t PAGE < - PLA1NDEALER-FRIDAY, MARCH 28, I960 SPORTS LEN JENSEN BOB ZELLER BARRY ANDERSON STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD Len Jensen Selected As "Mr. Basketball" I Clearing | Off The Of McHenry Warriors | Sports Desk Len Jensen, senior guard on Ken Ludwig's McHenry High Warriors, was selected Mr. Basketball at the annual banquet held Monday night at West Campus. Along with being elected captain of the Warriors, the playmaker of the Warriors has received other honors- this past season. He was selected to the All-Tourney team both at Sycamore and Elgin. A unanimous selec tion on the Fox Valley Conference team, and a second team honor on the Elgin Courier News area team. Senior forward Barry Anderson was selected as the Most Improved player this season, and junior forward Bob Zeller won the free throw trophy with a average of 729. Coach Ludwig presented the follow awards: Barry Anderson, Joe Bauml, Bill Boeka, Bob Bryniarski, John Costigan, Gary Dowell, Chris Freund, Rich Glosson, Bob Greve, Len Jensen, Jim Johnson, Tony Sroka and Bob Zeller. Manager awards went to Joe Condon and Ernie DeVenecia. Statistician awards went to Linda Eylander and Chris Morgan. The Pinecrest Ladies' 18- Hole Golf League begins its season on Tuesday, May 6. If you are interested in joining the golf league, please attend our annual meeting at Pinecrest Country club in Huntley on Tuesday, April 22 at 10 a.m. Refreshments will be served. If you would like to join the league and cannot attend the meeting, call 455- 3352 or 459-2763. • • • • There is quite a differ ence between being pres ent and doing the work. Championship Games End C.O.F. State Tourney The finajs of the C.O.F. state basketball tournament wound up last Sunday at West Campus in a blaze of glory. McHenry and Johnsburg teams dominated the play, being winners in all divisions. To make the games interesting none of the contests were lopsided. The tournament was well attended and crowds at the championship games en joyed added entertainment provided by organ music and the Dixieland Band. In the tremendous job of managing the state event, cooperation of many helpers lessened the burden. All participants acknowledged the splendid facilities at West Campus. Thus ends another highly successful tournament. Ranger Division: Johnsburg 65 - McHenry 52 Senior Division: McHenry 52 - Aurora 44 Junior Division: 8th Grade McHenry 48 - St. Gregory 40 Junior Division-6th Grade Johnsburg 18 - McHenry 16 30 Years & Over Division: McHenry 49 - Johnsburg 44 Heavies Division (any age) McHenry No. 162 - McHenry No. 2 52. BASEBALL » » • FORMAL WEAR RENTALS for ALL OCCASIONS 6e§d SStoual . . . . t k j f c w j k m n . 1214 N.Green St.,McHenry • By Pete Fritchie SARASOTA, FLA. -- The Chicago White Sox have al most doubled the usual number of exhibition games played during spring train ing. And eight of the games this year are free of charge B squad games. It's a great opportunity for kids and others caught in the inflation spiral to see Major League baseball. The Sox had planned to play fif teen games in Sarasota (home games) during March and April. By splitting their squad and using a B squad, they are playing 23. When the A squad is on the road the B squad will play either at the home park in Sarasota (Payne Field) or at theAllyn Field training complex or in Bradenton. Other clubs are doing some of the same but few are playing so many games. Sox play continues this year until April 8. The Sox have one of the best training locales in Florida. Payne Field is in the middle of town and often sold out. The Allyn Field training area is a good one, with many fields and easy assess and plenty of parking. Sarasota is one of the two fastest growing cities in Florida-with many retired people from the Midwest liv ing here. How the Red Sox must