sports

on the mark *■' by Mark Mattern 1

Chewing on Things Yet to be Decided

It seems we have reached a lull in higlf-school sports activity, although teams in girls and boys basketball and wrestling are gearing up for what appears to be an interesting season Meanwhile, here.-,

are a few questions' that don't need answers Could this year's basketball season be dominated by WUdwood High with its new coach*' HAS GR ADUATION hurt the girls' team at Wildwood

Catholic, or can they repeat that championship season of a year ago? Will wrestling improve on a balanced measure this winter, or will Lower Cape May provide the only county competition?. With an impressive win over the Los Angeles Lakers last week, will the Philadelphia 76ers be able to overcome the Bad Boys ■ from Boston? Will Moses Malone con tinue at his MVP pace that won him that large contract a few years ago0 Did Los Angeles make a* mistake offering Kareem a $2 million contract in his - record 17th season? _J IS IT POSSIBLE that the rookie of the year award could be settled already with the performance of Michael Jordan0 Is Larry Bird the best and most complete player in basketball history0 He can even fight a little Is pat Reily only blowing smoke when he says the Sixers are the toughest on the offensive boards0 Is the best move Billy Cunningham has made in his 400 plus wins making Charles Barkley a starter and sending Marc Iavaroni to the bench0 CAN ANYONE in the college ranks stop Georgetown from winning the national championship agam0 Could half the teams in the NBA stop the H^fas on

a good day0 Speaking of stopping b things, can San Francisco tJ be brought down in the ii NFL? Hom about Dan Marino? ^ Can the -Los Angeles fc Raiders come out of the r pack apd make it to the r Super Bowl again? Who's better at running I the ball. Walter Payton or s Eric Dickerson? I WHICH TEAM plays the I best defense in pro football. Seattle or Denver? Or is it \ the Raiders when their i backs are to the wall? Are the baseball winter meetings a waste of time? j Should all free-agents be \ signed before the winter meetings start so teams can get down to some " serious trading? Will Ricky Henderson make a difference to the New York Yankees or will he be another multi-million dollar bust? CAN YOU NAME the players the Philjies gave up to get Cy Young Award winners John Denny and Steve Carlton? Can you name the players the Phillies got for Willie Hernandez? Was the biggest move made by the Baltimore Orioles when they Signed i .330 hitter Lee Lacy7 In hockey, can any team play with the Edmonton i Oilers in a seven game 1 series0 > Can the Philadelphia Flyers possibly play any i better in a rebuilding year i than they have?

Could Bobby Clarke be a better general manager i he was as a center ' iceman? DID YOU KNOW that the Flyers have the league's when it comes to plusminus rating for the entire roster? , When will the National Hockey league do . something about creating parity? It worked in the Is John McEnroe a better player when he is his old nasty self?

is Carl Lewis unmarketable because of his cold attitude in the summer Olympics? Would the U.S. have won as many gold medals if the Soviet Union had sent a team to the affair in L.A.? Are you sick of seeing Mary Lou Return's fake smile0 I am. but she does things the big boys can't. There you go. Some thoughts to toss around, but don't try to figure out the right answers There are none

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AVALON — The Recreation Department Winter men's basketball league is starting to organize We • are taking names for the draft that will be held in

. mid-December. League play begins Monday. Jan. 7. Game nights' are Monday. Tuesday and Thursday. For information call Fred Bock at 967-3066.

Cape Shore Holds Top Tennis Rung

COURT HOUSE - Town Team Tennis action at Jersey Cape Racquet Club continued as Cape Shore Realty and Cape Insurance faced off at the nets. Cape Insurance's ladies doubles team of Missy Whittington and Salli^Williams gave their team an early lead, winning their event 8-1 The men's doubles team of Jake Williams and Joe M alloy also gave Cape Insurance ? solid win. scoring 8-5. Cape Shore Realty was ready for revenge, however, as its mixed doubles team of Mary Fittipaldi and Tony Ferrante took the next event 8-3. CAPE SHORE Realty continued its winning ways as ladies singles player Tracey Hall swept past her opponent 8-1. Thad Grudin of Cape Shore ended the - evening's first event bygiving his team a solid win of 8-1 in the men's singles event. When the scores were tallied. Cape Shore came

out on top by the score oL 30-21 to win the first match of the evening. Avaion Real Estate and Apex Realty began the second match as Avalon's ladies doubles team of Roni Zane and Addle Martin topped their opponents by a score of 8-4. The men's doubles team of Bill Soens and Dave Kencontinued to add victory games to Avalon's tally as they steamrolled over their opponents 8-1. Apex Realty defaulted both the mixed doubles and Ladies Singles events to Avaion. The last event of the evening was men's singles, which also ended in victory for Avaion Real Estate as Lionel Deroaier had a solid 8-2 win. Avaion Real Estate ended the match with an impressive , score of 40-7 over Apex. ' - STANDINGS 1 Kona Sports 3 0 ; Cape Shore Realty 3 0 Avaion Real instate 3 2 Apex Really 1 3 - Keen's Pharmacy I 3 J Cape Insurance If 4

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