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I I ■J r \ - Portland Observer Thursday, November 9, 1978 Page 7 Williams makes Portland debut by Ultysses Tucker, Jr. 5/ ! extra hard because the Clippers are the worst defensive team in the NBA and besides, he has no role models . . When questioned about his ad justment to the NBA, Freeman said, “ It’ s been tough on defense because I played zone for four years at PSU, and it's affected my playing time a great deal. H aving fo u r veteran guards ahead o f me does not add to my cause, but remember I ’ m only a rookie,” he added. “ I ’ll just be patient, pay my dues and be ready when the man calls upon me.” About his four seasons in Port land, Freeman responded by saying, “ It was good to come back to the city that paved my future,” he said. " I felt real real good out there, I miss the positive vibration from the people here.” By this time the locker room was almost empty, Swen Nater returned to inform his teammates that it was pouring down rain. Freeman laughed and said, “ Welcome to Portland, there’ s no defense for i t . . . ” “ He’s going to be a great player in the future,” said Gene Shue, head basketball coach o f the San Diego Clippers. Shue, was commenting on Freeman Williams, the former two - time N C A A scoring champ from Portland State University. Williams, the eighth player chosen in the 1978 college draft had played only nineteen minutes all season until he erupted for twelve points in the Trailblazers’ recent 119-98 drubbing o f the Clippers. “ I t ’s not like 1 put him in there because he played in this city,” said Shue. “ Our guards were flat and we needed a lift, 1 told him to play good “ D ” and to hang tough." What does the future hold for the talented young Williams? “ Freeman is a good person and he tries damn hard, as soon as he develops the defense that’s needed in this league, people w ill hear about him ,” said Shue. Williams, at 22 w ill have to work Official Notice of NAACP Election!!! Novem ber 19.1978, 4:00 p.m., Bethel A .M E. Church, N.E. 8th and Jarrett The Nominating Committee must submit a report at this meeting. A t thie tim e additional nom inations for officers end E xecutive C o m m itte e may be made BY W RITTEN PETITION SIGNED BY THREE OR MORE MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING, providing nominee has given written con sent. D ecem ber 10. 1978, at 4:00. Annual Meeting and ELECTION of Officers. Hughes Memorial Methodist Church, 111 N.E. Failing. John H. Jackson, President Doris Hayden, Secretary Portland Branch NAACP. 2752 N. W illiam s Avenue, Portland. 97227 LIFE, HEALTH. GROUP INSURANCE. ANNUITIES. PENSION PLANS Win a t a ll cost? I by B ill Schaefer y Ron Brewer (10) of the Portland Trailblazers dodges a San Diego Clipper player during the Trailblazers' 119-98 victory over the Clippers. (Photo: Ultysses Tucker, Jr.) Sports Talk by Ron Sykes ‘ Oregon Duck football is alive and lucking. To paraphrase an old phamp- leteer in lime o f trial: “ These (for the Ducks) are the games that try men’s souls.” That’s the way Tom Paine m ight have described the season to date for an Oregon team that is 1-8, yet has been ahead in the fourth quarter o f the last six games, only to lose five by a cummulative o f just fourteen points. The Ducks in the past have been mere palsies for most Pac-8 schools. Not so this year and the future cer ta in ly looks b rig h t fo r a young Oregon team. And remember when the Ducks lost the great cornerback and perhaps their best athlete Ken Page . . . Well, he was the one man that I said they could ill afford to lose. Then went on to say that Oregon's program was not strong enough to suffer such a loss and still survive, and be competitive. Oh! How wrong 1 was. Last year's theme (Oregon’ s, “ On the horizon” is certainly true this year. Not only did the program lose Kenny Page, but remember the name . , . Andrew Page? Well, he’ s the great young frosh Quarterback that came to Eugene so highly touted only to fa ll v ic tim to a shoulder separation that knocked him out for the year. The challenge o f breaking through and finally becoming a good football team is there. “ it w ill be good.” said linebacker W illie Blasher, “ to return to the camps and know that we were part of the beginning o f something big.” Some have said that Oregon is only a couple players away. That