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I JUPITER SLOW It taku the planet Jupiter almost 12 earth years to complete a revolution around the sun at the rate of 8 miles per second. County Cage Play Picks Up Friday DVVIGHT AAASSENGALE Harold Fox Leading Titans Offensively going to Sarasota and Merritt Tsland journeying to Eanford. Inside the county. Satellite hosts Cocoa Beach, East Point (Ga.) comes calling at Melbourne and Osceola pays Melbourne Central Catholic a visit. 'Super ffYorf' Required For Mustang Win Feely "It Willi take a 'super effort' from everyone." That is the way Merritt Island football Coach Eddie Feely described his Mustangs' chances Friday night in the Tallahassee Doak Campbell Stadium against hometown Leon in the state Class AA football semifinal playoff Six Brevard county high schools see action Friday night, with only two games played out of the county.

Also, Brevard Junior College hosts Florida Junior College and Florida Institute of Technology visits Miami Biscayne College Friday night. Friday night football sees Merritt Island playing at Tallahassee Leon in the state Class AA semifinal playoff game. FRIDAY NIGHT high school games see Cocoa It's about time hp anf thp ft accurate time. By Dwlght Massengale Brevard Sports Editor Harold Fox, 1968-69 All-American, leads the Brevard Junior College Titans offensively, according to statistics released by BJC Coach Jim Oler Wednesday. Fox, scoring at a 27.0 clip, leads the team in total points with in free throws attempted (40), free throws made (27), field goals attempted (97), field goals made (54) and field goal percentage (57.0 per cent).

I with JinpiiTcnii BREVARD SPORTS MENU II I in Hbuuinuii tv? If at he'll never He. without it. each and Tom Jenkins has' 10. Teamwise, the statistics are extremely impressive. THE TITANS have controlled the boards completely in their- five games, outrebounding their opponents 126-37 offensively and 155-66 defensively a 281-103 advantage.

Even the bad part of the stats show in BJC's favor; the Titans have lost the ball 73 times while opponents have 100 lost balls. BJC is 210 for 420 from the floor for 50 per cent; ooponents have 122 for 306, 40 per cent. THE TITANS have proved better from the charitv line also. Oler's boyj have made 71 of 106 free pitches, 71 per, cent, while opponents have cashed in on only 84 of 145 charity tries. Tan s'orins has been at a P8.2 rl'n.

onnonents onlv in te init'al five BJC contents. FRIDAY Florida College at Brtvard JunJ ior Colleee Florida Institute of Technolosv at M'iml Biscayne College Cocoa at Sarasota Merritt Island at Sanford Cocoa Bench at Satellite East Point (Ga.) at Melbourne Osceola at Melbourne Central Catholic Statt Football Plavoff -Merritt Island al Tallahassee! Leon SATURDAY Tilusvilla at New Smyrna Beach Melbourne at Tampa Plant Melbourne Central Catholic at St. Cloud Last Friday, Feely's Mustangs galloped all over the field against Orlando Boone, 21-0, in the first round of the playoff, and now the Mustangs face their toughest opponent of the year Leon's Lions "IT WILL take one of our very finest efforts," Feely said "We cannot make mistakes and fumble, giving trum field position and expect to win," Feely continued, with a hint of winning expectations in his voice. About Leon, Feely said they were huge "as big as Florida State." The Island coach also added, 'They two-platoon and they have a ushing, meat-grinding, power-type offense." As has been the case all year, the Mustangs are outweighed an average of some 25-30 pounds per man Inniini-iMiiiiinWiiirniir-- Thursday, Dec. 11, 1969 rlattDO jJrnlittf I Harold Fox vi IS3E3 cause of his knees, but leads the team's rebounding with 71, 40 defensive and 31 offensive, while Curt Williams, a freshman, has 41, Francisco 37, Fox 36, and.

Miller, who plays standin for Thomas, has 35. Behind Smith and Fox in assists are two reserve players, Bobby Wright and Marty Goodwin, have 11 Ready Defensively FOX IS also second to freshman Mike Smith in assists. Smith has 36, Fox 30. THE TITANS host Florida College Friday night at the BJC Health Center at 8 p.m. The Titans, who are rated No.

1 in Florida, just ahead of defending state cham-n'on Semlno'e Junior College and Lake City Junior College, ranked No. 14 nationally. Seminole Is No. 7 on the national poll. 1 The statistics show the Titans are not a one man team, as the balanced BJC offensive attack shows four players besides Fox averaging in double figures.

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football team, while the senior football players are leading the senior squad. Feely feels his team Is ready defensively, but offense may be another story As the coach put it, "No team has moved the ball against Leon this year. Their opponents have averaged only about 75 yards rushing and less than 100 passing. Their strength is definitely The Mustangs intend to throw a good deal, and either run by or around the bigger Lions. "We have to throw.

We can't run over them," Feely said. "We will have to do as we did against Boone, run real quick right at them. Our line fires out real quick, and we have to hit the hole, the split second they're open." "WE HAVE TO hit that open spot real quick and get past them. They are just too big to run And that brought Feely around to team captain Bobby Nelson, 5-7, 153-pound tailback, who gave the Mustangs a big boost against Boone as he rambled 63 yards the first time he touched the ball, setting up the first Merritt Island score. "He's as tough as nails pnd a real competitor; a type boy you don't find often" Feely said.

"His nose was 'busted' open last Friday but he stayed in there. He helps fire the team up with his hustle and attitude. The boys respect him." ADMISSION is 75 cents for students and $1 for adults. The enior girls are Cocoa Beach's junior class girls are sponsoring the annual 'Powderpuff Football' game Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. in M'nuteman Stadium.

The junior coeds meet the senior girls in the annual affair. Last year's game ended in a 13-13 tie, called after the third quarter because of rain. Coaches for the junior team are the juniors who played on the Minutemens' sponsoring a dance after wards, where awards for the best back, best lineman Thomas has a 10.6 average and Wes M'ller possesses a 10.0 average. THOMAS, 6-7 center who plays on two extremely bad knees, has not seen a full game's action yet be- and best all around player from each team will be presented. Admission to the dance is 51, Ml Depends On Walter WE ARE PROUD TO FEATURE THIS AREA'S MOST COMPLETE SELECTION OF MEN'S QUALITY FOOTWEAR.

JUST THESE LEADERS YOU MAY CHOOSE FROM Brevard Bowlers Rate Among Best In Florida Other sets were Joe Whit man 558, Bill Hardner FREEMAN FLORSHEIAA (COCOA and TITUSVILLE STORES) BOB SMART DEXTER BASS WEEJUNS Of course the Mustangs will be depending upon All-Region back Jim Revels and halfback Harry Hughes, but the brunt of the offensive load is upon junior quarterback Mark Walt er, 5-11 and 158 pounds About Walter, Feely said, "Mark has really come a long way since the 1 urne game. That kid has had a lot of pressure put on him when the offense did not go, and he stuck through it. When things went bad, he did not let that stop him. "HE ENDED UP the leading passer in th" county. And last weekend against Boone, he showed the people exactly what he could do." Feely a dded that Mark's excellent performance, as well as the tremendous job the defe--sive unit did, was a big factor in the victory Last week ark completed eight of ten passes for 116 yards He had seven of nine for 108 yards in the first half One thing that may hurt the Mustangs is thr-' wide receivers Randy Strisko is still limpir'--from an ankle injury received Friday night and Bill Taylor has come down with a sr throat.

238-606. Moll was bowling for the Scotties. The Gophers had L. Stallings rolling a 204-202-588 series, his teammate J. Loll turned in a 210-544 set.

W. Elliott bowling for the Ocean Breeze Team also had a 213-572. 213-552, Ricky Ezzel 549, Ken Rust 203-544 and Dick Metchalf a 525 series. Beach Major Scratch HUSHPUPPIES TwGwSui it BEACH BOWL SATELLITE LANES W.T.A.I. Major League Brevard County has some of the best bowlers In the state of Florida, John Snead is one, bowling for the Gallery Lounge; he rolled games of 242-258-268-768 series.

His teammate Curt Erickison shot 205-584. Harvey Moss also had a 204-1 205-591. For the A-Frame Inn, Hal Surdam turned in a 204-200-594 set. followed by John Kristy with a 217-581. Cliff Gerald shot a 277-203-599 series for Furniture.

Four team No. 2 J. Fritcz has a 203-576 set. Satellite Morning Classic Cheerleaders Plan Rally League George Bischak rolled a 258-668 series to take high set. Garland Frasker had a 223-641.

Joe Sekera shot a Paul Root missed his 600 by 3 pins when he bowled a 2 1 1 5 9 7 set. Other sets turned in were Charlie Terryn 205-593, Terry Browning 234-591. Stossner 213-590. Mel Hen-derlite 214-590, Elmer Ques-ta 213-574, Bob Hudson 203-563, and Lew Risica 214-559. Tournaments The Holiday Doubles are open to the local bowlers; Jim Brady and Dave Johnson are leading with 1316 each.

This is worth $500 if it wins. The Turkey Shoot Is still going well with 120 entries; the winner has a choice of either $5.00 or a 11 lb. turkey. Thurs. Night Mens Commerical League Joe Sekera walked away with high game and series with a 237-626.

Garland Frasher shot a 609 set. Les Robbins was a close third with his 208-604. A 210-568 set was turned in by Gary Berard. Other 500 sets include: Terry Browning 246-564, Rod Dix 210-562, Paul Keith 205-562, Bob Jerrett 222-544, and John Nelson 530. Friday T.G.I.F.

League John Hunter led the league with a 214-624 set. Bob Giera was a close second with his 228-622 series. Larry Friend shot a 208-579. Steve McGrew had a 223-568. individual is reportedly taking care of jthe erleaders' expenses while the First National Bank of Merritt Island has established a special account for the band.

A spokesman for the bank says response has been fabulous. "One little boy brought in y-five cents three quarters." He added, "Also, the Burger Chef is giving half of its proceeds of all its sales Thursday (today) 3 p.m. until 10 p.m." League The Road Runners are in the lead by nine-and-a-half games over the second place team, the Card Sharks. Jennie Fell was bowling well when she shot a 248-605, in this league. Teachers League Jim Tate led this league with a 225-202-621 set for the New Eagles.

He was followed by W. Moll with The Merritt Island cheerleaders are planning a big pep rally this morning as a sendoff for the Mustangs, who will depart from the school around 11:15 a.m. Head cheerleader Lorl Kidd said, "We're gonna have a skit at the pep rally and the whole place will be superplas-tered with signs it should be real spectacular." Lori was also quick to add that the team mascot, "Mustang Sally," would be making the trip. MISS KIDD also said Tuesday night there was a money problem for transportation for both the cheerleaders and the band. Local citizens, however, have come to their aid.

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