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> Standings EARL WALSH1 So I Hear Just a couple of lines about that old "rain barrell" song brought a lot of response. It isn't over yet. Some precincts are still to be heard from. One reader asks if I know the words to "a good man". Sure. I think. Well, maybe, didn't it go like this?: A good man is hard to find. You always get ohe other kind. Hug him in the morning. Kiss him in the night. If you want a hubby, treat him right. 'cause nowadays a good man is mighty hard to find?, OK, girls. We will give you equal time. One of "Earl's Girls", j, Sharon Klontz, came out of the West, bringing her three children, Jason, Kale and Lisa Marie with her. Their visit was all too short, but made us happy. Some of those men tennis players in the big time are acting like babies. When* one spoiled one walked off the court, I would have told him to' keep walking. Clarence Anglese was telling about a trick they used to pull wtoffn he was a boy. they put a~corn cob on the end of a long stick, then stuck a firecracker into the cob and lit it. You can't beat fun in com cob country. The way outfielders are losing their caps during a chase for a fly ball 'twould seem they need a haircut or a hatpin. When I was a kid, it seemed my mother was always sending me down to the store for a spool of white, No. 60 thread. Ten cents. The thought seems to prevail in our neighborhood that mosquitoes are beginning to thrive on the spray. Something is putting more zing in their sting. "How are your car­ dinals?", asked Wally Aeverman. Told him we were favored with an occasional visit during the summer. He Jias plenty of them. But, Wally has a secret. He feeds them sunflower seeds the year 'round. Of course, the idea is to speed up the ball game, but when an umpire walks out and sticks his nose into the conference on the mound, players must want to tell nim to get lost. -- f The grapevine tells us that Joe and Vernona Etten, and • Ernie and Angie Freund toured all the way to Madison, Wis. to „see Lawrence Welk in person. The wunnerful man gets 'em. Met Van Sells having lunch at McHenry Country Club. Long time no see this friend of past years. TVTig^t call our group The 76ers, six of us -- and all in our 70's. We met for lunch and reminiscing last year and held a return engagement last week. Some of McHenry High's best basketball players, "Zeke" Bacon, Sib Whiting, Gus Freund and "Marty" Conway are in the group. I managed the team when they played on the famous MAAC town team. It didn't take much managing with that bunch. "Schmaltz" Miller, group member, claims he was the cheerleader. (He dreams a little). He and Zeke^played a lot of golf together through the years, but they didn't say anything about their scores. One point was cleared up (and a revoltin' development it was) -- I'm older than "Schmaltz". This is stated as a correction to a crack in one of last week's columns. A lot of ground was covered by The 76ers and a jolly lime was had by all. God willing, the group will meet again next year. MEN hrial0phera S WEAR 3#07 I* MAIN STREET (-- McHENBY ILLINOIS 60050 ^ '8151 3854Q60 w 1 Foxhole . 7 0 Old Bridge- John's S.S. 5 2 ' Johnsburg T. 5 2 Hautzinger C. 3 4 3-D Bowl 3 4 Sunnyside Inne 3 .4 Little John's 2 5 Palace Bowl 0 7 This is how the league is shapring up'at the halfway point in the season. Foxhole still holds a two game lead over the rest of the league. In the first game Tuesday, June 24, Old Bridge-John's Sports Stop stayed close to Foxhole with a 7-2 victory over Hautzinger Concrete. Dave Schaefer had three hits for the Bridge followed by Doug Freund and Steve Rohrer, both with two hits and two runs scored. Paul Morenz led Hautzinger with two hits and two runs scored. Hautzinger O.B.-J.S.S. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0 2 0 3 0 2 x7 Sunnyside Inn squeaked out a one run victory over Palce Bowl, 7-6, in game two Tuesday night. Terry Hovseth was 3-3 for Sun­ nyside, followed by Tom Warzak who had a hit and two runs scored. Tony Aiello and Scott Simon both had three hits for the Palace. Palace Sunnyside 0 5 0 0 2 0 x-7* £ J o h n s b u r g / T a v e r n overwhelmed Little John's 17-1 in the first game Thursday, June 26. Each player had at least one hit as Tom Spasojevich and Phil Oeffling led the way with three each. "Spaz" scored three runs while Oeffling scored three. Joel Wakitsch had 2 hits for the losers. Johnsburg T. 2 6 2 5 2 m- 17 LiUle John'sO 0 0 1 0 x x- 1 Foxhole ^stayed ahead of the rest of the league by two games, with a 14-5 victory over 3-D Bowl. Twig Miller had four hits and four runs scored and Jim Yaworski had four hits and two runs scored to lead Foxhole. Bill Meyers followed with three hits and two runs scored. Jim Machec had two hits for 3-D Bowl. Foxhole 3-D Bowl 2 2 2 0-14 3 1 0 0 - 5 Dan Long - % m Tunnelling To Safety CR V Handed First Loss Wally*s shortstop, Cindy Klnsala peers into the leg tunnel formed by her teammate, second „ baseman Diane Knox and awaits the onslidina CRV runner Robin Geiger in the third Inning of the recent 74 upset victory for WaUy's. Geiger had walked and was called safe at second after Cissy Pinkstaff bunted. Geiger and Pinkstaff later scored in the inning. