Portland Observar Thursday. July 28. 1979 Page 6
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Tony P ittm a n , 14, w as nam ed to the All Star D un kin g Team fo r the
second year. Tony represented Oregon in the Pacific Dunking C ham
pionships in H aw aii last D ecem ber.
U lf Spears. 14. dem onstrates skill th at gave him a place on the 1979 80
All Star Dunking roster. Spears w as named "O utstanding D unker" at
W ashington State D unking Finals.
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Portland Youth join Dunking All Star team
Eight Northeast Portland athletes
ave been selected to the Dunk Kings
979-80 A ll Star D unking roster.
Earned to the roster are U lf Spears,
4; Greg Penney, 14; Fred Parker,
2; Tony Pittman, 14; Philip Avery,
3; Kenny Luckett, 13; Todd Irving,
4; and Timmy Pittman, 12.
The A ll Stars comprise some o f the
inest dunkers in the Pacific North-
vest who w ill represent the Dunk
tings and their local communities in
lu n k in g e xh ib itio n s and com-
,etitions in W ashington, Oregon,
Hawaii, Florida, Puerto Rico and
he V irg in Islands d u rin g the
icheduled events o f the 1979-80
;eason which begins August 1st.
Feature events se fa r in the up-
■oming season are the Caribbean
Classic August 22nd-31st and the Pa
cific D unking Championships, in
December. Both w ill feature dunking
exhibitio ns plus basketball and
dunking competition. Another high
light o f the season w ill be a halftime
dunking exhibitio n in the Seattle
Kingdome during a game leaturing
none other than the World Cham
pion SuperSonics and also a possible
Trailblazer's exhibition.
While the 1979-80 season, so far,
looks very challenging and with a
wide variety o f events it w ill be no
bed o f roses. Explains Timmy P itt
man, 12, who along w ith Irving,
Luckett, Spears and brother Tony is
a returning 1978-79 A ll Star.
"T h e dunkers can sign up for any
o f the events but must pay their own
way, same thing fo r the coaches,
managers and chaperones. The A ll
Stars first must purchase their own
uniform . Last Christmas Todd Ir
ving and I were able to make it to the
Pacific Dunking Championships in
Hawaii plus we dunked five exhibi
tions in the Rainbow Classic. We
also dunked at the Trailblazer’ s and
in Washington at Olympia and at the
Washington State Dunking Cham
pionship Finals in Seattle. A ll o f us
from Portland like it.”
The Portland dunkers are proud
o f their dunking, and w ith good
reason In the recently completed
Washington vs. Oregon competition
the Portland youngsters led Oregon
to victory winning two matches to
one with one tie. Both the Oregon
wins came in matches held in Olympia
and Seattle, Washington.
A lth o u g h o nly eleven dunkers
were selected from Oregon, due to
lack o f competitions held because
o f the gas crunch and the high
tra n s p o rta tio n costs o f the ad
justable basketball goals used for the
dunking events, the dunkers selected
still represent the highest quality in
lowered hoop dunking.
A ll the dunkers have competition
and exhibition experience, especially
the returning A ll Stars. Penney,
T im m y P ittm an and Spears are
nothing short ol W orld Class in the
Lowered H oop D u n kin g C om
munity. Spears and Penney w ill also
strengthen the Dunk Kings in the
basketball competition.
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behind them as they gear themselves
for an event filled year as their com
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Grant sophomore aims at pro basketball career
by Ullysses Tucker, Jr.
"M y goal is to go all the way to the
N B A ,” said Tony Von Hampton, a
sophomore at Grant High School.
"B u t if I fail to make it, I ’ ll have a
college degree in Electronics or Jour
nalism.”
As a fourteen-year-old freshman
last season, Hampton showed great
potential by averaging 24.3 points
per contest, seven assists and main
tained a 3.0 GPA in the classroom as
his team finished 9-3.
" I ’ m really into math,” he said.
"T h a t’ s the basis o f electronic engi
n e e rin g .” H am pton is cu rre n tly
averaging ten points a game with the
varsity summer league team.
‘ ‘ The summer experience has
really helped my skills to develop,”
he said. " I 'm learning about team
play, and coach (Tom ) Jones has
brohght me along slowly, which will
make me a better player in the long
run.”
Hampton, who scored a high o f 30
points this summer against Roosevelt
continued, " I need to work on my
left hand, watching the whole floor
while d ribbling on the move, and
playing aggressive defense. I f 1 can
do that, I ’ ll be a better player.”
Hampton, at 5’9” and lanky, hopes
to develop into a 6'5” playmaker.
Just in case you are wondering
where "T o n y ’ s” baksetball zones
come from —like father like son. His
father A d ro n H am pton was a
bonafide A ll American at Arkansas
A & M during the late fifties.
" M y father taught me to play
when I was nine-years-old,” he said.
“ A t times he had to be very, very
patient because I was a slow starter.
The biggest thing he taught me was
self-confidence.”
Young Hampton also mentioned
the fact that his mother LaVern, and
little brother Brian enjoy watching
him perform. "W e are the perfect
fam ily,” he smiled. "T h e y’ ve been
highly supportive.”
When presented with the odds o f
progressing to the NBA, (one high
school player in 18,000) Hampton
explained, “ I feel as though I have a
good chance because most o f the
guys out there now w ill be six years
older, and half o f them w ill not be
around,” he anahzed quickly.
" I ’ m not o v e r-co n fid e n t or
anything, but by the time my class o f
high school sophomores reach the
NBA I should be one o f the best, at
the rate I ’ m going. Also, the style o f
play is getting faster—that’ s why I ’m
going to run track in the fa ll.”
Where would you '.ike to earn your
college degree?
"U C L A is a good school but they
are expected to win games. I ’ d like to
go somewhere and help to build a
winning tradition. I want to put a
school on the map,” said the youth
who is far wiser than his age.
H a m p to n ’ s hobbies include
jogging, football, w riting essays and
short stories. " I also like to mellow
out with some good music,” he said.
Oddsm akers, lo o k o u t! Tony
Hampton is on his way. But he’ ll
have an "ace in the hole” — an edu
cation.
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Emanuel Hospital refinances loan
In the first public bond issue o f its
kind , Emanuel H ospital, recently
comleted a refinancing which is ex
pected to save the hospital in excess
o f $4 m illion in interest cost over the
21 year term o f the loan, according
to Oscar Gustafson, Jr., Senior Vice
President o f Emanuel.
Through The Hospital Facilities
A uthority o f the C ity o f Portland,
Emanuel issued $8,410,000 revenue
bonds backed by an H E W H ill-
Burton loan which is guaranteed as}
to payment o f principle and interest
by the U.S. Department o f Health,
Education and Welfare.
The savings were achieved by the
lowering o f the interest rate on the
loan which had been outstanding at a
rate o f 9.O56Vo, to reflect the issuat.ce
o f the bonds. The bonds which
mature in the year 2000, bear an in
terest rate o f 6.1V». Payments o f
principle and interest on the loan will
be passed through payments due on
the bonds.
The savings to the hospital come at
a time when government emphasis
on cost containment in the health
care industry is increasing. The bonds
were underwritten by D illon, Read A
C om pany In c ., New Y o rk and
Atkinson and Company, Portland.
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