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Mchenry's Headquarters for Complete Repairs on Domestic & Foreign Cars BRAKES TRANSMISSIONS MAJOR & MINOR REPAIRS MECHANIC ON DUTY 7 DAYS A WEEK QUALITY SERVICE AT REASONABLE RATES 10% DISCOUNT TO SENIOR CITIZENS 3702 W ELM McHENRY, ILLINOIS (815)344-2510 "|ARL WALSH" So I Hear SPORTS EDITOR "How about some comments in S.I H about women's styles'1" That's what the lady said Holy smokers' Trying to escape with the view that I wouldn t have the nerve didn't get me off the hook - "You've made fun of our styles before," said the per sistent gal Since the days of the Eugenie hats. I have been able to laugh off various styles with the greatest of ease (Yep I did make some comments' Since this column covers both sports and the waterfront, I asked the gal what she had in mind The new calf length dresses seem to be the issue ^ me of the modern dresses make me think they took down a parlor curtain, wrapped it around and called it a dress Some gals have what it takes to wear them Our little helper said, "Give us the short ones or the long ones, not the in between numbers" Most men will settle for the short ones i can't set your styles, girls Paris will tell you what to wear My problem is with men's styles But. that isn't much of a problem 1 have kept an old blue suit with narrow lapels long enough to have it come back into style My problem is that the little woman gave away the narrow ties for carpet rags or patches for making quilts Now those wide bibs on our tie rack are going out. What else"' Have watched those ham­ mering Boston Red Sox clobber our White Sox long enough If those Red Sox aren't the best team in baseball, somebody- had better prove it White Sox relief pitching will have to be improved Some of those old boys are over the hill Am expecting a call from John Busscher any day now. He loves to bet with a born loser on the All-Star game Of course. Big John probably knows that Manager Billy Martin will guide the American League to victory this year Corn reached knee high by the Fourth of July, but weeds and grass were way ahead Anybody know why a large chunk of easy money isn't used for flood control0 Rev Ralph Smith, the guiding light of McHenry s Methodist church, has returned from Ireland all in one piece Before an appreciative audience. Rev Ralph made a ceremony out of presenting me with a "gift" from Ireland. His story was that a group of Micks told him they have an » agent" in McHenry to represent them, an agent by the name of The Earl of Cork The gift was a cork with a very small key to their city attached He pulled somebody's cork, but left the bottle Ever since this column came up with a list of old time business places, somebody has come along to add to or correct the list Now comes Old Timer Leo Heimer, with the aid of Older Old Timer Fred Schoewer. to give Us the official list for Green St They went far enough back. Any farther would lose us young folks completely so this will end the subject for a while In the entire list, there are only two saloons That can't be McHenry! Green Street 1903-1904 Northwest Corner Greenland Elm: Dr D G Wells office and residence Northeast corner Green and Elm: Barbian Bros (Frank & John I; Cigar Shop and Fac tory; John Lodtz Tailor; John Miller Monuments.v West Side of Green Street, south of Elm; Jacob Justen Furniture; Jack Bishop Barber Shop; Nick Petesch Drug Store; Perry and Owen Bank Henry Meyers residence Gilbert Bros (George, Jay & Orten) General Store; George Yeager Pool and Bowling Charles Frett Meat Market; TJie Old Mill (vacant); The Little Creek (discharge of Mill Race); William Stoffel Farm Implements; The Big Creek (Boone Creek); City Water Pumping station; City Hall Waukegan road East Side of Green Street, south of Elm: Central Opera House (built by Gilbert Bros 1904-1905); Block and Bethke General Store, Mrs.vHowe Hats, 2nd floor; John Heimer Saloon; Post Office; Edwards and Jacobs Jewelers; Dr Bert Willy Veterinarian CG Berner Shoe repair; Osmans Hardware (Vycital about 1905); Gene Perkins Painting and Paper Hanging; Peter B Freund Saloon, John Bonslett Farm Implements (FO Gans store about 1906); Little Creek, George Rothermel Wagon Shop; Henry Thelen Harness Shop; .Big Creek; P.J Schoewer residence; P.J Schoewer Blacksmith and Wagon Shop; Waukegan road Earl-- This is how it was, as I remember; I checked this with Fred Schoewer and he O.Kj'd DOLBLEHEADER SWEEP Dave Schaefer of the Old Bridge awaits a throw at second as Chuck