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Sentinel Is-tar Orluda, FlgrnU 5 Tuesday, Oct. 14, 1975 Bell Rings True, "Hornets 'Survive' Bv CHRTS POT irnwcvi Preps By Larry Hamel wuikviikitu Sentinel Star Staff Despite miniscule attendance and an atmos-Dnere refWtino- Hi ii the World Football League, the Charlotte Hornets thev are ppttino ainn ti, Upton Bell, the Hornets' shrewd with a solid pro football background, is the oson- His example should be followed by all By adhering to the tight fiscal policies of the league Hemmeter Plan, Bell operates a franchise Mhat seems well-heeled financially. As club official 'John Evenson put it, "I honestly believe we'd be the ast team to fold." a The Hornets are surviving on a mere 11,000 paid admissions per game. Here's why: Before they moved here from New York -midway through the 1974 campaign, Bell and his Oak Ridge, Titusville Maintain No. 1 Posts By Sentinel Star Services Oak Ridge and Titusville easily held on to their positions atop the Class AAAA and AAA poll on a week which saw little reshuffling in the Florida Sportswriters Association high school rankings.

By taking the week off, Oak Ridge lost two first place votes and 14 points to second-place Hollywood Hills. However, the Pioneers still hold a 138 to 126 advantage. Lakeland Kathleen (fourth), Jacksonville Raines (seventh), Gonzalez Tate (eighth) and Hills each drew at least one first place ballot. Vero Beach and Merritt Island will go into their big Space Coast showdown Friday night ranked third and fifth. For yet another week, DeLand just missed inclusion in the rankings.

Rockledge again failed to gain the Class AAA Top 10, but barely. The Raiders were the 11th leading votegetter. Ocala Forest remained second, while New Smyrna Beach moved from eighth to tie for seventh. Daytona Beach Father Lopez (fourth) is the highest Central Florida team in the ClaSs AA ratings. The Green Wave is joined by Eustis (fifth), St.

Cloud (eighth) and Melbourne Central Catholic (ninth). St. Cloud and MCC play this week for the AA, District 11 championship. Chipley is No. 1 in AA.

Tallahassee FAMU High allowed its first points in a 19-15 victory over Crawfordville Wakulla County last week, yet still was a unanimous first place selection in Class A. No area teams are included in the A list. naa nusued 15,000 season tickets to the five Remaining games. 1 HIS Vear. frillmijiner tha laanua's created by Paul's absence and responded with over 200 yards of total offense.

We got good efforts out of Mike Smith and Mark Lingo on defense." The Green Wave allowed their first points against Apopka, but Richert's defense is still unscored upon. The lone touchdown came on a fumble recovery in the end zone. Crescent City is the defending district titlist and stands 3-1 this season. "They've got good size and have something like 25 returning lettermen off that district championship team," Richert said. "They have two good halfbacks (Ronnie Gilins and Terry Browning) and have shown an explosive offense." With Gillis and Humphreys healthy, Lopez would probably be considered a heavy favorite.

With those two out, the odds are decreased somewhat. "We'll have to shake up a few things and do some different things to compensate," the fifth-year Green Wave coach said. "Injuries will play a big difference, but we're still confident." Richert has to be. His team can't afford to lose. a a It's a shame DeLand and Rockledge couldn't draw the necessary voting support to break into the Class AAAA and AAA state rankings.

If any teams were deserving the Bulldogs and Raiders are it. Palmetto moved into the Class AA listing for the first time, a move which was long overdue. One of Palmetto's top players is split end Wilmore Fowler. His name is more likely familiar to basketball fans than football followers. Fowler was an first team All-Stater as a sophomore and is one of the state's premier college prospects.

ana PREP TALK: Titusville Astronaut sophomore Doug Overfelt is injured and will miss several of the big upcoming cross country meets. Still on Astronaut, rugged fullback Joe Voor broke the 100-yard barrier for the second straight week with a 111-yard performance against cross-town, rival Titusville. "Joe's starting to come around when we need him," said Coach Jay Donnelly. "We're going to need that good inside game with the toughies we got coming up." Rockledge (4-0) is next on the War Eagle schedule. Later come games against Merritt Island, Satellite and New Smyrna Beach.

By the way, if Rockledge wins Friday, the Raiders will have clinched the AAA-9 district crown. Coach Tim Livesay's squad has already defeated New Smyrna Beach and Cocoa Beach. A victory 'over Astronaut would put Rockledge in the enviable position of being able lose to Kissimmee, its remaining district foe, and still take the district. Father Lopez Treads Dangerous Territory Even though Daytona Beach Father Lopez is undefeated and ranked fourth in Class AA, its season could, for all purposes, end Friday night. Oh, the Green Wave will still play their remaining five games.

But, if Lopez loses to Crescent City, those contests won't mean anything. Should underdog Crescent City win, it will clinch the AA-7 district championship. Lopez could go 9-1, and still not qualify for the playoffs. It's a prospect which Green Wave boss Phil Richert does not like to think about. "We don't think of it that way.

This won't be the end of our season, even if we should lose, But, I'll be the first one to admit this is the biggest game of our regular season. It's a game we have to win." 1 As if the big game pressure weren't enough, RicWt will be going into the game with two key players, two-way halfback Paul Gillis and split end Tommy Humphreys, out with injuries. RICHERT CONSIDERS Gillis to be a prime All-State candidate and calls him "one of the best backs in Central Florida regardless of classification." The 6-0, 182-pound senior has led the Green Wave in rushing since his sophomore season and had scored six touchdowns in four games this year. Humphreys, another three-year starter, was Lopez' leading receiver and a standout at defensive end. Gillis is considered "very doubtful" for Friday's game because of a badly bruised thigh.

