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PAGE • - PLAINPEALER - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST I, ll» ..' * * Plaindealer m The Third Half Joel Wakitsch Sports Editor That good old Johnsburg- McHenry rivalry I admit it. I'm proud to be a burger and I'd be silly to deny it. Born in Johnsburg, I really didn't know how good it felt to be from there until that magic moment in 1962 when Chuck Hiller hit his grand slam in the world series against the Yanks. "Chuck lives right over there," I use to say while pointing proudly to his house about 100 yards from my front yard. And as all proud Johnsburg folk, I also had a slight sour spot in my stomach for McHenry. It all came with being a burger, I guess. Let's face it, McHenry doesn't have a Chuck Hiller, I use to think. Yep, burgers were the best. From that point in life on, Johnsburg. was the best in my book. The more I thought about being a jock from Johnsburg, the more I despised the monsters in McHenry, but why? Recently, I tried to analyse the situation and I must admit, the reminiscence brought back some of the hostilities that I once had for the McHenry sports scene. In little league, I couldn't wait to play McHenry in the year-end all-star games. They had a nicer ball park, but we held our own against them. In grade school basketball, my eighth grade team was great (no thanks to my ability), but when we lost a big tournament to the likes of Montini of McHenry, I was crushed. At the time, Steve Koerber was the biggest enemy I had. Imagine the nerve of his team beating us burgers. After little league, I started playing on a softball team that was the only Johnsburg bunch in an all-McHenry league. At the time, Johnsburg was undefeated for two seasons in a row. Needless to say, all of McHenry was out to get us burgers. Then, things started to change. In McHenry High School, Johnsburg was now a minority. Those McHenry enemies soon became good friends and although the rivalry persisted, the Johnsburg vs McHenry talk was all In jest. My McHenry baseball coach, Ken Swanson would complain about having to play three burgers in his line up and he needled us every opportunity he got. After we would play a bad game, Swanson would bellow, "the burgers didn't eat their sauerkraut today." A more good-natured rivalry came about, you might say. Surviving high school with the McHenry jocks, I moved on to college in the "sticks" of southern Illinois, where Johnsburg was a big city in Africa and McHenry was the name of the recent United Nations ambassador. I started to soften and even told my college buddies that I was from McHenry because they couldn't find a Johnsburg on the map. I almost forgot that either town existed on occasion. But while down at school, Johnsburg made a move that spurred on more interest in the Johnsburg-McHenry rivalry than I had ever shown. The building of Johnsburg high school took me right back to my little league days. The rivalry, spread outside of the sports arena and into the political and social front. The sports rivalry is now as intense as ever, and as sports editor of a McHenry paper, I am suppose to be impartial in my reporting. Now that's a challenge. . .even for a burger. Old Bridge Scores 29 In 16-Inch Romp In the first game July 22, Foxhole stayed ahead of the field by three games as they beat Nancy's for the second time this season by a score of 16-4. Nancy's took an early 3-0 lead, but Foxhole came back with five runs and a seven- run fourth inning, which was all they needed for the victory. Jim Yaworski was four for five with three runs scored to lead Foxhole, followed by Rich Meyers, Dick Kazlauskey and Marty Conway, all with three hits. Tom Spasojevich was three for three with two runs scored and Phil Oeffling was three for four with one run scored to lead Nancy's. In game two, a six-run seventh inning and a shakyi Hautzinger Concrete defense, helped Palace Bowl to its second consecutive victory' and second this season. The six-run