think about that these days-they formerly trained here and moved away! •• • • . The English robin red breast is about half as large as its American cousin, and its breast is actually orange. ARL WALSH* So I Hear SPORTS EDITOR. There are many in the ranks who hate to see Little Old McHenry changing so drastically. The change is called progress. When we see Vycital's Hardware store closing, some of us Old Timers see one of the last of the privately owned country stores leaving us. In the early days, hard ware stores sold hardware, meat markets sold meat, drug stores featured drugs and local general stores were a place to buy groceries and dry goods. Storekeepers waited on their customers and had time for a visit. Some of the storekeepers like my uncle, M.J. Walsh, used to deliver groceries to the homes with horse and buggy (with a box on the back). If you had established credit, you could pay once a month. Maybe thirty dollars. Every kid wanted to take the check to the store 'cause you always got a bag of candy. Free! My earliest recollection of Vycital's Hardware is when they put in a separate section where they sold candy. It wasn't Fannie May, but those big candy kisses (six for a penny) took care of our needs. We wish Charles and Mary Vycftal, Alice Peet and all a happy retirement. When you lock the door for the last time, don't get the idea that McHenry won't miss you. From Tucson comes a welcome letter from Zeke and Charlotte. Let me quote one paragraph: "Thought of you on St. Patrick's Day, Earl, when I sat out in the bright, warm sunshine watching the Cleveland Indians play the Chicago Cubs at Hi Corbett field, a very neat minor league park here in Tucson, Somehow, the game didn't seem the same with very little animation, sort of mechanical like, and lacking the zip that indicated a liking for the game, not just the money that was in it. Neither team was impressive. The Indians do not look like hitters, and the Cubs, though winners, let one catchable fly ball drop for a triple, and failed to demonstrate any speed, either on defense or base-running. Have enclosed the writeup about the game, for whatever..." Zeke is thinking back to the day when the Cub lineup boasted such names as Gabby Hartnett, Charlie Grinim, Woody English, Old Hoss Stevenson, Hack Wilson, Ki Ki Cyler, Guy Bush, and the likes. Anybody in that lineup, aside from pitchers, hitting less than .300. had better have a good glove. When Zeke, Bob Weber and Gus Freund worked in the West McHenry State Bank, they used to take off for Wrigley Field regularly on their afternoon off work. Our friend Zeke is still the man in motion. He plays golf and carries his own bag. I ride around the course at tournament time and carry a pencil and score card. He jogs. I jog from my easy chair to the table when the dinner bell rings. He watches birds. So do I. but his birds have PICTURED ABOVE JAMES T. LETIZIA (Right). Receiving Indianapolis Lifes appreciation for providing McHenry County residents with well over $600,000.00 of Life Insurance Protec tion as of March 15th. 1980. Insurance JAMES T. LETIZIA, A Life Professional Worth Knowing. Representing Indianapolis Life and Other Quality Companies, Phono IH-7M ft I BEFORE TROUBLE DEVELOPS- SEE US FIRST 'YOUR COOUNC SYSTEM SPECIALISTS' •RADIATOR REPAIR •AUTO HEATER REPAIR •AUTO AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE •THERMOSTATS •SYSTEMS FLUSHED •GAS TANK REPAIRS AUTO-TRUCK-TRACTOR CALL M5-07S3 ^ ADAMS BROS. ̂ RADIATOR SERVICE 3006 W. RTE. 120 McHENRY, IL & fancy names that aren't spelled s-p-a-r-r-o-w. He rides a bicycle, the only one he has owned since he bought one for $3.50. I haven't ridden a bicycle much lately. Inflation must have set in when he paid $3.50. My only bike cost $2.00 (of course, it didn't have a chain or seat). We both work crossword