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Portland Observer
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Thursday. February 9. 1978
Sports Talk
Those of you who had the opportunity
to watch the N B A s annual showcase at
talent, which is commonly referred to as
an all-star frame, had the chance to
appreciate the fine play of the three
Biaxer representatives. Liooel Hollins,
Maunce Lucas, and Bill Walton
If nothing else the game showed how
much can be accomplished when team
basketball is employed, and how quickly a
lead can be destroyed when one-on-one is
played
Portland, with it's 40-8 record, is the
talk of the NBA. It s true that everybody
loves a winner and for sure the Blazers
are that. Some still argue that Portland
was not the best team in the NB A last
year, that the Biaxer talent was only
adequate.
To this I say ridiculous. On the court
Portland exemplifies all that is necessary
to win ball games. They have speed,
quickoes. intelligence...but mast of all
patience and unselfishness.
And this,
coupled with youth, is why they're win
rung now and will continue to win in the
future.
h's been learned through a good friend
and news source. Paul Knauis. that Robin
Jones, ex Blazer center is ah ve and well
Jones has recently returned to Portland
and is working far a large corporation in
No all-star game for Kxreen Abdul
Jabbar. Western Conference coaches and
fans failed to recognize the game's most
prolific scorer and dominant player on
this year's all-star team.
Some will contend that Jahbar's early
season fracas with Rookie Kent Benson,
causing him to miss two months, was a
good reason for leaving him off. But I can
remember last year when Boston's Dave
Cowens walked out on his teammates and
missed 30 games, yet still was selected to
play
“Oh. well.’ Different strokes for
different fafits." Perhaps if Jabbar had
been, and hindsight is so much better, the
West would have come out an top.
Believe me. on this day Chicago's Artis
Gilmore was not up to the task
More
often than not the big "fella" just stood
around waiting his chance to stuff some
one or sometmng through the Hoop at the
sacrifice of team play and rebounding.
Liooel Hollins summed it up well when he
Svkos
said. "Some guys were just standing
around in the second half and our
movement stopped." W hatever. Buffalo a
Randy Smith never stopped, as the swift
backcourt ace parted the nets for 27
points Smith displayed awesome speed
throughout the contest, and is probably
the second fastest starting guard in the
NBA. Portland s Hollins is the fastest,
and the best!!:
Grambling s good Conch Eddie Robin
son was said to have been io tine for the
Ram coaching job.
To this I say.
hog wash
Oh. sure:
Robinson was
interviewed for the job and reportedly
spent six hours talking with Ram owner
Carroll Rosenbloom Just as there was
no Heisman for Grambling quarterback
Doug Williams, there's also no head
coaching job far his coach. Eddie Robin
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SOB.
Realistically no oae could give Robin
son a chance to head the Rams L A fans
weren't ready for a Black quarterback.
James H am s, so how possibly could they
get ready far a Black head coach? No
way! Like all racial barriers, this one too
will be broken down, and hopefully it
won't be long.
Hopefully owners will follow the exam
ple set by the NBA. They hire and fire
Black coaches...but the main thing is that
at least they're given a chance. And who
can ask for more?
P S V s Freeman Williams continues his
march toward a second N C A A scoring
championship, and is marching strong.
Williams' 81 points Friday night in the
133-110 win over “Rocky" was second
highest pouts ever scored in N C A A
history.
For those of you that are unfamiliar
with P S V s Friday night opponents, and
I'm sure there are still a few. the name is
Rocky Mountain and the game they play
slightly resembles basketball.
All re
spects to Freeman, but in reality this was
a poor team. Williams could do just about
anvthing he wanted on the floor and often
did.
The "Free" scored 148 pouts in three
games last week I4 9 J 1 to increase his
lead over the scoring leaders in the
nation. "The Free" is now at 36.0 PPG
with five counting games remaining.
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Harter «ays Ducks ready for second half
It's tim e for the P ar-8 rematches for
Oregon's basketball team, and the second
half of the season begins with the
opportunity to even the ledger against
the Washington schools, which defeated
the Ducks on their home court last week
But in order for the Ducks to accom
plish this feat they must put more
emphasis on offense Tenacious defense
is so necessary, but it still remains that if
the ball never fills the hole, then victor}
will always be denied. A further look at
Oregon» offense reveals an offense
whose leading scorer. Dan Hartshorne
the sophomore pivotman leit m g the way
with a paltry 10.5 PPG.
