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Page 12 Section ill Portland Observer, February 25, 1982 H e re 's y o u r t ic k e t to rid e ! R A M B O M O T O R S . IN C . In the w o r ld ’s N u m b e r O ne im p o r t—T o y o ta . 307 N.E. Broadway Portland, Oregon 97232 Phone (503) 284 1106 And for the past ten years Donny Anderson has followed that example selling them. For any advice on new or used cars, leasing, or general infoimation on how to buy a car and not get burnt call him at 284 1106 DONNY ANDERSON Member TOYOTA (leave a message) Black United Front First A n n u al B an q u et Honoring "The M a n O f The Y e a r” Ron Herndon W e s tm in s te r P resb yterian C hurch 1624 N.E. Hancock Friday M a rc h 26. 1982 6:30 pm til 10:00 pm Donation: A d u lts *9.50 K id s ’7 .50 Celtic forward Larry Bird stands ready to hit the open man in Bos ton's win over Portland. Certainly a valuable asset to the team. Bird scored 25 points as Boston toppled Portland 127-117. H om e again, hom e again: Former Portland S tate great Freeman returned to Portland Sunday by w ay of A tlan ta. W illiam s was re cently traded by San Diego for tw o players. Freeman scored 8 points as the Hawks downed Portland. KCastSlUCT Sport Talk AUTOU^OtSTSRi^Z I f Ralph Sampson, V irg in ia ’ s Junior center and basketball’ s pre mier player, doesn’ t become another Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the next decade, he can only biamc himself. To put it another way, he has grown physically and has cer tainly matured to where he's college basketball’ s most dominant player. As productive as Sampson was last week, Virginia while maintaining its number one ranking, has only man aged to win by 14 points in their last 5 games. The Cavaliers struggled against Clemson twice winning by two and five before beating NCS by a mere 2 in overtime. And as productive as Sampson has been Patrick Ewing o f George town continues to challenge as the lest center in the East. E w ing’ s Georgetown Hoyas have shown continuous progression and now have moved in as the nation’s 12th- ranked team. And why is this local writer still trying to give Billy Ray’s job to one unproductive Jeff Lamp. This char acter, whom we shall not name, has openly declared that Billy Ray, who is productive, w ill lose his jo b to Jeff Lamp, whom we all know is un productive. I f P ortland should make such a move, then we all should band as one in protest. Billy Ray needs only minutes to prove his worth. All one has to do is check out the games in which Billy has played 20 minutes or more to check out how productive he’s been. Portland does need to rid itself of some dead weight, and that dead weight is Jeff Lamp, Bob Gross and all 7 feet of Peter Gudmundssen. Yes, this will be the year in which the Blazers will not make the play o ffs, and no one w ill be more at fault than Coach Jack Ramsay. University o f Oregon basketball hit rock bottom this season. “ Ore gon probably has more talent than us,” stated Oregon State University guard W illiam Brew, “ but we just have the togetherness to get the job don.” I f the U o f O has good players, then why such a disastrous season? The problem lies in the coaching. Under Jim Haney’ s regime, Oregon has had an embarrassing season, 9 wins to 14 losses. And no one understands Haney’ s shortcomings—lack o f skill in the area o f basketball coaching—better than Haney him self. He q uickly gave senior guard Barry Walker the pink slip for making remarks that Haney considered “ detrimental to the team.” That was a typical reac tion from someone who knows that he is in a position where he cannot perform. Haney’ s reaction was quite the opposite from that o f Jack Ramsay, who is a winning coach (28-35) and has every confidence in his abilities. When Trailblazer forw ard Bob Gross criticized Ramsay for not giv ing him (Gross) more playing time, the result was more time on the Court for Gross. The Oregon basketball problem was not solved with the dismissal o f Barry W alker. Jim Haney is the problem. I f a coach has little mater ial to work with, one can hardly ex pect more than a small effort. But if the players are there and the effort is still small, then the coach should go. Haney’s departure may not solve all o f Oregon’ s basketball problem but I ’ m sure it won't hurt the program either. The Dodgers and their all-every- thing pitcher, Fernando Valanzuela, are in a salary struggle. Last year’ s If you want to stay on top, you have to stay in touch. Ram has the signal that keeps you in constant touch. Providing direct dial, tone alert, tone voice, and m obile telephone service. *74e “S eefiet “P cry/ttcf 713 S W 12th Avr . Portland OR 97205 226-1507 Cy Young award winner, according to agent Tony DeMarco, is asking for a cool one m illio n dollars per year. The Dodgers have offered three-hundred fifty thousand to the second year southpaw. That would make him the clubs th ird highest paid player. T h ird baseman Ron Ccy reported he receives three hun dred ninety one thousand while first baseman Steve Garvy takes home three hundred seventy thousand. His eyes s till tw in kle when he smiles. He still looks and acts like the prototype o f a Brigham Young follo w e r, the kind you w o u ldn ’ t mind sharing a back alley with. In fact he still looks like he should be attending classes at N orth Eu gene High School. But at the tender age o f 23 Danny Ainge has been through the wars o f two profes sional sports, baseball and now bas ketball, on the major league level. There was a brief stay in the class triple A league, but after mid-season Ainge found himself in a Toronto u nifo rm and barely h ittin g his weight. “ I have no regrets,” Danny said. “ I made a mistake, I ’ ve paid for it now. I just want to get down to the task o f becoming a good NBA guard.” A good guard Ainge w ill be but that, too, is in the the future. He must now sit and watch, and learn fro m , T in y A rch ib a ld and Chris Ford. “ I d on ’ t mind the sittin g. I'm looking at it as a learning exper ience. You might say this is like a year on the farm club,” Danny said. “ Coach [B ill FitchJ believes my time will come so I ’ll wait.” From High School superstar to college All-American, just how has this bench sitting affect Aingc’ s atti tude toward the game. “ I ’ m perfectly at ease as a Celtic, I ’ ve had good practices so it really doesn’t bother me.” Ainge only made a brief appear ance against Portland. On his first defensive assignment B illy Ray Bates gave him a fake then blew past Danny fo r one o f his celebrated Dunks. “ I ’ m learning,” suggested Ainge. “ I was to overplay B illy but just didn’ t get to his right far enough.” Danny’ s family and friends made the trek from Eugene. They didn’ t see much this tim e, but D anny’ s time is sure to come. The 1982 Oregon State A A A boy’ s basketball championship will u n fu rl at M em orial Coliseum be ginning M arch 11. The P IL w ill send number six and seven ranked Banson and Grant as their east rep resentatives. The Metro League will send the state’ s top two ranking teams, undefeated Parkrose and once beaten Glencoe into the tour nament. 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