just might be true and if so they’ll only need the return o f the "Page” boys. And remember, too, that the Ducks are operating without a true quarter back. Mike Kennedy was injured and his back-up quit the squad leaving the burden on Tim Durando, 6 'I ” , 196, Junior who began the season as a defensive back. Looking at Oregon’ s two-deep roster the Ducks are in good shape losing senior starters in both offense and defense. Both cornerbacks Rock Richmond, 5’9” , Junior and Jerome C ovington, 5’ 8” , Sophomore are returning. The free safety, M ike Nolan is backed up by 6*2” , Freshman Wilson Pica. Only at strong safety, patrolled by Jim Johnson and Kenny Bryant, w ill the Ducks lose with the starter and backup. The defensive u n it, which is Oregon's strong point, loses just three starters in Johnson, W illie Blasher, and m iddle linebacker Bruce Berkley. Oregon’s losses have been tough and with any luck the record could very easily be 6-3 instead o f 1-8, » The scores to date: Colorado 24, Oregon 7; Southern Cal 37, Oregon 10; TCU 14, Oregon 10. Now just have to believe that the Ducks could whip TCU nine times out o f ten. Other scores: Wisconsin 22, Oregon 19; C a lifo rn ia 21, Oregon 18; Brigham Young 17, Oregon 16; Washington 20, Oregon 14; WSU 7, Oregon 31; and U C LA 26, Oregon 23. What I'm saying now is wait until next year for the Ducks. Coach Rich Brooks has recruited some talented people and with the offensive unit losing just three players and a sturdy defense returning it should be in teresting next year in Eugene. Who won the draft? M r. John Rowe, sportswriter for the Bergen County Record writes — the big winners — with two blue-chippers. . . appear to be Portland and Atlanta. This may not have been the most talent-laden college draft o f NBA history, but like any other draft there were winners and losers. The biggest winner was Jackson High School o f Miami, which had four graduates from its 33-0 state championship team drafted. Mychal Thompson, the No. 1 pick in the draft, played for Jackson, as did Osborne Lockhart, a teammate o f Thompson’ s at Minnesota who was taken by P h illy in the sixth round; Cecile Rose o f H ouston, picked by the Nets in the fifth round; and Charles Thompson o f Houston, tabbed by Phoenix in the sixth round, all fo u r are natives o f Nassau, the Bahamas. Only the 6’ 10” Mychal has made it, and what a prospect the young Thompson appears to be. ECKANKAR H ow ard Cosell recently was quoted as saying sports “ is the single most c o rru p tin g in flu e n ce ’ ’ in American society. Cosell complained that owners o f sports teams wheel and deal without any regard for the fans or lives affected with financial gain the controlling motive for the owners. Say what you w ill about Cosell but Mighty M outh is absolutely right, in this instance at least. Dozens o f examples can be sited, among them teams’ insistence that athletes per form when physically incapable o f giving their best and unjustified in creases in the cost o f tickets. For a while it appeared that this win-at-any-price attitude was about to filter down into the Oregon high school ranks. I ’ m talking about the wrangle in the Metro League caused by the cancellation o f the Sunset- Aloha football game because o f a measles outbreak at Sunset. Instead o f doing what was right — that is, declaring the game a forfeit in favor o f A loha, psychological panic set in, efforts to reconcile the game were frantically made. A for feit might deprive Sunset o f an op p o rtu n ity o f playing in the state championship series, the school’ s macho element insisted. Unfair, they protested. The failure to recognize the d if ference between what is right and what is fair is a sad indictment o f the people involved. Why would it have been “ unfair” to declare a forfeit? Neither team had anything to prove. Both were unbeaten. So why even consider playing the game under the prevailing circumstances? Field Underwriter 283-5012 The New York Life agent in your community is a good person to know. But where, one must wonder, was the community interest in the well being o f the students afflicted by measles at the Sunset school? A half dozen or so were so ill they had to be hospitalized. It is doubtful any o f them will be attending the state tour nament. Or that they even care. As things worked out, both Sunset and Aloha, the