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PG. 4, - PLAINDEALER - WED., FEB. 28,1968 ZpphffS Tramnlo Wa rritfre 'S - eve:f Pat Five Mary's In Tourney; Lose To St Charles You better believe it! St. Patrick's whipped St. Mary's again for the fourth consecutive time 22-16; but the Irish had failed in its bid to win the Diocesan Regional Grade School Basketball Tournament in Elgin Saturday. They fell to another Irish team from St. Patrick's of St. Charles in a tensly played final, 34-24. After. a cold first half the local St. Patrick's moved out to a 19-17 lead in the third quarter. It looked like they had finally gained the momentum they needed, but the "Shanty-Irish" from the south threw up a wicked half-coilrt press, that quickly cooled them off again. Meanwhile the McHenry St. Mary's cagers were still wondering what they had to do to beat their cross-town rival. They held the Irish from getting a single basket the entire second half, gave up only six free-throws and three of those in the last minute of play. Yet St. Mary's still lost. By this time they may have discovered that you also have to put the ball in the basket. They moved the ball and rebounded well, but their shooting was incredible. It must have been infectious because Coach "Hezzie" Miller's Runners-up came down with it in the second half and carried it over into the first half of their championship game. In the third place game St. Mary's of McHenry displayed a remarkable recovery from their "shootin-itis" to roar out to a 28-18 lead at halftimeover St. Mary's of Woodstock. The local Royals, however, suffered a relapse and garnered only eight points in the second half to stagger into a one point, 36-35 victory. All in all, with Coach "Hezzie" Miller's fine Irish quintet taking the runner-up spot and St. Mary's capturing third place McHenry was well represented. In fact they were the teams to beat to win the championship - and, alas,they were! By Bert Hagemann ^ It was loss number 19 for the season^this past Friday night as the big Maroon of Zion rolled over the injury ridden Warriors, 66-38- Missing from the action for the rest of season ware regulars John Reinboldt and Gary Fairchild, along with dependable Frank Cuda. With their main board strength gone, the Warriors simply could not cope with the ZeeBees glasswork, as~ evidenced by the 49- 26 edge that Zion held in the rebounding department. Couple this with a 4 for 23 field goal shooting average for the first Brian Piccolo To Address Contractors nS Coach Watch the next parade in which the Girl Scouts march. You will feel a certain pride in their sincerity, partriotism and purpose. Rich Soda, former MCHS athlete, has been a standout this season on the Elgin Community College basketball team. Met Ed Peisert Sunday and had a good visit. He is back in tyiau; IWI NWm EVERY TIME A STRANGER CROSSES ' JUR SIDEWALK, YOU RISK DISASTER! There are many potential hazards on your property. A passerby could trip and break* his leg Next thing you know you're being sued. Can you afford such a financial risk? Or losses resulting from storms, thefts or fires? It pays to know you can get full protection at a remarkably low cost with'a State Farm Homeowners Policy. Call me today! is Comay 3315 Wt Elm St. Phone 385-7111 STATE FARM Fire an (J Casualty Company - iiomei3fficerBloomingicm,niinoir Just came home from a meeting in the Stuart Engh home where several men and women gathered for the purpose of furthering Girl Scout activity in the McHenry area. Those little girls in the Girl Scout organization are deaiHo the hearts of many people. We must do more than wish them good luck. Many of us have taken an active part in organizing activities for boys during the year. But, let's be honest with ourselves. Have we put forth enough effort and support for the girls? We know that some individuals have put in a lot of time and effort to keep Scouting alive for the girls. We also know that many more people will have to do more. - We doubt very • much it the kooks we have in our country today ever knew the pride of weiring a Scout uniform. SO I HEAR By Earl Walsh our area, living in Pistakee Bay where he can catch up on his fishing this conr.ng summer. Got to thinking of the days when the Peiserts gathered under the shade beyond left field every Sunday when the Johnsburg Tigers were at home. Many times we took our camp chair and joined the crowd. And we had some fun. SUDDEN THOUGHT - . A lot of minis look hippy. This is the week that Coach Ludwig and his Warrior basketball team come down to the wire. The Woodstock Blue Streaks (our idea of a dark horse in the regional tourney) will be here for the final game of the conference season. " It has been a long season for our team. In most games, the • Warriors lacked- the -size to cope with the opposition. n Mini Bowmen News Northern Illini Bowmen club shoot is scheduled for March 3 if the temperature is above 20 degrees. With spring, believe it or not, officially less than a month away, the temperature should be no problem. February Club Shoot day brought out over a dozen shooters to the Northern Illini Bowmen Outdoor Range on Draper Road, with the following handicapped winners: first to Horst Meilke 248, second to Oscar Som.