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pagc S PurtUnd/Obterver Thursday, June 24, 1971 Blazer p la ye r profile Wicks Yelverton Blondet Steele lead rookies Blazer rookies earn money for AMA beat Seattle 100-93 Spurgin Haters by The Sonics held a lead that at one time was as high as 13 points before the Blazer rooks found some composure and poise, whittling away at the Sonic lead and finally over- taking them inthe fourthquarter. The tying shot was cast in by No. 1 draft choice Sidney Wicks to tie the score 80-80 with about 3:44 left to play. Then Charles Ye 1 vert on made good a three point play and Seattle was two steps behnxi the rest of the three minutes and the game. SEATTLE (93) FT El,K,M...... 3~» Jonian...... 1-2 Burrows... 5-7 F o rd ........... 10-12 Low ery.... J. Sm ith....0 -0 T a lle y ........o-2 DeSilva......1-1 Wilson....... o - l W ortman... 0 -0 PC IP 7-12 1(^23 9-20 3-16 17 21 23 lfc 9 0 -1 0-3 2-2 0 93 FT FG TP 4 - iQ 12-29 4 _ ll 3_p 2-5 3 .8 2-5 3_$ 5_n 3_ 12 0 -0 3 33 Of this group anywhere from 3 to 9 might have a chance to come back to fail prac tice, Announcements on can didates w ill be made later this week, and Todd and Stu Inman director of Player Personnel be sweating it f M then. { And today we’ll talk about it s draftees through rookie camp sessions at Lewis and Clark College’s Panwlln sports Center. Led by Sidney Wicks and Charles Yelverton the rookies have shown why they were Stu Inman’ s personal picks as possible future Blazers and It seems really cruel that he also has to decide who stays and who goes. L a rry Steele, Foward 6'7’ ’~ High percentage shooter but som etim es lacks aggression. At this pekut, I feel he could go anyway— DonSechler, Forward 0’ 11” One of the slower contenders at rookie camp, but really hustles; but I can’t say In his *ase If that’ s enough. Sutter 4 7 Marsh jj 6 0 100 n w o -i.i. c o . F . Buckiewicz, W . Buckiewicz The conference, to be held in the new College Theater, w ill feature a program in- Jim M arsh ,, Guard o’7’” , Tne Cinderella kid of rookie camp. Marsh is a hustler and crowd pleaser. His attitude shows that It is very Impor tant for him to make It through rookie camp, I feel If Marsh continues playing to form, he might even survive the big camp. Blondet. H e c to r B lo n d e t. G uard 6 ’ 4 " H e reates high on my list of possible survivors, he’ s from M urray State. Hector la the best passer assist man at rookie camp, and a very good d river and leader of Rolland Todd’ s fast break, although at times his defen sive joeseeee may be ques tionable. His ability to make rookie camp and NBA basket ball probably will be decided by his defensive ability. Smith i l .,1 hampered by hla biabinty to move and nt into Rolland Todd’ s game pi»,,,, ro u n d ? "- T e d , ‘ « - ” ^ 2 3 5 _ POSTAGE BOTH WAYS. _ Knolle Ask About O u r 3 - 2 - 1 Plan Wierman Ted Wierman, Forward 6’9’ ’ - WE PAY H.4.VT EREE CHECKING' John Sutter, Forward 6’ 8‘ * ~ Because of a leg Injury, It Is not known if he w ill get the nod to return to camp maybe he w ill tf Todd and In man feel he hasn’t had a good look. Bill Smith, Foward, at 7*1’ I feel has to make It out of rookie camp; the big camp In the fall, I don’t know; he has really been omnipotent (awe some) under the boards and Is very sound defensively— How To List In A Com petitive M arket Qualifying the Buyer Showing the Property and Obtaining an Offer Presenting the o ffe r SIMPLICITY ITSELF b u ild in g . Steele Sidney Hicks, forward, 0’9" everything M r. Wicks has done at rookie camp has been highly Indicative of his winning attitude; at 8-0 in scrimmage games played we hope this strong perform er can lift the Blazers to great heights next year; whether he does o r not he’ s In— ’ OUR BANK-BY-MAIL PLAN IS Tb« Bank of C alifornia Wicks Gene Knolle, Guard 6’ 5” shooting from the floor has not been consistent, neither has good