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P o r tla n d O b s e rv e r
T h u rs d a y , J u n e 3, 1976
Paie*
Trailblazers; Musical chairs again
b e lie f is th a t a p re m ie r g u ard w ould be
one th a t ra n do it a ll, to fa r P e tr ie doesn't
firin g . L e n n y had th is to say. " H e to ld m e
th e reason was i h a t w e h a d n 't m ade
enough prog ress in th e last tw o seasons,"
fit th is ca te g o ry .
I a g re e w h o le h e a rte d ly w ith R am say'a
assessm ent o f L io n e l. H e is good now and
W ilk e n s said.
W ilk e n s said th e w h o le th in g was a
w ill be a p re m ie r g u a rd in th e ye a rs to
come. A n y o n e k n o w in g a n y th in g about
s u rp ris e to him . “ I had heard ru m o rs , bu t
I d id n ’t pay m uch a tte n tio n to th e m ." he
said. “ I re a lly d id n 't th in k th is w as going
b a ske tb a ll ra n easily see th a t H o llin s has
all th e tools. I'm s till tr y in g to u n d e r
stand how B laze r fans ra n ch eer P e tr ie
to happen. I a * ss th a n a w ee k ago, I was
looking ahead to th e C o lle g ia te d r a ft and
and S te e le , and be so hostile to w a rd
L ionel. I ju s t ca n 't u n d e rstan d it.
H o llan d T o d d , J a c k M c C lo sk ey. O n n y
W ilk e n s . and th e b e at goes on. F o r those
of yo u th a t a r e new to B liz e r b a ske tb a ll
th e ab o ve n am ed fe llo w s a re fo rm e r
T r a ilb la z e r coaches. T u e s d a y , a t a press
co nference
ca lled by th e B lazers, Jack
R am say was hand ed th e rein s and w ill
a tte m p t to do w h a t no o th e r roach in
B laze r h is to ry has do ne, th a t is to lift th e
BOYD S CAFE
So it is m y b e lie f th a t Coach W ilk e n s was
fire d too h a s tily . W h e n asked ab ou t his
bv Ron Sykes
B lazers to th e play-offs.
So w ith R am sey 's h irin g th e qu estio n is:
to o u r ro o k ie cam p."
W e r e th e B laze rs fa ir to L e n n y W ilk e n s ?
W ilk e n s ' b e liev es th a t w ith a lit t le m ore
tim e he could have produced a w in n e r.
W ilk e n s seem ed a lit tle b itte r , and one
can easily u n d e rs ta n d w h y .
H is fin al
s ta te m e n t w as, “I can see it now. W a lto n
L ast y e a r. L e n n y 's fir s t, th e te a m put
to g e th e r 38 w in s, th e m ost e v e r fo r a
w ill stay h e a lth y a ll n e x t season and Jack
P o rtla n d te a m .
w ith an in ju re d B ill W a lto n . So n a tu ra lly
kn ow ab ou t R am say becom ing coach of
th e y e a r b u t I ’m alm o s t p o sitive th a t B ill
stand
th ing s
w o n 't stay h e a lth y a ll y e a r.
re assess th e ir p re s e n t s itu a tio n and
m ake changes as needed. I f M r . R am say
looked
T h is w as accom plished
p ro m is in g
fo r
th e
n e xt
ye ar. B u t as w e a ll kn ow these prom ises
q u ickly fe ll by th e w a y s id e w ith reoccur
rin g in ju rie s to B ill.
w ill becom e coach o f th e y e a r."
pionship te a m , an d th a t could fu r th e r be
and a sm all fo rw a rd . I b e lie v e it g ives th e
te am a trem en d o u s a m o u n t o f fle x i
b ility ."
I f R am say a d h eres to th is
in J a n u a ry , w h e re th e y
lit e r a lly
blew
D u r in g th is m uch ta lk e d
about s tre tc h th e te a m was a lto g e th e r
and one could ea sily see th e th in g s fin a lly
fa llin g to g e th e r - a t last w e had a team .
for o th e rs to ru n ag ain st th e B lazers. I
sin cerely hope th a t th e B laze rs w ill not
It
is
necessary
th a t
th e y
PeA^ect SoutlteAet dloipitality
th en
th e b eat w ill indeed go on had in the ga m e
of m usical ch airs.
h im se lf w ith o u t.
M r . R am say w ill find
LENNY W ILKENS
ph ilosophy, th e n w e w ill no lo n g e r see
S u p e r S id and L lo y d N e a l on th e floor
H o llin s w ill be good.
to g e th e r.
R am say on th is, I b e lie v e his an alysis is a
little off. A t best. G e o ff is an a d e q u a te
R am say says th a t P e tr ie is a lre a d y a
p re m ie r gu ard in th e N B A and L io n e l
pat.
does ele ct to go w ith w h a t he has
R am say . W h a t a re his goals? W h a t a re
his plans as fa r as m a k in g changes?
O n a local ta lk show T u e s d a y e v e n in g ,
Union
Qocd Jlome. Made Pici
R am say says th a t w ith S te e le and Gross
am ong th e fo rw a rd s , th e re is p le n ty of
speed. A lso, he th in k s it w ill be d iffic u lt
So it brin g s us b a rk to “ H a p p y Ja c k "
R am say said. “I lik e to play a big fo rw a rd
N.E.
