Page 14 Portland Observer, December 10, 1981
Sports T alk
THE
Harlem
Globetrotters.
by Ron Sykes, Sports Editor
Now the goat!
Wilco Profile
This year’ s Wilco league basket
ball season is already upon us, and
this year’ s race looks to be ts com
petitive as ever. Five teams are ex
pected to battle it out for the league
crown. The number one Wilco rep
resentative w ill automatically go to
the state playoffs, while the other
four will fight down to two for state
tournament rights.
Predicting should be rather d iffi
cult this year since the league is ex
tremely balanced. The following is
how we see the top teams. And they
are reported in the order in which
we see them finishing.
I. Reynolds— Reynolds looks like
the team to beat this year. The Lan
cers w ill probably get o ff slow be
cause o f the extended football sea
son. But once they work the football
kinks out they should really begin to
roll. At least four o f the starters will
be back from last yar, along with
the addition o f 6-6, all-state football
player, Tony Domingue. Domingue
is expected to be one o f the top play
ers in the conference. The Lancers
are strong in the backcourt with
four-year starter Darren Brady,
who is considered one o f the best
guards in the state, and Jack Stan
ley, a two-year starter w ith good
leadership qualities. At forward the
Lancers return 6-5, Todd Risper,
who is a dangerous outside shooter
and 6-4, Steve Dempsey, who is
probably as good a leaper as you’ ll
find in the ieague.
The Reynolds Lancers are simply
the class o f the W ilco League. Be
sides returning four starters the
Lancers also have a strong bench.
Grant
smashes
Jeff
G ra nt’ s Generals won an inter-
league game against the Jefferson
Democrats Tuesday evening 77-58.
It was inevitable that the Grant Gen-
erals would come out ahead against
the shorter Demos. Grant was taller
and quicker and that's all she wrote.
The Generals were led in scoring
by 6-3 senior forw ard Andy M o tt
and 6-7 center D. Smith both with
I8 points.
Michael Hornbuckle, 6-0 senior
guard, was the Demo scoring leader
w ith 15. The Generals ran o f f 12
consecutive points in the first quart-
er and it was never close after that.
Rebounding and turnovers led to
the Demo’ s demise.
2. Putnam — Putnam finished
third in last year’ s tough Wilco race
and this year should move up a
notch to second. The Kingsmen
have eight returning lettermen and
Coach Don McKluskey is rightfully
excited about his team's chances.
The Kingsmen are led by 5-10 guard
Brad Holm and forward Brad Her-
rno who at 6-4 is the tallest starter,
starter.
Putnam plays a team-oriented
game and feels that everyone can get
the jo b done. Coach McKluskey
feels that doing well last year and
being competitive in every game will
add to their experience and carry
them into the playoffs for the sec
ond straight year.
Because o f a lack o f height, re
bounding is a concern. But if the
Kingsmen meet their goal o f im
proving in all areas, they once again
should be up there fig htin g fo r a
playoff spot.
3. Centennial—Coming o ff an
unimpressive 8-10 season and a near
miss at the playoffs last year, the
Centennial Eagles look like a team
to be reckoned with this basketball
season. The Eagles have six return
ing lettermen, four o f whom are
starters. They are fa irly w ell-bal
anced but w ill look fo r 6-7 center
Ben Larson when the going gets
tough. Centennial w ill look fo r
guards Mark James and Greg Mel
vin to provide quickness and good
perimeter shooting.
Centennial w ill run a P A T
TERNED offense along with a
controlled fast break. Centennial
should be one o f the teams compet
ing for the state title to be played at
Memorial Coliseum this March.
Box Score
Jefferson
M. Hornbuckle
C. Holliday
R. Coleman
C. Mitchell
Tate
Shamsun Din
H. Mitchell
Jones, A.
Don Vann
Grant
Ross, E.
Mott, A.
Hampton, T.
