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1 v/ i ; i » i - : r » I ' IVXCiK I - I'l.AINDKAI KR - FRIDAY. AUGUSTS, 1*2 Fox Hole Tap Claims Third Straight Eastern The Fox Hole Tap swept to its third straight Eastern Division pennant as they defeated Jewel Park 6-3 and the West End Pub-Kiss-It 15-4. The vic­ tories give the Tap a 14-2 won-Ioss record this year and gives them 44 victories in 48 tries since 1900! Vinnie Freund went 5-for-7 in the doubleheader to pace the Fox Hole. The McHenry Plalndealer Car l Moesche Spor ts Edi tor Annual Rusty Nail Tournament This Weekend At Petersen Park The fourth annual Rusty (rainy) Nail Inn 12-inch softball tournament is set to begin this Friday evening at Petersen park Five games will highlight Friday's opening round action with area teams playing in each contest. A total of 32 teams from the Chicagoland area are entered. Opening games slated for Friday night are as follows: 6:30 - Lee & Mary's Lakeside Inn (McHenry) vs. Walkington Brothers (Woodstock). 7:15 - Barbershop Lounge (Wood­ stock) vs. TCR Graphics (Crystal Lake). 8:00 - St. Regis Pub (Fox Hole Tap in disguise) vs. Slew Slugs (Cary). 8:45 - West End Pub-Kiss It (McHenry) vs Hannigan's Hangmen (Spring Grove) 9 30 - B & H Tap (Harvard) vs. Backdoor Pub (McHenry). Opening round games for Saturday indude: ^:00 - Banchees (LITH) vs Rusty Nail Inn 2 (Ringwood) 9:30 - Lamp Inc (Elgin) vs Miller Hamm (McHenry). 10:00 - Jokers (Deerfield) vs. Black Sox (Barrington). 10:30 - Jesters vs. Adam's (Doherty's from McHenry league). 11:00 - Baxter l^abs (Grayslake) vs. Bro-Shots (Mt. Prospect). 11:30 - Vita-Men (Mt. Prospect) vs Trailer Train (Woodridge). 12:00 - VI P (Schaumburg) vs. Cassidy's Salloon (Elgin). 12:30 - Olympic Torch (Mt Prospect) vs Community Cab (Des Plaines). 1:00- Hillery (Waukegan) vs. Sports Pub (Elgin) 1:30 - T-Men (Buffalo Grove) vs. Yorkers 'Chicago). 2:00 - Rusty Nail Inn 1 (from McHenry league) vs Hot Shots (Schaumburg). After Saturday's 2:00 p m contest second round action will begin All games on the hour will be on the field with the fence. All games on the half hour will be on the field without the fence Barring no rain, semi-finals are scheduled at 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday with the consolation championship set for 6:00 p.m The third place contest is slated for 7:00 pm while the tournament cham­ pionship game will begin at 8:00 p.m West End Pub-Kiss It, Adam's, Rusty Nail Inn 1, and the St Regis Pub will be the McHenry favorites in each of four brackets. Teams to watch include the Jokers fr>m Deerfield who swept the Nail tourney two years ago and Waukegan's Hillery who won the 1982 Hiller & Hamm tournament with power hitting. Both the Chicago Yorkers (they took the consolation title in 1961) and the Mt Prospect Vita-Men (they took consolation second place) are back. All in all, the weekend should provide McHenry softball fans with plenty of action See you at Petersen park! Pat Wirtz McHenry Pigtail All Star Teams Split In Tournament Action The travelling All Star teams from the McHenry junior and the senior pigtail leagues each recorded splits in recent action from Woodstock's Sullivan field In the junior circuit, McHenry bombed Round Lake on Saturday 12-0 as Timberlee Steward hurled a near perfect game The pitcher from Wally's Bike Haven allowed only one hit with two walks while striking out 11 Round l^ke batters Her teammates, meanwhile, pounded out 18 hits in the contest and exploded for seven runs in the top of the seventh to lock up the win Kim Snyder led the offensive attack going 3 for 3, while Brenda Bromley went 3 for-4 and Tammy Klassen, Carlee Casperson, and Steward each had two hits On Sunday, however. Round I^ake battled back to win 6-5 although McHenry continued its strong hitting with a 15 to 10 advantage in that department