PageS Portland Observer November 22. 1979
TO O LATE TO C LA S S IFY
Sports Talk
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THERAPISTS
by Ron Sykes
Sports Editor
‘ ‘ And may (he force be with you.”
Trailblazers downed (he hoi Super-
somcs, winners of 10 o f their last 11
games played, 100-95 Sunday night.
And
the ‘ ‘ fo rc e ” , Kerm it
Washington, was his usual powerful
self. Called upon by Coach Ramsey
to look to score, dtshe usually deten­
se tninid
And
the “ fo rce ” , Kerm it
Washington, was his usual powerful
self. Called upon by Coach Ramsey
to look to score, the usually defense
minded Kermit responded with an
unusual season high 27 points again­
st the Cleveland Cavaliers along with
his usual (17) rebounds.
You can both believe and not
believe W ashington. Believe him
when he says he doesn’ t have an ego
problem, but don’ t believe a word ot
it when he says he’ s not a super star.
A force - Washington is a wonder
that one would have to see to believe.
But what bugs me is that I’ ve never
seen Kerm it’ s name appear on any
NBA all-defense team
With how he plays the game, his
enthusiasm, his intensity, along with
his tremendous lim ing, which also
makes him an intimidator, then what
puzzles me is how th is man could be
overlooked. Now, I see why San
Diego was reluctant to part with
the man we now know as “ the
force.”
Abdul Jeelani has the I railblazers
in a quandary. It is expected that all
pro guard 1 ionel Hollins will be ac­
tivated in the next five days. This
means someone will have to go. One
quick look at the roster will quickly
reveal that there’ s tw o rookies
holding down spots. First round pick
Jim Saxson w ill certainly stick, for
obvious reasons. Jeelani? Well, I’ m
sure that his performance over the
weekend where he scored 20 and 15
points in back to back games proved
one thing we all know . . . Abdul can
play in the NBA. And it would be
much easier for Slu Inman, Blazer
MG, to release Jeelani if he would
only have a couple o f bad ones.
However, he just keeps playing bet­
ter and better. Not only is he scoring
but he has improved his overall game
tremendously, therefore causing a
problem.
Now when a player performs well
and you see no ink in the “ daily
news” about said player, then that's
a pretty fa ir indication that said
player is in trouble. Also, keeping in
mind that some players are usually
praised while otheres are not . . . for
obvious reasons.
Point in case was this week’ s
games against
Phoenix
and
Cleveland. Abdul Jeelani had an ex­
cellent game against Phoenix in a
losing cause. Abdul was a bright star
hitting 9 of 10 shots from the field
and he hawled in 10 boards.
Oh, by now Jeelani w ill get his
dues it was thought, but much to my
dismay very little was said about his
contribution.
That was puzzling. What was even
more mind boggling was the bit w rit­
ten by a Seattle colum nist which
read: It has been up to Brewer,
Twardzik, Owens and Bob Gross to
carry the load. Now how could any
responsible w rite r o verlook the
tremendous contribution o f the man
we now know as ‘ ‘ the force” . . .
Kermit Washington. Unbelievable.
Who is the n a tio n 's top rated
collegiate running back? I f your an­
swer is Charles White or Billy Sims,
you're wrong.
Perry Harrington, Jackson State’ s
pulverizing All-American is rated the
nation’ s best running back by the
professional scouts.
Perry and I.arye Harrington (no
relation) o f N orfolk State, who is
rated one o f the nation's top five
running backs by the scouts, lead a
list o f some 253 senior fo o tb a ll
players from A m e rica ’ s Black
colleges who have been nominated to
be voted upon in the selection o f the
two 41 member squds that will make
the Fast and West sqluads for the
Black College A ll Star Bowl II, to be
played at the New Orleans Super-
dome on Saturday, January 5th.
Black colleges continue to send their
share o f defensive players and run­
ning backs to the pros.
Tim m ie Newsome o f W inston-
Salem and George Leonard o f
Virginia State are two jumbo backs
that will play in the Black All-Star
Game and both are top pro pros­
pects.
Bush team o f the week...Try Seat­
tle ’ s Scahawks. Leading by one
touch down w ith less than five
minutes in the game coach Jack
Patera called for an on side kick,
which the Hawks recovered. Then
with little more than 2 minutes and
still leading by seven, he called for a
fake punt. Bush.
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I am s tirre d , shocked, and ex­
tremely happy. The reason for all
this, is an article written in Tuesday’ s
Oregonian by M r. Burt W righ t. I
have long admired Mr. W right for
his in-depth and tell it like it is ap­
proach to things. However, his art­
icle on the Laker’ s Kareem Abdul
Jabbar has surpassed a ll expec­
tations. Black people the world over
should salute M r. W rig h t fo r
illum inating the unfair thinking by
the white press, directed toward Jab­
bar. “ Because o f his great ability,”
W right says. “ Abdul Jabbar often
has been the target o f various
manifestations o f racism in cities all
over the country, but he refused to
dignify it by responding in k in d ."