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Smith, Lubben Spark Wally's Cubs, Tigers Youth Champs In the National leagues last week of play, the Cubs met the Giants in a must win game for both teams. Bret Derby pitched a no- hit no-run game to lead the Cubs to a 2-0 victory. Bret struck out 14 of the games 15 outs. Darrell Suchor and Marc Hubbard each hit solo homers for the Cubs. Tim Mauer pitched a great game giving up only four hits for" the Giants In other action: the Braves and the Pirates squared off in a fight for third place. With the score tied 5-5 in the bottom of the last inning, Mike Lazar, with two outs hit a double up the middle to drive in the winning run for the Pirates victory. In American league ac­ tion: the Tigers in a must win game defeated a stub­ born Brewer team 1H>. Jim Simon and Tommy Gaylord lead the hitting attack, while Sbaun Colmer pitched them to victory, with help from Todd Doherty. With the division championship in their pockdt, the Tigers lost to the Yanks 6-5, with Danny Gray pitching a fine game. That victory assured the Yanks of a tie for 4th place. In other action: the gallant Sox defeated the Brewers Wally's Bike Haven turned the tide last Tuesday night by handing CRV Electronics its first loss of the season in the Ponytail division of the Pigtail League. Sparked by the hitting of Sue Smith and Michelle Lubben, Wally's came from behind to capture the close 7-6 decision. With CRV leading 5-3 in the fifth, Diane Knox started Wally's rolling by reaching first on an error by CRV first baseman Sara Prust, who dropped a throw from second baseman Debbie Allen. Wally's first baseman, Michelle Lubben, took advantage of the error and laced a sharp line drive over first base that hugged the line and slithered past rightfielder Mary Burman for a two-run homer tro tie the game at fives. Val Gilbert continued the rally by hitting an infield single to shortstop Delia Saunders. Gilbert took third on an errant throw over the head of the firstbaseman's rf ad ofi an Kerry Kraus groundball. Gilbert then scored on alKerfy Broderick sacrifice fly. Kraus later scored Wally's fourrh run of the inning on an RBI single by Sue Smith, who one inning earlier had hit a homerun. The inning ended with Wally's out in front 7-5. In the top of the sixth, Wally's Kerry Kraus made the play of the game by robbing lead-off hitter Nancy Walsh of a line- drive single up tta middle. It proved to be a big play when Robin Geiger followed with a thundering homerun to leftcenter that would have tied the score had Kraus not turned in the defensive gem. After putting out the fire, Wally's was also held in check in the bottom of the sixth which left CRV one more chance to tie the 7-6 score. CRV shortcenter Andy Norton picked the seventh to collect her first hit, a lead-off line drive to center. Delia Saunders followed with a looper to right which moved Norton to second. Then on a passed ball, Wally's catcher Kelly Broderick threw to third to catch the running Norton, but the ball sailed over the head^of the thirdbaseman and trickled out to left field. Norton turned on the steam for home, but leftfielder Val Kilday whipped a pin-point throw to catcher Broderick to cut down the tumbling Norton at home. Saunders moved from first to third on the play, however, and CRV still had a chance to score the tying run. With one out, Wally's pitcher Sue Smith took over, striking out the last two batters to move Wally's record to 6-4 for the season. CRV dropped to 7-1, but still holds on to first in the Ponytail division. Robin Geiger lead CRV batters with her homerun and double in three trips. Geiger also scored two runs and had two RBIs. Lead-off hitter Dawn Suchor had one RBI with two singles in three at bats. Joel Wakitsch SHOWING GOOD FORM-is pitcher Cissy Pinkstaff of CRV Electronics who suffered her first loss of the season last Tuesday against Wally's In a 7-6 decision. The tough redhead struck out two and walked four in defeat, but only gave up 7 hits In the game. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Old Bridge, Palace Bowl Still Tied In Women's 16" and Indians to gain third place. Todd Carson pitched a no-hit game, as the Sox beat the normally strong hitting Twins, 3-1. Mike Hettermann was the hitting star, giving Todd all the help he needed, with a two run homer. MINI-DIVISION FINAL STANDINGS as of 6-28 * National League w 1 gb Cubs 10 2 Giants 9 3 1 Pirates 8 4 2 Braves a 6 6 4 Astros 4. 