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PAGE «- PLAIN DEALER - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29,1981 ROGER QUINLAN - one of McHenry's competitors in the long jump - strives for distance in this attempt in Friday's McHenry Relays at McCracken. The Warrior jumpers Warriors Take Fifth combined for a seventh-place finish in the event. The hosts placed fifth in the team scoring. STAFF PHOTO - WAYNE GAYLORD St^ Charles Wins Relays St. Charles high school, as expected, won the 16th McHenry Relays Friday night at McCracken field The winners placed in 13 of the 17 events, picking up six first place finishes during th^ evening. . A Warriqr sprinter Aric Akins won the 100 yard dash in the time of 10.4 seconds A small crowd was on hand, partly due to the cool weather. No records were broken, but the 440 relay record was tied by Hoffman Esl&tes with a time of 45.7. frie Warriors of Dan Boland finished fifth in the 13 team event. TEAM SCORING St. Charles 104; Lake Forest 75, Hoffman Estates 73; Elk Grove 51; McHENRY 50; Belvidere 39; Crown 33; St. Francis 26; Kaneland 24; Woodstock 23V, Crystal Lake South 20; Crystal Lake Central 6'..; Lake Park 6; and Dundee 6. Shot Put: 1. St. Charles; 2. Lake Forest; 3. McHenry . 4 Belvidere; 5. Hoffman Estates; 6. Kaneland. 139'2'2". Discus: 1. St. Charles; 2. McHenry: 3. Hoffman Estates; 4 Lake Forest; 5. Belvfdere; 6. Kaneland. 393'5". Pole Vault: 1. Rod Creiger. (St. Charles); 2 Bill Swanson (Kaneland); 3. Steve McCloughin (Elk Grove); 4. Jeff Brown (Woodstock); 5. Randy Jensen. (St. Charles); 6. Mike Johnson. (Belvidere). 13'6". Ix>ng Jump: 1. Elk Grove; 2. Crystal Lake South; 3. Belvidere; 4. St. Charles; 5. Kaneland; 6. Crown 54'2". Triple Jump: l Elk Grove; 2, St. Charles; 3. Crown; 4. Kaneland; 5. Dundee. 6. McHenry. 120'9'z". t/ow Hurdle Shuttle: 1. St. Charles; 2. Hoffman Estates. 3. Elk Grove; 4 Lake Forest; 5. Crystal Lake South; 6 Woodstock 1:24.0. HHfl F-S Relay: 1. Hbffman Estates; 2. Lake Forest; 3. St Francis; 4. St. Charles. 5 Crown; 6. Woodstock. 1:39.3. 4-Mile Relay: 1. Lake Forest; 2. Belvidere; 3. Woodstock; A. Crystal Lake Central; 5. St Charles; 6. Hoffman Estates. 19:04.9. Varsity XH# Relay: 1. Hoffman Estates; 2. McHenry; 3. St. Francis; 4. St Charles; 5. Crystal Lake South; 6. Belvidere. 1:33.5 High Hurdle Shuttle: 1. St. Charles; 2. Lake Forest; 3. Kaneland;4 Hoffman Estates; 5. Elk Grove; 6. Belvidere. 1:07.8 Mile Relay: 1. St. Charles; 2. McHenry: 3. Kaneland; 4. Woodstock; 5. Dundee; 6. Ijake Forest. 3:36.6. High Jump: 1 Crown; 2. Lake Forest; 3. St Charles; 4. Dundee; 5. Woodstock and Kaneland. 17'8". 100 Yard Dash: 1. Akins. McHenry: 2. Lamb, St. Francis; 3. Huffman. St. Francis; 4. Jewell. Crystal Lake South; 5. Wirth, Belvidere. 6. Kitthaler, McHenry. 10.4. Sophomore Sprint Medley: 1. Elk Grove; 2. St. Charles; 3. Hoffman Estates; 4 I^ike Park; 5 Lake Forest; 6. McHenry. 3:54.6. Varsity Sprint Medley: 1. Belvidere; 2 St. Charles; 3. Lake Forest; 4. Crown; 5. Lake Park; 6 Elk Grove. 3:38.4 2-Mile Relay: 1. Lake Girls Top Scouts The McHenry High girls' badminton defeated I^ake Forest 4-3 for their fifth win of the season against three losses The J.V squad won 3-2. Highlighting the win for McHenry were Monica Sieverin and Sue Schmitt at first doubles This duo defeated a previously un­ defeated Lake Forest team of Sue Price and Jean Templet on, to bring their season record to 9-3. In singles. Jean Hoch easily defeated Sandy Silvan of Lake Forest 11-1, 11-4. to bring her season to 10-2 Number two singles Krista Kaefer defeated Barb Gould by scores of 11-8 and 11-0 to bring her record to 5-4. Netters Blank Central PROBLEM: "I'm not Deaf I I just can't understand some words" Most people with hearing problems have difficulty understanding speech sounds. This particular kind of hearing impairment i* a symptom of sensori-neural deafness (nerve deafness). It is most frequently experienced by older people and develops over the years-usually a result of advancing age. The encouraging facts are that it may be