Blacks rank number
In for a thrill when the Boston Celtic’s BUI
Auerbach and John Havllcek score against
rels on "Sports ChaUenge.”
uross makes no pre-
tensions about being Amer
ica’s number one sports fan,
but like any other sports lover
he digs an action packed game.
So as the Idea guy and the
executive producer of TV’s
leading sports show, he’s
hustling to give sports lovers
action and entertainment on a
TV game show such as "Sports
Challenge,” which already
rates as the most widely syn
dicated sports show reaching
117 major cities around the
country.
Gross battled some old TV
guard concepts to prove his
point, and as an Inventive,
feisty producer he brings to
his game, TV producing, the
competitive forge ahead tac
tics of a salty pro.
There are guys who were
betting against Gross being
able to attract the greatest
figures In sports to appear
on the show. And now they
wish they hadn’t. But Gerry-
Gross has a zest for battling
the odds ... and he already
snagged Hall of Famers like
BUI Russell, Y„A. Tittle, and
Ted Williams ... great pros
rarely seen In public, much
less on TV. Gross sharpened
the "Sports Challenge” game
format to the ultimate In com-
The Washington Redskin’s Coach and General Manager George
A lie, all-pro flanker Charley Taylor and former defensive
signal caller Jack Pardee.
The survival chances of a be more consistent In my
seventh-rounc college draft shooting,” he says. "Last
choice are not the brightest year I would shoot well for
"Sports Challenge” talent co
and his son Jo Jo, a future
"Sports Challenge,” TV’«
In the National BasketbaU
ordinator Dan Merrln, the possible heavyweight, relax
10 or 15 games and then not
Host Dick Enberg, who Is the 1970 "Sportscaster of the Year."
most widely syndicated sports
Association.
“ Brown Bomber,” Joe Louis after tour rounds of taping
shoot well for 10 gam esorso.
asks
Joe Ixtuls, You held the heavyweight rliam plonshlp 12 years
show
reaching
117
major
clt-
ad
Exactly two - from all the A lot of It was strength. I
longer than any other man, and you defended your title more than
les around the
drafts over the years - played hope I don’t get as tired as
any other champion. Who was your toughest opponent?” Dead-
le
last season In the NBA.
I was near the end of the
P*nned Louis without any hesitation "UNCI.I SAM.” "Sports
t
And one of 'em didn’t help i season."
Challenge airs In Portland on KGW-TV on.saturdavsat 4-3n „
his case as a rookie when he »
"And I hope to run the
suffered a cheekbone fracture i team better," he adds, "tt
and a cracked jaw In traln- should be easier.
It took
,g
lng camp or as a second-year time to find out exactly what
••
pro when he missed half the Coach Todd wanted.”
¡h
campaign with groin Injuries.
Adelman, of course, Is the
Yet this player - Rick Ad- "quarterback” of Portland’s
ie
elman - Is the first official blazing offense which pro
h
captain of the Portland TraU duced the fourth-highest point
Blazers.
total In the NBA last season.
Appointment of the 6’1”
As for the team’s outlook,
j.
guard obtained from San Diego you won’t catch Adelman pre
.
In the 1970 expansion draft dicting any wild success but
was announced enthuslastlc- he won’t concede anything,
230 N rtlU N G S W O W H . J U T L A N D PHONE
e ally by Coach Rolland Todd either.
,
of the Blazers.
"We should be a lot better
"Basically, Rick exempll- but everyone must realize ex
'SCORING a point for milk and milk products is Geoff Petrie, honorary 1971 Dairyl
.
fles the things we think are actly what we can do,” he says.
U tua forruf^ Out
B Important to a winning player "Some guys may, think we’re Month Chairman. Petrie, standout member of the Portland Trailblazers, is the recipient
c
In the NBA, "say Todd, who still far away. But If we can of the National Basketball Association's Rookie-of-the-Vear'' award. Assisting Geoff
t
watched Adelman play "since get together early In th sea in making the bucket" is Susan Gourley, of Brownsville.
he was a sophomore In high son,
we may surprise a lot
school.”
"Rick,” says Todd, "Is a of people. If you start be
Prices good tl
lieving In yourself early In the
.
highly competitive, Intelligent year,
you
can
be
on
your
way.”
and an unselfish ball player.
Adelman and his wife, Mary
,
He Is a leader by example, Kay,
are parents of a daugh
not vocally.”
te r, Katheryn Mary.
The
,
"Adelman Is a catalyst for family lives the year round
the other four guys on the
! floor,” says Todd. “ He makes In Portland, with Rick selling
tickets for the Blazers
things happen tor them as season
In the off-season.
’ much as for himself.”
USDA Choice Beef
MY-TE-FINE
He already claims one sing
Adelman, all-time scoring ular distinction, when Coach
Challenge"
representative ,
leader of Loyola University Todd was ejected from a game
asked? "Why, I was a former
Full Cut
Harlem
Globe Trotter,” , of Los Angeles as a collegian, for the first time In his life
says of his new responsibility, last season, Adelman took
McCollum chuckled,
3 -bag bo
"I didn’t expect It. But it over as coach. The Trail
led.