seventh was highlighted by Scott Simon's drive to deep left centerfield which brought home the winning runs as it dropped beyond the reach of diving John DeCiccio. Final score: Palace 18, Hautzinger 17. Once again Bob Buenzli led Palace, this time he had four hits in five at bats with four runs scored. He was followed by Kip Novotny and Rich Dennis both with three hits. Tim Farr was four for five with three runs scored to lead Hautzinger. In game one Thrusday, Little Johons picked up four runs in the second inning, and four more in the seventh as they went on to upset fourth-place 3-D Bowl, 11-8. Ben Himplemann was a perfect four for four with two runs scored to lead Little Johns, followed by four others with two hits. Vern Zeller and Leo Sullivan had two hits to lead 3-D Bowl. In the second game, Old Bridge was in control the whole way as they blew out Sunnyside Inn, 29-2. They batted around JLhe order twice, once in the third in­ ning as they scored six runs, and again in the sixth inning when they scored 14 runs. Every player had at least one hit as Joe Dehn led the hit parade withb a perfect six for six with five runs scored. He was followed by Doug Freund, Greg Freund and Jim Grabowski, who each had three hits. Terry Hovseth had two hits for Sunnyside. STANDINGS Foxhole 11 0 Old Bridge 8 3 Nancy's - 7 4 3-D Bowl 6 5 Hautzinger 4 7 Sunnyside 3 8 Little Johns 3 8 Palace Bowl 2 9 Dan Long >R. ROBERT GLICK Podiatrist -- Foot Specialist •OrllwHIt* *FhI Surgery •General Car* *Spert Medlcli •Children's Pnt Problems McHenry Office 4305 W. Elm Street (fife. 120-Across the Street f r r t m U n r n c k u ' e \ ONE MINUTE SPORTS QUIZ 1. Who won the British Open golf tournament? 2. How many times did Margaret Smith Court win the U.S. singles champion­ ship? 3. Who Greater Gassic? 4. What Staubach Trophy? 5. Name the heavyweight fighter who was the first to regain his title. -- Answers To Sport Quiz 1. Tom Watson. 2. 5 times. 3. Pat Bradley. 4. 1963. 5. Floyd Patterson. won the LPGA Baltimore Golf year did Roger win the Heisman ••I 1 Wr .. pKH • B *' ' - W' m|R Hn v ¥ Jk I ... * m . 9 •*> > MHIRR' When It Rains... • •• it pours Injuries took their toll on Old Bridge in the Rusty Nail 12" lafet weekend at Petersen Park. Gary Gilpin, (inset) kneels gingerly on the ground after being spiked on a close play at first during an earlier game; Gilpin continued to play despite the injury and had a good tourney. However, in the final game of the tourney, the Jokers crashed Old Bridge, 21-1, as left centerflelder Jim Grabowski crashed into the fence in chase of a long fly ball. Grabowski watched the rest of the game on the bench, suffering a cut on the head. Above, Umpire Don Bentz tends to Grabowski (lower left) while the paper-cup sign in centerfield (lower right) said it all. STAFF PHOTOS-JOEL WAKITSCH Women's | Thursday Morning | Pistakee Golf | Catching up with the golf news from Pistakee sometimes takes a little bit of dramatic prodding. Let it be a quiet moment of concentration for Marilyn to make her birdie on six, but follow that up within seconds for Ad Zieger to make her birdie a minute later! It was a toss-up of utter joy for a couple of "birds". Then Sandy Nank followed » closely ^for her lengthy fairway drive te the green on seven efMHtig up with st gtV£T~ day of.golfing. . . ' r\ • : Gaye Murphy had a crazy day trying to lead her ball from the fairway on one, through to nine, to eight and then back across to seven. Finally, she bravely pitched one right on the green at number seven. Bad Day Gayle? Not so with Dawn Schnulle on the 24th as she captured a 48 with 14 putts for the day. Kathy Haugen has been making some mighty good blows from her clubs so she's scorinR much better lately. Something about con- 4 centration and per- severence. On number six, Betty O'Brien had her-no-putt by chipping in frtfm the apron, going slowly up hill to drop in. Coming in from below the elevated green, visible only by the flag, Edith Nimsgren made a difficult crisp pitch