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McHenry YovthL League A GIRL POWER -- The power of the mighty Cubs is brought to the attention of the entire com­ munity by the power of this young lady, Linda Meyer, who smilingly reminds the world that her favorite baseball team is pennantr bound. Linda, who usually keeps the Plaindealer crew inform­ ed on every movement of the team via radio, is delinquent in her duties this week. In fact, there is a suspicion that she may even have relegated the Cubs to a spot somewhere below the thrilling activities of her vacation in Ha­ waii. Linda has promised to return a week from Monday and once again assume her reponsi- bility as a purveyor of good tidings until the play-off in October. PLAINDEALER PHOTO r Earl Walsh SO I HEAR McKay Wins His First Feature Race At Wilmot Play-off games for the gue championship between Braves and the Cards, both teams had records of 11 and 1. 1st game Pitching in this game for the Cards was Morgensen and Pra- zak, and doing the catching was Prazak and Morgensen. The Cards had to play catch-up ball in this game and then the Braves were put in the same spot but couldn't quite make it. For the Cards it was six hits, eight walks and four strike­ outs. For the Cards VVicken- kamp had a double and Pra­ zak had a homer. Pitching for the Braves was Freund and Miller, and Buss did the chores behind the plate. The Braves had for themselves eight hits, eight walks and four strikeouts. For the Braves Curry had a double and Freund had a homer. This really was a good game all the way but one team had to lose. Final score - Cards, 7 - Braves, 6. 2nd game This game proved that young boys can really play good ball if given the chance. Pitching in this game for the Braves was Bolger, Mauch and Staley, do­ ing the catching was Buss. In this game the Braves got eight hits, four passes and five strikeouts. The Braves were hitting the long ball in this game as Bolger, Adams and Staley all hit one put of the park. The battery for the Cards was Worm and Prazak all the way and between them they did a good job. Cards got them­ selves ten hits, eight walks and four strikeouts. The Cards were also hitting the long ball as Morgensen got two doubles and Bartos and Sullivan had one apiece, Wickenkamp and Prazak each had a homer. The Braves just couldn't make it in this game. Final score Cards 10 - Braves, 6 and the champion­ ship goes to the Cards. Top Hitters of the Curry, Braves Wickenkamp, Cards Freund, BraVes Prazak, Cards Adams, Braves Belohavy, Cards Morgensen, Cards Sullivan, Cards Homer uns: Prazak, Cards Freund, Braves Bolger, Braves Adams, Braves Staley, Braves Wickenkamp, Cards R.B.I's Prazak, Cards Wickenkamp, Cards Morgensen, Cards Adams, Braves Freund, Braves Curry, Braves Staley, Braves Thomas, Braves Bolger, Braves Sullivan, Cards drover, Cards Bartos, Cards DeVoss, Cards Series: 714 571 499 428 400 400 333 333 Just came from Bimbo's with music ringing in our ears. Dur­ ing our meal "Junior" put on the Hey! Hey! Cubs record so loud that they must have heard it in Johnsburg. Now, whom do you suppose he turned that on for? Sports Editors Talked with Earl Brown, one of McHenry's real Old Timers, about his extensive trip through the west. Earl says he wouldn't trade Illinois or McHenry for the whole works. - Just when we thought we could hear ourselves think, "Buzz" Thompson turned it on again. As John Looze would say, "When you have friends like that, wfio needs enemies?" O u r L i n d a , P l a i n d e a l e r make-up artist, is vacationing for two weeks so we won't have to hear so much about that great Cub team from that source. On the wajiout, we requested a nice soft Irish song for the next time we visit "Cub Head­ quarters." The only Sox fan in the place to come to our rescue was Tom Wiles. We'll fix them next year When the Sox play somebody in the World Series, won't we Tom? As August slips along, can Labor Day be far behind? Foot­ ball practice at McCracken Field will start soon and we hope the boys won't have to toil in 90 degree weather. We realize that coaches have to start early to get ready for the tough schedule, but let's hope for moderate weather. Football in August is not the name of the game in our book. Anybody heard from Ed Doy­ le? (Not that we're lonesome.) AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL LEGION CAPTURES COUNTY TITLE Last week McHenry defeated JMarengo, by the score of 9 to 3, to gain the county Le­ gion championship. This win was made easy for the McHen­ ry team by the strong pitching of Steve Stahlman. He gave up .3 singles while striking out 16 men. On Monday of this week, Mc- J Henry team completed their season with a 7 to 4 win over Woodstock. Bob Kuechel was the winnig pitcher. He gave up 7 scattered hits. Leading hit­ ter for McHenry was Steve .George with 2 for 2. This was the 18th win for the McHenry * team while losing 4. Note: Your sportspage