Marke of the McHenry Area 12- Inch All-Stars slides in safely. The Old Bridge defeated the Stars «- 2 in the first game and 118 in game two. The Bridge earned tke right to meet the All-Stars by being in first place at the time of the game. Old Bridge is currently 16 and 0 in league play and could it Defense Highlights Game One The first place Old Bridge took on the "best of the rest" in the McHenry Area 12-Inch league Thursday, The Old Bridge topped their 5-2 win in ganle one with an 11-8 decision in a rain shortened six inning second game The low scoring first game was highlighted with excellent defensive play. Twice, all-star shortstop Chuck Marke turned "would be" hits into double plays. Both times going to his left, scooping the ball up. stepping on second and throwing to first Jim Yaworski made a tough play look easy at second on Ron Miller's hard grounder Yaworski turned it into a force with a throw to Twig Miller covering second to cut down Dave Schaefer " Gene Hester made a super pickup on Chuck Marke's grounder to third Hester scooped up the "rocket" and threw to first for the out Tim Althoff and Greg Freund both caught hard liners hit by Twig Miller and Dave Sundby Freund makes it a habit to grab just about everything hit back at him on the mound Bridge Scores First The Old Bridge opened the game wth a 2 run first inning Doug Freund led off with a walk, moved to second on Ron Miller's base hit and scored on Joe Dehn's single Greg Freund hit into a double play, Marke to Peterson, with Miller scoring run number two Rick Wakitsch grounded out to end the inning The All-stars went three up," A LOOK OF CONCERN as Jim Finks, Chicago Bear general manager, answers a question on the progress of signing Walter Payton during the evening activities of the Marian plavday Friday. Kinks. John Mengalt of thefftulls and Rick Talley of the Chicago Tribune answered questions from the participants during the dinner portion of the plavday. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD PLAYDAY WINNER Harold Michels wears a happv smile as he receives the first place trophy from Lou Hartlieb of Marian Central for winning Marian's plavday. Michels was awarded the trophy at the dinner following the playday at McHenry Country club. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD LAKE REGION YMCA NEWS -Y"DAY CAMPERS RECEIVE TENNIS AND SWIMMING INSTRUCTION. The Lake Region YMCA Day camp is open for registrator and some of the periods are close to being filled The periods go for two weeks (Monday Friday) beginning July 17, July 31 and August 14 The campers day begins at 9 15 am and concludes at 4 00 pm Arrangements can be made t o andrfitJWc drop campers off earlier and*--+*ela daily picked up later A nominal fee per period will be charged C a m p e r s m u s t b e b r o u g h t t o the YMCA each day and picked up at the end of the day The 19.6 acre YMCA site is used for nearly all of the da> camp activities The s i t e consists of a wooded area used for trailblazing, nature stud> and hiking There are also four tennis courts for lessons which will be held three times per week There is a recreational field for other outdoor ac­ tivities Swimming instruction AR WA McHENRY PIGTAIL LEAGUE SATURDAY, JULY 15th 9:00 A.M. .4:00 P.M. BEHIND EAST CAMPUS I Au $10<U CARS I Gk ational swims will be in our Olympic size pool In case of rainy days there is plenty of indoor facilities available There are also two trip days per period to places of interest One pot cookout lunches will be prepared over camp built fires every Friday On other days, sack lunches should be brought to camp by all campers Bug juice is provided by the YMCA For more information about camp or other Lake Kegion YMCA activi t ies located at 7315 South Route 51 Crystal Lake please call HI" ) 459 4455 Register today at the Y while there are still" openings * * * • An individual is not hopeless until he loses his desire for kruow ledge. FORMAL WEAR RENTALS for ALL OCCASIONS 6ell S Stow! " t)l£ 1214 V l.rcrii > M< Hrnr> three down in their half of the first, and the Bridge followed suit in their half of the second. The Stars scored their first run in the second when Phil Oeffling became their first baserunner with a single. With two outs, Gary Connell singled to left and Oeffling scored when Doug Freund dropped the ball. All-Stars Tie «, Score In Third In the third, the Bridge's Gene Hester led off with a single but was forced at second when Marke turned Schaefer's grounder into a double