in for a marvelous no putt! Marlene Damato, one of our finest players parred four holes on numbers three, four, five and nine and had 15 putts overall. Check that one Nancy Lopez! But wait- Ruth Gulbransen challenges most golfers often with her long drives and three pars in a day. Did you know? On our birdie tree, Libby Johnson has a pair of "love birds" on number six. Maryrita Stilling put her ball right into "the heart of the green" and ended up with six, one-putt greens. Georgette Lewis ended up with only 11 putts for nine holes using her young girl's putting touch. Inez Buralli runs her ball right up to the hole and had a birdie on number six. How sweet it is. Whoops, July 31 was a tree day for Ad. It was a zig-zag ball. But then what hap­ pened to Marilyn's birdie of last week? This week a 10 on number six; back to the practice field. Jokers Win In Laugher v 0W Bridge Runs Out Of Gas In Tourney 4'h^ championship game of the Second Annual Rusty Nail Tourney was anti-climatic as Old Bridge ran out of gas, losing to the Jokers from Arlington Heights, 21-1. The big story, at least on Saturday, was whether or not the 29-team tournament would be cancelled due to heavy rain. Six games were somehow played on Saturday, but a total of 45 games had td be played by Sunday evening. On Sunday, one field was ready by 8 am. Two hours later a second field was ready and by 1pm all three fields were operational. Once the games started rolling, hundreds of fans were treated to a three-ring circus of softball. As in any tournament, many of the best games played occur one or two rounds before the championship match. Scott's Inn from Dundee turned in the day's most stunning defeat by beating heavily favored Hiller & Hamm, 13-11 in extra innings. However, Scott's met the eventual champs in the semi-finals and dropped a hard-fought 11-8 contest. The Jokers advanced into the final four by defeating Penny Road Pub, 4-0, Finally's 16-9, and a tough Johnsburg Food Mart squad, 9-6. In the bottom bracket, Old Bridge advanced with a 19-7 win over John's Sport Stop of Wonder Lake after a first-round bye. Old Bridge also beat a tough Kona Liquor team out of Rockford and Bill Ac Dorothy's from New Munster, Wisconsin, 9-5 to move into the championship matchup with the Jokers. McHenry's Gary Gilpin provided the muscle for the Bridge in the early round victories as he walloped two homeruns and a triple. In the final game however, Gilpin had only one of eight Bridge hits. The Jokers scored in every inning including a big, ten-run second to easily win the trophy and prize money. Joker's pitcher, Mike Nolan, this year's Most Valuable Player, went four for four to lead the winners. Nolan had six RBIs and hit his fourth homeriBi of the tourney. Nolan was>10 for 16 in the tourney with a £25 -average, including a grahd slam homer, one of two hit in the tourney. King's Row won the consolation championship for the second year in a row. The McHenry area 12" team defeated McGarry's of Harvard by a 7-3 score. Earlier, King's Row had upset highly favored Doherty's of McHenry as they scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth to win, 6-4. Scott's Inn nosed out Bill and Dorothy's for third place with an exciting 7-6 win. the losers had tying and winning runs on base in the last inning, but could not come up with the clutch hit to win. Watch for our up-and- coming Bobbie Burr with her par on six, thus ending up with better and better days of deliberate exacting shots. Now for low netts: In Flight 1-Marlene Damato, 33. Flight 2-Betty O'Brien, 31. Flight 3-Cammie Hunt and Maggie Bowen, 36. Pat Hutchinson had low net with 35. By the way girls, speaking of happy days at'Pistakee, let's remember "OH SHOOT DAY" on'Friday August 8 at 8:30 atri. Tickets are still available which includes golf or cards, Kttich and some beautiful prizes. Ilavern Gregory has a fun day lined up for us at Chapel Hill. Marilyn Ehlen. Cub Tickets Still Left There will be a Cubs- Phillies field trip to Wrigley