-ner 337, and third to Orv Gosse 320. ^dene Raven took woman's first with a 90 and Jeff Raven took first in the junior division with a 70. Perfect score on 35 yard target was made by Orv Gosse and on 55 yard target by Irene Trumble. The outdoor range will be made ready for the big field invitational "Slush Shoot" on March 10th. Indoor shooting is still in full swing with practice every Wednesday evening at the sport shop .on Williams street in CrystalLake. C -" '»*• - - half, and ypu have defeat with real gusto. The nine Warriors who dressed for the game all saw action, but it was too little much too late as the Zee Bees had a field night, scoring almost at will, while shooting at a 45% average from the field. Tnis Friday night the Warriors will meet the Blue Streaks in the regular season finale on the home hardwood, then it's off to regional play against the same team nexi Tuesday night at Crystal Lake. Perhaps this intense rivalry can inspire the flat orange and black to a supreme effort, for nothing short of this will produce a win for them this season. Woodstock's tremendojs height advantage will be even more evident with the missing Warriors, and it will take a fabulous shooting night and a lot of breaks to bring home a victory. It can be done, the question remains, will it? BASKETBALL BOX SCORE McHenry-38 Zion Benton-66 McHenry FG FT PF TPts Hurckes 10 1 2 Reinboldt 11 1 3 Weber, H. 3 2 0 8 Camas ta 2 2 3. 6 Martin 2 1 2 s . - - . Fletcher 1 4 3 6 Mauch 0 2 3 % Weber, D. 3 0 4 Janik 0 0 1 0 -Totals - v . 13 12 17 38 Zion Benton FG FT PF TPts Collymore 5 1 1 11 Johnson 1 0 2 2 Chapman 8 4 3 20 Czopiwski 5 6 2 16 Hammond 0 0 0 0 Hamerslag 0 0 1 0 Ransom 6 0 2 12 Cook 1 0 1 2 Bereiter 0 0 1 0 Fautz 1 1 1 3 Totals - 27 12 14 66 1 2 3 4 McHenry 6 5 11 16-38 Zion Benton 11 18 15 22-66 Shooting - McHenry 13-49-27% Zion 27-60-45% Rebounding - McH. -26 Zion-49 Mistakes - McHenry -10 Zion - 11 The Girl Scouts have again done a fine, job in the sale of cookids. This goes far in raising funs for the local activities, but we will all be called on at a later date to give further support to the overall program. Some old faithful fans have dropped off, but many stayed right with the team, hoping against odds. The Fox Valley General Contractors Associations Spring Dinner Meeting will be of great interest to football fans. Brian Piccolo, the Chicago Bears second leading rusher, will be their guest speaker on Tuesday, March 5 at the Chicago Title and Trust company at Geneva. Brian joined the Bears in 1965 after being the nation's collegiate leader in rushing and scoring at Wake Forest College. His record was 1,044 yards on 252 tries, a 4.14 average, 111 points on 17 touchdowns and 9 conversions. Most amazing of all, he fumbled only. once. Last season with the Bears, he gained over 300 yards rushing and over 100 yards on pass receptions. The Fox Valley General Contractors Association serves McHenry, Kane, and Kendall Counties. Murder, rarest of all major U.S» crimes, stilV5Ofccurs 200 times a week. Twice as many Americans were killed in cold blood last year as died in Vietnam, RICHARD M. RABBITT Coach Dick Rabbitt attended St. Mary's high school in Woodstock where he played football, basketball and golf. He was captain of his basketball team. Dick attended Western Illinois University and Colorado State, earning B.S. and M.A. degrees. In college, he participated in golf. Coach Rabbitt has had considerable experience in coaching various sports. At Central high school, Camp Point, 111. he coached basketball and baseball. It was football and baseball at Ashton high,school. He covered 'em all at St. Mary's of Woodstock; football, basketball, baseball, track and golf. (We presume he would have included swimming if they had a pool). At Momence high, football andtrackwere under his direction. The teaching and coaching trail led Coach Rabbit to McHenry high Where his activities have covered football, track and baseball. Busy! PN/IAD£LPH/A 76£XS 'Ave ro th£- est r/<x5' -Jas/A/ NAVL/Cer. YOOA/& FX-AJOftTH CMOUH4 We will be looking for better days ahead. There is work to put McHenry back in the basketball picture. We hope some tall boys come along. Suppose you baseball bugs know that back in 1876 only underhand pitching was allowed. Of course, the pitching distance was only 45 feet. The batter could call for a high or low pitch and it took 9 balls to get a walk. Starting MCHENRY RECREATION TUESDAY THIRTY-NINEHS Mary Beth Fuchs 480; Barb Gilpin 459; Cathy Schlitt 466; Dorothy Freund 512; Billie Mackinder 210-467; Janet Flicek 449. RAILS - Rosie Przetacznik 5-7. in 1893 bited. flat bats were prohi- Now the sports writers are predicting the Cubs will win the pennant. Are the Cardinals still in the league? •R T Ti McHENRY, ILL. 385-0144 NOW ENDS THURSC SHOW AT 7:30 P„ M. HjVl/CEX', Coming cHenry Soon veA Pre-Finished PANHUIG 4'x7' as low as $ 08 4'x8' as low as per piece 12"x12" % & vl r; iiSi i«.••••••••• P 621067, 69t<° C1UNG filE ^ *"• • ~ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I t 12"xl2" FL001 TILE Embossed 19$ ea. ea. and up < TRUST Consumer To Reliable Businessmei ea. LUM3ER CO. Highway 3), south of Main St. J ___385;1424-----I p '