Page 8 Portland Observer Thursday, July 6, 1978
Is Walton’s health only story?
by Bit! Schaefer
The Portland T ra il Blazers artd
the Oregonian newspaper, over the
past couple o f months, have been
engaged in contradictory and very
silly exchanges, sometimes bickering
at one another but most o f the time
making themselves look foolish. The
important thing is that the public in
terest is not being served in either
case.
It all began about two months ago
when an Oregonian columnist wrote
a totally absurd and journalistically
unsound story that the Blazers Bill
W alton was suffering from a serious
bone disease, so serious that it might
put his career in jeopardy. The story
was devoid o f any factual in fo r
mation and how it got past the sports
copy desk and senior editors remains
a mystery'. Anyhow, the Onegonwn
subsequently apologized fo r the
irresponsible piece and admitted that
it was without merit.
T he same day the column ap
peared, another story by another o f
the newspaper’ s columnists took
great pains, through interviews with
team officials, to deny the inferences
in the first column. This unusual
by-plav (A ) gave the appearance o f
Wilson, Greene
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Greene said that C E T A funds
would be targeted by areas, rather
than political subdivisions, and that
the Department would be cracking
down on local managers o f those
funds to prevent mismanagement.
New regulations would emphasize
training and transition o f C E T A em
ployees.
Ninety million dollars will also be
pum ped in to v e te ran ’ s program s
directed at non-whites, noting that
the unemployment rates o f 24-year-
old to 36-year-old "B lacks, non
whites and disabled veterans is
twice as high” as for whites in the
same age group.
Noting the impact o f tax limitation
initiatives on locally-directed federal
funds, Greene noted that “ many
states considering P roposition 13
don’t have the surplus that C a lifor
nia has, and that's going to have a
severe impact on social resources."
H e added that because o f Federal aid
that will be required, "T h e y will find
th a t they w ill depend m ore on
Federal funding than less.”
Matching funds and federally fund
ed summer youth program monies
are in jeopardy, he said, noting that
already one-half o f the people who
are unemployed are under 24.
Day care
receives food
an in-house fued involving the two
writers; (B) left additional doubts (if
any were necessary) a b ou t the
veracity o f both stories; and (C )
seriously undermined the credibility,
not to mention the judgement, o f the
editors. W ell, no matter. It was just
one o f those management errors that
crop up from time to time and was
certain not to happen again.
Surprise A week or so ago the
same colum nist w ho penned the
fa iry ta le ab o u t W a lto n 's “ bone
disease” interviewed Jack Scott. In
what appeared to many to be an at
tempt to recover some credibility a f
ter his in itia l disaster, the w riter
quoted Scott as saying there is “ real
concern” about W alton's ankle, the
one w h ich was b ro ken late last
season. So the fo llo w in g d a y ,
another Oregonian columnist inter-
view d the team 's physician. D r .
Robert C ook, who intimated that no
“ real concern" existed.
There has got to be more going on
in the world o f sports that should at
tract the columnists' attention than
Bill W alton. I f we must read about
his ailments and what everybody has
to say a b o u t them co uld the
newspaper not at least include the
d a n in one story and not subject its
readers to daily doses o f it?
A bout Jack Scott. W h o the hell is
he? A nd why does what he have to
say seem so important? H e has been
v a rio u s ly described as W a lto n 's
“ frien d" and a sports "activist” . H e
m ust be im p o rta n t because the
Oregonian seeks him out whenever
there is a W alton story brewing. I'm
beginning to think there is no Bill
W alton — that the person we’re m ar
veling at on the basketball court is
really an elongated Jack Scott. W ill
the real Bill W alton please stand up?
I f the Oregonian has brought its
readers to (heir knees with the facts
and fantasy stories about W alton,
the Trial Blazers sank a notch or two
in the estimation o f many fans with
th e ir a rro g a n t decision to boost
ticket prices next season.
T o be perfectly honest with you,
what ticks me o ff more than the in
crease is the defensive, abrupt and
saucy attitu d e team o fficials take
when you discuss the issue w ith
them. They are actually indignant
when asked for basic financial in
fo rm atio n , guarding it as though
public disclosure would ignite some
sort o f scandal. B u t th e n , w hy
should they volunteer the in fo r
mation? They know the fans will
pay whatever is asked to watch the
Blazers.
As Barnum said, there’s
one born every minute.
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