Divot Dolls at MCC Unhampered by the heat and humidRyf' a number of (he ladies^aK McHenry Country club shot some very fine golf Tuesday, July 27, as they went into the semi finals of their Match Play tournament In Flight I it was Lynn Schmidt over Nell Fidler and Virginia Turner over Dee Overton; in Flight II Mabel Smith over Betty Strauss and Carolyn Dal ton over Caro l ine Harger ; i n Flight III Carole Harnicle over Fran Weyland and Betty Rode over Jo Ready; and in Flight IV Fran Herr mann over Lotte Koch an dMicki Becker over Marcie Wakitsch As usual, low gross over the field wai shot by Carol Cooney who carded an 87. Low Net in Class A was 71 shot by Betty Mohan while Kspar Oja putted like crazy, using only 26 for the 18 holes. An eagle eye and steady hand had her rolling in 13 one-putts. In Class B low net over the entire field was an amazing 62 shot by Carole Barnicle who was later seen walking a couple inches off the floor with hap piness. In the same class Eunice Hatch did some very respectable putting to roll in 30 for the round In Class C another lowest-I've-ever- shot score gave low net of 70 to Gladys Warfleld who tied wtih Fran Herr mann for low putts of 33 in that class And, In Class D another very low net of M was shot by Jackie Victor while Jane O'Connell had low putts of 31. While Betty Rode was moaning over earning the title of Sandy of the Week a number of goodies were reported. Eunice Hatch executived a chip-in to hold par on No. 13 and Sue Martin did the same on No. 16. Ever so many birdies flew up this week. Eunice Hatch, Caroline Harger, Neil Fidler, Jo Ready and Carol Cooney all birdied No. 14 while Letty Busscher birdied No. II, Betty Mohan birdied No. 16 and Carol Cooney birdied Nos. 12 and 16. Last week Fran Weyland birdied No. 14 and forgot to mention it. Tight shoes or too much dancing may have been the reaaon Patti Smith was seen hopping around with one shoe off, one shoe on. No precise reaaon was given but she did manage to finiah the round. - Taking all nine points from Brae Loch in their final match of the season, the travelling team emerged the winners of the Northern Division in the Inter-suburban Golf league. Details and a summary of the season will be forthcoming in a subsequent report and surely makes for Happy Golfing! I.ii Chapel Hill Fox Hole Pizza won the team contest for low groas in the Tuesday Indies league, which was played on July 20 The current team standings are Mar Ray Costumes 594, Little Chef 584, Christie Group 53, McHenry Floral 51, Top Dec 504, Kathy's 484, Fox Hole Pizza 44 and Nowak Con struction 35 On July 26, the Tuesday Ladies played under the lowest of cloud ceilings. The greens were not even visable on the shortest holes at 8:00 a m. There were two chip-ins reported, Judy Schmitt on No. 4 and Corky Weber on No. 9. They must have found the hole with radar. We are very proud of our Chapel Hill Ladies Traveling league for winning first place on Killinger- Fassett Day at Fox Lake Country club There were eight teams entered, so this was no mean achievement. Special kudos to Nancy McAuliffe who carded an 89 gross at this event. Keep up the good golf girls. Esta Golf Invit. Set McHenry Country Club will be the sight for the annual women's in vitational golf tournament to be held Thursday and Friday, August 12-13. Tee off will begin at 7:15 a.m. with competition continueing until 5:00 p.m. Approximately 150 top women players will be competing in cham pionship flight and claaaea A, B.C. and D, including former McHenry resident Brenda Piktor, last year's overall winner. The public ia welcome to watch the tournament to see some of the better women golfers in the area. „ McHenry's Mclnerney Captures 7-Mile Event Record Turnout Fiesta Days' River Run Christensen, 44:19; Jeff Pankiewicz, 44:20. Girls 16-17 Gayle Peterson, 46:00; Michelle Edfors, 52:07; Kelly Brough, 58:47. Boys 16-17 Wade Cepulis, 37:12; Brian Wright, 38:28; Jay Jackson, 39:01. v Womens 18-24 Sue Kosko, 47:30; Carrie Mortell, 47:39; Debbie Patterson, 50:19. Mens 16-24 John Mclnerney, 35:23; Mike Cook, 35:28; Don Fredericks, 36:38. Wemeas 25-29 Jennie Gilbert, 47:00; Deb Shabow, 48 05; Pat Fehiing, 48:41 Mens 26-29 Jim Wheeler, 37:26; William Martin, 38:40; Dave Wickum, 38:47. Womens 36-39 B J. Hall, 46:30; Linda Usrey, 46:34; Kathie Rigby, 56:45. Mens 26-39 Dave Rigby, 40:46; Jerry Rankin, 43:00, Robert Klisz. 43:11. Wen ens 4S~49 Barbara Sue WilHama, 62:46; Ruth Granger. 66:56; Vera Lowery, 73:06. Mens 4+46 Michael Mould. 