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VHXAS - Sign ups for all 5th through 8th grade boys and girls interested in joining the Lower Twp/ Recreation Basketball league will be held 12 nnon.4 pm Dec. 4 at th4 ''Reoreation Center on Bayshore Rd., Villas This l-eague- is open to Twp residents only.

Anyone Who cim’t make sign-ups lean call the Recreatibn Center at 886 7880 from 9 a m. to 4 p.m.. and t p.m to 10 p.m.

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WILDWOOD - A North Cape May man set a record at the Wildwood Bowl Nov. 15, when he became the first person in the alley’s seven-year history to roll a 300 game here Ray Mooney, who just moved to the shore area last year, also set a house high with a total 784 series.

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But as if that wasn't enough, tw6 nights later Mooney topped his own record by rolling another 300 game and tupping the Bowl's high series to 877. His 877 series the first in the bowler’s career, is currently tops in the South Jersey area and ranks among the highest in the nation. A bowler for several years, Mooney has to his credit seven 300 games. Girl Sparkles

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MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - Sparked by the only girl in the torunament, a team of l Wildwood Catholic players !finished third in the Junior Soccer Rourid Robin Invitational held-at the Jersey Cape Racmiet C|ub last weekend, t Sandy Helverson scored three goals in tournament - play as the Wildwood Catholic Kicks defeated the Middle Township Celtics, &3, in a battle for third and fourth places. Cumberland won the tournament, defeating Oakcrest, 3-2, in the championship game. Middle advanced with only five pjayers on its squad. In one game it-; played with four due to an injury. Wildwood lost its bid for the championship contest when it was beaten by Oakcrest, 6-3. Six teams representing area high schools were in the tournament.

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THE FAVORITE football play in Cape May County this fall has been the free field goal kick. I^>wer Cape May Regional and Ocean City both used it to win big ball games. Some football fans and coaches believe that the play is unfair and should be stricken from the books. The free field goal boot is awarded a team after a player makes a fair catch, obviously in field goal territory. The opposition cannot defend the kick. It must stand back and helplessly w*ch the ball soar through the air on a wing and a prayer. Those who are anti-free kick contend it is the only play in sports where a team is given an undefended chance to score. Okay, so you say basketball has th? free.,throw. But that play is a penafty shot, rewarding a team for hav^ been hacked, stomped upon or karate chopped. The free kick in football, it is contended, Is an outright gift, rewarding a team because a player was able to catch a punted ball, not a very difficult accomplishment in these days of players with good hands. Coach Bill Garrison, whose Lower Cape May Regional team now shares first place in the Cape Atlantic League, practically owns th^free field goal kick play in this area. He has used it successfully in previous seasons and this year he again employed his favorite play as Eric Fenwick kicked a record setting whopper to beat Ocean City. Not to be outdone the Red Raiders Coach Ed Woolley bofrowed the play and handed it over to Joanthan Dice, the riverboat gambler, to beat Middle Township in that Freaky Saturday game 10 days ago. The four coaches in Cape May County are evenly divided about whether the play should be kept in the books. Wildwood’s Coach Ben Bachman says it is not a good rule. AH thd team needs is a kickoff man who can get his foot into the ball and the wind at his back and it scores, Bachman points out. Phil Exley? the Middle Township coach who still wonders where the evil spirits came from in that Ocean City game, doesn’t like the rule, either, but he is quick to add that given ‘he opportunity he would have tried it also against Ocean City. Considering the bad luck he had that day, his kicker probably would have made it. but the play would have been nullified because all 11 Ocean City players were guilty of encroachment. Woolley likes the rule. ‘it adds strategy and excitement to the game," he says. “A coach is able to capitalize on weather conditions and take advantage of the opposition’s poor kick.” J Garrison, as expected, is for the rule and he offers some viable arguments why it should be retained. "Football is a scientific game and. the free kick just doesn’t happen,” he pointed out. "First, a team must come up with a strong defensive effort to kedp the opposition in a hole. There must be pressure on the punter and if begets off a good kick away from the receivers, then the pressure is on them to catch the ball on the run. Finally, even if he is unopposed, it takes a very accurate place kick to go through the uprights. “It’s the kind of thing that's an art and all the elements must come together.” • • • CONGRATULATIONS to the Ocean City High School soccer team which won the championship of Division II of the Cape Atlantic League. It was a do or die game against Lower Cape May Regional for the Red Raiders and they responded to the challenge with a 4-0 win. That eliminated Middle Township from contention. An Ocean City loss would have given the title to the Panthers. Judging from the freaky football game, which eliminated Middle from the leagife title, and the soccer outcome, Middle township’s athletic teams may never want to see Ocean ' City again. a, • • • THE FRESHMAN football team of Lower Cape May Regional, mentioned here a few weeks ago, finished its season with a 9-0 record, scoring 148 points while holding the opposition to a meagre 37. Leading scorer was Frank Zeiglcr who tallied seven touchdowns and rushed 483 yards in 106 carries. In two or three more years these young Capers should have some kind of a varisty team. IF YOU’RE interested in getting tickets locally for the 83rd Army-Navy game at Veterans’ Stadium, Philadelphia, on Saturday, December 4, they may be purchased in Cape May County at the Security Savings and Loan, 921 West Avenue, Ocean City, during normal banking hours. The traditional national classic will begin at 10:50 a.m. with the entrance of the Corps of Cadets from West Point and the Brigade of Midshipmen from Annapolis. Kickoff is at 12:35 p.m. Anybody betting on Army? ^ ^ ^ . Cape May Upsets Atlantic City

COURT HOUSE - Indoor soccer play at the Jersey Cape Racquet Club featured a big upset when Atlantic City, undefeated in South Shore League play for the past three years, was beaten, 8-7 by the Cape May Celtics. leading scorers for the Celtics, now in first place in the league with a 2-0 record, were Mike McCurdy and Kevin McFarlane with three goals each. Vic Misclewicz had three goals

for Atlantic City. The Celtics also beat Resorts 2, 15-6; Hamilton Ocean Yacht won over Dennisville Sting, 10-7, and Resorts 1 beat Lower Express, 10-1. Other scores included: Philadelphia Bluebell 8, Lower Express 4; Dennis Sting over Resorts 2 by the score of 14-8; Resorts 1 over the Celtics, 8-4. and Atlantic City over Ocean Yachts, 14-4.