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"We didn't play very well. It was like we weren't really there. We'll have to start getting things going." The Travelers will have the opportunity to do so this Sunday when they begin play in the Richmond Tri-County Tour­ nament against Dundee. The game will be played in Crystal Lake at 2 p.m. - V-.yv assured him. "I Practice or no( bowlers two or tees Deric's i find hard to mat mm mf under his ichaejili am have SECTION 2» PAGE 18 • PLA1INDEALER-HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 21,1983 Sports Ski jumping? In June? Norge Ski Club to hold ski jumping activities Sunday By Sam Natrop PtaindMter-HeraldNewa Service FOX RIVER GROVE - Ah, summer -- that wonderful time of year when thoughts of pic­ nics, baseball games, the smell of suntan oil and ski jumping fill the air. Wait a minute. Ski jumping? One might think Don Smith is crazy to be thinking about ski jumping in the middle of June, but the vice president of the Norge Ski Club is more than crazy about the club's first- ever Summer Ski Jumping Tournament slated for 1 p.m. Sunday at Norge, which is located at routes 14 and 22 in Fox River Grove. Norge has become only the third ski club in the United States to have summer ski jum­ ping capabilities thanks to several months of hard work and a special plastic that allows for ski jumping throughout the year. Only Lake Placid, New York (the site of the 1980 winter Olympics) and Madison, Wis., have summer ski jumping. The mats are 11 by 16 inches and the "bristles" are not unlike those from a broom. The bristles on the ski mats, however, are much thicker and are overlapped to create a smooth path for skiers. But to say these mats were laid down and tied together over the course of a week or a month would be an injustice. It took 25 people from mid- June until mid-Octoboer to finish the job. Some 10,430 mats were laid down by hand and connected to offer Norge the chance to hold summer ski jumping compeitions like the one slated for Sunday. "We had brothers, sisters, wives, husbands and many club members out here putting mats down," Smith said. "That in­ cluded working every weekend and many nights during the week." First, however, a wire mesh was laid on the hill and scrap metal, was used to hold the mesh together. Then the unen­ viable task of covering the 340- foot by 35-foot landing area with ll-by-16-inch mats began. t Also, the club's 120-foot tower (also call the in-run) had mats attatched. On the in-run there is a plastic track which guides the skis and skiers down the in- run. A mixture of water and anti­ freeze is run over the track to offer a slippery, fast surface. The club invested $60,000 in the project, a total which Smith noted would have been much greater had club members not performed the labor of "putting the hill together." Smith said he envisions Sun­ day as a normal summer dav. complete with a picnic at­ mosphere -- beer and brats will be sold -- and instead of wat­ ching a fireworks display or a softball game, the activity of the day will be ski jumping. "At the Club's first winter tournament we had 3,000 peo­ ple, the second year we had five or six thousand and in '84 we had, 7,000," he said. "That's what gave us the encourage­ ment to buy the plastic and go with the summer jumping. I think in three or four years, the summer tournament will be as big or bigger than the winter tournament." Last year, the winter tourna­ ment was on Super Bowl Sun­ day, "when it must've been 30- below. We were hoping for several thousand people to come out here arid spend the day," Smith added. "Only a couple of hundred showed up, though --too cold." Participating will be members of the U.S. Ski Team and the Nordic Combined Team. Norge also expects to have jumpers from Canada and Austria to enter the event. There will be five classes -- Masters, B Class, Junior I, Junior II and A Class -- during the competition. Approximate­ ly 60 jumpers are expected to attend. Tickets for the event are $5 at the gate and $3 in advance. They can be purchased at the Crystal Lake Park District, Bryk's Liquors, Lerois, White Hen, Hal's Place in Cary and at Roy's Barber Shop, Mickey's Liquors and the Norge Hill in Fox River Grove. The Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove is sponsoring a summer ski Jumping outing Top, a I this Sunday. jumper -» ••«»»»« nnm*" takes a trip down the dope. Above, Don Smith shows the fabric which the hill is com­ prised of, and left, another jumper bears down on the leapingpoint. Plalndealer-Hetald News Service photos by Sam Natrop *** v ... . . - fr, r . -*• '•**- ;'s ' " . 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Your participation is needed and greatly ap- 1 predated. i * \ • ^ • • 1 • , •' • • <<*' •V : -V 'v , • • , i Wi &> Travelers dumped by tough Genoa squad GENOA - The McHenry Travelers suffered their first loss of the young season Tuesday night, a 16-9 decision to Genoa. The loss dropped McHenry to M-l on the year. "Genoa has a very good team," said Traveler manager Mary Ann Knaack. "I see them being right on top of the league." Genoa struck for runs early - and often - in taking a 13-1 lead after four innings, buoyed by a seven-run third. Genoa collected 10 hits in those first four frames, in addition to four walks. McHenry finally got on the board in the fourth, when Gretchen Fuiava was hit by a pitch to lead off, Sheri Knaack singled, Cindy Kinsala walked, ana Aleen Tiffany snared the RBI when she was nit by a pitch. *** McHenry closed to within 13-7 with three runs in the fifth and another trio in the third, but Genoa rallied with a three-run sixth to put the game away. Five hits, two walks and a sacrifice' led to the three Traveler runs in the fifth. Singles by Andee Norton, F\uava, Kinsala, Tiffany and Monique Betancourt aided the McHenry rally. In the sixth, Norton led off with a triple, and Gaines and Fuiava walked to load the bases. Knaack and Kinsala followed with run-scoring singles, but the comeback died. Knaack singled in two more runs in the seventh. "They (Genoa) really pounded us," said Knaack, the manager. "They have a short­ stop who is great. Probably has the best arm in the league, and she's only 15 years old. They're undefeated, and I think they're going to be very tough. "we play Marengo next Tuesday, and Marengo is one of the toughest teams in the league, but Genoa beat them," Knaack added.