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' • • • llRftr VG. 6, - PLAINDEALER-WED., MAR. 20, 1968 U Te Season By Bert Hagemann The McHenry sophomore basketball team recently finished its season with a quarter finals defeat at the hands of Carl Sandburg high school by the score of 68-57. The little JVarrigrs seasons record was Basketball Fans Get Ringside 12 wins and eight losses, and the team definitely showed signs of being able to reverse the losing trend that has existed at the varsity level for three long years now. For those who are statistically minded, here are some of the individual leaders We have put away our shamrock and green tie for another year. St. Patrick's Day of '68 haa come and gone. We take a lottof good natured ribbing on that day of the year -- and love it!! A corned beef and cabbage dime?*, with Irish soda bread, filled our stomach and went righ to our heart as the traditional meal hits all Irishmen. We enjoy St. Patrick's Day because it is a fun day. Many people join the fun and are Irish just for the day with the wearin* of |he green. « So now other big days come along ana spring is just coming 'roiind the bend. ^MCHENRY RECREATION TUESDAY THIRTY - NINERS v 3/12/68 iCammy Gaylord 221-510; Pat Rising 500; Nanci McAuliffe 485; Cathy Schlitt 454; Billie M&ckinder 468; JanPieroni500; Pat Ruemelin 481. SPLITS - C. Rosing 3-7-10. " 3/5/68 $at Rosing 510; Barb Gilpin 470; Billie Mackinder 464; Dorothy Freund 453. PALACE RECREATION THE ALLEY KATS Marie Lindquist 160; Harriet Cfiandler 142-177-422; Joan Bucaro 161; Audrey Loczor 161; Sue Gunderson 152; Donna Condon 146-156-419; Jan Fruik 179-414; Jeanette Koerper 146- 144; Agnes Prazak 166-400; Naoij( U Mereness 146; Betty Smith M7; McHenry Sportsman's £ V -C Club Ifhe McHenry Sportsmen's cliib has scheduled a pair of pife-Easter shoots, as a leading the Spring Shooting seasqn. ;The first of the twin bill is a Steak Shoot, and will come off orv Sunday March 24th. Prizes for the winners include tender ycfting chickens, Jopat homeci| red slab bacons and tender agfed steaks. The second half oPthe bill, set for Sunday March 31st is a Ham Shoot. •belectable smoked hams will be jthe major prize sought after by.„the gunners, just in time for the upcoming holiday dinner. Stfeaks and fryers will be included in the prize bill of fare. plus shooting components. ^Both shoots start at 11 a.m. and continue until dark. The club wtll inaugurate a new type of sKoot fur blunder-bussers who life to win the hard way. Shooters may shoot 5 pairs of Doubles for prizes instead of the usual 10 singles. Trap number 5 hap been set aside for the exclusive use of {he double sridoters. The scoring is the same as in regular events. In thip contest the trap throws two targets simultaneously, and the contestants try to bag them both. ^In line with the clubs policy o£* observing major religious holidays, the trap range will be ckteed on Easter Sunday. Shells and hot refreshments will be available all day in the warm cfiub house, where spectators ntJay spectate while the smoothbore bangers go to it. *The McHenry trap range is oil:, the west side of Pistakee Bi%y. President Wallace Manz, Lake, annoup.eed-t he ^April business meeting will be held Oft. Thursday 4th at 8:30 p.m. Numbers will shoot trap before the meeting, under lights. SO I ft EAR By Earl Walsh In high school athletics, the state tournament is coming this week. As usual, there are many strong teams in central and southern Illinois. Several big names in our area have bit the dust. Evans ton still looms . as a power. We don't know how a fellow can pick the winner, never having seen the teams in action. Records mean little when the whistle blows. A team can be hot in shots in one particular game and knock off the favorite. That's what makes sports sport and holds the interest of fans. .Cheerleaders for the losing teams seem to suffer most of all. Those bouncy little darlings are keyed to high pitch and those tears are real. Track teams will soon swing into action. We can seldom break loose from a busy schedule to watch track meets, but have always felt this branch of athletic programs has real class. High school baseball is great if weather is favorable. Many a sore arm has developed in chilly weather, especially when young players try to cut loose with too much too soon. It has been the history of high school baseball that pitchers get way out in front of the hitters. No-hit games spring up all