play. The Stars retired the next batter and then scored the tying run in their half of the inning. Mike Peterson singled, moved to second on Bill Huff's deep flyout to center and scored on Jim Yaworski's base hit. In the fourth, the Bridge scored 3 runs to take the lead for good Ron Miller led off with a walk, went to second on Joe Dehn's fly to left and scored what proved to be the winning run on Greg Freund's single. Rick Wakitsch advanced Freund to third with his first hit and Tom Les followed with a double to score Freund, Wakitsch taking third. Steve Rohrer singled^ in Wakitsch with the final njjm of the inning. The Stars threatened only once in the final four innings. Rich Hopper led off the sixth with a single Two flyouts later, Hopper advanced to third on Oeffling's second base hit of the game Irish DeCicco grounded out to second to end the inning. Old Bridge scored their final run in the seventh when Steve Rohrer led off with a double. Gene Hester singled to right after Tim Althoff flied out and an outfield error permitted Rohrer to score All-Stars Grab Early Lead In gaipe two, both teams came o^t hitting. The Stars grabbed a 2-run lead in the top of the first Mike Rogers and Twig Miller both singled and Vinnie Freund reached base on an infield error to load the bases Bill Huff grounded to second and the only play was at first as all runners advanced, Rogers scoring Mike Peterson followed with a sacrifice fly to right to score Miller. The Bridge scored twice in their half of the first Doug Freund led off with a double. After Ron Miller flied to left, Joe Dehn and Rick Wakitsch hit successive run scoring doubles Both Freund and Dehn scored to tie the game The Stars came back to retake the lead with another pair of runs in the second Phil Oeffling reached first after one out when third baseman Gary Gilpin fumbled a grounder Dave Sundby lined a shot down the line but Rick Wakitsch snared the ball with a great catch Jim Yaworski doubled to score Oeffling and Mike Rogers followed with his second hit to drive in Yaworski Twig Miller kept the inning alive with a walk, but Vinnie Freund lined to left to end the inning. Six Run Inning Gives Bridge The Lead Old Bridge took the lead for good in their half of the second, scoring six runs while sending eleven men to the plate Jim Grabowski opened the inning with a single but was forced at second when Gary Gilpin grounded to the pitcher Charley Jeske lined out to third as John DeCicco made a nice grab With two outs, Doug Freund singled and Ron Miller slam­ med a 3-run homer to left center scoring Gilpin and Freund Joe Dehn followed with a double and rick Wakitsch singled him in Tom Les kept things rolling with a single and John Pitzen doubled scoring Wakitsch and Les with the final runs of the inning All-Stars Cut Gap The Stars narrowed the gap to one run in the third with 3 runs Bill Huff and Mike Peterson both walked to start the innihg The next two batters flied out, but Phil Oeffling hit a single to score Huff An error on the throw brought in Peterson and Oeffling to make the score 8 7 The Bridge scored |gain in First Place Old Jridge Sweeps All-Stars r to- FLAINUEALER - WEDNESDAY. JULY 12.1978 clinch the league tiUe by winning one of two games Wednesday against second-place Raymond's Johns burg Bowl. The first place Bridge easily defeated the Bowl In their first meeting of the teases, in a game shortened because of the 12-run rule.» " STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD the third. Greg Freund reached base on an error with one out. Doug Freund singled to right and a bad throw scored Greg Freund and Doug Freund took third. Ron Miller flew to right but it was good for an RBI and a 10-7 lead. The Stars scored their final run in the fourth. John DeCicco singled, but was forced at second with Twig Miller's fielder's choice. Miller advanced to third when Vinnie Freund hit an infield single, coupled with an errant throw to first. Bill Huff followed with a grounder to second which went for an error and a run. Freund And Miller Hitting Stars The final run of the game was scored by Old Bridge when Doug Freund doubled and scored on Ron Miller's double. For Freund it was his second double and fourth hit of the game. For Miller, it was his fifth RBI of the game. Joe Dehn made a great sliding catch off the bat of Bill Huff in the sixth. It turned out to be the final out of the game when the rains came down That wasn't the only thing that came down as Kevin Bauer later ran into the