. > STAFF PHOTO-W AYNE GAYLORD EARL WALSH So I Hear SPORTS EDITOR • A "Congratulations Cer- ^tifcate" signed by Esther and J&Jiff Meyer came our way, ^recognizing our 43 years in this -corner The following note was ^included jDear Earl Esther and I both remember Sthe time very well We had ;jproposed the title "Earls 'Fables" and I think it would !«*have survived the ravages of ^Itime had your column stayed f*with just reporting on the progress of the Chicago White i^Sox Be that as it may Earl • you and "So I Hear" have ^brought more joy happiness ;Jthought provoking material to f^not only the people of McHenry ~!but to thousands of us people J who still call McHenry and The J. McHenry Plaindealer our home • away from home r Keep up the good work and £>God Love You' £ Regards to Alvina Esther and Biff Meyer fa • J? It isn t often a person ^receives a note like that •[Usually people wait until you Pdie before they dish out the *~good words r t Yes. Biff. Fables' might Ifhave been a good one as I * predicted great things for our f "White Sox through the years :• Or. were you thinking of the 1 Fabulous Sox9 £ Anyhow I treasure that note K Z' Be that as it may we can t */"est on the past With an early -deadline for the Labor Day Z-issue. the skies must drop down ideas for three columns this week "Brenda" usually has one column written ahead for a reserve. I 'm not smart enough for that Red" Tourville played golf on a strange course last week His ball went into the water So did "Red" Our report says that nobody pushed him in Nobody helped him get out, either Twas a perfect day as the McHenry Rotarians made their annual visit to Valley Hi and had a cookout for the men and women being cared for in that fine home Elderly people thrive on being remembered by persons enjoying better health Some of the more thoughtful boys made reserversations for me and announced that they were leaving me there See you next year", said the thoughtful ones as they headed for home It was always a pleasure to meet Mrs Vales At the great age of 9() years she and her ready smile have gone from this earth She w as a grand gal in our book When the Jim Thompsons drove up to the funeral home Alvina exclaimed Why that's Mrs Elizabeth Thompson with them'" r eAWAA&wtS SAVE $500 On Regular Membership I Paid in Full By August 31,1978 EGULAR MEMBERSHIP OCT OCT Family Reg NOW $70 Mult Reg J45 NOW $40 Junto* Reg *30 NOW $25 ami &000 m»u uk, ni COURT NON-PRIME $7.00 TiME PRIME $10.00 & SHOWERS "NURSERY HOLIDAY PARK INGLESIDE, ILL (312) 546*224 Art Jackson Still The Champ And still the champ! For the eighth time Art Jackson stood off tough com­ petition to win (the Club Championship at McHenry Country Club last Sunday. Not shooting the best golf of his enviable career, Art had the class to turn in a 292 score for the 72 hole match, only 8 strokes over par for the distance. It was Tim Martin who came on with a burst of great golf to shoot at 34-36-70 on Sunday to add thrill after ^thrill in an uphill fight. \ Gary Adams turned in a nifty 72 for the day, but was too far off the pace going into the final round Jackson was out with a 39 on the first nine, then came in with a 36 to hold his margin of vic­ tory The weatherman sent down drops of rain throughout the afternoon, but not enought to stop play. When the match was Hutch's Harriers Ready For Opener over and in the record books, the sun shone brightly. McHenry has some sharp golfers who are sure to be heard from in future years. In the meantime, Art Jackson, a "regular guy" to all who know him, is the 1978 champion. The Plaindealer sports department joins in congratulations to the McHenry Country Club Champion. Scores are as follows: „ Jackson, 76-292; Martin, 70- 298; Packee, 77-303; Adams. 72- 305; Hojnacki, 76-307; Buss, 75- 308; Spiess. 81-315; Jacobq 316. In the Handicap ChaYhpTon, Jack Smithson took the hondVs as scores were well bunched. Here is how the top golfers wound up after a 72 - hole battle for the handicap cham pionship: Jack Smithson, 269; Tom Burke, 273; Jay Sayler, 277; Gary Fields and Richard Klemm, 278 Coach Bill Hutchinson's McHenry High School qross country team will open their season at Libertyville on Saturday morning Only nineteen have reported so far for the workouts, but more are expected after school begins this week. Seniors on the team are Davey Byron. Pat Tueber and Dave Peterson. Juniors Randy Wright, Jerry Baczkowski, Mark Schieb and Carrie Mortell, who qualified for the state meet last spring in girls track Sophomores: Don Mitacek, Vic Champney, Dana