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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.
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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. A n d b e lie ve me, M r .
S p e lle r, p la y in g tim e does m ake a
difference. Just had to wonder what
co a ch R am say m e a n t w hen he
p u lle d B illy a fte r 4 m in u te s and
said, " B illy was in e ffe ctive to n ig h t,
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Farrakhan admonishes press
By Ullysses Tucker, Jr.
A t a recent C o m m u n ic a tio n s
C o n fe re n ce in W a s h in g to n , D C .,
M in is te r L o u is F a rra k h a n , the
leader o f the reborn N ation o f Islam
delivered a “ s p irit sh aking” speech
a im e d at th e la rg e s t g a th e rin g o f
Black com m unicators in the N ation.
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 . G o v e rn m e n t,
B la c k
s c h o la rs ,
B la c k
com
m u n ica to rs w ho have sold o u t, and
th e p a tte rn s o f v io le n c e th a t are
threatening Blacks n a tio n w id e The
N a tio n o f Islam urged B lack c o m
m u n ic a to rs to renew th e ir c o m m it
m e n t to th e ir race and ta k e the
re s p o n s ib ility o f p ro te c tin g B lack
life.
" T V . has the capacity to do great
g o o d b u t it does th e o p p o s ite
because o f the greed o f those w ho
run i t , " he said.
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