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Memories flow et Sports Dsy By Dick fUbbitt Plaiodealer sports writer UNION -- The Hebron Green Giants* Illinois state basketball champions in 1952, were honored here Sunday at the McHenry County Historical Society. McHenry's Nancy Pike, director of the society and chairman of the committee for Sunday's McHenry County Sports History Day, presented certificates of achievement to Green Giant stars Phil and Paul ^udsonr along with Don Wilbrandt. Missing from the event were players Bill Schulz and Ken Spooner, along with i assistant coach Phil Hadley. Hie '52 Green Giants were selected by the sports day committee as the greatest ac­ complishment of a county team in the past 50 years. THE THREE MEMBERS PRESENT SPOKE briefly on the great season. The ac­ complishment is remembered today, as Hebron, a school with just 98 students, took on the challenge of the larger schools en route to the championship. In addition to the Green Giants being on hand, pictures, trophies, old uniforms, scrap- books and autographed baseballs were present throughout the main hall of the society. Baseball in McHenry County has a storied past. Fike added some names and thoughts about baseball played in the county immediately after the Civil War, such as the Woodstock Oliver baseball team playing the Chicago Cubs just after the turn of the century and a McHenry team playing the Chicago White Sen. The outstanding play of Oliver third baseman George Mocarity made the Cubs sign him on the spot. He later played with the Yankees and Tigers, before becoming manager of the Ty Cobb-led Detroit ballclub. He finished out his career as an American League umpire. THE EVER-POPULAR EARL WALSH, longtime sports editor and now columnist with this publication, told of many old-time stories about McHenry athletics: how the teams traveled by train, the town halls used for gyms, going by* sled to Crystal Lake for a basketball game and the fierce competition between the county schools. His story-telling would fill this newspaper many times over. Toney Roskie of Woodstock was next at the speaker's stand. He first told of rule changes. Ttoere were no re-entries. If a player was taken out during a quarter, he could not return during the same period. Also, no player entering a game could get into the huddle to talk to his teammates. He went on to mention the change of the 10-second rule in basketball, the types of back­ wards used and the differences in rims on the hoop. He closed by showing a football helmet worn by Bill Thompson of Woodstock in 1913. A band-aid would have given better protection. TUBBY SIMONINI OF ALGONQUIN talked of county baseball in the 1940's, and of the time Algonquin played host to Woodstock before 5,000 fans. Tubby was signed by the late Branch Rickey of the St. Louis Cardinals, and went on to play with the White Sox before arm troubles cut his career short. Howie Judson of Hebron spoke of his days playing with the Woodstock Auto-Lite and of games against the McHenry Shamrocks. He, too, made it to the majors, playing with the White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds, before finishing his career in Puerto Rico. Judson went on to name some other major league players from the area, McHenry's Chuck Hiller being on the top of the list. Hiller holds an honor which can never be taken away - he hit the first grand-slam home run in World Series history. IJZ WHO WERE IN- tODUCED and took their turn the podium were: Art ickson, who managed the Jdhnsburg Tigers when they won. the Illinois State Semi-Pro Championship in 1952 and for­ mer McHenry High School basketball coach Cliff Fulton, who came from DeKalb and Northern Illinois University. ; The grand old man of McHenry athletics. Leonard "Mac" McCrackeh, was forced to stand up and say a few words. Ruth Stuessy of Woodstock spoke on officiattag in the old days, when an official received f5 for two high school games and then was asked if he would of­ ficiate a town team game for nothing. Ruth was the wife of mm m - Mel Stuessy, former Coach as St. Q)||||{y |m|f WillIICFS Mary's in Woodstock. Mrs. Dan V/VMUV Home of Harvard brought numerous pictures and a scrapbook of her husband's 42 illustrious years of coaching football at Harvard High School. Men frodi three different communities captured the top places in the first McHenry County Amateur golf tourney at Plum Tree National Golf Course. From left to right: David Spitser, tour­ nament organiser, Ken Kuhn, Woodstock, winner, Jim Buensli, McHenry, second, and Pat Core>, Crystal Lake, third. SONNY KATZENBERG, A FORMER player at Richmond and present coach at Hebron, spoke briefly, as did Marengo's Rod Poppe, who mentioned the Historical Society is housed in the building where he started first grade. Don Freund of McHenry was also in attendance, but the shy golfer would not comment. An interesting sidelight: A couple which left the area 37 years ago, just happened by on a camping trip and dropped in to see the Historical Society, finding Sports Day was being held. It was none other than Slade Austin, a member of the first McHenry County team, the Woodstock "Dalemen," who made it to the state finals in Champaign in 1937. It was indeed a memorable day at the Historical Society, one that won't soon be forgotten. WAUCONDA - McHenry finished second, and Johnsburg took sixth in the 10-team Wauconda Invitational held here Saturday. The Warriors rode a third- place finish by senior Chris Creutz and a sixth-place by junior Terry Harth to their runner-up perch behind Dundee- Crown. D-C had 69 points, beating the Warriors' 86. Johnsburg had 252 points, 27 behind fifth-place Harlem. Creutz ran the course in a swift 16:03, 13 ticks behind winner Mark Deady of Stevenson. Mike Buhrow of Dundee-Crown was second at 15:58. Harth finished