P«ge 6 Portland Obaarvar February 12. 1981
It's Good toKno^l
Sports Talk
The Blazers escaped Sunday
night’ s encounter with Kansas City
with a lackluster 129-123 win over a
road weary King team.
The fans, maybe, were a little up­
set and they had plenty reasons for
being so. On this night the o f­
ficiating, always bad, was atrocious
and sometimes bordered on the
ridiculous. As if that wasn’ t enough
already to cope with, the Memorial
Coliseum scoreboard decided that it
just may as well join the ridiculous
by going haywire during the closing
moments of the game.
A lthough Portland won, this
night belonged to the Kings Phil
l ord. Ford undoubtedly had heard
all that good talk about Blazer
rookie Kelvin Ransey and from the
opening tip, the young man from
North Carolina set out to show this
brash young rookie from Ohio
State, just who is still the best point
guard in the NBA.
Ford had a marvelous night h it­
ting for 35 point, 4 steals, and IO
assists. His shots were simply
beautiful. He went to the heap,
tw isting, turning in mid air and
seemingly always scoring. Bobby
Gross played 39 minutes, scored 17
points, and was “ called” a hero by
the "other” press.
Now, Billy Ray Bates is probably
the most frustrated 76 inch player in
the world. Billy is playing as well as
any guard in town, yet doesn’ t get
the playing time he so rig h tly
deserves.
Ramsey plays Billy a maximum of
20-22 minutes per game. And as
good a player as Bates should cer­
tainly receive more. How Jack can
leave B illy on the bench when the
game is close is beyond my realm of
comprehension. There’ s no better
cluch player on this Blazer team.
Ramsey’ s usage o f Billy Ray is sim­
ply deplorable, to say the least.
Against Kansas City, Bates was 7-IO
from the flo o r, 3 boards and 2
assists. All in just 22 minutes. Bates
could be a star in the league but bet
that it won’t be with Portland.
If Bobby Gross could perform as
well as B illy Ray, day in and day
out, Bobby would be a starter and
MVP o f this Blazer team. Is Billy
Ray being taken for granted?
"ONLY THE BALL W AS W H ITE"
This is a must fo r a lll Black
baseball fans. "O nly The Ball H'w
W'/i/Ze” will highlight the legendary
talent o f the negro baseball leagues
and w ill be shown on M onday,
February I6on Public Television.
Throughout the 1900s, before
Jackie Robinson broke baseball’ s
color barrier in 1946, Black baseball
talent is blossomed in the Negro
leagues.
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By Ron Sykes
Sports Editor
Baseball buffs still sing the praises
deprived o f a treat. So M onday,
o f Josh Gibson who could be coun­
February 16 is a day we should all
ted on to hit 70 home runs a season,
keep in mind, and don’ t forget to
and Satchel Paige who pitched over
check your local listings.
100 no-hitters in his career.
"O nly The Ball Was W h ile " is a
And a related farewell to super
30-minute reminiscence o f how grim
Sidney W icks. The fin a l curtain
things were in this country when
rung down on the 6-9, great, fo r­
racial inequality was the status quo.
m erly
of
U C LA
and
the
Black baseball was a haphazardly
Trailblazers. Sid supplied Black
organized sport until the 1920s when
P ortland fans w ith some fond
Rube Foster took control. Foster,
memories both on and o ff the court.
manager o f the Chicago American
On the court, W'icks was a much
Giants and Black baseball’ s foun­
better player than given credit for by
ding father, laid the ground work
the Portland media. O ff the court,
fo r the Negro N ational and
he was a man, an intelligent man
American leagues.
that refused to "k n e e l” therefore,
In those days, baseball was a
being labelled ’ ’ a rro g a n t” by so
year-round sport. In the summer,
many pissed white fans. Black
veterans o f Black teams crisscrossed
Blazer fans loved Sidney fo r the
the country. They took on all
very things the white fans despised
comers, and when given the oppor­
in him.
tu n ity to brainstorm w ith white
W'icks was the Black cham pion
major league teams, the Black teams
opposed to G e o ff Petrie the great
usually soundly trounced the men
white hope. Their’ s was the classic
from the higher echelon. Josh Gib­
struggle on the court that poured
son, who died from a stroke at age
over into the stands. And many a
35, was the symbol o f hidden
night you could hear supposed
baseball genius that thrived behind
Blazer fans shout, " I hate Sidney
the color line. Called by many the
W ic k s .” A ll this fo r a man who
game’ s greatest h itte r, G ibson’ s came to play each and every night.
baseball skills are enthusiastically
Thanks super Sidney for at that
attested to by those who played with
time you were all the Ghetto had to
him. We all know that Ted Williams
cheer for. And you carried the ban­
was the finest recorded hitter o f all
ner well. Here’ s hoping that W'icks
time, and if Gibson was better than
will resurface again, but if not, we’ ll
Ted, then all o f us certainly were
remember the goodtimes.