over the county and strike-outs run high. Maybe that great and noble band of rule makers should allow four strikes in the high school games. Or, what do you think? Somebody told Joe Stanek that Sandy Alomar of the White Sox is 35 years old. We looked the records and find that Sandy was born Oct. 19, 1943. If that doesn't make him 24 years old, our old fashioned arithmetic is way off. Never bet with Joe Stanek. We were amused to hear Manager Leo Durocher of that other Chicago team say he has tried to retire Ernie Banks for two years, but Ernie keeps right on with the job of driving runs across the plate. in different categories. Seats Again Thi$ Year Through Mike Weingart, 198. 0 ° Leading re bounders - Mike Morenz, 163 - Mike Weingart 147. Leading free throw percentage - Knaack, 73%, Tom Hurckes, 73%. Leading field goal percentage - Weingart, 43%, Knaack TV Coverage Of State Tourney Assist leader - Tom Hurckes, 21. The team averaged 52.9 points per game, while allowing their opponents 48.6 per game. As a team, the orange and black shot 36% from the field and 58% from the charity stripe. There is no doubt that if this groiq) stays together, works hard and keeps training, that they will end the victory drought which has plaqued our basketball fortunes for the past three seasons. Well done! The season record follows here: OPPONENT WE THEY Grant 37 41 Antioch 78 45 Guilford 37 50 Crystal Lake 69 52 Dundee 64 47 North Chicago 49 ,44 Barrington 53 45 Libertyville 59 55 Zion-Benton 56 47 Woodstock 51 52 Mundelein 57 43 Crystal Lake 67 50 Dundee 39 47' North Chicago 43 46 Barrington 55 52i Libertyville 47 43 Zion-Benton 43 531 Woodstock 39 50 Walter Luther 59 41 Carl Sandburg 57 68 Soph. Coach Hunting Dates Announced So Plan Your Vacation The hunting season for cock pheasant, quail, Hungarianpartridge and rabbit will open at noon, Saturday, Nov. 16, William T. Lodge, director of the Illinois Department of Conservation, has announced. The deer season will be divided into two three-day J^ekends, a total of six dayWjThe first half will be Nov. 22^23 and 24. The second portion of the deer season will be Dec. 6,7 and 8. Opening dates have been announced so that sportsmen who plan their vacations far in advance may know when the seasons begin. Season lengths and bag limits will be set by the Conservation Advisory Board during its quarterly meeting in July when reports from field technicians^ are analyzed. The counties to be open for deer hunting and permit quotas will be determined after population data gathered by deer project. Local sports fans will have ringside seats for the world series of prep basketball on March 22 and 23. An estimated 4% million cage enthusiasts are expected to view the weekend color telecast of the final games of the Illinois high school association baskettell tournament from the University of Illinois Assembly Hall in Champaign-Urbana. Illinois Bell will sponsor the telecast for the 17th consecutive year. In last year's scramble for the top spot in Illinois prep bas- Free Fishing Guide Available From State A new, revised edition of the Illinois Fishing Guide has been published by the Illinois Department of Conservation. Single copies are available to anglers free. Information on 453 impoundments totaling almost 93,000 acres of water and 220 streams is contained in the publication. An angler may determine the average depth of a lake or stream, the shoreline length and kinds of fish living in it. Other que stions answered by the Fishing Guide are the size of motors allowed on an impoundment and if water skiing, swimming, picnicking or camping are permitted. Proposed U.S. Corps of Engineer Reservoirs, the Fox Chain-O'Lakes and Mississippi River access areas are discussed briefly. A list of the state hook and line records as well as descriptions of the most important sport fishes are included. Fishermen may obtain copies of the Illinois Fishing Guide from the Division of Fisheries, Illinois Department of Conservation, Room lti2, State Office Building, Springfield, 111. 