Palmer
Smith
Frison
Binns
DeVaney
FG
5
3
0
5
2
2
0
1
5
4
8
3
3
FTAFTM TP
5
0
0
2
4
0
0
2
0
0
1 0
2 0
4 2
0
0
4
9
4
8
2
2
2
3
3
0
1
2
14
6
0
12
4
4
0
4
10
2 10
2 18
3 9
1 7
2 18
1 5
0 6
2 2
BILLY RAY BATES
“ Riding high in A pril, shot down
in M ay.” Could pretty well be the
theme song for Portland’ s Billy Ray
Bates. Bates' playing tim e has
dropped sharply in the last ten
games, putting him in Jack Ram
say’ s dog house. " I ’ m being mis
used," lamented Billy. “ Whenever I
make a mistake or get beat by my
defensive man 1 know I'm coming
out, while others make mistakes and
they stay in ."
For some strange reason B illy
seems to be treading along the same
path as Lionel Hollins, Maurice Lu
cas, and Ron Brewer—all ex-Blaz-
ers. When Ramsay loses confidence
in a player he has been known to
bring the player on the bench which
adds to the player's problem and
never alleviates it. It is a well known
fact that when players are having
problems, playing time is usually the
answer.
BRB was brought to Portland as
an offensive player. During his first
year Billy was used strictly as a spot
player coming in to supply points
while the regulars took a respite.
Billy’s role was plain and simple—to
light up the scoreboard. However,
when injuries dictated that he play
more he responded by leading the
Blazers in the p la y-o ffs his firs t
year. Bates was so spectacular that
he was chosen NBA Player o f the
Week after he had played lets than
15 games.
When Jack Ramsay called upon
Billy to start it was always out o f ne
cessity. But when Billy knew he was
going to get the playing time he al
ways sparkled. Last year, during the
play-offs, as a starter Billy averaged
28.4 points per game.
Ramsay should learn that i f you
have a thoroughbred that you
should not enter him in a quarter
horse race. Some horses are meant to
run long distances and some short.
Some basketball players are offen
sive players and some defensive and
the belief here is that if you have a
successful offensive machine it
would be detrimental to tighten the
screws.
W ith Ramsay’ s current philoso
phy o f the game one could not imag
ine such players as George Gervin,
W orld Free, Julius Erving and Da
vid Thompson being able to play for
him. Yet, all arc established stars in
the NBA.
I f B illy’ s fate is to be the same as
Hollins, Brewer, Lucas and Johnny
Davis he shouldn't fret, because all
are doing well elsewhere.
Ramsay just may be good with
X ’ s and O ’s but his ability to handle
men leaves a lot to be desired.
The cream o f the 1981 Oregon-
bred two-year-old crop will be in the
sp?tlight this Saturday, as Portland
Meadows presents the $25,000-
added Oregon Futurity.
Expected to compete in what is
annually Oregon’ s richest race for
two-year-olds are Flying Jaguar,
Laundauer, Future Fox and Light
house Jim. One top-notch filly
who could face starter Gloyd Young
in the one mile event is Cool Flight,
the Vera McNamara-trained daugh
ter o f Flying Lark who won the
$16,345 Janet Wineberg Stakes here
November 28.
Flying Jaguar, another McNam
ara-trained charge, is expected to be
the early favorite o ff o f his victory
in the $15,940 Bill Wineberg Stakes
November 29. A fte r breaking his
maiden at the San Joaquin County
Fair in Stockton (C alif.) on August
11, the chestnut son o f Flying Lark
competed at Bay Meadows, where
he finished second to P ositively
Maybe in a $20,000 claiming race.
Laundauer was the 9-to-5 favorite
in the Bill Wineberg but ran second
to Flying Jaguar. Laundauer en
tered the B ill Wineberg w ith two
consecutive six furlong allowance
wins at Portland Meadows, includ
ing one in 1:11 3/5, the second fast
est two-year-old time at the current
meeting.
Future Fox and Lighthouse Jim
are also stakes veterans. Lighthouse
Jim, trained by Howard B elvoir,
was th ird in both the O .T .B .A .
Sales Stakes October 31 and the
Beaver State Handicap November
14 before finishing a disappointing
ninth in the Bill Wineberg. Future
Fox ran a game th ird in the B ill
Wineberg after a second place finish
to Not Now in the O .T .B .A . Sales
Stakes and an out-of-the-m oney
performance in the Beaver State.
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North Portland oval, Hugh Wales,
My Runaway, has nine victories,
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Davidson are engaged in a battle for win, who has eight. Irwin, who had
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billy all galloped to victory on No
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Place— Jockey Abe Casteneda
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Show— Barba Rube, ridden by
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