Paga 12 Portland Observar March 12.1981
Portland
Community
College
Sports Talk
By Ron Sykes, Sports Editor
critics wrong by becoming a star in
the N BA ; not at power fo rw a rd as
some suggest, but at center. John
son plays the post p o s itio n as it
should be played. He seldom leaves
the “ p a in t” and scores in the area
you w ould lik e yo ur big man to
score.
Oregon State lost one and won
one. T he ir season fin a l, the 87-67
loss to A riz o n a State had to be
d isa pp oin ting but ju s t how disap
pointing can 26-1 be? They certainly
won one w ith the N C A A to u rn a
ment selection committee when the
smoke cleared in the West last Sun
day, the Beavers were seeded
N o. I in Los Angeles and should
have little trouble advancing to Salt
Lake City.
Now, her is where the trouble for
OSU w ill begin. Also at Salt Lake
C ity w ill be the Bruins o f UCL A,
my pick to jo in Iowa, Kentucky and
DePaul, to battle in P h ila d elph ia
O S U ’ s Steve Johnson c e rta in ly
deserved better. The6-10*/j center
who led the nation in field goal ac
curacy (7 6 **) fo r the second con
secutive year, was chosen by AP as a
second strin g e r. Johnson lost the
fir s t team berth to V ir g in ia ’ s 7 ’ 4
Ralph Sampson. Sampson is deser
ving, he’s a marvelous athlethe, but
then so is Johnson. Steve has an
amazing a bility o f getting open and
then converting.
Johnson was the best at his
p o sitio n this year and r ig h tfu lly
should have gained the berth. Hard
work and dedication brought about
a tremendous change in his game.
And when a person dedicates him
se lf, w orks hard, achieves un
paralleled accom plishm ents, then
that person should be rewarded ac
c o rd in g ly . This week, big Steve
Johnson wasn’ t, but his day w ill
come. Steve Johnson w ill prove his
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fo r th a t co vcrte d 1981 N C A A
C ha m p ion ship . F or some strange
reason, pride or whatever, U C L A
seems to always rise to the summit
d u rin g the N C A A ’ s. The key,
however, lies in big Steve Johnson.
I f Johnson can p lay enough
minutes, then OSU could very well
make it, but since this is a feat Steve
never has accom plished, then our
b e lie f is th a t OSU ca n ’ t m ake it
against s tiff com petition w ith their
big gun d ra w in g sp lin te rs on the
bench.
OSU placed Johnson, M ark Rad
ford and Ray Blume on the A ll Pac-
10 team, and all three o f them w ill
b4 chosen in the N B A d ra ft. Both
Blum e and R a d fo rd possess o u t
standing basketball skills. They are
fundam entally strong and both w ill
become excellent scorers once they
leave Ralph M ille r’s game.
N ot that there’ s anything w rong
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The D epartm ent o f the In te rio r
announced suspension o f the
obligation to file written affirm ative
a c tio n plans under re g u la tio n s
established
to
assure
non
discrimination against m inority and
women-owned business enterprises
in O uter C o n tin e n ta l S h elf (OCS)
leasing activities.
Under regulations which became
e ffe ctive January 2, 1981, lessees
were required to file w ritte n a f f ir
mative action plans w ith in 60 days
o f the issuance o f an OCS or other
specified event and make an annual
compliance report.
The O ffic e o f M anagem ent and
Budget (O M B ) is review ing the re
p o rtin g and reco rd - keeping
req uirem en ts o f the re g u la tio n s .
W hile that review is in progress it is
necessary to suspend the collection
o f in fo rm a tio n and record-keeping
requirements.
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with M ille r’ s teaching, the man is a
great “ team” coach, which is good
fo r any college p la y e r. The OSU
players w ill have a lo t g o in g fo r
them when they turn pro. Both Rad-
fo rd and Blum e are ideal at 6-4,
good speed, excellent passers,
strong and “ in te llig e n t” defenders
and great shooters. “ In te llig e n t”
sure feels good to use when
describing Black players. Now, only
more writers should try using it.
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Kelvin Ransey, Phil Ford, Magic
Johnson, Nate Archibald and Kevin
Porter, are all guards who run their
respective offenses. Now how many
o f them have been re fe rre d to as
anything but quick. Strange isn’ t it?
Oh yeah, my pick to win the N C A A
title is the Io w a H aw keyes o f the
Big-10 w ith U C L A second. O f
course, this is only one Black man’s
opinion.
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Tuskegee celebrates 100 years
A ceremony honoring a form er
slave and a former slave owner w ill
be held at Tuskegee In s titu te
recently as this famed Black univer
sity markes the 100th anniversary o f
the signing o f the charter that created
it.
Descendants o f Lewis Adams, the
former slave and George Campbell,
the fo rm e r slave owner w ill be on
campus to note that significant day
in American history.
Adams and Campbell led the ef
fo rt w hich moved the State o f
A labam a to approve a school to
tra in Blacks to be teachers. It was
on F ebruary 12, 1881 - L in c o ln ’ s
b irth da y, that Alabama Governor
Rufus Cobb signed into law, House
Bill 165 which created Tuskegee In
stitute and provided $2,000 a year
for teacher salaries.
From this modest beginning
sprouted one o f the n a tio n ’ s
foremost universities.
Starting the school was the idea o f
Adams who saw hundreds o f ex
slaves struggling to exist on small
farms.
H aving learned to make shoes
and harnesses as well as tinsmithing
while a slave, Adams who began his
own business, attem pted to teach
some o f the men his trades, but the
number overwhelmed him.
Recalls a g ra nd d a u g h te r, M rs.
L illie W ils o n , 86 year old o f
Tuskegee, “ Grandpa Adams had a
fa m ily o f 16 to support and when
these men just kept com ing to his
shop he had to te ll them he was
sorry, that he had to go on. But one
day he said, ‘ w hat is needed is an
industrial school where you learn to
make a living for your families now
th a t you are fre e .’ T h a t’ s how it
started.”
Adams enlisted C am pb e ll’ s help
and they talked with two candidates
for the Alabama Legislature.
The politicians to ld Adams i f he
could pledge the support o f Black
voters and they were able to win the
election, they would present a bill to
authorize the school.
A t that tim e, the waning days o f
re c o n s tru c tio n , Blacks were s till
voting in large numbers across the
South. Adams campaigned fo r the
two and they won their contests.
T ru e to th e ir w o rd , they in
troduced the b ill and in November
1880, one wrote to Adams, “ Lewis
get your teacher, the bill passed.”
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