helped, because we can produce hearing aids which provide amplified frequency response in the areas where it is needed. Come In For A FREE HEARING TEST! WEDNESDAYS 10 TO 5PM EVENINGS BY APPT. ROBERT BECKER, M.A., ABBMKOMST McHenry Hearing Aid Center 3937 W. Main McHenry 385 7661 McHenry's tennis team is building a strong case for the youth movement this season The Warriors, coached by Gary Gray, won another dual meet last week when they blanked Crystal Lake Central 5-0. The Warriors, who have two sophomores and a fresh­ man playing singles, won their eleventh match against only four losses in winning the Fox Valley Conference match. Scott Rhode defeated Dennis Malone 6-2. 6-2 to get the ball rolling for the Warriors. Mike Szramek won 6-1.6-4 over Paul Burian and Todd Rhode upended Jed Abernethy 4-6. 6-4. 7-5. In doubles play. Randy Glick and Kevin Burgess continued their fine play by defeating Jim Byrne and Gary Grant 6-0. 4-6, 6-2. And Ed Donahue and Dave Bauer completed the sweep by ousting Brett Hopkins and Pat Stegall 7-5, 6-2 The Warriors will try to maintain their winning ways Thursday when they play host to Jacobs The match will begin at 4:30 p m GONE FISHINI OPEN NOW! TROUT, CATFISH PERCH AND NORTHERNS (UP TO 4 POUNDS) ALL IN SEPARATE PONDS BIG FRESH WATER LAKES ALSO, WE HAVE PICNIC TABLES AND BAR-B-Q PITS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY It's The Game I Adore Pardon my grin, but I'm a very happy man these days. It's a feeling that develops deep in my-soul each April, when baseball commands my attention morning, noon and night. Call it a magnificent obsession. Armed with The Sporting News, "the Bible of baseball." I station myself near a radio in order to monitor as many games as possible Somehow I cannot get peace of mind until the final scores are tn trom the West Coast For a baseball fan. true frustration is a rain delay in Los Angeles or a twi-night doubleheader in Seattle. It's not difficult to recognize the grand old game Little has changed from last year That hot dog and beer will cost you a little rriore this year, but somehow it seems worth it. The beer seems colder and the red hots seem to taste better at the ballpark. I've often tried to uncover the baseball mystique, to discover why it is regarded by many as America's favorite pasttime. I've wondered why my heart quickens at the sound of a bat meeting a ball. I often pondered why the hit and run Scorecard By Jeff Stern held more romance for me than the hammer and saw. Perhaps it is the un­ predictable nature of the game. Virtually any game can be won with a single swing of the bat. The foot­ ball folks will give you that line about any team winning on a given Sunday. Yet each year there are professional football teams that fail to win 25 percent of their games. Even our beloved Chicago Cubs, the worst team in baseball last year, managed to win 39 percent. The Cubs could win on a given Sunday, or Tuesday or Friday for that matter. Baseball critics point out baseball's faults: its sometimes plodding pace, the money-hungry players bouncing from team to team like pinballs. Yet baseball does not suffer some of the pitfalls that plague its sporting cousins. Hockey's emphasis on violence is blissfully absent from baseball. Tickets are still easily accessable and priced reasonably, at least when compared with foot­ ball. And baseball does not have the alleged racial problems which have recently arisen in pro basketball. I find the latter point to be a crock, but that is another column. Above and beyond all of the negatives, baseball remains the easiest game to understand. Three strikes and you're out, just like when grandad played, and the umpire is still a near­ sighted bum whose family tree would be most difficult to trace. The more things change, the more baseball stays the same. If I had the choice of any sport in which to excel, it would be baseball, just like it was 17 years ago when I saw my first professional game. Never will I forget the sight of a young Henry Aaron lashing a single to left, or