The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 23, Milford, Kosciusko County, 27 June 1979 — Page 9

Sports

Tennis Hall of Fame recognizes history, stars

Most sport fans are aware oi the Professional Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio; the Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.; and the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. But how many could respond to the question of "where is the International Tennis Hall of Fame?” One of the most popular sports today, tennis has grown to enormous heights. And to accomodate the finest players in this sport, a Hall of Fame, in Newport, R.1.. was established in 1954 "to commemorate the game of tennis and acknowledge outstanding contributions to the

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SECOND ANNUAL ©W3.3 And 7.9 Mile Mail-Journal « Flotilla wp* Road Race w W W Km Syracuse City Park Syracuse, Indiana V' Tuesday, July 3, 1979 — 6 P.M. Pre-Registration — 5 P.M. The Mail-Journal Flotilla Road Race is held in conjunction with the 4th of July Flotilla Festival sponsored by the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce. Both races are run near the shores of two of Indiana’s most beautiful lakes. Rolling hills are a part of both events. Half Os All Entry Fees Go To Wawasee High School Athletic Fund SPLITS: One Mile And Four Miles AID ON COURSE: Water Will Be Furnished On The Course At Four Miles TRAFFIC CONTROL: By Syracuse Police And Civil Defense > RESTROOMS: Park Restrooms, No Showers - AWARDS (Both Races) - * Trophies To First And Second Place In Each Category Os Each Race * A Custom Mail-Journal Flotilla T-Shirt To all Entries Received And Accepted By Friday, June 8, 1979 * Ribbons To All Participants Mail-Journal Flotilla Registration Form I Want To Run In The Name , Sex — Address . , T City i State Zip Date Os Birth July 3, I Will Be z Years Old CATEGORIES (Both Races) MEN WOMEN T Shirt Size Ql4 SUnder I 19 & Under S M L XL n 15-19 r 20-29 ’ • n n r:i n 120-29 ' n3O & over n 30-39 40 & Over ALL CONTESTANTS MUST SIGN THE WAIVER, ALSO PARENTS IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE The undersigned waives all rights and claims against the individuals, committee members, and officials sponsoring or working on The Mail-Journal Flotilla Road Race and landowners whose land borders the Road Race course, both individually and severally and acknowledges the above individuals and landowners assume no responsibility for accidents, injuries, or loss of equipment prior to, during, or after the event. ' Signed Date . Parent's Signature If Above Is Under 18 Years Os Age - ENTRY FEE - PRE-REGISTRATION DAY OF RACE (Deadline: Friday, June 8, 1979) jc qq $4.00 Payable To Wawasee High School Mail Check And Entry Form To: Mail-Journal Flotilla Road Race C/O Wawasee High School P.O. Box 267 Syracuse, Indiana 46567

growth and success of the sport ’’ Over the past 25 years, 108 persons have been enshrined to the Hall of Fame including such notables as Richard Sears, Robert "Bobby" Riggs and Tony Trabert. This year’s inductees, include Margaret Smith Court, Jack Crawford, Frank Sedgeman and the late Rafeal Osuna. Journalists Gladys Heldman and Al Laney will also receive the honor of being elected to the hall. Oscar Wilde said, "The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream."

Jennifer Potty wins first place honors Jennifer Patty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Patty. Dewart Lake, competed in the 11-12 year old age group sh imming meet at The Wabash Honeywell Invitational.’ Patty swims for the Goshen Swim Club and won four firsts. A total of 22 swim clubs participated in the event with 800 swimmers The events she won included: 50meter freestyle - 30.1 100 meter free style — 1.08.0 50 meter breast stroke — 39.3 100 meter breast stroke — 1.27.5 Patty was also on the winning team in the medley relay and the fret* style relay. She finished her winter season in the top 25 in the nation in events such as the 50 meter free style. 50 meter breast stroke, 100 meter breast stroke. During the July 4th week end she will be competing- in the Auburn invitational. % It was believed that if a man carried a cornflower in his pocket and it didn't wilt, he would marry his current sweetheart.

