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P>s» < Portland Obeerver Thursday. November 24. 1977 ! Sfmtt ©TO Sparta -Ì Will the Tom Owen* - Robin Jones trade eventually become a plus for Portland? Bob Robinson. writing for the Dveguuiea. seem s to think Tom Owens in just s h a t the Doctor ordered. Dr. Jack Ramsey that is. He hastily w rites that, in his opinion of course. Portland is better off with the acquisition of the contented Owens versus the mal-contented Jones. Robin may have been troubled last year because of playing time or lack of playing time. Whatever his problems were, they never showed on the court. He always played with tremendous verve and enthusiasm. And as far as over-all talent and p oten tial. . then Robin Jones would surely, in my opinion, rate higher than the much travelled Owens. Tom Owens has bounced around the league for seven years. He's much older than Jones, and if be has so much talent, as Robinson implies, then why after all these years hasn't he emerged. OK, he's 6'W". Granted, but what else can he do? When it comes to rebounding he’s quite ROBIN JONES inadequate as a ieaper and doesn't show enough aggressiveness. His shots are Kypec and Rudy White return from the poorly selected and more often than not injured reserve list. he draws offensive fouls on his moves to Well, if that's trueXhen again Robin is the hoop, which leads one to question his most unfortunate because marginal play mobility. Frankly. 1 fail to see all these ers. Black, have no real future in the attributes that are heaped so readily on NBA. the newly acquired backup center. Sure, The marginal players in the NBA are he's scored in the Blazer home games, valuable, if white, not if Black. Check the which mostly have ended in runaw ays. NBA rosters and see who those spots are Jones believed before the play-offs reserved for. Tom Owens is a shining began that it was a strong possibility that example of a marginal player and Port be would not be a Blazer this year. He land adores him. talked then about passible contract dif ficulty. Robin was the only Blazer drawing Collegiate basketball is ou the horizon, muumum salary, which is $30.000 in the in fact. Portland based fans of Kamikaae NBA. Sure he thought he deserved more Kids will have their best chance to see and knew he would have difficulty in Oregon's basketball team in action this negotiations. On Jones' playing ability, lie December when Dick Harter's team could do more than Owens. Robins only plays four games in Portland's Memorial fault is that he didn't get the outlet pass Coliseum. Oregon's Ksmik»«» Kids are out as quickly as Portland's running game expected to challenge UCLA for the title requires. But being a rookie, and that won last year by the Bruins, with the being his only major problem. I'm sure Ducks finishing second. Robin could have improved in that one Gone this year from the Oregon squad area. are Greg Ballard. Ernie Kent and Greg Robin Jones attitude in Portland was Graham, all seniors. But Duck rank« have always super and if the other' press been bolstered with the return of center wants to glamorize one isolated incident Dan Hartshorne who missed the entire then it's par for the course as for how our season last year due to a knee injury. other' press continues to relate to Black Seemingly, the knee has responded and players. Dan is off to a great season. This writer goes on to say that Robin, Last year's starting eenter. Kelvin at best, is only a marginal player and has Small, is now working from the corner only a 50-50 chance to stick when C J . and appears quite comfortable there. Joe « Interceptions Play the ball Never step' in front of a receiver you can get both hands < the ball Intercept the I the highest x point thumbs "in. : CALHOUN CALHOUN Corky Calhoun enjoys his most productive night as a Blazer, scoring 24 points in Portland's 11A101 victory over Detroit. [Photo by Miahier Morech, 6*8" Soph, is making a strong bid to start in the other corner. Harter is quite pleased with his back court and thinks sophomore John Murray will start alongside 5'8" Senior Mike Drummond. UCLA's stranglehold on the Pac-8 Title will be seriously challenged by the Pacific NW schools this year. OSU. WSU and Oregon will all be tough BLAZER Hl-LTTE Portland 118, D etroit 101 Playing without their two big men. Bob Lanier and Marvin Barnes, Detroit was no match far the high powered Portland attack. Blazers, led by the super defense of Lionel Hollins and the outstanding offense of Corky Calhoun, 11-12 from the floor, overwhelmed a short handed Piston PORTLAND VS. CHICAGO W ednesday. November 23 This will be a true test lor Portland's Bill Walton as he faces one of the NBA s toughest centers in T2" Artis Gilmore of the Chicago Bulls. Last year in the play-offs Walton couldn't handle Gilmore by himself and the Blazers had to defend him with help from the guards and forwards. Mickey Johnson one-time Blaser forward, continues to play out standing ball for Chicago. Should be a great contest Saturday Night. November 2«, 1377 “A Blast From The Past" A night of reminiscing. Dance to the tunes of yesterday. How do you climb from a .400 hitter to a .548 shooter?...if you're Corky Calhoun you do it by hitting on 11 of 12 from the floor Sunday night against D e tr o it- Calhoun scored 24 points, one short of his NBA career high In his first six games. Johnny Davis hit on just 12 of 37 from the floor for .324 shooting...in his last eight gam es he has hit on 37 of 66 for .561... DISCO... D ISC O ... -IMSCO Featuring all the old time greats: Fata Domino, The Drifters. The Spaniels, The Clovers. Lloyd Pricer, and more all for only $2 singles and $3.50 couples. Where: Elks Lodge...N. Tillamook and Williams; Time: 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a m. Tickets available at the door. This is a benefit for the Irving Park Little League Program Church News St. Andrews Andrew Young credits church with US foreign policy change sets Mens Day The St. Andrews Men's Brotherhood of St. Andrews Community Church, located at N L . 30th and W vgant. will be holding their Annual Men s Day Program on Sunday. November 27th. at 3:00 p.m. Guest speakers will be Mr. Nick Burnett. Director of the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission and the Reverend Dale Stitt. Pastor of the Mallory Avenue Christian Church. Both speakers will address the topic, “The Church And The Community." There will be a reception following the program. The public is cordially invited to attend. Reverend Edael Goldson is Pastor of St. Andrews Community Church. •NEW YORK. NOV. 10 - Speaking in New York before the Governing Board of the National Council of Churches. An drew Young, chief U .S. ambassador to the United Nations, credited U.S. churches with affecting major changes in U.S. foreign policy over the last 30 years. "Nothing happens in this country until the churches respond." Young declared, adding that “out of the preaching and teaching of the missions of our churches, we have created a ferm ent in the world." This ferment, he said, resulted from the church's “insidious doctrine that all men are children of God. When people begin to believe they are children of God they don't want anyone else to determine their destiny." President Carter's human rights policy "is a policy that came from the American churches." Young said. He maintained that "there is not a thing on the foreign policy agenda that we were not discuss ing in church circles 20 years ago." Young, a former staff official of the National Council of Churches, called "extremely important" a policy state ment on Southern Africa that came before the board following Young’s speech. The policy statem ent, which calls for church support of liberation movements in South Africa. Rhodesia and Namibia i Southwest Africa), was adopted without a negative vote The statem ent also declares that the National Council of Churches will "under take to withdraw all funds and close all accounts in financial institutions that invest or make loans to the South African government or businesses" and urges other ¿church organizations to do the same. An end to economic and military “collaboration' between the U.S. and South Africa is advocated in the 20-page policy statem ent. It also seeks "an immediate transfer of power to the .African majority" of Rhodesia and calls for efforts to end investment in Namibia until majority rule is attained. In making the statem ent, the Govern ing Board said it was “guided by its commitment to Christian principles and its own affirmation of human rights.' That statem ent rules out any possibility of the National Council’s supporting violence. William P. Thompson, president of the council, said in the meeting. Adoption of the policy statem ent fol lowed exten sive discussion of a theologi cal section within it. The theological section says, in part. “As Christians and as part of the people of God. we believe that God actively participate« in human history. The vision of the kingdom, revealed through Jesus Christ, shapes our hope and compels us to work for justice. Liberation and peace. For that reason, we affirm our solidarity with those who engage in such work " The statem ent was approved by a vote of 129 favor, none opposed and two abstentions. Policy statem ents provide the basis for program work of the National Council of Churches and for resolutions on specific issues by the Governing Board and other agencies of the council. The policy statem ent is important. Young said, not only because the Black majority in South Africa are in physical danger, but because "the souls of some four million whites in South Africa are in an even greater danger " 'Lord have mercy on the hell which faces John Vorster. not after death but in the day-to-day living with fear that has to go with the kind of sinful life that he has adopted as national policy in that govern ment." he said. In response to a question. Young said he would today contact the U.S. attorney general about the case of the Washington 10. One of the 10. Benjamin Chavis, a clergyman and employee of the United Church of Christ, “has no business being in jail." Young said. The Wilmington 10. nine Black men and a white woman, were convicted on charges arising from racial disturbances in Wilmington in 1971. The National Council of Churches, other church organi rations and Amnesty International eon tend the 10 were wrongfully convicted. Asked why President Carter has not interceded on their behalf. Young said. “Your guess is as good as mine." He said he bad not discussed the case with the President but had discussed it with the attorney general who had promised to get back to him. "Ill get back to him this afternoon." Young said In this case, he said, the judicial system was "abused ” Pointing out that many leaders of African liberation m ovem ents are clergy or products of mission schools. Young said that “the liberation of Mozambique & didn't come from Russia, it came from an understanding of the gospel.“ In spite of the Marxist character of the Mozambican government, there is “pro babiy a deeper strain of humanism there than in any country I've visited." he said. In another action, the Governing Board urged the U.S. government to “continue to work for major strategic arms reduction through negotiation and for a halt in the authorization and funding of the neutron bomb" and nuclear wea pons delivery system s. 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