Sports Talk
by Ron Sykes
Sports Editor
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Curtis Ramsey survived this left to the noee to w in
a 10th round TKO over previously unbeaten Alan
W eb b fo r the P a c ific N o rth w e s t W e lte r w e ig h t
Championship.
A t present the Pac-10 is the strong
est basketball conference on the
West Coast, but closing fast is the
West Coast Athlete Conference.
The W C A C was formed in 1953.
C om prised o f fiv e team s, Santa
C la ra , San Francisco, San Jose
State, St. M a ry ’s and Pacific. Santa
Clara was the league's first cham
pion beating San Francisco in a
playoff.
Advancing to the N C A A tourna
ment they beat Hardin Simmons, 81-
56, beat W yoming, 67-52 and lost to
Washington, 74-62.
Everyone remembers the great San
Francisco team o f 1955, which won
two straight N C A A ’s and was led by
the 6 ’ U ’ ’ All-Am erican center. Bill
Russell a n d 6 ’ l ” All-Am erican, K .C .
Jones.
D urin g the past fiv e years the
W C A C has made significant gains
against the Pac-10 by plucking o ff a
few plums o f their own.
San Francisco pulled o ff a major
coup by attracting to their school
three o f the most sought after high
school players in the nation when
they hauled in Bill C artw right 7 ’ ;
W inford Boynes. 6*6” ; and James
Hardy. 6 ’7” .
Heavyw eight W illie "The Cannon" Shannon, in his
first Portland appearance, extended his string of
wins to 14 w ith a TKO over Tony Stone. Alao vic
torious was Jim m y Williams w ho decisioned Steve
M oyer.
Jeff wins
The Jefferson Democrats won a
berth in the Triple A State T o u r
nament with a double overtime win
over Madison.
W ith 6:31 to go in the fourth quar
ter, two free throws by Jon Newell
cut J e ffs lead to 4. The quarter en
ded in a tie.
In overtime, Madison drew ahead
by 2. Dwayne Lincoln missed his
chance to win the game with a free
throw but was robbed o f the oppor
tu n ity when N ew ell backed away
fro m his spot on the lin e - - a
violation.
Reggie Lewis took a perfect pass
from Howard Jenkins to tie the game
at 58 with two seconds left.
Second o vertim e. P h il H opson
scored four, giving J e ff the victory.
Portland’s Stu Inman coached in
the W C A C taking over the San Jose
job from Walt McPherson in 1961
after McPherson had finished dead
last for two consecutive years. M c
Pherson's highest finish was second
in 1955 when he was runner-up to
eventual N C A A ch am p io n San
Francisco.
In Inman's five years, from 1961-
1966, he could do no better than a
second place finish in 1965 with San
Francisco again the conference
champions. I f you wonder how Rick
Adelman became a Trailblazer . . .
SAFEWAY
Darryl Dawkins displaying hia "H ay, w h a t you doing? you bettor get
m oving,' slam dunk last season against Buffalo.
Dawkins considers boxing
by Ullysses Tucker, Jr.
In this comer standing 6 '1 1” and
weighing 258 pounds, and the chal
lenger for the heavyweight title o f the
world. Dancing Darryl Dawkins.
“ Yes, I ’ ve been considering giving
up basketball for boxing,” said the
massive youth from Evans High in
Orlando, Florida. “ I figured out the
other day that 1 could cam four m il
lion in a couple o f fights. The most I
could profit from basketball is two
million, now take a look at how long
I have to play to earn that amount.
Boxing would be much easier.”
Aside from the ring for a moment,
the 76ers 118-115 loss to the Blazers
Tuesday night, Dawkins tallied 24
points, and gangstered ten rebounds
in 42 minutes o f play. Eleven games
ago he broke his career scoring mark
o f 23 by busting loose for 25 points.
Since then he has scored 27, 27 and
30 last Friday.
Dawkins has ten straight games in
which he has scored in double figures
in both scoring and rebounding.
During the eleven game stretch he
has scored 225 points, muscled 136
boards, and backhanded 28 shots to
average 20.4, 12.3 and 2.5. Dawkins
has also fired at a 48 percent d ip
from the floor.
“ He has been playing some excel
lent basketball,” said Coach Billy
Cunningham. “ But there are several
areas o f the game that Darryl must
work on. For example, he must learn
self-control, and more concentra
tio n . I t ’ s am azing how one in
dividual can have so much potential,
and with maturity he’ll develop into
a great one,” said the coach.
In reference to the three “ crowd
silencing slam d u n k s ,” D aw kins
named them in order: the “ over the
land and through the skys, don’t
watch me dunk it’ll burn your eyes.”
