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wmm * Yes, its S.O.S. time tor the ^Warriors again this week. Tlie initials actually have a dual meaning for this weeks commentary on the fortunes , of the McHenry basketball team however* First of all, they could stand for "same old stuff", because that is exactly what last Friday night's game against Woodstock was. The scrappy orange and black were zapped by a hot shooting Blue Streak squad, 68-47. The Warriors inability to shoot over the Streak zone defense accounted in a large portion for the seventh straight demise this season for • the Warriors. The McHenry, ' shooting percentage of 28%tells ; practically the whole ^story, the •• other part being the 51% mark enjoyed by the opponents from r the'All American cityiL ! The S.OJS. could also stand for "HELP*. Plagued by sporadie shooting, clumsy floor play, and now the flu bug, the Warriors are in dire need of assistance from somewhere. Hie problem is where? Coaches Ken Ludwig and El Pkrtenheimer are still searchingfor five ball players who will jell and put some points on the scoreboard. This current squad has a number' of members of practically equal ability crowding the picture every week, but finding the five who will function best as a group is the biggest mystery Since the Brinks holdup. What one fivesome does best is perhaps shoot, but they lack rebounding ability. Another group may play great defense but they can't score. This breakdown could go on indefinitely, but always the same result bubbles up, we haven't ad yet been able to put five people on the hardwood who can do it all. So the search PG. 6 - PLAINDEALER - FRI. DEC, 27, 1968 Earl Walsh SO I HEAR | ANCIENT HISTORY-- -- jf McHenryite Clinton Martin, | enjoying the sunshine in Florida | these wintry days, .writes the | following: IjDear Friend Earl: A good season of the year to •f; write and let old friends that you f seldom see - know that they ore not forgotten. Not long ago in f; your column - which I always < enjoy reading - you mentioned | ancient history of basketball in ^McHenry High as playing in the t\gym at Landmark School. How £ about before that was even built *i- playing in the old City Hall - changing our clothes in the tschool basement - running thru the snow to the Hall - no coach - , no shower - buying your own ^equipment etc. That is Ancient ^Histd^f^oi^^iketball in Mc- :^:fnahy older than I am such as j§- Peter Justen, Wm. Thomas, ; Woodstock, Ray Page, Howard W Wattles, Chancey Harrison, Joe fSutton, but Pm not sure about I : their basketball activities. r Your present picture at the I head of your column certainly [: looks like your father. I rememf i ber him real well as he performed the duties of "The City , Cop." Best Wishes to you and Mrs. £ Walsh, \) '?• Clint V - ^Kay-sent areport of the U. Miami 23-21. Greg Cook, a great quarterback who issaidto be headed for the. pros, threw a 43 - yard pass to Jackson. The story says Denny flew down the sidelines to score and bring his team within one point of victory. A 47-yard field goal by Jim O'Brien won the game in the final seconds. Says Kay: "The touchdown by Jackson was really exciting - our press doesn't give it justice. We at the game loved it." We love it too, Kay, just hearing about it. i Boat Operators - Receive Notices % Of Registration Springfield, 111. --All boat operators having boat registrations that expire in 1969 will soon receive a notice to renew their certificates of number. William T. Lodge, director of the Illinois Department of Conservation, said that notices would be mailed during the first week of January. The purpose of the service is to remind boaters to renew their certificates of number as soon as possible. All certificates of number will be issued for a two-year period, expiring on June 30, 1971. Anyone who applies early will be granted the same expiration date, June 30, as a person who applies later. The boater who applies early will not lose any time on his new certificate of number. Applications for the renewal of certificates of number should be mailed to the Department of Conservation as early as possible so that all boat operators will have valid certificates when the next boating season begins. SHINE . . . Spic and span shoes have always been a military requirement. Now that "Instant" shine from an aerosol can is available, why shouldn't a GI gallantly demonstrate for his service date. ITEM: Provincial furniture includes country French, Italian, English and Early American styles. AFltR THE PARTY Breakfast at Bill's Lamplighter Gaffe 3813 W. Elm Street Open Every Day 5 a.m. We'll Open at 2:00 a.m. January 1st. fbr the comfort of Spring n your home, all winter long.. M Humidify with an mitW, pV.'. ,; • • '4 W:.