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Thur» J u n .2 1 , 1979 (S«< J) SANDY (O r . ) POST M u ll sl « tv Mountain Festival busy with sports Bombs away— here comes the 3-point play i w l i n g t o u r n e y s la t e d I ale professional howlers n across the country w ill for shares of a Ifto ooo *e this week in Portland the Professional Bowlers rotation makes a sum r tour stop for the second y of Roses i >pen at Timber ies. Iniong the lop bowlers pected to be In the fight are wler of the Year Mark th. Medford's Marshall Im an; W ashingtonian ly Earl Anthony; always orful Ernie Schlegel, who t week listed Vancouver, ish as his hometown after ng "U S A ” for some ie. and veteran Nelson rton Jr. The lanes are located at Southeast 40th and Halsey in Portland, onstreet parking is expected to lie m inimal, as it was last year p m in the lot on Pioneer Boulevard across from the Sandy post office. Special races and the championship heats will begin at 7 p m . Th^rp w ill lie a heavy accent on sports at the 1979 Sandy Mountain Festival Sporting events of many kinds are on the agenda and are open to participants of all ages by MAHK FLOYD Sports Editor World War III may be well on its way. If so, the bombs may start dropping as early as next year. Or. at least they’ll be fired as early as next year if past performances are any indication, only about 25 percent of the bombs will be dropping. The battleground will be the basketball courts of the National Basketball Association The ammunition for the battles will come from NBA coaches and general managers who took the first step in reinstating the 3-point-play last week. The overall vote was 30-12 in favor of the novelty shot. The 3-point play was the biggest thing the defunct American Basketball Association had to offer, except perhaps for colored basketballs And even though it is a rather playgroundish rule, the 3 point play is sure to stir up some excitement which the NBA feels it needs. The NBA rules committee will be responsible for deciding exactly what constitutes the 3 point shot but in the ABA. three points were awarded for shots longer than 22 feet from the corner and 23 9 feet from straight away. Basketball aficionados who try to downplay the importance of the 3-point play should re-evaluate their thinking The 3- point play will have a definite effect It may even propel Lloyd Free into the MVP position Then again, think of how many more rebounds Moses Malone will get off Hick Barry ’s 25 foot misses. For the most part, offensive — and defensive strategies will not be changed all that much The ABA proved that There were a few that gained their fame with the 3 pointer, such as Louis Dampier, but for the most part, play went on as usual. The difference will be down the stretch, those last two minutes of the game. A team that trails by a few points can get back int he game a whole lot quicker shooting 3- pointers, especially if the other team is matching it basket for basket. No longer would teams ahead by three points be able to play matador defense and concede a basket so that they could win by one point. The 3 point play is kind of like the 2-point conversion in the old American Football League. It was there all along but nobody really took advantage of it until late in the game. Of course, there are a couple of guards in the league who already shoot from the 3- point range. Free and teammate Handy Smith could conceivably add another five points a game to their scoring average — and another 10 points to the team’s total. Other teams would not be so lucky. Portland has only fair shooting guards, so coach Jack Ramsay is not pressing for the rule change But as badly off as Portland is, consider the plight of the Washington Bullets. The Bullets have been haunted for two seasons by the no-guard syndrome. The 3- point shot would be non-existent at the Capitol Center unless Elvin Hayes or Bob Dandridge were to shoot them. There has already been a lot of talk about the change, so perhaps the NBA is making a wise decision Building up interest in basketball has been its main goal this season. The 3-point-play. It shouldn't change the iverall strategy of basketball greatly, but there could be a few new wrinkles Watch for Free, Smith, Calvin Murphy and Fred Brown to fire a few bombs next year and watch for Moses Malone to wait and scoop them up Some things never change Let World War III begin. The Sandy Jaycees and the City of Sandy Recreation D epartm ent are co sponsoring a so ftb a ll tournament July 6-8. The invitational tourney w ill follow ASA rules — registration information can be obtained by calling 668- 5569. One of the more unique events is the snowshoe baseball game Ju ly 3. Believe it or not, the players w ill be required to wear snowshoes while they play but relief w ill be near beer w ill be provided for all participants The teams w ill lx* comprised of whoever brings along snowshoes The game is scheduled for 6 p m at the lot across from the LDS church on Bluff Road The Almost 10-Kilometer Run w ill be held for the first time July 7 The run, which is open to competitors of all ages, w ill originate in the parking lot of Paola's Pizza Barn Runners w ill leave the The Bike Derby is also lot at 10 a m., run down Highway 26 to Orient Drive; scheduled fo r Ju ly 3 follow Orient to Kelso Road; Youngsters ages six to 12 will run down Kelso to its be competing in feature intersection with Bluff Road, races and a bicycle decorating contest beginning go south on Bluff until Hood at 10 a m. at the Upper Street and follow it until they reach H eritage Square. Grades School track Ribbons and prizes w ill be One of last year’s most awarded and each runner popular events, the arm w ill recieve a T-shirt. All wrestling competition, w ill proceeds w ill be returned to be repeated this