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Saturday's comeback victory over the Nets was one of the more thrilling sports experiences I can remember. For me it ranks up there with Havlicek stealing the ball, Bird matching shot for shot with 'Nique, Bird stealing the ball and passing to DJ and Triple overtime vs. Phoenix.

Try listing some of the more memorable sports experiences from our Alton past.

A. 15 year old soccer 1-0 victory over Winaukee in 1973.
B. Standing around the lower tennis courts watching Guy E. or Bobby Bortnick playing in those memorable All-Camp tennis tournaments.
C. Packing the A-field watching the counselors wearing the red t-shirts, playing some outside team (1972?) Who can name guys from that game? Jerry Lakoff, The 'Ol Doc, J Floyd, What was the name written on the t-shirts? Alton Remedial Baseball?
D. Paule's face when he made the 15 year old soccer team.
E. Counselors soccer vs. anybody with the likes of Ramo, Kimby, Lala, Killeen, Andy Kates, Bruce Novak, Bobby Fields, MG, Granoff.........
F.

lmiller@salemglass.com

i did the play by play of that classic alton remedial vs doom team game......
my favorite spectator game was the counselor soccer game i think it was against william lawrence..dusty vs charlie thomas..it was a classic game......

stoneyfan@aol.com

Was that when Peter Greene became famous for putting the ball over the net, or was that a regular occurrence for him

lmiller@salemglass.com

Stoney,
I remember playing a counsellors game with Dusty and others against Charlie (All American) Thomas and many of the enemy (De Witt or some other insignificant camp).
I should remember because I ran my Butt off.
But it was Alton who really won, because Alton scored first and that is how the score stood for most of the game, Charlie played defence for most of the game.
Then he came forward and they scored 2 goals, Charlie got one and they were looking very smug, until Alton got the equalizer with seconds to spare and they were pissed, because they were so over confident.
That is how it ended 2 each, but I must admit Charlie was pretty good.
However, when Greys and Greens join together to fight the common foe who in this world can beat them?
Regards to all.
Tony Gillott

tonygillott@yahoo.co.uk

Peter Greene would have been 14 in 1970 and wouldn't have played in that game.
But, you do remember correctly that he should have been a field goal specialist instead of a footballer (soccer player to us Yanks).
Regards,

Sid


mclevy@xpnonline.net

I believe that my good friend, Smiley Miller, is mistaken on a few points regarding that great soccer match against Camp Winaukee, unless he is referring to a second game.

First, it was a 13-year-old team rather than a 15-year-old team. I was 11, so I would say that the year was either 1971 or 1972 instead of 1973.

Dusty held special tryouts since we only had 12-year-old and 15-year-old teams. I was surprised to even have made the team.

I remember a very long ride to a very ritzy camp, passing through a lounge with coke machines, and playing on a beautiful field. In fact, it was by far the best field I ever saw in my time at Alton, 1968 -1975. And I considered Belnap's fields to be first rate.

The first half was scoreless and Winaukee was very talented, better than any team from the usual suspects such as DeWitt, Belnap or Weyenoke(sp?).

Then, in the 2nd half, we had a direct kick from midfield. I took the kick, a la Fred Cox instead of Pete Gogolak, and like a dream the ball seemed suspended in the humid air of dusk forever. Luckily, the ball somehow made it between the goalie's fingers and the crossbar, and we went ahead, 1-0. Everyone went wild as I was tackled by my fellow Altonites. This may have been my all-time greatest Alton moment, especially since I was not even expecting to play and we wanted to beat these cocky brats very badly.

Near the end, Howie Silverstein, playing left wing, performed his Dusty-like magic down near the Winaukee corner with a magnificent combination of speed and skill, beating at least three defenders and scoring unassisted for a 2-0 win.


cjgoldman@attbi.com

Larry,
One of our great turnaround teams was the 1976 15 year old soccer team. The first 2 games that year we lost 4-0 to the international team from DeWitt and the 5-0 to Belknap. I remember that we were putrid and fading fast and then we did a complete 180 and first beat a Belknap team with most of the same campers 2-1 with two late scores, one by Jeff Goldman and the other by kismet. Then we beat the international team from DeWitt 3-0 in the rematch. I could still hear the cies of Puta Puta every time Doug Kaufman and I put a hit (weather legal or not ) on our international friends. That was a team that answered the challenge from one Myles J. R-e-e-chard or also known as Coach Dustoff.

jasperl@att.net