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PAGE IS - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, JUNK 27,1984 Plaindealer photo if McHenry Men's 12-inch 7th inning rally gives Doherty executed a double play to end a River Shannon top of ?the seventh inning rally, and then scored two runs in the bottom ;half to squeak by, 10-9, during McHenry men's 12-inch Softball at Knox Park Monday. Jim Waymond led-off the winning rally for Doherty's with a single. Both Waymond and Steve Mai were safe on the fielder's choice ball hit by Mai. On Twig Miller's single, Mai scored when the outfielder booted the ball and Mtyler went to third. ; Mike LeGoode and Mike Rogers were both intentionally walked to load the bases. Bob Havemayer singled to center to score Miller for the game winning run. Larry Jones gave River Shannon a 9-8 lead on two-run single in the top half of the seventh inning. Doherty's executed a double play to end any other scoring threat. LeGoode started Doherty's to a good start with a two-run homer in the first inning. He also hit a rbi double in the second inning. Mike Rogers tripled and Jeff Meddings doubled. Dan Conway hit a three-run homer for River Shannon in the first inning. Ken Bottari doubled, while Bob Greve added three hits. Fox Hole 16, Businessmen 13 Bill Meyers hit a two-run homer, while Kurt Valentine hit a two-run triple to help Fox Hole Tap battle back from a 7-1 deficit and defeat the Johnsburg Businessmen 16-13. Wayne Hiller's two-run double sparked a six-run first inning for the Businessmen. Hiller drove in another run in the second inning to give the Businessmen the early 7-1 lead. Meyers added a triple for four total rbi's for the winners. Jeff Meyers, Bill Meyers and Steve Dobner ended the contest with three hits each. Matt Oik batted four-for-four for the Businessmen with four rbi's. Wayne Hiller knocked in six runs on a double and a single, while Harry May batted four-for-four. John DeCiccio added three hits. Fox Hole 7, Brake Parts 0 The Fox Hole Tap ended a scoreless contest with four runs in the sixth and added three more in the seventh for a 7-0 win. Bill Meyers two-run single after an intentional pass to Joe Dehn broke the scoreless string. Dehn led the winners batting three-for-three, slamming out a double and two triples. Jeff Meyers and Steve Dobner both added two hits each. Gary Elam was two-for-two for Brake Parts. Doherty's 8, Brake Parts 1 Mike LeGoode hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and then hit a rbi double in the sixth to lead Doherty's to a 8-1 lead over Brake Parts. Mike Rogers added a two-run double in the sixth inning to add to the nine-hit winning attack. Twig Miller and Jeff Meddings all added two hits each. Jim Heard's sacrifice fly ball scored Henry Glick after he singled in the first inning tor Brake Parte only run. «... o Dick Doherty played with a broken hand after knocking down a line shot during the contest. River Shannon 14, Phylly's Inn 5 River Shannon jumped out to a 9-2 lead after five innings on Larry Jones' two-run single in the first inning and Ron Freund's two-run triple in the fifth to hang on for a 14-5 win over Phylly's Inn. Jim Condon added a double, while Larry Jones and Ken Bottari batted three-for-four. Ron Freund batted three-for-three, scoring three runs and knocking in five runs. Mike Maves tripled and Mike Cooley doubled to lead Phylly's. Thursday men's 12-inch Taylor Made 13, West End 7 Led by a 19-hit attack, Taylor Made stopped West End Pub 13-7 in a battle for first place in the Thursday night Park's men's 12- inch softball at Knox Park. John Systma doubled and tripled, while Ed Schulewitz homered to lead Taylor Made. Systma batted four-for-four for three rbi's. Jack Spindler also knocked in three runs on three hits. Taylor Made broke away from a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning with a seven-run fifth inning. Systma hit his triple with the bases loaded to spark the inning. Rich Stull homered for West End, while Scott Stull hit two doubles. City Slicker's 9, Phylly's 6 The City Slickers broke a 15-game losing streak