Then there was the “ In your face dis
grace” over three Blazers standing in
the lanes. And the last one was en
titled simply the “ heart stopper.”
Dawkins, a D .J. in Philadelphia
during the off-season justified his
m otivation for boxing by saying,
I d lik e to earn some quick
money,” he said. “ I cannot see my
self as the type o f individual that has
to work hard all his life, I want to
kick o ff my shoes and retire as soon
as possible.”
“ Double D ,” as he is called by
teammates as well as a host of other
name titles (ranging from the “ Prince
o f D unk” to “ D r Dunk-n-stuff” )
w
has been c ritic iz e d by fans and
writers for his childish behavior on
the court.
Against the Blazers he grabbed a
rebound with one hand extended
above his head, and flicked a bullet
court length pass without bending his
elbow to a zipping Eric Money who
banked a lay-up o ff the glass without
a dribble. Dawkins turned around
towards the crowd, put one hand on
his hip and made an “ ugly” face to
part o f the sellout audience in atten
dance.
Last week the Oregonian printed a
story a ttrib u tin g Dawkins as still
holding a “ beer'against the Blazers’
Maurice Lucas for the incident in the
1976 p la y -o ff when he was blind
sided by a punch.
“ People consider me as some type
o f psycho,” he said seriously, “ but
that’s not the case at hand. I ’m not
as bad as all the bum press that I
receive. W hy should I be mad at
Luke when we are both trying to earn
a living in the same trade? People do
not realize the N B A is a power trip,
either you are a mover or you get
moved!”
The deal with Luke and I is only
psychological warfare, it puts inten
sity into the game. But people never
notice that at the end o f the game we
all shake hands, and maybe speak of
a good play or something,” he said.
By this time the 21-year-old Daw
kins mind and thoughts had drifted
back into the ring, the lack o f con
centration his coach talked about. He
stood up and began pacing back and
forth.
“ M y style would be to punch, and
dance, punch, and dance,” he de
monstrated. “ I ’d be moving, and
grooving,” he said positively.
Dawkins then asked, “ How many
times do you think that I ’d get punch
ed in the face?” Not many because
I ’m swift. A ll I have to do is bang
them on the top o f their heads. I t ’ll
be a breeze,” he said.
When are you gonna fight Ali?
When are you gonna fight Ali?
Excuse me Darryl, when are you
going to fight Ali?
“ 1 heard you the first two times,
so you don’t have to repeat your
self,” he answered. “ Evidently, I
must not be ready because I ’m still
playing basketball. But believe me,
when I get tired o f the game you’ll
surely know. I ’ ll call a press con
ference. Excuse me, we’re on our way
to Seattle so take it easy and I ’ll see
you next tim e,” Dawkins said.
Well Inman was coaching in the lea
gue when Rick, playing for Loyola,
was named M V P i t 196«. In 1968 the
W C A C all star team was made up of:
Bud Ogden. Santa C la ra ; Dennis
Black, USF; a fellow named Jerry
West, St. M a ry ’s, not to be confused
w ith “ Zeke from C abin C re e k ” ;
Dennis Awtrey, Santa Clara and now
a back-up center for Seattle; A rt W il
more, who tried unsuccessfully to
become a Blazer; R ick A d elm an .
Loyola, who did become captain o f
the Blazers; rounding out the first
team selection was Steve Ebey, Pep
perdine.
Darnell H illm an , who earned the
n ick-n am e “ D r . D u n k ,”
w ell
Hillm an paid his dues in the W C A C
by playing with San Jose and earn
ing first team all conference in 1969.
A lso on the 6 ’9 ” al,-stars was a
player named Bill Stricker, who also
tried out for the Blazers.
Stricker was in a better fight in
1971 for Stricker, in an all out fight
for the 12th and final spot, lost out
to Claude English, a 6 '4 ” guard
from Rhode Island.
In 1972 Portland’s Gary Ladd, a
6' guard who prepped at Jefferson
High was named to the W C A C first
team. That year a high flying guard
named W illiam “ B ird” Averitt was a
second team selection. Among other
notables were Frank Oleynick, ex-
Sonic guard; P hil S m ith, G olden
State; Kevin Restani, Dennis John
son, P epp erd ine; John G ia n e lli,
M IC ; Pete Cross, Seattle; Joe Ellis,
Golden State; Tom Meschery, U S F
and former Blazer assistant coach.
The ,977 W C A C all stars were the
youngest a ll conference team in
W C A C history. That team was made
up o f four ju n io rs, K urt Rambis.
SCU; Boynes, Cartwright and Hardy
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