Page 12 Portland Observar May 21.1981
Sports Talk
By Ron Sykes, Sports E d ito r
teams, 59-60 at USF; played point
guard on those great Celtic teams
through the sixties and was tutored
by the legendary Red A u erb ach .
O h, yes, KC got his shot at
managing, but it was o n ly a token
shot much like that o f W ills. W ills
became the th ird Black manager in
m ajor league history and M ay 6, he
became the th ird Black manager to
be fired.
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More on Maury.
The C hicago Cubs. New Y o rk
M ets and the Kansas C ity Royals
had won less or more than the Seat
tle Mariners won under M aury Wills
-- yet their skippers are still aboard.
How long w ill it take fo r M aury
to again appear as a m ajor league
manager? W ill you believe never?
Hate to keep harping on a subject
that has too long been fact, but it ’ s
true that Blacks just aren’ t given an
equal chance when it comes to being
a leader o f a major sports franchise.
Just can’ t help rem em bering how
sad it was to see Boston C eltic
assistant coach K .C . Jones sittin g
on the bench alongside head man
B ill Fitch. Here’ s a man (KC ) who
has a trem endous basketball
b a ckg ro un d. He played fo r tw o
collegiate national cham pionship
Please M uham m ad A li, not
again.
A li, it is re p o rte d , is m aking
trave l plans fo r Nassau in the
Bahamas fo r the sad purpose o f
boxing the European cham pion in
Nassau in August. I t ’ s hoped that
some
boxing
co m m ission
somewhere w ill stop this inhumane
event. It was o nly L a rry H olm es’
firing.
k in d heart th a t kept the ex
champion from being seriously hurt
in th e ir one-sided bout. L a rry had
the great one in big tro u b le m any
tim es o n ly to back aw ay. A li has
only Holmes mercifulness to thank.
T h a t alone kept him fro m being
seriously hurt. Let’ s hope the champ
w ill dispense w ith th is Nassau
foolishness.
F o rm e r
W BC
heavyw eight
champion Ken N orton, according to
Brad Pye, is the greatest receiver in
sports to d a y . Reason: N o rto n
received every blow unbeaten Gerry
Cooney threw in the 54 seconds he
lasted against the N o .l challenger.
We a ll have o u r idols and fo r a
long time I ’ve admired my L A coun
terpart M r. Brad Pye, Sports Editor
fo r the L A Sentinel. W ould like to
share B ra d ’ s views on the W ills
“ T a lk about blues in the news,
the so-called m a jo r league p rin t
media heaved up 25 qi 30-tOns o f it
a fte r M aurey W ills was fire d from
his jo b as m anager o f the Seattle
Mariners.
“ H a rd ly , i f ever b e fo re , has a
hired or fired manager been downed
in so much negativism.
“ R arely i f ever b e fo re has one
been subjected to such vicious treat
ment. I f that sort o f thing is par o f
the course, then 1) it makes me
ashamed to be in this p ro fessio n;
and 2) it is easy to see why so many
people is/and out o f sports, are har
sh critics o f the media.
“ F rom the tim e M a u ry was a
teenager in W ashington, D .C ., he
always has been a leader, the cap
tain type, the manager type.
“ W hen he played w ith the
Dodgers he was the team ’ s s h o rt
sto p , and the C a p ta in . D u rin g
va riou s spring tra in in g seasons in
Vero Beach, F lo rid a , it was o fte n
said that M a u ry knew the rules o f
baseball better than anyone on the
Field. When he managed winter ball
in M e x ic o , he as praised fo r his
ability to teach.
“ But, i f M aury’ s obituary writers
are to be b elieved, he was to ta lly
m iscast as a m anager o f the
Mariners. It may be true that he was
a failure in the role.”
Possibly he was the victim o f bar
baric circumstances.
In his b rie f com m ents to date,
W ills has said he was shocked by the
d o lla r surplus. Reagan’ s budget,
w hich was passed, produced a
deficit.
“ M y reaction is that there is no
logic in terms o f what we’ re about in
th is c o u n try . The C ongressional
Black Caucus came up with the best
alternative budget. Not only would
it have engaged an e q u ita b le
d is trib u tio n across the b o a rd , but
also would have incurred a certain
surplus. Part o f the p ro b le m was
th a t it was put fo rth by sixteen
Black Congressional members. We
were the fir s t to respond to
Reagan’ s call for an alternative.”