LIBRARY ENTRY — Matthew Strombeck. 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Strombeck. r 1 Leesburg, has entered the Tournament of Knight's competition being sponsored by the International Palace of Sports in conjunction with the North Webster Mermaid Festival. Strombeck. a 1979 Wawasee High School graduate, lettered four years in basketball and two years in received the high school's senior leader award for physical education, was named to the sectional second team and in order to accomplish these achievements, he lifts weights as a hobby. He stands five feet, six inches and weighs 145 pounds. He is being sponsored by the North Webster-Tippecanoe Township Library Services Board, and plans on attending Purdue University this fall to major in computer technology. KOKOMO KNIGHT — Guy Thomas, 18. son of Mr, and Mrs. Donald Thomas. 410 S. Hickory Lane. Kokomo, will compete in the 1979 Tournament of Knights sponsored by the International Palace of Sports in North Webster, Thomas, a 1979 graduate of Northwestern High school, Kokomo, is being sponsored by the Northwestern High School Band. I While at Northwestern High School, Thomas won eight athletic letters, was captain ol the basketball and baseball teams his Tenior year; voted mental attitude award winner his senior year in baseball; and in basketball he won the most assists award his junior year, was most valuable player, had the best free throw percentage, received honorable mention to the all-conference team and was the Howard County recipient of the WIOV media mental attitude award, all during his senior year. Thomas is six feet tall and weighs 145 pounds. Thomas plans to attend Purdue University where he plans to major in management. He hopes to own and operate. a small busines or land an executive position in a larger firm. Kevin Willour is competitor Kevin Willour, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Willour, 1192 Engle St., Huntington. has been accepted as a competitor in the 1979 Tournament of Knights being sponsored by the International Palace of Sports and held in conjunction with the North Webster Mermaid Festival. Willour, a 1978 Huntington North High School graduate and presently attending Grace College in Winona Lake, is being sponsored by the college’s athletic department. He is a 5’10”, 167 pound guard on the Lancer basketball team. His high school honors include being named to the all-state second team in basketball, allarea in the same sport and received two letters. In baseball, he was named to the allconference, all-area and alldistrict.teams while setting a new school record with a .398 batting average. Willour is majoring in accounting with a minor in business while at Grace College and has future aspirations of being a certified public accountant.

Rain, wind bring lines, trees down

By DEB FOX The heavy rain storm, which was accompanied by strong winds, last Wednesday morning. June 20. caused many power outages and disrupted telephone service for the northern section of Kosciusko County. Numerous calls were received by the Syracuse dispatcher’s office. Northern Indiana Public Service Company and United Telephone Service in Syracuse, reporting lines down from fallen trees, limbs or from the high winds After the storm, crews were kept busy repairing lines and cleaning up the streets from the storm UTS Reports District Manager for the Nappanee Area M. L. Hochestetler summed up the damage by stating most of the pole service between Warsaw. Milford, Syracuse. Cromwell. Nappanee and North Webster was disrupted by lightning There were general toll and EAS outages between those communities during the day. A considerable amount ot service interruptions were from the winds and limbs breaking the wires. All regular crews were called off of jobs to help with the restoring of service Hochstetler said no other crews were calk'd out trom UTS and the regular crew did work overtime to complete service. Service was restored by Wednesday evening with very lew exceptions Customer service order com pletion was delayed because ot the storm Lights Out Crews from NIPSCo were up until midnight repairing electrical service to their customers A line outage on CR 56, north of Syracuse, caused a power shortage to the town of Syracuse for 40 minutes Jay Peffley of NIPSCo stated a' 69,(X)0 volt circuit faulted from the line down on CR 56 when switched over to another 69,000 volt circuit. Other damages reported to NIPSCo included a broken transformer pole in Hunnicutt Park, Addition behind the residence of Stanly Schrumpf, lines were down behind the Earl Waltz residence in Grandview Drive, a wire was torn down by a fallen tret' east of the Maple Leaf Mill on the Syracuse-Milford

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Included in the reports called in were trees down at 711 North Huntington Street. East Shore Drive. West County Line Road. Ba la ver Hill. Fourth Street near Boston Street and a tree down on a lake property owned by people from Fort Wayne There Were two cases, not mentioned above, in which fallen tree's caused damage to property A large tree fell on the home ot Mr. and Mrs James A Bryan. 212 Washington Street, Syracuse Bryan could not be contacted for a damage amount to their home Syracuse Police were called to West Main Street, in front of Robert Reed's office. A tree fell on two parked autos at approximately 10:08 a m Wed nesday The autos were parked by Jeffrey 1). Martin, Fourth Street. Milford and Leonard I)' Kime, r 3 box 647 Syracuse Daniage to the Martin auto was listed at s4(>o to the right door, windshield and hood. Kline's auto sustained $550 damage to the root, tailgate, left quarter panel, right front quarter panel, right rear quarter panel and antenna

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Buildings Damaged Warren Swartz, r 4 Syracuse. Pickwick Road, reported to Syracuse police an aluminum shed was blown oil jts foundation and into the property west of his. Also damaged by falling tree's were a number of boat houses along the lakes Accident causes $550 damages to vehicles A 1978 Chevy driven by LVona M. Drive. Syracuse, was struck from behind when s she backed out of a parking space in front of the bank at the intersection of SR 13 and Main Street at 9:30 a m . on Thursday. June 14 Blair A Rieth. 1715>Mayflower Place, Goshen, struck the Roberts' auto w ith the 1974 Chevy being driven as a right turn was made off of SR 13 on to Main Street. Estimated damage to the Roberts ear was $350. th the Rieth ’ cars2oo

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