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PAliE 6 - PLAl.NDfcAIEK - WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 23.1§78 Fox Hole Wins 16-Inch Title Win Woodstock Invitational The Fox Hole won their first league championship ever in the McHenry Men's 16-Inch Softball league as they defeated Hautzinger Concrete last Thursday night 7-4. The win left Fox Hole with a 12 win. 2 loss record, one game ahead of second place Old Bridge, which finished at 11 and 3. Fox Hole parlayed good defense and consistent hitting throughout the year to win the crown, in a league that showed suprising balance among the top four teams Final Standings w I gb Fox Hole Old Bridge Hautzinger Johnzburg Hiller's Coppermine Town Pump Sunnvside w 12 11 10 10 7 3 3 0 1 2 3 4 4 7 11 11 14 1 2 2 5 9 9 12 f'Tiautzinger Concrete finished in a tie for third place with Johnsburg tavern, but earned the third place berth in the playoffs by defeating John­ sburg by more runs in head to head competition, in the two games which were split by the two teams Coppermine and Town Pump finished in a tie for sixth place, and Coppermine gets the sixth place playoff berth, because they defeated Town Pump by more runs in head to head competition during the season. For the first time in many years, Johnsburg Tavern (formerly Hettermann's) is not at the top of the list. Having some key players missing for crucial games hurt the Johnsburg team's chances at keeping their league title Playoff Picture In first round playoff games, which begin Tuesday night, first place Fox Hole plays fifth place Hiller Construction in the first game, while in game two. second place Old Bridge meets Coppermine. Thursday night, third place Hautzinger meets seventh place Town Pump and fourth place Johnsburg meets last place Sunnyside Inn. This is the first year this new playoff structure is being used by the league. In previous past, only the top four teams qualified for the playoffs The first round will be two out of three. Fox Hole should have the toughest time of the top four teams getting by the first round Avoiding a let down after winning the league title, will be the task facing Fox Hole manager John Michels. Hiller's is capable of scoring runs, and if their defense holds, they could give Fox Hole a battle Old Bridge should have no trouble with Coppermine and Johnsburg tavern should beat Sunnyside. Both series should be over in two games.' Coppermine never got rolling throughout the season, and were a disappointment to their fans. Sunnyside has improved dramatically since the beginning of the year, but have not yet reached a point where they are capable of beating Johnsburg, who is playoff experienced, while it is Sun- nyside's first year in the league. Hautzinger and Town Pump will be an interesting matchup, if Town Pump comes to the game ready to play. Hautzinger got off to a very fast start and led the league much of the season, while Town Pump never got untracked after forfeiting their first two games (which they had won), because of an ineligible player. Fox Hole Wins Dick Meyers led Fox Hole past Hautzinger Concrete in a game that gave first place to the Fox Hole last Thursday night. Had Hautzinger won, there would have been a three- way tie for first, necessitating a playoff. Meyers had a 3 for 4 game, driving in 4 runs and scoring 2, including a bases loaded double, which scored the winning runs in the game. Dick Kaxlausky had 2 hits and 2 runs scored, and Twig Miller, Steve Lane, Gary Fairchild and John Michels also had 2 hits. For Hautzinger, who managed only four hits in the game, Tim Farr had a hit, a run scored and an RBI. Bridge Downs Pump Old Bridge defeated Town Pump Thursday night 8-2, in a game featuring an excellent pitching performance by Greg Freund of the Bridge. Freund, with some help from the Bridge defense, held Town Pump to one hit through the first six innings, and finished with a four hitter. Joe Dehn led Old Bridge with 2 hits, 3 RBI'a and a run scored. Doug Freund and Tom Les had 2 hits and 2 runs scored each. Dave Schaeter had 2 hits and 2 RBI's and Greg Freund and Ron MtUer had 2 for 3. F**wn Pump, all four of their hits were singles, with no player getting more than one hit. Both their runs scored in the final inning. Hiller's Mauls Sunnyside Inn Hiller Construction needed only five innings to hand Sunnyside Inn their fourteenth straight league loss of the season, 21-4 in Thursday's third game. Bob Rowden had 3 hits to pace Hiller's. Steve Hill added 2 hits, 3 runs scored and 3 RBI's to the attack. Dan Miller, Vinnie Freund, Dan Quinn and Art Gjertsen also had 2 hits apiece. For