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Portland Observer, January 21 ,1 9 6 3 Page 13 On the road w ith M oses M alone by Uliyssts Tucktr, Jr. Sitting in the corner of a happy We INVITE You to the ALL NEW 1982 Houston Rocket locker room after they beat the hapless Trailblazer«, Moses Malone, the National Basket ball Association’s leading rebound and th ird leading scorer relaxed while singing the song, ’ ’ M a m a , don’t let your son grow up to be a cowboy,” as he prepared to depart for the airport. “ I hate being out on the road som etim es,” he said. ” 1 haven’ t seen my wife and son in almost two weeks but a victory lik e this one makes it all w o rthw hile.” Malone scored 34 points, including 16 in the third quarter and grabbed a mar ginal eight rebounds in the Rockets 111-109 w in. C u rre n tly , he is av eraging 27.3 points a game and 13.3 rebounds. In the Blazer game, M alone be came the team’s all-time leading re- bounder by moving out the retired Rudy T o m ja n o v ic h who played eleven seasons with the R ockett. Moses brought the record in only four and a half seasons. ” 1 enjoy re b o u n d in g ,” said Moses who had four rebounds on one series while scoring before the Blazers grabbed on«. “ O ver the years I ’ ve learned to get o f f the floor quickly and get good position. I never gave it much thought but then everyone started calling me the best rebounder in the history o f the league. That's when I started to get serious about working hard on the boards but in the past it just came natural." A hardship case who signed right out o f Petersburg (V irg in ia ) High ■ BRING YOUR TRADE-IN to the Coliseum. »R IR lIB Im vmsiL°AYR tM g W M H S i A M OSES M ALONE (Photo: J im m y R obinson) ary that begins around $1.7 million games. Malone was also named the annually. M .V .P . o fth e N .B .A . in 1979. “ All I want to do is play until I ’m Del H a rris , head coach o f the thirty and get out o f the game while Rockets, had nothing but praise for healthy. I don’, want to hang on like the 26-year-oid Malone. some guys. I have a wife and family. “ H e is fro m the old school o f I want and like to spend as much hard w o rk ,” he said. “ 1 haven’ t time as possible with them. I think seen a harder all-around worker in 12 years in the league at age 30 will the league outside o f Moses. H e ’ s be more than enough.” real tough around the boards and he “ I ’ ve made some sound invest draws a lot o f fouls. I ’d much rather ments in shopping centers, land, coach him than coach against him and other areas that w ill aid my because M o is one helluva athlete.” transition from basketball. I believe Since his d ep arture fro m H ig h in preparing myself and my fam ily School, Malone has played with the for the future." U tah Stars, St. Louis Spirits, B u f D uring his b rillia n t career, M a falo Braves, and ultimately to Hous lone has scored over 9 ,000 points ton. He is happy in Texas and wants and grabbed 4 ,0 0 0 or m ore re to finish his playing career there but bounds. His career scoring average he doesn’t want his son to grow up stands at a sparkling 22.3 and he has to be a Cowboy. appeared in fou r N .B .A . A ll-S ta r appointing eighth place finish in the Beaver State Handicap on Novem ber 14, the H .M . N o n am aker- trained son o f G ro w le r finished second to Not Now in the $13,375 O .T .B .A . Sales Stakes on October Ria Slam , one o f the few fillies nom inated to the six furlong C o l um bia Speed, has started in fou r stakes events during the current Portland meet. She finished fifth in both the Beaver State and the Here's your ticket to ride! In the w o rld 's N u m b er One im p o r t—T o y o ta . 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