the futility of the Cincinnati batters as they tried to decipher the curve balls of crafty Warren Spahn. Perhaps best of all, I'll never forget how close I felt to my father that night. When Aaron drove in the winning run with an eleventh hour home run, it was Dad who raised me on his shoulders I could watch my favorite Milwaukee Brave trot around the bases. Could anyone forget such a night? When the football and basketball seasons roll around each year, I find the juices flowing in an­ ticipation. I guess that's a prerequisite in this line of work. But nothing gives me a happy sort of feeling quite like baseball. So take your slamdunks and slapshots, your touch­ downs and your trotters. Give me the peanuts and cracker jack. Call me ec­ centric or call me old fashioned. But call me when there's a game in town. When I go to the ballpark. I really don't care if I never get back. Skyhawks Hammer Harvard Forest. 2. Woodstock; 3. Hoffman Estates; 4. Belvidere; 5. Crystal Lake South: fi. McHenry 8:27.4. 440 Yard Relay: 1. Hoff­ man Estates; 2. McHenry; 3. l.ake Forest ; 4 fclk Grove; 5. Woodstock; 6. Kaneland and Crystal Lake Central. 45.7 (ties record*. f Dick Rabbitt After a couple of losses, nothing gets the old blood pumpin' like a good old- fashioned blowout. Johnsburg's Softball team followed that credo last week by hammering Harvard 16-6 after losses to Round Lake and Marengo. The6 results give the Skyhawks a 3-6 overall record and a 3-2 mark in the Shark Con­ ference. The Skyhawks sealed their win over Harvard when they exploded for 10 runs in the third inning. That salvo broke open a tight game and made Dawn Haynie the winning pitcher. Ten consecutive batters reached base for the Hawks in the big inning. Six hits and four walks allowed the locals to bat around and put icing on a victory cake "Before that it was a very close game," said Johnsburg coach Bob Schmitt. "It was tied after one inning and we took a one-run lead in the second Then we just ex­ ploded." Sue Dehn led the offense with three hits in four tries. Barb and Jane Schmitt each had two base hits. The game was called after five innings because of the 10-run rule. The Skyhawks could have used some of that offense earlier in the week against Round Lake. Johnsburg picked up only three hits in losing 16-9. "We scored most of our runs in one big bunch," said Schmitt. A five-run fourth inning was the best John­ sburg could muster, although the Round Lake pitcher was not over­ powering. The hurler allowed nine walks in the contest. Meanwhile Round Lake feasted on Skyhawk pitching for 15 hits. A dozen of them came off Haynie, who started and lasted three innings. "They have a good hitting team. They just stepped in the box and , started slugging," Schmitt related. Among the Round Lake hits were two doubles, two homers and a triple. Colleen Boak, Barb Sch­ mitt and Kathy Butler got the Johnsburg hits Butler came on to pitch and held Round Lake to three hits over the last four frames The Skyhawks ran into another hot-hitting team in Marengo. Four runs in the sixth erased Johnsburg's 6-5 lead and boosted Marengo to a 10-6 victory. Linda Schmitt paced the Johnsburg offense with three hits, including a triple and a home run. Janice Schmitt added two hits. Johnsburg travels to North Boone on Thursday for a 4:15 p.m. game before hosting Hononegah at 10 am Saturday Plaindealer D Lake Region Sports Car Club Rallies Nine rally teams gathered at the McHenry American Legion hall March 22 for a rally entitled "March Madness " The rally route took the participants on a circular course through Harvard, Union and the Illinois Railway Museum and then back to McHenry. The purpose of the event was to test the participants' powers of observation as well as their driving skill. Drivers were required to observe certain objects or groups of objects at designated points along the route and be prepared to answer questions about them at the rally's endpoint. The number of correct an­ swers determined the order of finish of the rally. The event was won by Ron