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MTies in the K. of C. league. ,'HDd Thennes flooded the tennis ttfurts at the high school and akating was fun. * Energetic leadership on 'the part of Father McGowan brought about the formation of a grammar School basketball league, sponsored bytkat-American Legion. The Wat-riots beat Lake Forest with ease, then had to go all out to edge Harvard by one point. Hughes, Krickl and Mercure were undefeated . as the MCHS Wrestling team defeated Palatine. S.I.H. predicted that the War- - triors would beat the Woodstock Blue Streaks by 5 points. Wood- Stock won, 58 to 42. Dr. J. E. Sayler was elected president of the McHenry Country Club. Warrior stock rose with wins dVer Grayslake and Warren. Anonymous started another year and Was still anonymous. FEBRUARY Dick Gibba scored 29 points for the new Millar's Porkies basketball team as they lost to Huntley. • John Bolger was looking mighty sharp on the Fulton five. The Porkies were winning. The Foresters staged their annual bowling event and tossed In a big party. Oil Mercure reported that Ooach Wheeland had his wrestling team on the up trend ias they downed Mies and Zion- Benton. Ray Schmitt sank 28 points in • game for the Porkies. jCoach Cuda's J.V. cagers were "Winning. Overton's bowlers beat the darks and wanted the world to - know. John Dreymiller waa around Witbclwrry blossoms. • MAac %: A record- crowd siw tne dicing of the C.O.F. state basketball tournament in the local gym. The Warriors, and...lh£i;' follow- :,"ors were a happy lot as the season ended with a 61-52 victory over Woodstock. ' *"Sonny" Miller waa choaen to thanage the Shahnrocka and rah amack into contract troubles with' "Guv" Bolger. Threatened to stay on the farm. The Forester tourney ended as a huge success. McHenry's heavies beat East Moline 50-48 in the finals. Everybody and his brother was there. Guv signed! /St. Patrick's five won the Legion league championship with a 34-30 win over Burton's Bridge. Mayor Freund bowled a 200 game! 'Tw&s a dull sports season between basketball and baseball so S.I.H. had to turn to ladies' hats for something to write a? bout. APRIL Jo« Btteh was up ffcem Texas. George Johnson bowled a 225- 080 series, "Tink" Meyers 200- , 047 and "Muggs" Wattles something under 400. The Porkies won the county tournament with victories over Hebron, Crystal Lake and Cary. The State of Illinois cooperated with the McHenry Sportsman's Club by stocking the creek with 400 rainbow trout. Si Meyers and Jim Freund 4H»re chosen as cc-managers of tile Johnsburg Tigers. Coach McCracken's high school «baseball team beat Libertyville ' ll to 7. Dick Smith was signed as official scorer for the Sh am rocks. Warren beat the MCHS nine .. tmZ in an extra inning. > Cleveland beat the White Sox in the opener and S.I.H. started legislation against playing the Indians on opening day. ' A huge crowd saw the girls' firm show. The MCHs nine beat Crystal - Lake, Woodstock and Barrington. Forester bowlers enjoyed a . rteak dinner at Mi Place and &I.H. was happy to be included In the crowd. John "Honky" Mil- Jar's name was engraved on the Cteorge P. Freund trpf&y for his High game of 269. . * mat A new softball league was organized for men over 25 years, g Manager "Sonny" Miller pltchaiji a 2-hitter for the Shamrocks • t® beat Crystal Lake '4-0. , The American Legion sponsored Junior baseball and Tom Bol- Sr was giving his time to help j e boys. ^ ' MCHS beat the Libertyville nine 4-1, then tied Dundee 10-10 a* hitters hit, but fielders fumbled. i Howie Freund got 0 for < at Blgin as Johnsburg beat the UF.W. 11 to 10. / A grade school Softball tourney got tinder way with the local V.F.W. D: ill Squad sponsoring. • The Jacksons were playing on the Woodstock Moose team. Up at Richmond, George hit three homers. Art hit two. Joe pitched. A1 Leight burned up the alleys with some hot bowling at Elgin. Tony Freund was first to step out with a straw hat. Baseball games were palled off for three Sundays in Ja row -- too much rain. McHenry's Junior Htgh "beat Wonder Lake 9-7 to win the V.F.W. softball tournament. . ••TONE'../. Cliff Rulton joined the Johnsburg Tigers and played center field. 