Humphreys is out for at least six weeks with torn knee ligaments. "Having Paul and Tommy out doesn't make me feel very secure," Richert admitted. "Both were key members of our team, both offensively and defensively. One thing that will be in our favor is the fact that we do have decent depth. "We've had a pretty easy time in our first four games, and I've had an opportunity to play everybody on our team and I mean everybody.

Against Apopka (45-6 win last Friday), our depth paid off. After Paul and Tommy got hurt, we had kids on the bench with the necessary experience to come in and not hurt us. "Randy Vance came in and did a terrific job at halfback. Stacey Charles picked up the slack AA Class AAAA Pos. Team Record Pts.

Pos. Team Record Pts. 4-0 138 5-0 4- 0 103 5- 1. oaK Kiaqe 2. Hollywood Hills (3) 3.

Vero Beach 4. Lakeland Kathleen (2) 5. Merritt Island 4. Fort Pierce Central 7. Jacksonville Raines (1) 8.

Gonzalez Tate (1) Tallahassee Leon 10. (tie) Miami Palmetto s-o 4-0 126 4-1 107 4- 0 103 5- 0 81 3-1 56 5-0 47 3- 1 37 5-0 31 4- 0 30 1. cnipiey mi 2. Lake Sutler Union (4) 3. Pahokee(3) 4.

Daytona Father Lopez 5. Eustis 6. Blountstown 7. Palmetto 8. St.

Cloud 9. Melbourne C. Catholic 10. Miami Westminster 4- 0 5- 0 5-0 4-0 79 59 55 40 4-1 26 22 22 3-0 5-0 Tampa nam ALSO RECEIVED VOTES: De- ALSO RECEIVED VOTES: Alachua Santa Fe, Miami LaSalle, Graceville, Port St. Joe, Century, Pace, Mulberry, Wildwood.

Pos. Team Record Pts. 1 allahassee FAMU High (15) 5-0 150 2. Branford 5-0 130 3. Greensboro 5-0 130 4.

St. Augustine St. Joseph 5-0 101 5. Bristol Liberty Co. 4-1 70 6.

Belle Glade Glades Day 4-1 66 7. Ouindv Monroe 5-0 62 Land, Fort Lauderdale Stranahan, Brandon, Jacksonville Beach Fletcher, Jacksonville Ribault, Tallahassee Godby, Fort Walton Beach, Sarasota Riverview, Tampa Jefferson, Winter Park, Miami Columbus. AAA Pos. Team Record Pts. 1.

Titusville Astronaut (14) 4-0 149 2. Ocala Forest 5-0 130 3. Milton (1) 4-0 117 4. Tarpon Springs 4-0 93 5. Naples Lely 5-0 73 6.

Tampa Jesuit 4-0 64 7. (tie) Delray Atlantic 3-1 48 New Smyrna Beach 4-t 48 9. Jacksonville Bolles 4-0 37 10. Riverview Easy Bay 4-1 28 ALSO RECEIVED VOTESl Rock-ledoe. Fort Myers, Auburndale, Tallahassee Rickards, Jacksonville Bishop Kenny.

8. Sarasota Booker 3-0 40 Miami Christian 3-1 33 10. Miami NW Christian 5-0 26 ALSO RECEIVED VOTES: Fort Lauderdale Gold Coast Christian, Apalachicola, Monticello Aucllla Christian. free office space was donated by a Charlotte bank in return for promotional considerations. The Hornets split both the food and parking concessions with the city.

The radio and TV contracts are considered excellent. But mostly, the team has little overhead where it counts the player payroll. Everyone is paid under the Hemmeter Plan, which guarantees a $500 per game or one per cent of the gate, "whichever is greater. "All of us are making $500 a week, and on two occasions, we've been able to make more from the percentage," quarterback Tom Sherman related Sunday after the Hornets registered a 22-15 victory fc.jgver the Jacksonville Express. "I wish we were drawing better, but we've been jcilled by all this bad publicity the past couple of weeks.

But everybody has been paid, and as far as I can see, no one's complaining." The Hornets have attained this stature, despite sickly-looking Memorial Stadium a dilapidated, high school park which hardly suits the team's so-called major league status. Their best crowd this year was and as Evenson explained, "we made money that day." It all serves to prove that the Hemmeter Plan can work, although some teams like the Jacksonville Express thought otherwise. Until a few weeks ago, the Express was paying kome exorbitant salaries for a team averaging 12,000 customers in the Gator Bowl. I So ex-Dolphin center Howard Kindig, earning a Reported $40,000, was released. Don Brumm, the vintage defensive end, was sliced to the $500-per-game quota and replied, "I can make more money driving a beer truck in St.

Louis." Despite a good product, the Express hasn't been patronized the way last year's Sharks were prior to jthat team's demise. And just when the Express management thought it was turning the corner, an avalanche of bad publicity killed the team. I "They never get the right information," General Manager Dick Kravitz charged of the press leaks. "Why don't some of these writers take time check their facts? "There's been stuff said about other franchises that was entirely false. And as far as that report out bf San Antonio last week that our players were jasked to take an additional 40 per cent pay cut, there's nothing to it.

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