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w' ft " PAGE • - PLA1NDEALER - WFDNESDAY, AUGUST 31. 1917 T'-- jygg . Jag , * •. « "ft- * •> '• v.-.' MtHEiie; •an ,- roornu • M.HCMf TOOTBAU « WaSI HQTBAlI WHEMirt . cj® , - *iiF) • FOOTBALL FOOTBALL, IACHCMBT When the McHenry Ugh school vanity football scrimmages in the amraal 'Soap' Bowl Friday head coach Bill Day will he lnilo| for performances from these sevea returning Front row, from left: Day, Art Beats, Ralph Gonna a. aad Boh Larfcey; hock row, from left: Tim Haghes, Mike ToOifsoa, Marty Doeaer, aad Tim Oahloy. The varsity squad will take the field fsr its tetrasqaad pae at ahoat t p.m., immedtetely following the scrimmage hetweea the sophomore aad freshmea teams. STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD McHenry Plays Annual *Soap9 Bowl Friday McHenry high school's annual pre-season in- trasquad game, the 'Soap' Bowl, will be held Friday night at McCracken field. Admission to the event is one bar of soap. The evening offers Warrior gridiron fans an opportunity to get a "sneak" preview of the coining season, as well as affording the coaches an opportunity to see their players respond under "game" conditions. Action begins at 6 p.m., with the sophomore team facing the freshman team. The McHenry varsity, split into two evenly matched units, will take the field at about 8 p.m. Although the squad has not yet been divided, head coach Bill Day assures that it will not be "first" string against "second" string, but an equal balance, which should result in a close, highly "Competitive contest One thing is certain--the coaches will be out to win. Calling the shots from the sidelines will not be Day and his assistants, but rather a collection of McHenry high school administrators. Last year, the team coached by former Superintendent Dick Swantz came out vie- *> torious, 204, over a team headed by Robert Swart- zloff. * Swartzloff fared better two years ago, pulling out a victory Jn the final minute of the game with a triple-lateral pass. More of that type of razzle-dazzle is expected Friday night. EARL WALSH Hear SPORTS EDITOR Sometimes best laid plans go ^haywire. This was to be our >4annual column on the Club ^Championship at McHenry !• Country Club. ;I -- •! The rains came! f, And did those rains come -- •; You can say it rained cats and I'dogs, pitch forks or whatever £your favorite expression may !? be. Barb Weber and her nice daughter, Toni, were there to meet me at the pro shop. It was dark, but Art Jackson, Gary Adams, Eddie Buss and Lloyd Smith teed off in that order. Before we reached No. 1 green, our black umbrella was opened and hoisted above us. On No. 4 it cleared, but black clouds gathered in the west. They finished six holes as the crowd gathered in the woods for refreshments. Buckets of water came down so everybody waited -- and waited. Art pulled me into the discussion and my reaction was to head for the clubhouse and wait for another day. Those greens were soggy. After recharging with warm up liquids (purely medicinal), the foursome decided to give it another try. Barb and Toni wanted to head for home and dry clothes. Me, too. And that we did. More rain came and the boys had to give up the idea of finishing the match. At this McHenry RECREATION Now Men's Bowling League Forming Friday • 9:30 PM TEAMS and INDIVIDUAL Bowlers Needed I Ladies! Thurs. and Fri. 9:30 AM Loaguo/ Need* Bowler* FOR DETAILS CALL 385-2520 McHenry, III. YES...NOW...you can RENT a quality MAICO Hearing Aid! Now vou can TRY BEFORE YOU BUY! It's the sensible to find out what kind of help a hearing aid can offer vou. REJ a new MAICO aid Cor 30 days at a moderate rental charge. 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Seven lettermen were among head coach Bill Day the first day of to rebound from a disappointing 8-7 record the last timeout Day, entering his second decade as Warrior bend coach, is lunfkteiit is team can improve on Isst year's mark, and wind op, at thevery least, on the plus side of the500ledger. Helping Day achieve that goal wffl be one of the biggest sets of ruming backs he has ever had. That would include llarQr Deener and Ttm Oakley, both halfbacks who started at one time or another last year. Along with Deener and Oakley is Mike ToOifson, who will try his hand at fullback. Mark Rogers is another back who can expect to see mwihlmiMe playing The question mark in the backfield is at quarterback, where two seniors and a junior are vying for the top spot Of the three, senior Jeff Hurkes has the most varsity experience. He was also the junior varsity sipial-caller last year. There is also Mark Mayer, another senior, who was injured last year, but has returned to press Hurkes for the starting job. Finally, there is Peter Prust, a southpaw, who caDsd the signals for the McHenry sophomore team last year. As to which of the three will start, Day says 'Tin pleased with the way all three of them pass. What remains is to see who's going to show the leadership and take charge." Whoever earns the starting quarterback job, he will need someone to pass the ball to, and Day believes he has the receivers who can catch the ban. Look for sonar Marty Nuss and junior Chris Newell to log considerable time as wide receivers, while Jerry Hutchinson appears That's how Amis Jones, head coach at "I dartthink well throw the bell as muchas we (fid last year," Day said. "With the ability of our running backs, I think we can cut down on the number of passes we throw. I'm looking forward to a more balanced attack." Last year, the Warriors averaged nearly twenty-five passes per game, an extremely high total for a high school team. One of the real bright spots for McHenry this year appears to