1 Chuck Hiller gained a regular spot on the St'. Thomas College baseball team. Joe Guzzardo was seen riding the pony in front of the Ben Franklin store. All ages were playing in softball leagues and having a g«>od time. Good crowds, too! S.I.H. took a week off. In the column space was one line -- "Gone Fishin'M!" The district baseball meet was held at Johnsburg and the Glenview Naval Air Station team whipped Woodstock 11 to 4 in the finals. The popular- Malpedes' held open house at Pistakee Golf club. jitly "Ma" Renich died and the sports department lost a. jfood friend. The Shamrocks and Tigers were winning and losing. The Legion ball team beat Algonquin and Woodstock. Robert Weber was the winning pitcher in both games. The National League All-Stars beat the American and your sports editor took a ribbin'. One of the best ball games of the season was won by the Tigers as Willie Klapperich found his pitching magic and Charlie Hiller homered to beat the Elgin Vets 2 to 1. There was "Life On The Bay" -- a sptselal column telling of thrilling boat races. Don Peacock hurled a 1-hitter a a Woodstock beat the Tigers. Another "Hookey Day" went over big at McHenry Country Club. The Shamrocks out-slugged Richmond 14 to 11. Hank Diedrich "^pitched the "Micks" to a *6-3 win over Crystal Lak«. . i Mkrine Day was big. was whirling. , Bob and Dennis Justen caught some big fish in Fox kiver, but wouldn't say where. Our "Brenda" won the Lake County invitational tennis , tournament -- and were we proud of her! Switzer Craft was awarded the highest honor bestowed by the Sportsman's Club of America. Dick Cromwell, Chicago golfer, aank a hole-in-one at the McHenry Country Club. The Shamrocks blasted Johnsborg 20 to 2. Bob Switzer wtfn the Pfcoria Boat Marathon and received a gift from Governor Stratton. Johnsburg went on a rampage to beat Elgin Legion 23-4. The White Sox were out of the pennant race and Cub fans told us so. Bob Knox homered as Shamrocks hammered Elgin Legion 9 to 3. , s The Tigers still went for big scores, this time Richmond beat j season with a 23-0 win etn 1M. Joe Muska got a hole-in-one at McHenry Country Club. SEPTEMBER . Jimmy Clark shot a 36 at McHenry Country Club and had some of the older golfers taking notice. Johnsburg beat the Shamrocks 8-3 in a special play-off game to settle fourth place in die county league. A group of Old Timers played a ball game against the Shamrocks. The expected comedy was missing as the old boys turned in a classy 4 to 2 win. Bob Knox, Relihan pasture flash of another era, failed to show up for a scheduled footrace with S.I.H. Mrs. Jean Von Dfaaek sank a hole-in-one at Chapel Hill. Bea Meath bowled a 590 series. There was fun galore at Johnsburg as the Old Timers appeared in black-face to play the Tigers. Took 10 innings for the present crop 16 beat the oldsters. Vernon Freund won poesessioh of the Lions tennis trophy. ^The Warriors opened the grid HEBE'S THE PROOF!' MAKES GRADE visr.#*;. OCTOBElt Blatz beat Pa's Yanks for the softball championship. Good game -- 3 to 2. Warren romped to a 26-6 win over the Warrior footballers. ** Holger Pedersen went to Copenhagen and was hit by a bicycle. Lake Forest beat the Warriors 24-6 and Libertyville turned the trick 27-14. S.I.H. was looking for a pair of old-fashioned sleeve bands. Mrs. Nettie Weber found 'em. The county baseball champs from Algonquin beat the league All-Stars at Johnsburg 7-6. The Warriors came to life before the Hoirtecoming crowd and showed class tii beating Woodstock 13-6. Math Niesen, a real baseball fan, died just before reaching the age of 90 years. Charlie Brown joined Mounties. The Warriors loat to Zion. ;V,,:.V7- NOVEMBER ' • : ^Jlohnsburg -Tiger* Jtfid their ladies enjoyed a dinner and party at Hetterm ;nn's. Howie Katz was introduced as the team manager for the coming year. Your sportS debarment thinks he will a high class ihaniger. The Warriors played real go.nl football, but had t«- be satisfied with a tie at* Crystal Lake. The Kiwanis football banquet was rated as on« o! the best. Toastmaster was Chuck Acree. Speaker Aras. Bill * isclier. Bob Comstock got the most valuable player award. Ron Ford, Haroid Schmitt at id "Red" Stilling were selected on the North Suburban All-Star team. MCHS basketball got under way with a 54 to 35 win at Marengo. decembee