Portland Observer, February 18, 1982 Page 13
Sport Talk
M o re on Gross: B obby’s game in
D etroit prom pted one Blazer to say,
’ ’ B obby is alw ays v ita l to us, w he
ther he plays tw o minutes or twenty
minutes. I ’ m not supposed to get in
volved in coaching decisions, but I
can ’ t understand why he isn’ t p lay
ing m o r e .” W ith a statem en t lik e
that one can easily see why this vet
eran center is not coaching. T o give
more minutes to Gross would mean
ta k in g some fro m C a lv in N a tt.
Ramsey has a lread y stated that he
w o uldn’t do that.
In a p ub lish ed statem en t last
week, Gross blamed team m ate Billy
Kay Bates fo r having something to
do with his (G ross’ ) ineffective play.
I t ’ s not B illy ’ s fau lt th at Gross can
no longer p lay e ffe c tiv e defense in
the N B A . A nd is Billy to be blamed
for a system that is no longer com
patible with Gross' game?
T here comes a tim e in every a th
lete’ s career when he must face real
ity and fin a lly realize that i t ’ s tim e
to m ove o n . G ross has in d ic a te d
that he wants to move and manage
ment should com ply b efo re he be
comes m ore o f a disruptive force.
Last w eek’ s outcry accomplished
one th in g . It seems to have taken
aw ay v a lu a b le m inu tes fro m B illy
Ray.
Against D etro it, Billy played zero
minutes; and he logged only seven in
a losing e ffo rt against In d ia n a . Per
haps Bobby should try coaching.
H o w quickly they forget. The Los
Angeles Lakers are somewhat disen
ch anted w ith the p la y o f K areem
A b d u l-J a b b a r. J ab b ar, considered
by most as the greatest center ever to
play the gam e, is now being called
slowpoke” by some L .A . fans.
It seems that some w ould rather see
a line-up consisting o f M agic John
son, M ic h a e l C o o p e r, J a m m al
W ilks, N orm N ixon and C u rt Ram -
bis. This is the line-up often referred
to as the Greyhounds.
I f the L a k e rs ever th in k o f p e d
dling the 7-2 Jab b ar, the hope here
is that they’ll look north to Oregon.
There’s a team here that could really
use a player o f Jabbar's caliber.
N B A p la y e r o f the w eek: Moses
M alone. Doesn’t it m ake you nause
ated when you th in k th a t P o rtla n d
once owned the 6 -10 H ouston star?
Last week against S e a ttle M a lo n e
broke an N B A record by g rabbing
21 offensive rebounds on his way to
a total o f 32 board for the game.
H is 21 o ffensive grabs broke the
mark o f 19 he set three years ago in
New Orleans.
M a lo n e held Sonics cen ter Jack
Sikma to just three rebounds for the
gam e. A lo n e w ith 32 b o a rd s , M a
lone also garnered 38 points.
••or
W ho's next?
A fte r easily d e s tro y in g Bruce
Finch look fo r Sugar R a y ’s next big
payday to come from the extremely
talented A lexis A rg u e llo , the W B C
lightweight cham pion. A rguello, 75-
3-1, easily stopped challenger Bubba
Busccme in a third round T K O .
Arguello is considered by many to
be one o f the greatest lighweights in
boxing h is to ry . H e w o u ld be no
m atch fo r L e o n a rd . B ut the figh t
would draw great fan interest.
F in c h , a lth o u g h he had been
knocked out three tim es, was con
sidered to be a tough opponent fo r
L e o n a rd . T h e G reen B ay, W is c o n
fro m a center fie ld s p ot, could
p itch , catch , play both in fie ld and
o u tfie ld . In short, the kid could do
it a ll. H e ju st could do things th at
nobody else could.
M o tle y is best appreciated fo r his
close and personal relationship with
his parents. W hen Kansas C ity re
warded him with a good contract he
im m e d ia te ly rew ard ed his parents
who gave h im a ll th a t m e a n in g fu l
support. D a rry l M o tle y w ill be o f f
soon to begin his first fu ll year with
the Royals.
