Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1982)
Page 2 Section II Portland Observer, June 10, 1982 Sport Talk FENDALL FLOORCOVERING by Ron Sykes Sports Editor Three years ago George Brian had a dream. His dream was to see soft- ball on the professional level in Portland, Oregon. Brian, a native o f the Bay Area, came to the City o f Roses six years ago, and began nurturing his dream two years later. “ I was very active during my playing days in California. I loved the game and saw it flourish there. I believe, w ith proper guidance, we can make it work here.” Brian says the league w ill be self sponsoring and each player w ill be required to pay $30 and the team that wins the world series w ill re ceive $100 each plus a championship ring. Added to that will be $25 awarded to eight gold glove winners, two MVP's, two batting champions, two coaches o f the year, and after year one there w ill be two awards fo r rookie o f the year. Brian has hopes that the League will eventually expand to 12 teams. Softball is currently enjoyed in some form or other by some 7,000 participants in the Portland area The league is expected to begin play in March o f ’ 83. The world series and all-star dates w ill be an nounced later. From the Omaha Royals o f the class A A A comes this note: Darryl Motley, ex-Grant star, is starting to pick up the pace after getting o ff to a slow start due to minor leg prob lems. Motley is h ittin g .280 w ith three home runs and 29 RBIs. M otley’ s average has increased some 30 points during the last month. Okay, so Reggie Jackson is only batting some .237, barely his weight, but the powerful slugger is contributing m ightily to the Angel attack. Jackson has now powered What happened to PIL track? by Ron Sykes The 56th annual interscholastic track and field championships end ed on Saturday, May 29 and not one winner was crowned from the PIC. Just what is it that makes the state’s most populated area so poor in Track and Field? ” 1 think i t ’ s poor coaching and lack o f desire to train,” said James Broadous. Broadous* daughter Lisa, a Benson senior, participated in three individual events—the long jump, 100 meters, and 200 meters— and came up empty in all three. Broadous ran a disappointing last in the 200 meters. ” 1 really think Lisa has talent,” her Dad says, ’ ’ but 1 doubt if the in terest is there.” The question here is the interest in Track was once here, so what happened? Many knowledgeable track fans in the PIC all credit the rapid emergence of basketball as the problem. Youngsters nowadays see their idols “ Dr. J ,” Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar so much on the tube, and they read about the mega bucks they receive so it ’s only natural that they direct all energies toward the roundball. Back in the ’60s both Grant and Jefferson had powerful teams. The 1960 Jeff team led by All-American Mel Renfro captured the State crown, with Mel winning the long jum p at 24-1 '/i, which remains the top State mark. In 1961 it was the Grant Generals who won and established a track dy nasty from 1961-1970 by winning 5 o f 10 State meets. From 1971 through 1982 it’s been all South Eu gene except for a break by Aloha, led by the redoubtable Rourke Lowe, in 1978. Now, most o f the state's black population is centered in the Port land Metro area, right. And black kids normally dominate the sports, right. Well, there hasn’t been a 100- meter dash P .I.C . champion since Byron Howell turned the tric k in 1980. Kevin Vixie o f South Eugene has won the last two leaving the P IL ’s best in his wake. W here are they now? The great black sp rin te rs.. . remember Onia Bates, W oody Green, Ricky Eat- mon. Dale W arren, then Robert Curry the Washington Flash. Where are the boys o f today? Some will say just glance over at the basketball court at Irving Park on any given day and you will see them sprinting down the court in chase o f a loose basketball. Photograph mountains Carpets it Linoleum it Formica Tile ★ Parquet Floors it Flotation Beds eight homers and leads the Angels in game winning hits with 6. And how about Oakland’s Ricky Henderson? As o f last Sunday the A ’s outfielder had swiped 49 bases in 29 attempts. Almost as amazing is the durabil ity o f Boston’ s Carl Yastremski. " Y a z ,” as teammates call him, is currently hitting .327, seventh best in the AL. And hats o ff to that gallant U of O track squad led by the Crouser brothers, Brian and Dean. Brian es tablished a national junior record by hurling the spear 274 feet, good for gold and brother Dean captured both the shot and discus. Oregon's super half-miler David Mack came through to win