A strong finish gave the. Warriors a 54-49 win over Harvard. Loren Freund's long shot in the final seconds gave the Fulton team a 47-46 win i-ver Warren. The crowd went goofy. - The Legion sponsored a basketball league for . grammar school boys. V Coach Wheels nd'a matme. beat Wheaton Academy. Reports came from other, towns that MoHenry vras gaining respect fast in this • omparatively new sport.in the school. Close basketball games " were nothing new. McHenry lost by one point at Crysta. Lake. They won Igr one point over , Zi<m- Benton. Bill Miller hai dia Porkies organized again. Coach Cuda's Froah-Soph team was looking good. Libertyville upset the Warriors, but' why review that. Tom Bolger promoted a Parish basketball tourney for the holidays. 'Twas a real success. Johnsburg won the cup. That's all there is. There was some more. No more time to look back. The whirl of sports events moves on for a busy year in "54. *• William Jennings Bryan' for president four times. i . ila E|jft Egyptians appear to be rimr la learninf that ft makes a lot *f difference whether an animal gets its medicine through the nose or down the throat. The British veterinary journal reports that a donkey "paid through the nose" for its owner's mismanagement in giving a drench for colic. Like many Egyptians de. the owner poured the medicine through the d o n k e y" s nostrils, causing mechanical pneumonia. The frantic owner put in an emergency call to his veterinarian just as the animal was taking its hMt gasp. Napoleon called EnglanA^a "Nation of Shopkeepers." : /a 1953 MARINE DAY RACES Chuck Hiller, son <of Mr. and Mrs. George Hiller,' earned a regular position on the St. Thomas College Baseball Team last spring. Only a freshman at the St. Paul, Minn., college, Chuck moved into the regular lineup at second base because of his timely hitting and sharp fielding. Bob Justen and his brother, Dennis, went fishing last summer in Fox River and, as you can see, caught some big ones. The brothers have three northerns and one catfish on th£ string. Total weight of the four fish was 30 pounds. Where did they make the catch? "Somewhere in the Fox River," say the boys. M.C.H.S. BASKETBALL SQUAD OF '52-'5| Top Row: "Red" Stilling, Steve Letcher, Charles Johnson, Lyle Davidson, Ron Ford, Don Blake and Coach Fulton. Second Row: Bob Weber ai^ Jerry Marunde, Managers. * ' First Row: Art Barbier, Loren Freund, John Bolger, Stan'^ Attn, and ^om Huemi|tan. RACE CHAMPION IN ACTION LegionJBasketball Champions Pictured are members of St. Patricks School team, 1953 winners of the American Legion League for grade school basketball teams. Back row, left to right, Justen, Raycraft, McMahon, Father McGowan, D. Conway, Caron J. Conway and Eichinger. ?? Jlrbnt rtfw left to right, Stilling, Alati, Smith and Low. PRESENTED FOOTBALL TROPHY PORKIES WIN CHAMPIONSHIP Photo by Worwlck President James Althoff of the McHenry Township Kiwanis Club, at right, is shown as he presents the beautiful football trophy to Bob Comstock, who was selected by his teammates as most valuable player on the M.C.H.S. squad last year. Presentation was made at tin annual banquet held in the- achool cafeteria Standing: (left to right) Dick Gibba, Ray Schmitt, Glen Peterson, captain and Dan Sheahan. 1 -Kneeling: (left to right) Bill BeckneB, MB-Miller; wmwgjbf /: .and "Honk" Miller. • Mel Gibbs was ahaent when picture.was . • TEEN-AGE OUTBOARD DRIVERS 1 Photo by Max KoUn The above shows Everett Hunter presenting trophies to winners in the teen-age boat races held in connection with Marina % Day. Drivers pictured left to right are: (Front) Tom Herbstritt, Tony Jirka, Bill Edmier, Bob Scott. (Back) Dave Hoffman and /' E. J. Zender. 1953 FOOTBALL WARRIORS First Row, kneeling: Chuck Majercik, Art Barbier, Gene Hughes, Robert McGovern, Bob Bittermann, Don Dixon and 3^t6S " Second Row, sitting: Head Coach Leonard McCrackon, BUI Huemann, Loren Freund, Howard Usemaa, "Chick" Francis OeffUng, Greg NaMJc. Melvin Ffeund, Harry Schiftttt, Jafck PearSon ahd Line Goach Elliott Third Row, standing: Manager Eraeat Useman, John Sternickle, Dick Olson. Richard StiHing, Lynn Cheney. Arnold , Rdnald Ford, Bob Comstock, Tom Oeffling, A1 Trendler, Dick Nowak, Robert Schmeltaer and Manager Dougiaa CHoaaon.