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=1? < 7 •\ dus •• where it must begin. I Hut It S going to change at Irving f o r this vear as never before. lr \ ing park has new blood m an ag ers th a t a re in te re s te d >n building a fundam entally sound pro | ? gram for the kids. | >:i-'V*i'"‘.'~ iH r-' ’ T h ere 's D ennis Havne. a b rig h t e n e rg e tie voung m an w ith lots of good ideas for e program 1 talked a g re at length with Mr I’a v n e a n d w as quite im pressed w ith his enthusiasm for the baseball program at Irving Irving park has long been the te rro r of L ittle L eage baseball in D istrict One Irv in g s team s, in the past, have won on raw talent alone. Hut if th e re are any hopes of one day going all the way, this raw- tale n t m ust be refined. The basic fundam entals, baserunning, sliding, bunt District one Big League All Stars, omprised of players from Irving park ind Lakeside, fell Sunday in the second utlf of a double header 1 4 5 to end their ourney hopes. District One going into Sunday's play needed both ends of the louble header to advance to Division play n Vancouver. Most followers of Big League play fi- ured district one to be a lead pipe cinch ¡ng, must be taught at the lower level. and with the new breed managers and coaches in the program thia year . . . I’m sure this goal will be attained. rm >ure all you followers of Little t hasehall will remember the talent of the Motleys. Ivory Joes, etc. The play- ers of that era certainly had the super talent and they went as far as they could ¿ rien t alone h‘ d able to play with a fuU deck then they ,layers from Irvings undefeated team. ' J y were; Ronnie A Donnie Ranson, 2 y Lomax. Tony Fischer, Gary Wash but the overall program is getting strong er and in the future for baseball in the park is, by all means, on the upsw.ng. . \ c i . ' " X 4""'' >. V - * L \ v e t h - i . - t - - S '- / '" - / 4? ,•’*■,'■■?•' " t / V C i H , * ' J . e i i ’V’’1/,3 '* - „ - J ’i ' ‘ ’' i i - '- .'-.*¿1’ ’ ja g g f e g k X *W V y ’ . ' " / ’Y*’ ' , - ‘- i t - s iv * ' ngton. Dave Leisure, and Renard gickett. Irving so completely dominated he league that most fans thought their ntire teem should have represented dis n et one. Gary Washington. Irvings itrong right hander, went the distance itriking out seven, while walking just hree batters. In the second game coach Leo Fischer chose to go with the players predomin mtly from Lakeside and the rout was on. As we’ve all learned from Watergate, h iw is ig h t Is a marvelous thing to possess. Now that the game is over and the loss recorded we can all go back and say. “Why did coach Fischer argue with success?" “Why did he not go with the team that put him there?" When these questions were put to coach Fischer, he replied. “I went with what I thought was my strongest kids. Some people seem to think if the players aren't from Irving park they can’t play. These kids from Lakeside may not hit as well as some of the Irving players, but they’re smarter." And this, my friend, leads us once rgain to the moot prevalent rap against B’ack players . . • They’re not smart enough. ixits of ability, the old saying but can't think. This line of thought is what w e must eliminate. We can and must teach o ir youngsters the right way to do tl'ings. Coach Fischer. I believe is only partly right.. Not that our kids can't think . . . perhaps they haven’t been programmed to do so in their early baseball years. And 3 J I j | J I 1 I j 1 f | | j j j 1 I I I | Tbi# y g 01y n,pi<. boxing team was no doubt our slrongest ever, when you stop ihink mQst of the ^ h er countries people to the Olympics that „ ^ y years older than the U.S. fight- erg awj have had as many as 200-300 fights. Thia U.S. team displayed both courage an<j ability. Sugar Ray Leonard, from Maryland, was the crowd favorite, and no doubt our finest performer, but being irOT the Pacific Northwest, my favorites were the Tacoma fighters Davey Arm strong and Leo Randolf. Leo went on to win the gold while Davey was a victim of poor officiating, jh e strong showing of our Olympic team, r m sure, did a great deal to enhance amateur boxing. Portland Trailblazer fans are certainly ¡„ for a treat in the upcoming NBA wars, Wally Walker, if he’s better than Adrian Dantley, as Blazer Brass contends, must y ^ y be something to behold. For sure. we aU kM, what Adrian can do aa wit by U s super fine performance in Olympic games. Dantley was consistently strong inside amj a|so our leading scorer. And with the i«^, of ««ne 30 pounds, Adrian appeared sleek and quick. Not many of us have „aU , Wally Walker so. I guess, we'll just have to wait and see. But, somehow. I’ve always thought a known commodity to be better than an unknown one Do you see where I’m coming from? Grambling greats play pro . a _ a -.w Harris GRAMBLING - Thirty-eeven former Grambling football ptiyers remain on ros ters of professional teams in the National and Canadian Football lea g u es as squads start countdowns for the 1976 season. The high number of firmer G-Men in pro camps maintains Gram bling's distinc tion of being one of the major producers of professional football talent. Grambling annually ranks with Notre Dame. Ohio State and the University of Southern C a lifo r n ia as the top producers of