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UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK PAGE % - PLA1NPEALER - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24,1983 The McHenry Plaindealer There Is Hope For Baseball's The success the first-year Johnsburg Tigers experienced this past summer leaves much hope for baseball returning to the McHenry area for good Winning a league title will always stir up at least some interest. But the road to repectibility is a long one. The Northern Illinois Baseball league is far from being considered a strong and competitive league. But league official know it. Rome wasn't built in two years, nor will the NIBL. The league ended its season with only three clubs whb could field a team. That's the bad news, but the good news was Johnsburg is one of those teams. If the league flourishes, Johnsburg will be one of the reasons. Johnsburg's manager, Jim Herman, is now the new league president. He brings into the league a lot of ideas and energy, which a new organization needs to surviVe. Herman spoke with confidence when he announced two established teams have expressed great interest in joining the NIBL, Delavan and Barrington. Delavan played in the Sycamore League and Barrington in the North Snore League That would give the NIBL five established teams. One more team would make a solid six- team league. Right now though, the most important thing Herman and his Johnsburg Tigers could do, along with the league, is to create as much interest as possible among area baseball talent. I used the word blooper to describe a ball hit by Ken Stanek to win the ball game. It read, Herman knows that. His key objective is to "Stanek's Blooper Sends Resurrected convince some of the good players who played Johnsburg Tigers NIBL Title. on the American Legion teams in the area, What it did was give me a lesson on the along with the various high school teams to different meanings of descriptive words used tryout heavily in sportswriting. Once they can convince these players that the I used a word used commonly in baseball, league is here and its not a fluke, the rest will describing a ball hit just over the infield for a take care of itself. base hit. Those who took offense to the headline Younger players, in most cases, have took it as a cutdown on the Johnsburg players. parents, friends, girl friends and relatives who Blooper meaning a funny mistake. will come out to watch them. The crowds will Well, according to the Webster Dictionary, eventually come out. we're both right. There is two definitions of the The crowd of 30 that witnessed the Algonquin word blooper. One says, "a foolish or stupid mistake; blunder." Number two says, "a ball batted up in a low arc so that it falls between the infield and the outfield, usually for a hit." I guess it all depends how you write it and read it. One thing is for certain, I'll be careful the next time I use the word blooper. How about those White Sent? They have surprised a lot of people and made several columnists eat their words. I'm one of those columnists. I picked the White Sox to finish third in the Western Division in a column at the beginning of the baseball season. It would take a complete collapse by the Sox to make that prediction come through. Along with the winning comes respectibility. Respect the White Sox didn't have at the beginning. In litany ways the SOx are like the Brewers a couple years ago. The first year under George Bamberger and a winning season created some renect for the Brewers, but never considered by the so-called experts as the real division contender. It wasn't until the Brewers won the Qastern Division title and made it all the way to the World Series last year did the experts really respect the Brewers, when the 1983 season begem, the Brewers were the most feared team in the American League. The White Sox should have no problem winning the west, and in turn, win a little respect in the major leagues. The chance to spe^'with and watch James 'Quick' Tillis work out last week was one of the great moments of my sportswriting career. It was my first experience with a heavyweight contender. But it wasn't just that, it was his personality and the sense of dominance soit out in the air. He reminded me a lot of Muhammad Ali. He had many quick one-liners, a trademark of Ali. One of His was, "I'm just not going to beat him, I'm going to crucify him." As we stood in that horse barn, all eyes were mi Tillis as he did a number on the speed bag and jumped rope. Whenever he said anything, nobody seemed to argue with him. win during the last game of the season might seem small on paper, but it was a vocal crowd and enthusiastic. Softball is always going to be a thorn in the side, beccase of its convenience. But all the Tigers need is the players dedicated to baseball ajiq love baseball 1 ^ It kind of irked Herman a bit that a few of his players missed the last game of the season with Algonquin because of Softball. I guess you can chalk it up to growing pains. But the Johnsburg, McHenry area is big enough to field a talented baseball team. The whole area has the baseball talent to field a very good league. Only time will tell, but the NIBL should ihake it. ***** A couple of readers took great offense to my story on the Tigers winning the NIBL title, particulary the headline. Concern Turns Into Reality For little John's Mike Lamb Sports Editor Lincolnwood Holds Down Red Devils Attack, 46-12 WAITING -- at home plate to put the tag on is Spellman Chevrolet's catcher, Chevrolet defeated