Stacy Johnson <3-for-3), and Kim Amore (l-for-3) shared the pitching duties in a close game, but Carlee Casperson and Carrie Pottgetler were the hitting stars as each collected a pair of RBI's in the second inning. Members of the team are by McHenry league team: Freund's performance givca him the Eastern Division batting title going 25-for-41 for an average of .610 (unless Pete Blackburn should go 4-for-4 in his last game). The Fox Hole needed just one victory or one West End Pub loss to give them the pennant. The first game did not go as smoothly as the Tap might have wanted but it did not matter at West End Pub was having their own problems with Huemann's. Joe Dehn and Mike Peterson put Fox Hole ahead in the first with RBI singles. However Craig Rodgers hit the first of his jthree hits and Neal Nessett sacrificed to tie the score in the second. Gary Gilpin's triple scored Bill Meyers after two outs in the third to put the Tap up 3-2. An inning later Jewel tied the score when Steve Sanders tripled and scored on Ken Hall's sacrifice. The Fox Hole put the winning runs across in the fifth with a thiee-run rally. Jeff Meyers led off with his second hit of the contest and scored on Rich Meyers' triple. Joe Dehn's second hit knocked in Rich while Mike Peterson sent Dehn in three batters later. Dehn led all Fox Hole hitters in the 6-3 triumph over Jewel Park with three hits and a pair of RBI's. Bill Meyers. Gary Gilpin and Vinnie Freund added two hits each. Craig Rodgers went 3-for-3 and Steve Henderson had two hits to lead Jewel Park Fox Hole Tap Jewel Park 2 • 1 6 3 6 • - 6 6 2 6 1 6 6 6 - 3 West K.-Knts It •'sWatcr Fox Hole first baseman Mike Peterson hit for the cycle (home ran, triple, double and single) in game two as he went 4-for-4 with four RBI's and added some great defensive plays to highlight the victory over West End Pub Vinnie Freund had three hits and two RBI's. Ron Miller aded a pair of hits arx|)three RBI's. Joe Dehn plus Jeff, Rich and Bill Meyers all had two hits each. Pat Burke hit two home runs plus a sacrifice fly and drove in all four West Ehd runs. Bill Bolt* added two hits. Fox Hole Tap 0 5 0 1 3 • 6 -15 West End-Kiss It IM2III- 4 Huemann's Water Conditioning surprised West End Pub 5-2 to knock the Pub out of a chance to tie for first place in the East. Except for Wayne Roewer's two run second inning homer (3-for-3 in the contest) the Pub offense was non-existent. Roewer in fact had half of Kiss It's hits while Kevin Horner was the only Pub batter to reach second base after the home run. Huemann's on the other hand had four players with two hits each • Tom Blenner, Tony Huemann, Tom Wensch and Bud Smith, plus their defense turned a lineout and a groundball into doubleplays in the first and seventh innings. S I I 2 I 6 S - S King's Row handed Lee ft Mary's Lakeside Inn their 16th km as the Row won easily 15-3. John Wafcington led the winners with three hits and three RBI's including his fifth inside the park home run of the King's Row • Little John's Doug Jones added a perfect 3-for-3 while Willie Howard drove in three runs with a double and single. Bob Watson and Ken Whitman had two hits each. Ben Mennella went 2-for-2 with a two-ran inside the park home ran for Lee ft Mary's. Lee ft Mary's King's Row 1 6 6 2 6 2 6 6 6 7- The Row apparently ran out of gas in game two as Jewel Park won a 5-1 decision in the nightcap. Manger- pitcher Leon Palatas drove in three runs with a triple and sacrifice fly to help his own cause. Neal Nessett added two hits. Gary Noako, Bob Watson and Jamie Fung all went 2-for-3 to toad King's Row. Doherty's 12 2 Johnsburg Businessmen li 3 Rusty Nail Inn • 11 3 Huemann's * ' 6 10 Jewel Park ,4 11 Lee ft Mary's Lakeside Inn* 0 16 • Season Completed The second season begins on Monday at Knox park as first round competition begins. The Fox Hole