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I Iw 1 1 - Grambhag's Tigers brought t o «bow to town Monday night a t PSU. playing in the first annual PSU cfeaafe the Tigers Central Washington team from the E ver green C o n fe re e « . « -5 1 Grainbling, the victim of numerous first half turnovers, finally solved the soar p re** employed by the tough Wash ington team, and behind the steady scoring of T e rry Sykes and powerful board w ork of A lb ert Davis, pulled away frem C entral Washington. The 6 7 f a * ward-center Sykes, who enjoyed a nine t o 15 shooting night, also hauled down 11 rebounds. W hen asked about his team's tu rn overs. in the first half Coach Hobdy replied. "W e're young and w e will make mistakes, but I'm not w orried." A fte r the Portland State Classic Coach Hobdy w ill take h it Tigers into the valley to a Thursday night encounter with D ick H arter's Oregon Ducks and a live meeting in the p it W hen naked if he was ready t o the "p it* the Coach replied. "W e’ve played in some snake pits of our own in our Conference, w e ll he ready." Grambling. I don’t think, can possibly be prepared (or w hat they’re about to receive is Eugene. The fans there, as one U C L A player put i t are simply scary. Gram bling had 29 turnovers Monday againat Central Washington, but was able to overcome by shooting a to rrid .563, and againat the Ducks one just has to believe that good defense w ili not allow th at kind of marksmanship. And the Ducks to p ity defense. Grambiing overcame a seven paint deficit in the feat five minutes to post a eome-from-behind 75-74 victory over the Portland State Viking*. In winning. Grambiing becomes the first champion in the brand new Viking led by Center T e rry Sykes, who hit the ing. and 6-6 to w a rd A1 Davis who had another strong rebounding night. "W e grew up tonight as a team ." an elated Fred Hobdy declared. "w e could have died out there but we fought hack.* i W illia m * the nation s leading scorer with a 14.5 average fall victim to cold shooting, and a double teaming Grambiing defense. The V iking had a 6 6 5 6 lead w ith 5 5 0 left in the game and must have had visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads. But. Grambiing. obviously, was not ready to play Santa Claus and refused at that point to give the Viks a Christmas present by folding. Sykes was bald to four points in the first h a lt but exploded t o 16 in the second including the 20 f t game winner. Freeman had a shot at the game winner when he let go w ith a 25 footer that wont around the rim and o u t James Cunningham tipped in the rebound, but not before the final burner bad Bounded. Coach Hobdy says we just let Freeman know how our boys play defense down in our country. Now it's on to Eugene where Grambiing w ill t o e U niversity of Oregon, and we know bow they play defense down there. I t should be interest ing. In the consolation game L A . State downed Central Washington 81-72. r’ Äjf» 1; . . . , This w rite r w ent on to say that Dave could do things the other tw o co uldn't. . . and th at if the injured Tw ardsik had been available the Blasers instead of bowing would have triumphed. Dave is obviously good, and for sure he Hollins and Davis in the t o e after they played so hard, and so weiL I can't understand it. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his Laker teammates shattered Portland's 22 win streak at borne, w ith a 118 to 109 victory Sunday night. I t was a beautiful game and one the Blazers need not be ashamed of losing. F or on thia night. L A . could have soundly trounced most anyone in the N B A . or the whole world far that 1SWSCM ’S Family Restaurant A Lounge presents The Drifters * ONE NIGHT ONLY * 9PM-2AM LWtod Beeervetfam • Tickets « Single, SS Csupfes A sgi <'L_ Can you believe after having the game against L A . Lionel Hollins and Johnny Davis bad that one of our local sports w riters would say. “The differncr in the L A . loos by Portland was Dave Twardzik." ■ ■ w w n a sK FRIDAY. DEC. 24 8 - £as P<vdy Entertainm ent-ARIES & THARA MEMORY Choice o f T ap Sirloin or Seafood P la tte r Dinners Champagne Included • P arty Favors 9PM to 2 A M L im ited Reservations 125 C O U P L E /J15 S IN G L E 2125 N. Vancouver Ave. 5 0 3 *2 8 4 -1 2 4 4 Just 4 bfle* N . of Coliseum New Years Eve Cabaret Tube Willie Hutch I to m atter. Jabbar was tough. W h a t else can you aay. I must admit I was beginning to wonder, but now I'm convinced be is the mast dominate force in the game. Same people have a tendency to downplay his scoring ability