be in the offensive line, where Day believes "we're going to have the best pair of guards in the conference." He is talking about seniors Art Bentz and Ralph Gurman, both returning lettermen, who will anchor the line and hopefully open the holes for Oakley, Deener, ToOifSon, Rogers, etc. "We're going to have a good starting unit," the-coach said. "But, we're lacking in dep&, especially in the line. We're average sise, with our guards going about 170-175 pounds." The average weight of McHenry's line, both offensively and defensively, could be considerably higher, if 180-pound Odess Dimopoulos can shake the in jury jinx which forced him to miss a portion of last season. Day expects his offense to run from an I-slot formation, mining two backs lined up directly behind the quarterback, with the third back situated just off the shoulder of the outside Hn»man One disappointment to the coach was the poor shoulder strength which the team, overall, exhibited in returning from summer vacation. "The weight room was open during the summer, but iX was not well attended," Day said. Football still is, of course, a game of blocking and ta«*Hng and good shoulder strength is essential to controlling the line of scrimmage. Day did note that everyone on the team passed the running test, and says his team has good, but not outstanding speed. What does the next nine weeks hold in store for Warrior gridiron fans? It's hard to say. "A lot of our lettermen got experience last year playing defense," Day noted. But, it seems these scores were washed away and a new start is in order. It seemed like Eddie was snake bit on a couple of putts again. Good sport that he is, Eddie just said, "I didn't get 'em in the hole". No alitjis. Art is the popular Club Champion and it will take a lot of swinging to dethrone him. He puts the pressure on when the chips are down. We lost count, but Marge Adams said that Vale held the crown for ten years. Buss was invincible for eleven years before Art broke the ice. Now Art has held the coveted crown for seven years and isn't about to lose it. Tom Evens of Johnsburg was down for the match-Liz No­ lan furnished towels-An- other pair of Gold Dust Twins, Eddie and Art's wives, carted around together as usual -- Bob Blaney wheeled around -- said he never saw rain like that in Ireland-- The Frank Rourkes were there weather or no weather- And many others turned out--many stayed home, too -- Dick Hester must have stayed in the clubhouse -- nice and dry. So, we will let you know about the rerun Missed the Sox game Sunday. That was a good miss. Milwaukee clobbered our boys. Our line-o-type gal, Helen Seborg, says ber husband, Larry, thinks our Sox should be mended now that we have a couple of Cub players. Larry gives us a thought. Why not send a couple of our players down to tne cubs for experience? Just heard a news item telling that the United States is sending skate boards to RnglanH Long ago we thought something should be done for those people in appreciation for sending the English sparrows to us. FLASH!! The McHenry Country Club Championship match will resume on Saturday morning of this week. Tee time is 10:36 a.m. So gather 'round. WONDER LAKE 653-7111 385-0979 7224 BARNARD MIU ROAD. WONDOt LAKE Top-Line Products - Tops in Service n Final '• 0 •* -v - .r 1 iP. ;V Wvfp,|#vv^v. f V " J* 9 h\ There is only room at the top for one. That's one North Suburban conference football champion, and next weekend, eight teams, including McHenry, begin pursuit of the league championship, aad an automatic berth in the state Class "4A" football tournament. Afl eight teems in the league will play two non-conference games before the title hunt begins in earnest the weekend of Sept >4-25, with the Warriors opening at home against Rockford Boylan and traveling to Maine North before stating the league season at LibertyviBe. . THs marks the last season for the North Suburban conference, an it is presently constituted. Next year, McHenry, Crown, and Crystal Lake wffl join five other schools in the neiny created FOB Valley conference. * But that is next year. This year, McHenry, CTcwn, and Crystal isfcs will join North Chicago, LibertyviBe, Mundelein, and Lake Forest in trying to wrestle the title away from Zion-Benton, last year's league champion Barrington, which finished second to Zion-Benton last year, has out of the conference. • is a preview of the eight conference teams. Until the starts, an eight teams have a shot at the title. But, come Nov. 5, when the season ends, there wffl be only one champion, because.. .there is only room at the top for one. Thus, look for a stronger defensive dub than last year ; lock for a mere balanced attack, featuring the running of Oakley, Deener, Tollifsan, and Rogers behind guards Bentz and Guzman ; look for a quarterback who assumes the roleof field general ; and most of all, look for a winning season. Zion-Benton Graduation has wiped out the entire Zion-Benton offensive unit that won the North Suburban conference title last fall, and advanced to thequarterfinal round of the Class "4A" state football But doa't shed any tears for head coach Leroy Cliff. He still has seventeen letter winners returning, including a .solid nucleus with which to build his defensive unit around. Add to that the Zee-Bee tradition of always fielding an outstanding dub, phis a schedule which calls for Zion-Benton to play Crystal Lake and Libertyville (two other strong teams) at home, and it's easy to see wby league coaches expect to see Cliff's dub around the top of the standings when the season floor ir Heading the defensive unit will be 193-pound tackle Ed Garrignes. He, along with linebackers Frank McBride (180 pounds) and Art Richardson should make