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PAGE »• PLAINDEALER • WEDNESDAY, JULY 8,1961 Nicklaus' putting may have been what cost him the Western Open tournament. He had earlier stated that it wasn't his puttet, but the per­ son doing the putting. At least his putter played other important roles during the open. Above, he uses it to line up a putt. Jack also studies his ball very closely in second photo. In third photo, it helped him keep his balance while waiting his turn. Finally, the putter is put to good use at his eases an itch in the Golden Bears back. STAFF PHOTOS/WAYNE GAYLORD Staff photographer Wayne Gaylord and I were part of a crowd of nearly 100,000 people that put baseball out of its misery over the Fourth of July weekend, and instead witnessed some of the best played golf by the United State's top professionals at the 78th Western Open at Butler National Golf Club in Oak Brook, 111. Following the U.S. Open, the Western Open is the nation's second oldest major championship dating back to 1899. Friday, the day we went, the tournament attracted the largest single day crowd ever at Butler of nearly 32,700. That total exceeded the old record by over 600 persons from a Sunday crowd in 1974. Conditions for the Western couldn't have been better- sparse wind, sunny, tem- Eres in the mid 80's. tors dressed in shorts, sleeved shirts, and sandals, carried binoculars and 35 mm cameras, hounding the players from hole to hole. Twenty Vantage electric scoreboards made their debut at the Western. The scoreboards, measuring 19x4 feet and weighing over 500 pounds, are mounted on steel supports 10 feet above the ground. They provided current leader information, biographical information on the players at each hole, and mesages. These scoreboards reminded me of the baseball scoreboard at (>, County Stadium in Milwaukee. But the main attraction was seeing the top professionals in action. Most notable among the more than 150 participants were Tom Weiskopf, Tom Watson, Lee Elder, Lee Trevino, Jerry Pate, Hale Irwin, Jack Nicklaus, and Scott Simp­ son. Pate you'll remember made quite a splash when he won the Memphis Open last weekend. Irwin is the Western Open's leading money winner, Nicklaus is a two-time champion having won back-to-back titles in 1967-68, and Simpson was defending champion. Bullpen By Carl Moesche Simpson's seven under par 281 in 1980 was a new Butler national record. It was also he first tour victory. But concluding Friday's action, Simpson failed to qualify as his two day total reached 151. Greg Powers led after two days with a total of 136 and a two stroke lead over Don Pooley. Trevino had a 144, Nicklaus shot a 147, and Watson qualified with a 148. But the man of the hour had to be Nicklaus. The Golden Bear, attracted a herd wherever he went. When Nicklaus was shooting on hole number four, we went ahead to hole number seven in order to reserve a good seat when he came along. Many others joined in on our strategy. It certainly wasn't hard to tell when Nicklaus was getting closer. You just listened for the roar of the crowd and the stampede. As he made his way around the green at number seven, an army flowed down an ad­ jacent road, keeping tuned to his every motion. I turned to a man standing next to me and asked, "Is Genghis Khan coming?" He looked at me and said, "You could say so." This was the first time I had seen Nicklaus in person, probably the greatest golfer in the history of the game. He has an incredible record of 68 titles and has been runner-up no less than 47 times. In 1980 he won the U.S. Open as well as the PGA. Nicklaus finished the Western in a tie for seventh place with a 286, qualifying him for the Ryder Cup. Ed Fiori won the tour­ nament at 11 under par at 277, eclipsing Simpson's 281 of last year. His paycheck of $54,000 was the biggest payoff of his career. Granted, Nicklaus didn't win the tournament, but just witnessing the man play was a treat in itself. An op­ portunity to see a living legend like the Golden Bear only comes along once in a while, but it will be remembered for a long time. agility and quickness to be a good lme