42:43; Lee Slud- zimski, 45:56; Tom Spasojevich, 45:57. Mens 56 A Over Paul GiovanetU, 51:06; Jim Boyer, 54:37; Robert Darsnek. 61:41. Youth Mini Loop Begins Playoffs The mini division of the McHenry ched a fine game recording > 12 junior youth league started its strikeouts as the Brewers, the playoffs with a mini series to reduce American league champions during the number of competing teams in the the regular seaaon. won their eighth league down to a total of eight straî it Jason Meyers, Marc Weak- The Giants beat the Braves 13-1 and man. Gene Pittner, and Sonnichaen the Tigers handled the Indians 19-10. supplied the offensive punch. The Giants then defeated the Tigers to The other two semi-finalists were take the mini series and become part the Astros, with a close deciaion over of the final eight the Yankeea, and the White Sox, who The Giants then ran into a tough defeated a tough Dodger team. Cub team as the Cubs posted a con- In the annual All Star games played vincing 12-2 victory with Bryan at the V.F.W. last weekend, the §• Nystrom pitching a superb one-hitter year-old All Stars from the American through six innings. The National league defeated the Nationals 2-1. The league regular seaaon champions' Nationals gained their revei«e in the entire starting lineup hit the ball well .̂year-old All Star game, however, to propeU them into the final eight. with a 54 decision over the American Another semi-finalist were the stars. Brewers who defeated the Pirates by Bob Cable a 7-1 margin. Mark flnnnlchasn pit- John Mclnerney was a cloae third in last year's 7-Mile River Run, but Tuesday night the native McHenryite left them all behind as he dashed to a first place finish with an incredible time of 35 minutes and 23 seconds in the annual Fiesta Days event. With a slight mist falling from downcast skies, the former McHenry H.S. cross country star and current Crystal Lake South H.S. coach ran stride for stride with Mike Cook of Hoffman Estates until nearing the five mile marker when Mclnerney passed him for good and finished with a strong kick. "The cooler conditions were definitely better than last year's hot sun," said Mclnerney who shaved more than two minutes off from his 1961 time. Cook finished a close second in the race^with a 35:28 clocking and Don Fredericks of McHenry was third with a time of 36:38. All three finishers were in the men's 18-24 year old age bracket. Tim Langford, last year's winner from Genoa City, Wis., was not in the competition. Gayle Peterson of Crystal Lake dethroned defending women's champion Bobbi Jo Hall of Wonder Lake as she crossed the finish line 47th overall in 46:00. Hall wasn't far behind, however, placing 52nd in 46:30 In the 13 4 under division which ran a three and one half mile race, McHenry's Dennis Storlie was the top finisher covering the distance in 23:10. Runner-up was John Piggot in 24:13, while Chris Muma was third in 25:03. All were in the boys 12-13 year old division. The younger runners finished at the Johnsburg Rescue Squad building, almost at the point where Mclnerney made his move to pass Cook. A total of 274 athletes competed in this year's event smashing last year's previous high of 180. The oldest competitor in the race was Bill Pictor, 64, who finished 196th overall in 63:15. The winners of the 7-Mile River Run by age bracket are as follows: Girls II * Under: Trudy Milstein, 26:52; Jenny Baelne, 28:11; Tiffany Guet, 30:20. Beys II * Under: Chad Mills, 28:53; Todd Carson, 27:22; Robert Torres. 27;9i. Girts 12*13 Laura Lund, 29:07. Boys 12-12 Dennis Storlie, 23:10; John Piggott, 24:13; Chris Mum ma, 25:08. Girts 14-16 Pam Bradley, 53:29; Kim Malm, 57:40; Laure Frein, 74:10. Beys 14-15 Norman Rokosz , 42:43; J im * A record number 274 run ners took port in this years 7- Mile River . Run despite the possibility of heavy thunder storms. Some scenes from Tuesday night's Fiesta Days event included: Above, run ners jockeying for the lead as the race begins on Pearl street. Above left, Mike Cook has a couple of steps on John Mclnerney at the half way point near the Johnsburg Rescue Squad building. Right, Mclnerney, however, passed Cook at the five mile marker and finished as the event medalist. "Mac" can also be seen in the top photo in the front row on the right side. Lower far left, Gayle Peter son gets her finish card after she comes in as the top female finisher, lower left, Dennis Storlie heads for the finish as he captured the three and one-half mile event. STAFF PHOTOS WAYNE GAYIORD PAGE 7 - PLA1NDEALEF - FRIDAY. JULY 36.1962