that started last year with a 9-6 win overPhylly's Inn. Tiny Roberts and Brian Bremer both doubled, while Tom Milbratz tripled to lead the winners. Dave Bauer batted four-for- four, while Roberts and Bremer added three hits each. Billy Turner knocked in four runs. Thacker led Phylly's with a double and a single. The City Slickers helped its cause defensively by turning two double plays. Sunday 12-inch seftball Gary Lang 7, Fireside Inn 6 Gary Lang built up a 7-0 lead after four inning and then coasted to a 10-6 win over Fireside Inn during men's Sunday 12-inch at Peterson Park. Len Chutka homered, while Jack Thennes and Cliff Bartonlain . each doubled twice to lead Gary Lang to the win. Chutka batted four-for-four, while Kevin Harrington, Jack Thennes and Bar- tolain all had two hits each. Bartolain added five rbi's. Area athletes place at games f . * Don Taylor, Peggy Franz, Jan taking a silver in the 220-yard • Garlick and Jim Chapman, all dash Jim. Chapman was a gold • from McHenry, placed at the winner in the 220-yard dash, and : 1984 Illinois Special Olympic also taWng a fifth piace in the ; Summer Games held at Illinois softball throw. ; State University June 15-17. The local athletes were Don Taylor also won a gold in • sponsored by the Northern the softball throw and took a - Illinois Special Recreation bronze in the 50-yard dash. Jan ; Association. Gralick placed fourth in the Franz captured a gold medal softball throw and the 50-yard " i n t h e s o f t b a l l t h r o w w h i t e j a s ^ McHenry homers leave Wonder Lake stranded Snyder hits 2, Podpora hits grand slam to lead Legion By Mike Lamb Plaindealer sports editor WONDER LAKE - George Bird sell scrambled around. He finally found a ball buried under some equipment, and he threw it over to the umpire. "Do you know how much one of these costs?," asked the Wonder Lake Coach. "Each one costs $4.50." All Birdsell could do was hope McHenry wouldn't hit another one out of the park. The area past the fence is all tall weeds and brush, making it just about impossible to retrieve balls after they have been hit Out. At the rate McHenry Nautilus was hitting homeruns, Birdsell would be out of balls by the fifth inning. K McHenry slammed out four homers at Wonder Lake's Christ the King Field en route to a 13-2 win over the hosts. Leading the homerun parade was McHenry's number nine hitter, Brad Snyder. "He has not been doing a lot of hitting," said McHenry coach Russ Williams. "I haven't looked at the statistics yet, but I will bet those are the first two hits of the season for him." Snyder slammed a two-run shot over the leftfield fence in the second inning and a solo shot in the fifth. Mike Podpora and Ross Vehring joined in on the homerun hitting action. Pod- pora's leftfield slam came with the bases loaded in the third inning for a grand slam. Vehring hit a two-run shot over the rightfield fence. All together, McHenry sprayed out 13 hits. "It's easy to win when you get that many hits," Williams said. The only disappointment for Williams was the pitching of Bill Cameron. Cameron started for McHenry and only lasted until the third inning before giving way to Vehring. Cameron was protecting a 7-0 lead with two outs in the bottom of the third inning when he walked the next four batters, forcing in one run. Vehring replaced Cameron with an one ball count on Tim Fields. Vehring forced Fields to pop up to end the inning. "We have to get Bill Cameron going," said Williams. "I feel he can pitch. He's just getting a littlf* intimldatad " McHenity took a 1-0 leacl In t& first inning. Lead-off hitter Tim Pankiewicz was walked by Wonder Lake starter Dan Crook. He later scored on a single by Vehring. The lead was made 3-0 on Snyder's homerun in the second inning. In the third inning, Podpora's slam sent four runs across the plate. With two outs, Crook gave up a single to Kris Teuber and walks to Bill Miscovich and Cameron to set up the grand slam hit. Wonder Lake added one run in the third inning. With one out, Crook, George Birdsell and Jim Kersten walked, with Kersten forcing in Crook. Vehring's homerun in the