K C th o u g h t so m uch o f th e ir
young rookie that they made a m id
season trade sending highly regard
ed C lin t H u rd le packing in order to
m ake ro o m fo r th e 2 2 -y e a r-o ld
P o rtla n d e r. D a r r y l’ s Ir v in g P a rk
deeds will long be remembered. And
when this coming season is over K C
w ill be the re c ip ie n t o f so m any
th rills fro m M o tle y , those th at the
Irv in g P a rk fans to o k fo r g ran ted
for so many years.
sin native was ranked num ber three
in the world. Leonard treated him as
though he were number thirty-three.
I f the M arch 13th H o lm es-C o o n
ey bout goes o f f as scheduled, bet
your boots, shoes and m ortgage on
Cooney.
C o n g ra tu la tio n s to B rad P ie ,
S p o rt E d ito r o f th e Los A ngeles
Sentinel and my counterpart who is
the new Boxing Com m ission C h a ir
man in Los Angeles.
P a rk ro s e ’ s a ll-A m e ric a n center
Steve W o od side has elected, to no
o n e ’ s surprise, to go w ith the B ea
vers. T h e P arkro se ace was one o f
the most highly recruited big men in
the nation.
W o o d s id e is the th ird p la y e r to
jo in R a lp h M ille r at O S U . R ay
B lo om and this ye a r's sixth m an ,
Rob H o lb ro o k , were the others.
D arryl M o tle y ;
Success, success, success
It used to be th a t legends w o u ld
be put on the back b u rn e r to ju s t
simmer fo r years, taking in an eter
nity o f memories before the general
public would partake o f them.
In to d ay’ s w orld we sim ply d o n ’t
have enough tim e to pay trib u te to
such things, it seems. A conquering
hero can re tu rn h om e and see
friends that constantly rem ind him
o f his past deeds. A legend. I ’ m
to ld , can ably w ithstand the test o f
time.
The deeds o f D arryl M o tle y , at I r
ving P a rk , th e n , are o u t o f d ate.
They are now oldies but goodies in a
w orld that has moved on. M o tle y ’ s
talents can’t be fully remembered in
the flash o f a lig h t o r in a fle e tin g
news spot on some obscure ra d io
station. " T h e am azing thing about
M o tle y ,” says Lewis H a rris , is that
we all knew he would make it in pro
fessional baseball.” H e could hit the
4 0 0 -fo o t h o m eru n , co uld steal the
base, c o u ld th ro w o u t a deer a t
tem pting to steal th ird , and all this
So long, D avy
A t the rip old age o f 33 th e L A
Dodgers turned Davey Lopes out to
pasture. D a v e y , as announced last
w eek, was tra d e d to O a k la n d and
Billy M a rtin . L A fans can thank the
feisty Dodger captain fo r being the
light at the end o f the tu n nel fo r so
many years, for being the spark that
ignited so m any rallies, fo r being a
le a d -o ff h itte r w ho co uld h it w ith
pow er and also possess enough
speed to lead the league in steals.
D avey Lopes gave the D od g ers so
m any good years (1 1 ) and we wish
him many more.
D odgers play c a t & m ouse
w ith V a len zu ela
Last y e a r’ s C y Y o u n g w in n e r,
Fernando V alenzuela, who took the
baseball w o rld by surprise last sea
son, ju s t m ay be stopped in 1982.
Kareen Abdul-Jabbar shows form that led him from the play
grounds of New York to the height of NBA stardom.
Prop Poll
T h e D od g ers and V a le n z u e la are
w o rld s a p a r t . . . s a la ry -w is e . T h e
Dodgers are believed to be o ffe rin g
$350,000-3400,000. T o n y Dem arco.
V a le n z u e la ’ s m a n a g e r, is h o ld in g
firm fo r a cool o ne m illio n .
D e M a rc o is h in tin g th a t his m an
(Fern an do ) would sit out the season
i f the m oney isn ’ t rig h t. F e rn a n d o
reportedly made $42,000 last year.
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