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PAGE I - Ft AINUbALkK • IKIUA1, JtLt ift. m»# Old Bridge Wins McHenry Tournament The Old Bridge Softball club rebounded from a semi-final game loss to the Teenage All- Stars, to defeat the All-Stars twice in the championship games to win last weekend's McHenry 16-Inch Softball tournament > The Teenage Stars Were the suprise of the tournament, as they played consistently good ball, and were the only team to complete the winner s bracket of the tournament without a loss The Bridge, won their first game in the tournament 10 3 over the Back Door Pub Tom Les paced the Bridge attack with 2 hits and 3 runs scored, while Joe Dehn, Rick Wakitsch and Ron Miller added 2 hits each with Dehn and Wakitsch scoring 2 runs each The All-stars won their first game in the tournament, defeating the Limerick 6-3 Jeff Meyers and Marty Zeller paced the stars with 3 for 3 games Meyers added 2 runs scored Other opening round games included Sunnyside Inn's well- played 20-1 win over Morenz Maintenance; Butch s Tap's 8-5 win over Johnsburg Wooden Nickel; the Nomads. 15-3 over Town Pump: Fox Hole. 12-0 over Robeard's Restaurant; the Wizards. 8-7 over Scan- danavian Design; and in a very suprising game. Henning Electric defeated number one seeded Hiller Construction, 8-4. Second round action, found the Teenage All-stars matched against Henning Electric. A seventh inning homer by Tony Bentz of the Stars, gave them a 3-2 win over Henning. in a very low scoring contest The Maulers, seeded number two in the tourney and winners over Sunnyside Inn. 17-2, continued to hit the ball well and easily defeated the Wizards in the second round. 16-2. The Old Bridge scored every inning but one, in defeating the Crispy Critters. 12-5 Wakitsch, with a homerun and a double drove in 3 runs to pace the Bridge and John Pitzen scored 3 times and had 2 RBI's to help lead the Bridge v The Nomads had a struggle, but defeated Fox Hole, 14-10, to complete second round play in the winner's bracket Saturday night. Loser's bracket games in the double elimination tournament found Sunnyside Inn winning over Scandanavian Design before bowing to Fox Hole Sunnyside appears ready to capture their first league win in McHenry Number one seeded Hiller Construction defeated Wooden Nickel and Morenz Main­ tenance easily, but were knocked out of the tournament early Sunday morning by the Crispy Critters Fox Hole followed"^their win over Sunnyside by beating the Critters and Town PUmp won three straight over Robeard's, Wizards, and Back Door Pub Sunday, the Teenage Stars continued their winning ways, syprising the Maulers, 12-4 A win over the Maulers proved to everyone in attendance that the Stars were ready to play In the other quarterfinal winner's bracket game, the Old Bridge easily defeated the tournament-tested Nomads, 15 4. Joe Dehn with 4 hits and Tom Les with 3 hits paced the Bridge Doug Freund added 3 hits and Pitzen had 2 hits and a pair of runs scored. Back in the loser's bracket, the Maulers came back from their suprising loss to the All- Stars to defeat Fox Hole 11-7 and the Nomads beat Town Pump for the second time in the tournament, 9-5 The Fox Hole and Town Pump, both teams in the McHenry 16-Inch league, tied for fifth place in the tour­ nament The Nomads handed the Maulers their second loss of the tournament and a fourth place finish by winning 10-4. In the semi-final game, between the only unbeaten teams left in the tournament, the Teenage All-Stars escaped with a 6-5 extra-inning win over the Old Bridge Marty Zeller s 3 RBI 's paced the Stars, as Bill Meyers scored 2 runs, including what proved to be the winning run. The Old Bridge was plagued by inconsitent hitting and left nine baserunners stranded in the game. Wakitsch blasted his second homerun of the tour­ nament for the losers. The defeat sent the Bridge into the loser's bracket to meet the Nomads for the second time in the tournament. The Bridge lead throughout the game and held on to win 8-6. The Nomads finished the tournament in third place The finals matched the Bridge and the All-Stars.y with the Stars needing just one win to capture first, while the Bridge would have to defeat the high-flying Stars twice in a row. The Stars jumped out to a 3- run lead in the topof the first. Bill Meyers, who had a fine