Zkm a team that's tough to run Offensively, Zion win be led by junior quarterback John Bowles, who directed the sophomore team last year. Another junior, 187- pound Steve Whiteside wffl be at fullback, addle senior Devon Buckle has speed to burn, and wffl see action at halfback. "We have good team speed,"* Cliff said, and our defense win be strong. Our defensive line wffl average 180-185 pounds." ZIott-BenUMi opens with two tough non-conference games, at Crystal Lake, the team Cliff conference opener, believes is the strongest in Crystal Lake When a team returns its entire offensive backfield, plus its receiving corps, the coach has a right to be optimistic. And make no mistake about it, Bffl Mack, head coach at Crystal Lake, is optimistic. Sure, Mack talks about having to rebuild his offensive line, and he is a little worried about his defense, which is way behind the offense right now. But, at the skffl positions, the Tigers appear to be loaded. Calling the signals wffl be junior Tom Pence, who started the second half of last season, and displayed a strong and accurate throwing arm. He'll be throwing to 5-0 senior split end Kurt Esson, who "only" caught nine TD passes last year. Also back are flankers Ralph Forlenza and Rich Astin, and tight end Jim Gannon, who Made says "has great hands." On those occasions when Pence decides not to throw the baU, he can hand off to either tailback Steve Ratdiffe (5-7,155) or fullback Steve Gulgren (fro, 196). Both Ratdiffe and Gulgren averaged over five yards per carry in varsity competition last year. "We have some good depth, both on offense and defense," Mack said. "We'U have a balanced attack, but our offense wffl be wide open." The coach noted that his team is untried at both offensive guard positions, filling those spots with players who saw action at dtfferent positions last year. He sees the North Suburban conference as being a weil-halanred league this year, with several teams, including his, battling for the title. Mundelein Want some excitement of a Friday or Satiaday this fait? Just come out and watch Mundelein play footbaU! They may not always win, but the team's coach guarantees his team wffl be to watch. The Mustangs are coached by Gary Heifner, the league's only new head man, who took the job at Mundelein after being the offensive coordinator at Thornwood high school (south of Chicago), the past several years. With him, Heifner has brought the "shotgun" offense, a freewheeling, explosive formation in which tfs>iprtwhi«* about seven yards behind the center in what looks like a mini-punt formation. Alas, for all die exciting things that can happen from a formation, Heifner admits that "every game is goiig to be a Uwgh one for us. We're very lacking in fundamental skills, and are very young and very inexperienced. However," he added, "teams better come to {day when they play us. We're putting our meed on offense and our gorrillas on defense." The offensive backfield speed wffl be supplied by junior MHr» Welch, who directed the Mustand sophomores to an unimpressive NSC Football Preview 1-7-1 record last year. Carrying the' ground game wffl be senior Matt Wings, who did not play last year due to an injury. Mundelein has just seven lettermen returning, with most of the experience coming on defense. "I think we'U be able to field a good defensive team," Heifner said. ̂ >; If that's the case, the shotgun offense is designed to put points on die board, and Mundelein just might surprise more ftsn a few people this season. North Chicago "We've got everything else. Ail we need now are guys who can block and tackle." That's how Amis Jones, head coach at North Chicago, H his team as it prepares for the coming season. Jones' problem is a line, through and around which, his collection of speedsters can ran. Best of die speed-burners is wide receiver Tyrone Jenkins, a state-quality hurdler, who can move his 6-5,185-pound frame forty yards in four and one-half seconds. Jones promises there wffl be plays designed specially to get the baU to Jenkins with some room to maneuver. ̂ Assigned the task of getting the to Jenkins wffl be Wallace, who is returning for his second year as varsity quarterback. "Wallace is a thrower," Jones said. When Jenkins isn't open, Wallace wffl have no trouble finding Derik Andrews, who, at 0-2,198 pounds, is possibly the biggest tight end in the conference. The Warhawks also have speed in the backfield, with senior Ldrence Wade returning after being insJigihi* last year Another senior, A1 Wilson, wffl start at fullback. "If I can only find some linemen," Jones again lamented. If he finds those linemen, the rest of the conference had better ook out Lake Foreat There's good news and bad news at Laxe Forest at head coach George Barry aeeks to improve on last year's 6-3 record. 11* bad news: Only three starters return from ls«t season's team, which was led bv aU-league quarterback Tom Trkla. The good news: This season's juniors went undefeated in sophomore games last year. Thus, expect a young Scout team which continues to improve as the season progresses. That's the opinion of Barry, who enters his twelfth season at the helm with no offensive starters bade from a year ago. "We have several kids at each position who are pretty even." he said. "There is good competition for several spots." The only spots that appear to be locked up are on defene, where returning defensive ends Bffl Addy and Bffl Garrels. >end Jack O'Connor return for one final wwm Barry said his team wUl ran from a "wishbone" tornwuon again this year, and expects Tom McMaken to log significant r**wikm of playing time at one of the halfback positions. Everything dse, and with it the season, depends on a lot of "Us".