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PAGRt - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, It78 In National Outseam Tourney MCHENRY TEENAGER WINS NATIONAL SAILING REGATTA-Nelson Roltsch (right) skippered his butterfly class boat "Super Scow", along with crew Bill Slater, to win the Top Junior Title in the Butterfly National Regatta held at White Lake, Michigan, Aug. 2-5. The seven race regatta had 62 boats registered and Roltsch finished in seventh place overall. To qualify for Top Junior, the skipper must be under 16 years of age. Both Roltsch and Slater will be sophomores at McHenry high school this year and are members of the Pistakee Yacht club. EARL WALSH' So I Hear SPORTS EDITOR It is easy to start a column You write the name S.I H at the top. That's a start The name goes on before the bunk goes in Have long known that three little words can hook a man for; life. Had no idea that three little letters in one little word could stir up so much interest Mrs. Kenneth Bowsher, an old hand at crossword puzzles, called to say that "Ait" means island or isle An unsigned note on my desk says the word means a river island. Must check that one out with Marie Joe Etten reports that his wife, Verona, is a crossword pixizle bug and says the word is in puzzles real often that word is in real often, Verona, you and 1 must read different newspapers Sure vou dob't read the Obenpost" Now, maybe I spelled that Obenpost wrong One thing I'm sufe of - it isn't in the Gaelic language To clear up the records The Marian Central fall athletic schedule printed last week was orjly partial I had marked it on thii copy, but it was lost along the way The rest will be printed in parts The same goes for McHenry high and Johnsburg when they arrive at the sports d*k p anybody doubted itttch Freund was a popular t h a t Bif wdll liked man. they should ha^re witenssed the long line of fronds who paid tribute at his w£ke last week Wherever we go we hear the sapie, "Butch was a great guy" That seems to say it all Johnsburg must be the busiest little community in the country St John's parishioners have together a 3-day Pioneer Days program for the coming weekend that should be a dandy They will have fun, food and entertainment for all ages Be there Then comes the Rescue Squad dance where you can dance with the dolly with the hole in her sock or the one with no socks Father Rauen is one busy fellow promoting the big dance. Elroy Fitzgerald phoned for a chat and sent us some in­ formation on the Toronto Blue Jays Roy is scouting for the Blue Jays this year, but says he has no thought of switching me from the White Sox. Sounds like Toronto has some promising ball players on the way up I'll be watching Had to dig deep into the Sunday morning sports section to read anything about the PGA golf tournament, then read that Tom Watson was 5 shots up and unbeatable No mention of John Mahaffey who came on with a burst to win it in a sudden death playoff Bob O'Neill is at it again with interesting interviews with Chicago Bears players If Walter Fayton can forget O.J Simpson's salary and get over his headaches, the Bears can be a much more exciting team this year with a stepped up passing game. No more waiting for third down to throw a pass The Phillies are getting to be known at the Philadelphia Phloppers. a team that doesn't have what it takes Cross your fingers. Cub fans, but don t hold your breath Your team may make it The Sox0 Oh me. Oh my' Wait til next year YOUTH DAY MONDAY, AUGUST 14th STARTING TIME 8:30 A.M. AGE GROUPS 12-13/14-15/16 17 TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED PRIZES AWARDED FOR CLOSEST TO PIN AND LONGEST DRIVE IN EACH AGE BRACKET WINNER FROM EACH AGE GROUP WILL RECEIVE A 1979 JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP Call or Stop In The Pro Shop For Reservations...Ask For John Bolton All participants must be signed up and have paid entry fee by Friday, August 11 at 3:00 P.M. Pairings and starting time will be announced Saturday, August 12 at 3:00 P.M CHAPEL HILL GOLF CLUB 2.%4H> \ < HU'HHIIL R|). VfrHKNKY . ILL 385-0333 HILLCOUU Hot Dogs Provided On Course Entry Fee raay, August G Old Bridge Takes Second Place [ CHAPEL HILL I TUESDAY I LADIES LEAGUE \ Beautiful, blue skies and lots of sunshine accompanied our golf day Aug 1. The event for the day was low net and the winners were: Class A, Libby Johnson, 30; Gass B. Elsie Winkel, 31; and Class C, Georgia Bauer, 27 Your gift certificate will be waiting for you in the pro shop next Tuesday We played the eighth week of team play and the standings are as follows. McHenry Realty 53 '2 Du Ro Duffers •* 46 Active Provision 46 McHenry Floral 4515 Harry's Arco 424 Weiser-Amore 36 Nowak Construction 354 Little Chef 32 Morthem 111 Vinyl 314 Mar Ray Costumes 304 Tuesday, Aug. 8, is the last week of team play, then we move on to our Low Net tour­ nament This tournament will run for two weeks, Aug 15 and 22 We will be playing 18 holes of golf on both days Golfers must be present for both days in order to qualify As you ladies know, the course is