Special Quality fyoedi
l.a r r y S te e le a re a t th e fo w a rd position.
I d o n 't
I t has been said th a t w ith W a lto n in th e
e v e ry o n e o u t.
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R am say has s ta te d th a t his plans for
line-up th e B la z e rs w e r e a solid ch am
s u b s ta n tia te d by th e ir p e rfo rm a n c e in
th a t m e m o ra b le seven gam e s tre tc h back
I
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S it d o w n to b re a k fa s t
w ith T o n y a n d
g u ard , by no m eans a p r e m ie r gu ard . M y
EOC coach
retires
F o llo w in g a d is t in g u is h e d f o u r t e e n
y e a r coaching c a re e r a t E a s te rn O reg o n
S ta te C o lleg e , head w re s tlin g coach E r
lin g O d e g a a rd ,
52.
has announced
his
r e tir e m e n t because of m edical reasons.
O d e g a a rd , w hose te am s w e re ra n k e d in
th e to p tw e n ty sm all co lleg e poll a t one
tim e fo r e ig h t y e a rs in a ro w , says th a t a
on any size box of Kellogg’s Sugar Frosted Flakes!
c o n t in u in g p o o r h e a r t c o n d itio n has
b ro u g h t a b o u t th e e a rly r e tir e m e n t. " M y
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by all as "O d e," e la b o ra te d fu r th e r on the
decision to d ro p w re s tlin g and th e fu tu re
W o m a n ski ra c e r in n atio nal fin als - L u c ille M c G e e . 52. can ski o n ly th re e hours a
day be fo re her s k i-in ju re d leg tig h te n s up, b u t she skied w e ll enough to q u a lify for
th e 8th an nu al S c h lit z /N A S T A R F in a ls a t A sp en . C olo ra d o , in A p r il.
M iss M cG ee,
an electron ics a s sem b le r from M in n e ap o lis. M in n e s o ta , was th e fir s t Black s k ie r to
q u a lify fo r a N A S T A R F in a ls w h e re th e n a tio n al re c re a tio n a l ski ra c in g cham pion
ships a re decided.
A b o v e . M iss M c G e e speeds th ro u g h a g a te on th e g ia n t slalom fin als course.
S k ie rs in e ig h t ag e and sex classifications won gold, s ilv e r and bro n ze S c h litz Cups.
T h e fir s t O reg o n S ta te P o c k e t B illia rd s
T o u rn a m e n t sponsored by th e N a tio n a l
th e professional.
P riz e m onies and
tro p h ie s a re to be a w a rd e d to th e top
P o ck et B illia rd s A sso ciation , In c o r p o ra t
ed w ill be held a t th e M e m o ria l C oliseum
tw e n ty place team s.
T h e N a tio n a l P o c k e t B illia rd s Associa
tio n w as o rg a n ize d to fo s te r and develo p
a g r e a te r in te r e s t in th e p la y in g o f po cket
b illia rd s and to re n d e r a se rv ic e to
business o rg a n iza tio n s c a te rin g to people
in te re s te d in p la y in g pool.
P la y is open to v e rifie d
T h e action is to be
p ro je c te d on to a 20' x 30' screen via
closed c irc u it te le v is io n , p o rtio n s of w hich
w re s tlin g can one d a y re g a in th e success
ful position it has e n jo y e d a t th e college
fo r m an y ye ars . I b e liev e th e m ove w ilt,
in th e lo ng ru n , h elp to s tre n g h te n th e
fifty o f his fo rm e r w re s tle rs a re now
a c tiv e in th e te ach in g and coaching ran k s
th ro u g h o u t th e s ta te of O reg o n . “D ro p
ping w re s tlin g ," O d e g a a rd said, "is like
losing a ch ild.
B u t, so m e th in g had to be
done w ith th e fiscal p ro b lem s faced by
th e a th le tic d e p a rtm e n t. W re s tlin g is not
a
m an d ate d
sp o rt
by
th e
E verg re e n
w ill be ta p e d fo r fu tu r e use.
C o n feren ce, and by o ffic ia lly d ro p p in g the
1976 W o rld O p en E ig h t B a ll, N in e B all
Pool C h am p io n , D a n L o u ie , o f S e a ttle ,
has c o n tra c te d to e x h ib it his skills d u rin g
th e to u rn a m e n t.
sp ort, those w re s tle rs w h o w a n t m ay
im m e d ia te ly tr a n s fe r to a n o th e r via b le
w re s tlin g p ro g ra m a n y w h e re in th e re
D isc jo ckeys fro m e ig h t local te levis io n
ta v e r n and
resp ect D r . B rig g s ' decision and am v e ry
s u p p o rtiv e of him . H e ’s n o t o u t to w in a
p o p u la rity co ntest. I t is m y hope th a t
a th le tic p ro g ra m .”
O v e r th e y e a rs , O d e g a a rd 's w re s tle rs
received a w a rd s as sm all college A ll
A m e ric a n s e ig h te e n tim e s .
M o re th an
Pocket billiards tourny here
on J u n e 19, 1976.
and ra d io statio ns h ave accepted an o ffe r
lounge leagu e te a m s o n ly, as th is to u r
to p lay an
n a m e n t ca te rs to th e a m a te u r p la y e r, not
w in n e rs re c e iv in g a tro p h y .
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