Bravo, M r. W rig h t, fo r we’ ve
known the true character o f Abdul
Jabbar all along. It is really heart­
ening that now a white writer has the
courage to speak out.
Remember when Dave Cowens
walked out on the Celtics in 1976?
Wright says, " I f Abdul Jabbar had
ever done that, he would have been
irrevocably branded a quitter and
exiled from the game.” Amen.
There’ s no jo y in muddsville, oi
Eugene because the m ighty Ducks
did strike out, or better yet, were
282 2216
struck down 35-0 by a sky high
bunch from U C LA.
Oregon, favored for the first time
in two decades to beat the Bruins, in­
stead fell handily to the invaders
from the smogland.
The stage was set for a Duck vic­
tory. The tailgaters were there hours
before the game, getting themselves
prepared for a fun afternoon, and a
possible bowl game. The only bowl
fo r this year’ s Ducks w ill be the
Thanksgiving soup bowl.
Oregon long known fo r it's
kamikaze style o f play, were the vic­
tims o f such play this afternoon.
U C LA discovered a weakness in the
middle and threw running back after
running back, like so many kamikaze
pilots, and gained so many yards
through the m iddle, that Brooks,
Duck Coach, was wondering i f he
had a paper thin defensive line. Sure
the Ducks were riddled with injuries,
and when Vince G o ldsm ith went
down, for sure, then all was lost.
By the beginning o f the fo u rth
quarter, 42,111 faithful Ducks fans
started waddling toward the exits.
Remember...inspite o f all, Oregon is
still a year away and w ill be a very
good team next year. And as always
this is only one Black man’s opinion.
“ Athletics is a way for people to
blow o ff steam," Kendricks said. He
coaches teams part-time and is fu ll­
tim e counselor in the PCC In ­
dochinese Program.
“ The state p e n ite n tia ry has
always had athletics,” Emery added.
“ They needed it so do the jails. We
don’ t want another Walla W alla.”
But the sports program is a lot
more than just a chance to blow o ff
steam and get some excerise.
“ These
are
very
special
people,” Kendricks said. “ Some in­
mates feel that they are number two
and that they can never be number
one. We encourage them to feel good
about themselves. We teach them
how to play within the rules and how
to lose and how to handle losing
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w ith o u t blow ing up. One o t the
teams I coach got a sportsmanship
trophy and they are prouder o f that
than anything.”
Emery said the PCC Jail
Recreation Program has reached
about 400 inmates in it’s first year.
Many inmates are directed into the
PCC Ex-Offender Program and en­
couraged to take college classes
when they are released from jail.
Coaching ja il inmates also takes a
special talent, according to Emery.
“ Besides being very good in
athletics our coaches are very special
people,” Emery said. "Y o u can’ t
put just any jock strap in there. They
have to be natural leaders who know
when to back o ff before someone
explodes and when to crack down.”
Charles C ra w fo rd , M ultnom ah
C ou nty C orrectio ns grant ad­
ministrator, said PCC has the grant
to run the program because "V o lu n ­
teers are great, but just not experien­
ced enough to handle a jail program
on a long term basis. We felt we
needed top q u a lity coaching and
counseling and we get it from the
PCC staff.”
The inmate basketball team prac­
tices each Saturday at the PCC
Cascade Center.
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PCC coaches unusual team
There’ s one Portland Community
College basketball team which is far
from the ordinary team:
-The team members are all inmates
from M ultn om ah C o u n ty ’ s three
jails.
-One coach, Marvin Kendricks, is a
fo rm e r pro fo o tb a ll player and
UC LA ALL-American.
-Another coach, Don Lowry, is a
fo rm e r college basketball A L L -
American.
-And the manager is B.F. “ Bud"
Emery, a law enforcement officer o f
23 years experience, who is now dean
o f community services at PCC.
The PCC basketball team, which
plays in the C ity League's C-
Division, is part o f a new PCC Jail
Recreation Program which develops
baseball, v o lle y b a ll, soccer, and
basketball programs as well as pool
and foosball tournments for inmates
in Rocky Butte, Multnomah Com­
munity Corrections Institute (MCCI)
and Calir Argow Women’ s Facility.
The jail program, which began last
year, is funded by a contract from
the Multnomah County Corrections
D ivisio n w ith money fro m the
Oregon C om m un ity C orrections
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President Jimmy Carter chats with Los Angeles Dodgers' Manny
Mota after receiving a bat from the all-time pinch hitter at the White
House recently Mota, a native of the Dominican Republic, retired from
active playing this season after 18 years in the major leagues and is now
a Dodger coach. Standing next to Mota are his son, Jose Manuel, and
Joe Gomez, commissioner of the Presidential Executive Exchange
Program (far left). Standing in the foreground are other members of
Mota's family.
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