puzzles. That's one place where our activities mesh. When Zeke mentions the difference in ball players from then to now, I am reminded of the year when Babe Ruth wheedled the Yankee owner out of $80,000 for the season. Such a salary was unheard of and the owner remarked that it was higher than the salary of the President of The United States. The Babe countered with, "How many homeruns did he hit last year?" Spring must be here. We are putting up the "Stringer Wren House" in hopes that our little friends will return. That little beauty of a house attracted the little chirpers last year when all others failed. Thinking of Landmark School, which wasn't a landmark in our day, brought back memories of the highboard fence that separted the boys from the girls in the play ground. No indoor plumbing in the school in those days. Fence or no fence, it didn't keep the boys from throwing stones against the walls of the girls little house out back. Weren't we devils! | On The Sidelines By Dick Rabbitt ;•> Weather permitting Coach Ken Swanson will have his *: Warriors at McCracken Field tomorrow morning for a & double dual doubleheader. The Warriors and Crystal Lake S ijij Tigers, will engage the Libertyville Wildcats and Zee 8 jiji from Zion. Although the Warriors have not been jiji - outside as yet, this is nothing new for the veteran coach. i* ::j: Several times in the past the Warriors played their jf opening game without the benefit of any outside practice, jiji •:•: Maybe later this week the Warriors will get a chance to jiji j:i: have infield practice, and take a few swings with the bat. jiji Dan Boland's thine lads will have a triangular meet next *i ix week. Wauconda and the ZeeBees will be there. At least jiji & some of the distance runners have had the opportunity of & jlj: running in the cool weather. Maybe a shorter season is the answer. It can't get much jiji :* shorter as of now. Both the baseball and track season last :i*i jiji about seven weeks, and about the time we get nice jiji jiji weather, it is all over. Anyway all teams in the area have iiji jiji the same problem, and you can't ask far anything better, iiji* Congratulations to Sue Hutchinson and Terri Bohlman iiji for sharing the honor of Most Valuable on the girls *i jiji basketball team this past season. These two young ladies jiji :i;i each had excellent seasons, and will be missed next 8 :£ season. A tip of the fedora to Len Jensen. Likewise he was iiii :£ selected Mr. Basketball by his teammates this season. & £: Len received many honors this season, and had a great S £: year. & Mike Shanahan's Water Polo team opened up the season & g: with a big win over Lake Forest by the score of 26 to 4. Pat & •iv Murray scored 9 goals for the Warriors. Could we call it & :;:j the "hat trick" three times. Don't forget the Fox Valley Coaches Clinic tomorrow .? ;!;i at West Campus. With the staff on hand to speak, it .$ jiji should be quite a profitable day for the coaches that & ijij! attend. Joe Schlender and Bill Blankenhorn have worked ijij ;i;j to make this a success, and from all reports over 150 ijij ijij: <!oaches have already made reservations. They are ijij ijij: coming from far and near for the dlinic, and you can be ijij jijij sure that Joe and Bill will do everything to make it a huge 3 jjij; success. ;j|i What is needed in McHenry is a American Field Service ijij j|i:j foreign exchange student that is seven foot tall for Ken ijij j:j:j Ludwig next season. Too bad the coach can't screen the ijij jijji candidates before they arrive. His home town of ijij :ji;: Effingham did just that, and came away the second best & jiji team in the state in Class AA. Its a thought that I think many coaches pondered the & !