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Page 12 Portland Obaerver March 5, 1981 LEAN GROUND BEEF Sports Talk By Ron Sykes, Sports Editor Oregon State broke a 23 year jinx by defeating the UCLA Bruins 72-64 Sunday at Pauley Pavilion. The UCLA home court domination o f the Beavers covered all 16 years that Pauley Pavilion has existed. What happened down South was beautiful. The Beavers showed the w orld, that is the region, why they’ re the nation’ s best team and why they’ re still undefeated with a 25-0 record and the nation’s longest winning streak, also at 25. A ll the Beavers were magnificent but if one had to single out one player, then 6- 4 forward-guard Lester Conner was the man. Conner’s stats read 17 points, 10 assists, 7 steals and believe me the young man was awesome! And freshman sensation Charlie Sitton played his best all around game o f the year. Sitton is aggressive and showed the Bruins early that he would not be in timidated. Oregon State is just a delight to watch. I he Beavers are a well coached team that operates like a machine; a well oiled machine with no Haws and all pistons driving in unision. I hey make few mistakes, take no bad shots, are patient and pass the ball better than any team playing basketball today, professional or amateur. So Reggie Jackson was late re porting to spring training. I'm sure owner George Steinbrenner should have suspected this fam boyant super star to p ull some sort o f protest. A fte r all, Reggie is no longer the highest paid Yankee. Dave W in fie ld , form erly o f San Diego, is now making three times the salary o f Jackson. And there’ s no way Reggie is going to remain silent while this happens. Reggie has a legitim ate beef because i t ’ s M r. Jackson that at tracts the attention and fills Yankee Stadium as well as all the other stadiums in the American League. • W ill GSU’ s Steve Johnson go high in the upcoming NBA draft? The book on Johnson is changing rapidly. It was first believed that he was too soft, that his range was limited and some doubted his ability to keep his head in the game. Now pro scouts are impressed with his movement, are delighted at his ad ded bulk, and are more than im pressed with his ability to score in the areas that a 6-10'/2 player should score. Where w ill Johnson play? Depends on whether Virginia’ s All- American center Ralph Sampson decides to go hardship or not. John son w ill defin ite ly go in the first five. The battle that took place in Pauley last Saturday didn’ t just oc cur on the playing floor, but on the bench as well. Miller vs Brown. Bud W ithere o f the Eugene Register - Guard reports that mostly it’ s a d if ference o f philosophy, this sm oldering fued between L a rry Brown and Ralph Miller. It is a con test of roots, o f styles, of beliefs. In fact, there is very little that is similar about these two men, aside from the fact they both coach college basket ball teams and they happen to do it in the same conference. It seems that M ille r, the Oregon State coach, called at timeout with 31 seconds left in OSU’ s 81-67 romp over the Bruins in Corvallis a month ago. Brown was unhappy w ith that...he considered it a prolonging o f the funeral the Beavers were holding fo r his team ...as well as what he thought was a bit too much celebration on the part o f the Beavers. “ A n y b o d y ,” M ille r says now “ who takes things like that per sonally is making a mistake.” Miller explained that the tim eout was taken to get three players into the game and nothing more. Miller con tends that Brown misread the whole thing. But, anyway the fued was started and Brown made the George Gervin, the San Antonio Spurs scoring machine is so smooth that he looks like he does not enjoy the game of basketball. Rarely does he smile during the course o f the contest or sweats while playing. He has a “ cotton soft” jump shot that looks effortless, and a wide variety of graceful moves to the hoop. When questioned about his poise on the floor, the three time National Basketball Association scoring champion was quick to point out that he was not always a cool in dividual. “ It all goes back to when I was in college,” he said recently in a private interview. “ When I was at Eastern Michigan University, 1 got Irustrated during the course o f a game and hit a player. Since then, I have learned that there is no room in the game for an emotional acts like that. My emotions no longer get in my way while playing and I guess my manner shows where I am at.” A lter the altercation, which was in the N C AA semifinals against Roanoke (V irg in ia ) when he was only a sophomore, the NCAA ruled Gervin ineligible fo r his ju n io r season and the invitation for him to try out for the 1972 Olympic Team was w ithdraw n. Gervin had averaged 29.5 points as a sophomore. Gervin then dropped out o f college and joined the Pontiac (Michigan) Firebirds o f the world famous Continental Icague until he was discovered by the Virgina Squires o f the old American Basketball Association. Gervin was a steady force in the ABA and when the NBA merged both leagues, he became even more famous with the Spurs. “ Ice M an,” like m illions o f souths growing up in large urban areas, had a tough time while growing up in D etroit, Michigan and used basketball to escape the situation surrounding him. “ Basketball was my outlet. That's where my heart was. A lot o f Every year some deserving Black P.I.C . basketball player is left o ff either the A ll-C ity or State team. Why i t ’ s done only a few can tell, and that few are the ones who decide that the ghetto kids aren’ t in telligent enough. This year that great injustice that befalls all inner city youth fell on the head o f Grant High's Terrel Cage. The 6-0 senior forw ard led the G eneral’ s in scoring, was second in the P II to Benson s A.C. Green, and was one of the best all around players in the City. Cage ended the season at 19.2 points per game. And if there was a better guard in the C ity, he surely didn’ t paly basketball this year. As always, this is only one Black man's opinion. 12-01. 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Classes free for those 62 or older. Call now for tehodul«« at 244-8111 or pick ona up at your nearest campua or library 12000 1W rant Smnw*. Soretne Orseon 1721S (Ml) 2444111 1 s-rfr» R®9- ^9 George Gervin: Ice Man' By Ullysses Tucker, Jr. Sizzleon statement that “ OSU had better cir cle their wagons because when they get to Pauley the war w ill be o n .” Well, the war did occur but the out come was no different. Anyw ay this coaching fued be tween M iller and Brown w ill come to an abrupt end a fte r this year, because Larry Brown is d e finitely headed to the New Jersey Nets. Whe Brown agreed to reinstate Kenny Fields that was the signal to the world that he (Brown) was gone. for the division Spurs. Expect Ger vin to make a run at Adrian Dant- ley, the league’ s scoring leader down the home stretch. 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