Hamil of McHenry Hamil drove the rally without a navigator, thus giving himself a considerable handicap. However, he was able to do the jobs of both driver and navigator and won. Finishing second behind Hamil was the team of Scott and Anita Johnson of Cary. while McHenry residents and first-time rallyists Larry Wahler and Don Humphreys captured third place. The principal point of observation during the rally was at the Illinois Railway M u s e u m . w h e r e rallymasters Steve and Barb Arnold and Sal and Connie Cardella had identified three groups of railroad equip­ ment for the rally teams to observe and note features which they feK were im­ portant. At the endpoint, the rallymasters distributed a page of questions to each team Also included in the questions were some per­ taining to mileages of cer­ tain sections of the rally, thus testing the navigation abilities of the drivers. The summer season of competition for the Lake Region drivers begins later this month with the first event of the summer slalom series A site for the event has yet to be determined. ^Any persons interested in the club's activities are welcome to attend a general business meeting of the club, held at the American Legion Hall on Ringwood Road. Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month and begin at 8; 10 p.m. Anyone interested in the club but who is unable to attend a meeting should contact Steve Arnold at 344-0435 or Wayne Gaylord at 385-8688. Kids Jump For Charity Students at Harrison Grade school in Wonder Lake raised more than $3,168 for the Heart Fund in the recent "Jump Rope For Heart", a national special event sponsored by the Illinois Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, (IAHPER) for benefit of the American Heart association to HOURS: 7 AM TO DARK ($11)344-3470 mrt. laoiNftfcHtNRv Gm^Vstate by Realtor Ron Bykowski CENTURY 21 CARE REAL ESTATE OVER OR UNDER-SPENDING Some people spend more •Han they can aHord when buying a house. Equally pain­ ful is the mistake of buying the cheapest possible house and then suffering through its shortcomings. t have no intention of stating how much anyone can afford for a house. This is a very personal decision. There are guidelines of monthly averages that lending in­ stitutions use for housing ex­ penses But like the Height Weight charts prin­ ted on scales • these are only averages. Don t hold back if you feel you can exceed the guidelines. When you are willing ond sufficiently disciplined to economize on other expenses, you can get o better house than the average calls for. A good house may seem costly, but the rewards are well worth it. Investing in a house that's a little more expensive gives you an ex­ cellent inflation hedge while your whole family enjoys a better place to live. And of­ ten, the resole opportunity is brighter. tf there is anything we can do to help you in the field of real estate, please phone or stop in at CENTURY 21 CARE REAL ESTATE, Rte. 120 - across from Jewel Foods - McHenry. Phone: 344-1033. We're here to help. The event was coordinated by Jayne McMillan Other Illinois schools and students from elementary college level partici Jump Rope For education teachers competition. Members of six-student "teams each juni^v. rope, relieving each other when tiring for a maximum of three hours. Cash pledges collected from sponsors for each minute of their rope-jumping efforts are applied to Heart Association programs of research, to find better means of diagnosing and treating heart and blood vessel diseases; public and professional education, and community service projects, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and Mood pressure screening. IAHPER is a voluntary educational organization of health and physical education teachers, coaches and athletic directors, and personnel in safety and recreation. MAKE RESERVATIONS EARLY FOR MOTHER S DAY BRUNCH AND DINNER!!! OPEN FOR LUNCH t DINNER TUESDAY THRU SUNDAY (10-2) SUNDAY BRUNCH $C75 FRIDAY FISH FRY (ALL YOU CAN EAT) $C25 CHAPEL HILL COUNTRY 2300 N. CHAPEL RD, tY: