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Thompson top Black sports car racor
Tommy Thompson, of Somerset, New
Jersey, driving the Black American
Racers Lola - Super Vee, completed an
impresaive record in his first year with
the Black American Racers Team.
He entered a total of fifteen races,
Thompson won four races, placed second
five times and finished third twice.
Thompson set a track record at Bryar,
New Hampshire and Lap Records at
Summit Point. West Virginia. Bryar.
race, this year we had no sponsor and we
won, it couldn’t have happened at a bet
ter time, we'll make the grid at Indy yet."
Thompson is the first Black driver to
win four SCCA sanctioned races in one
season. He is also the first Black driver to
enter fifteen road races in one season.
Thompson will be competing for the
national SCCA title at the Champion
Spark Plug Classic to be held at Gains-
ville, Georgia, the "Road Atlanta Race,”
October 31st, 1976.
Thursday, October 28th,
Vote YES for
Coliseum expansion
You already own
the property and a new
addition can bring jobs
and millions of dollars
to Portland!
Memorial Coliseum has turned out to be a tar better
investment than voters could have imagined when in 1954
they approved bonds lo build it: says the Oregon Journal
recommending a YE S vote on ballot measure 53
The Coliseum complex has done more than improve the
quality ol life in Portland Since it w as built 17 years ago it
has helped create thousands ot tobs 9 new hotels were
built and each year millions of dollars have 'lowed into
Portland s economy from meeting and convention groups
from all over the country
But now we re losing meetings and conventions to other
cities because we don t have enough space We need to
add 16 to 20 meeting and exhibit rooms to the present
Coitseum on property you already own The addition will
allow us Io generate $,104 million each year tor the people
ol Portland as we have in the past and a lot more1
Vote YES for Ballot measure 53
Portland needs it!
A t Center, wearing Number 32 - a
deafening roar and season Number 7 was
almost ready to go. Bill Walton scored the
first basket of the young season at 10:38
of the first quarter and Blazer fans
cheered with delight. None of the Blazers
were particularly sharp on opening night,
but the job was done and a win is a win.
Had to be impressed with young
Johnny Davis, however. Johnny started
the third quarter and immediately
responded. A t 11:05 Davis hit from high
up on top of the key off a Walton feed.
10:46 Davis hits again from left front.
9:47 again a Davis jumper from the side.
8:55 Davis fouled by Archibald and con
verting two free throws. In the short
span of three minutes. Johnny Davis had
collected 10 very important points. And
the crowd went wild.
The Nets were o il their game,
obviously, but appears to be a very
physical team.
Williamson, at 6'2", will intimidate
anyone and seems ready to at any time.
Corky Calhoun, formerly of the LA
Lakers, got off to a super start for
Portland * by hitting his first two
attempts.
Maurice Lucas. 6 V . 225 lb Blazer
Super Star, got off to a slow start, but
waa blazing at the end finishing with 24
points and 18 boards. Bill Walton also «ras
strong on the boards, as usual.
even more democratic than presidential
elections. In the pro-basketball balloting
the winners are decided directly from the
popular vote majority, must await
confirmation from the electoral college.
Also, N BA fans don't have to be citizens
to express their preferences and the
under 18 set is allowed to participate.
NBA All-Star candidates don't have to
go out campaigning to be nominated to
the ballet. Valaaa yon sail their day to
dby playing campaigning, and f gueas i t
somewhat. There is. also, room on the
ballot for write-ins though like in
presidential elections there's every little
chance of a write-in making IL
All things considered, the NBA All-
Star balloting program compares favor
ably with other popular elections. And
who ran argue with the fans' picks last
year? They were: East - John Havlicek
(Boston Celtics), and if one were to argue
this would be a good starting point for as
great as John was he is now looking on
the shady side of the h ilt W alt Frasier
(N .Y. Knicks), Bob McAdoo (Buffalo
Braves). Dave Bing and Elvin Hayes
(Washington Bullets); West - Nate
Archibald (Kansas City Kings), Rjck
Barry (Golden State Warriors). Bob
Dandridge and Brian Winters (Milwau
kee Bucks) and there, also, cam ba a good
deal of arguing here, because neither ( M
waa so exceptional last year. And last but
not least the redoubtable and remarkable
Kareem Adbul-Jabbar (Loa Angeles
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There's a Ford and a Carter running
but they're only two candidates in this
election and the voters aren't required to
cast their ballots on November 2nd.
To explain further, it's time for the
NBA balloting to determine the starting
fives for the annual NBA East-Weal
Ail Star game, to be played in Milwaukee
next February. And in thia ease the Ford
is not Gerry but Don, Loa Angeles
Lakers* forward, and it's not Jimmy but
Freddie Carter, brilliant 76er guard.
Basketball being the number one
spectator sport, it's no wonder that
All Star balloting by the fans draws one
fo the largest popular votes outside of the
presidential election itself. And with the
intrusion of the four new teams from the
now defunct ABA there should really
be a landslide . . . and. probably, moat of
this landslide will be due to the presence
of one Julius “Dr. J. Irving." Doctor J.
has been setting attendance records all
over the NBA and last night in New
Orleans sn all time record crowd of 27.383
turned out to see the D r. operate.
In some respects the All-Star voting is
With Grant's 27-14 win over Benson,
the P IL race is dwon to three teams. In
the Western Division, Jackson's Raiders
are alone at the top.
Grant showed a much more diversified
attack and with more people involved,
the offense really rolled. Nate Richards,
the seldom used fullback, scored two
touchdowns and was very instrumental in
the General offense.
Michael Lowe. Benson super back. Is
just th a t. . . he's super. Robert Lewis and
Daryl Motley scored a touch down a piece
for the winning Generals.
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