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THE ARGUS Rock Island 111 Wednesday November 23 1983 38 SM Knights win opener State deer record near Iowa pheasants spotty Knights ahead of the hard- charging Spartans Ryan Huber also hit two free throws with 12 seconds left to give Assumption some breathing space before Lunardi clinched it on another pair of charities Mike Brenner scored 23 points and Paul Schwert-mann 21 for the losers Foul-plagued Assumption turned to forward Tony Lunardi in the stretch to hold on for a 67-64 victory over Pleasant Valley in the season opener for both clubs last night Lunardi who led all scorers with 30 points scored six of them in the final 64 seconds to keep the World outdoors By Murray Hurt AlWood Union triumph points respectively Union led 28-24 at halftime Monmouth Warren (46) Whiteside 189 (152) Henderson 221 (190) Knox 269 (261) Warren 115 (110) and Henry 101 (96) The second half of the season is Dec 9-11 and if your motto is late then forget it The permit office in Springfield has permits available in only six counties They are Bureau Henry McDonough Marshall Stark and Whiteside Included in those who are shut out are late-comers who were told last week that a handful of permits were still available in Rock Island County It was incorrect information be getting their applications back in the mail Monmouth Warren fell to AlWood 51-46 at AlWood last night The highest scorers in the game were both Warriors however Ernie Johnson had 19 while Marc Gustafson had 17 Jeff Maher and David Baysin-gar led the way for AlWood with 14 points each In another Western Illinois game Union defeated Nauvoo-Colusa 53-46 in a season opener Tag Olson and Dendall Engen led the way for Union scoring 11 and 10 Alwood-Borders Piersall tabbed as Rl baseball card show guest Jimmy Piersall an outfielder in the Major Leagues -for 17 years who was recently fired from WMAQ-TV as a broadcaster of Chicago White Sox games will be the special guest of a baseball card show Sunday Dec 11 at the Masonic Temple 4th Avenue and 18th Street Rock Island The show called "Expo will be from 10 am to 4 pm with Piersall signing autographs from noon to 2 pm Piersall also will talk baseball with the fans from 2 to 3 pm at the show There will be over 50 tables of comics baseball cards and sports collectibles at the show Admission is $1 per person or $2 per family Autograph tickets will be sold for $1 per autograph request Piersall had played for the Boston Red Sox Cleveland Indians Washington Senators New York Mets and California Angels from 1950 to 1967 The outfielder won four Golden Glove awards and his lifetime fielding average of 998 is the best by any outfielder in the Major Leagues over the past 25 years He also played on five All-Star teams Piersall also has become popular on the speaking circuit and has written a book entitled Strikes Out" It would take something on the order of a weather disaster for Illinois hunters not to establish a record harvest for the 1983 shotgun deer season The opening weekend of the split-season last Friday through Sunday lured hunters to the field -under near-perfect conditions an the hunters knew how to take an advantage of the opportunity Every county in this area posted increased kills over last year which until now stood as the best since deer hunting was established in the state 27 years ago MERCER COUNTY had the biggest increase followed by Rock Island and Whiteside counties Mercer hunters felled 305 deer 55 more than last season Rock Island hike was 43 while Whiteside had 37 more than were nailed in the first half of the 1982 season Forrest Loomis who manages the Department of game program from his office in Monmouth said the three-day unofficial total kill of 19500 practically assured a record total for the entire six-day season a year ago was he said with 19500 over the first three days getting awfully Loomis said the pattern across the state showed approximately a 15 percent increase in all areas were higher than that but it was a rare occasion when a harvest fell below 1982 he said CONDITIONS were ideal Bucks were late coming into rut so there wasn't a big kill by bow arrow hunters preceding the first half of the split shotgun season And the weather was The bucks were as big as they were plentiful The biggest buck dropped over the weekend was a 306-pounder felled in Knox County But Rock Island County