Field on Tuesday, August 12. The bus will leave at 10:30 am and return at 5:30 pm and is for kids six to 13 years of age. The registration deadline is Friday, August 8 on a first- come, first-serve basis. Pete Merkel of the Department of Parks and Recreation said there are plenty of seats available yet,* but that the children should contact the office to register as early as possible. The bus will leave from Landmark School. For further information call 344- 3300. In Legion Conference Legion Takes First On a fourth-inning, one-out single by first baseman Ken Hoff, Kurt Valentin scampered across the plate from second to score what proved to be the biggest run of the season for the McHenry American Legion team. McHenry skimmed by Lake-in-the-Hills Wednesday, 1-0 to capture the legion conference crown. Pitcher Chuck Dicker came through with a two- hitter, highlighted by his t e a m m a t e s d a z z l i n g defense. In the top of the fifth, Lake-in-the-Hills (LITH) pitcher Danbrosia doubled for their first hit of the game. Danbrosia was then wiped out (Hi a fielder's choice by Riley, who tried to later score on the second LITH double of the inning. McHenry leftfielder, Mark Vogt, gunned a bullet to shortstop Bill Bryniarski, who in turn pegged to Kurt Valentin at the plate to nip the runner at the plate and prevent the tying run from scoring. Dicker preserved the shutout by facing the minimum in the sixth and seventh innings. In all, Dicker struck out seven and walked only one in going the distance. As in the past, McHenry managed only four hits, but stayed close and won the one-run affair. Valentin had two singles in three trips with one run scored, while Ken Hoff and Gregg McPherron both hit singles. Hoff collected the only RBI of the contest. McPherron played his usual steady game in center and again handled the lead-off spot in the order with his hit. With the win, McHenry avoided a clash with Crystal Lake, who had been chasing them all season. Reflecting on the season, coach Russ Williams was very pleased with his team and looks forward to next season. "Although we'll be losing Valentin, Hoff, Bellich, Vogt, McPherron and Bussey, I think we'll be right in the thick of things next year," Williams said, "with people like Maurer, Brenner, and Bauml returning I'm looking forward to the future." Joel Wakitsch D«nnis Conway | 3319 W. Elm St. McHenry _J»5-71 J1 "See me fora State farm Homeowners Policy with Inflation Coverage." Like a good neighbor, Stale Farm is there. SIM fum fn and C«u(iiy Company CATERING SERVICE For Groups of 20 or More •Choice Roast Beef •Lean Corned Beef •Turkey Breast . -•» •Delicious Pastrami •Sliced Cheese Tray •4 Delicious Salads •Fresh Bakery Rolls •Plates, Utensils & Napkins 0 Per Person l$28 OTHER MENUS AVAILABLE FROM *1.10 PER PERSON 3 , 4 , 5 a n d 6 F o o t Sandwiches Call For FREE Brochure 363 Virginia St. (Rt. 14) (Across from Armenettis) Crystal Lake, IL 815-455-4190 . McHenry Hornet Football The McHenry Hornets Jr. Football team will be starting its nineteenth season on August 11,1980. Any boy ages 10- 15, in grade school or junior high, are eligible to participate in the program. Registration for the hornets will be held on Saturday, August 9, from 12 noon until 5 pm., and on August 10, from 10 am to 1 pm at the McHenry Favorite Sport store located on Green Street. McHENRY HORNETS JR. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE September 2 September? September 14 September 21 September 28 October 5 October 12 October 19 October 28 November 2 McHenry vs St. Marys (home), McHenry vs Round Lake (home) McHenry vs Northbrook (away) McHenry vs Wauconda (away) McHenry vs Fox Lake (home) McHenry vs Antioch (away) McHenry vs Winnetka (away) McHenry vs Mundelien (home) j no game scheduled McHenry vs Waukegan Professional Residential Carpet Cleaning Two Step Process J Rotary Machine 4 Steamex * Scrubbing Rinsing .i m CALL PAUL 385-3252 MORENZ MAINTENANCE • MiuiiiitiittmijuLiiiitiniimimi Hi l 11 (815) 344-3900