two high schools in volved in the measles outbreak, ad vanced into the championship series opening this week. But i f Sunset missed out would that have been such a disaster? I f that proved to be the greatest disappointm ent ex perienced by the players in life, they would indeed be very lucky. I f there is going to be wheeling and dealing just to satisfy the appetite o f sports fans and some coaches, let it exist on the professional level where the sports ta il, in the fo rm o f television, has been wagging the dog for years. Unless athletics in high school can be justified as an integral part o f the education process rather than an entity above it, let’s forget about them. What it may take, in the long run, is the specter o f a series o f ballot 6 type measures in which the voters may have to choose between having to dismiss sports coaches or math teachers. That would give everybody a chance to examine their values. The PRODUCE CENTER OF PORTLAND” • • AVOCADOS $ X PAPAYAS MB "Th* Sdod'» Royal tr t a ti" ! JUMBO SIZE l Hawaiian HISS LKM BROCCOLI eK. 0. KLEER LEMOMS...... . 2 9 ‘ e WALHUTS..... . S , ... . 9 8 * 2 COMICE PEARS. . Ä . . 3 „» I • CARAMEL APPLES...... . 1 0 ' • OBIRTI M ». P IT T II iZIN ITTI ASSORTED* • Leeedry Cempeead Ripa Olives J L • 20 lb. P ell‘ 6 2’ • Fre< ï <t» TIN* spruce MUSHROOMS • Stow» A P iece«......................... PORK LOINS FRSSUONGI limited Supply M U hra«4M«r raptor ORDIR NOW TOUR FRESH M IN C E MEAT TUMEY «vr«< N o p r w . u li m •4 . UNSASTtD Portland Robert F. W illia m s, Black na tio n a lis t and fo rm e r exile, w ill speak in P o rtla n d th is week. Williams, who was president o f the Monroe, N orth Carolina NAACP, was charged with kidnapping during civil rights activity in 1961. Realizing he had no hope o f a cq u ita l, he escaped to Cuba and then to China. After ten years, he returned to the U.S, to fight the kidnapping charge. Charges were dropped by the state. W illia m s is the a u th o r o f “ Negroes W ith Guns,” and while in exile published the newsletter, “ C rusader.” He w ill speak on minorities in China on November 13th at 7:30 p.m. at Portland State University Lincoln Hall, Room 75. On November 14th the topic w ill be the relationship between China and Black Americans, 7:30 p.m. at Port land Community College, Cascade Campus A u d ito riu m . The visit is sponsored by the U.S.-China Friend ship Association and the Portland State University Black Studies Cen ter. SHERIDAN FRUIT Co. S.E. UNIO N A OAK 2 3 5 -9 3 5 3 THAT FRAMES THE EYES IN Portland hosts welterweights Steve Chase newly crowned North west Jr. Welterweight Champion, undefeated in ten fights may be taking too big a step November 21st at Jantzen Beach Ice Arena — when he takes on Las Vegas’ Jr. Welter weight sensation Eddie Nuno — also undefeated. Fred M cN ally, Portland Boxing Promoter said he had trouble with both camps signing this one. Chase's management didn’ t want him to be in so tough a fight follow ing his g ru e llin g ten rounder w ith Jose Talam antez last m o n th . Both fighters received a standing ovation at the end o f the title fight. McNally further stated that Nuno’ s manager, Tony Mora wanted it stipulated that this be a title fig h t — Chase’ s management refused. The Portland promoter finally signed the fight. Chase and Nuno are both eying Leroy Haley’ s rating. Both fighters want a crack at Haley, also from Las Vegas. Haley is the Nevada Jr. Welterweight Champ and his rating hovers among the top ten in the world. THB GLASSES TOUR VISION REQUIRES. . . ten «1» «44 to 1 M r F.rionolity . . . Gein Confid«n<. and t«ipro»»4 A ptM ram t wrtK Mod.rn ly«w«erl At SiM lEIS ovr Expert Fitter» wiH help y M Mtoct to« t .m Shapti and Fr«nrai bail wito4 to ymir F«ri«nelity. C«mt la lei Opteinetiic Examination NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED Liberal Sam lar — — SPORTS HOUR JOE’S PLACE 1SO1 N.E. A lb e rta WILL DRAFT odd ¡•O O P THRU SAT» NOV. 1 1 , 1 9 7 » I Former exile A W ay of Life Regional Sem inar a t th e F la m in g o M o te l, 9727 N .E . S an d y Blvd. N o v e m b e r 11th-12th For fu rth e r in fo rm a tio n call C ascad e S atsa n g S o c ie ty 228 3863 P E G G Y JO SEPH Because rearing its ugly head was the state tournament, that’ s why. The all-powerful, all-important state tournament. 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