as M r. Pasero says. "Jabbar is only the beat a t scoring." Don’t believe th at one minute. Kareem's presence is always felt when he's in the middle. H e is a great shot blocker, so great in fact, th at the only reason he doesn't lead in th at category is because moot aren't foolish enough to challenge him. and when they do he respond* and soon, very soon the m e * aage is received. Jabbar seems always around when there's a w in streak going, and seems ever w illing to put an end to it. January 9th. 1972. before 10,746 a t th e M ilw aukie arena and a to t fees I tefe viaaon audience the Bucks stopped the longest win streak. S3 wins, in the history of the N B A in stopping the L A . Lakers 120-104. A ll K areem did in th at ana waa to score 39 point*, grab 20 rebounds, and dish out 5 assists Not too shabby for a guy that's know only for his searing. Portland’s Trailblasers feeding the Pa eifie Division by 2 ‘A games beat Kansas C ity Tuesday night a t M em orial Coliseum 99-94. I t was the Blasers' 8th consecutive win over K .C . dating back to 1974. Ex-Benaoo and U C L A star Richard Washington played very w ell scoring 30 «tos I points in 30 minutes of playing time. Washington's play prompted Ramsay to aay. "Richard has improved and is a fine player.” Washington, when he m ature* and overcomes the foul problem that seem* to plague him now. w ill be a fine, fine player. Richard scared 12 first half pouts, and 9 in the second for a fairly consistent nights work. H e w u 9-16 from the Boar and 3-4 from the free throw line. The Blazer's first half waa lethargic and the fans, accustomed now to bettor play, grew restless midway through the Down 54-53 a t halftime Ramaay. ob viously concerned, opened the second half w ith Hollins and Gross on the bench. K.C. quickly increased th eir fend from 2 paint* to 12. hitting 5 unanswered basket* before D r. Jack called tim e out with just 2 minutes gone in the third quarter. K.C. got some hot aaeond half shooting from guard Ron Boone, who scored 17 p o u t*, after having just four a t half tune. Portland’s Bill W alton fed all scorers w ith 24 points and 17 rebo u nd * Big Rad ia tough. K inase C ity bad a tw o game winning streak snapped Sunday night in Lus A n g eles. . . Richard Washington fed Kansas* C ity in both scoring. 19 p o in t* and rebounds, 14. in the Sunday night game. Washington has moved into the starting lineup and appears on h it way to challenging for Rookie of the Year Citizen of the Week Bill W alton lead* the league in re bounding with 16.4 per game to 14.8 for runner-up Kareem A b dul-Jabbar. . . he is first in blocked shot* w ith 8.41, a contest to 3.13 for Abdul Jabbar . . . he is tied for 16th ia scoring and he is ninth in field goal accuracy at .551. Lionel Hollins continues to rank third in the N B A in steal* with an average of 2.61. Hollin* abo continue* to play tough, harassing defense. Maurice L u c a * playing hurt contri buted 19 badly needed point* and 16 rebound*. Lucas continue* to impress. Portland next m eet* Seattle in back to back games Saturday at home and Sun day in Seattle. Meet Triplet's D riv e r'tf'tfe M o n th . By the time Kenneth ' ?» LbU ail t l L Dukes was ten, he had ’ ridden every streetcar, trolley and interurban train in Portland. And now, after driving buses for nearly nine years, he’s being trained to operate T he LIFT, Tri- M et’s special service to disabled and handi capped riders. K enneth’s concern for ail his passengers was the reason he was selected for this new assignm ent...and it’s also the reason he’s our December Driver of the Month. &OO-2:OOp.m. — PARAMOUNT Cabaret tabtoe: S16.69 per person Better service fo r more people. iT to fe if to 899 p ira o n * - Advanae tfctoto gat :87 j M par paraan DR. 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(2) Biblical training at Smith Bible Institute, Seattle, Washington. (3) Bethel Bible Series, Milwaukie, Wisconsin. Reverend Johnson is the founder and Head of the Highland Community Center. He is also founder of the following agencies; Youth Care Center, Highland United Improvement Corp., and High Pork Enterprise Reverend Johnson is also a member of the NAACP. He likes to bowl. Use all you need but save all you can . . . The People at Pacific Power THE ROYAL ESQUIRES THE ROYAL ESQUIRE CLUBHOUSE 1 JDS N.E.ALBERTA FRIDAY DEC. M. 1976 - 6 F J 4 . TO 2:A.M. FAVORS A BREAKFART INCLUDED FINE MUSIC FEATURING SPENCER ON THE ORGAN. DONATION 16.50 FOR TICKETS CALL - 2863423 Payai faquh* Glui o [ PViilatut 1796 N.E. ALBERTA PORTLAND, OREGON >7211
