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Colbert headlines fight card The starting players for the Portland Community College Cascade Center basketball team are Jerry Avery, Stanley Harrison, Kevin Luster. Fred Jones and Tracy Cage. Young PCC Cascade team holds 4-3 record The tallest man on the P ortland Community College Cascade Center basketball team is 6’ 2” tall. And the PCC team only has two players w ith fo u r years o f high school basketball experience. But the team is already 4-3 for the season and PCC coach John Lee expects to see the team w in n in g most o f the 16 games le ft in the season. Why? “ Because they h u stle ," Lee said smiling. Lee said the group is younger than last year’ s team , m ostly eighteen and nineteen year olds but hard working as a team. "T h e y beat teams on just sheer hustle,” Lee said. “ They just don’ t q u it. The team members are good friends. They are a happy bunch. That helps them play well.” Guards C harles " D u f f y ’ ’ Jer- nigan and Larry Collins, plus center forward Darrell "T u n a ” Turner are the only team members carried over fro m last year. C o llin s is a Washington High School graduate who played va rsity ball at Washington High for two years. Last year PCC ended the season 19-16. New players on the PCC Cascade team are: Tracy Cage, guard from G ra n t; Stanley H a rris o n , guard from Madision; Jerry Avery, guard from Benson; Mark Sumner, guard and forw ard from F ranklin; M arty Pine, guard fro m M c M in n v ille ; Fred Jones, fo rw a rd from Benson and Harold Amos, forward or cen ter from Connecticut. Starting players for the games are usually Jernigan, C ollins, T urner, Amos and Cage or Avery. PCC Cascade baske tba ll coach forsees a good season. " T h e team is young and they d on ’ t have a lot o f experience, but they play very w ell,” Lee said. " I th in k we w ill have a good season. I expect to win most o f our games, except against C laudia’ s or D r. B e rn a rd ’ s. T h e ir teams are made o f many college graduates and some ex-p ro players so it is not realistic to expect our team to win these games, but in an even match w e'll win. The kids have a winning attitude.” l ee said he hopes more people in the Northeast Portland area around the PCC Cascade campus at 705 N. K illin g s w o rth w ill come to the games. " T h e games are free and the players are good, but people just d on ’ t know we have a team ,” Lee said. The Portland Community College team plays other m ajor AA U city league teams plus m a jo r small college ju n io r varsity teams during the season. Home basketball games schedules fo r the PCC Cascade gym at 7:30 p.m. are: January 16 - Lin field College January 21 - Claudias January 28 - Lewis & Clark February 13 - Dr. Bernards F ebruary 14 - P a c ific Power & Light. February 20 - Claudias February 26 - Judson Baptist Two PCC basketball home games are scheduled fo r the PCC Sylvania Center gym this season. They are: January 23 - Pacific University February 9 - W illam ette U n iv e r sity. T e rry Cage, a new P o rtla n d Com m unity College Cascade Center basketball gua rd , said " t h e fans won’ t get bored when they come to o u r games because we are an ex c itin g bunch to w atch. We have a good display o f basketball.” ( age played freshm an ball at G rant High School, then dropped basketball and w orked on his studies u n til he came to P( C this fall where he is in his first year as a business adm inistration major. I lie 19-year old. 5'7” , 142 pound player doesn’ t have the height u sually associated w ith college basketball, but he ducks and darts th ro u g h pra ctice and games at a speed which keeps the ball moving and taller players scrambling for the ball. " W e ’ re a p re tty good ru n n in g te a m ," ( age said. " I f we just run more, then nobody w ill be able to hang with us." Winning good to Mychal Thompson By Ullvsses Tucker, Jr. Mychal Thompson, the Portland T ra ilb la z e rs star c e n te r/fo rw a rd has heen playing some o f the best basketball o f his young career lately as his team is starting to play win ning basketball. " I t ’ s nice when you’ re winning,” he said. "W h e n we were losing during the early part o f the season I felt really bad and I hated to show my face in public. I ended up spend ing more time at home than usual durin g the losing streak, but i t ’ s good to be back out again.” T ho m pso n, a native o f the Bahamas has been c ritic iz e d by several local writers for his "spacey play” during a few o f the Blazers early loses. Mychal explains. “ I t ’ s not