defensive prowess-------- Knolle might find a good Job In an Insurance company, etc. Yelverton t Charles "music man” Yel verton, Guard 6’ 2’’ ~ - A very fine guard who has very •mooth move*. Much Hky Blondet, a very sweet passer and a leaper. The music man along with hla basketball ta l ents ought to ge a long way tor the Blazers. pounds, moves nice it and thereto lies th . source of hta problem. Wilmore A rt W ilmore Guard6’ 3 " . . Good but not the Blazers best perform er at guard rookie eemp, a hustler aod a t m*s< times one of the better p er formers, he’ s not beet and that’ s what Rolland Todd is looking fo r, might make a M v tfr - - Leisure Hour G olf Club give Scholarship NaMajiai Auniani. 407 S.W. Broadway membe » f o I C Portland, Oregon 97205 Fbone 225 3636 Western States Golf Associa tion initiated t h e M a ry Woodyard M em orial scholar ship awards program for the first tim e this year. Ruth Ann Hart, who wa# sponsored by Leisure Hour Golf Club, was one Of the firs t recipients. NOW Union Avenue THE BEE CO.. One General location, Albina t Killinqtworth 2S3-3I71 — 9 to 5:30 aouo w m tn First Quality Merchandise! OPEN SUNDAYS 12 To 5 P.M. lenneua The values are here ever y day. Chicago speculators and baseball elite are spreading rumors tlxat major league baseball may have It’ s first Black manager before June 31. Manufacturer's Closeouts! New Items Daily Will Be NOT DAMAGED OR SOILED! 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Residing to fourth place 10 1/2 games behind league I leading Pittsburg, Joyful times I between Cub victories are few and far between and unless Leo Durocher can produce some wins he might be the firs t managerial fatality of the 1971 season. W illie Davis has extended his hitting streak to 24 con secutive games, with aground ball shot past ex - Dodger teamate Ron F airly, who not Plays for the Montreal Expos. Lou Brock’ s 26 game hit ting skein came to a grinding halt when lie went 0 for 4 against the Atlant Braves. J J ___IN COLOR_____ 1 ° P • n FRI. A SAT.- O PEN 7 :0 0 p .m . S U N .- 2 :4 5 ip a c ia l Discount Prices to C h u rch G ro u p i - - - ■ ■ - C lub »«Io See M A N ( A BOY In fo r A fte r 5 :3 0 2 8 5 -4 8 7 1 coming soon July 2 7 , 1971 Cosby-Man A Boy Rated-G«n«ral The International Age Group! Diving Tour Is under the auspic es ofthe Amateur Athletic Union wfiihh* H.nlUd St“tes In conjuctlon p i l \ Oth/".r^m em b,rcountr,*s of ( th e In t * r n a 11 o n a 1 Amateur Swimming Federation) the International body controll- tn g International a q u a t i c sports. The ailing Chicago cubs and manager Leo Durocher have lost 10 of their 13 games and windy city rumor has tt that durocher maybe managing hts last days to the Chicago helm. I BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS VALLEY OF THE DOLLS | ne Circle of 1/ Excellence for “Pre-Owned’ Big Cars. Banks baseb all’s first black m anager ? CLOTHING LIQUIDATORS Penneys FOODS TO GO umitmto « roonn tou M r s . oe«y Perkins of Rochester, New York, who pre sently serves as Chairman of the AAU Junior Olympic Diving Committee, will coachthe U. S, squad. She w ill be joined by Dr. Robert A. Rydz., Pittsburgh,! Pennsylvania, who w ill act c o a c h - manager and M rs .l Rydze, w ho will serve chaperone for the tour. Jim Day, Foward 6’ 8” , 215 from Morehead State, lacks aggreslveness and won’t do battle with Wick’ s to scrim mages. O .K . defensive man, O JL offensively, but I don’t Miss Ruth Ann Hart, a senior think being OJG will be good of Jefferson High School, and a enough for this years t r a il member of the Leisure Hour blazers. Junior Golf Group won one o f th e two scholarship awards given by Western States Golf A s s o c i a t i o n to Los Angeles California. The other recipient was a senior from Los Angeles. The Beak el California-Thé Bank In the Intermediate division ( ages 13 - 14), tw o Floridians, Susan