had its share of big bucks Two that weighed in the vicinity of 275 pounds were taken last week one by a bow arrow hunter (Fred Seynaeve of Milan) and one by Rock Islander Arvid Johnson on the second day of the shotgun season Both went to about 220 pounds field dressed and by the method of determining the live weight after the fact Loomis said they almost certainly weighed 275 pounds PERHAPS THE prize deer dropped last week was the 15-point 195-pounder felled by bow arrow hunter Dave Peterson of Fyre Lake After the 60-day drying out period for the rack Peterson plans to submit it for a possible Boone Crocket award The Illinois City and Andalusia areas appeared to be the hottest spots in Rock Island County with big herds seen by many hunters a rundown on area counties with the 1983 kill figures listed first and those from 1982 following in parenthesis Rock Island 226 (193) Mercer 305 (245) Marycrest moves to 9-0 Smith with 14 and Parnell Robinson with a dozen In action the Marauding Eagles picked up a 62-49 victory over Coe led by Mary Bohentin with 18 tallies Robin Cormier with 15 and ten rebounds and Sue Kent with 14 tallies Red-hot Marycrest ran away and hid from St Francis College at the Marycrest gym last night making it nine straight for the season with an 85-63 romp over the visitors Tony Watkins led a balanced Marycrest attack with 19 points followed by Eiland with 17 Daryl IF LOOKING for the pheasant hotspots in Iowa the state's conservation commission has some advice for you: keep looking a two-fold said Richard Bishop of the upland game management office had an early crop harvest which put the birds in limited cover and made then accessible to the hunter but the successesor failures experienced by the hunters were on almost a fartn-to-farm basis East Central Iowa populations are down In other areas where there was good nesting cover hunters have reported great success IT boils down to is what farm you happen to be hunting on a particular day had teams out across the state through the first couple of weeks of the season and nowhere did we find a consistent thread either of success or failure talk to one party who limited out by 10 am and talk to another a mile away who hunted all day and took home one bird thought we'd have a high harvest the first two weekends but the weather knocked the success rate down some So we expect to see fairly good hunting through BISHOP SAID his advice to hunters is to return to familiar areas farms where experienced successful hunting in the past you just go there and expect to limit out not this he said for areas where there is good cover next to crop fields Hunters vho find those spots are finding birds And if the farmer had good alfalfa last summer or wide waterways with grass for nesting you should have a successful Bees suffer 93-73 defeat Wisconsin-Platteville had too much firepower for St Ambrose last night moving ahead to stay midway through the opening period en route to a 93-73 victory over the Bees at the St Ambrose Activities Center The Bees now 2-2 for the season were led in scoring by Lavoya Kerr with 14 Rl grapplers lose two Rockets Leafs win in tourney openers Falls clash in the first game and Rockridge and Geneseo hook up at 8:30 pm 145 Jeff Richman (RF) pinned Carl McDowell 1:45 155 Billy Phillips (Rl) pinned Brad Rhodes 1:30 167 Andre Gay (Rl) beat Tony Sutton 24-4 185 Anthony Harris (Rl) beat John At-taro 3-0 Hwt Jason Walruth (RF) pinned Chris Perry 1:44 JV Rock Falls 51 Rock Island 18 Savannah 41 Rock Island 24 98 Nick Warner (Rl) pinned Ray Skiles 48 105 Dave Anderson (S) won bv forfeit 112 Andy Smith (S) beat John Le-warne 16-5 119 Brian Knopp (S) won bv forfeit 126 Scott Law (S) pinned Brian O'Melia 2:19 132 Jeff Dannels (S) beat Lorenzo Mill-brook 11-7 138 Mark Klein (S) pinned Todd Bevens 1:01 145 Lyle Klein (S) pinned Carl McDowell 1:18 155 Brian Lindeman (S) beat Billy Phillips 12-4 167 Andre Gav (Rl) pinned Dave Elliott 3:19 185 Anthony Harris (Rl) won bv forfeit Hwt Chris Perry (Rl) won bv forfeit JV Rock Island 54 Savannah 18 Savanna a one of traditional Class A wrestling powers won every match from between the 98-pound class and the 167-pound level as the Indians notched a 41-24 victory over Rock Island last night Rock Falls also scored a decision over the Rocks winning by a narrow 33-29 margin Rock Fall 3) Rock Island 79 98 Nick Warner (Rl) beat Aaron Mul- lin 8-3 105 Steve