Tap already earned a bye until the second round (semi-finals) while the West End Pub will be playing whoever finishes third in the West. Either Peer Inn or Whale's Tail (depending on Wednesday's results) will be playing the second place team in the West. All three West positions will be determined Wednesday unless rain forces rescheduling to Mondav which moves the playoff back a day Game time is set for 6:30 p.m. King's Row Jewel Park 6 6 0 6 6 0 1 - 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 X - 5 Eastern Division w 1 Fox Hole Tap* 14 2 West End Pub-Kiss It * 10 6 Peer Inn-Jack's Snack Shop 8 7 Whale's Tail 7 8 12-inch Trivia Answer from Wed: Only Tom Burke managed a home run in the second game of that doubleheader after 13 homers were hit in game one. Today's question: Which two players in the 12-inch league have hit .500 or better since coming back from their honeymoons this season? Both players were below .500 before their trip. Pat Wirtz DOUBLE PLAY -- Jewel Park runner Larry Lowery (24) is too late on this attempt to break up a Fox Hole Tap double play as shortstop Twig Miller already has one out and begins flrinn for the twin killing. The play started on a ground ball to Tap pitcher Bill Meyers (left) in Monday night 12-inch softball action. The Fox Hole defeated Jewel Park 6-3 and also the West End Pub 15-4 to clinch its third straight eastern division Utle. The Tap also assured itself of a bye in the first round of the 12-inch playoffs which wil begin next week. STAFF PHOTO -- CARL MOESCHE Utj McHenry Favorite Sport: Shiela Hoy and Becky Covalt. Wally's Bike Haven: Brenda Bromley and Timberlee Steward Candyman's Closet: Kim Amore and Kim Snyder. Adams Brothers Radiator: Stacy Johnson, Amy Siok, and Barb Martin Don's Dairy Frost: Crissy Johnson and Carrie Pottgetler McHenry State Bank Tammy Klassen and Carlee Casperson In the senior league, 'McHenry defeated Cary-Grove 9-8 in a recent contest behind winning pitcher Dawn Dixon who went all seven innings on the mound. Dixon also led the offense with three RBI's while BarbSchoeji had two and Kim Greany, Stacy Miller, and Nancy Diedrich had one each Top defensive plays in the game were turned in by (Ireany in short cent erf ield who turned a double play with a force out at second and an assist to catcher Linda Kath, and Denise Stasik and Michelle DeLisle who had several fine outfield plays The McHenry girls, however, fell 10- 6 to Woodstock the next day to drop out of the running for first place The McHenry All Stars eventually took third place in the tournament out of 12 t^ams entered John's Sport Stop became the first team to clinch a divisional title in men's 16-inch softball as it walloped Taylor Made Golf 23-3 in five innings Tuesday night. The victory by the newly crowned eastern division champions was their eighth straight and improved their overall record to 12-2 Second place J & L Oil also won to improve its record to9-5. and Decker Construction won to lock up the third East playoff spot by leveling its record at 7-7. Rick Wakitsch was mainly responsible for the Sport Stop's lop­ sided victory. Wakitsch, who has t>een the league's leading hitter for over half of the season, went 4-for 4 to increase his top mark to 719 He hit a pair of triples in an it run first inning, smacked home ran number three in the third, and singled in the fourth for another RBI All told, the Sport Stop cleanup hitter tallied three times himself and drove home seven runs Winning pitcher John Pilol>osian and Fred Popp were also perfect as each went 3-for-3 Popp included a pair of doubles and three runs scored, while Pilobosian also doubled and had three RBI's Bernie MacKrowski and Bob Hlousek had three hits including two doubles each, while Rich Thompson and Tom Les had two hits and Les turned in the top defensive play of the game with a