year Action the Mountain Festival. w ill begin at 7 p m July 6 in The final sporting event Pioneer Square- entrants should c a ll 668-5900 to scheduled w ill be the Long Rifle Rendezvous July 7-8. register Contestants w ill use muzzle loading rifles in a number of Also on July 6 is the Pet different events. A variety of Rock Race The fo u rth annual event w ill begin at 3 prizes w ill be awarded. Boring course sets junior golf M ountain View G olf Course s junior program gets under way Thursday for boys and girls aged 10-18 Photo by K im Smith All-star netter Fame Jensen move» Into position on the net during the State- Metro All-Star volleyball match at Lewis and Clark I ollege. Jensen and Sandy High teammates Julie Colt and Jeanne Duff were a vital part of the Metro team which blasted the State team in three straight game». P a rtic ip a n ts w ill be schooled in their golfing skills by club pro6 Jack Beaudoin and Stuart Smart Juniors who elect to join the course s juniors club w ill receive six w eeks of free golf lessons Registration begins at 9a m There is a small fee Further information can be obtained by contacting Mountain View at 663-4869. Satch— the greatest pitcher of them all would play in the big leagues. I would have said you're out of your mind They didn't want no coloreds then Had to eat out of the back door But I don't be mad. I jes pity 'em. If they had it to do all over again, I don't believe they would. "A t the same time, we ain’t all that far If I get on a plane and there are four seats and I sit in one of 'em, won't nobody sit there less'n they have to. They’ll circle the plane 15 times before they’ll finally sit there. Shows how bad a condition we re in And I ’m talkin' about right now- Today. ‘Course. I'd be lyin ’ if I didn't say they get real different when they find out who I am.” unfortunate but beside the point The argument carried some weight in the days when ballplayers in "Negro leagues might be said to be "unproven.” In the light of w hat s happened since, the only thing that might be said to be unproven about them was how much better they were than the white The grand old game of baseball and its chroniclers almost needed smelling salts not long ago when one pitcher worked in 13 straight games What would they say of one who pitched in 169 straight games*’ Everyone gasps at the fact Hoyt Wilhelm pitched in 1.070 games lifetime What would they do over someone who lost track after 3,000? So. Walter Johrwon struck out 3,503 hatters in his career What about a guy who struck out that many in three years'1 The same guy who went around the country with a sign: "Guaranteed to strike out the first nine home town batters or your money back0 The modern ballplayer complains about the ar ones Just imagine Henry Aaron. Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente. Bob Gibson. Reggie Jackson, Rod Carew and Richie Allen in one league, and we rest our case The weight of the evidence is that Satchel Paige did what he did in a bigger league Besides, every time he hooked up with a barnstorming, white big-league team he usually struck out 17 or so a game I caught up with this patriarch of the pitch the other te) 1979, Los Angeles Times Syndics te Jim M urray is a columnist for the Lœ Angeles Times day at lunch I asked the venerable right-hander what he thought of Mike Marshall pitching in 100 or so games a year " I was in 169 straight." snorted Satchel "Won all of them In 1953 They had turned me loose from Cleveland and from St Louis that year They had took me in the big leagues when I hadn't started a game in 15 years and 1 pitched two shutouts. 1 got old but my arm stayed 19. What did be think of today's hitters’ "Josh Gibson was the greatest hitter w ho ever lived He couldn t play in those hallparks with the roof on 'em He would have hit 'em through the roof Would he like to be pitching today? "A in ’t seen nothin' changed The plate s the same The ball's the same You got to pitch strikes is all They used to plant two bats six inches apart and I d throw it between em. Across the label Mr Ted Williams wouldn't hit nothin but strikes These players today w ill hit anything " I f anyone had told me in the 1920 s that coloreds bv J IM M l KRAY duousness of travel His longest trip is 44 hours by jet He travels in air conditioned comfort, dines on steak and lobster If he's a star, he makes upwards of 2tio grand a year Even if he's not. he stays at the best hotels, gets chauffeured everywhere W hen he retires, his pension can reach $2.5OUa month and more worked for less money a day than these guys get in meal money’ That he went around in a three wheeled bus. a ir conditioned only when someone broke a window’ You look at the record book and it says that Leroy Paige, a right handed pitcher, won 28 major league games, struck out 290 m ajor league batters, and had an earned run average of 3.2. What the record book doesn't tell you is that Paige was almost as old as hasehall when he did these things A dubious birth certificate shows he was 48 in his last full season in th«’ m ajor leagues 1 say. "dubious” because there are those who remember walking to school with Satchel Paige in the year it says he was born There are those who say the Paige page in baseball history shouldn't count, that the big league is the standard of prowess in baseball, and the fact Satchel didn’t get in one till he was at least 42 or at most 48 is Ron N orquist 38720 Procter 8lvd. 888-4327 “I can help you get the most from your life insurance dollar.’’ IT A T I H I » SW* Like a good neighbor State Farm is there The Galleria Rose Garden Run w ill take participants on a 7 m ile ja u n t through Washington Park Sunday, July 1. beginning at 9 a m. Entries for the run w ill he lim ite d to 1.000. 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