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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.
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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.
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your contributions to the sport. I get
out into the community a great deal
to show youngster that I ’ m just as
human as they are but my job hap
pens to be in the limelight. I enjoy
kidding with the youngsters and I
love to do things like talk to groups
and giving summer basketball
camps. I guess you could say that
i t ’ s my way o f giving something
back to people for supporting me.
“ I have three kids o f my o w n ,"
he said. “ So I know how important
it is fo r them to have someone to
look up to.”
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my friends did not have an outlet.
They got into drugs and trouble.
I ’ m the lucky guy. I thank God
every day for it.”
Gervin, one o f six kids raised by
his mother continued after a brief
pause, "W e had it rough But those
times are over.”
At 6 feet 8 inches, Gervin is the
biggest guard in the league next to
Magic Johnson o f the Lakers, has
had N .B .A ., scoring highs o f 73,
and has hit 50 on several ocassions.
Currently, he is third in the N.B.A.,
in scoring with a 27.7 scoring clip
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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.
How do you feel about
youngsters all around the country
looking up to you?
“ I t ’ s a great feeling that people
look up to you and respect you for
Wilson heads
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Janice Wilson, a Vice President
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W alnut Park Branch to succeed
retiring Carl Kelley.
Ms. Wilson, who joined the bank
in I960, was prom oted to A f f i r
mative Action O fficer in 1974 and
was named Vice President in 1975.
In 1978 she accepted a two year
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Bureau of Human Resources for the
C ity o f Portland at the request o f
then mayor, Neil Goldschmidt. Her
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