closed on Tuesday morning Because 18 holes will take longer than usual, we are going to start tee offs at 7 :45 Anyone wishing an early tee. contact Kathy Schultz Squaw Day is quickly ap proaching us Sept 12 is the day Lou Stine. is our chair­ person this year and anyone willing to lend a helping hand should let Lou know Mary Jfine will be in the Pro shop Tuesday so the league members may purchase tickets for themselves and their guests Ladies remember that you must submit your handicap and your guest's handicap when purchasing tickets Let's make this year our best one yet Get your tickets early Label Means The label on a package of ground beef tells you the relative percentage of lean in the ground beef Federal law mandates that ground beef or hamburger may contain no more than 30 per cent fat The Old Bridge Softball club from McHenry took second place in last weekend's national invitational United States Slo- pitch Softball association outseam tournament. The Old Bridge was the only area team invited to par­ ticipate in the tournament, which was held in Oak Creek,» Wis., and finished second to Downtown Shell of Milwaukee in the double elimination tourney Bridge Dumps Stars Paired against the Rockford Stars in their first game, who had beaten the Old Bridge earlier in the season in two different tournaments, the Old Bridge avenged one of those losses by dumping the Stars 8-5 in the first game. Steve Rohrer started the Bridge rolling with a 3-run homer in the second inning, following, singles by Greg Freund, a fielder's choice and a single by Tom Les. In the third, the Bridge scored 3 more runs following a walk to Doug Freund After a fly out. Joe Dehn singled, Greg Freund singled, Rick Wakitsch singled and Les singled, driving in the final run of the inning. In the fifth, the Old Bridge rounded out the scoring by adding a pair of runs. Ron Miller singled. Dehn singled, an error and a single by Les put the game on ice. Les paced the Bridge with 3 hits in 3 at bats, including a run scored Dehn had 2 for 3, with 2 runs scored, and Greg Freund added 2 for 3 with a run scored. Rockfield Inn Next Victim Rockfield Inn of Wisconsin was the second team to fall to the Old Bridge on Saturday, as they lost 13-2. The Old Bridge led 4-2 going into the fifth inning, when a 6- run inning gave the Bridge a 10- 2 lead They added 3 more runs in the sixth inning and coasted into a 13-2 win Left fielder Doug Freund led the winners with a perfect 4 for 4 day, with 4 runs scored, Greg Freund added a 3 for 3 day with* a sacrifice, and Dave Schaefer had 3 hits including a triple and 3 runs scored Ron Miller. Dehn and Les added 2 hits each, with Miller scoring twice First Inning Surge Nets Third Win The Old Bridge continued their winning ways on Sunday as they downed Repa's of Milwaukee 8-2, on the strength of a 4-run first inning In the first, the first six batters reached base safely on hits, and only a double play kept the inning from producing more runs. The Bridge added 2 runs in the fourth and one in the fifth and one in the sixth to round out the scoring Les continued his hot hitting with 3 hits including a homerun Greg and Doug Freund added hits also, and Miller and Dehn had a pair of hits each Come-From-Behind Win in (iamr Four South Milwaukee Arcade jumped ahead of the Bridge in Sunday's second game, leading 3-0 going into the fourth inning, when Old Bridge tied the score Miller led off with a single and Dehn followed with a double down the line to score Miller An infield single by Greg Freund preceded an error and a fielder's choice and 2 more runs scored to tie the score The Arcade took the lead with a run in the fifth, but a double by Tim Althoff and a single by John Pitzen earned the Bridge a tie in their half of the inning The Old Bridge took the lead for good in their half of the sixth inning Dehn led off with a single and Greg Freund singled. and Wakitsch sacrificed the runners into scoring position. Tom Les followed with a single to score both runners. Dehn, Althoff and Greg Freund had 2 hits ekch for the winners, with Althoff and Dehn adding a double and Dehn scoring 2 runs. Shell Snaps Streak Downtown Shell of Milwaukee, ranked in the Top 20 by Southern Softball magazine, handed the Bridge their first loss of the tour­ nament, 9-4 The two teams were the only undefeated teams left in the tournament at the time of the game. Shell erupted for 6 runs in the second inning and the Bridge could never catch up. They did try to rally in the final inning, as Greg Freund, Wakitsch and Les reached safely to start the inning, but 3 runs was all that would score and the Bridge was forced to go into the loser's bracket of the tourney. Greg Freund led the losers with 2 hits and 2 runs scored. Les and Doug Freund also had 2 hits each. Bridge Defeats Rockford Again The Old Bridge defeated the Rockford Stars 2-0, to knock them out of the tournament and gain the finals. It was the first time Rockford had been shutout, as the Bridge limited the Class A world tournament powerhouse to 2 hits in the game. Dehn tripled with two outs in the