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Florida Today from Cocoa, Florida • Page 9

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Florida Todayi
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Cocoa, Florida
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9
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r. Fox By Jack Flowers Harold Fox talks slow and he wears white satin turtle necks and lavender trousers. He is flashy and cocky and atlBrevafd Junior College they call him "The Fox? He 'plays cards in the student center and plays basketball; the girls flock to him and he plays basketball; he is a popular man on campus and he plays basketball. More than anything, he plays basketball. On Feb.

6, 1968, Fox broke Elgin Baylor's record and scored 64 points in a high school game between his school, Northwestern in Hyattsville; and nearby Oxon Hill. The record stands for the Washington, D.C. area. Fox calls that "one of my biggest thrills in basketball" and he's Just 19, so there must be more thrills tc cotne, for he is an exciting gamester. So exciting that fans flock to the BJC gym to see if The Fox" is for is very convincing.

While at Northwestern, Fox, 6 1, 186 pounds, led his team, to two straight Class AA Maryland titles. The BJC freshman averaged 32.2 points per game in 1967 68 as Northwestern breezed to a 22 1 record. The season before he averaged 26 points per game during a 21 1 campaign. "When I was a sophomore in high school," said Fox, "we were runnersup In the country Class AA tournament, We didn't make, it' to the state thai season." But Northwestern was 19 3. Continued on Next Page 1Aj 1 I PAOtf.

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