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Rege M R orttand O b M rv e r A p ril 1 1M1 Sports Talk B y R on Sykes. Sports E d ito r B Y U ’ s Danny A inge was selected T uesday as c o lle g e b a g O a tb a ll’ s " P la y e r p f the Y e a r ." * fle w to New Y o rk to accept th s E a s tm a n A w ard that annually typifies an o u t standing player. A inge is good, but " P la y e r o f the Y e a r” he c e rta in ly was n o t. R a lp h S a m p so n , Steve Jo h n so n , R o la n d o B la c k m o n and scores o f other o u tsta n d in g players m ust s till be shaking th e ir heads at that selection. Just w hy was D a n n y A in g e singled out o f thousands o f players at the collegiate level? There are tw o reasons. The first being he averaged better th a n 25 p o in ts per game, and you k n o w the o th e r one. Ju st have to believe O S U ’ s Steve Johnson would have been a better pick. Johnson set a n a tio n a l fie ld goal re cord (74?M b re a k in g fo rm e r U C L A B ill W a lto n ’ s (6 3 ’/o) re c o rd . Jo h n s o n was outstanding and played a much tougher schedule. A nd i f yo u ’ re still w ondering why the h ighly acclaimed M r. A inge o p ted fo r p ro fe s s io n a l baseball over the N B A , then cease wondering. A inge is a M o rm o n right? D id n ’ t he choose lily - w h ite B Y U to c o n tin u e his education? N ow exam ine professional baseball teams as com pared to the make up o f pro basket b a ll team s. N o w , do yo u get the message? M u st a d m it i t ’ s fo o d fo r thought. W ith th e ir 120-111 w in at hom e Tuesday n ig h t against the d iv is io n leading Phoenix Suns, the P o rtla n d T ra ilb la z e rs assured them selves o f the hom e c o u rt a dvantage against w hom ever, beginning A p r il 3rd. A t th e m o m e n t, th e re ’ s a th re e w ay b a ttle betw een H o u s to n , G o ld e n State and Kansas C ity fo r the last s p o t. B o th H o u s to n and G o ld e n State have 2 home games rem aining, while KC has only one. Look fo r the Blazers to battle the young W a rrio rs in the m ini and it w ill be tough. G olden State’ s Bernard K ing and L lo yd Free can give any team fits on offense, w hile Joe Barry C a ro l, cen ter and fo rw a rd L a rry S m ith , grab all the rebounds in sight. • A n d then there was one, Indiana. T h e H o o s ie rs show ed th e w o rfd that they arc the best team in college b a s k e tb a ll fo r the 1980-81 season, a n y w a y . W h ile sem e a ro u n d the U S A felt this game should not have been p la ye d due to the tra g e d y o f the d a y ...th e H o o s ie rs s im p ly show ed w h y it s h o u ld go o n . T h is was a g ood In d ia n a team led by a great little guard lsiah Thomas. T h o m a s scored 23 p o in ts b u t it was his defense that turned the game a ro u n d fo r coach B o b b y K n ig h t’ s crew , ls ia h , w ith his b o yish lo o k s , w ill be a m uch sought a fte r young man in tw o years when he becomes a v a ila b M to play fo r pay. He is not u n lik e W n t la n d ’A e l v i n Ransey. A n d believe t h e r ^ H l be no " h a r d s h ip ” fo r th is y d R ig man because B obby K n ig h t ju s t w o u ld n ’ t stand fo r it. In d ia n a players u su a lly stay fo u r years and earn a degree. T h e cla ssic b ig -1 0 vs. A C C stru g g le d id n ’ t d e ve lo p e , th is one was a ll B ig -1 0 . A n y m y v o te s till goes to the B ig -1 0 as th e p re m ie r basketball conference in the land. A n d w asn’ t B illy Ray w o n d e rfu l in his tw o s ta r tin g roles? I t ’ s am azing w hat p la y in g tim e can do fo r one’ s co n fid e n ce . D id you hear that George Speller? Bates not o nly s co re d , g e ttin