Portland Observer, June 3,1962 Section III Page 3
Sport Talk
by Ron Sykes
Sports Editor
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Rod C arew o f (he C a lifo rn ia
Angel» lead» Steve Garvey o f the
Los Angeles Dodgers in the early
voting for the hits that prevent child
abuse charity batting contest. The
contest is to see who w ill get the
most hits d u rin g M ay and June.
Carew c u rren tly leads as he g ar
nered 61 per cent o f the vote during
May.
Dennis Green, Northwestern U ni
versity’ s head football coach isn’ t
the only black head coach at that
university. Dee Dodd is in her first
year as head track and cross country
coach at Northwestern. Northwest
ern is the only predominantly white
university w ith two black head
coaches. W hat a p ity, especially
when you consider how many a th
letes are men and women o f color.
If Norm Nixon continues to play
so well during this N B A champion
ship series he will certainly have to
be considerd as the M V P . He has al
ready won the award for the best-
dressed player in the NBA. Nixon is
M r. Dapper Dan o ff the court and
maybe it’s because he has interest in
a large LA clothing store.
Grambling State University head
basketball coach Fred H obdy an
nounces that the ’82-’83 Tigers will
be competing in the Indiana Classic
in their regular season o f scheduled
games.
The Classic, to be played in
Indianapolis, the 29th and 30th, will
be hosted by Bobby Knight-coached
Indiana Hoosiers, national college
champions in 80-81.
O th er teams com peting w ill be
Nebraska from the Big Eight and
Cornell o f the Ivy League.
Veteran Heavyweight Ernie Sha
ver w ill go up against the young
h ard h ittin g B illy Joe Thom as o f
Lexa, in the ten-round main event
June 22 in the Astroarena. Thomas,
who brags a 16-6 record, is ready for
the veteran shavers w ith 63 wins.
Shavers’ last two fights prove he is
in top condition for this match. He -
recently K O ’cd form er European
champion, Joe Bugner and prior to
that match was his impressive win
over over A li H äk in , from Travers
City, M L , who had a record o f 17-0.
They call him “ The Doctor o f the
Pines.” When things aren’ t going
right fo r the P h ilad e lp h ia 76ers,
the te a m ’s ace re lie f man simply
dons his "L o v e tro n ” uniform and
starts wreaking havoc on the oppo
sition, m ainly the Los Angeles
Lakers. D a rry l D aw kin s, 76crs
much maligned center, has certainly
taken more than his share o f abuse
this year for his non-production.
Daw kins, during the cham pion
ship series led by L A 3-1, has been a
catalyst in a losing cause. In game
one Darryl came o ff the bench with
3:30 left in the first quarter and im
mediately let Laker Center Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar know that a change
was about to occur.
In the next 2 '4 -m in u te s D a ry l
scored six points, all from within (he
2-fo ot range. C learly establishing
his turf.
In game two the Sixers got o ff to
a rocky start and Dawkins decided it
was time to tkork on the problem .
W ith the score 6-0 in favor o f L A
the man from “ Lovetron” went to
work.
He scored first on a lay-up in Jab-
b a r’ s face, then on a thunderous
d u n k, a soft 13-fo o t ju m p shot
later and the game was knotted at 13
all. And this all was a result o f D ar
ryl’s aggressive play. Jabbar was be
wildered as Dawkins continued his
spectacular play. Before his leg in
ju ry (a broken bone) Dawkins was
the subject o f many trade rumors.
Seventy-sixer owner H a ro ld Katz
shut o ff all such talk by signing their
6-11 sixer center to a five-year con
tract.
Dawkins, from "none” college, is
thought by some to be grossly over
rated.
I he feeling here is that the aver
age fan expects too much o f young
Darryl.
C o nstantly during this p la y o ff
series announcers Bill Russell and
Dave Stockton have reminded their
audience o f D a r r y l’ s m in im al re
bound shots. No, once have they re
minded their listeners that Dawkins
is playing on a leg that is still only 70
per cent healed.
