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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.
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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. Anyone wishing to obtain
copies o f the pam phlet can do so
by calling the Northeast Youth Ser
vice Center o r stop by the King
Neighborhood Facility, 4815 N.E.
7th Avenue.
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