Schieb and Ray Bourney. The fresh­ men on the squad are Gordon Bourney, Steve Hawes, Allan Kopp, Wally Henshall. Doug Maris, Scott Farie, Gary Clark and Wade Cepulis. MCHS Golfers Open Season Thursday Vs. Marian Central Sure enough Another 90 year old girl had come to pay her last respects to her C D of A card playing friend Such spirit must be admired Noticed Earl Cooper dashing around these days The football season is under way with practice so our highly qualified trainer is ready to care for the bumps, bruises and needs of McHenry High athletes There will be another Old Timers Day for county baseball players on Sept 17 at Hunter Country Club in Richmond Day time golf - dinner in the evening We had a good time up there last year, but hope to see McHenry and Johnsburg with a bigger representation this" year It 's fun to get together and talk about those days gone by Twas Sunday and a busy day We joined 'Zeke and Charlotte Bacon, their family and friends at the beautiful Turnberry Country Club to celebrate Zeke s 70th birthday and the 2(lth wedding an­ niversary of Dick and Kay 1 Bacon 1 Croak That was fun Everybody was happy Seventy years That s the allotted three score and ten With the spring in your step, Zeke you will hit 90 Don't forget to invite me 'And don't forget a wheel chair i. Back to McHenry where we expected to see the last nine holes of the championship match at McHenry Country Club V\ hat a revoltin develop ment' Met Vale Adams and learned that the golfers teed off two hours early due to threatening weather Mrs Frank Rourke and Dick Hosing were among those who asked how I could report the match without seeing it V\ 11 h Old Reliable John Busscher gone fishin , I promised to cover the day Nothing to it when you have somebody like Barb Weber to turn over her score card and the pro man. Vale Adams, to give me a list of scores So you will see a report on the sports page minus some of the sidelights Art Jackson, a worthy champion, kept this crown in . spite ot some great golf by Tim Coach Chuck "Cuda's McHenry High golf team will open the season tomorrow against Marian Central at the McHenry Country CJub The Warriors defending conference champions and third best team in the state last fall have only two lettermen returning for the coming season Pat Becker and Steve Kivley two of the finest young players in the area are the returning Martin It 's a bit of a trick to beat the steady play that Art displays year after year A true champion all the way Final note Barb has promised to wheel me around again next year 1 Ton fc CLEANING SERVICE INC PROFESSIONAL Small Office & Household CLEANING Weekly Bi Weekly Monthly • Upholstery Cleaning • Wall Washing CALL •Light Housekeeping »Inside Windows * Carpet Cleaning •General Housekeeping or Maio Service 385-0283 TODAY Years Will Tell Old age is when you find yourself using one bendover to pick up two things. -Clipper, Ashland, Kan. FORMAL WEAR RENTALS for ALL OCCASIONS feSl £ Stand ....tk tfw (pn men 12J4 N. Grew. St.. HrHwy lettermen and will team up with Bill Lang and Dave Sch­ wartz also seniors. Juniors who look promising at this stage are Al Ekroth and Joe Bellich. while sophomores Jim Pepping and Joe Bauml. who may give the older lads a run for a spot on the team Next week we will have a list of all the squad members which at this time number twenty- seven CLUB CHAMPION Art Jackson blasts from the bunker onto the number 14 green during the final round of the McHenry country club championship Sunday. Art carded a 76 for a 72 hole total of 292 for his eighth club title. STAFF PHOTO-W AYNE GAYLORD Old Bridge Sweeps To Capture Championship IS IT GONNA BREAK? appears to be the question on the face of Gary Adams in Sunday's final round. It broke, but not enough. Gary settled for par during his round of 72 that enabled him to mov e into the fourth spot with a 72 hole total of 305. Bridge Record 2K-0 The Old Bridge captured the 1978 Twelve Inch Cham pionship by defeating King's Row 16-5. The win climaxed a 3- game sweep in the finals over King's Row. and an undefeated season in overall league play The Bridge swept 21 straight regular season games and also knocked off the All-Stars in a doubleheader They rolled over St. Regis by identical 12-2 scores in the semi-finals and then proceeded to win 3 straight in the finals over King's Row Although the score was not quite as lopsided as their 23-0 victory in game two, the Bridge still managed to win easily in the final game Eight runs in the first two innings on 11 hits sealed the Row's fate King's Row. who put together an excellent first game exhibition versus Old Bridge, never came close in game three as they combined for only 5 hits One of those hits was a 2 run homer by Ken Mitchell in the seventh It should have been a routine flyout but the ball sailed over Hon Miller's head in left for an easy roundtripper Miller exclaimed after the ball game, "I'm an All Star in any league but not at every position'" Tom l.es I .