the God Squad 19-9 during first round playoff action John Lakowske. Greg Davis of the God Squad is the runner. Spellman Sunday. STAFF PHOTO--WAYNE GAYLORD sHAw/FRfE press MiotA on tight as they didn't allow the Red the top of the first inning to grab a LINCOLNWOOD--McHenry Devils a single point after in- quick lead. But Novotny same back County's Red Devils cut a 22-point termission, and offensively they putt by scoring runs in every inning. deficit to 10 points, but could get no 24 more points on the board to ice the Bill Hurckes led Novotny hitting in - closer as Lincolnwood used a 17- verdict. the lead-off spot. He went three-for- point third quarter to defeat the Red The Chargers held a 331-140 edge three, with a triple, three runs Devils, 46-12, in Northern States in total yards over McHenry. The scored and two RBI's. Football League action Sunday. Devils committed six turnovers five Bob Lukenheimer and Phil Kent Lincolnwood tallied a pah: of first- which were fumbles. All five fum- both doubled for Old Bridge. quarter touchdowns and added bles led to scores for Lincolnwood. Raymonds-Huff 12 After Hie Fox 9 another ID and a saftey in the early . A . «, A total of four triples sparked B second period to open up a 22-point TWO uOIMtV MldlttDS division champs Raymonds to the lead. But McHenry County rallied victory. Marty Palmer, Harry Groll, for two quick scores in the last three Two McHenry County Farm Chris Felde and Tim Farr were minutes of the first half to cut the Bureau teams captured cham- credited with the three-base hits. margin to 22-12. pionship titles during the Illinois Groll and Gib Kurtz also both Pat Penza bolted over from the Sports Festival championships at doubled. three yard line with 2:56 to play in Bloomington last week. Dave Kendzior went three-for- the second quarter. The point after The all-county men's fast pitch three for After the Fox, while Tom failed and Lincolnwobd's lead was team, managed by Jim Cleary, Kearns tripled and Tim McGuire 22-6. On the Chargers' following play cheated Edgar County in the semi- doubled. from scrimmage, Matt Derrick final game 8-2. Edgar County had St. Regis 9 Decker Construction l intercepted a pass and returned it to beaten McHenry last year in the title St. Regis took second place in the the Lincolnwood 16. Several plays game. A division with the win. later, Penza went over from two The girls' open slow pitch team Gary Gilpin knocked in his 24th yards out. Hie try for two points captured first place under manager run of the season in the first inning to failed and Lincolnwood led 22-12 at Jim Drake. McHenry was second finish in tie for the RBI crown. Trey halftimp , last year. McHenry played 50 games Covalt added a triple, while Mike in the second half, however, the in a slow pitch league in Trevor, Petersont Mark Vogt both doubled. Chargers put the defensive clamps Wise, in preparation for the tourney. the second. Andy Larsen also hit a three-run homer, but over the fence. Greg Schmidt also hit one over the fence, for his fifth of the season. Todd Cariveau added a triple, while Frank Schmidt, Tom Bruce, Larsen and Ken Nogar all had three hits. Jim Jachec and Randy Thiel both hit triples for 3D Bowl, while Tim Gerdtz knocked in three runs. Palace Bowl 9 Taylor Made 8 Palace defeated Taylor Made on Tuesday evening in the last regular season game for both teams. After Taylor Made scored four times in the seventh inning, Palace Bowl had to score twice to win. Dan Kennedy is credited with the win­ ning hit. Phil Creden led-off with a triple and was knocked in on sacrifice fly by Mike Murphy. Tony Aiello hit his league leading 15th double of the season and was knocked in on a single by Kennedy. Novotny Sales 13 Old Bridge 8 Old Bridge scored seven runs in off man, doubled down the leftfield foul line. Joe Knaack followed with a walk and Joe Bauml singled, driving in Greve. Knaack scored on a sacrifice fly by A1 Ekeroth. The final run scored on an error on a ball hit by Mark Piasecki. Palace Bowl tied it in the third inning with two in the second and one in the third. Phil Creden knocked in the tying run on a single. Taylor Made won the game in the fifth inning. After two outs, Greve again doubled and was knocked in on a ball hit by Knaack and mishan­ dled. Joe Bauml knocked in Knaack on a single, but was thrown out trying to stretch the-single into a double. RT Dees 14 3D Bowl 10 3D Bowl missed out in on a chance to finish second in the A division, as RT Dees pulled off an upset and captured fourth place outright in the division. RT Dees was powered by three homeruns. Steve Zoelleck hit a three-run inside the park homerun in The regular men's VFW 16 inch softball season came to an end last week and six teams are preparing for the playoffs this week. An extra game was played Friday to determine playoff spots for two teams tied for second place in the B division. In that game, Taylor Made played Palace Bowl, with Taylor Made just coming up on top by a 6-3 score. Taylor Made now faces 3D Bowl, the A division third place team. Palace Bowl plays St. Regis, the A division second place team. The St. Regis-Palace Bowl game was scheduled for Tuesday at 7:00, and will continue on Thursday with two games in the best of three series; The 3D Bowl-Taylor Made game starts at 8:00 with two games on Tuesday and finishes up on Thur­ sday with one game if necessary. Taylor Made 6 Palace Bowl 3 Taylor Made took charge right from the start with three runs in the top of the first inning. 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