Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive

The Roselle Register from Roselle, Illinois • Page 7

Location:
Roselle, Illinois
Issue Date:
Page:
7
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

KNOW-I DON'T UKE SHOOTING BIRDS SOT HiS SAlD THS BIS FUGH7 OF DOVES ATTACKED SC- Strength Is Team Balance Meadows CC THE HERALD Tuesday, September 12, 1972 Section 2 I squad are junior Craig Dahlquist and three sophomores Jim Huddleston, Jim Conroy and Mike Scott. Rolling Meadows had expected growing pains last year, not winning a conference dual in 11 tries, but it had to be encouraging when the Mustangs rose above three other teams in the conference meet. The sophomores also were 0-11, but better times are hoped for all the way around. only one direction for the Rolling Meadows harriers to travel. Make that two directions onward and upward.

ROLLING MEADOWS CROSS COUNTRY 1972 SCHEDULE Sept. 12 Maine North (A). 4:30 Sept. 16 Maine West Center Meet, 10:00 Sept. 19 Fremd, Palatine (A), 4:30 Sept.

21 Hersey, Conant (A), 4:30 Sept. 23 Rolling Meadows Invitational (H) 10:00 Sept. 26 Schaumburg, Glenbard N. (A), 4:30 Sept. 28 Forest View, Arlington (H), 4:30 Sept.

29 Barrington Invitational, 4:00 Oct. 3 Elk Grove (A), 4:30 Oct. 7 Crete-Monee Invitational, 10:00 Oct. 10 Wheeling (A), 4:30 Oct. 14 Addison Trail Invitational, 10:00 Oct.

17 Prospect (H), 4:30 Oct. 21 Conference meet at Fremd Oct 24 District Oct. 28 Sectional Nov. 4 State final Home course Park District grounds at Rolling Meadows Sports Complex. SLEDDING THROUGH THE GRASS.

Defending of a three-point stance and rip into blocking sled gets won't be quite as easy to conquer once the North Division champion Hersey discovers the val- during typical practice session. The stationary tar- season opens next weekend. ue of shoulder pads as linemen come charging out (Photo by Mike Seeling) Cards, Falcons In Title Battle? What League Poll Reveals by LARRY EVERHART Cross Country Editor Progress is relative in any sport, but any sort of progress is the goal of a school in only its second year of existence. Thus, Rolling cross country team looks about as good as one would expect for a new group. Indeed, it has more returning lettermen four than many schools which have been around much longer.

Tutoring the squad is Bob Rees, an area coaching veteran who moved over from Elk Grove. Establishing a program from scratch at a new school is nothing new to Rees, who did just that in both cross country and basketball at Elk Grove six years ago. ahead of where we were a year ago, at least for says a hopeful Rees, of course it all depends on the level of your competition. We have made progress, but whether it will be enough or not, it will take a couple of meets to find There are eight boys who have been working out on the varsity level and all but one, of course, will be entered in each meet. They are not too far apart in practice times so the Mustangs have an important factor, balance, in their favor.

we have a strength, that would be said Rees. Four senior returning lettermen are Rich Jensen, John Kreutzer, Jerry Porters and Mike Suerth. The others on the Nancy Makes Hit Sox Fans WHEN DES PLAINES resident Nancy parents purchased an organ when she was four years old, little did they realize they were starting a chain of events that would lead their daughter to a job with a major-league baseball team. For that matter, when Nancy enrolled at North Park College and started taking music courses and later when she played at conventions, banquets and parties little did she realize it herself. But you can bet that if she had it to do over, Nancy Faust would not change a thing.

Everyone should be as happy with their lot in life as she is. Nancy who is married to a Niles junior high school teacher, Jim Peterson, and is known to a few non-baseball fans as Mrs. Peterson needs no introduction to baseball fans in the Chicago area. As organist for the White Sox, she has to be one of the best-known of any musicians with a similar job. In other parts of the country, there must not be nearly as many people who know offhand the name of their favorite major-league organist as the number who are familiar with Nancy.

There are plenty of reasons for the fame she has built up since assuming her Sox post in 1970: She is a very attractive, petite, 25- year-old blue-eyed blonde. She has a vivacious, outgoing personality and is most comfortable around people especially young baseball fans and talking to them. She has to be one of the most imaginative, innovative musicians in her field with an almost unlimited repertoire of catchy tunes, including current hits (some for which no organ music has ever been written) and special jingles just for certain members of the Sox. She is a favorite of controversial, popular Sox radio broadcaster Harry Caray who mentions her often and favorably on the air. It all began when Ms.