him to get his weight up though. "John can play botn positions, Arizona ^ • SUN'* ANNUAL SUMMER BOOT SALE ONLY PUPPY DOGS AND Li t KIDS CAN SEE UM! SALE THRU JULY 25, lttl Com* Early For Good Selection Full Lin* Of Wostorn Attir* On* Of Th« Largest Selections In Chicago Araa. 3321 W. Elm Si • McHenry • 385-1833 ARIZONA SUN Doherty's Lead Men's 12-Inch Football Recruits Forrest Perkins, head football coach at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, has announced that two McHenry Community high school graduates will attend the university and play football in the fall. Kevin Lavin, a 6-1, 180 pound linebacker will join John Macklin, a 6-2, 190 pound tight end and defensive end on the Warhawks squad Perkins said this of his incoming recruits, "Kevin has the good linebacker. Well work with but we're especiall; impressed with his play at defensive end. We have a couple tight ends returning, so we may work with him on defense year." he said. UW-Whitewater is a member of the Wisconsin State University Conference and is affiliated with Division in of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Warhawks tied for the WSUC title last year with a 8-3 record. Old Bridge Tavern had another crack at Doherty's in Wednesday's fourth game finale of Men's 12-inch softball at Petersen Park. The Bridge gained 'new life' after a thunderstorm washed out Monday evening's contest in which they were trailing 8-3 after three and one-half innings of play. Wednesday's reply saw the Bridge nold the.* upper hand for the first two* innings as they built a five run lead. But the tide turned as Doherty's came up with some great clutch defensive play while their offense staged a comeback to keep them undefeated. In the eighth inning Mike Rogers slammed his third base hit of the contest driving in the 1 winning runs for Doherty's in the 11-9 ball game. ' In the first inning Jim Zazada led off for the Bridge with a dying liner down the right field line which Randy Vauk somehow caught. It was the first of two fine catches Vauk would make off Zazada's bat and the first in a string of excellent defensive play by Doherty's. Doug Freund put the Bridge ahead with his inside the park home run in the first inning. Greg Freund scored the second run when he hit a two-out double and scored on Van Milligen's base hit. But the inning was cut short when left fielder John DeCiccio made a great catch on Jim Althoff's short fly ball. Doherty's tied the score with Jim Wayman's sacrifice fly and Randy Vauk's RBI single in the top of the second, but Old Bridge scored five more in their half to take a 7-2 lead. A dropped fly ball plus Roger Ludwig's first home run of the season gave the Bridge the lead. After Tom Ludwig, Zazada and Doug Freund each singled to load the bases, Joe Dehn sacrificed followed by Gn Freund's run scoring doubl for two more runs. Freund scored the final run of the inning as Gary Gilpin grounded to short with Matt Oik making a fine defensive play. Doherty's started off on the wrong foot in the third with a double play after Tom Roach's leadoff walk. However, Jeff Meddings,, Matt Oik, Irish DeCiccio and Jerry Brodin all hit safely with Brodin slamming a two- run homer and Doherty's only trailed by one run. Oik and Vauk turned in another pair of great defensive plays to stifle a Bridge rally in the bottom half of the third and Doherty's took advantage of a Bridge outfield error in the fourth with Mike Rogers driving in an unearned run to tie the score. In the seventh, Irish DeCiccio put Doherty's ahead 9-7 with a two-run home run. But the Bridge sent the game into extra innings. Doug Freund singled and scored on Joe Dehn's double, and then scored again as he ran for Dehn on a Gary Gilpin single. Gilpin, representing the winning run, went to second on Van Milligen's base hit but Jim Althoff bounced into an inning ending double play. In what turned out to be the final inning John DeCiccio led off with a single. Randy Vauk and Tom Roach also hit safely to load the bases, and then Mike Rogers delivered the win­ ning hit. Doherty's 0 2 4 1 0 0 2 2-11 O l d B r i d g e 