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Page 10 Portland Obaarvar July 30.1M1 Safety tips Sports Talk (Continued from page 1 col. 6) give out in fo rm a tio n to strangers innocently. Thus, parents should teach their children how to handle telephone calls from strangers. I f parents have any questions about what they should teach their children, call; The Urban League Northeast Youth Service Center at 288-6708 or the C .R .I.B ., at 249- By Ron Sykes Sports Editor The Portland Trailblazers have selected five rookies, along w ith hold out Darnell Valentine, to their fall camp. They then tossed the ball into the court o f big G eff Crom p ton. Crompton, too, is invited to fa ll camp but only i f he reports between 270-275 pounds. Anything over w ill not do. Crompton now is in a position to control his own listing. The 6-11, second year center is reportedly still hovering around the 300 pound mark. It’s your move Geff. Still can’ t believe that Portland, after admitting they needed help up front, used this year’ s draft to select a pair o f guards. Darnell Valentine o f Kansas and J e ff Lamp o f Virginia. How much faith do the Chicago Bears have in Quarterback Vince Evans? Coach Neil Armstrong and his new offensive coordinator, Ted M archibroda th in k so highly o f Evans, they are letting him call his own plays. It seems that the day o f the Black quarterback is on the horizon. Warren M oon, ex-W ashington Husky, Quarterback, recently out dueled the much celebrated and highly paid Vince Ferragamo. Moon threw for four TD ’ s to Ferragamo’s two, as Edmonton downed M on treal 33-17. And yes. Moon also calls his own plays. And while on the Canadian foot ball circuit, it is good to report that former University of Oregon tackle Vince Goldsmith is wrecking havoc on opposition running backs up North. Remember Vince was thought by NFL by NFL scouts to be too small. Vince is looking very good at outside linebacker. Boston's General Manager, Red Auerbach, went out on the limb by choosing blond haired, blue eyed hero Danny Ainge, a 6-5 guard who was chosen as the 31st player in the second round. Ainge repeatedly said he would not play basketball and that baseball was his game. Now, Auerback’ s move looks better than ever. Boston is now in serious negotiations to buy up the Ainge contract from Toronto. And while Danny is batting only .170 and collecting splinters on the bench, the far fetched move by the Celtics suddenly looks good. Is J .J.’ s career over? The Sonics have to be concerned because o f Johnson’ s age. The 6-7 forw ard is now 33 years old, and his best years are seemingly over. Johnson tore his achilles tendons while vactioning in M exico. A t his age, it w ill be ex tremely d iffic u lt for him to return, and father time is slowly closing in on teammate Freddie "dow ntow n” Brown. Freddie w ill have a severe test in tryin g to hold o f f young Mark Radford fo r the fifth guard spot. The Sonics have the returing Gus W illiam s after a year o f f due to negotiation problem s, and Paul Westpaul as their probable starters. Those two w ill be backed by third year man, Vinnie Johnson, now in his second year. Radford’ s chances were slim last month, but appears better after summer play in L .A . Look for the 6-4, 190 pound shooter to stick. M ark is an excellent shooter and a good passer. And the youth must have its flin g . And i f the youth must have its flin g , someone should perhaps tell Boston’ s Tiny Archibald. Archibald is the best 33 year old guard in the NBA, and Tiny can still do it all. Herb Andrew ( fifth round) and Julius Wayne (Seventh) can play. But they’ re guards unfortunately, and those spots are filled. However, V alentine’ s position may be somewhat precarious at the moment. In my opinion, when Jeff Lamp agreed to go to rookie camp without a contract and he was draft ed in fro n t o f Valentine; i f I were the young man from Kansas, I would have been right behind him (Lamp). Lao T o ls to y was nom - in atad fo r , b u t navar w on, a N obel P rize. 4T* W . O. W alker, (right) adltor-publlaher of the Cleveland Call b Post and w h o Is considered the ''d ean " of all Black publishers, received a ♦ 10,000 c h e c k fro m fe llo w C le v e la n d e r D on K ing (C e n te r) fo r the N a tio n a l N e w s p a p e r Publishers A sso ciatio n A rch ive s Fund. King presented the check to W alker prior to being presented a Cleveland City Council resolution by Council President G eorge L. Forbes (left). The City Council payed special tribute to King as a native son for his contributions to and achievem ents in the boxing profession. OABA discusses development ‘ ‘ The Oregon Assembly For Black A ffa irs (O ABA) w ill host an economic summit on October 17-18, 1981 in P o rtla n d ,’ ’ announced C alvin O. L. H enry, O A B A President. This sum m it w ill deal w ith the ‘ ‘ Econom ic S urvival o f Black People.’ ’ O A B A feels that economic development, as well as p o litics, must be the m ajor focus o f the Black movement in the 1980s. This is one o f the reasons why it is hosting this summit on economics. Blacks in Oregon must understand how the economic reform s o f the 1980s (at the local, state and national levels) w ill affect them, how O regon’ s economic system affects them and how economics affects their daily lives. Also Blacks must understand how to start, develop and invest in business ven tures, and the roles o f government at all levels in economic develop ment and business ventures. H enry noted, ‘ ‘ O A B A w ill be asking Oregon major corporations and businesses, as well as govern mental agencies, to participate in this summit. It is O A B A objective that this sum m it w ill result in economic strategies, fo r economic development and greater economic independence among Blacks in Oregon being developed.” Black unem ploym ent is high in Oregon. Among Black youths, it is even higher, said H enry. W ith recent budget cuts, Black employees are the first to be laid off. When President Ronald Reagan told the N A A C P Convention that ‘ ‘ Governm ent is no longer the strong d ra ft horse o f m in o rity progress,” was he saying that government w ill be a stronger draft horse for m ajority progress? And a dual economy? OABA wants Blacks in Oregon to understand the President’ s economic program fo r the nation, says Henry, and OABA is requesting someone fro m the Reagan Administration to explain it at the summit. 8501. 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