g a ca re e r h ig h 40 p o in ts against D a lla s, but played a g o o d o v e ra ll gam e. " B i l l y p la ye d g o o d defense, passed w e ll a n d h it th e o p e n m a n , " sa id a re lu c ta n t Jack Ramsay. Bates, as I ’ ve said all a lo n g , w o u ld be s p e c ta c u la r w ith m o re m in u te s , r ig h t o n G e o rg e Speller. M r. Speller, better kn o w to C le o ’ s cro w d as J r., ca n ’ t see B illy as a n yth in g but a spot player. B illy is a complete player now , and those d e fe n s iv e d e fic ie n c ie s yo u h e a r about are ju s t so much media in te r ference. T h e B la ze rs are p la y in g w e ll to g e th e r no w and c o u ld su rp rise a few people. L o o k fo r them to beat Kansas C ity in three. They w ill take P h o e n ix in 6 and su ccu m b to th e L a k e rs . K a re e m A b d u l- J a b b a r is ju s t too much. M r. S peller sees B illy Ray in the same ro le as Jo h n H a v lic e k o f the o ld B o s to n C e ltic s . B ut n o t tru e because H a v lic e k d id n ’ t s ta rt the gam e b u t he sure as heck was o u t th e re at th e fin is h and B ig J o h n averaged 30 m inutes a game. A fa r c ry fr o m the 16 th a t B illy R ay averages. 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He was highly critica l. " S o m e o f o u r c o m m u n ic a to rs have become pow er d ru n k . T h e y're using w h ite fo lk s pow er w ith w hite Pacific Citizen Power o f the Week Martha McCoy is a Freshman at Oregon State University majoring in Building Construction Manage ment. As a senior at Wilson High School, she was the first woman enrolled in Portland Community College's Building Construction Program. She was Sophomore Class Treasurer, served three years on the School Advisory Committee. She was a member of Varsity Spring Rally her senior year. Her hobbies include sports and reading. Martha is the daughter of Senator and Mrs. Bill McCoy. fo lk s a u th o rity and are tools o f the system that is d e s tro yin g the B lack fa m ily . A s tu d e n t o f th e la te E lija h M u h a m m a d , M in is te r F a rra k h a n said th a t B la c k s w o rk in g in th e media should lo o k at th e ir jobs like a social m ission and dedicate th e m selves to the lib e r a tio n o f B la ck people. " Y o u have a jo b , a p o w e rfu l m ission and you must not be a fra id in doing yo u r jo b o f te llin g it like it is. Y o u 'v e got to be w illin g to lose y o u r life to c o m m u n ica te rig h t fo r o u r people. Use the media wherever yo u a re , to c o m m u n ic a te p ro p e r values to o u r people.” F a rra k h a n , a h ig h ly a rtic u la te and p o w e rfu l o r a t o r to ld th o se g a th e re d th a t th e y s h o u ld n o t let fear fo r th e ir jo b s ru le the decision th e y m a ke o r c o v e ra g e o f news events. “ T o be a c o m m u n ica to r today is a great burd e n and re s p o n s ib ility . I t ’ s a fo rm o f p o w e r th a t m ust be p ro p e rly used o r it w ill be abused. T h e A m e ric a n m e d ia is fe e d in g a decadent, sick u n n a tu ra l w o rld that focuses on u n n a tu ra l things ra th e r th a n th in g s th a t are in the n a tu ra l order. F a rra k h a n re fu se d to c o m m e n t on the re b irth o f the once p o w e rfu l N a tio n o f Is la m because he knew how th e m e d ia fu n c tio n e d to destroy. " I u n d e rs ta n d and respect the p o w e r o f the m e d ia . Y o u r e d ito rs want bloodshed and confusion, they w a n t to p it one b ro th e r a g a in st a n o th e r.” D u rin g the course o f his speech, Farrakhan talked about sorry Black le a d e rs , th e U .S . 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