Turner (RF) won bv forfeit 112 Kim Buckingham (RF) beat John Lawarne 12-3 119 Wavne Davis (RF) won by forfeit 126 Brian O'Meiia (Rl) pinned Greg Biatz 103 132 Lorenzo Miilbrook (Rl) pinned Brad Ackland 3 47 138 Dennis Hudson (RF) beat Todd Bevens 14-4 Ron Heath tossed in 26 points and Jay Bizarri added 22 for the winners Rock Falls was led by 6-10 center with 21 points The tournament now adjourns until Friday night when Riverdale and Rock FG FT PF TP 3-5 2-4 4 I 3-4 0-2 4 4 0-8 11-14 3 11 1-2 2 3 1-3 12-11 11-13 3 35 0-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 FT PF TP 0-0 5 4 20-34 27-37 21 67 He was particularly effective in the second half when Geneseo pulled away from a 33-31 halftime lead by outscoring the Rams 20-8 in the third stanza Jeff Verbeke led the Rams in scoring with 16 points and Mike Wiklund added 10 for the losers ROCKRIDGE had a 30-25 halftime edge but the Rock Falls club came back to narrow the margin to two points 45-43 after three periods With just under five minutes left the count was tied at 51-all but it was all Rockridge the rest of the way with free throws creating the final margin GENESEO Rick Anderson scored 35 points and was a big factor on defense as well in leading the Maple Leafs to a 67-53 victory over River-dale in a first-round game of the Geneseo Invitational Round-Robin here last night In the opener Rockridge put on a big fourth-quarter spurt to pull away to a 66-56 victory over Rock Falls But it was Anderson who was the standout in last action The 6-5 senior had a dozen field goals and converted 11 of 13 free throws in addition to blocking several shots and intimidating the Rams on other close-in attempts 3-5 2 21 1-1 1-2 I 7 4 5 FG 2-6 9-15 3-5 2-5 3-5 2-8 2-5 0-0 GENESEO (67) Wolever Gericke Bishop Martin Anderson Cahalan Akers OeBrock Totals RIVERDALE (53) Filer Wiklund Wasseil Falk Wildermulh Plumb Eidson Milam Fish verbeke Brooks Wrledt Smith Totals Geneseo Riverdale 2-2 2 0-0 1 3-5 0-0 FT PF TP 0-0 2 I 2-4 2 10 0-0 1 0 1-2 5 3 0-0 3 2 23-49 10-15 20 St ROCK FALLS (St) Sailor Graddv Stanley Cain Baraias Sigel Walker Shuev Totals ROCKRIDGE (66) Gosnev Heath Caroio Bizarri Lee Farweit Totals Rock Falls Rockridge Augie wrestlers fall FT PF TP 0-1 0-0 3-4 2-2 FG 4-10 4-9 0-1 1-2 1-2 0-2 0-3 2-3 1-4 8-12 0-0 0-2 0-2 22-54 14 19 11 20 FG 3-10 11-19 1-7 9-20 1-3 l-l 26-60 0-0 1 0-0 0 0-3 2-3 4-t 4-4 4-6 0-0 14-22 11 14 18 13 St 12 18 15 21 66 14 66 1-2 0-0 9-15 34 53 20 14 67 8 14 53 Wisconsin Whitewater 30 Augustana 11 118 Steve Bird (W) beat Nick Posegav 7-5 126 Jim Hardy (W) beat Tom McCloud 12-5 134 Pat McMahon (A) won bv forfeit 142 Ed Brady (W) beat Tim Jauch 4- 2 150 John Anderson (A) tied Bill Barron 2-2 158 Bill Tourdot (W) pinned Rov Trive-line 2:39 167 Dave Schickel (W) beat Mike Smith 6-5 177 Chris Casev (A) beat Don Elestron 5-1 190 Steve Kopecki (W) beat Jim Mzhickteno 13-8 Hwt Craig Fleischman (W) pinned Dave Weflen 48 The University of Wis-consin-Whitewater wrestlers rolled past Augustana 30-11 in a dual meet last night The only winner for the Vikings was Chris Casey with a 5-1 victory at 177 pounds Augie also picked up points on a forfeit victory at 134 pounds and a tie by John Anderson at 150 Sugar Ray to return to ring for exhibition Sports in brief Wisconsin placed on probation MADISON Wis (AP) Embarrassment was the consensus feeling among University of Wisconsin administrators and atletic department personnel over National College Athletic Association sanctions for football recruiting violations "Yes real embarrassing" Coach Dave McClain said a few hours after the NCAA placed the Badgers on probation for a year and disqualified for that same period defensive back Ken Stills The NCAA action also prohibits the Badgers from appearing in televised games in 1984 Striking NBA refs ask for mediator NEW YORK (AP) The National Basketball Association and its locked-out referees remain far apart on the issues in their labor dispute and also in their versions of how close to a settlement been The union announced Tuesday it is asking a mediator for help because according to Richie Phillips general counsel for the referees a group of owners last week rejected a previously undisclosed tentative settlement Jenkins out for season SUWANEE Ga (AP) The Atlanta Falcons say wide receiver Alfred Jenkins will miss the remainder of the season with unspecified personal problems The Atlanta Journal