fine running catch in center ffeld on an apparent extra base hit A1 Kkroth led the Taylor Made batters with a triple and a run scored in the second inning and a two-run single in the fourth Joe Knaack also had two straight hits Taylor Made Golf 0-1-0-2-0- 3 John's Sport Stop (II >-2-3-7-x-23 IIRs-(JSS)R. Wakitsch 1 ( 3 ) . Mark Bentz took over the league lead in home runs as he belted his seventh roundtripper to lead J & L Oil to a 15-4 win over the Old Bridge Bentz had been tied with the Sport Stop's Jerry BrodinandSt. Regis' Bob Michels who have six each, With Bentz including a first inning triple among his three hits, the second place Oilers never were headed as 1 hey scored three in the first and tallied in every inning thereafter but one Mike Simmons had a perfect night at the plate going 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored. Gary Bell was also perfect in two plate appearances with a double, and teammates Marty Lambert. Dan Quinn, and Tim Farr followed with iwo hits each. The Oilers outhit the Old Bridge 19 >0 9 including 10 extra base blows, while the Bridge managed all singles. Ed Carey had two straight hits for the losers and Scott Hardy starred defensively in left field. Old Bridge l-2-O-l-O-O-O- 4 J & LOII 3-4-0-4-2-2-x -15 HRs-( J&DMa. Bentz 1(7). Decker Construction broke an 11-11 tie with three runs in the top of the seventh inning and defeated Phylly's Inn 14-11. Brian Miller struck the game- winning blow, a leadoff inside-the- park homer, his first of the season Jim Pinkstaff added a pair of RBI's in the seventh as his fly ball scored both Kerry Decker and Mark Rogers on the same play. Decker jumped out to a 10-2 lead after three and one half innings as Kerry Decker tripled in two runs in each of the first and third innings. Jim Grabowski added a home run in the five-run third as Decker looked like it would runaway with the win. But Phylly's came up with a five- run fourth, then added two runs in each of the next two innings to draw even. Rob White gave Phylly's -their last ray of hope as he singled home Ernie Covell and Mike Tiege with two out in the sixth. Grabowski, Miller, winning pitcher Charlie Jeskie, Kerry and Brett Decker all went 3-for-4 to pace the winners and Miller and Kerry added four RBI's each. Jack Bucaro, Henry Schaefer. White and Covell had two hits each to lead Phylly's and Bob Buss and John Van Dyun added triples Decker Construction 3-0-5-2-6-1-3 -14 Phylly s Inn 2-0-0-5-2-2-0 11. H R s - ( D C ) J . G r a b o w s k i 1 ( 2 ) . B . M i l l e r 1 ( 1 ) . Eastern Division John's Sport Stop • J & L Oil Decker Construction Old Bridge Phylly's Inn Taylor Made Golf w, l 12 2 9 5 7 7 4 10 3 11 1 13 clinched East title Games for Tuesday, August, 10: 7:00 - Decker vs. Old Bridge. 8:00 - J & L vsTlSport Stop. 9:00 - Taylor vs Phylly's. Carl Moesche NATIONAL LEAGUE - The Robins, coached by Pat Derby and Jeff Habbard. captured the NaMaual league pennant of the McHenry Junior youth leagae minor division by finishing with the lop record of 41-2. Members of the Robins are coaches In the back row (L-R): Jeff SlT4*" ^"Sr^BlJtDertJ. Shawn Caleaser. Dan Evans, aad Mike Smith. ffamllM la the heat are (L-R): Marc Habbard. Joey Beyer, Terry Kern. Al BiUerman. aad Steve Wisaiewski. Lee Papineau. Players standing are (L-R): Danny Gray. Marcus Seifert. Paul Knoll, Billy Creuts, Tim Sossong. and Ian Papineau. Kneeling in the front are (L-R): Christian Zlebel, Jack Watrous. Daa Kanser. Tom Gaylord. Aaron Klopenstein. and Pete Hinker. I NDKr r.ATr.l) -- The Owl* were the only team In the McHenry juniur youth league minor division that went the entire regular season without a Urns. Coached by Lee Papiaeau and Ed Gray, the Owls captured first place la the American league with a record of 114-2. Members of the Owls are coaches in the bock row (L-R): Ed Gray aad r