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Page 6 McHENRY PLAINDEALER Section A Thursday, August a, Its Sports Ladies' Golf McHENRY COUNTRY CLUB It was a good day forsome and not so good for others as the ladies of McHenry Country Club teea off for the opening round of the 54-hole Club and Class Championship Tournament. The star of the day, not surpris­ ingly, was defending champ Carol Cooney, who finished her round of the day with a hole-in-one on the 18th, par three hole. This was not the first ace for the Blonde Bomber. She showed the same kind of action a couple of years ago on the 9th hole during the annual MWI Tourna­ ment. Congratulations, Carol, it couldn't happen to a nicer lady . Set up in classes, the following results show the preliminary lead­ ers at the end of the first round. In * Class A, Carol Cooney leads with a gross 86 for net 75, followed by Lynn Schmidt with 91-76, Alvina Yopp with 92-75, Virginia Turner with 92- 75, Judy Smithson with 92-77 and Joanie Buss with 94-75. In Class B, Betty Phelan leads with 102-75, followed by Mabel Smith with 104-75, Linda Puccio with 104-77, Gladys Warfield with 105-75, Roni Cepulis with 107-75 and Speedy Neuman with 109-79. Class C shows Kathy Vehring leading with 110-74, Pat McDonald next with 117-82, Betty Rode with 119-80, Ethel Koehler with 119-62, Carol Bolger with 119-85 and Betty Gossell with 122-85. And, in Class D, it's Sally Kelley with 123-79, Emily Rohner with 124- 78, Kathy Haugen with 125-73, Magda Henhapl with 125-79, Dee Chelini with 130416 and Betty Way- man with 130-87. Bunches of birdies and chip-ins were recorded on this hot and hu­ mid day. Those flying up to the birdie tree were Ethel Koehler, Kathy Vehring and Dee Overton, all on 8, Joanie Buss on 12, Judy Smith- son on 14, Carol Cooney on 16, Lynn Schmidt on 18 and Linda Puccio on 8 and 14. Chip-ins were recorded by Mickey Farmer on 2, Dee Overton and Liz Nolan on 8, Jan Conway on 9, Pat McDonald on 10, Joanie Buss on 12, Carole Barnicle on 17 and Fran Herrmann on 2 and 4. The added attractions of the day were the awarding of Sandy-Of-The- Week to Toots Gerstad, who found most of the sandtraps on the course. Tsk, tsk! Thai there were the antics of Carolyn Dalton, who dumped her clubs in the creek on 8, along with her pretty pink sweater. She claims it was an accident. Gloria Spiess became so excited over a long and difficult putt on 15 that as it hung over the lip of the cup, she jumped up and down a time or two, and, lo and behold, the ball dropped in. Low putts of the day were by Card Cooney and Liz Nolan in Class A with 29 each. Linda Puccio and Mabel Smith, with 27 each, took honors in Class B. In Class C, Fran Herrmann and Toots Gerstad had 32 each, and in Class D, Mickey Farm­ er won with 33 roll-ins. The women of McHenry C.C. have put the finishing touches on the 1985 McHenry Women's Invitational, which began Thursday morning and continues Friday. For some, it will truly mean... Happy Golfing! Liz. CHAPEL HILL The heavy rains during the night caused Aug. 6th to dawn not, humid and muggy, not ideal for the Tues­ day Ladies League match play. The new standings show Fox Hole Tap has kept its lead with 73M> points. Classic Trophy is next with 71%. McHenry Favorite Sports is only one behind in third place with 70%. Steffan's Jewelers held onto fourth place with 69%. Little Chef has 62%, Acu Pac 60, McHenry Floral 55 and Mar Ray Costumes 47%. The contest of the day was for low team gross and McHenry Favorite Sports was the winner with an ag­ gregate of 394. Kudos and hats off to our handi- capper, Dorie Freund, who not only came in with her usual bird, this time on 13, but also shot a low 40 for the nine holes. Laura Schmitt had a nice chip-in on 15 which gave her a bird on that hold. Shirley Sutton and Kathy Schaefer both chipped in on 13. Dorie Tonyan had two chip-ins, on 2 and 4. Lois Crouch, Chairman for Squaw Day, our invitational on Sept. 3, is looking for some of you talented ones to volunteer to help entertain. See you Tuesday, Esta. Platoon leader's advice: Go for it By Jack Berry The Detroit News DENVER - Out here in the ^t, at the base of the Rocky Mountains, where the sagebrush used to grow before it was supplanted by sky­ scrapers and cement, there used to be a saloon called the Last Chance. There's no sagebrush at well- manicured Cherry Hills Country Club, but this is the Last Chance for a major championship this year for those who covet them most -- Tom Watson, Seve Ballesteros and Jack Nicklaus ... and Arnold Palmer. He never won a PGA Championship, the only major to escape him in erne of the greatest careers in golf. Now the PGA is at Cherry Hills where the King performed magic in 1960 with a bold drive that propelled him to the U.S. Open championship. It was the afternoon round of the 36- hole windup when the young, strong Palmer drove the green of the 346- yard first hole. Incensed at limchtime when old friend Bob Drum, then the golf writ­ er for a Pittsburgh newspaper, said a 65 wouldn't be enough to win, Palmer steamed frorti the club­ house and drilled the ball from the elevated tee down to the green. Palmer birdied the hole. "I damn near three-putted, 1 was so nervous. I was pin high, 20 feet to the right, and I left it a foot and a half, two feet short, "Then I birdied the next three holes, paired the easiest hole, the fifth, and birdied the sixth and seventh. "When I was going down the eighth fairway I saw Drum and I said 'What are you doing here if it (a 65) won't do me any good?"' Palmer shot the 65 and won by two. Arnold Palmer didn't have particularly exciting practice round in Denver Wednesday, but times weren't always this unexciting for him. He speaks now of his gambling, go-for-broke style that raised an army of fans -- Arnie's Army -- still holding rank with the star at 55. "I always took a shot at whatever I could see. I didn't feel it was a gamble. T?ie only thing that mat­ tered to me was to come out to win. That's all 1 wanted to do. I think my father had a lot to do with it. He always said to go get it, don't wait for it to come to you. "If you've got a shot between two trees that are 10 feet apart, you could start calculating your chances and you'd be there forever. 1 hit it. It's very difficult for me to not go for it. "Some years ago during the Brit­ ish Open, I was asked why foreign players didn't win, and I said for­ eign players weren't willing to gam­ ble. Now it's turned 180 degree? and some young Americans are not will­ ing to take chances and foreigners like Ballesteros and Langer are. I think we'll see more victories by foreigners in major championships before the cycle turns around. "I think we need a little more of that gamble. I think what Curtis Strange did at the Masters (go for the green on the par-five 13th -- he put the ball in Rae's Creek and eventually lost to Langer) was out­ standing. What would they have said in the press building if he had laid t9?" Palmer said the reason Ameri­ cans have become conservative is the all-exempt tour -- "If they don't win, they can finish second, third, fourth and the money is very good -- they don't want to do something to shoot themselves out of it. I don't think you can say any one player is more conservative than another. But no one has come out and been dominant." Palmer is in the PGA on a life­ time exemption, voted him last year by the organization. "I was flattered and surprised when they told me," Palmer said. "I will not clutter up the field. If it gets bad, I won't play anymore.'^ (Distributed by Scripps Howard Newsservice.) 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"He hasn't shown me anything,' Ryan told WIND radio Tuesday night. "It's 4 wasted draft choice and a waste of money. We should have given the money to (safety) Todd Bell (who is holding out) and the pros we know who can play and brought them to camp. "We should have forgotten about him (Perry). He's an overweight kid and a hell of a nice kid, but you know, I got twin boys at home that are nice kids, and I don't want them playing for me." Bears coach Mike Ditka earlier had defended the decision to draft Perry, but criticized him for report­ ing to camp late and in poor condi­ tion. Perry's contract contains con­ ditioning clauses. "He's out of shape," Ditka said. "That's what two weeks of putzing around has done. When a guy's not as good a football player as he can. be, he can blame himself and his agent." Ditka said Perry lost 13 pounds during during morning practices Tuesday, his third workout in 26 hours since signing Monday. Cramps forced Perry to miss pra- cice Tuesday afternoon. "He worked hard out there. But a lot of other guys that worked hard lost 13 pound today and were still practicing," Ditka said. "That tells you how far he's got to go. Crow's Herald photo by Eddy Montvtlle McHenry 11-year-old all-star pitcher Pat Crow fires to the plate Tuesday night. Crow suffered the loss, as McHenry fell to Barring- ton, 11-2, in the tournament's championship game at the VFW