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tAGE I - PLA1NDEALER • FRIDAY. JULY ». HI) 9 EARL WALSH" - » . .. U ..." •J"° •: So I Hear SPORTS EDITOR. Say it isn't so. I watched the baseball All- Star game, but still can't believe the National League won by a score of 7-6. Fans saw plenty of action as players ' were substituted freely. That way the players didn't have to travel way out to Seattle just for the ride. Dave Parker's long throws from right field nailed two runners and killed American League chances. Of course, it was Bruce Sutter who really saved the game. When his fork ball "drops off the table," nobody can touch it. Come to think of it - why don't they step up on the pitch and then bunt it? We saw everything in that game. Even saw a fielder tag out a runner with his glove hand while he held the ball in his bare hand. Now that the game has just ended, I should call John Busscher to let him know I'll pay off the bet the first time we meet. Or, should I just try not to meet him? John should line up more sicker bets. I've only taken him on one bet in several years. ^Did you see how high the ball ided on that Seattle infield? was no such thing as _ a grounder on the shoi t h6p. Infielders could do nothing but wait for the ball to come dewn to earth. jjb E _ It seemed the players were pitting an all-out effort into the game. Sometimes you wonder attout those who dodge the g|me for any excuse. A legitimate excuse is one thing. A- poor excuse is something efee. After all, the player pension fufcd gets a good chunk of mpney out of the game each year. Jiow well I remember the year of the first All-Star game - 1983. The Century of Progress was a big attraction in those depression days so after I left a doctor's office, something drew me to the big fair. Instead of seeing the sights, I went directly to the Mayo Clinic display room to see if I could diagnose my ownv illness. Nobody else seemed able to1 do so. It was a joke later on to my close friends when they realized I passed up Sally Rand and her fans to go to the Mayo building. I must have been sick! ™ Met Bob Becker, former McHenry high athlete, at the Aeverman wedding an­ niversary. I always remember Bob as a snappy quarterback on Coach Reed's razzle-dazzle football team. Bob used to startle the op­ ponents and everybody else with surprise passes with his back to the goal line. A great lady is leaving McHenry after some 40 years of activity, Sister Andreella. Being a reader of S.I.H., she wrote a letter to me one time. My difficulty was that she wrote it in German. I went to see the late Bill Althoff to have him translate the letter, then write a reply for me - in German. It all seemed fine until the thought came to me that Bill might have written something that I hadn't intended. He was full of those tricks. Another time I pinned up a card near our editor's desk that read, "Anybody Who Likes Work Can Have A Hell of A Good Time Here"." Who should come in the next morning but Sister Andreella and another nun. "Mose" hadn't noticed the card and was flabergasted when Sister told him she thought she would like to work there. When she pointed to the sign, "Mose" said, "You know who put that up there, don't you?" With her musical talents, Sister Andreella contributed greatly to the culture of our community. She will be missed. Gymnastics Session At West Campus Parents may register their children and pay fee at West campus during normal business hours through Friday, July 20. The final session of gym­ nastics for this summer will run from July 23 through Aug. 3 at the West campus. Boys and girls from five through thirteen are eligible to participate. i JOHN'S SPORT STOP 5 * "YOUR ONE-STOP SPORT SHOP" $ * In McHenry-Across From Sunnyside Dodge J NYLON TANK TOPS & MATCHING SHORTS Per fec t For Jogg ing •fc Full Stock For Men & Women * FRED PERRY TENNIS SHOES Large Select ion o f TENNIS SHORTS & MATCHING SHIRTS For Men & Women-Full Stock of TERRI CLOTH TOPS, SHORTS, SUITS ATTENTION FOOTBALL PLAYERS! The/ re Here - Jus t Arr ived . . SPOT-BUT FOOTBALL SHOES WITH REMOVABLE SPIKES IN BLACK 4 WHITE * t 15 / DISCOUNT To Members of John- sburg. Marian, McHenry & McHenry Junior Hornets Football Teams For Men & Women Great Selection of RUNNING * JOGGING SUITS JOHN'S SPOMSIOP 4811 W. RTE. 120, McHENRY 344-3S00 Daily 9:30- 8, Sat. 9- 6, Sun. 12 -5 M.C.C. i One more round will be the determined in Match Play tournament as this week's play narrowed the field to the semi­ finals for the gals at McHenry Country club. In Class A it was J. Buss over M. Leisten and N. Fidler over A. Yopp; in Class B, C. Harger over S. Martin and M. Smith ova* B. Smith; Class C, E. Koehler over B. Rode; Class D, K. Evans over V. Spengel and P. MacDonald over G. Lewis. In Consolation tournament (running concurrently) with the field being smaller in Class A this week's play found C. Cooney downing D. Overton to emerge the winner. In the other Classes one week remains. In Class B it was C. Zwissler over E. Castle and L. Harpling over D, Freund; in Class C, T. Sayler over C. Bolger and J. Weiss on a bye; in Class D, B. Gossell over T. Gerstad and F. Herrmann over F. Miller. For the weekly statistics Floss O'Connell set a new low in putting by rolling in only 23 putts for the 18 holes. She also took low net of 74 in Class A. In Class B, Marilyn Riehan- sperger low putted with 27 while Carolyn Harger had low net of 76. In Class C, it was Gene Napier with low putts of 30 and a tie of 73 each between Carol Bolger and Jane Weiss for low net. Another tie of 32 each found Marcy Wakitsch and Gladys Warfield vying for low putts in Class D while Pat MacDonald stood undisputed for low net in the same class with 74. Only a couple of birdies were recorded • that of Joanie Buss on No. 4 and Nell Fidler's on No. 15. As Nell pointed out, she changed to the longer hole from her normal routine of birdieing on No. 14. And, the only chip-ins were executed by Marilyn Reihansperger on No. 3 and Sully Consago on No. 5. Sully apparently had a vigorous and exciting day from the report that was turned in by one of her golf mates. It seems that she was so intent on digging out of the sand trap on No. 12 that she really put her all into her swing, lost her balance and fell flat on her golf skirt. That's spirit! That did not, however, win her the title of "Sandy" for the week. That dubious honor went to Dot Freund as she found half the traps on the cdurse during her play. A report from the Nifty Niners showed that this week's rplay was a Team (net) Play event. The team of Melanie Frett and Carol Wakitsch took first place while the team of Dorothy Flynn and Marianne Cristy came in second. For third place there was a tie between the team of Bea Pond and Lorraine Young and the team of Shirley Smith and Pat Sullivan. Low Putts for the event were rolled in by Inez Burelli. - Friday the thirteenth proved to be anything but unlucky for the traveling team as they participated in the annual Fran 1 and Marlene Kruger of Otto's Girls Is safe at the plate as she scores from second, beating the throw to the Fashion Shoppe catcher Vlcki Senn. Otto's Girls won this Senior Division game of the Pigtail league by a 14-9 score at Petersen Park last week. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD -- Fawcett-Mary Killinger Low Net tournament held at Thunderbird in Barrington. Competing against eight other teams our local gals showed their true colors by capturing first place. In addition to the team's fine golf one of our ladies took low net over the entire field. Shooting a scratch 85 Virginia Turner took a net 63 to bring additional honors to the McHenry contingency. Congratulations, gals! A note from Ilaverne Gregory requests that mention be made of the annual McHenry County Cancer society's "Oh Shoot! Day" which will be held at Chapel Hill Golf course. The date is Aug. 6, a Monday, and will be a' shot-gun tee-off at 9 a.m. Tickets for this worthy event will include golf, luncheon and prizes and information regarding their purchase can be gotten by contactings Melanie Frett at 385-1736. With the popularity of this event growing each year it is ad- \- visable to make arrangements i for playing in it as early as ? possible. Well, even though some warm rains are sorely needed it is hoped that next Tuesday will bring some more sunshine on the day that Match Play will be concluded. 'Til then, Happy golfing! r McHenry Area 12-Inch Softball r©' Liz have a nice weekend. 