As a result D aw kin s , usually a
starter, has been com ing o f f the
bench, and playing very w e ll. As
witnessed by his 22-point outburst
in game two, and followed by 16 in
game three.
“ The situation (on the bench) is
more pressurized than a starting
ro le ,” Dawkins said, “ bu, I don’ t
care how they use me, as long as
they use me,” he said.
Dawkins believes that the Sixers
are a team o f destiny and that this
year the men from Philly will wear
their firs, NBA championship rings.
could run with the Lakers, the feeling
here that Philly would go down in
four. Now, I must revise my wrong
ful deeds and add one m ore, since
the 76ers played way over their
heads in game two.
And you had to believe that Norm
Nixon and the always-steady Magic
Johnson would not continue shoot
ing 4-13 and 3-14 respectively.
Even though the 76ers were able
to win game two 110-94, they were
unable to establish any superiority
over the talent-laden Lakers. The
Sixers had to know that it took both
a near-perfect game from them and
a terrible performance by the L a k
ers, to pull out their lone victo ry.
And what more can be said o f the
work o f Bob McAdoo. Bullet Bob is
playing now like a man possessed.
“ Everyone is talking about Dr. J.
not having a rin g , and how they
would like to see the ‘ D o c to r’ win
one. Well, how about me,” beamed
M cAdoo.
And the 76ers w ill not earn one
this year for Julius, mainly because
they are unable to get any offensive
help fo r A ndrew Toney and the
“ D octor.”
A fte r leading the Celtics 3-1 and
letting them come back to even the
series, everyone— including yours
tru ly — thought that it was all over
for the fin al game to be played in
Boston. But somebody forgot to tell
Toney and Erving and the tw o o f
them personally destroyed the Bos
ton dream o f becoming the only
team in the last decade to win back
to back titles. E rvin g scored 29
points, w hile the hot-shooting
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Albina Tennis
Tournament
For the Lakers and 76ers this is a
rematch o f their N B A cham p io n
ship round o f two years ago when
the Lakers won in six games. Rem
ember that Sunday evening when
Magic Johnson, then only a rookie,
had to fill in for injured superstar
Kareem A b d u l-J a b b a r at center.
And all Magic did was to eventually
play all five positions, scored 42
points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists.
This L a k e r team has been near
perfect in p la yo ff action winning 9
out o f 10 games.
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Toney continues to perform well
against the Lakers, During regular
season play he scored 27 at the
Forum and came back w ith a
whopping 46 at the Spectrum. Even
though Toney had a big 36 on Tues
day it was not enough to overhaul
the fast-breaking Lakers.
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Sam H ouston State sophomore
center Yommy Sangodeyi o f Nigeria
has reportedly written the National
Basketball Association stating he
was “ fo o le d ” into signing papers
that made him eligible for the N B A
draft.
Sangodeyi, at the urging o f his
coach, asked to have his eligibility at
Sam Houston reinstated despite re
nouncing it earlier this month under
provisions o f the N C A A early entry
regulations.
Yom m y was said to believe (hat
he was only going to be provided
with areas in which to play summer
ball. T h at’s all.
Former African basketball coach
Christopher Pond, when reached in
his home o f R aleigh, N .C ., said,
"Y o m m y knew wha, he was doing,
he signed the contract because he
felt that at his age (24) and his large
fam ily, that it would be in his best
interest to sign now.”
Sangodeyi is 6 -1 0 , 220-pound
player who averages 9.6 points and
4.6 boards a game. He has been de
scribed as a very aggressive player
and said to have good potential, bu,
did have some difficulty in adjusting
to the American college game.
A t this time it is not known if the
N ig e ria n ’s e lig ib ility w ill be re
stored.
O kay, so I though, that nobody
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strongly believes it was Toney and
n o , Erving who should have c ap
tured the M V P award in the Eastern
conference cham pionship series.
T ak in g nothing aw ay fro m the
" D o c to r ,” his inside game can be
sim ply awesome. But his outside
stuff, at times, leaves something to
be desired.
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