tournament, hitting and fielding, singled, advanced to second on a ground out and scored on Zeller s single. A triple by Don Bentz scored Zeller and a single by Tony Bentz scored Don Bentz. The Bridge scored twice in the first. Dehn singled, Wakitsch was safe on an error, and Greg Freund notched the first of his two triples in the game to drive in both runs. ** The game remained 3-2, until the Stars scored once in the third after Bill Meyers reached on an error. A triple by Zeller scored Meyers, making the score 4-2. Old Bridge scored once in the fourth, as Greg Freund tripled and scored on Ron Miller's fly out. From then on it was all Old Bridge. In the fifth, they scored 6 runs, thanks in part to three Star errors and a wild streak by their pitcher Bill Meyers. A bases loaded triple by Les keyed the inning. In the sixth, the Bridge put the game on ice by scoring 11 more runs. Wakitsch's homerun, his third of the tournament was the big blow of the inning, in which the Bridge stroked 9 base hits The Stars, who were shut out the final four innings found themselves with their first loss. 20-4 Following a short break, the two teams battled again, and a 12-run first inning put the game and the tournament away for the Old Bridge. Six men reached base in the first inning before an out was made and Wakitsch connected for his fourth homerun and third against Sunnyside Wakitsch and Dehn both had 2 h'ts in the big first inning The Stars scored 2 runs in the first and 3 in the second and the score read Old Bridge 13, Teenage All-Stars 6, after 3 innings In the fourth,, the Bridge scored 5 more runs, thanks to 3 Star errors and hits by Doug Freund, Les and Dehn. The Stars scored once more and the Bridge added 2 runs in the final inning to score 20 for the second game in a row and win, 20-6. The Teenage All-Stars proved that incentive and momentum can carry a team a long way. The Stars played excellent ball to gain the finals and should be commended for their c performance. The "Cinderalla team" had the backing of Jhe crowd thoroughout the tournament The Bridge is rapidly becoming one of the finer Softball teams in the area Their season record now stands at 44 wins and 7 losses Sunnyside Inn and Town Pump, the two worst teams in current McHenry league standings, played well in the tournament, with Town Pump tying for fifth place and Sun nyside winning two of four games Fox Hole once again played consistent ball, which has been their trademark for the entire season and finished fifth. The big suprise was Hiller Construction Seeded number one, the defending champion and a proven tournament team was out of contention early in the tournament m EARL WALSH' So I Hear SPORTS EDITOR Just returned from my last meeting as a member of the McHenry Library Board It was 32 years ago that the library was taken over by the Cfty of McHenry after the Mothers' Club struggled through lean years to provide the community with good reading and as many reference books as could be purchased with limited funds Lillian Anglese and I were named as members of that first board and we stayed right in there until now when both decided to pass the bain to younger appointees In earlier days. Lillian selected all the books and reviewed many Just a dedicated person receiving no financial reward < Somebody must have told her that those who help others will receive their reward in heaven) President Bill Bolger, a tireless worker who steered the ship through two enlargements of the building, has also retired and must find satisfaction in the knowledge that he is tur ning over the reins at a time when the library has progressed to a sound position it isn't g o o d b y e to McHenry Library just so long and best wishes to the new members jSow is the All Star break in the baseball season when players welcome a brief vacation with their families It is also time for our Chicago teams to ponder over the past and plan for the future Management knows the weaknesses on their teams, but )iave little chance at this stage <o get help Even though some fans regard Herman Franks as not the smartest manager in the game, none can say < not even a Sox fan > that injuries to key men haven't hit the Cubs a mighty blow The Sox may bring up Kevin Bell to give the unbelievable Don Kessinger a rest now and then Bell may also move third baseman Eric Soderholm