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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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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