8 " 6 Dodgers 3 9 7 Phillies 2 10 8 American League w 1 gb Tigers 10 2 - A's 8 4 2 Sox 7 5 3 Twins 6 6 4 Yanks 6 6 4 Brewers 5 7 5 Indians 0 12 10 DR. ROBERT CLICK •Orthopedics #FMt Svrfory • tenor al Cart - •Sport Medicine •Children's Foot Problems McHenry Office 4305 W. Elm Street (Rte. 120-Across the Street -- from Hornsby's) (815) 344-3900 Area Golfers Compete In, Tournament Seven area golfers recently qualified for the 12th annual Illinois In­ surance Youth Golf Classic on Jijly 8-9 in Sesser, Illinois. Mike Lawler, McHenry, captured the McHenry County Classic with a five- over-par at McHenry Country Club. Also advancing to state with Lawler are Mike Baumi,(79), McHenry, Kirk Barnicle of McHenry, (81) and Bradley Adams of McHenry (82). T. R. Turner and Peter Leveille of Crystal Lake along with Mike Wendlandt of Woodstock also will play in the tourney. A field of 160 boys and 20 girls will play 36 holes to determine the seven Illinois golfers who will further advance to the national Insurance ' h Golf Classic at Yalt ^. rsity on August 8-12. Ed's Rental vs. Old Bridge Ed's Rental jumped out in the first inning to take a 6-0 lead over Old Bridge. Although Old Bridge finally came through to win the game ag&fnst Ed's Rental 12-7, it was a slow, hard- fought battle, as Old Bridge had accumulated only three runs after four innings. Finally in thes^th innin#, Old Bridge tallied 9 more runs. Sharal Koenigseder had a big game defensively at third, while both Koenigseder and Mary Martin each had a single and a double. Debbie Hoffmann (4 for 4) with four singles was also involved in a pick- off play at first as Kathy Joyce, the pitcher, caught the runner sleeping. Jane Miller kept Ed's in the game with her pitching, and her team was able to score one more run, in the fifth, but Old Bridge held the team scoreless for the last two innings 6:30 Game Gearmaster vs. Oak Park It looked like a real nail- biter after the first inning as OalfPark was ahead 4-3. Oak Park's only big inning came in the fifth when 13 runs were scored on some hits and many errors by Gearmaster. The big sluggers for Oak Park were Kristi Harper, Cheryl Markvart and Cindy Gerretsen who all homered. 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Nanci Mondry, Palace's pitcher, contributed to her own cause as she clobbered a homerun, as did her teammate Sharpn Gray. Kathy, who came fn to sub at first base for Palace Bowl had an excellent defensive game. 8:30 Game • McHenry Limo vs. Residential RDG's Pat Karmel came on top as she pitched her way to anothr- win defeating McHenry Limo 11-9. Along with RDG's 18 singles, Dee Carstens doubled, and Kathy • Grenman and Mary Kunzer tripled. Kathy Grenman executed the game saving play when she threw ac­ curately from left field to the catcher Merle Schwebke who put the tag on the runner. McHenry Limo's Sandy hit a grand slam homerun in the seventh to make the game close, but after that their bats quieted down. The game was played well by both teams. TUESDAY QIVISION STANDING Palace Bowl » Old Bridge Oak Park Residential McHenry Limo Ed's Rental Four Winds Gearmaster Oaks Marathon vs. River Shannon - 6:30 Game In a hard. fought battle, Oaks Marathon edged out River Shannon 7-5, breaking the three way tie for first place. Mary Ellen King pitched the entire game giving up only three wal^s to the tough' River Shannon team. Although River Shannon came up with three runs in the sixth, Oaks Marathon played tight defense and held on to win the game with the help of two double plays. Mary Sue Parker went three for four with two singles and a double, and power hitter Sue Garcia was also three for four as she smashed out two doubles and a single. Eileen Connell was dynamite defensively wN&n in one inning she held the runner to a single when she hustled in left field and stopped the ball from going up the alley for extra bases. In the seventh inning, Eileen also rifled the ball into third base, and shot down the runner\ trying to advance to third, ending the game. Sunnyside Inn vs. St. Regis -7:30Game St. Regis' bats were in full swing once again as they had 28 hits beating Sunnyside 25- 3. Kren Fisher went the pitching distance for another win, Dar Costello (5-5) (with nefr softball pants) and Mozell each stugged out homeruns. 'Sunnyside's scoring lacked but they were able to pull off a double play in the fifth inning,-ending St. Regis' threat of more runs. Thursday^ Division Standings w J w 1 Brake Parts 9> 1 6 1 Oaks Marathon 6 1 6 r~ "River Shannon 5 2 St. Regis 5 2 5 2 V.F.W.. 3 4 3 4 Sunnyside 2 5 2 5 Wayne's W.E. 1 6 1 6 Nolan Liquors 0 7 0 7 Roni Rogers . PAGE S - PLA1NPEALER • WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, IJ8S , Fox Hole Unbeaten In 16-Iiich