P a g « 8 P o rtla n d O b a a rv a r T h u rs d a y , J u n a 21 1979
King promotes title fight, ignores TV boycott
Sports Talk
above all he is good. He is one o f the
many fighters around today that are
so good that nobody w ill fight them.
So they grow stale in the gym —
grow old, waiting for the big break
that never comes, while some kid
with less talent, that no one fears,
comes along and strikes it lu cky. . . ”
King announced that the big fight
card would be carried by closed cir
cuit into some forty locations. Many
o f the locations are providing jobs
and business o p p o rtu n itie s fo r
Blacks.
He also announced that Jimmy
Young w ill be on the card facing
tough Wendell Bailey.
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by Ron Sykes
Sports Editor
There are times when tragedies
strike so suddenly, and during those
times grief seems to shake the foun
dation o f our souls. Tony Dorsett,
Cowboy running back, had such an
experience: Gigi Clayton had many
things going fo r her, she was
b e a u tifu l, an honors student, a
debutante, and had a football hero
who loved her and wanted to marry
her.
The 18-year-old also had one thing
going against her . . . a mysterious
ailment that claimed her life last
Friday.
"C la y to n was the person who
taught me how to fall in love,'* said
grieving Dallas Cowboy running
back Tony Dorsett, who planned to
announce his engagement to Miss
Clayton in August.
The storybook life came to an end
late last Friday night in the intensive
care ward o f Parkland Hospital.
Dallas Cowboys' football stars Ed
“ Too T all” Jones, Tony H ill and
Thomas “ H ollyw ood” Henderson
were honorary pallbearers.
Dorsett, who reportedly leaned into
her coffin to kiss her goodbye said, “ I
keep telling myself she’s not dead
“ She and 1 had so many plans to
gether. Gigi was so full o f life,” Dor
sett, a Heisman Trophy winner from
the University o f Pittsburgh said.
"She’ ll always live within me.”
Miss Clayton and Dorsett met at a
Christmas party last year and dated
for the first time a week later
“ She and Tony had plans. Every
body knew it was coming. It must
have been some kind of strong relation
ship,” said Ezra Clayton, the girl’s
father.
“ They were just drawn together.”
Everything was going fine until just
after Memorial Day. The Clayton
family attended a cookout at Dorsett’s
expensive estate near Wylie and the
next day Gigi drove Dorsett to the
airport so he could catch a flight to
California.
She first became ill the next day
while driving around Dallas in Dor
sett’s Mercedes Benz. She returned
home, com plaining o f strange
feelings in her extremities.
M rs. Ora C layton, the g irl's
mother, said she told her daughter to
go to sleep and arranged an appoint
ment with her doctor.
Doctors first thought she had a
nervous problem, he couldn't really
figure out what it was. She com
plained o f headaches and heT hands
and feet became cold.
Dr. Powell said she was hyper
ventilating, breathing too fast.
The doctor prescribed thyroid pills
and urged her to start eating fu ll
meals.
On Friday, June 1st, she was sup
posed to pick up Dorsett at the air
port, but was unable to do so and
sent her brother, Gary Clayton, 23,
instead.
The brother brought Dorsett to the
house where they found she was
barely able to walk.
Dorsett and the g irl’s brother took
her to St. Paul Hospital to see Dr.
Powell again.
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“ It was the same problem, except
now she couldn't walk,” the doctor
said.
D r. Powell ran blood tests,
thyroid, and every kind o f test, but
couldn't find out what was wrong.
The next day she was paralyzed.
Que sera, sera. The inevitable
happened to Yankee C liff Johnson.
After a clubhouse brawl with Rich
Gossage, that left the Yankees relief
ace sidelined with a fractured thumb,
Johnson was dealt to Cleveland.
C lif f Johnson was one o f the
unique Blacks in major league sport.
He was a reserve catcher/first base-
man. This u tility status is usually
reserved fo r whites fo r reasons
unknown to modern man.
Johnson was sent to Cleveland for
Don Hood, a lefthander who the
Yanks hope can fill the void left
when Gossage was injured. Hood
was 1-0 with a 3.68 ERA when he
departed Cleveland.