Sunnyside, Don Rhode had a hit and an RBI. Johnsburg Tavern Over Coppermine Johnsburg Tavern defeated Coppermine 10-4, Aug. 15, to finish the regular season for both teams. The game was close through the early innings, but two late rallies earned Johnsburg the win. The first five hitters in the Johnsburg lineup had 2 hits and an RBI each. Jim Meyers, Wayne Hiller, Phil Oeffling, Myron Bentz and Don Bentz joined Mark Bentz and Tom Spasojevich with two hits. Both of Spasojevich's hits were doubles. Spasojevich scored 3 runs and will be a key to Johnsburg'* playoff bid if he continues to hit. He struggled through an early season slump, but ap­ pears to have regained the form that made him one of the better hitters in the league in previous years. For Coppermine, Jim Grabowski had 2 hits and a run scored, while Mike Peterson drove in a pair of runs. •Pictured above are members of the McHenry Pigtail league travelling All-Star team, which won the * recent Woodstock Invitational Fast Pitch softball tournament. The McHenry girls went undefeated in the six-team tourney. Kneeling deft to right) are Kathy Johnson, Monique Betencourt, Sandy Muslelak. Beth Goebel. Marlene Krueger and Mary Beth Meyer. Standing (left to right) are ..'Manager Don Kinsala, Wendy Thurwell. Laurie Blake. Mary Burmann, Cindy Kinsala, Sara Prust, I Nancy Walsh and Manager Aleta Gemmell. Other girls on the team not pictured are Andee Norton. Kim Schillaci and Melissa Greve and managers Patt Norton. Bruce Bradley and John Johnson and i coaches Rich Burmann and Mona Bitterman. * In 12-Inch Championship Old Bridge Takes Series Opener STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD * The McHenry Pigtail League travelling all-stars won the recent Woodstock Invitational Fast Pitch Softball tour •nament ' The Green Machine from jMcHenry. went undefeated in 4 games to capture the tourney crown in the double elimination Jevent • * Wearing green McHenry tWarrior t shirts and caps, the 'team was comprised of •members of all five senior di vision pigtail teams which J fields over 70 players The *senioe division is comprised of ^girls, ages 11 and 12 ! Also entered in the tour­ nament were teams from Cary. Algonquin. Lake in the Hills. Harvard and host Woodstock In their first game. McHenry was leading Woodstock 14-1, but the game was rained out in the fourth inning In the makeup game, the local girls again outscored Woodstock, winning 11-6 In game two. the Green Machine" rolled over Algonquin by a 16-3 score In the semi final game. McHenry scored in double figures again and easily defeated Harvard. 11-3 The three wins easily qualified McHenry for the finals against Algonquin The championship game, witnessed by over 150 McHenry fans at Woodstock city park, was a close hard-fought win. with McHenry coming out on top 5-4 t Managers and coaches of the first place McHenry team included. Mrs Aleta Gemmell. Mrs Patt Norton. John Johnson. Dick Burmann. Bruce Bradley. Mrs Carol Bradley. Don Kinsela and Miss Mona Bitterman The McHenry Pigtail - Ponvtajl program consists of 16 teams, with over 225 girls ages 8-15. competing EARL WALSH' ~ So I Hear B wm SPORTS EDITOR At my age when somebody greets me with "How are »ou behavin"'" I consider it a compliment Such things brighten the day dijd set a fellow up for things to Cbme I <jlad to see Brenda s iBndge" making progress The power of the press sometimes ^ets a setback, but this time our representatives in Springfield replied favorably to her reports 05 the dangers of that narrow bridge on Ht 31 north of &lc Henr\ The\ got the message V\e get the bridge * F o x Hole Kvo was all set for B- nne recent evening As our Waitress. Debbie Krizsnovic. ^ame smiling to our table she U<i'i a White Sox cup for my eottee a covered schooner i i ' h m \ n a m e o n i t ' h a t I l i k e d ' ' D o n t g i v e m e o n e o f those little demitasse cups You know the kind where you try to grip the handle with your thumb and forefinger while your little finger extends in a genteel curl For Alvina they had a Sox visor cap open at the top That I couldn't use If these researchers keep handing out stories about what foods may be dangerous in the way of causing cancer, it is going to be hard to get much nourishment < )ne thing you can be sure of if they ever mention spinach as dangerous, kids will have a great reason to turn it down Did you see that By-line above McHenry Country club news last week" Big John Busscher became Joan Saw John Sunday at the Club championship match He will |*AVWWW«WWWWWW^WWWWWWW MiLLSTREAM uni»n Mchenry's Headquarters for Complete Repairs on Domestic & Foreign Cars •TUNE-UPS •BRAKES •TRANSMISSIONS •MAJOR & MINOR REPAIRS •MECHANIC ON DUTY 7 DAYS A WEEK QUALITY SERVICE AT REASONABLE RATES IT OJSCOIJNT TO SENIOR C I T I Z E N S get the scores in this week, but will be away when the final round is played next Sunday So I ' l l be covering My favorite cart driver Barb Weber, was right there to meet me last Sunday Twas a glorious day Not too hot Not too cool First stop was in to see Vale and Marge Adams in the busy pro shop Found them congenial as always Vale wheeled out a car for us and the show was on the road We followed the front- running foursome of Bob Svec, Don Hojnacki. Jim Packee and the champ himself. Art Jackson Art started the day with 5 strokes up on Jim Packee and stretched the lead to 8 on the first nine with a 35 The lead w ent to Id as the day eneded with a 72 for Art and 77 for Jim Packee is a fine golfer and only one with Art's steadiness could withstand the pressure the big fellow put on all af ternoon Svec and Hojnacki showed us some high class golf, but couldn't hold the pace as each had HI for the day Those putts will kill you Just can't imagine any area being more friendly than the King's How Loses Seesaw Contest The Old Bridge Softball club held off a valient King's Row challenge as they won game one of the championship series by a score of 13-9. King's Row put pressure on the undefeated Bridge team when they scored 5 runs in the second to take a 5-1 lead. Again in the fifth, they retook the lead 9-7 with a pair of runs but a Tim AJthoff 3-run homer erased their lead for good in the bot­ tom of the inning. Althoff added another RBI with a run scoring double in the third Together with shortstop Ron Miller, who went 4 for 4, scored twice and drove in one run. the Bridge was more than King's Row could handle Row Outhits Bridge, But Marke Silent King's Row outhit their op­ ponents 17-14, but their leading batter. Chuck Marke went 0 for little refreshment stand nestled in the towering trees You can get a sandwich or something to wet your whistle, stroll over to inspect the out­ door plumbing facilities, or just meet and greet Everybody is your friend out there in the woods where Lil Michels and her daughter work hard and fast to serve food and good cheer We give Barb a busy time on those annual rides over hill and dale She drives the cart, counts the strokes so I can check my score card, and reminds me everytime the cart starts to pick my beverage can off the floor so it won't spill Makes me feel like I'm home Oh - I wouldn't consider a male chauffeur' Said I would cover the final round next week Will be late getting there since we will be joining the Bacons. Zeke and Charlotte, to celebrate a combination birthday and wedding anniversary There is bound to be a large crowd strolling the friendly fairways next Sunday as top golfers arrive to "Beat the Champ " Marke hasn't hit well all season versus the league leaders and must turn that around if King's Row wants to even up the best of 5 series. Tim Whitman, one of the best clutch hitters on the Row roster, had 3 hits and 4 RBI's including a 2-run homer in the fourth. Whitman, who plays either second base or short- center field, also manages the team A key move which he will have to make, is to get someone at second base who can field the position When Whitman isn't there, key errors have a habit of cropping up. Bill Cable is going to have to play every game for the Row. His bat provides the power a "singles hitting" team needs. Cable had 3 hits as did All- Star outfielder John Walkington. Both will be key ingredients in a King's Row championship bid The Old Bridge, which had little trouble with the Row during the regular season, found the victory not as easy as expected in their fourth meeting of the year Doug Freund Scores Game's First Run Doug Freund, premier leadoff batter for the Bridge, started things rolling with a walk After advancing to third on Ron Miller's single and a fielder's choice, Doug scored on Greg Freund's sacrifice fly King's Row scored 5 runs their next time at bat in the second Randy Schultz went all the way to third on an infield error to lead off Jesse Watson singled to tie the score. Bill Cable followed with a base hit and Tom Whitman grounded into a force play at second, Watson stopping at third. Tim Whitman slammed his first pitch up the middle and King's Row took the lead. Bill Koark reached base on an error and the bases were loaded Whitman Out At The Plate John Walkington hit a single to right and Tom Whitman scored On the play, Tim Whitman also tried to score', to the plate, had to swing hi entire arm around to catch Whitman in a