4 SMOOTH A FEATHER EIHTK FMftV UTUHMUT DRUM CORP MAGIC H 3 Featuring: Madison Scouts Guardsmen Cavaliers Kilts . • • • - • • ' • ••• - • For lofomatiea A.F.L. STUNS OLD BRIDGE American Family Life In­ surance pulled off quite a feat on Wednesday by twice defeating Old Bridge-John's Sport Stop 14-13 and 9-7. For the Bridge it was their third lefts in four games while A.P.LFhas now knocked off all of the top three contenders at least once. Terry Vandenboom, who has been hitting well over .500 since getting off to a poor start, slammed a 3-run homer, singled in another run and scored 3 runs to help A.F.L. to victory in game one. Ray Collis tripled, singled twice, scored twice and drove in 2 runs. Jim Neuman went 3 for 3 with a sacrifice fly and 2 runs scored. Rusty Schlitenmeyer returned to the lineup after recovering from an injury 5 weeks ago to triple, single twice and drive in 2 runs. Rich Hopper singled, and scored 2 runs while Howes singled twice. Joe Dehn went 4 for 4 to lead the Bridge. Dehn included a triple, 3 runs scored and 4 RBI's. John Pitzen went 3 for 3 with a homerun and 2 runs scored while Tom Les singled, doubled, scored 3 runs and drive in 4 runs. Gary Gilpin added 2 hits while Rick Wakitsch drove in 2 runs with a base hit and sacrifice fly. A.F.L. '"111 1 4 6 0 - 14 Old Bridge 0 0 4 1 2 5 1 - 13 Jim Neuman added another 3 hit performance in game two to help A.F.L. to their second win of the evening. Terry Van­ denboom and Rusty Schlitenmeyer both had 2 hits, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI's. Ken Nichols, Ray Collis, Rich Hopper and Randy Mathias all had 2 hits each while Brian Drake drove in 2 runs giving him 4 RBI's in the doubleheader. Joe Dehn continued his hot streak going 3 for 4 to lead the Bridge. Tom Les singled, homered and. scored twice while Doug Freund singled twice and hit a sacrifice fly. Rick Wakitsch and Brian Wilson added 2 hits each. Old Bridge 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 -7 A.F.L. 3 1 3 0 0 2 x - 9 BOWL STRUGGLES, BUT WINS TWICE Raymond's Bowl helped themselves into first place as they twice squeaked by B&H Tap by scores of 7-6 and 6-3. The Bowl scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh on Terry Reilly's deep sacrifice fly to cap a come from behind vic­ tory. Harry May was the big gun for Raymond's in game one as he hit 4 for 4 besides fielding a great second base. Both managers agreed May's clutch hitting arid timely fielding cost B&H a chance for an upset. Mike Weber went 3 for 3 with his 4th homerun of the year, plus a single and double. Don Bentz, Jr., continued on his rampage with 3 hits, 2 runs scored and 3 RBI's. One of his hits was a homerun hit on the fly into the middle of the tennis courts at West campus! Rich Meyers and Wayne Hiller added 2 hits each. Tom Thomas singled, homered and drove in 3 runs for the Tap while Jim Danehey added 2 hits with a double, one run scored and one RBI. Jim Mulvenna tripled and scored one run. B&H Tap 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 -6 Raymond's Bowl * 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 -7 Paul Morenz led the Bowl to their game two victory going 3 for 3 with a double, homerun, 2 runs scored and 3 RBI's. Tom Spasojevich singled and homered while Rich Meyers blasted a solo homerun. Mike Weber and Terry Reilly had 2 hits each. Jerry McEnaney had 2 hits for B&H Tap while Jim Mulvenna hit his second triple of the evening and drove in 2 runs. Raymond's Bowl 202 002 0-6 B&H Tap 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 -3 UNCLE J AMIES, RUSTY NAIL SPLIT Uncle Jamie's made itself heard from again as they knocked off another first place contender, Rusty Nail, to keep themselves in the playoff running. Jamie's scored 6 runs in the first and held a 9-2 lead after 4 innings which the Nail could not quite overcome as Jamie's won 9-8. The Nail stormed back in the second game to win 12-4 bringing them into their current 3-way tie for first place. Rick Sorenson's grandslam homer proved a game winner for Uncle Jamie's in game one. Bill Roark had 3 hits and scored 2 runs while Willie Howard singled, doubled, scored 2 runs and drove in 2 runs. Ken Whitman went 