62706. ketball, the Pekin "Chinks" took their second state championship in four years with a handy 75-59 win over the Carbondale "Terriers". A team of top sports casters Northern lllini Bowmen News Unbelievable -would be the word used to describe 141 archers enjoying an archery shoot in four inches of mud! The Northern lllini Bowmen's Slush Shoot was well named. The chill wind only hindered the archers on a coiqjle of long top of the hill targets otherwise the shooters were well protected in Northern lllini Bowmen's valley west of McHenry. Top score of the day, a 499, was made by sight shooter from Salem, Illinois, Don Bronson. Excellent shooting on the part of Phil Whitsett of Wheeling Archery Club netted him a perfect score and 20 pin on the most difficult 80 yard target. This is a walkup target with one arrow being shot from each of 80, 70, 60 and 50 yards. Northern lllini Bowmen first place trophy winners in their respective classes were: Hank Merz, Ron Sorenson, Irene Trumble, Joan Copley, Patricia Fleming and Beth Houser; second place medals went to: Orv Gosse, ErwinSchmanski, Chuck Dussmann, Lyle Trumble.Rose Eady; third places were taken by Anton Hirsch, Earl Paddock, Shirley Heffernan and Orv Gos- - se, Jr. An invitation is extended to sportsmen to attend the next Northern lllini Bowmen monthly meeting, Thursday 8:30 p.mu, March 21, held at the McHenry Legion. will bring the play-by-play of the games into living rooms throughout Illinois. Tom Kelly, veteran Los Angeles radio sportscaster, will be making his ninth appearance. Bob Starr, sports director for a Boston radio station, will be back for his third year. A newcomer to the I.H.S.A. telecast this year is Frank Sweeney, who for the past year has been broadcasting the Chicago Bears' preseason games, and Notre Dame's gridiron contests. Program host for the I.H.S.A. telecast will be award-winning broadcaster Don McNeill, who made the "march around the breakfast table" a household slogan. He'll take viewers on a scenic tour of Illinois on breaks during the telecast; the salute to Illinois is in honor of the state's sesquicentennial celebration. All quarter-final games starting at noon Friday (March 22) will be carried on WCIATV Champaign (Ch. 3), WSILTV Harrisburg (Ch. 3), and WMBD - TV Peoria (Ch. 31). Chicago's WGN-TV (Ch. 9) will televise evening quarter-final games with the other three stations. The following television stations will televise the seni-final and final games on Saturday, March 23: \VCIA-TV Champaign (Ch. 3), WGN-TV, Chicago (Ch. 9), WICD-TV Danville (Ch. 15), WAND-TV Decatur (Ch. 17), WSIL -TV Harrisburg (Ch. 3), WMBD-TV Peoria (Ch. 31), WGEM-TV Quincy (Ch. 10), WHBF- TV Rock Island (Ch. 4), WCEE-TV Rockford (Ch. 23), KPLR-TV St. Louis (Ch. 11), and WICS-TV Springfield (Ch. 20). COACH BLANKENHORN Coach Bill Blankenhorn came to McHenry High last fall from Kaneland high school where he had spent two years as head football coach. He had also coached sophomore basketball for seven years and spent the same time as assistant varsity coach in track. At McHenry, Coach Blankenhorn took over the sophomores in both football and basketball. It has been noted that his sincere interest in young people and the benefits ttjey derive from sports participation has paid dividends in our school. Bill attended high school in Orangeville, Illinois, participating in football, basketball, baseball and track. He was selected in the All-Conference basketball team two years and made the football All-Stars one year. In addition, he was conference champ in the 100 and 200 one year. Bill graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1960 with a B.S.E. in physical education - MJS.E. in physical education - supervisory certificate in guidance. At Northern, he participated in football and basketball one year, and played baseball three years. It looks like Coach Blankenhorn hjas a bright future at MCHS in sports and guidance. National Wildlife Week Program Encourages You To Plant Trees And Shrubs DAY OF RECOLLECTION The Ladies' sodality of Christ the King church, Wonder Lake will hold a Day of Recollection on Sunday, March 24, from 1 to 4 p.m. Father Althonsus of "Crystal Lake will be guest speaker. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will follow. All Ladies are invited to attend. BACKNational Wildlife Week, March 17-23, is focusing public attention on the need to "Learn to Live with Nature". According to Kenneth Fiske, Chairman of McHenry Co. Soil and Water Conservation district, which is helping to promote the observance, the Wildlife Week theme for 1968 is designed to encourage conservation education. Conservation problems such as soil erosion, polluted water and air, littered country-sides and endangered wildlife can be fought through conservation education according to Kenneth Fiske, District Chairman. "People are sold on the idea of enjoying