N ext come*
freshmen Phil Barner with 9.4 and third
is another frosh M ike Clark with 8.5.
The first to visit Mac Court will be
Washington S u i t , coached by George
Raveling, the Cougars will invade Thurs
day night, with Washington due in for a
Saturday evening game.
Oregon lost close encounters to both
last week. 58-52 at Seattle and 54-48 at
Pullman, to leave the Ducks with a league
record of 2-5.
Saturday's game will be preceded at
5:30 by a game between the two schools'
women's teams
Dick H a rter believes bis young Ducks
'four freshmen starters) may be ready to
turn the proverbial corner this week.
Realistically though, we must believe
otherwise The Ducks, again, just leave
too much to be desired offensively The
earner won't be turned this week or this
year for Coach H a rter and his Ducks
Second half scoring droughts plagued
Oregon against both Washington schools,
producing only seven field goals in 32
shots 1.219) against the Huskies and but
seven of 23 (.304) against the Cougars.
Those figures are evidence of a steady
decline in team percentage the past six
games. Oregon, as a team, is shooting a
decent .449.
Harter's insistence in going with bi«
young frosh instead of his veterans has
caused some criticism and. I believe, the
demise and decline of his team.
Just have to believe that Kelvin Small
and Dan Hartshorne should log more
minutes.
Hartshorne is the leading
scorer, while Small leads in rebounding
That seems to be a pretty good nucleus,
too good in fart to ait idle on the bench.
Oakland school provides education
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press a mixture of enthusiasm »nd
gratitude toward the school
"I consider myself terribly lucky,” said
Marianne Keyes, »nose nine-year-old son
spent one year in public school “without
teaming a single thing. I was beside
myself." she said. "I had to get him out of
there. He was going into a shell. Since
he's been at the community school I just
can t believe the difference He s grown
up. He reads well and he has a lot of
confidence."
Pat Dudley has three children at OCS.
A fourth daughter who graduated last
year is an honor student at one of
Oakland s best junior high schools. The
school helped Dudley get legal help after
one of her children was hit be a car. And
when she went to the hospital this past
summer, the school took care of the
children at its dormitory facility.
"For the first time in my life I have had
time to do things with the peace of mind
that my kids are being taken care of."
said Dudley, a single mother "They love
the school I was thinking of leaving the
state'but they pleaded with me not to
take them out of the school."
Parents seem unconcerned over the
possibility that their children might be
politically influenced by the Panthers.
"There is no polities involved. But they
do talk to the children about where they
live and why they live there,” said Rita
Means "There is a lot of discussion about
social conditions The children become
aware.”
The emphasis on social conditions
rattier than political interpretation is a
distinction that avoids indoctrination.
Huggins says. "We do not impress our
ideas on these children." she said. "But
the education they get here is not just th r
three R s either. It is an understanding
that there is no more important purpose
than to be obligated to other human
beings.”
On the other hand. Huggins says the
schiol and other community programs
sponsored by the party in no way signal
change of Panther philosophy.
We are the same people we always
were, she said. We want a new order of
things in this society and in the world
But we realize that if A w oppression
and Z a freedom, you just can't jump
from A to Z If we want to change things
the best way to being is to educate our
children ”
Although education students from
nearby colleges constantly observe elaaa
es and write papers on the school and
« a te officials penodically commend ,t.
public school official, have lh w n
little interest in OCS.
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"The children in that school are the
same as you find in the public schools, yet
their intellectual output is prodigious."
said Oakland City Councilwoman Mary
Moore. “Unfortunately, most educators
want to ignore the school because it is run
by the Panthers and also because it is a
tremendous indictment of the school
system."
