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The Portland Trailblazers, in order
to strengthen then front line, traded
John Davis to Indiana and. therefore,
weakening a strong guard corp. Davis,
we’re told, is the only player Indiana
would consider. The Blazers traded
the super quKk Davis m order to secure
the number one pick in the college
draft and immediately claimed M in
nesota's. Mvchal Thompson the 6’ 10”
forward center from the Bahamas.
W hile the arrival o f Thompson will
surdy hdp . . . the departure o f Davis
will hurt even more.
Johnny Davis was a classy ball
player and a super human being. Davis
was one o f those players that every G M
would love to draft
He's affable, easy going, and a com
plete team player . . . Portland will
miss young Johnny Davis.
It has often been said that history
repeats itself.
A fte r trading Davis,
coach Jack Ramsay had this to say,
“ T rad in g Davis was the hardest
decision I ’ve ever had to make ” In
teresting coach, because last year when
the effervescent Herm Gilliam depart
ed those same, very same words were
spoken.
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Next year tt could be Maunce Lucas
who leaves, but then that's the way it
goes in the businesslike ways o f the
National Basketball Association.
A ro u n d the N B A it has been
generally acknowledged that Portland
improved more than any other team
through this years d raft, grabbing o ff
Thompson, and Ron Brewer, 6*4” .
guard from Arkansas in the first round
and Keith Herron, 6 ’6 ” , forward from
ViQanova in the second. Thompson is
a player for sure and the same can be
said o f Brewer. The young man from
Arkansas is good.
Brewer is very quick and against
U C L A in this yean N C A A tour
nament just simply shot the eyes out o f
the basket. Brewer went bend to head
with the Bruin guard, Roy H am ilto n,
and more than held his own against the
super quick U C L A ju n io r guard.
m make my prediction fo r next
yean roster providing, o f course, that
it remains at eleven.
Bill W ahoo,
M aurice Lucas, Lionel Hollins, Dave
Tw ardzik, and Bobby Gross will >g»<n
be the s ta rt« *. T w ardzik . . . only
Johnson and Brewer, the top rookies
will stick for sure. Tom Owens will
back up Bill W alton again, Lloyd Neal
will again supply the reserve power at
strong forw ard, if his knee responds to
treatment, that is. C orky Calhoun,
who proved last year, in this w riter’s
view, that he could truly play, and
C orky should remain.
The last spot on the roster will go to
either Calhoun or Steele.
There
shouldn’t be any doubt but there win.
C orky is a better shooter, can play
both strong and small forw ard, and is
more than an adequate shooter. Last
but not least he’ s an intelligent player,
who w on't make many mistakes. C al
houn is too valuable to release.
But, then so was H erm Gilliam . . .
and we all know what happened to
Herm.
The Cascade Run O ff, Portland’s
nationally-promoted 15-kiiom eta road
race, will take place on Sunday, June
25th. The starting gun will be fired at
10:30 a.m . sharp. Start will be at the
c o m a o f S .W . Jefferson and S .W .
Front Streets with the finish near the
Burnside Bridge on S .W . Front.
Monday thru Saturday
cor mformatior
and rese'watons
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Sorry no Sunday racing
and no children
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east out Freeway Banf^id
Race Awards C a e m o n y commences
at 1:00 p .m ., June 25th, near the Bum -
side Bndge where the M a y o r’s Trophy
C up w ill be presented. Featured
speak« w ill be sports a c tiv is t'w rit« ,
Jack Scott.
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I f Portland’ s draft was the best then
co nsid er the D e tr o it P isto n s as
probably the w o n t.
The Pistons
haring traded away their top pick for
this year had no first round choice. In
the second round D etroit chose Terry
Tyler, 6*7” . forward from Detroit
University.
T h a r next pick in the
second round was John Long. 6 *5 " ,
forw ard from Detroit University. It
should be mentioned that the new
Piston coach is also from Detroit
University
Now Tyler and Long
aren’t exactly household names so.
perhaps, there's something there that
we can't see. So much for the draft.
by BW Schaefer
kwt track o f the date. His last eight
As most golfers know, the chances *ces have all come at Rivergreens in
o f scoring a hole-in-one are one in 1966, 1970. 1971, 1972. 1975, 1976
| umpteen thousands o f shots But when (two within three weeks on the same
year-old John W hitaker steps up to hole) and 1978.
the tee box on a par 3 hole, the odds
W hitaker claims there is no par
I are substantially reduced.
ticular secret in scoring what for most
W h ita k e r, a re tire d B onneville golfers is the game’s most elusive shot.
Power Adm inistration employee who
“ A lot depends on the condition of
lives in M ilw aukie, knocked in his th ir the golf course but it's mostly all
teenth career ace two weeks ago at lu c k ," he said. " A ll I really do is try to
R’>«greens in Gladstone. He has been get the ball on the green somewhere. 1
playing golf for 39 years.
line up the shot and just hit the ball.
W hitaker began his unusual hole-in- T h a t’s all you can do, anyway.”
one string in 1940 when he aced the
Despite his rem arkable achieve
Fifth hole at the old Lloyd Center golf ments, W h ita k a is a long way from the
course, a site now occupied by a all-time hole-in-one le a d « . That would
parking lot.
“ I t was am azing,’ ’ be A rt W all, Jr., a fo r m a Professional
W hitaker recalled.
“ The ball hit a Golfers Association tour player who
gravel path in front o f the green and has a career high o f 41 aces, according
rolled into the cup.”
to the Guinness Book o f W orld Re
Several years la t a he collected his cords.
second ace.
W h ita k a 's two aces in three weeks
"T h e Junior Chamber o f Commerce on the same hole in 1976 also falls
was sponsoring a hole-in-one contest at short o f record acclaim. Douglas Por-
the Lloyd Center driving range but I teous scored four aces during ^6 con
didn’t have any plans o f entering it." secutive holes in Scotland in 1974. That
H h ita k e r recalled. “ I just walked o v a « m e year, a golfer named R o b a t
to the practice area to hit some balls.”
Taylor aced the same hole - a 188-
But the driving range's professional. y a rd a , on three successive days.
Joe Mozel, talked W hitaker into h it
B ut
W h ita k e r
d o esn 't
w ant
ting three balls for a dollar.
publicity.
“ So I got up th a e on this rubber
“ Getting your name in the paper
mat with an 8-iron and began hitting is n 't im p o rta n t," he said. “ Just
them .” W h ita k a said. "T h e first two m aking a h o le -in -o n e is enough
never came close but the third one satisfaction.
jumped in the hole. Then, while I ’m
W h ita k a ’s only advice to would-be
standing th a e , the 8-iron snapped in hole-in-oners is sim ply to "k e e p
two. There I am in the follow-through swinging.”
position with only the handle o f the
H e added, “ T h a t’s what I told my
club still in my hands."
wife, Irmalee. and she got one three or
W h ita k a recorded his third ace at four years ago. I ’m planning on get
Rivosidc in 1953, his fourth at Seaside ting another one tomorrow. A f t a all,
in 1956 and N o. 5 at a hole-in-one con when you can get two in three weeks on
test Royal Oaks in V anco u va. He has the same hole anything can happen.”
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