fourth inning and scored on a single by Greg Freund to snap a scoreless tie and give the Bridge the lead. In the sixth, after a fielder's choice, it was Dehn and Freund combining again, with Dehn singling and the latter reaching on an error to score the only other run of the contest. . Dehn's 2 hits paced the Bridge who only had 6 hits in the game. Rally Falls Short Playing Downtown Shell and needing to defeat them twice for the national outseam championship, a last-inning rally by the Bridge fell short and the locals lost a heart- breaker 6-5. \ The loss gave the tournamenr title to Shell and a second place finish to the Bridge. In the final inning, the losers had the tying and lead ruaa on base with no one out, but a fielder's choice and a double play killed the rally. Tom Les had 3 singles in the game and scored 2 runs and Joe Dehn added 2 hits. Les had 15 hits in the seven games the Bridge played in the tournament, and Dehn and Greg Freund added 13 hits each. In Area 12-Inch Softball St. Regis, King's In Playoffs St Regis and King's Row join Old Bridge and Raymond's Johnsburg Bowl for the playoffs for Area 12-Inch, which begin Wednesday, August 9. The best of three semi-final matchups will be played at West campus, north and Peterson park. The first place Old Bridge will meet the fourth place team at Peterson park, game time 6 30 p.m. Second place Raymond's will meet the third place team at West campus, north, game time 6:30 p.m. Third and fourth place will have been determined after the completion of the King's Row, St Regis doubleheader on Monday, August 7. Jimmy the Greek visited this weekend and says the Old Bridge will be the favorite again this year. The Bridge is rated at 3-2 to win while the Bowl has been given 8-1 odds St Regis is a 25-1 shot, while King's Row is a real long shot at 75-1. Last year, Sts. Regis proved all the odds wrong when the beat Old Bridge and then Rusty Nail in the championships Both teams had season edges over Regis. The 1977 champs also became the first team to finish third during the regular season and still win the travelling trophy In fact, last year's top two teams were knocked out of the playoffs during the semifinals. But that should not happen this year. The Team to Beat Old Bridge Old Bridge has gone un­ defeated during the regular season and at times have been awesome. Besides batting over .500 as a team, they led the league in runs, hits, doubles, triples, homeruns, RBI's and batting average They have averaged 14 runs and over 18 hits a game, while holding the opposition to less than 5 runs a contest The Old Bridge softball club has notched 3 shutouts and won by the 12-run slaughter rule in 9 of 21 contests The first place team boasts the number one hitter in the league, Steve Rohrer, who batted 655 Joe Dehn, right fielder and number two hitter at .602, leads the team in hits (50), doubles (11), triples (4) and RBI's (50). Add first baseman Rick Wakitsch ( 584), left fielder Doug Freund < 543), and in- fielder Ron Miller (.540) and you have a potent offense Miller led the team with 40 runs scored while Freund was right behind with 37 Wakitsch was tied for team homerun leadership with pitcher Greg Freund with 4 roundtrippers each. Freund, who batted 493 and cen- terfielder Tom Les at 487 are both below previous year SUBSCRIBE To The McHenry Plaindealer And Save $8.80 Over Newstand Price i i I I I I I I NAME _ | ADDRESS I CITY I FILL OUT AND AAAIL OR BRING TO: , AAcHENRY PLAINDEALER 3BI2 W. Elm St., McH«nry, III. 60050, with check or monwy ord*r for *12.M for ono year subscription within McHenry County. _ZIP totalis, but are still dangerous at the plate. Gary Gilpin (.484), Dave Schaefer (.431), John Pitzen ( 423), Tim Althoff (.365) and Peno Hester ( .312) will all see plenty of action for Old Bridge during the next three weeks of playoffs. Raymond's Bowl Needs Consistency To Win Raymond's Johnsburg Bowl, a new entry in the 12-Inch league, has had an up and down year. Their 14-7 record includes a three-game sweep over St. Regis and two wins over King's Row. Despite losing three straight to Old Bridge, there was some consolation in giving the Bridge two close calls in a July doubleheader before losing 11-8 and 3-1. Raymond's is led by Phil Oeffling who leads the team in runs (32), hits (41), homeruns (7) and RBI's (33). Oeffling completed his first year of 12- inch with an even 500 average. Catcher Vinnie Freund ( 547), Jim Yaworski (.529) who can play any position, and infielder Rich Meyers (.500) give the Bowl three more ex­ cellent hitters Don Bentz (.451) led the team in total extra base hits (14), while brother Myron Bentz (.461) has been upping his average all year. Along with Tom Spasojevich ( .386) with 5 homeruns, the Bowl has the power needed to take a championship. Wayne Hiller (.426), Wayne Frantz ( 420), Jim Meyers ( 417), Vern Peterson (.405), Bill Oeffling ( .361), Ted Freund ( 353) and Paul Morenz (.278) will all play a part in Raymond's hid. St. Regis - Repeat Winners?! St. Regis, with two games left at the timo0f this article, is led by center fielder Don