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Sports Talk
A SERIES of HOUSING
and COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT (HCD)
WORKSHOPS IN
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
By Ron Sykes
Sports Editor
Sunday evening at 10:29 o f the
second quarter, it all began. Now
d o n ’ t get me wrong, the game
between Portland and Seattle didn t
start the second quarter, but it was
at this point that it began fdr Kelvin
Ransey, the much renown and
young client o f Howard Slusher.
Ransey has been called the man
we need by Jack Ramsey. He’ s been
called a few other things by anxious
Blazer fans. But when called on
Sunday night to try and get the team
out o f its ’ all too fa m ilia r show
down pace, Ransey responded im ­
mediately.
Once he hit the floor things began
to happen. The young man is a
player leader and just beautiful to
behold. Billy Ray’s face lit up like a
Christmas tree as he obviously knew
what was about to happen to his
game with Kelvin on the court. And
happen it did.
Kelvin had the ball on the break,
quickly he darted to the middle with
Gross fillin g the le ft lane and
swooping Bates on the right. Ransey
faked to his left, then shot a soft
pass to his right that Bates took with
one hand and soared high fo r a
thundering dunk. From there on
Ransey showed why he was the
fourth player chosen in this year’s
draft and why he’ ll be worth every
dime he signed for.
A nd isn ’ t it a shame the way
Blazer management took advantage
o f Billy Ray. I f you haven’ t already
heard, it was reported earlier that
Bates had signed for something like
$60,000 per year fo r fo u r years.
Well my source informs me that it
was a little more like $80,000 which
makes the irrepressible B illy the
second lowest paid player on the
team.
After being so impressive last year
one would think that any credible
organization would rip up that old
contract and give the man a new
one. Food for thought Harry.
Sunday’ s game against Seattle
showed just what can be accom­
plished with a genuine center on the
floor. In Tom Owen’ s absence, out
w ith a finger in ju ry , M ychal
Thom pson was the starter w ith
strong re lie f from 7 fo o t Kevin
Kunnert. Kunnert when healthy
can be a force in the middle and
th a t’ s something that has been
missing for awhile. S till amazing
how Ramsey sticks with Jim Pax­
son.
Now that Kelvin has come into
the fold, he’ s talking now about
switching Paxson to o ff guard so
that he may team with Ransey. But,
then 1 guess it makes sense if Paxson
is making $175,000 a year and Bates
receives only $60,000, then one
should rig h tfu lly understand why
Paxson should play more.
Maybe Bates should stop giving
super star performances and only
put out what the front office thinks
he’s worth. A grin as before...
Thia is only one Black man's
opinion.
NFL PICKS
Seattle to beat NY Jets. M in ­
nesota passing should overcome
Cincinnati, even though they appear
to have a hex over the super
Steelers. San Diego should clobber
G iants. Chuck M uncie should
finally get untracked for the pass
happy Chargers. D e tro it in a
squeaker with Chicago.
Houston over Tampa Bay easily.
B altim ore over New England;
Dallas to beat Philly; Buffalo w ill
get by Miami; Kansas City in an up­
set over Denvers; Washington and
St. Louis, a toss up; Cleveland to
romp over Green Bay; Atlanta will
keep Saints record intact; LA again
over San Francisco. Rams are im­
proving steadily behind Ferragamo.
Monday’ s game...Pittsburgh easily
past Oakland.
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S ched ule fo r p re p a rin g
1981 *98? HCD application
OCT.
NOV.
NOV.
RON BREWER
James P. Beckwourth, who
in 1850 discovered a pass
in the Sierra N e v a d a s
near Reno that still bears
his name, was a Black
American explorer who be­
came a chief of the Crow
Indians after marrying an
e a rlie r chief's daughter.
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Ron " B o o t” Brewer is back in
Portland and playing some o f his
best basketball in a Blazer uniform
since he was drafted in 1977.
The former Razorback stats have
not changed but he now plays with
intensity, more aggressively on o f­
fense, defense, and Brewer has
fin a lly
developed
in to
the
"p re m ie r” guard N .B .A . scouts
predicted. What took you so long?
"P eople talked about my year
being up and down all last year and
I understand their point. But, what
they fail to realize is that we have
had a lot o f turnover in personnel
last season.
" I t ’ s hard to blend your game
around players like Luke and Lionel
and then they are gone all o f sud­
den. That alone took away from my
performance on the court,” he said
seriously. " I also had to learn exac-
tely what I could do on the court
and thats taken a year and a half.”
Brewer notes quickly, "personnel
w on’ t be a problem this year
because we have a excellent bench.
We have some pow erful big men
and a nice group o f guards. A ll we
have to do is start o ff winning, build
up our confidence and hang tough.
We have cham pionship m aterial
here.”
When questioned about how
Kelvin Ransey, the Blazers number
one pick in the 1980 draft is going to
help his overall game, Brewer said,
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“ Kelvin is going to help me a lot.
He’ll help me get my baseline shot
and the ball w ill be getting in my
hands where 1 want it. That’s not to
take anything from Paxson either
because he’s doing a fine job. Kelvin
will add a whole new dimensions to
our total team attack from what I
hear.”