profes sional football players. Of the 37 ex-Tigers in the play-for-pay ranks, 30 are toiling in the NFL while seven are on rooters of Canadian teams. Former Grambling players listed with CFL teams are Vernon Robertson, Cal gary; S teve Dennis and Matt Rood, Tor onto; Ezil Bibb*. Hamilton; Damon Ash ford. British Columbia; and Jesse O’Neal and Sam Holden. Saskatchewan. Former Grambling gridders in the NFL at the outset of training camps included Willie Brown. Oakland; Richard Harris. Chicago; Solomon Freelon, Seattle; Essex Johnson, Cincinnati; Gary Johnson, Ron Ringleton and Charlie Join er. San Diego; Bob Atkins and Bobby Simon. Houston; Charles Smith ind Willie Zimmerman, Philadelphia; Woody Peoples and Robert Pennywell. San Francisco; John Mendenhall and Willie Young. New York Giants; Billy Newsome. Delies Howell and Eugene Williams, New York Jets. Frank Lewis and Robert Barber. Pitts burgh Steelers; James Harris and Dwight Scales. Los Angeles; Jack Phil lips. New Orleans; A1 Dennis and Mike S t Clair. Cleveland; James Hunter. Detroit; Sammie White. Minnesota; Charles Battle. Baltimore; and I^rry Favorite, Atlanta. Grambling is represented on 20 of the NFL’s 28 teams. C n igh t; Boo RJea, Vsacouver, B.C., 1st. Cleveland Netherly. Seattle. 2nd; Charles Traylor, Seattle, > d . D Flight: Andy Brown. Portland. 1st; Richard Bambrelle. Seattle. 2nd; Harold Burn*. Portland, 3rd. Junior: Brent Johnson. Los Angeles. Ladies Champion: Vara Beaver, Seattle, 1st; Delia Brook*. Portland, 2nd. Ladies First Right: Ivetta Hatcher. Seattle, 1st; Marilyn Matthew*. Tacoma. 2nd lad ies Low Net: Della Brook»; ladiea lo w Gross: Vera Beaver Men* lo w Not: andy Brown; Men * low Gross: Jerry Polk Leisure Hour Golf Club thanks it* sponsor* and participants, numbering HO player*. ament, tees off. ¡left) H u b e r t Robinson o f G reensboro, N o rth C on p a rtic ip a te , w ith G eorge R ankins, (above) Partidpaato chock their scores, (below I Wiaaers wore: Champioa: Greg Oxendine < intends to tara pre, first; A1 Hortoa of Seattl A Flight: Booker Taylsr. 1st; Pete Costello. Ti B Flight: Fitzgerald Beaver, Sent«’ ' ' MUer. Portland. 3rd. Medalist dies YWCA sponsors recreation, craft programs DeHart Hubbard, the first Black Amer ican to win an Olympic gold medal during the 1920’s. died in Akron, Ohio after a long illness. In 1924. at the Paris Olympic Games. DeHart Hubbard, a wiry young athlete from the University of Michigan, set s world record with a broad jump of 24 feet and one-eighth inches. A year later, Hubbard, a native of Cincinnati. Ohio, broke another world re cord in the same event with an incredible leap of 25 feet, 1 and 7/8th inches. It was a record which stood unbroken for three years. Starting in 1922, Hubbard won the Natipnal AAU championship six times. His achievements will stand and re main aa an inspiration to us all forever," said the resolution from Cleveland City Council. Not only was DeHart a great athlete, but he was a great man upon the job for minority housing. As an employee of the Housing and Urban Development, he travelled to all the known areas wherein little or no housing was available for the nation's minorities during the 50's and 60 s to get something started for them. His services were invaluable to the NAACP and others interested in the fight for discent housing. DeHart was a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. He is survived by his wife. Audrey, three children. Ezelle. Carolyn and Alton and three grandchildren, Michael, Patri cia, and William. by Martha An dersen For those youngsters in the Dekum Court Housing Project who are enrolled in the various classes sponsored by the YWCA it has been a busy, happy sum mer. They will U ke back to school know ledge of their clay work, art designs and key chain making -- all a part of their classroom work held each Tuesday and Thursday. These days are filled with more than creative craft, however. In the morning, there are games, singing, and stories. After lunch is craft time. Sixty to seventy youngsters are presently enroll ed. between the ages of five and seven. They are primarily from one parent fami- 1}£S. Mrs. Clark, a reaident of Dekum Cout and who has two children participating in the project, says: “They get protective supervision plus the knowledge of how to do things." All this is due to s dedicated staff who truly like children and enjoy working with them. Take, for instance, Delvon Barrett, director of the program. She it a gradu ate psychology major at Williamette Uni versity. with two years in religious edu cation at Yale Divinity School. Thia back ground seems reflected in the warmth and affection she and the children share with each other. Mrs. Barrett aaya: “We get a lot of cooperation from tome of the older children like Cookie Alexander and Yeung people enjoy YWCA Vickie Loving, who enjoy assisting h Connie Emerson, our assistant teacher." « Ms. Emerson is a native of Des Moines, p lows. She attends Portland State Uni ver a sity, majoring in psychology. Assisting s with field tripe and outdoor activities for c boys age ten to fifteen is Warren Ogden, c a freshman at North Pacific Dental r College. Last summer he was assistant youth director at St. Marks Day Care J Center. 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