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 9 Johnsburg Businessmen rallied and eventually won easily over the Whale's Tail 17-8. A number of Johnsburg errors helped put the TaU ahead 3-0 in the early going before the winners went on an 18-hit rampage, 11 more than their rivals. Tom Spasojevich hit a pair of three-run home runs to lead Johnsburg. Wayne Hiller added four RBIs with a home run, double and pair of singles. Tim Frantz had three hits, and both John Meyers and Brian DiBlasi drove in two runs on two hits with two runs scored. Mike Fultz knocked in two runs with a single and a double for Whale's Tail. Johnsburg Bus­ inessmen 0 0 5 4 0 6 2-17 Whale's TaU 0 3 0 3 1 0 1-8 The Rusty Nail Inn got back on track with a 13-5 victory over Little John's. Outhitting their opponents fourteen to eight, the win­ ners also made use of six base on balls and two key Little John errors to put some distance between their run totals. The Nail's Kevm Freund had three hits including a home run, three RBIs and three runs scored to lead all batters. Len Ackerman and Larry Jones added two hits each. John Griffith had two hits for Little John's. Little John's 0020030-5 Rusty Nail 3 2 0 5 0 3 x-13 The Fox Hole Tap scored ten runs in the first two in­ nings as they coasted to a 14- 5 win over Hainesville Inn. The winners outhit their opponents 21-10 as eight batters had two or more hits each. The^Tap's Rich Meyers had four hits including three doubles to lead all batters. Ron Miller went three for three with four RBIs and three runs sewed, Steve Dobner added three hits and three RBIs, and Jeff Meyers also had three hits. Myron Bentz added his fourth home run of the season. Jim Prorok went three for three to lead Hainesville. Saturday, July 11th, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Photo Fo r u m i n c Y O U R P H O T O M A R K E T P L A C E ' 8 1 0 N F R O N T S T ( R T E 3 1 ) M I C H A E L E R I C K S O N A N D J E A N N E M I L L E R I N V I T E Y O L J T Q BRING THE KIDS Fe^^TURt DONALD DUCK! i GET IN QUR DRAWING FOR THE GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY-A KODAK COLORBVRST CAMERA OUTFIT S WATCH FOR OUR OTHER UNADVERTISED Fox Hole Tap 3 7 0 2 0 1 1- 14 Haines­ vil l e I n n 1 0 0 ^ 1 0 0 - 5 Games scheduled for Wednesday, July 8 include the game of the week at 6:45 p.m. between the Johnsburg Businessmen and Fox Hole Tap. Little John's meet Huemann's at 7:30 p.m. while Doherty's plays King's Row in the nightcap. WESTERN DIVISION STANDINGS (as of July 1) w 1 Doherty's 8 0 Johnsburg Businessmen 6 2 Rusty Nail 5 3 Hainesville Inn 2 6 Huemann's 2 6 Jewel Park 0 7 w 1 Wayne's 7 1 Fox Hole Tap 6 2 Old Bridge King's Row 5 3 Old Bridge King's Row 3 4 Whale's Tail 2 6 Little John's 1 7 TOP TEN BATTERS (as of July 1) ab h aver Don Prazak 25 19 .760 Don Bentz 24 17 .706 Joe Dehn 32 22 .688 Ron Miller 22 15 .682 Wayne Roewer 31 20 .645 Twig Miller 21 13 .619 Rick Sorenson 15 9 .600 Kevin Horner 24 14 .583 Doug Freund . 31 18 .581 Rick Wiegman 26 15 .577 Gary Gilpin 26 15 .577 League Runs Doug Freund (20),, Don Plaindealer J TOP TEN BATTERS (as of July l) ab h aver Tom Spasojevich 22 15 .682 Joe Huemann Mike Rogers Irish DeCiccio Brian DiBlasi Matt Oik Kevin Freund John Meyers Randy Vauk Wayne Hiller EASTERN DIVISION STANDINGS (as of July 1) 16 10 .625 34 20 .588 26 15 .577 18 10 .556 29 16 r.552 22 12 .545 26 14 .538 26 14 .538 28 15 .536 Prazak (18), Joe Dehn (16), Wayne Hiller (16),. League RBIs Joe Dehn (24), Don Prazak (23), Tom Spasojevich (22). league Doubles Joe Dehn (7), Don Prorok (6), Greg Freund (5), Rich Meyers (5). League Tripels \ Ken Ludwig (3% Jeff Meyers(3). League Homeruns Tom Burke (7), Wayne Roewer(7), Gary Gilpin (6), Don Prazak (6), Tom Spasojevich (6). PatWirtz 1HS Physicals A reminder to all District.12 students grades sixth, seventh, eighth, and also sophomores, juniors, and seniors, that a physical for jinterscholastic sports for the 1981-82 school year can be taken at Johnsburg high school on Wednesday, July 8, from 7-9 p.m. A fee will be charged. Incoming freshmen must see their family doctor, however. 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