Brewer co n tin u e d ,"I played the
lead guard several times last season
but now I ’m playing in my natural
p o sition. I prefer to play the
shooting spot because it ’s difficu lt
mentally to be lead and shooting
guard at the same time. Like last
year, I had the green light to shoot
and it'll be the same this year. I plan
to go for it.”
“ Go for it " he did not against the
Milwaukee Bucks and Brewer is the
first to admit the mistakes he made.
"Being at home altered my con­
centration,” he said. “ 1 didn’t play
with any intensity at all. The games
were basically fo r the people at
home to see Sid (Moncreif) and I
since they never do. I should have
taken training camp more seriously
and I didn't do much this summer
because o f the heat in Arkansas. But
it will be much different from this
point on.”
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One thing Brewer did have time
for this summer is the hundreds o f
kids in Fort S m ith, Arkansas.
Brewer gave several basketball
camps for the youngsters who look
up to him as their hero.
'Minority voters' deciding factor
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organized along partisan lines.
The Hispanic Republican Assem­
bly, though it organized back in the
N ixon era, is suddenly getting
strong support from the Republican
N ational Com m ittee in a m ajor
drive to expand. It includes virtually
every Hispanic who held office prior
to the C arter era, and is out to
double its present 4,000 members
this year.
Led by Los Angeles businessman
Fernando Oaxaca, who served in the
Ford Administration, its vitality can
be judged by the fact tht three out of
the seven new Hispanic candidates
fo r the C alifornia legislature are
Republicans.
The Democratic counterforce is
called
H ispanic
Am erican
Democrats (H AD ), which now has
chapters in 22 states. Its clout is
dem onstrated by the number o f
Hispanics chosen as delegates to the
Democratic Convention this year.
Four years ago they numbered only
46; this year there were 310.
Sad
HAD
leader
David
Lizarraga, a Los Angeles com ­
m unity developer, "W e realized
political power would not be given
to us, to set out to penetrate the
Democratic Party system. We are
organizing, block by block, in city
districts, legislative districts and
congressional districts, to make our­
selves felt. We w ill get Hispanics to
the polls this year.”
Other Hispanic leaders credit the
recent census with fueling the sense
o f political clout among qualified
voters. The campaign to persuade
Hispanics to participate in he census
stressed political issues pertinent to
low -incom e people: government
funding o f services, unemployment
benefits,
urban
assistance.
“ Basically Hispanics w ill be guided
by bread and butter issues in their
Representative Ron Dellums (D.
votes,” said Esther Estrada, a San
Ca.), " A large number are going to
Francisco o fficia l o f the Mexican
the polls, but not to pull the lever
Am erican Legal Defense and
for the Presidency. They’ ll be in­
Educational Fund. “ They may be terested in the lower part o f the
disenchanted. A few may turn to
ticket: local offices and local issues
Reagan or Anderson, but the
like rent control.”
m ajority,” she predicted, “ will stay
Nonetheless, President Carter is
Democratic. And 1 think they are certain to benefit by the strong sup­
turned on to voting now. The census
port he is receiving lA m C a lifo r­
count made them realize they can
nia’ s two big city Blirck mayors,
have power.”
Tom Bradley o f Los Angeles and
Black o ffic ia ls are equally op­
Lionel Wilson o f Oakland. He can
timistic about a good voter turnout,
also count on considerable support
if somewhat less certain about how
from the 232 other Black elected o f­
the vote w ill tu rn . The recent
ficials in C a lifo rn ia and the 328
"Black Pulse” poll, conducted by
Black officials appointed by Gover­
the National Urban League, found
nor Brown.
profound disenchantment with the
Yet California remains an uphill
Carter A dm inistration’ s economic
battle for the President, and it is
policies, reflected in the fact that 44
states like C a lifo rn ia and Texas,
percent of the respondants said they
with their growing Hispanic voices,
were "worse o ff” today than a year
that will probably call this election.
ago.
That fact, i f clearly demonstrated
Such views have fueled the skep­
on November, should serve an im­
ticism o f the Congressional Black
portant lesson to the next President
Caucus toward Carter. Said Don
of the United States.
Hopkins, an aide to Caucus member
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UN responds to Front letter
The Black U nited F ront has
received word from the U nited
Nations in response to its September
26th letter alleging human rights
violations against Blacks in Oregon.
“ In accordance w ith the in ­
stitutions o f the Chairman o f the
Commission your communication
has been forw arded to the ap­
propriate procedure dealing with the
questions o f violations o f human
rights and fundamental freedoms
handled by the Com m unications
U nit with the Division o f Human
Rights.”
Ron Herndon, co-chairman o f
the Black United Front, said the
organization is enthused with the
response and plans to send more in­
formation. The BUF has also heard
from H elsinki W atch, a private
organization in New York that in­
vestigates violations by the signators
to the Helsinki Accords. Helsinki
W atch, in 1979, stated that the
United States is not keeping the
Helsinki commitments in relation to
Blacks.
“ The fact that we heard so
promptly from the United Nations,
which is in Geneva, Switzerland,
and still have not received a reply to
our August letter to President
Carter shows us how this country
feels about the human rights o f
Black folks.
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