••• 4 HUWlfoiFIER Carl Woerner 459_230° HEATING & COOLING 351 i S,$iSnght Rd. Crystal Lake, will go on, and hopefully the Warriors will get their initial victory baptism this week in the Batavia holiday tournament. L^ BOX SCORE WARRIORS - 47 WOODSTOCK - 68 ^McHenry - 9 Wdstk. -17 WARRIORS - Fairchild Weingart"" Reinboldt Hurckes B. Freund M. Camasta Janik Morenz Frame Hawthorne Gruner Stodi Rigby Silker Steagall Smith Weide Sarbaugh Robinett Sports Editors Thanks, Clint, and maybe your letter will prompt others to write to "S. I. H." Alex Justen, who keeps track of McHenry people from coast to coast, has evidently been keeping his eye on Denny Jackson's 'great football season at the University of Cincinnati. It seems a girl named Kay McHugh is a secretary at the U. of C. -- And it seems that Kay and Elvera Justen travelled together in Europe in 1956. So Alex asked Kay for a report on Denny. He got it -- and a good (Hie. Hurckes *£, Smith D. Totals - 18 WOODSTOCK-68 Totalis - Shooting % McHenry Woodstock - 51%. v : Turnovers - McHenry'12, and Woodstock* 13. Rebounds - McHenry 33 and Woodstock 36. New York Harlem Satellites Coming To Marian Jan. 12 The celebrated New York Harlem Satellites, under the direction of Rookie Brown, will appear at the Marian High School on Sunday, Jan. 12, 1969, at 6:30 p.m. Well known for their ver satility in handling a basketball as well as in comedy routines, the team will present entertainment for the entire family. ' Demonstrating theirunparalleled manipulation of the basketball will be such stars as Jessie Brown, John More, Charlie Firley, Bicky Rogers, and Rookie Brown, owner-coach of the. Harlem Satellites. Hie half-time show will include "THE MAGIC CIRCLE?", performed by 5 members of die team in complete darkness with only, hands and feet and glowing ball visible. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at Mariatt. onmomRg Pictured are returning lettermen on this years Warrior Wrestling Team, who were 2nd in the North Suburban Conference last year and State District Champions.Front - L to R: Dave HMO CHALLENGED THE NBA OPTION CIA USE AHMODP CW OOAPJ -/Sm em roeu 6M/e6 *Me*tCA/J BASteerBAU. LEA&Oe... terr/- iock •i?tit? BARRY TEA THE MBA /V 3COKIU& //U THE /9A6 -67 S6EAAMSEO NA tvve/rgtfa aAe . 3HSE.6S PTH£E# SFT/R4SRT" BOOF fl/ATFMtEP EA lE"tSV OCPAE&RE L/r£s* 6F0leir sA rM DS TREEPP RnEOSwENAATSD EQUALITY WITH T»E A/BA... For And About Teenagers I WOULD RATHER. HANS AROUND With the guvs THAN GO our WITH GIRLS... Sundby, Guy Hansen, Jim Sobacki.^ /Back - L to R: Stan Steiner, Ken Wahl, Larry Cristy, Mike Antonicelli, Dennis Justen. PLAINDEALER PHOTO YMCA Swim Program Awards Local Boys And Girls Earn THE WEEK'S LETTER: "I am . 16 years old and I haven't been out with a girl yet. All my buddies date quite frequently and they think that there is. something very peculiar about trie jtist because I would* rath^rharig* arOifritk with the guys at the bowl&ig alley than go but with girls. My buddies are always getting a hard time from their girlfriends. I don't think I should go through that kind of grief. - So I think I should stay the way I am despite the pressure 1 get urging me to go out with girls. What do you think?" OUR REPLY: We don't think that you should go out - with girls just to please your buddies. We also think you are approaching the age when you should begin to show a healthy interest in the opposite sex. You haven't seen any grief at all to match what would be yours one day if you suddenly realized that you were past middle-age and had done little^ in. JftQur .lifetime but hang|] 4 « botfling alley with|j the boys. Widen your interests.-,' . Don't think -you have to jump71 into the girl-dating bit in a big hurry, Just begin to look around you and you'll realize that girls aren't all grief. Far from it.-And, buddy, you may be on a one-way street if you continue to stay «Uth the bowling alley boys anct~exclude everything else. H you hov« o t..nog. problem ybti want t6 discuss or on observation to address your letter to FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS. COMMUNITY AND SUBURBAN PRESS SERVICE. FRANKFORT. KV. Forty-three boys and girls, who participated in the Lake Region YMCA's Fall swim instruction programs conducted at he Elgin Academy and the oodstock High School, received their award cards and badges for their successful completion of different steps in the YMCA's National ^Aquatic Program. Participants who received badges were: from McHenry, Minnow badge-Ann French, David. Frsnch, James Jvren.ch^Jill French, aod Melissa French, Fish badge*Linda French?Steve French and Ann Gardner, Flying Fish-Scott Freund; from Wonder Lake, Flying Fish-Lindsay Karlson and Sue Sullivan, Shark badge-Kathy Pittman. Another session of the Lake Region YMCA's swim instruction program will begin on January 4 at the same two locations for youth in grades 2-8 and teenagers. ^The new swim program will continue for 10 weeks until March 11. All levels of the YMCA National Aquatic Program will be taught. Interested persons should contact the YMCA at 459-4455 weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to complete registrations. ,IJ PAYS TO SHOP IN McHENRY HALF - PAST TEEN Potential Greats I CARRIER THE BALL 48 T/MESR/GHT THRU THE UNE- CAUGHT 8 PASSES-RETURNED 6 PUNTS - SCORED 4 TOUCHDOWNS AND PLAYED 60 M/NUTES- 80TH OFFENSE ANP DEFENSE/ AND /N THE SHOWER, J SL/PPED ON A BAR OF SOAP. Looking at wrestling bulletin board dre some of the fine underclass Varsity Wrestlers. Front L to R: Juniors, Paul PLAINDEALER PHOTO Voight, Don Sundby, John Laskowski, BackX toR: Sophomore, Bob Weingart and Junior heavyweight Chris Borchardt. ; 8"8 B'g tf yyoTfl I B'a % | H'lT Are You New c: li Town? DEADLINE FOR REFUNDS AND EXCHANGES ON CHRISTMAS MERCHANDISE IS SATURDAY, JANUARY 4 AT 6 P.M. GREEN STREET MALL 1219 N. Green St. - McHenry NOW SHOWING! Fri - Sun. 7:00 and 9:00 Mon- Tiie. 7:30 Also for Sunday Mat. START 2:00 [Irian Keith "With Six You n Color by Deluxe. Filmed in Panavision* Released by National General Pictures: A Cinema Center Kilms Presentation. STARTS WED. JAN 1 "COOGA^S BLUFF' i, i : You Know Someorn New In Town? We would-like to extend a welcome to newcomer to our community. Ann Z«ller 385-0559 Fran Olsen . ,385-5740 Joah StuSI 385-5418 3uuM^.iuuuuuuj» jjuutitj 11: t i.t > t tjjuuuuuuurt jT ROYAL WELCOME