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were An idea comes to name the best basebairplayeps I have ever watched plajrfne game. READY TO FIRE-Tim Klapperich goes into the windup in the first inning of the Warrior game against Lake Zurich at McCracken Field Tuesday. Tim, looking for his first win, left the game after four innings after giving up two runs on 2hits. Jeff McNisti came in to capture the win as the Warriors rally ed in the bottom of the seventh to down the Bears by a 5-4 score. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Report On Track And Field Season At Johnsburg By James A. Smith With the 1980 track and field season now underway, Johnsburg Skyhawk coach Bob Texidor says he has a lot of talented seniors and is very pleased with their performances so far. "Things are running a lot smoother than last year," said Texidor. Last season the track for the first-year Johnsburg high school was not completed, and con­ sequently all Skyhawk track meets were held on the opponent's home field. The school's new Resalite All-Weather track was completed this summer, and Texidor says the track is in very good condition-fast, and nice to run on. The new track is getting a lot of use from the Johnsburg com­ munity besides. Both the high school and junior high school boys and girls track teams use it. Helping Texidor at the coaching ranks are Pat McCrystal. the distance coach and a graduate of Northern Illinois University, and Steve Lafave. a weight and field events coach who graduated from the Un- viersity of Wisconsin at Whitewater. Texidor says his staff is doing a fine job with the young men out for the team. But even with the talented runners on the team, Texidor admitted his downfall for the season is "lack of depth". Johnsburg high, a Class A school with an enrollment of 630, doesn't have enough interested students who want to run and who want to join the team. Texidor claims. He feels, however, that as the track program grows more students will be encouraged to join. Johnsburg high will be hosting the Shark conference track meet May 13. and the head Skyhawk coach feels his tracksters can better their fifth place finish from last vear. JOHN'S SPORT STOP "Your One Stop Sport Shop" McHENRY'S LITTLE LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS! Boy s & Girl's Rowling's Youth Size Baseball Gloves In Stock! ALSO A FULL LINE OF ACCESSORIES Little League Shoes in Sizes 1 -8 In Stock! McHenry's Biggest Selection of Athletic Apparel, Footwear and Team Equipment!!! < > < > < > < > < > < > < > < > o o o o o o < > < > < > Coach Texidor, who is in ills second year as head track and cross country coach at Johnsburg, has a lot of plans for building the running program at the high school. Rick McKelvey from Cary Grove high school takes his cross country team to the Warren Dunes State Park in Michigan for a week of workouts and distance runs. Texidor is also hoping to do the same thing with his team. He will also meet with his cross country squad during the summer to check the progress of his runners and to encourage them to get involved in some summer runs. The coach is establishing a 300-mile club for something his runners can shoot for during the summer. They will be introduced to the club at a meeting soon. To be eligible to go on the Dunes (rip. a runner will have had to achieve the 300-mile goal Texidor is looking for a fairly good cross country team next fall. But the team is still very young with very few runners being up- perclassmen. Texidor says that much of the success of the team wijl depend upon how hard the runners work during the summer. The loss of some seniors will be missed next year, says Texidor. but he is still op­ timistic. Sports Editor's Note: James A. Smith is a OFFENSE: Lou Gehrig 1B Roger Hornsby 2 B Luke Appling S S Pie Traynor 3 B Joe DiMaggio 0 F Ted Williams 0 F Babe Ruth O F Gabby Hartnett C Warren Spahn (Left) P Ted Lyons (Right P