Faust (or Ms. Peterson) started tinkering with her organ when she was just a tot. Before long, she discovered that she had a rare ability to play tunes without really having to learn them (she never learned to read music until college). mother had perfect pitch and I guess I inherited it from says Nancy. This means she can play virtually anything strictly from listening.

She retained her musical interest through high school (Chicago Roosevelt) and college (North Park, also in Chicago). She was a psychology major with just a minor in music, evidencing her interest in people but not so much in classical music, a big part of training for college music majors. Explaining how she became connected with the Sox, she said, was playing at functions where sports figures were present like banquets I still do this all year around and I guess some of the White Sox officials liked music and thought I could fill a job for them. When an opening came up a little later, they Presto instant baseball (organist) player. While she always enjoyed the job, she admits that at first it was not nearly as much fun as now.

Little wonder. In her first year, 1970, the Sox were the worst team in baseball, losing the most games of any season in their history. That meant enthusiasm important to any sports organist was understandably lacking NANCY FAUST and hard to stir up. Then too, Nancy was planted in the outer reaches of the center field bleachers, far away from whatever small groups of spectators were prbsent. She felt a little like an afterthought.

Today a different story. a lot more fun with the team winning she says. really a baseball fan at first and know much about it. But now better informed (husband Jim, an avid Sox fan, helped here) and so I enjoy it more. this year they moved me (not at her request) in from the bleachers to behind the plate where the people are and where there is a lot more If anything she dislikes about the job, it is sometimes long hours.

can get a little she says, speaking for many wives and girl friends. Asked what she likes best about working for the Sox, she replied, like the freedom of playing whatever I want. It gives me a lot of room for Young fans in their teens, the lifeblood of the future for any sports franchise, readily identify with Nancy not only because of her youthful good looks, but because she can improvise a current hit almost at a notice. Her ability to play by ear means all she has to do to play a new tune is try it out at home, which she does a couple of times each week. She even has her own fan club of teenagers who put out a monthly newsletter with a slogan: Get Nancy plays commercial jingles from television people watch so much TV that they are familiar with the tunes right away like deserve a break or you have your or the friendly She enjoys traveling once in a while with the team (she has done so twice this season) and plans at least two trips this winter to play in Cincinnati and New Orleans.

I like too much travel still basically a she adds. Living in Des Plaines is to liking because it is away from the city where she can enjoy such things as horseback riding, owning her own horse and other animals yet her home town still is convenient to Sox Park by expressway. Sox fans and Nancy share the hope that she will continue to make this area her home for a long time to come. by KEITH REINHARD An answer for 1967. In effect, this is what the 1972 Mid- Suburban League football campaign will provide if coaches and sportswriters are any good at forecasting.

A survey of loop pilots, and the scribes at Paddock who will be covering the MSL grid circuit this fall, indicates at this time a pairing off in the Super Bowl of Arlington and Forest View come November. It would be an interesting conclusion. Five years ago these same two squads finished in a deadlock for first place with identical 5-0-1 records and the issue never has been resolved. The Falcons and Cards, in fact, have not clashed in football for the last two seasons and are again not slated to cross paths in 1972 unless they should happen to meet at the very end of year. In their only pair of meetings since the two Arlington Heights schools have split, with each side gaining a shutout decision.

Now that the predictions have been made of course, Bob Cardinals and Paul Falcons will have to go out and prove them correct. According to the survey results, this will be no easy task. Forest View can expect a whale of a battle out of the defending MSL champs from Elk Grove. Arlington, on the other hand, appears to have a formidable barrier in Palatine with Hersey not to be completely ruled out of the picture either. In the South, out of a total of 36 ballots cast for first and second place, the Grenadiers and Falcons cornered all hut two.

Among just the coaches, bunch was only a narrow 62-60 pick division honors and overall they finished just six points ahead of Don Grove entry. In the balloting, six points were awarded for a first place pick, five for second, four for third and so on down. Coaches did not include their own team among their selections. Prospect was a heavy choice to occupy third place in the South final standings with Conant getting the nod for fourth, Schaumburg tabbed for fifth and Glenbard North for sixth. Up North, the Cards, Pirates and Huskies were all within seven points of one another after just the totals were tallied.

The writers gave a more clearcut verdict to Arlington and also appeared more certain of second place windup for Palatine. The only difference in opinion between the mentors and the scribes was for basement honors in the North Division. The coaches gave that dubious distinction to Rolling Meadows while the writers pegged Wheeling for that position. As a result, the overall totals have the Mustangs and Wildcats knotted for fifth place with Fremd one notch up in fourth. Just how accurate these tabulations will turn out remains to be seen.