nature, and now we must teach them to appreciate and care for natural resources," he said. The Wildlife Week observance was first proclaimed by President ROosevelt in 1938. It is sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation in cooperation with other conservation groups. The Conservation District encourages the planting of trees and shrubs to protect soil from erosion, control excessive runoff and to provide cover beneficial to wildlife, birds and small game. Also plantings of evergreens, when properly managed by pruning and shaping are a source of income to property owners. The Illinois Department of Conservation - Division of Forestry can still supply red and white pine seedlings for planting this year. Wildlife packets consisting of 100 red pines, 100 white pints, 100 silky dogwood, 100 bush honeysuckle and 100 autuprn olive are also available. Requests for tree planting stock should be submitted immediately. Price lists and request forms are available at the Soil Conservation Service Office - 670 East Calhoun street in Woodstock. The Conservation District provides a tree planting service which includes picking up the tree seedlings at the nursery at Topeka, cold storage of trees until planting and planting by machine. For details about this service call 385-0049 or contact the office. CONVENTION COMMITTEE William J. Kuhfuss,president of the Illinois Agricultural association, and. Kingman Douglass, Jr., Chicago investment banker, have been named cochairman of the Illinois Committee for a Constitutional convention. Gov. Otto Kerner, who made the announcement, also named Emory Williams, vicepresident and treasurer of Sears, Roebuck, and Co., as. treasurer of the new committee and Samuel W. Witwer, Chicago attorney as general counsel. The committee was formed to seek approval for the proposed state constitutional convention which will come before Illinois voters in the general election of November. i WboUGH ADMITTEDLY 1ACK- /S/6 IN QUANT/ry or 5T7)/?S, •me AME&/CAA/ basketball LE/)6ae caa/ soast /ry WJTy P£J?fraxMEKS UKE ajF:mm JT IOU/S HAWKS AC£... A FEW wire uxe. AMP AA/AY yj£ do... KH6r*f A rtve r>ME ah jtak w rue MBA. 7*5r 3A Y£AK atD PAUJIJ PlAY£#-U>/>Ctf J77J-1- J dots, ///j A3J. AV&XA&S /S /8 P0/A/Z3 PEX Poet's Corner This week the Plain dealer is opening a new column, The Poet's Corner. The first contribution is from Kathryn Wagner of 1612 Flower street, who spent her first winter in McHenry in 1967. Any contributions must be signed and include address. SNOW CARNIVAL By Kathryn Wagner The ideal gentleman beyond the skies Has favored us with a fine fall of snow Some blasted cold weather with eight below. As two or three days in the course of a year Is considered a long run of sleighing An army of boys took advantage of the white stuff For which they have long been waiting. This snow caused an innumerable number of storms Not exactly after the manner usually common But improvised and gotten up for the occasion. The boys arranged themselves in military style, Dispatched a shower of snow balls After every car and pedestrian within a mile, Woe to the unlucky wight who stopped And resented the sudden and unexpected pelting Which he was sure to encounter. If he came within snow shot of the boy's actions, A perfect tornado of white bullets would greet him In response to his remonstrations. For three days the carnival lasted, Then the snow yielded to the amorous But damp wooing of the January thaw. And in a single day the sleighing was busted. ON THE JOB . . . Training in an Easter Seal Center helped this man overcome the loss of an arm. Today, he earns a good living as a machine tool operator. vv itpcx^to kraw/' LIKE SCULPTURE . . . What appears to be a piece of modern abstract sculpture is really the "business end" of an Air Force F-101 fighter-interceptor. SPAGHETTI STllDENT TEACHER Grace K. Weber, 3708 Maple avenue, McHenry, is one of nearly 500 Northern Illinois university students presently CQITiplet jng Rt io o/>.Kj ng yo„ quire ments for state certification for teachers. She has been assigned to Forest school, Des- Plaines. For men and women. Make> >ou appeal inches slimmer. improws postuif. helps relies* tensed <sairoiliai ner\e?» Strung, form • fitting. vsd-habie Knuivling pull *trap foi ea>> adjustment and instant lelief Laitfr foam rubber pad Pte-suilied - 4r-r--rirertoT^--*Nrr 'fntn measurement Bolg@r9S Drug Store 1259 N. 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