in 16:27, while J.R. Wright was 18th, Pat Donahue 28th and Mike Mack 31st to close scoring. out McHenry's JOHNSBURG'S MIKE LAWRENCE was his team's first runner to finish, coming in 10th at 16:41. Jeff Nichols was next, 32nd, Mike Schratt 58th, Mark Clary 70th and Bill Dust 82nd. Although McHenry wasn't able to nose out Fox Valley favorite Dundee-Crown, the Warriors handily defeated FVC foe Crystal Lake South, which finished with 119 points. The conference teams also interested Johnsburg and coach Bob Texidor. "We're pleased with the results, especially because Grant was the only (Northwest Suburban) conference team to beat us. That's very en­ couraging," Texidor said. The Skyhawk coach's op­ timism is two-fold, because his team was without the services of Mark Widhalm, who has been Jobnsburg's second or third runner this season. "HE WAS CONGESTED AND couldn't make it," Texidor said of Widhalm. "He started the race, but had to stop." Texidor said if the Sky hawks stay healthy, they could be a force in the NWSC race. "I saw some weak leaks in Grant's team," he said. "I think if nothing goes wrong, health- wise, we can give them a run " Marian plays winner's role over Harvard, 18-6 FINAL CLEARANCE By Sam Natrtfp ' uo ** Plaiodealer News Service HARVARD -- In a football game that featured eight tumoies, five interceptions and 143 yards in total penalties, an onlooker could be led to believe that finding a winner for the contest was difficult. However, Marian Central's Hurricanes were more than nhliging to fill that role Friday night as they slipped and slid their way to an 18-6 non- conference win over a gutsy Harvard squad at Dan Home Field. And a key to Marian's win was a surprise wrapped in white -- a white uniform, to be more specific -- with a 32 on the front and back. Senior Andy Hartlieb made his season debut against the Hornets after he sat out last week's game Against Crystal South with a shoulder ittfury. Hartlieb, who finished with 66 hard-earned yards on 16 carries, was a surprise starter to Harvard Coach Keith Deaton. "We had planned to key on (Dan) Fortin all night," Deaton explained. "We didn't realize 32 (Hartlieb) was even going to play. But even with him in there, »Wdifl * nice job I -have a foal nice defensive club here." DEATON'S PRAISE OF HIS DEFENSIVE UNIT is deserved. Outside of two long, back-to- back runs in the third quarter, Marian's longest gain on the ground was a 14-yard burst by Hartlieb. The 'Canes were limited to nine yards rushing in the first period, 15 yards in the second and four yards in the third. Marian allowed Harvard only 85 yards on the ground and 56 through the air besides sacking quarterback Tom King three times for minus-21 yards. The big difference in the game, however, was in the fumble department. Marian fumbled three times, but recovered them all. Havard fumbled five times and lost all five. * Defensively, the Hornets were superb. Their 4-3 defensive alignment looked like a seven- or eight-man front at times as they manhandled the 'Canes at the line of scrimmage. That up­ front success allowed them to hold Fortin to a mere 29 yards on 10 carries. Besides his 25-yard run in the third period, Fortin was stopped for no gain or thrown for a loss six of the .10 times he carried the ball. HARVARD, WHICH FUM­ BLED TWO OF the first four times it owned the ball, helped set up Marian's first score when the 'Canes took advantage of poor HHS field position following a punt. Marian took over at the Harvard 44 and needed just five plays to put the ball in the end zone. Helped by a 36-yard, George Powers-to-Chris Brown pass and a pass intereference penalty, Marian scored early in ythe second period when a Powers pass to A1 VanLanduyt was tipped by the Hurricane tight end into the hands of Brown at the back of the end zone. The fry for two points at the 11:13 mark of the quarter was no good. Harvard's first score was set up when Eric Schimke picked off a Powers pass at the Har­ vard 42 and returned it to the Marian nine where, three plays later, Chris DeMay knifed over from the one with :29 remaining in the half for the Harvard score. Schimke's point after try wasn't close and the score was tied at six. H A R V A R D ' S J O H N STRICKER INTERCEPTED a .pass on Marian's, .Opening possession of the second half to give the Hornets good field position at the MC 29. However, a key ^defensive series saw the 'Canes mid Harvard off after it had marched to the eight-yard line with Tom Will and Brian Truckenbrod recording quar­ terback sacks taking Harvard back to the 21. Fortin returned the inteception favor when he nabbed a King pass at the four. John Paul Powers recovered another Harvard fumble on the Hornets' next series to set up MC's second score. After an incompletion, Powers lofted a perfectly placed 20-yard pass to Brown in the end zone with :52 to play in the third quarter. The run again failed and the 'Canes held a 12-6 advantage. BROWN THEN PICKED OFF A KING aerial on Harvard's first play in the next series which laid the groundwork for the 'Canes' final score. Marian went 23 yards in six plays and scored when Powers found Will all alone in the end zone fit the 9:57 mark. A key play in the. drive was Fortin's wounded- duck, halfback option pass which Will somehow caught for a 26-yard gain. ALL REMAINING NEW 1984 CARS, TRUCKS & VANS $3750 ALMOST ALL MODF.LS REMAINING WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! '85s NOW AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDiAlE DELIVERY NOW OPEN SUNDAY 11AM-3PM FOR YOUR CAR SHOPPING CONVENIENCE! LAKEVIEW FORD MERCURY 90S. RT. 12 I PX I \k f ^ , Hours: \1-TI I '>-<>. I SO f> (312) 587-4200 JUZWIK continued from page 20 V - * * • • f i through hard work and consistency. A must for the whole family. 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