right field fence at the VFW. Kevin of­ fered his apoligies to Bernie Klapperich. GAME Old Bridge D Freund R Miller J. Dehn G. Freund R Wakitsch T Les S. Rohrer T Althoff G. Hester D Schaefer All-Stars R Thelen J Walkington J Yaworski R Hopper J DeCicco ONE ab r h rbi 3 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 ab r h rbi 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 C. Marke 3 0 1 0 P Oeffling 3 12 0 I. DeCicco 3 0 0 0 G. Connell 2 0 1 0 D. Sundby 10 0 0 T. Miller 2 0 0 0 V. Freund 10 0 0 M. Peterson 3 12 0 B Huff 2 0 1 0 M. Rogers 10 0 0 Doubles: T. Les, S. Rohrer; Walks: D. Freund, R. Miller. Old Bridge r h e 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 - 6 U 1 All-Stars r h e 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 9 1 GAME TWO All-Stars ab r h rbl M. Rogers 2 12 1 J. DeCicco 2 0 1 0 T. Miller 2 2 1 l R Thelen 10 0 0 V Freund 4 0 2 0 B Huff 3 10 1 M. Peterson ( 0 l 0 1 I. DeCicco 10 0 0 J Walkington 3 0 1 0 R. Hopper 2 0 0 0 C. Marke 10 0 0 P Oeffling 2 2 1 l G. Connell 10 0 0 D Sundby 3 0 0 0 J Yaworski 3 12 1 Old Bridge ab r h rbl D Freund 4 4 4 0 R Miller 3 12 5 J Dehn 4 2 3 1 R Wakitsch 4 13 2 T Les 4 110 S. Rohrer 0 0 0 0 J Pitzen 2 0 1 0 B. Harbecke 0 0 0 0 T Althoff 3 0 0 0 J. Grabowski 3 0 1 0 G. Gilpin 3 l l o . P Merkle 0 0 0 0 C Jeske 10 0 0 G. Freund 2 10 0 D o u b l e s : W a l k i n g t o n , Yaworski, D Freund (2), Miller. Dehn (2), Wakitsch, Pitzen; Homerun: R. Miller; Sacrifice: R Miller; Walks: T Miller, Huff, Peterson, Pitzen All-Stars r h e 2 2 3 1 0 0 - 8 1 0 4 Old Bridge r h e 2 6 2 0 1 x -11 16 6 Pat Wirtz American Legion Baseball Locals Stop Crystal Lake The McHenry American Legion Baseball team defeated Crystal Lake, 6-1, June 28, in a game played at the American Legion field in McHenry. A 5-run third inning secured the win for the locals, with Bennett Mayberry picking up the win Mayberry threw e six- hitter. Jeff Granger opened the 5- run inning with a single and advanced to second on an in­ field out A single by Pat Teuber put men on first and third, and a single by Mayberry scored Granger and sent Teuber to third Mayberry stole second and Jeff Aim grounded to the first baseman who threw to the plate, too late to get Teuber who scored on the play, with Mayberry advancing to third. Aim stole second, to leave McHenry runners on second and third Tony Karpawich singled to score Mayberry, with Aim stopping at third. Karpawich then stole the third base of the inning for McHenry. A wild pitch followed, allowing Aim to score and Karpawich to take third. An error by the Crystal Lake second baseman then allowed Karpawich to score. Crystal Lake scored their lone run in the top of the fourth, and trailed 5-1. , McHenry scored the last run of the game in their half of the fourth, when Len Wrosnki tripled and scored on a wild relay throw Crystal Lake r h e 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 McHenry r h e 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 - 6 6 1 McHenry * ab r h rbi Glick.as 3 0 0 0 Teuber,cf 3 12 0 Mayberry ,p 2 11 l Alm.c 2 10 1 Karpawich 3 11 1 Wormley 3 0 0 0 Poulos,2b 3 0 0 0 Wronski.lf 3 110 Granger,lb ' 3 110 Algonquin Downs McHenry, 4-1 Algonquin snapped the short McHenry winning streak by winning 4-1 at Algonquin June 29. McHenry scored first to take a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning. Ken Bottari doubled and scored on a single by Dave Clark to give McHenry the lead. Algonquin countered with 2 in their half of the third and added to more 1n the sixth inning to win, 4-1. McHenry r h e 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 3 Algonquin r h e 0 0 2 0 0 2 X -4 8 0 McHenry ab r h rbi B o t t a r i , s s 3 i i o Gark,2b 3 0 1 1 Vogt.cf 3 0 0 0 Alm.c 3 0 1 0 Karpawich ,3b 2 0 0 0 Mayberry,3b 10 0 0 Boelens.rf 3 0 0 0 Granger, lb 2 0 1 0 Wronski.lf 2 0 0 0 Balfanz.rf 0 0 0 0 Hansen ,p 2 0 0 0 OAK PARK WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL If you find yourself with nothing to do on a Wednesday evening, come on down to Oak Park Lounge on Pistakee Bay and take in a volleyball game or two. You are assured of lots of fun, excitement and laughs. Game times are 7, 8, and 9 p.m. Standings as of 7-»-78 w 1 Solon Slammerettes 21 3 Wooden Nickel 16 8 From The Neck Up 16 8 Novotny Sales 15 9 Pistakee Sand k Gravel 3 21 Oak Park Lounge 1 23 Teacher-If 1 have 25 ap­ ples in s ring and I take one away, what do I have? Johnny-A ring with an apple missing. Fluoridated water safe says federal study.