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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1979)
I P»e«l P o r t la n d O b s e r v e r T h u r s d a y . M a y 1 0 .1 9 7 9 Sports Talk Trojan protest planned bv Ron Sykes Sports Editor Garden hints from yotir OSÜ Extension Agent What was rated as the best pitch ing s ta ff in baseball has suddenly turned to sour grapes. The San Francisco Giants pow have placed John “ The C o u n t” M o u re fu sco on the disabled list. Vida Blue, the best southpaw pitcher in all o f baseball, well at least the National League, with all due respect the little lefty that hurls fo r the Yankees, has a 5.01 ERA and Bob Knepper a fte r w inning one game can't seem to get another. Blue is currently 5-2 but really hasn’t been effective. Giant h itting has bailed him out more than just a few times. Vida, long known fo r his smoke, and for some strange reason has decided to use his curveball and slider more this year. Perhaps i t ’ s his thinking that h e 'll add a few years to his career. Whatever his reasoning I ’m sure a few more twelve-run games w ill quickly alter his thinking. Ageless W illie McCovey, the Giants 42-yea r-o ld slugging firs t base- man, is upset after losing his starting job during spring training. McCovey lias been used prim arily as a pinch h itte r, a role he openly disdains. McCovey, while being praised for his pinch hitting a b ility retorted, “ No one ever made M VP as a pinch h it ter.” Joe Frazier speaking before a group in Utah said Muhammad A lt was a good fighter, but not the greatest. Frazier, after taking a brutal beating from A li in the “ T hrilla in M anila” had this to say “ Lawdy, lawd the man is great.” How soon we forget. M uham m ad A li is the greatest heavyweight ever to lace on a pair o f boxing gloves. I f one were to dream o f an ideal heavyweight w ith all the required dim ensions, reflexes, speed and durability . . . the man that would appear in that dream would be none o the r than M uham m ad A li. The G-R-E-A-T-E-S-T-! Where is the best sand lot baseball in the world played? Try Cincinnati. Three outfielders, all Cincinnati pro ducts, are among the leading hitters in the National League. Barry Bonnell. Atlanta, is hitting a respectful .333 with 15 homers. Tony Scott, St. Louis Cards, club bing at a brisk .338 pace. The M V P o f last season and the games highest paid p la yer Dave Parker, Pirates, is now over the .300 mark and driving. At last look Darryl Motley, playing third base fo r Ft. Meyers o f the Class A league, was having early season batting woes. M otley has now lifted his average from .150 after twenty at bat to a respectable .252, an increase o f over 100 points. M otley is a blue chipper and un d o u b te d ly the finest prospect to come o ut o f O regon. D a rry l is unique in that he can play and excel, at every position. And that includes pitching and behind the plate! Last ye ar’ s N B A cham p, the Washington Bullets, after splitting w ith the upstart San Antonio Spurs, are still reeling from their gruelling seven game series w ith Atlanta, and just might be ready to be upset by George Gervin and company. San Antonio, long lambasted for falling down in the clutch, appears now ready to shed themselves o f that cliche. George G e rvin and L a rry Kenon have now been joined by M r. James Silas. I t ’s good that the TV audience w ill now get to see a player o f Silas' caliber. Silas, who missed all o f last season while rehabilitating a bad knee, has long been known in the now defunct A B A as the best guard in the business. Before his in ju ry Silas, not Gervin, was the man the Spurs went to down the stretch. The 6’3” Silas can fill the hole with the best and is more than adept leading the highly potent San A ntonio offense. Seattle SuperSonics w ill survive their series with Phoenix. W ith the series deadlocked at tw o games apiece and headed back to the Pacific Northwest i t ’s almost a sure bet that the Sonics w ill prevail. I don’t really see Phoenix winning in Queenland. N B A ’ s most over-rated player; try Don Buse o f the Suns. We could un doubtedly add many names to that list but Buse would be my choice for captain. N B A ’s over-rated all league team: Don Buse — guard; Pete Maravich — guard; Wes Unseld — center; Paul • Spray fruit, nut and shade trees for tent caterpillars, it present. • Control spittle bugs and aphids in strawberries and ornamentals, If present. • High elevations, central and eastern Oregon: early May. fertilize lawns and irrigate: thatch, if necessary. • High elevations, central and eastern Oregon: fertilize roses and control rose diseases such as mildew. • Fertilize rhododendrons, azaleas. • Plant chrysanthemums for fall color. » Control cabbage worms in cabbage and cauliflower; 12-spotted cucum ber beetle in beans and lettuce; flea beetle In radishes. » Western Oregon: mid-May, transplant tomato seedlings. » Spray cherries for brown rot blossom blight. » Spray aphids as needed with diazinon. ► Protect root and leafy crucifers and onions with drenches of diazinon every other week > Tiny holes in foliage and the appearance of shiny, black beetles on tomato, cabbage, and potato indicate flea beetle attack. Spray with Sevin or methoxychlor. ■ Start compost. High elevations, central and eastern Oregon: prepare garden soil for spring planting. Treat soil with diazinon to control maggots when planting cabbage family, onions, carrots, potatoes. Plant these vegetables (Dates vary locally. Check with local gardeners.) Oregon coast snap beans, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cantaloupes, pickling cucumbers, dill, kale, parsnips, peppers, pumpkins, summer and winter squash, sweet corn, tomatoes Western valleys. Portland, Roseburg, Medford: snap and lima beans, brussels sprouts, cantaloupes, slicing and pickling cucumbers, dill, eggplant, kale, peppers, pumpkins, summer and winter squash, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, watermelon. High elevations, central and eastern Oregon: (Dates vary widely.) snap and lima beans, beets, celery, sweet corn, slicing and pickling cucum bers, dill, kale, kohlrabi, onions, parsley, parsnips, peppers, white pota toes, pumpkins, summer and winter squash, tomatoes. Columbia and Snake River Valleys, Ontario: cantaloupes, dill, eggplant, kale, okra, peppers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, watermelon. The T ro ja n D ecom m issioning Alliance is sponsoring a march and rally in Portland on Saturday, May 19th to demand the permanent shut down o f the Trojan Nuclear power plant. The march w ill begin at 12:00 noon in O ’ Bryant Square (S W. 9th and Washington), and the rally w ill DEAR W EIG H T WATCHERS I ’d like to join Weight Watchers* hut the thought of cooking a meal for my family ami a special meal for me every night is too much. What should I do? (signed) BUSHED M O M . ' ^ * Conte anti see us. We ll show you how to make our famous eating plan work for both you and your non-dieting family, Iheres no reason in the world that you should have to cook two meals every nigh,! W E IG H T WATCHERS The Authority t t f ve made up llu- qurUjiui. hut Iht- Ulualiun b real. 16 get all lire aiwwerv, join Wright Watcher, now. 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