Rogers, from Pompano Beach and B. J. Kearney from Fort Lauderdale, will pace the entrants. Miss Rogers captured gold medals to 1968 and 1970 at th e Florida Gold Coast AAU, J u n io r Olympic Diving) Championships andw ssatw o-! time competitor at the National A AU Junior Olympic Champion ships. The remainder of the! 13 - 14 group will consist o f, Catherine L. Price, F a i r f a x , ! Virginia and Todd R itter, Lake! Oswego, Oregon, winner of the | 1968 Western Canadian Inter- 1 national Swimming and Diving Championships and the youngest diver ever to be Invited to com pete to the Santa Clara Invlta- Champlonshlps. time GOURMETS DELIGHT I I two boys and two girls In each of the three age group division (11- 12, 13-14 and 15-16X The eldest group is led by two National Junior Olympic gold Lafayette California and L ori rutch or Pompano Beach Florida. M is s F u tc h placed first in both theone and three m e t e r events a t the 1970 National A AU Age Group Diving Invitational and earlier this year was the gold medalist at th e S o u t h e a s t e r n b iter- scholastic H ig h Schoo 1 Championships held In Atlanta 9*01 gla. They will be joined in th e 15-10 age group by Bruce K n tp e , W illo w G ro v e , Pennsylvania who Is a veteran of last year's European Tour and a firs t place winner to both the 1970 and 1971 Eastern Inter- scholastic Highschool D iv in g , Championships. Filling out the fourth spot Is Patti A Ltodh, also from Lafayette, California, who was winner of both the one and three meter as well as the plat form , evenis at the 1970 Far Western Swimming and Diving Championships. COFFEE DELICATESSEN ¡ND IA NAPO LE - T w e lv e A A U age group divers between " th e * ages of eleven and sixteen w i l l leave ----- vimeaMates Junel’ June, the United States 2«th on the 1971 European Ag eil Group Diving Tour which w lliL b*»ln with a meet In Helsinki | June 29th and 30th and w ill end 1 n iti,,'? ’ ^ ‘ «i-national Age Group ulytng Contest In Brasschaet 4 Antwerp’ Belgium from July 4t h through July 18th. In th e ! toterlm International meets ’ b*7>»<-h<Kluledln Ronneby, bwrten for the Sw .d i ah Cup I n ’ Diving, July 2-4, and Frankfort Germany, - c Jmy Mh and » The AAU team w ill consist o I J I I i0 5 $ Conference dale set The date has been sche duled for June 25, 1971. Time: 9 a.m . to 4 pun. hi many ways this attitude about the blazers has come about because of Its excep tional maiden league play. Its n*say coaen Rolland Todd, Its co-rookie of the year Geoff Petrie and It’ s excellent col lege draft. boss ’ s 1 I iq Technical fouls — Todd Attendance — 9,714 The Oregon Real Estate Division and M t. Hood Com munity College proudly ann ounce the second annual SHIRTSLEEVE SALES WORK SHOP. After a week of watching the rookies perform 1 decided to give sports enthusiasts a personal evaluation of the ta lent present. TRAILBLAZERS (100) Stoele.........0-0 Believe it or not, over 50 w *cks.......... 9-11 turnovers were committed and B. Smith.... 2-3 almost 150 shots were missed, Yelverton.. 4-5 which might indicate that both E d m o re ..., 1-1 clubs were a little unsteady. Sechler....... 0 -0 Knolle........ 0-0 Wicks led the rooks from both W ierm an... 1-2 squads in scoring with 33 Blondet......... 1-1 points and 19 rebounds, the Sutler........... o_o specifics read 12-29 field goals Da>............... 0-0 and 9-11 freethrows. Defen sively Wicks blocked four shots. Seattle... 26 24 24 19 — 93 blazers 22 29 19 3 0 100 By far and away the P o rt land T railblazers second rookie camp has been much exciting and much Interesting to the people of Portland. q - 0 1-3 0-0 ♦ I I Tour by S p urgin W a te rs In a contest in which the Albina Minsterial Alliance net- ted well over 18,000 dollars the Blazer rookies evened their score with the Seattle Sonic rookies 100-93 at the Memorial Coliseum. 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