fourth inning gave McHenry a 9- 1 lead. He knocked in Teuber, who singled. Snyder's second homerun gave McHenry 10-1 lead in the fifth inning. Wonder Lake's final run was scored in the fifth inning. After Verhring struckout Bob Brid- sell, Crook singled. With two , on the fielding error by shortstop Steve Cunningham on the ball hit by Sam Urch. The final touches were added fay McHenry in the sixth inning. Teuber led-off with a double and scored on Vehring's single. Bill Gray, in for Miscovich in left­ field, walked, while Bill Fritsch singled to score Vehring. After Podpora struckout, Cameron singled to knock in Gray. McHenry Nautilus continues McHenry County American Legion play at Crystal Lake Wendesday at 6 p.m. Thursday, McHenry hosts Wonder Lake in a makeup game for an earlier postponement. Game time is 6 p.m. at McCracken Field. McHenry owns a 4-1 county record. -- *•>- - v* ' - Plaindealer photos by Mike Lamb McHenry Nautilus catcher Brad Snyder shows off his homerun trot for the second time in the fifth inning. After hitting a two-run shot in the second inning, this one was a solo shot. Mike Podpora only hit one homerun and made the most of this homerun trot. Podpora's grand slam homer in the third inning left the Wonder Lake outfielder a little down. Crystal Lake gives McHenry a free ride result was 15 walks given up in the first inning alone, 34 walks given up all together. The net result was an easy 35-4 win for McHenry in five innings., The ineffectiveness of the Crystal Lake pitchers left McHenry coaches Mary Ann Knaack and Pat Norton very surprised. "This is not a true representee of a Crystal Lake team," said Norton. "I'm happy," added Knaack. "I really felt Crystal Lake would be our tougher competition. The next time around I'm sure they will be tougher." Crystal Lake may be tougher - next time, this time they layed down and died. But Knaack gave of credit to her starting pitcher Missy Gray and the derense. „ "Our defense and pitching was the key in this game," said Knaack. Gray experienced a rough first inning, walking two and giving up three runs. But she settled down the rest of the way, only walking one more batter and only allowing two singles. Gray gave up her first walk to lead-off hitter Amy Erickson. Erickson, however, was cut- down at second base on the steal attempt by McHenry's catcher, Andee Norton. One more out later, Gray walked Jenny Gibson and gave up a single to Laura Jensen. A fielding error by shortstop Nancy Walsh, allowed Tania Brammer to reach and load the bases. Crystal Lake took a 2-0 lead when Deb Ethling slammed a double. Another run scored on a fielding error by second baseman Gretchen Fuaiva. But Fuiava picked up the grounder hit by Cheryl Lenz, throwing to first base for the final out. Brammer, Crystal Lake's starting pitcher, had a rougher time than Gray. After forcing lead-off hitter Patti Johnson to pop up, Nancy Walsh singled and the next seven batters reached on walks. By the time the inning was over, McHenry went through its batting order 2% times and scored 17 runs on only one hit. Walsh, Rennee Mezzano, Delia Saunders, Fuiava, Debbie McFaul, Gerri Haner and Gray all scored twice in the inning. Again, Brammer had control problems in the second inning, giving up six more walks. McHenry added four more runs to take a 21-3 lead. Angie F ranc ikowski rep laced Frammer on^the mound to get the final out. Francikowski had an easier inning in the third, allowing only one run, but still walking thiie. McHenry closed the door bn Crystal Lake with a 13-run fourth inning. This time the Travelers used some hitting, besides the walks. Toni Fruscella slugged a bases loaded triple, while taking home plate on the throwing error. Mike Lamb Plaindealer sports editor Free rides don't come too often, so when Crystal Lake offered a free ride to a win last week Thursday, the McHenry Travelers stepped aboard. The Crystal Lake pitchers had some control problems. The i Plaindealer photo by Mike Lamb Toni Fruscella is welcomed by her McHenry teammates after clearing all the bases. She hit a triple and scored on the throwing error.