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i P*ge 6 Portland Observer Thursday, May 6, 1976 Timbers win Portland opener Wl11 w<,rr,or$ •■«pea» win? SPECIAL by Ron Sykes by Brad Small The Portland Timbers opened their 1976 home season Saturday the same way they ended last year's home sea son. against St. Louis in a downpour. When it was over the Timbers were the victors, 3-1. A crowd of 22.147 braved the wet and cold to see the fight marred contest. The Timbers were much more ag gressive and organized than they were in their previous gam e in S eattle's Kingdome. Without the big striker in the middle, the Portland offense this year is much more spread out. The wings and strikers kick the ball around until an opportunity presen ts itself. Now that they've gotten to know their teammates better, there is more preci sion in their passing. In the Seattle game, passes were going way too far and were off the mark. Newcomers Ike McKay and Malcolm Jim Cumbes blocks a goal. Smith were impressive in front of the one into the right hand corner of the goal, but were unable to score. It was net. but not before Betts and Chris up to team captain Pat McMahon to get Dangerfield had scored one apiece for the first goal. Winger Paul Hendrie Portland. St. Louis had only a couple centered the ball to McMahon, who other good chances, the best being a rifled a header past diving S t Louis shot that hit the crossbar. goalie Len ' James'' Bond. Bond was Two scuffles broke out in the second kept busy all night, as was the rest of half, the first one between Portland's the St. Louis defense. The Stars were Brian Tiler and the Stars' Danny Va obviously tired from their loss in Van ninger. Both were ejected from the couver on Friday, and played rather game. Shortly afterward a fight broke sloppily. Defenders John Carenza and out that emptied both benches. St. Roger Verdi were cited often for fouls. Louis' Gary Rensing and Pat McBride Portland goalie Jim Cumbes was un were booted, as was Portland's Mc occupied most of the night, so the only Mahon. who was cut on the head. entertainment the crowd got from him was one of his booming, length of the Besides scoring once. Dangerfield field kicks. The kick was almost con picked up an assist on Bett's goal, and verted into a goal by Tony Bette, but he was named Offensive player of the got tangled up and lost control. game. Hendrie picked up two assists. Cumbes has been getting a lot of Portland's Ray Martin was named de practice trying to stop penalty kicks, fensive player of the game. and Saturday’s game was no exception. The Timbers' next home game is this St. Louis midfielder Alan Trost blasted Saturday against Dallas. 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What it is mainly is a team with a lot of good basketball players and one great one - Barry. Jameal Wilkes states, "the attitude is not who does it. but does it get done." northwest hoping to reach slave terri tory in the U.S. For more than two months La Ami stad zig zagged across the Atlantic Ocean, ending up near Long Island. The Africans were taken into custody there by the U.S. Coast Guard brig, Washing ton, and escorted to New Ix>ng, Con necticut, and charged with murder and piracy. News of the capture spread through out the states. In the interest of his re-election, President Martin Van Buren tried to have the Africans turned over to the Spanish Government. But Lewis Tappan, a wealthy silk merchant and a number of others risked money and reputation to support the Africans in their three year fight for freedom through the courts. The case reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 1841, when Tappan persuaded ex president John Quincy Adams to take the case, even though the former chief executive was then 73, ailing and had not argued a case in thirty years. Adams won, and a year later the group. Friends of La Amistad, was able to return the 39 surviving Africans to their original home. Friends of La Amistad continues to day. working to chronicle Biack history in America through the support of lead ing American Blacks throughout the U.S. Following the Cutty Sark Interna tional Trophy Race, La Amistad will take part in a massive parade of sails with the other competing ships, July 4th, in New York called Operation Sail 1976. Al Amistad and its crew will then sail along the eastern seaboard and along the Gulf of Mexico opening its archives of Black history to the public at major sea coast cities. Cut» perimeter of an acre on one overnight charge Recharger incl. SHRUB TRIM M ER HEAD 3946 N.E. 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Grambling's defensive bark, James Hunter, picked by the Detroit Lions, was the tenth player selected. Last year the San Diego Chargers tab bed defensive tackle Gary "Big Hands" Johnson in the first round. The G Men's Junius "Buck" Burhanan was the first player selected in the 1962 American Football League draft. In 1972 two G Men were chosen on the first round defensive end Richard 5 8 0 0 N.E. Union SPECIALIZE: Favorite CADILLAC-LINCOLN W aitress Back GOOD FOOD M a n y V arieties Good Southern Cooking O ne of the Biggest Used Weekdays Cadillac dealers Lunch 9a.m. til 2 p.m. in the N orthw est Dinner 5 p.m. til 8 p.m Phone 2 8 1 - 2 0 3 9 Fri.-Sat. 10 a m.-2:30 p.m. 2511 N.E. Union NFL takes eight Tigers L Open 6 days a week Harris by the Philadelphia Eagles and wingback Frank Lewis by the Pitts burgh Steelers. Hunter, who played both offensive defense, is expected to be used as a defensive back and kick return spe cialist with Detroit. 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And believe me this year the job has been done as evidenced by their 59 wins and only 28 losses. l«ast year the Warriors astonished the world com pletely dominating the formidable Bui lets. Everyone including myself look ed upon their marvelous achievement as a mere fluke. So after destroying D etroit and now threaten ing to do the same to Phoenix only one question comes to the front, "Can they now do what only two teams in the history of the NBA were able to do?" My answer is plain and simple. Yes. In the Northwest. SHEAR and ENERGY PAK Super Softy V ary llaaJbla plus paddad lasóla Former slave ship eaters race A former slave ship, I ji Amistad, will sail with an all Black crew in the Cutty Sark International Trophy Race this summer commemorating the American Bicentennial. A major portion of the Black com munity has been reluctant in its enthu siasm for the Bicentennial, but l,a Ami stad, a 137-year old schooner that doubles as a museum of Black history has received large support from Black leaders in the U.S. La Amistad there fore becomes a project of major signifi cance in the two-hundredth birthday celebration of the nation. Thirty-nine young Blacks between the ages of 15 and 26 will sail La Amistad in the final leg of the race which includes QUESTION: I've often seen in the 86 other vintage sailing vessels from box scores the term "team rebound” can you explain this to me? tw enty countries representing every continent. A total of 3,000 young people ANSWER: A team rebound is when wili sail from London to Bermuda to the ball touches the floor before actually Newport, Rhode Island, in what will be being controlled by a player. When this the largest race of sailing ships in happens it's credited as a team rebound. history. The ships will race for the Cutty Sark International Trophy, to be awarded T H E BEAT GOES ON!!! SI following a vote of the competing crews UCLA might lose the services of to the one which most encourages in All-American Richard Washington and ternational understanding. Crew of the Marques Johnson via the hardship route Russian four masted windjammer, Kru but things don't look too bad down zenshtern is the most recent recipient of the Trophy. south. The significance of La Amistad to REASON: Coach Gene Barton has allegedly signed some of the first preps American Blacks began in 1829 when 52 in California, including Dorsey High's Africans were loaded aboard the ship for transport to slavery in eastern Cu co-AlI-City player of the Year, James ba. Ironically, the ship's name means Wilkes: Lynwood High's Darrell Al- turns; and Redondo Beach High's Gig "friendship," in Spanish. 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