to the bench for a few rest cures,/ The Sox traded Jim Sfjjencer to the Yankees to give LaMar Johnson, a younger player a chance to take over first base Last year LaMar was not a regular, but showed signs of being a great hitter This year he is less than spectacular Spencer had a golden glove and came through with timely- hits This year he is getting splinters on the Yankee bench Am reminded that I have an appointment with the kindly dentist coming along soon Can hear that old refrain Don't eat anything for six hours" That s like telling a duck to stay out of water Hearing a housewife tell about the high price of apples brought back memories of days when everybody had apple trees on their home lots F armers had large orchards, something you don t see in a ride through the countryside Apples used to fall to the ground and rot Some that weren t too bad were taken to the cider mill Kids were warned about drinking too much sweet cider Grownups were warned about hard cider A man could get a little jibber on from that stuff DOES YOUR HOME QUALIFY? 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I feel the urge to read a good old rootin - tootin' - shootin' western book Eddie Buss and Mazie were telling about a birthday party last Sunday for Eddie's mother, Ella, near Burlington, Wis Marie Yegge was there So were umpteen other McHenryi<es Sonomongun. they had sohie fun' I would never reveal a lady's age. but can tell you that Ella attended McHenry High when 1 had a front seat right under the teacher s watchful eye Have you bought any baloney lately"1 Remember way back when we used to joke about having it for a meal' ' Now it 's a luxury The All-Star game is over -- and John Busscher took us again That s what they get for not using more White Sox players See you again at World Series time. John V\e like this one If life gives you lemons -- make lemonade State \ewspaper The "Southern lllinoisan in Carbondale has been named the official state newspaper for Illinois following competitive bidding procedures ad ministered by the state Department of Administrative services The official state newspaper prints all legal notices for the state and requests for contract bids by state agencies, boards, com missions and state universities The "Southern lllinoisan is published at 710 North Illinois avenue. Carbondale . I l l . 6 2 9 0 1 It will serve as the state newspaper unt i l June i d . 1 9 7 9 i Skydivers Highlight Outing At Chapel Hill A sky diver heads toward a landing on the ninth green at Chapel Hill Monday, during the Red CLoud Athletic Benefit Golf day held at Chapel Hill Country club Monday. The professional skydivers from Wisconsin highlighted the days activities which featured golf and a dinner for many prominent businessmen and athletes. The Red Cloud Association was started in 1965 by now Los Angeles Ram head coach George Allen to benefit the Indian children at the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. Proceeds of the benefit golf day and the yearly Red Cloud banquet held in January in Chicago benefit the athletic programs at the reservation Present at the outing and dinner were WGN celebrity Roy Leonard, former Bear stars Jim Grabowksi and Ronnie Bull, Bear Safety Doug Plank, and many other prominent athletic figures. Over 150 people participated in the golf outing, directed by club professional John Bolton. The Red Cloud benefits many other local charities and fund raising events thoroughout the country. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORI) jX;Xv! ̂giQ»QiiS«00iQQO»S îQiiQi0i0i0iiQiOggCf0OOOOOCfO ĵCfgCfgQ|ĝ 0̂|̂ l̂%j MENS 16" SOFTBALL Standings w 1 Hautzinger 7 1 Old Bridge 7 2 Fox Hole 7 2 Johnsburg 6 3 Hiller's 4 5 Coppermine 2 6 Town Pump 1 7 Sunnyside 0 8 POPPED IT I P-Julie Oeffling of the Wooden Nickel swings hard but pops the ball up into the infield, during Tuesday night's game between Wooden Nickel and Ed's Kental in the McHenry Women's Softball league. Wooden Nickel overcame numerous fielding miscues and hung on to defeat Ed's for the second time this season 10-8. Wooden Nickel is undefeated in the Tuesday night division of the league and has clinched first place. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD DODGE PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE fClpLU THE LUMBERY# HOME CENTER OPENING SOON!!! feotof • Mate' Complete Do It Yourself Center with step by step instructions by trained Professionals! Complete Inventory ot soving Prices' OPEN 7 DAYS 4031 DAYTON McHENRY, ILL PHONE MILES S OF McHENRY ON RTE. 31) (815)344-2533 ' SAVE A 1011 *U 17ft A < ATI 31 i ants | Old Bridge Knocks Fox Hole From First The Old Bridge avenged an early season loss and defeated Fox Hole 10-6 in Tuesday's night's second game in the McHenry Men's 16-Inch league at the VFW The win moves Old Bridge into a tie for second with Fox Hole, one game behind Hautzinger Concrete Twig Miller opened the game with an infield single for Fox Hole and advanced to second on a throwing error Miller moved to third on a fly out and scored on a ground out Old Bridge threatened in the first, when Doug Freund and TOm I^es singled, but the next three Bridge batters made out to end the threat Fox Hole was retired three up. three down in their half of the second In the Bridge second. Ron Miller singled and advanced to third on a bad throw following a line out A fly ball by John Pitzen knotted the score at one. after 2 full innings Fox Hole regained the lead with a 3-run third inning Singles by Randy Thiel and Marty Conway put runners on first and third A fielder's choice scored Thiel and left a man on first A fly out preceded an error by the Bridge shortstop and a single by Dick Meyers scored two runs and Fox Hole had the lead 4-1 Old Bridge was held scoreless in the third and Fox Hole could not score in the top of the fourth inning In the Bridge fourth, Tim Althoff tripled and scored on John Pitzen s second RBI fly ball to cut the gap to 4 2 In the Bridge fifth, five straight hits accounted for five runs and the Bridge had the lead for good Doug Freund singled. Tom Les singled and Joe Dehn doubled, scoring Freund and sending Les to third Rick Wakitsch followed with a long double off the wall in left, scoring Les. with Dehn holding at third Greg Freund was next and responded with a well-placed single through the infield scoring Dehn and Wakitsch, with Freund taking second on an errant throw Freund later advanced to third on a fly out and scored on a single by Pitzen. his third RBI of the game Fox Hole narrowed the gap to one with 2 runs in the sixth inning An error by Old Bridge, and singles by Steve Lane and I>enny Smith scored one run, and Lane scored on a fielder's choice Old Bridge secured the victory in the bottom of the sixth Dave Schaefer started the inning with a single and advanced to third on Doug Freund's third hit of the game A fly ball by Tom I,es scored AR WAS McHENRY PIGTAIL LEAGUE SATURDAY, JULY 15th 9:00 A.M.. 3:00 P.M. m c H f * * * * T I 1 2 0 1 HmMMWMW' BEHIND EAST CAMPUS Schaefer with Freund moving up to seQ>nd Joe Dehn was next and drove in Freund with his third hit of the game, a single to left Rick Wakitsch singled, with Dehn taking third Greg Freund collected his third RBI of the game by stroking a single to left to score Dehn and close out the scoring in the game Fox Hole got a man on first in the last inning, but could not score and Old Bridge won, 10-6 Joe Dehn paced the winners wibats. 2 RBI's, and 2 runs scored Greg Freund had 2 hits and 3 RBI's and a run scored Old Bridge had 18 hits in the contest Doug F reund had 3 for 4, w ith 2 runs scored; Tom I^es was 2 for 4 Rick Wakitsch, 2 for 3; Gary Gilpin, 2 for 3, and John Pitzen had a hit and 3 RBI's For Fox Hole. Twig Miller enjoyed a 3 for 4 game with a run scored and Dick Meyers drove in 2 runs \yith a single Johnsburg Beats Hiller In Tuesday's first game, Johnsburg Tavern defeated Hiller construction, 12-2 Johnsburg scored once in the first, six in the second, twice in the third and added a run in the fourth and twice more in the sixth Hiller's could only manage a 2-run outburst in the second inning For Johnsburg, Wayne Hiller went 3 for 4 with 3 runs scored and an RBI. Jim Meyers went 3 for 4 with 3 runs scored and an RBI; and Tom Spasovich snapped out of his slump with a 3 for 4 night with 2 RBI's For Hiller's. who could manage only 3 hits, Art Gjertsen went 2 for 2 with an RBI • * * * Advertising is like fishing--you must use the right bait at the right plice, and at the right time if you expect results. HOMEOWNER'S Nood Concr«t« for P a t i o * , S i d a w a l k s , Drivov^ays. Call Accu-Cret# Inc. Saturday D»llvrys Phone 338-4718