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By Bill Sherman Was the Middle Township coaching staff guilty of overconfidence in the Nov. 3 game against Hammonton? True, the wepther was against the quick, mobile Panther attack, but what happened to the vaunted "Big D?" The front line held its own but the weakness of the secondary on defense against passing, which has been evident all year, may have cost them the game. Would it be better to rest offensive star Buddy Bailey on defense? And, it might have been better for the team if all the talk about the state playoffs had been held in abeyance until they had qualified by beating Hammonton and Ocean City. Was the team kpoking past Hammonton toward the Ocean City game? Just

asking, that’s all? Hard-luck Eddie Leighton, defensive standout on the Middle Township Panthers, was in Burdette Tomlin Hospital recently with a knee ligament problem. He hoped to play against Ocean City, but if surgery is required, the season is over for this talented tackle. He loves to play and it will break his heart to miss even one game. No decision has been announced yet on the LCMR-MTHS t Rhubarb. Principal \^bb, A.D. Grasse and CBach Exlcy attended the hefting at the NJSIAA, but nb word has leaked out. Hqwever, it looks good for Middle Township This observer has always felt that football games should be won on the field and not in a closed meeting room. He can’t follow the logic of the LCMR people in persisting in protesting the ga'me. After all, it seems to this observer, they were wrong on all counts: -Danny Aren berg's knee did not touch the ground. Game film shows this. -No whistle was blown to stop the play. Officials agree on this. Thefault lies in their own backyard in the form of their public address announcer who should be a neutral observer not a cheerleader! A pat on the back and a doff of this reporter’s hat to Bob Huff, former Middle Township High School athletic luminary, *who is helping freshman coach John Kaighn with the Panther Cubs without any remuneration. TruHErkn act of dedication to 4wrts and the youth oPytoiddle Township High ^School. Take a bow, Huffy! This is another indication of how Tempos Fugit (Latin for time flies) for this reporter who remembers when Bob Huff Sr. played baseball for the Court House Hornets back in 1947 when the games were played, not on beautiful Memorial Field but on the Briar Patch behind the old high school now Elementary 03. What a roster that recalls: Boyd Tyler Jr., Gabby Smith, Alvin Brown, Captain May, Alex MacGregor, Eddie Spaulding, George Coetande, Frank Dean, George Uncle, Bob Gaskill, et al (Latin for "and others”). Don’t you love the erudition in this column? The Kiwanis team is so determined to retain their championship that it has secured the Lockwood 4-H Center Gym for practice sessions. Playing for the service club this year will be coach Ted Johnson, Capt. Walt Turnier, • Bigo Don Rhinesmith, Gorgeous Gil Sinkway, Sizzling Steve Frame, Dangerous Dave May, Nature Lover Nate Doughty, Garrulous Gary Barber, Bob Huff and Roghhouse Randy Goodman will try to make the transition from the hard roundball to the soft volleyball.

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Nutrition And Athletics Focus Of 0. C. Meeting

OCEAN CITY - Dr.

Gabe Mirkin, CBS talk show host and author of "The Sports Medicine Book,'; will speak in Ocean City at a Nov. 29 Conference for athletic

coaches and trainers.

Taking place at

The Flanders Hotel in Ocean City fron 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., the conference, "Eat to Compete," will focus on how good nutrition can help athOetes improve their performance in com-

petition.

A number of noted nutritionists and leaders in the field of athletics and training will sneak at the conference. These include Vito Recine, former Pan Am Games trainer; Melvin Williams, author of Nutrition Aspects of Human Physical and Athletic Performance; Gerry Gillia, swimming ocah of Fordham University, and Edware Zambraski of Rutgers Medical School

from across the state will be able to get facts on such nutritional issues as the value of sugar, high protein diets for muscle building, pre-game meals, assessing body fat, and the use of salt tablets and high mineral

beverages.

The conference is sponsored by Rutgers Medical School and the Educational Improvement Center-South, a regional resource agency serving South Jersey schools and

communities.

Fee for the conference is $10 which includes registration, materials and lunch. To register or get further- information, contact conference coordinator Susan Gross at the Educational Improvement Center£outh. 609-2284000. AvaloH R.E. Downs Shawcrest Nobody felt worpe than

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victory over Shawcrest. You see Miriam thought that her women's singles match started at 8 p.m. when in fact her match was scheduled for 7 p.m. Upon her arrival at 7:20 she was told that under Town Team Tennis rules, she would be forced to forfeit her match to Avalon's Barbara Kerr. The default gave Avalon an early 8-0 advantage which would later turn out to be the ultimate margin of

victory.

Shawcrest did manage to close the gap to 18-16 following Don Reich’s 84 triumph over Bill Soens and Mike Mullen and Roy Smith’s 8-4 victory over Dr. Bob Renza and Joe Gach, but Avalon Real Estate widened its margin again behind the strong play of both its women’s doubles and mixed doubles teams. In the women’s doubles June Mossbrook and Lois Campbell bested Barbara Kelly and Donna Or banes

Cat^len Blevins make a

comerock?

After sitting out the Kiwanis basketball season last year because of night work, he now becomes available for this season. But can this 52-year old athlete resist the ravages of Father Time once

again?

Come on, Glen, polish up that hand set shot and show the young set how the game was playedd efore the onset of tun and gun dunks, etc. Look for the upcoming, "Where Are Tbey Nowf’ series of articles on former Middle Township Sports luminaries. It starts with the 1947 Panther football team under Tom Crist. Since Keith Seaman is not a volleyball player (he’s a kegler in the winter season) this Old Sport will hafe to rely on Mike McLaughlin for the inside of volleyball. Hope Mike can do as much for me in volleyball as good old reliable Keith did in

volleyball.

The old story of the offense getting the glory and its name in print holds true at Middle this year. Buddy Bailey and the "Mad Mexican" Mark Garcia are getting the glory along with the passing combination of Danny Aren berg and Neal Chase, but what of the defensive stalwarts who fight it out in the pits each

game?

Why don’t we know the names like Ray "Moby Dick” Marshall, Eddie Leighton, Ed McLaughlin, Art Cannon, John McCray, Jeff Kane, Leon Collins, Don Rhinesmith, Carl Brockman, Fred Smith, Tom Nicholas and Joe

Webb?

Simply because they are like ships that pass in the night, they do their jobs without recognition and publicity. But the coaches know their ability and how well they are doing their jobs. So take heart, gfcdiators. Some one is sure to award one of you a beautiful trophy at the end of the season for being the most valuable player on defense and you can . display it on the mantle at home and keep it to show your children I

and in the evening’s finale Carl Rose and Karen Wetherill scored hard fought 84 victory over Shawcrest’s Bob Ansel]

and Anja Smith.

Avalon Real Estate’s record climbed to 24 while Shawcrest fell to 1-1.

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CAPE MAY - The American Home Department of the Women’s Community Gub of Cape May, will meet at the Historical Community Center, Lafayette and Banks Streets, Cape May, Tuesday, November 24, at 10 a .m. social hour at noon. Mrs. Pliny Fleming, Chairman of the American Home Department, welcomes friends and members to Join in working on the District Project and to help cover coffee cans for Christmas cookies for a local nursing home.