Last fall the overall consensus did correctly establish Elk Grove as South Division winner but it estimated North Division kingpin Hersey as a slow third. How They Ranked MSL Teams Says Johnson Following Harrier Debut A moral victory is better than nothing. And it must be encouraging to make a cross country team as powerful as York sweat out a victory. what Palatine did in its opener Saturday, hanging close to the Dukes for about three-quarters of the race before finally succumbing 21-34. Maine South also participated and finished a distant third with 81.

Lane Tech was supposed to complete a quadrangular lineup but failed to showing meant something when you consider that York is not only the defending state champion but one of the top-ranked teams in the state again this year. was real said Palatine coach Joe Johnson. was probably the best meet ever run against York. Most of our runners were still in it until the last quarter or so of the The course was a 2 4 -mile layout at the Union Oil grounds off Meacham Road in Schaumburg. Palatine was host, using this course since their regular home grounds at Palatine Hills Golf Club was still being used by linksters.

Scott Williams, captain and top runner, went right to the wire with two touted York runners, having an excellent chance until the last few yards. He finally finished third with a 13:46 time behind 18:43 by winner Dennis Julison (eighth in the state last year). runner-up nipped Williams by a second. balance told the story as the Dukes also grabbed the fourth and fifth spots. As Johnson said, third and fourth men and our second, third and fourth were right together until the last part of the Other Pirates were Dave Tehle with 14:07 for sixth, Paul Kearns with 14:14 for seventh, Steve Peterson with 14:18 for eighth and Bill with 14:31 for 10th.

Time-Tested All-Stars There are eight major-league players still active who have played in at least 10 All-Star games. The leaders are Willie Mays with 22 games and Hank Aaron with 20. Others are A1 Kaline, Brooks Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Harmon Killebrew, Luis Aparicio and Frank Robinson. The all-time leader is Stan Musial, who played in 24 All-Star games. FAN FARE SOUTH 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6thCchs Wtrs Ttl Forest View ........1250 0 0 0 62 35 97 Elk Grove ...........................6 11 0 0 0 0 60 31 91 Prospect 0 2 11 2 2 049 19 68 Conant 00 6 7 4 0 32 21 93 Schaumburg 0 0 1 6 73 28 11 39 Glenbard North .00 0 35 9 19 9 28 NORTH Arlington ........12 2 2 1 0058 3593 Palatine ..........5740 0 1 523082 Hersey 1 6 6 220 51 1970 Fremd 0 327 41 37 1653 Wheeling 00 1 6 55 25 1237 Rolling Meadows 0 0 3 2 7 5 2314 37 THE BEST IN Sports Saxons 9 Jackson Steals The Show If Arnold Jackson returns to the Hinsdale South Invitational cross country meet next year, you can bet be remembered.

Jackson, junior ace distance runner who despite his age already has two seasons of varsity experience behind him, was the whole show idividually at the season-opening affair, not only winning the race but trotting in almost a full minute ahead of any other runner. In so doing he established a new course record of 14:20 for 2.85 miles. Teamwise, Schaumburg finished fourth and Prospect seventh in the 18-team lineup. The Saxons had two other runners and Prospect also a pair in the top 30 in the field that included more than 100 runners. Host Hinsdale South was the team winner with 86 points, far ahead of second- place Wheaton Central with 132.

East Aurora had 145, edging Schaumburg which posted 147. Prospet had 177. Team trophies were given to the top three squads, so the Saxons missed a prize by two points. impressive success comes as no surprise. He was the Mid-Suburban leading harrier in duals last year with nine firsts in 11 meets.

He also maintained a grueling conditioning schedule over the summer with an astonishing 1800 miles of running, averaging 30 a day much of the time. Doug Carver was next highest runner with 21st place, Mike Carey was 29th, Ron Healer 44th, John Scheikhoven 52nd, Doug Warlock 57th and Mike Istok 73rd. Prospect was led by Don Burger with 22nd, Mike Tyre with 27th, Rich Reithal 31st, Mike Skelton 43rd and Tom Nemec 54th. Prospect was fourth and Schaumburg seventh in the fnosh-soph portion. The Saxons will host Maine North in a dual Tuesday and Prospect will be at Willowbrook Thursday in warmups for the league season which begins next week.

By Wilt Ditzen EVESVSCDY SHOULD AVARRV.

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

About The Roselle Register Archive

Pages Available:
16,474
Years Available:
1966-1973