Regular
R eg 5 4 -
Is
an
honor
for
the
coach
to
Recently, someone com
Blazers went on to win.
Dippers
think
that
way.”
mented that black athletes are
"You might say,” smiles
But the third-year pro adds Rick, "that I am one and zero
overlooked in favor of white
Barbecue
with
quiet
emphasis.
"I
think
athletes on TV shows. Gross
as a coach.” The Blazers
I
can
handle
It."
says, "We only take the guys
hope his track record Is as
Adelman, who played two good as a captain.
who everybody looks up to.
Sonny Boy Asparagus
V an illa • Straw berry
seasons with San Diego before
We don’t care what color they
Chocolate • N eap olitan
becoming
one
of
the
Trail
are. We want star power on
Properly aged for ten d er
Blazers’ "originals,” set nu
TV and that can’t be diluted
ness and flavor. Check our
merous
season
and
single
O
ther
Special
by the colpr of a guys skin.”
selection and trim for ex
game career highs last season
Flavors
Gross added, "We just want
the top pros and couldn’t care when he averaged 12.6 points
tra value and savings.
The record-w recking cham
less about what color they a game and was second In pions of the w o r l d - t h e
are .. If they’re exciting and assists on the team with 380. Milwaukee Bucks - w ill battle
He set or tied single-game
charismatic Individuals. Peo
ple aren’t idolized according highs for field goals with 10, P o r t l a n d ’ s T r a i l Blazers
D elicatessen Savings
B a k e ry S avings
to religion or color. You free throws with 13, free in Mem orial Coliseum thisfall
Produce S aving s
in
the
highlight
clash
of
the
throws
attempted
with
14
don’t think of that Individual
assists
with
a
club
record
of
Blazers*
pre-season
schedule.
as being black or white ath
And that means the first-e ve r
letes, you think of him being 13 and points with 27 - against
M Y -T E -F IN E
the Boston Celtics.
head-on meeting of Milwaukee’ s
a fantastic athlete,”
He
set
season
records
for
Gross
continued, "The
Lew Alclndor and Portland’ s
Sweetheart
whole beauty of sports re minutes played (2,303), field Sidney Wicks - form er team
goals
(378),
field
goals
collection and Involvement Is
mates w it h UCLA’ s national
to be able to look back and attempted (895), shooting per champions.
centage
(.442),
free
throws
reminisce and talk about great
T h e Bucks and Blazers will
moments In sports. All kids 9267), free throws attempted square off in the second game of
Reg
22'Zt-oz.
«•9
(369),
rebounds
(282),
assists
In
the
world
and
all
guys
1
35*
loaves
v> M<h
a double-header on Friday night
89'
pound
grow up to be great sports (380) and points (1,023).
Whew!
October 1, with the Seattle Super
nad, deep orange flath
S
fans. Whether the guys are
M
ade
extra
flavo
rfu
l
w
ith
real
butter.
Ten times during the season Sonlcs and the San Francisco
if braakfaat, or alo mode
hoisting a few at the local
Makes g re a t tasting toast.
Regular or thick sliced.
pub or kids milling around a Adelman scored 20 or more W arriors clashing In the open
ich in v ita m im A an d C.
Playground, they pride them points In a single game. And ing game at 6:30 p.m.
*
—
i
get
this
I
Eight
of
those
selves on their knowledge of
On Saturday night, October 2,
sports. There will always be 20-plus performances were
in Seattle, the Blazers and t h e
guys quizzing each other and on the road, where unfriend
W arriors will m e e t In the
that always leads to the "Do ly crowds make It tougher.
opener of a twin b ill, while th e
"There’s
no
way
I
can
ex
you remember?” anthology of
SuperSonics and the Bucks will
plain
that,”
says
Rick,
shak
memorable highlights.
play in the windup.
"No one would believe me ing his head.
Milwaukee in g e n e r a l and
Despite the finest season
when I said that I could get
Alclndor in particular te rro riz
the greatest names In sports of his brief career, Adelman
ed the National Basketball As
to play this game for a mod wasn’t anywhere close to 100
sociation last season.
est amount of money. I was percent physically. He still
also told I would run out of was weak from effects of groin
In th e regular season, the
great film clips. I haven’t Injuries which In 1969-70 lim
Bucks won66 and lost 16. T h e y
ited
him
to
35
games
with
even scratched the surface.”
s e t all - time records
fo r
San Diego.
" I feel a lot better as I victories at home (34) and on the
G u a r a n t e e d to
road (28). T hey won a record 20
approach our second season
93'
■
each 2 for 17
k e e p house fre e
straight games. They were the
In Portland,” says Adelman,
Freeze and use like ice
No mess,
o f b u g s u p to
best shooters (5 0 9 from the
who In the summer was run
no drips
Ideal for cam ping and
ning, lifting weights and shoot
three months.
field) in NBA history, earned the
ing baskets.
picnics.
most assists (2,249 and set a
His personal goals for 1971-
new standardforfieldgoalswlth
72?
3,972.
"F or one thing, I hope to
ts
s
re’
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