reported Jenkins would undergo treatment for drug dependency The newspaper said Jenkins 31 entered the treatment program at an undisclosed facility late Monday Blitz sign wide receiver CHICAGO (AP) Backup tight end-wide receiver Gary Lewis of the Green Bay Packers is among five players signed by the Chicago Blitz of the USFL The Blitz also signed two former Chicago Bears and two former University of Illinois players Tuesday The former Bears are tight end Bob Fisher and offensive guard Perry Hartnett The former Illini are defensive end Bruce Thornton and place kicker Mike Bass Carew gets 2-year pact with Angels ANAHEIM Calif (AP) Rod Carew who has won the American League batting championship seven times will be playing at least two more years with the California Angels The veteran first baseman went unclaimed in the free agent draft earlier this month He came to terms after several weeks of negotiations before and after the draft Carew made a reported $11 million this year and his new contract was thought to be in that neighborhood Pirates pick up Rincon from Cards PITTSBURGH (AP) Andy Rincon once considered one of the St Louis Cardinals' most promising young rs signed a minor league baseball contract ay with the Pittsburgh Pirates Rincon a 24-year-old right-hander had identical 3-1 records with the Cardinals in 1980 and 1981 Sox get Christmas before Thanksgiving CHICAGO (AP) The Chicago White Sox have acquired catcher Steve Christmas from the Cincinnati Reds organization in exchange for infielder Fran Mullins a spokesman for the American Lague club said Tuesday Christmas was assigned to the AAA Denver roster Hoyt is Chicago Player of the Year CHICAGO (AP) Right-hander LaMarr Hoyt of the Chicago White Sox winner of the American League Cy Young award will receive the Chicago Player of the Year award at the Chicago Baseball annual Diamond Dinner on Jan 14 Hoyt led the major leagues with 24 victories wanted to look good in the exhibition bout scheduled at the air base in the Maryland suburbs of Washington The questions about fighting started anew Tuesday at a news conference announcing the formation of the Sugar Ray Leonard Center for Eye Research Andrews Air Force Base said he had been sparring with amateurs and doing roadwork for the past seven or eight months because: just want to stay in Asked why the former world welterweight champion blocked the question adroitly saying he merely BALTIMORE (AP) Sugar Ray Leonard who will be stepping into the ring again for an exhibition bout parries further questions about his future in boxing the way he did his opponents in the ring Leonard who fights' an as-yet unidentified opponent Dec 10 at Junior high basketball seventh-grade team 52-50 For eight-graders John Barnes had 25 rebounds and 30 points Derek Watts led the way for the Edison seventh-graders with 21 points eighth-grade basketball team delivered Wilson a 56-41 loss Edison's eighth-graders dropped a 45-37 game to Geneseo at Edison seventh-graders had better luck against Geneseo winning 47-25 and Wilson turned the tables on Geneseo 7fh(25) Andersn 0 0-2 0 Cahalan 1 0-0 2 0 3 Gernant Jackson 0-2 0 0-3 Kinkade 1 Klockgn 0 Pitleng 0 Reed 2 Steffe 2 Tope 6-0-4 2 0-0 0 0-2 0 0-6 4 0-1 4 0-0 0 1-2 7 Edison 7th (47) Kelley 1 0-0 2 Jones 2 0-0 4 Watts 10 1-2 8 McMilln 3 2-4 8 Snyder Case Stout 0 2 0 McGee 2 0-0 4 Wilson 0 0-0 0 Schwrty 0 0-0 0 Davis 0 0-0 0 Totals 22 3-6 47 Edison 7th Geneseo 7th 1 0-0 2 1 0-0 2 0-0 0 0-0 4-0-0 0 Venders 3 Frvmire 1 0-0 2 Totals 16 13-16 45: 9 12 10 6-37 6 15 7 17 45 Totals 14 9-26 37 Edison Geneseo Totals 12 1-22 25 12 14 6 15 47 9 6 10 0 25 Washington (50) Wilson (52) AfSus Photo Sting players to be in I Rocky football honors will present two Sting players plus members of the administrative staff Sting players will dis- different drills and sign autographs and hand out souvenirs A Chicago Sting soccer clinic will be at Rock Valley Plaza Friday from 11 am to 1 pm Sponsored by merchants of the Rock Valley Plaza Shopping Center the clinic Adams most valuable player and back row from left John Hass co-captain and best team player William Clay co-captain and Chip Johnson co-captain and best defensive player Seven of Rock Island's recipients of honors at Award winners were fri Allison co-captain Russell Baker best blocker Todd Hickmaji most improved and Thomas football players were Rocks' grid banquet row from left Jamie.