Oregon daily emerald., May 26, 1977, Section A, Page 5, Image 5

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Blazers hope to bounce back in Game Two
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The
last time coach Gene Shue held a
secret practice with his Philadel
phia 76ers he came up with the
seven foot guard ploy.
Shue used giant centers Cald
well Jones and Darryl Dawkins to
push the ball up court instead of
using his guards.
Shue held another secret work
out Wednesday. That raises an
obvious question: What is he up to
now?
Could he be thinking of using
trainer A! Domenico to push the
ball up court? Or guard Lloyd
Free s doctor? There’s always
owner Fitz Eugene Dixon.
Shue just laughed at all the
smart-alec suggestions. All he
would say was, ‘ you'll see a lot of
things different in the game
Thursday that won’t look different,
but will be different."
Shue smiled Wednesday when
he was informed that Portland
Trail Blazer coach Jack Ramsay
didn't think the strategy of having
centers bring up the ball to frus
trate a pressure defense was a
factor in the 76ers' 107-101 first
game victory.
Shue said he’ll use it again as
his team tries to take a 2-0 lead in
the best of seven National Bas
ketball Association Championship
Series against the Trail Blazers.
But Shue feels that Ramsay
doth protest too much.
That means he has something
else on his mind,” insisted the
76ers' coach.
Ramsay keeps pointing to the
mistakes that his team made in
Game 1 as the reason for their
defeat.
They won on their ability to run
the fast break and our inability to
run ours," said the Portland coach
before putting his team through an
open practice session Wednes
day.
"We had poor player move
ment, poor passing in the back
court. We don't have the one-on
one strength that Philadelphia
has. We have to play our game
our way,” Ramsay said.
Portland is hoping for a stronger
performance from 6-foot-9
Maurice Lucas, who scored just
12 points and grabbed but four re
bounds.
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Big Green net tournament set
University tennis enthusiasts from novice level on up will
have a chance to show their stuff when the Big Green Benefit
Tennis Championships get underway next Tuesday on the 15th
Street and covered courts.
Entries for the three-day event must be returned to the Athle
tic Department s offices no later than noon Friday. Matches will
begin after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. All matches will be played after
2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week.
Entrants should be ready anytime after Tuesday. Entrants
should call the athletic department to find who they will meet in the
first round.
Competition in the event will include men's and women’s
open singles, as well as men s and women's play in Class A, B
and novice divisions. Doubles play in all divisions will also be
offered. In addition, a category for boy's and girl’s 18 singles and
doubles will also be available in the tournament.
Entry fees for the benefit tourney, with receipts going to the
University's varsity tennis team, are $3.75 for singles players and
$2.75 per partners for doubles
Maccabiah Games pick Goldberg
Ed Goldberg, a member of the University men's track team,
has been selected to represent the United States in the Mac
cabiah Games, July 22, in Tel Aviv, Israel
Goldberg, a sophomore, will run the 1,500 and 5,000 meter
runs. Only two athletes per country are selected for each event in
the Games.
Ducks gain prep wrestler
Dean Blacketer, a wrestler from Lebanon, Ore., who finished
third in the Class AAA State meet this year, has signed a letter of
intent with the Ducks according to grappling coach Ron Finley.
Blacketer will compete at 158 pounts next year. As a prep, he
compiled a 30-3-1 record while maintaining a 3.5 grade point
average.
Ducks host weightlifters
Weightlifters from the entire Pacific Northwest — including
the No. 1 ranked power lifter in the world and three women — will
be on hand Saturday when the University’s weightlifting team
hosts the Pacific Coast Collegiate Championships in the EMU
Ballroom.
Doyle Kenady, the world s top ranked power lifter, will try to
top his personal bests of 905 pounds in the squat lift, 825 pounds
in the dead lift and 560 in the bench press. In addition the event
will also feature three women, Tony Kraft, Pat Hess and Ann
Russell, all from the University.
Bill Toll, George Pisell, George Harris, Win Coleman and
Frank Tomasini will make up the rest of the Oregon squad, which
is in its first year of existence.
Joining the University in the meet will be teams from
Washington, Oregon Stae, Oregon College of Education, Wil- '
lamette and Portland State.
Admission for the meet, which starts at 10 a m. Saturday, is
$1.50 for University students and $2 for the general public.
“I'm the leading rebounder and
the second best scorer on this
team,” said Lucas, who still has
the remnants of a bad cold.
“i didn’t feel well at halftime and
I didn’t feel well in the second
half,” Lucas said.
Ramsay indicated that the Trail
Emerald photo
Portland center Bill Walton should play a major role tonight when the
Blazers meet Philadelphia’s 76ers in Game No. 2 of the NBA cham
pionship at Philadelphia. Portland, trailing 1-0 in the best-of-seven
series, will look to press more effectively against the Sixers, who used
centers Caldwell Jones and Darryl Dawkins against the Blazer press
last Sunday.
Sprinter Coleman signs letter
After four years of searching for
a potential world-class sprinter,
Oregon’s track team has finally
snagged one in Don Coleman, a
junior college transfer from Pima
Junior College in Tucson, Ariz.
Coleman, who holds the Pima
school records in both the 100
(9.4) and 220 (21.0), signed a tet
ter of intent with the Ducks earlier
this week. Assistant track coach
Frank Morris is pleased with Cole
man, who, at 25, has only been
running seriously for two years.
“We've been looking tor a
sprinter that might be in the class
of Harry Jerome,” said Morris.
"With his size (6-3, 175) and the
fact he's only been running for two
years, I think he’s the best pros
pect we’ve had in a long time.
Coleman is a native of Louis
ville, Ky., where he was a high
school football and basketball
star. He entered the Air Force out
of high school and served for four
years.
Coleman is the Ducks' second
signee this year. Earlier, prep dis
tance star Bill McChesney signed
a letter of intent with Oregon.
Blazer’s strategy is to work harder
on 76ers’ guard Doug Collins, who
scored 30 points in the first game,
and to make more of a team effort
to slow down Julius “Dr. J." Erv
ing, who had 33. The emphasis
will be on keeping the ball away
from Collins and Erving.
Collins is expecting special at
tention.
“I'm sure they will be looking to
shut me down, try and deny me
the ball,” said Collins.
“But I’ll continue to move, find
the open spot. If they try to double
team Julius or me, someone else
will run wild.”
Erving already has written his
prescription for the series.
“I call it net cutting time,” said
Erving. “Now this is what it all boils
down to. There are not too many
people who get a chance to be
here, and since I'm here, I figure I
might as well do something.”
The 6-3 Free, who suffered a
collapsed lung, broken rib and
chest injury in the third game of
the playoff series against Hous
ton, returned to practice Wednes
day. But he's not expected to play
Thursday night.
“I feel about 60 percent,” said
Free, who had a small adhesive
strip on his side as the only indica
tion of his injury.
Free, who was discharged from
the hospital last week, has been at
home in Brownsville, N.J., re
cuperating. He said he did some
running and exercising.
Free went through a light drill
here Wednesday, and said if Shue
needed him to go in and take one
shot he’d give it a try.
“I probably could do some seri
ous shooting, but I’m not ready to
move around yet," Free said. “But
if I play, I’ll be skeptical of some
one running into me.”
Shue said it is more logical to
think of Free for Sunday's third
game of the series, in Portland, if
at all.
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