$; past week. 430 (187) and L. Crouch, 458. Glaviano's: E. Glaviano, 436 (171), 6-7-10 split; S. Smith, 497 (183), 59 over; and C. Michels, 488 ( 212). Tuesday 7 p.m. Bowling 3-18-80 Over average: City Wide: P. Ruemelin, 537 (206), 57 over. Thanks to Pat the team took 3 points. Steffans M.Diedrich,407; W. Gehrke, 5-7-9 split. Southgate: B. Schaefer, 432; F. Weyland, 434; and C. Boro, 523 ( 202). Havemeyer's: D. Hayes, 526 (224), 57 over; J. Panucce, 496 (190 twice); J. Switzer, 531 (224), 5-10 split. Executive National: R. Jensen, 459; P. Kosior, 520 (209), 94 over. Neat Pam! Peter Justen's: B. Sisk, 444; S. Haufe, 346; and D. Corser, 493 (183). Bimbo's: W. Minton, 481 (191). Fox Hole: E. Nimsgren, 500 (179) and B. Schurr, 458. Clark Station: N. Peter son, 5-8-10 split; M. Poston, 460 (192); M. Kersten, 379, 5- 10 and 5-8-10 splits. McHenry Inn: K. Batke, 423 and C. Cooney, 512. Mchenry Floral: G. Otth, mwm OF SPORTS Families Meet The Challenge A family that skis together can score points in a popular U.S. competition. Members of 24 two- person family teams who win in regional ski-racing competition in March will receive an all-expense paid trip to national finals in Snowbird, Utah, March 29 to April 1. The events are part of the Equitable Family Ski Challenge, America's fastest-growing amateur competition. For a free brochure on this competition, write to Capital Sports, 280 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. ALEXANDER LUMBER CO. 'BEST OF EVERYTHING FOR THE BUILDER" FEATURING COMPLETE LINES OF: •OLYMPIC STAIN ' •BRAMMER CABINETS •ANDERSEN WINDOWS •PREHUNG DOORS •NORD SPINDLES . •JIM MARTIN PAINTS •LINCOLN WINDOWS •GAF SHINGLES •BUILDERS HARDWARE •PREFINISHED PANELING •CHAMBERLAIN GARAGE DOOR OPERATORS Phone 385-1424 909 N. FRONT ST., McHENRY Honor Bohlman And Hutchinson As Most !»» ...... • f? Valuable Players SUE HUTCHINSON TERRI BOHLMAN STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD Terri Bohlman and Sue McHenry 62 Grant 42 Hutchinson were honored as McHenry 69 Cary Grove 60 Most Valuable players on McHenry 72 C.L.C.73 this year's McHenry High McHenry 51 Jacobs 48 girls' basketball team. The McHenry 47 Crown 60 announcement was made at McHenry 46 C.L.S. 57 the Annual Banquet held McHenry 66 Dundee 57 Tuesday night at West McHenry 64 Woodstock 56 Campus. Vicky Kopsell was McHenry 66 Cary Grove 53 selected as the Most Im- McHenry71 N.Chicago48 proved player on this year's McHenry 51 Antioch 45 squad. The Warriors won 15 McHenry 60 C.L.C.54 and lost 9 during the season. McHenry 34 C.L.C.45 Hutchinson also was honored 15 victories, 91osses equals earlier in the season as an .625 percent. unanimous selection on the Fox Valley conference team. Coach Gary Gray presented awards to the following girls: Vicky Kopsell, Sue Hutchinson, Terri Bohlman, Sue Had dick, Chris Connell, Karen Karpavicius, Robin Geiger, Pam West, Terri Blume, Kathy Bitterman and Diane Koerber. Girls McHenry 53 McHenry 67 McHenry 39 McHenry 71 McHenry 62 McHenry 53 McHenry 37 McHenry 57 McHenry 32 McHenry 41 McHenry 49 Record Wauconda 34 Jacobs 51 Stevenson 44 Round Lake 40 Zion Benton 45 Rich East 51 Crown 44 L. Zurich 41 C.L.S. 52 Dundee 48 Woodstock 51 Statistics Scoring: Hutchinson, 395; Bohlman, 356; Kopsell, 271; and Haddick, 128. Field Goals Made: Hut chinson, 182; Bohlman, 157; Kopsell, 90; and Haddick, 68. Field Goals Percent: Hutchinson, 49; Kar pavicius, 44; Bohlman, 39; and Bitterman, 36. Free Throws Made: Kopsell, 95; Bohlman, 42; Haddick, 35 and Hutchinson, 31. Free Throw Percent: Hutchinson, 72; Haddick, 69; Geiger, 60; and Kopsell, 60. Rebounds: Kopsell, 207; Hutchinson, 132; Bohlman, 120; and Haddick, 60. Assists: Bohlman, 50; Hutchinson, 30; Kopsell, 26; Haddick 24 and Connell. 20. CUBAN AMATEUR BC*&? TEOFILO ' COMPETITION. HE IS THE 6% " JAMAICAN-BORN PUGILIST wrm THAT TREMENDOUS RIGHT- HAND PUNCH. 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