DEFENSE: Charley Grimm Eddie Collins Louis Apparicio Brooks Robinson Tris Speaker Jonny Mostil Kiki Cuyler Mickey Cochrane White Ford Dizzy Dean Of course, you fans can pick those teams apart. Go ahead. And let me know. I put those down fast, then thought about such greats as Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson, Roy Cam pen el la and many more. In the offensive outfield, I would put Williams in left, DiMaggio in center and Ruth in right. Ruth had the arm for right field and never was known to throw to the wrong base or in back of a runner. In the defensive outfield all three could play cen- terfield, but Speaker gets the nod. Mostil shifts to left while Cuyler's great arm belongs in right. You might want to switch Hartnett and Cochrane, both could throw bullets to second base. Both could hit. Cochrane i had the best percentage while Gabby hit for distance. Newspapers headlined shortstop Blondy Ryan's famous wire to the Giants (who were fading). Ryan, recovering from an injury, wired, "We can't lose. I'm on my way". He wasn't a big star, but his spirit led the Giants to a pennant. Umpire Bill Klem told the world, "I never called one wrong". When a batter threw his bat into the air to protest a call, the same Klem was quoted as saying,. "Young man, if that bat comes down, you're out of the game." The immortal Babe Ruth said something about it being time to quit when the baselines started to run uphill. Some of* the old ball players used to hit the night spots and cause some action. And, it was said, the treatment for a spike wound was to plop a chaw of tobacco over the cut, wrap a rag around it and go on with the game. Those were the days when 'twas said that men were men and women were glad of it. Met Leo Heimer and we covered a lot of old time history in McHenry. Leo mentioned the Opera House. It had slipped my mind that the Pries Building at Green and Elm was so named Plays were staged and silent movies were shown on the second floor. PLAY AT FIRST-The Lake Zurich runner scampers back as warrior Jim Johnson takes a throw from the catcher in the non-conference game Tuesday. The Warriors won 5-4 to increase their overall record to 8 and 7. In conference play they have 5 wins against 3 defeats. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Warriors Second In Triangular Meet With Woodstock And Crown By Dick Rabbitt Coach Dan Boland's McHenry high track team lost to Woodstock and defeated Crown in a triangular held at Woodstock on Monday. The Stredks scored 87 pts. to the Warriors 80, and Crown finished a distant third with 18. Ron Schaefer was the Warriors only double winner, winning the 100 yd. dash, and-the low hurdles. Woodstock won the frosh- soph meet scoring 86 pts. to the Warriors 45, and Crown 43. Varsity High Jump: 4th., Ferguson. Long jump: 1st., Giagioni, 2nd., Clark and 3rd., Quinlan. 400 Relay: 1st., Ritthaler, D'Angelo, Schaefer and Akins. Shot Put: 2nd., Schiller, 4th., Akins. 3200 Meter Run: 3rd., Bdurey. High Hurdles: 3rd., Peterson. 100 Yd. Dash: 1st., Schaefer, 2nd., Ritthaler. 800 Meter Run: 3rd., Wurgler. Triple Jump: 1st., Giagioni, 3rd., Clark and 4th., Quinlan. Pole Vault: 2nd., Hughes, 4th., Panning. 800 Relay: 1st., D'Angelo, Quinlan, Schaefer and Quinlan. 400 Meter Run: 1st., Ritthaler. Low Hurdles: 1st., Schaefer. Discus: 2nd., Schiller, 3rd., Haley and 4th., Crit­ tenden. 200Meter Run: 1st., Akins, 2nd;, Ritthaler. Frosh-Soph Long Jump: 4th., Stead- man. 3200 Meters: 1st., Cepulis. High Hurdles: 4th., Sch- mitt. 100 Yd. Dash: 2nd., Steadman. 800 Meters: 3rd., Ostrander. High Jump: 2nd., Carron. 800 Relay: 1st. 400 Meters: 1st., Caron. Triple Jump: 2nd., Rudman. Low Hurdles: 1st., Sch- mitt. Discus: 3rd., Woo. 1600 Meters: 4th., Ostrander. 