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By Asmar A hdul SeifuUah
A ka Joe West #40404
The citizens o f Oregon have
shown great concern over the issue
of prison overcrowding. On one side
we have Judge Burns who says that
overcrowding in state prisons has
reached such proportions as to con­
stitute cruel and unusual punish­
ment. He has ordered the state
corrections division to release 750
inmates by March 81.
Prison issues are big in todays
news. A federal judge in Texas just
issued a two hundred sixty page
decision finding the entire Texas
Department of Corrections uncon­
stitutional. A prison case in Ohio
was recently before the U.S.
Supreme Court. The ruling in that
case was in favor of the state which
could have an effect on the case
pending
here
in
Oregon.
Washington also has problems with
its state prison system. There have
been three riots in that system in the
last few months. Oregon isn’t alone
in its prison problems but Justice
Renquist of the state Supreme Court
has temporarily stayed Judge Burns
order which gives the Corrections
Division a little breathing room.
State Legislators are distressed at
the number o f prisoners being
released and the eventual impact it
w ill have on Oregon communities.
Ms. Betty Brown, Chairperson o f
the Oregon Parole Board said that
the board is releasing people that
w ouldn’ t otherwise be considered
fo r release. On the other hand,
Governor Vic Atiyeh has stated that
the people being released are being
carefully screened. Robert Watson
confirms Atiyeli’s s atement and has
also stated that the methods being
used to bring down the prison
population are sound corrections
policy.
I t ’ s very d ifficu lt at this point to
The Urban League Youth Service Center is proud to announce its first
Annual Black History Month Celebration which w ill be held at M artin
I uther King School, 4608 N.E. 6th, Saturday, February 21st - 7-9:30 P.M.
All are invited to attend. Admission free!
If you care about your
city and neighborhood,
and your right to voice
your opinion —
say what will be the outcome o f the
whole scenario. The issues have
been so distorted in political hum­
bugging that the relief that prisoners
first strived for seems to have been
buried beneath e d itorials, court
orders and counter court orders.
Every nickel and dime politican in
the state is rid in g on the band
wagon. Seeking to make a name for
themselves at the expense o f incar­
cerated people. The only valid point
in question is whether or not people
in prison have the right to adequate
rehabilitational programs, adequate
livin g space and an environm ent
free from tension and pressure that
results from overcrowding. At one
point there were approximately 75
inmates sleeping on the floor, next
to an open toilet. The cells in which
they were housed were designed for
one man’s use.
Prison is a d iffic u lt experience
under the best o f conditions. Con­
sequently when men are stocked
piled deep in misery the breaking
point is quickly reached. Environ­
ment is im portant in all phases o f
life and prison isn’ t an exception. If
crime is truly on the rise can we af­
ford not to im prove our existing
correctional facilities.
Social ills are plaguing America.
The moral fiber o f the country is at
its highest low. People just d on’ t
believe in the great American dream
an ym o re ...’ ’ how can they after
Vietnam, Watergate and Iran?” If
the dream still exist - I submit to you
that re h a b ilita tio n fo r convicted
Get government back
in the hands of
THE PEOPLE'
Vote
WILLIE
BROWN
City Commissioner |
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felons is a part o f it. Am erica
doesn’ t send its criminals to places
like Siberia to die o f frostbite and
hunger. It doesn’t place them before
firin g squads fo r execution fo r
minor crimes. America’ s policy has
been one o f redem ption through
rehabilitation. But that hasn’ t been
happening - what has happened is
that most law-breakers return to
commit greater crimes. T hey com­
mit these crimes because the
crim inal m entality is reinforced in
prison. Prison is anti-social in
nature. It there spawns anti-social
creations.
I he concept o f life, liberty and
justice fo r all is a joke to every
prisoners in the country. They have
come to realize that they have no
rights that need be respected. They
understand all to well that fo r as
long as they are confined that they
are at the mercy o f jailors. Every
phase o l prison life moves a man
fu rth e r away from hum anity,
families desolve, sexual perfercnces
change, hate is a emulated reality in­
side prison.
So why does the country, why do
Americans go through the charade
ol rehabilitation when punishment
is the ultim ate goal? Why not just
exile us - shoot us -- and be done
with it? In many ways death would
be more humane than this numbing
semi-life behind bars. Why tease us
with lies and promises o f help when
the truth is sa plaift to see?
"Obviously America still wants to
be the good guy. Even when it is
doing so much wrong!”
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