good defensive play by the Bridge catcher. Rick Sorenson eased the pain when he singled in two more runs and King's Row led 5-1. The Old Bridge pushed across 6 runs in their half of the third and jumped back into the lead. Ten batters went to the plate, six hitting safely. Hester Keys 6-Run Rally Peno Hester led off with a single, followed by 3 more singles in a row by Doug Freund, Miller and Dehn. Miller and Dehn both picked up RBI's with their hits. Greg Freund reached base on an infield error and Miller scored the third run of the inning. Rick Wakitsch singled and Dehn scored to tie the score with still no outs. Tom Les forced Wakitsch with a fielder's choice but set up Steve Rohrer's sacrifice fly to put the Bridge in the lead. Tim Althoff doubled to score Les and the Bridge led by 2. In the fourth, King's Row tied the score with 2 extra bse hits Tom Whitman led off with a triple and hi brother, Tim, slammed a 2-run homer. Doubleplays Halt King's Row Rallies The next two batters singled, but a doubleplay, Miller to Pitzen to Wakitsch, helped kill the rally. The trio would later combine their talents again in the sixth to double up Row runners The Row retook the lead with a pair of runs in the next inning. It would hav*> heen worse ex­ cept Doug Freund made a spectacular r u ining grab to rob Watson of a bioop single down the left field line Randy Schultz singled after one out, moved to second on Bill Cable's base hit, and scored on an infield hit by Tom Whitman. Brother Tim followed with a bad hop single up the middle and Cable scored run number two of the inning. Althoff Puts Bridge Ahead For Good Tim Althoff nullified the King's Row rally when he hit a Old Bridge. With one out, Doug Freund and Ron Miller hit successive singlet, followed by a semi-intentional walk to Joe Dehn, to load the bases. Greg Freund grounded out with Doug Freund scoring on the play. Wakitsch hit a single to score Miller and Dehn before Les grounded out to end the inning. A 2-out rally by King's Row in the last inning saw Watson and Cable stranded on base as Tom Whitman grounded out to end game one of the finals. King's Row Walkington Sorenson Howard Marke Bohac Schultz Watson Cable Tom Whitman Tim Whitman Roark Old Bridge Doug Freund Miller Dehn Greg Freund Wakitsch Les Rohrer Althoff Pitzen Hester Doubles Triples: Homeruns: Whitman. Sac's: Greg King's Row 0 5 0 2 Old Bridge 1 0 6 0 r 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 r 3 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 Althoff. Tom Whitman. Althoff, ab 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 ab 3 4 3 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 rbi 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 rbi 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 4 0 0 Tim McHenry | Country Club | By John Busscher Dick Warfield. with a round of 79-13-66, and a 54-hole total of 206 won the Senior handicap championship played on Sunday, Aug 20 In second place, with a score of 212 was Franz Koehler, followed by Jerry Wakitsch in third at 214 and Lon Roels in fourth place with a 215. Congratulations to Dick on his fine play Art Jackson leads the club championship by ten strokes after a fine round of 72 and a total of 216 Jim Packee with a 77 and 226 total is in second place, followed by Tim Martin at 228 and in fourth place is Don Hojnacki with 231 The handicap championship race is a bit closer as Jack Smithson has taken the third round lead with a net score of 204, followed closely by Jay Sayler with 205 and two players, Tom Burke and Kurt Waberzeck tied at 208, with Ed Schuler at 209. The fourth and final round of the club championship and handicap championship will be played at the club on Sunday, Aug. 27. Sports Page Contributors Read This Freund, Rohrer. r h e 2 0 0 - 9 17 2 r h e 33 x -13 14 3 Pat Wirtz ^American Viewpoints (815)344-2510 3702 W ELM MCHENRY, ILLINOIS •SHOWERS •NURSERY MOUtAY PARK llNGLESIDE, ILLl (312) 546-9224 On Regular Membership '1 Paid in Full By \ August 31,1978 *- ®EGUUR MEMBERSHIP OCT.-OCT. Family Reg $75 NOW $79 Adult Reg 145 NOW $4# Junior Reg $30 NOW $25 «mi600en«vMt iii C0URT HON PRIME $7.M l T,^E PRIME $1«.M but an almost perfect throw "3-run homer in the bottom of from Joe Dehn to Steve Rohrer the inning to score Les and at home plate cut down Rohrer Whitman Near perfect only Three more runs in the next because, Rohrer. with his back inning helped clinch the win for THE McHENRY V.F.W. Is Pleased To Announce HAPPY HOUR 4:00-6:00 MON.-FRI. 60c Cocktails AND 30c Beer Fr«« Snacks Tool McHENRY V.F.W. 3002 \H. 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