200 Meters: 1st., Rudman, 4th., Connor. Athletes Away Dave Covalt, a member of the 1977 McHenry high school baseball team that won the North Suburban MCHS Soph Baseball Team In Doubleheader presently a member of the Loss To Woodstock The McHenry high sophomore baseball team dropped a doubleheader to Woodsfbck last Saturday by the scores of 3 to 2 and 9 to 5. In the opener Dave Smith took the loss, his third of the season against no wins, and he also had three hits in a losing cause. In the nightcap the Bazan, c Williams, ss MCHS Woodstock 2nd Game Warriors couldn't overcome ab h a four run first inning by the Burgdorf, cf 4 1 Streaks and went down to a 9 Huff, 2b 3 3 to 5 defeat. Mroz was the Smith, lb 4 1 loser, and Glick had a two Glick, 3b 3 1 base hit. Larsen,c 2 0 base hit. Maris, c 1 0 1st Game Snyder, ph 1 0 ab h r Lindeman.lf 1 0 Burgdorf, cf 2 0 0 Oleksijew, If 2 0 Smith, p 4 3 0 Massheimer, rf 2 0 Glick, 3b 4 0 0 Raemont, 2b 1 0 Larsen, rf 2 1 0 Williams, ss 2 0 Snyder, If 1 0 0 Mroz, p 2 0 Rehburg, lb 3 2 0 Rehburg, ph 1 0 Long, 2b 2 0 0 Huff, ph 0 0 0 MCHS 2 0 Woodstock 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 student in Journalism at McHenry County college. , CO-SPONSOR OF THE JAYCEES MARATHON RUN SUNDAY MAY 4 JOHN'S SPORT STOP 3706 W Rte. 120-McHenry IL Acro»s from A ft P Next to Eby Brown DAILY 9.30-8, SAT. 9 6 344-3580 J BEFORE TROUBLE DEVELOPS: SEE US FIRST "YOUR COOLINC SYSTEM SPECIALISTS' •RADIATOR REPAIR •AUTO HEATER REPAIR •AUTO AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE •THERMOSTATS •SYSTEMS FLUSHED *GAS TANK REPAIRS AUTO-TRUCK-TRACTOR CALL 3S5-07S3 Madams BROS.^ RADIATOR SERVICE 3006 W RTE 120 McHENRY. II * • • « While government is designed to serve the people, it cannot support them. varsity baseball team at North Central college in Naperville, Illinois. The team is coached by Milt Pappas, former major league pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles, Cin­ cinnati Rds and Chicago Cubs, and who is perhaps best known for pitching no hit games in both the National and American leagues. As a sophomore transfer from McHenry County college, Dave is a starting pitcher for the Cardinals and has a 2-0 won-loss record in the CCIW Conference so far this year with wins over Carthage (3-1) and North Park (6-1). Dave went the distance in both contests without giving up an earned run and currently is ranked at the top of the conference in the won-loss and earned run average categories. Positive "Are you sure your wife knows I'm going home with YOU for dinner tonight?" "Knows? I should say so! This morning I argued with her about it for half an hour." SPRING SPORTS SCHEDULE McHENRY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TRACK May 3 FVC at Cary May 16 IHSA District May 16-17 IHSA State BOYS TRACK Sat., May 3 WOODSTOCK Mon., May 5 May 10 INVITATIONAL CARY & MARIAN CENTRAL FVC at Crystal Lake So. All meets start at 4:30 unless otherwise stated. Fri. GIRLS SOFTBALL Mon., May 5 ZlON Tyes., May 6 at Crystal Lake Central Thurs., May 8 at Dundee May 12-17 IHSA Sub-Regional BOYS BASEBALL MaV 2 at Crystal Lake Central (F/S-H) Mon., May 5 at Dundee (F/S-H) Wed., May 7 CARY (F/S-T) Fri.. May 9 JOHNSBURG (F/S-T) (4:00) All games start at 4:30 weekdays 10:30 on Saturdays unless otherwise stated BADMINTON CONANT INVITATIONAL Tues., May 6 at North Chicago Mon., May 12 ZlON All matches start at 4:30 unless otherwise stated. Sat., May 3 BOYS TENNIS Fri., May 2. JOHNSBURG (4.00) Tues., May 6 at Woodstock May 9-10 FVC at Dundee Mon., May 12 WAUCONDA All matches start at 4:30 unless otherwise stated. American Legion Post 491 - RINGW00D ROAD. 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Spahn and Lyons pitchers who could also swing a bat with authority Thus, they are on" the of fensive team. Now, you experts can pick your teams and send them to me. Remember, pick players you have seen rather than those you have read about. Baseball had real characters before there was a dollar sign on every baseball and bat. Nobody of the St. Louis Cardinals "Gas House Gang" ever can forget the Deans (me and Paul) and that rollicking band.