says C ongratulations! Saw Vern Thompson this week. He isn't wearing a wig yet either. Now they have gone too far when they put that heavy tax on cigars and such other nec­ essities of life as scotch. And to think we wasted a good cigar on Jerry Rogers at a ball game the other night. He smoked it halfway and threw it away. Should have sat next to Jim Curran. He wouldn't have taken the stogie, but wouldn't mind our blowing smoke his way to discourage the mosquitoes. Just thinking how nice it is to sit here in air-conditioned office. Wouldn't it be wonder­ ful if the farmers had it in the hay now. Wilmot, Wis. - Denny McKay of Elgin won his first feature race in modified stock car rac­ ing at the Kenosha County fair­ grounds in Wilmot Saturday night and proved what all his fans and many of his compet­ itors have been saying since they first saw McKay in action. Tonight's win left no doubt a- bout how good McKay is at dri­ ving or in building superb cars. McKay got his win by lead­ ing every lap from his outside front row starting spot but it wasn't that easy. Twice he had to stay in the lead on a restart. One of these was necessary to get Chuck Acheson and Paul Cameron off the fence following a number two turn tangle. A1 Schill set fast time with a 19.17 run on the Wilmot oval but managed only an 8th place finish in the feature. Jfrhn Arnold, Camp Lake, won the semi-feature race, hold­ ing off a late pressure drive by Ken Monroe. Heats were won by McKay, Darve Nissen, Mon­ roe and Eddie Loomis. There were more than 3,000 fans on hand who also were treated to a lot of excitement in the Sportsman and Specta­ tor Race events. Dave Zilmer, Ron Fryer and Cal Clark won the heats with Chuck Olson of Wind Lake getting the feature race win. Roger Otto continues to lead the ERA Wilmot point standings but with only a 7th place finish in tonight's feature, the final weeks could see a shakeup in the top of the point order. Bill Bohn of Kenosha is still second but the positions from there on through eighth in stand­ ings are very close and these are the drivers that have been earning the most points re­ cently. Bohn had trouble tonight in the feature and was late getting out for a restart and then pull­ ed in on the 18th lap out of the race. AB 309 Team batting for twelve games: Cards S.O. H. , S.B. H.R. B.B. 68 107 27 19 78 248 50 306 58 260 81 252 89 250 54 225 65 72 85 72 57 53 41 Giants 28 Braves 73 Tigers 26 Sox 28 Mets 16 Cubs 22 12 48 91 76 58 47 68 AVG. 310 290 277 269 226 218 182 Sunday, August 3, due to the fact that the Cards took the first two games there was no need to play a third game. Next (xi the program was the introduction of Mr. Walsh who was asked to say a few words and did the honors of passing out the trophies to the champs of the league and, as always, Mr. Walsh was prompt - a whole half hour ahead of time. It seemed to be a good thing that there was no playoff game Sunday as all the boys were well rested for their Ail-Star game against Crystal Lake. Mr. Steinsdorfer, Mr. Wickenkamp and Mr. Keja did a fine job with the boys in a very exciting game and I don't think that anyone went home disappointed. All the boys from both teams played very well and showed such great sportsmanship that it would be hard to tell which one was the most outstanding. Well, here is the run down on the two teams. For Crystal Lake: 36 times at bat, 9 singles, 1 two-bagger, 7 pass balls, ten strikeouts. For McHenry: 38 times at bat, 7 singles, 4 doubles, 3 homers, 7 walks, 10 strikeouts. I forgot to men­ tion that C.L. also had 1 homer. Well, this is the last column that I'll be writing so I hope that you enjoyed reading the column as much as Pve enjoyed writing it. So long. Joe Prazak KENOSHA COUNTY FAIR STOCK CAR RACING THURS. AUG. 7 AND SAT. AUG. 9 1 ENJOY THE FAIR AND THE RACES ALSO ^ . Every Saturday Night! KENOSHA COUNTY SPEEDWAY Wilmot, Wisconsin IRA SANCTIONED- Race Car Courtesy John Teresi Chev-Olds - Antioch, Illinois * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * % THANKS TO WL 1969 4-H Livestock Auction Buyers from the McHenry Area Ted \yickman Harfy Kinne, Atty. Riverside HaiRjtyling Gordon Stade, Actioneer Charles Weingart McHenry Sand And Gravel McHenry Ready-Mix •/- McHenry FS, Inc. Production Credit Assoc. "Miller Feeds Lakeland Construction Wonder Lake Tri-Marina '969 4-H Livestock Auction Committee artd McHenry Co. Junior Fair Assoc. * * * i * * * * * * * * * * * * * * t * * * * * * * ENDS THUR. AUG. 7 "CHITTY CHITTY BANG" STARTS FRIDAY AUGUST 8 Adventure at the top of the world! MGMpresents Martin Ransohoffs Production of "Ice 39 SJ Super Panavision* and Metrocolor FRI. 8:00, SAT.