that I 'm not try in g hard,” Thompson said quickly. " I don’ t understand why they choose to single me out because I work hard all the tim e. N a tu ra lly, I'm a very kool and laid back person and most o f it comes from growing up on the Island. I guess i f people want to label my actions as such, that's their business. I know better.” C u rre n tly T hom pson is the Blazers second leading scorer with a 15.3 clip and leads the team in re bounding. He also leads the team in block shots and turnovers. D u rin g the Blazers nine game winning streak, Thompson led the team in scoring four times and on the boards five times. Thom pson says that he enjoys the extra re s p o n s ib ility o f p la ying the post position when Tom Owens or Kevin Kunnert gets into foul trouble. " I fin d playiung the hole very challenging.” said Thom pson. " I played center in college and I think I ’ ve been holding my own against some o f the centers aro un d the NBA. Bob Lainer and Kareem are For Funeral Insurance Information Cell C. Don Vann at 281-2836 P o rtlan d ’ s w orld ranked m iddle weight Mike Colbert, w ill headline a main event 10-rounder, January 22, 1981 at Portland Exposition Center. Colbert is one o f only two fighters to go the distance w ith W B C W elterw eight C ha m p ion Thom as " H i t M a n ” H earns and fo u g h t fo rm e r O ly m p ic C ham pion Sugar Kay Seales to a draw. Mike, fighting away from home the last couple o f years, h o ld w ins over R ocky M osely, T on y L ic a ta and Renato Garcia. On the undercard, Eugene’ s hard h ittin g B antam w eigh t "S w e e t Baby” James M anning 3-1 w ill be seen in a 8-rounder. M anning, only 18 years old was shown the ring sav vy o f a veteran and is certainly one to keep an eye on. P o rtla n d ’ s undefeated M id d le weight Billy M innix 5-0 is scheduled for 6-rounds. M innix in his last bout in P o rtla n d , came o f f the canvas fo u r tim es in the fir s t 2 -rounds against tough Frankie Duran to stop Frankie with a desperate rally in the third. A couple o f good, young, P o rt land I eatherweights w ill see action in separate 4 -ro u n d bouts. Bobby N ew com b 1-0 w ho impressed boxing people w ith his spectacular 2-round KO win over Carlos Chavez w ill return. Brian T inke r w ill fight in fro n t o f the h'ofne fo lk s fo r the first time. Brian made a successful debut in Boise, w hip ping Lorenzo Garcia in a6-round decision. In a nother 4 -ro u n d e r, P o r t landers w ill get a chance to sec the latest Northwest Heavyweight sen sation. T on y G a llo 4-0 at 260 pounds has s im p ly proven to o strong lo r the c o m p e titio n so fa r, having K O ’ ed a ll fo u r o f his o p ponents. M a tch m a ke r I red M c Nally w ill name the opponents later in the week. 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It appeared in the Thursday, January 8, 1981, Wall Street Journal. a • a a a • a a a a a a a a a a a a a a THE DUMBEST PERSON IN THE WORLD How dumb? Very dumb is the American who knocks what he's got. Here's what he's got: A country of unbounded beauty. Almost unlimited natural resources. A judicial system that is the envy of the rest of the world. Food is so plentiful overeating is a major problem. A pTess nobody can dominate. A ballot box nobody can stuff. Churches of your choice. One hundred million jobs. Freedom to go anywhere you want, w ith the planes, cars and highways to get you there. Social security. Medicare. Unemployment insurance. Public School and plentiful scholarships. Oppor tunity to become a millionaire. O.K., Complainer, what's your second choice? Go. / I agree with Mr. Gray’s statement. If you think you have nothing to start with, how about starting with courtesy, humility, respect and a positive at titude. M ychal on defense, blocking a tw o pointer the only ones who have given me problems.” T ho m pso n, a fo rm e r A ll- American at the University o f M in nesota and a member o f the 1978-79 A ll N BA Rookie Team, broke his leg last season. After a one year lay o ff, Thompson thinks his leg is in excellent shape fo r the p hysical N BA play, " I n the beginning, I wasn’t sure how it w ould respond,” he said. “ But now I feel p re tty confident since I have a couple o f good games under my belt. You can look for me to go even more harder from here on o u t.” y How we perform as individuals will determine how we perform as a nation. FREE: If you would like an 8 ’A ”x 11” reprint of thia message write to Harry J. Gray, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, United Technologies, Box 360. Hartford, CT 06141. i