Q. M an y o f the goals th a t you
J o u g h t f o r , lik e s u p p o rt f o r day
care, jo b training, equal education
and adequate housing due to cuts in
fu n d in g w ill soon become a
memory. What are some o f the tac
tics or procedures the Congressional
Black Caucus m ight utilize to coun
ter-act this reduction in q u a lity o f
life?
A. What can 18 Black members
do in a house o f 435 members? In
the past we were able to establish
alliances with moderate white mem
bers. Now they have disavowed us.
There’s nothing to work with. What
we’ re going to do is hold the line on
those programs that mean so much
to the u nd erdo g, m in o ritie s , and
the poor o f this country.
Q. W h a t's h appening to the
d e m o c ra tic process th a t so m any
lived and died fo r?
A. The democratic process is un
dergoing a great many changes. The
Democratic Party is in d iffic u lty on
a national level. O ur House is over
w helm ingly Dem ocratic and we are
unable to pass th ing s th a t the
D em ocratic Party is suppose to be
about, which are in direct conflict or
opposite to what Reagan wants. I f
Reagan’ s economic package is pass
ed, then we’re all in trouble because
the House w ill become Republican.
I d o n ’ t believe th a t Reagan's
policies can succeed in this country.
When the m id dle income fa m ilies
SAVE >10
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C o n g ra tu la tio n s to J e ffe rs o n ’ s'
P IC West A lls ta rs : Second base,
Marshall Haskins (.485), Sr.; Short
sto p , L e o n a rd H ill (.4 4 4 ), S r.;
Thirdbase, Carl Wacker (.355), Jr.;
and o u tfie ld , Nate Moseley (.395),
Soph.
THE
R E A D IN G TREE
Chisolm predicts trouble brewing
(Continued from Page I Col 6)
Congressman Chisholm summed
up the achievements Blacks have
made in America by stating, “ It was
the m iddle class Blacks that bene-
fitte d fro m the masses d urin g the
civil rights struggle in this country.
Now because o f racism and the
econom ic c o n d itio n those who
once had, haven’ t now. We forgot
that not one o f us are free.
“ We have to somehow reinje ct
our vision o f a better world into this
incomplete second reconstruction
that was started just a few years
back. I f not, we are going to wind
up in a w orld we th ou gh t we le ft
behind forever. We cannot assume
that the national swing to the right is
unstoppable. Because if you assume
that, you might as well be dead.”
In a press conference, Grassroot
News asked fo r the Congress
w om an’ s reaction to the defeat o f
the proposed budget put fo rth by
the C ongressional Black Caucus,
which would have left a 7.8 b illion
amount o f politics in the game, the
“ c h e m is try ” wasn’ t rig h t, and he
was v ic io u s ly undercut by certa in
people in the organization. This can
certainly be believed Seattle is not
u n lik e P o rtla n d . Remember what
happened to Lenny W ilkens a few
years back, when he was coaching
the Portland Trailblazers?
Rummage sale, Saturday and Sunday, May
23rd, and 24th, 9-5 p.m.:
wake up and feel the impact that is
not going to be felt u ntil November
o r Decem ber, then they w ill be
ready to th ro w him out before his
four-years are up. They handle their
p o litic a l leaders by th e ir pocket
books.
Q. W ill there be a change in
p o lic y to w a rd A fric a , moe im p o r
tantly, South A frica ?
A. By their actions, you might say
th a t th e y ’ re flir t in g w ith South
A fric a . Now whether that flirta tio n
w ill result in a marriage or a burned
out romance remains to be seen. But
they are flirtin g dangerously w ith a
n a tio n th a t co n tin u e s to a void
m a jo rity rule. D uring the next few
weeks, we’ ll see what going to hap
pen.
A fte r the press conference,
S h irle y C h is h o lm tu rn e d to tw o
white reporters and said, “ Now M r.
reporters, don’ t you misquote me.”
C ongressm an C h is h o lm is one
politicia n who gives politics a good
name.
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