& SUN. 6:30 & 9:00 MON. - THUR. 8:00 ONLY Randy Scott of Ringwood had the 4-H Grand Champion and Open Class Champion, steer of the McHenry County fair. The 955 lb. anim&l brought his owner 75 cents per pound. The successful bid­ der was McHenry County Sand and Gravel of Mc­ Henry, represented here by Jerome Miller, left. With Randy are 4-H King Bill Johnson of Mar­ engo, 4-H Queen Fran Donahue ^>f Huntley, Mrs. Miller, and Miss McHenry CountyTDeb- bie Brady of Harvard. A. DEWEY PHOTO "Ducks At A Distance" Guide Available As Teal Season Opens September 6 by Carol Cooney The second round of club championship was played Tues­ day and results of the first two rounds show Marilyn Bish- off with a total of 183, fol­ lowed by Carol Cooney at 190, Bette Moss - 191, Joan Buss - 199, Alvina Yopp - 200, Anna Johnson - 202, Floss O'Con- nell - 204 and Virginia Tur­ ner - 207. Low Net for the day in Class A went to Floss CConnell with a 75...Class B - Dot Freund at 74 and in Class C a tie at 84 between Jackie Victor and Barb Weber. Putting Department: Class A- Alvina Yopp with 28putts; Class Springfield, 111., July 24 -- Can you tell the difference be­ tween a blue-winged teal and a wood duck in flight? William L. Rutherford, di­ rector of the Illinois Depart­ ment of Conservation, said that sportsmen who intend to hunt teal during the special season this fall must be able to dis­ tinguish between teal and other ducks. Anyone who shoots at or kills a protected duck will be cited by conservation officers, he warned. "Ducks at a Distance" is a waterfowl identification guide published by the bureau of sport fisheries and wildlife, U.S. De­ partment of the Interior. This guide and other material that will show a hunter how to iden­ tify flying ducks is available free from the Department of Conservation. Hunters should mail their requests to: Divis- B - Alice Petersen with 30 and in Class C - Kitty Evans came in with 31. Divot Delights: Bette Moss chipping her ball in on No. 9 for a birdie 2; last week Bette did this on No. 8 coming ac­ ross the creek, Alvina Yopp getting birdies on No. 14 and ion of Game, Illinois Depart­ ment of Conservation, 100 E. Washington street, Springfield, 111. 62706. Teal season will begin on Saturday, Sept. 6, and end on Sunday, Sept. 14. The daily bag limit is four teal and the pos­ session limit is eight. Only blue-winged, green-winged or cinnamon teal may be taken. All other ducks are protected. Hunting hours will be from 8 a.m. until 4 pjn. C.D.T. every day. A special permit is not required. Hunters must have a current Illinois hunting li­ cense in their possession. Any hunter 16 years old or older must have a 1969 migratory hunting waterfowl stamp in pos­ session. m The picture printed this week of the championship team-- Condors--was not complete since three players were miss­ ing at picture taking time. Miss­ ing were Joe Meyer, Tom Jac- obson and Joe Cusack. If any­ body has pictures of these boys .. . in uniform, please send them to 18 and a birdie 3 for Virginia plaindealer sports depart- Turner on No. 14. - J ^ ^ In the Mother-Daughter tour­ nament held on Thursday low gross honors went to Joan and Bonnie Buss with a 55, while Floss and Mary CConnell shot a 49 for low net honors. This 9 hole event has mother and daughter hitting alternate golf shots. The McHenry Traveling team will play its last match Aug. 8 at Ft. Sheridan. Bright Red 1903 Ford Featured At State Fair A bright red 1903 Ford, grand champion of the Antique Auto and Sports Car Meet at the 1968 Illinois State Fair, will be the featured car in the an­ tique auto exhibit at the fair this year, Secretary of State Paul Powell, superintendent of the Meet, has announced. The car, owned by Marvin R. Young of Matteson, will be one of fourteen representing antiques, classics, special merits and sports in the ex­ hibit throughout the fair. The exhibit is located on the Ave­ nue of Flags, near the entrance to the grandstand. On Saturday, Aug. 16, more than 150 cars will compete for trophies in twenty-eight class­ es and the 1969 grand champ­ ionship. The meet will be held on the parking lot just inside Fairgrounds Gate 11. Other cars in the exhibit and their owners will be, 1906 Cad­ illac, Frederick F. Bauer, Princeton; 1909 Stevens- Duryea, Walter He 11m, High­ land; 1912 EMF, Frank Kind, Oakley; 1912 Ford, Jimmie A. Soules, Decatur; 1913 Dorris, Armin E. Juenger, Collins- ville; 1917 Cevrolet, Wayne Mc- Kinley, O'Fallon; 1920 Dodge, Charles A. Rohn, Beardstown; 1926 Ford, Edward J. Knight, Peoria; 1928 Chevrolet, Wall­ ace F. Deck, Ridge Farm; 1930, Pierce Arrow, Dr. R.L. Woods, Waukegan; 1930 Durant, Law­ rence E. Summers, Blooming- ton; 1933 Packard, Albert T. Shearer, Sherman and a 1956 Thunderbird, Robert Sharp, Springfield. PG. 6 - PLAINDEALER FRI. AUGUST 8, 1969 ©GRAYSLAKE OUTDOOR ? t s . 1 2 0 & 2 1 , G r a y s l o k e K I D D Y L A N D B A 3 - 8 1 5 5 ENDS THUR. AUG. 7 "MACKEN'NAS GOLD" & "HOOK, LINE & SINKER" FRI. - THUR. AUG. 8-14 SUN. KIDDIE MATINEE 2:00 "SNOW WHITE" 1 technicolor* panavision* Wi (For Adults-Age 18 & Over) STARRING: WM. HOLDEN . ERNEST BORGNINE ROBT. RYAN EDM. 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