2 for 2 while John Walkington added 2 hits , and 2 runs scored. Chuck OPEN u n d e r n e w . OWNERSHIP * McHENRY'S FAVORITE SPORT CENTER on Green Street in -> • Downtown McHenry New Merchandise Arriviig Daily CALL SPORTS" Favorite Sport Center 1210 No. Green Street McHENRY, ILLINOIS 60050 9-5.30 Do,ly OOC , 9-9 Fr iday JOD" 1 9 12 Sunday Marke drove in a pair of runs with a base hit. Phil Buda" Creden went 3 for 3 to lead the Nail. Larry Jones added 2 hits and 2 RBI's while Len Ackerman, Dave Sundby, Twig Miller and Ron Miller all hit safely twice. Twig Miller added the 'catch of the game' with his shoestring catch of a hard liner to left center. R u s t y N a i l 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 - 8 Uncle Jamie'sO 0 0 3 0 0 x - 9 Gary Schmiii was the big gun in game two as he doubled, tripled and homered to lead Rusty Nail to a split. Schmitt added 2 runs scored and 2 RBI's. John Connell twice singled, homered, scored 2 runs and drove in 3 runs while Dave Sundby and Ron Miller added 3 hits each. Ray Thelen and Twig Miller both scored twice and hit safely twice with Thelen coming up with the defensive play of the game at second base as he dove to his right for a spectacular catch off Willie Howard's bat. Howard singled and homered in his other times at bat, scored 2 runs and drove in 2 more. Tim Whitman had 2 hits and Rick Sorenson hit his second homerun of the evening, a solo blast to center. Uncle Jamie's 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 • 4 R u s t y N a i l 0 2 4 3 3 0 x - 1 2 HUEMANN'S BREAKS SLUMP Huemann's Water Con­ ditioning broke a long dry spell when they defeated Little John's in the second game of a doubleheader 13-3. Hie loss streak had been extended to eleven games when Little John's won 11-8 in the first game. Dan Stanowski's 3 for 3 with a double, 3 rims scored and 2 RBI's led Little John's in game one. Scott Belohlavy and Jerry Sullivan both had 2 hits, one run and one RBI, Paul Adams tripled in 2 runs while Joe Sullivan blasted his second homerun of the season. Jeff Meddings doubled and scored 2 * runs. Bob Mauch extended his hitting streak to 3 games as he punched a base hit to left, scored 2 runs and drove in 3 runs. Joe Huemann went 2 for 2 with a pair of RBI's while Dave Diedrich and Guy Weber added 2 hits each. Diedrich scored twice and Bud Smith drove in two more with a double. Huemann's 210 010 4-8 Little John's 3 0 4 3 1 0 x-11 Bill Sarbaugh had a big game for Huemann's in game two as he went 3 for 4 with a homerun, 2 runs scored and 6 RBI's. John Smith also went 3 for 4 with a homerun and 2 RBI's while Guy Weber and Dan Todd both had 3 hits and 3 rims scored. Mike Whitehead was the fifth Huemann batter to go 3 for 4. Whitehead added 2 runs scored. Bob Mauch singled, doubled and drove in 3 more runs in. s Huemann's best offensive ' output of the year.,biyn iton ni Tom Berent went 2»fo*£ wWftr, Ray Buss singled, doubled and ' scored a run for Little John's. Jim Stuckemeyer drove io/,2 runs with a base hit. ; Little John's 0 0 0 3 0 0 0- 3i>T Huemann's 1 3 5 0 4 0 x-13 SIDELIGHTS Raymond's Bowl is a leader in a little known league statistic which usually goes unnoticed. The Bowl has scored in 77 in­ nings out of 118 batted or 65 percent of the time. Old Bridge has scored 75 out of 118 innings or 64 percent, Rusty Nail is 71 for 118 or 60 percent. Skipping to tenth, Little John's has currently scored in 39 out of 126 innings or 31 percent of the time. Although this week's minimum of 40 at bats eliminate some excellent hitters from the top 201 thought their stats should appear since all are having a good year even though injury, college or jobs have been handicaps to their playing full time. Don Bentz, Jr. (17 for 27) at .630; Dave Schaefer (19 for 33) at .576; Dan Stanowski (14 for 25) at .560; Terry Reilly (14 for 25) at .560; Rusty Schlitenmeyer (15 for 27) at .556; Harry May (14 for 26) at .538; Brian Wilson (12 for 23) at .522. Pat Wirtz Aunt Cora, the gossip, starts every conversation with: "There's something I must tell you before I find out it isn't true. s=i,- McHenry Kart Park NOW OPEN STARTING FRI., JULY 2Mb DAILYtSAT. 1.5*7-11 SUNDAY 1.11 2Q04 LINCOLN ROAD - ACROSS FROM OUTDOOR THEATER