••ads Winners Tom Les led the winners with a perfect 4 for 4 The Bridge centerfielder also drove in 4 runs and scored one run Les combined 7 runs and 11 RBI's in the 5 playoff games to lead all players in the Huns Produced category Rightfielder Joe Dehn also drove in 4 runs Dehn. who led the league with 50 RBI's. led both teams with 10 RBI's in the 3 game series Dehn also produced the most runs • 151 in the championship series Leadoff batter Doug Freund scored 3 runs giving him a total of 10 for the series and 14 in the T> playoff games which was tops for all players Rick Wakitsch, Bridge first baseman, also scored 3 runs and hit safely 3 times That gave Wakitsch 7 hits in the playoff finals tying him with Ron Miller for tops in that department King's How Enjoys Successful Season For King's Row the loss was anti-climactic after a truly remarkable season the Row finished in a third place tie with St Regis in their first year of McHenry 12-Inch Picked not to make the playoffs at season's start. Chuck Marke led the march as the Row knocked off their first four opponents Although they dropped a doubleheader to Old Bridge they continued to split at least every doubleheader through the middle of the season An end of the vear let down almost cost them the playoff berth And when they made the playoffs they were not picked to win in the semi-finals 1 Jimmy the Greek gave them 75-1 odd- si However they swept two straight semi-final games over Raymond's Johnsburg Bowl Both games saw King's Row come up with a consistent hitting attack which included a 9-run inning in game two to overcome a Bowl lead The Row made it into the finals and faced their biggest challenge, the undefeated Old Bridge The first game was nip- and tuck as the Row dropped a 13-9 decision A few errors hurt but they showed they could hit along with the Bridge Disaster struck in game two as pitching, fielding, and throwing errors added to a powerful Old Bridge offense equalled a 23-0 slaughter King s Row had only 4 hits in the contest and the "writing was on the wall' ' In game three the Old Bridge continued where they left off in the previous game Eleven Bridge batters hit safely while King's Row added 7 errors The Row had only 5 hits, one better than in game two, and never really challenged the winners Sidelights Bob Mauch went hitless in his only time at bat to fall below 1 (HK) for the 1978 season Mauch however picked up the "save' ' when he came on in relief of Greg Freund in the seveth Mauch walked two while serving a homerun pitch to Mitchell King's How abrhrbi Walkington. John Sorenson, Rick Watson. Jesse Marke, Chuck Cable. Bill Schultz, Randy Bohac, Ken Whitman. Tim Summercamp. Dennis Whitman, Tom Mitchell. Tom Roark&Bill CelenJI, Rich Whitman, Ken 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Old Bridge Freund. Doug Miller, Ron Dehn.Joe Freund. Greg Wakitsch, Rick Les. Tom Rohrer, Steve Grabowski. Jim Althoff, Tim Harbecke. Bruce Pitzen, John Gilpin, Gary Schaefer, Dave Mauch. Bob abr hrbi 4 3 2 0 4 1 1 0 4 1 1 4 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 2 4 14 4 3 0 10 10 10 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 10 1 0 0 0 Doubles B Cable, R Wakitsch, T Les Homeruns T Mitchell Sacrficie Fly G Freund, G Gilpin Base on Balls Bohac, R Celenze King's Row 0 10 1 10 2 Old Bridge 3 5 0 3 4 1 x r h e 5 5 7 16 18 3 Pat Wirtz Betty Mohan Scores Hole-In-One And Qualifies For Trip Betty Mohan of 605C N Waters Edge, McHenry, is eligible to win a free trip to Scotland and $1,000 as a result of scoring a hole-in-one at the McHenry Country Club Mohan s ace qualified her for the 18th annual Rusty Nail Hole-in One Sweepstakes, a national competition sponsored by a Liqueur Company of Edinburg. Scotland The winner will be announced early next year Auto Service Tips Whether your car is pulling a boat or a trailer, check the automatic transmission fluid level and change the filter before setting out for vacation fun Routine service costs only a fraction of an overhaul charge Heavy load conditions can cause oil to break down and lose lubricating qualities •' " isn't clean and cool.