While still on baseball and travel,
how about Dock Ellis? A controver
sial figure much o f his career in Pitts
burgh, E llis has now switched
playing fields in the past two years.
After leaving Pittsburgh in 1977, he
went from the Yankees to Oakland,
before finally moving to Texas and
now the Mets. Maybe this time Dock
w ill find his happy home.
Trade rumors are growing louder
and louder. Portland is extremely in
terested in the Bulls’ Artis Gilmore.
The interest is strong and the com
pensation w ill be equally strong. The
saying goes “ I f you want something,
then you must give up something.”
P o rtla n d wants G ilm o re and
Chicago wants all pro M aurice
Lucas, all pro Lionel Hollins, and
starting center Tom Owens.
The handwriting is on the wall . . .
Portland is going to make changes,
big changes.
H ollins is asking to renegotiate
and like nobody is listening.
Hollins, when healthy, is one o f
the finest point guards in the NBA.
Hollins had a dismal season marred
with numerous injuries. The bottom
third o f the season found "T ra in ”
filling the role as the third guard,
which prompted Hollins to wonder
aloud whether Jack Ramsay had lost
confidence in him . Ramsay, fo r
some strange reason has a thing
about playing Dave Twardzik. So
now he has two quick guards in
rookie sensation Ron Brewer and
veteran Hollins.
Hollins and Brewer would on the
surface happen to be the strongest
combination, but there are apparen-
ly some underlying currents pulling
this combination apart.
Now I have to wonder just how
good Jack Ramsay is as a coach.
Sure he orchestrated a winning team
in Blazerville, but many have said
that he can also destroy a franchise
just as quickly. Remember Philley
when Ramsay was General Manager,
there too, he made wholesale trades
that led eventually to the 76er de
mise.
The hope here is that he not act
too hastily. That he w ill deal from
strength, and he surely does have
that from a team which won 45 games
and also made it into the playoffs
with many injuries to key personnel.
Sure, Portland's needs are glaring
in the middle. Owens tried his best,
and did well, but he’ s not the strong
center that is needed The daily grind
took its to ll and by seasons end
Owens was worn down. The Blazers
style demands a strong rebounding
center, which Artis Gilmore certainly
is but Gilmore is lacking in the other
qualities. Gilmore needs to be down
tight. For Portland’ s offense to roll
it necessitates their center coming out
high. Gilmore has never excelled in
the passing game. Portland’s center
must be the hub o f the attack. Who
then should Harry Glickman seek for
this al! encompassing role? Philadel
phia has a baby bull that just might
be available, Darryl Dawkins, 6’ 11 ”
and strong would be a wise choice.
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crusade,” King said. “ Nobody dic
tates to me when I'm right. I may
loose my shirt by doing this without
the big TV bucks but I ’ll be satisfied
that I ’ve been a man."
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L a rry Holmes w ill defend his
heavyweight crown on June 22nd,
despite the refusal o f all three net
works to televise the bout.
Promoter Don King undaunted by
the networks refusal is promoting the
fig h t at Madison Square Garden
anyway.
“ It would be against all my prin
cipals; all the things I have fought to
overcome for me to cancel this bout
and deny young, Mike Weaver, a
shot at the Heavyweight cro w n ,"
King told a packed press conference
at his fashionable New York offices.
“ That has been the story for too
long already and I refuse to be a part
o f it.”
“ Who regarded a young Muham
mad A li, then known as Cassius
Clay, a ghost o f a chance against the
appearance
devastating Sonny L is to n ? ’ ’ he
asked.
“ Not many,” he answered.
"W ho gave a green upstart George
Foreman a prayer against the
awesome and punishing Joe
Frazier?” he asked.
“ Not many,” he answered again
quickly. “ Can we forget how com
pletely Foreman overwhelmed
Frazier?”
King reminded all that Weaver is
rated 8th in the World by the WBC
and 10th in the W orld by Ring
magazine. King then read a short
passage from Boxing Illustrated, one
o f the major boxing magazines. The
article said: ” . . . in watching him
train in the gym. Weaver is the per
sonification of grace. He is smooth,
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"Jimmy Young is a world contend
er and a great guy," King said. "1
can’t throw him to the wolves simply
because he lost a fight. Jimmy de
serves the chance to fight his way
back.”
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