Yet public school teachers familiar with
the Community School do not feel per
sonally indicted by its successes On the
contrary, they feel the school makes the
very ease teachers have been trying to
maze all along
"Smaller classes, and an administration
that draws in the parents and the
community, make all the difference in the
world." said Ron De George, a teacher at
Kaiser school in Oakland
Councilwoman Moore believes the pub
lic schools could benefit from studying
the community school anC adapting some
of its developmental programs "It would
coat a fortune, but it could be done and it
would save money later on. for welfare
and prisons." she said
A L L E G A TIO N S
But the school, or more properly the
Educational Opportunities Corporation
that runs it. is being studied from a
different angle in recent weeks
Since the shooting incidents, new»
paper articles have alleged that grant
money awarded to the corporation for
educational projects was used to pay rent
for Panther Party members Some party
members have also been accused of
extorting "contributions" from local busi
nesses for their community projects The
city is now auditing the corporation s
finances, a move that brought about the
resignation of Mayor Wilson from the
board
Suspects in the shootings have
been identified a* employees of the
corporation who worked on the school
premises.
Encka Huggins is under
investigation for welfare fraud
Al! these problems which have de
scenaed on the Panthers since Huey
Newton i return from exile in Cuba last
July, imply that necessary political and
financial support for the school could
fade.
People in high places forget to return
phone calls or invite you to meetings.”
said (xiuncilwoinan Moore in character«
ing the reaction in city government "You
have to wonder w hat’* happening." says
A lam eda C ounty Su pervisor John
George, a Panther political ally. "But no
one has tried to explain it to me That *
the situation with all of us from Jerry
Brown on down."
And » local political observer comment
ed. “They do a fantastic job. But they
also use those children to gain respect
ability The school is th eir big money-
getter so it's a p retty thorny ethical
question."
Though parents tend to dismiss or
ignore these problems, some who have
expressed concern that a classic eonfroo
tation between Panthers and the police
might endanger their children were reas
sured by Higgins at a recent meeting that
the school was safe
"You could hear the relief in the room.”
said Judy Freeman, president of the
Parent Advisory Committee. "They are a
close-knit group which is why they work
so well together
But sometimes when
things happen you are left in the dark.”
Huggins told the meeting the school
would close rather than leave the child
ren open to danger.
But even the
suggestion of closing OCS brought pro
testations <rf loyalty.
"There is just no way the parents
would stand by and let the school go
down." Freeman said. "Some people may
disappear but w ed keep it going if we
had to take it into our own living rooms."
For the present, the school appears to
be in no danger.
"W e haven't suffered at all in terms of
iosing children or contributors." said
Huggins.
“Black people don't believe
everything they read in the papers All
this harassment stems from the fart they
want to destroy Huey Newton and the
Black Panther Party
But the school
stands on its own two feet and nothing
can destroy it because it is so firmly
rooted in the community."
Pat Roberta re;w rts (ar "Time" mags
trie Saa Fra— fa— Bay Area.)
Notice
Multnomah County Democratic Cen
tral Committee 1978 Platform Conven
tion Schedule: Saturday. February 11th -
9:00 a m - Delegate Registration $2.00.
Open to all Multnomah County Demo
crats; 9:30 a.m.
Campaign Treasurers and others in
terested are offered an Election Law
Workshop
Saturday. February 18th.
8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Simpson Room.
Memorial Coliaeum
Cont is $15.00
including take home packet. Sponsor is
Oregon Accountants for the Public In
terest
phone 225 0224
Filing Deadline for all candidates is
March 14th. Precinct committeepersons
may rhoo— to run either where they
reside or in an adjoining precinct
Cyde Fair 7 8
Portlands only complete new and
custom bike show this year. Cycle Fair
78. will open its doors for a three-day
stand at the Multnomah County Expoai
tion Center on Friday. February 17. 1978
Cycle Fair 78, which gets under way at
6:00 p.m. Friday, will also have two
motorcycle-related feature guest*. Larry
Wilcox, star of the NBC television te n —
Chips, will make personal appearances
including autograph sessions on bo(A
Saturday and Sunday. And. the » # ( d
reknowned Seattle Cossack mot—cycle
stunt and drill team will perform in the
Expo Center's arena twice on Bsturtlai
Cycle Fair 78'» show hours s A be from
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trophy presentation. w fath is open to the
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Sunday.
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