Prazak. Prazak, who led the league in hitting last year, had a terrible start this year. But, over the last few weeks, he has pulled his average up to .507 and along with a team high of 34 hits and 24 RBI's, will be a key figure in the Regis title hopes. Pitcher Irish DeCicco (.491) is ailing but leads the team in doubles (8) and total extra base hits. Both Irish and John DeCicco are down from last year's high averages but each should play an important roll if Regis rolls again. John DeCicco (.457), who plays third base, and left fielder Gary Connell ( .420) are two reasons Regis made the playoffs. Connell leads the team in runs (27) and is tied with Prazak with 3 homeruns. DeCicco had 32 hits, 26 runs, 7 doubles and 21 RBI's. At second base, George Cadotte (.386) along with right fielder Pete Smith (.385) and shortstop Matt Oik ( .338) have all proven themselves in playoff competition and all have come up with clutch hitting so necessary in winning the close games. Scott Stull (.406) and Bob Buss ( .343) will see plenty of action, much more that during the first half of the season. Both are new members to the Regis team this year and have come up with game winning hits during the second half of the season. Jerry Brodin (.355), Mike Major (.353), Hawk McQueenev (.302) and Joe Lafontaine (.278) should all see action in the playoffs. King's Row, A Cinderella Contender King's Row has the lowest team statistics of the four contenders. The Row had an excellent start this season, but have slumped in the later half because of a lack of hitting. This writer picked the Row to finish no higher than fifth, yet they won eleven games in their first year and should take at least fourth place. Shortstop Chuck Marke is the main reason the Row did so well. Leading the team in every category except triples. Marke's stats include 24 runs, 40 hits, 6 doubles, 5 homeruns, 25 RBI's and a .571 batting average. John Walkington (.492) and Randy Schultz ( .385) combined for 57 hits and provide King's Row with two able outfielders. Tom Whitman (.473) and brother Tim (.433) provide added offensive potential. Willie Howard (.350), Denny SUmmercamp (.341), Bill Cable (.346), Bill Roarke (.324), Ken Whitman (.297), Jesse Watson (.273) and Ken Bohac ( .231) will all see action for the Row, who will need to do some "heavy hitting" if they expect to get by the semi-finals. News Flash Steve Rohrer's doctor has Just called a press conference to announce that Rohrer has torn ligaments in his knee. This could mean Rohrer may be sidelined for the playoffs. The odds have now changed. The Bridge is a 1-1, even money favorite to take the cham­ pionship! Pat Wirtz Tom Parker Resigns As Coach At Marian Central MONEY BACK GUARANTEE FOR UNUSED PORTION" Thomas J. Parsley, principal of Marian Central high school, announced last week the resignation of Tom Parker from his position at Marian, which included Athletic Director and head football coach. Parker is resigning to accept a position in business which he feels is an opportunity he cannot pass up. Parker has guided the Hurricaines since the 1968 football season, and thoroughout that time his teams have always been noted for being well-coached and well-disciplined. Twice in the last three years, his teams finished third in the competitive West Suburban Catholic conference, and the conference leaders always feared a Parker-coached team as they always blocked and tackled with a certain I I fierceness that characterized his teams. Under his tutelage, the Hurricaines established many school records, including individual and team records in passing and rushing for a season. Several of Tom's players have gone on to distinguish themselves in college football, among them Burke Romkowski who played at New Mexico State; Lou Kobza at Holy Cross, who was selected as an All-Eastern player several years ago; and John Conerty, currently playing halfback at Miami of Ohio. Parsley said, "I consider this a great loss to Marian, for Tom has been with us since 1964, when he was defensive coach for the Suburban Catholic champions." "His dedication and service to Marian will long be 1 I r e m e m b e r e d , " P a r s l e y continued, "and his position will not be easy to fill." "This is not only a loss to Marian," he added, "but to high school football as well." Parsley was also a history teacher while at Marian. No announcement has been made as to who his successor will be, but Parsley said there will be a statement shortly. Washing Wood? Don't soak your wood kitchen items in water. 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Being unable to use the many group pictures sent in, a decision was made to discon tinve all league groups except championship teams. Pictures takes by our staff photographers of athletes on the high school level will be selected as to their importan ce. Individual pictures of various sports will be appraised as to their newsworthy value and available space. It was a flood of group pic­ tures last year that made this decision by the management necessary. FORMAL WEAR RENTALS for ALL OCCASIONS i i