the 800 in 1:48.2. All in all the Ducks captured four gold medals and all lour will return next year. Dean Crouser and Mack are both juniors, while Brian is only a Frosh. Chicago Cubs’ Ferguson Jenkins became the seventh man in history to join the 3,000 strikeout club May 25th to join the select group. Although held to only six points in game five, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is our choice for MVP o f the 1982 championship playoffs. ------------ Best Prices in Portland------------- ★ C a rp e t - 5 ” yd. Linoleum - 5M yd. Form ica 1°° ft. 2111 S.E. Powell Portland. OR 97202 ★ ★★★ 232-7887 . Free Estimate A nytim e. A, SHERRIE GARON GLENN A HAYDEN. SR. B U IL D C O a VtARS IX F IR IIN C I JOIST HANGERS BY SILVER METAL BOLTS MACHINE. CARRIAGE. LAG ANCHOR BOLTS-'A . 5/8. K .7/8. 1 1n. Diameter PHILLIPS (RED HEAD) CONCRETE ANCHORS SPLIT RINGS BY TECO CO. 3489 N .W . Yeon Avenue Portland, OR 97210 (503) 241-9392 QUALITY BARBERS Reg. Haircut • *550 Style-cut • *7°° Razor-cut • *8 50 Shampoo • *3 60 BATTERIES N e w b Re< ondirioned Hours 12:00 to 7:00 from $1995 ex. BATTERY X CHANGE 1462 J a n tze n Beach C en ter P o rtlan d , OR 97217 283-8608 Far west field set open FWC play on Monday night, Dec., 27, meeting the Tennessee State Tigers, a very strong indepen dent team, at 7:00 p.m. The second half o f Monday’s doubleheader will feature Drake against Southland power Lam ar. It was the Lamar Cardinals that upset OSU in the 1980 NCAA second round playoffs. The pairings: Dec. 26—Oregon vs Montana, 7:05 p.m.; Portland vs Idaho, 9:00 p.m ., OSU vs. Tenn. St., 7:05 p .m ., Drake vs Lam ar, 9:00p.m. Aaron Mitchell and Son Plumbing ★ E xperienced P lu m b er * Licensed and B onded Established in business for 25 years Have lived in the Portland Area for 40 years WE STA N D BEHIND ALL JOBS 1703 N.E. Alberta 288-4040 Correction: Last week we mis spelled Gerald ''Jerry” Dentle's name, calling him Gerald ''Dent ier” insteed of Dentle. Sorry. Puerto Rico'» Luquillo Ex perimental Forest is the only tropical forest in the U.S. National Forett system. It contains 240 species of trees, only six of which grow in the continental U.S. HANDYMAN I repair almost any and everything—oil furnaces, plumbing, electric work, and refrigerators. 287-6075 Ask for John Hartley E f X O D U Ask f o r J e ff Sorry No Appointments 3007 N f U N IO N ?4<J Q lljl P ortland C om m unity College photography instructor Paul Blixt w ill lead a week long nature photo graphy trip tro Mt Hood from Aug ust 22-28. During their week on Mt. Hood, students and instructor w ill spend six nights at Tim berline Lodge. Each day the group will hike to d iff erent areas to take photographs, then meet in the evening to discuss the day’s activities and critique their work. A ll meals, including lunches fo r the hikes, arc provided by the Lodge. "T h is program was so much fun for the students and me last year I thought it was worth repeating,” says Blixt. “ In fact, the meals were worth the price of the trip .” Blixt explains that participants in the class need not be fitness buffs or expert photographers. The course w ill cover zone system techniques, use o f reflectors, close-up lenses and bellows, as well as a ll aspects o f nature photography. “ The hiking trails are really quite easy to walk,” he adds. The group is provided with maps and w ill cover about three miles a day, meeting at lunch to ex change questions and plan a fte r noon activities. Enrollment in the class is limited and those interested should register now. For fu rth e r in fo rm a tio n contact PCC’ s Educational Travel Department. Four hours college cre Mt. Hood ia viewed from McNeil Ridge during PCC week-long na dit may be earned for the week-long ture photography course in 1981. The class will repeat this year and session. enrollment is limited. (Photo: Paul Blixt) The field for the 27th annual Far West Classic slated fo r P ortland’s Memorial Coliseum from December 26-29 is now set and University o f Oregon w ill open this year’ s FWC by meeting Montana o f the Big Sky Conference at 7:00 p.m . on the 26, h. While Oregon and Montana open the Classic, the second half o f the first round will pi, defending cham pion Idaho against U niversity o f Portland a, 9:00 p.m. The three-time defending PAC-10 champion Oregon State Beavers Greg Fendali: owner, salesman, installer S a r u / ' $ t f i/m s r t/ Weet/ee 1639 N.E A lb erta PORTLAND OREGON 9721 1 2 9 4 7997 Your NAM E is all you have by which to let others know who you arc and what you stand for. The House o f Exodus is O regon’s only private non-profit education and treatment center providing Oregonians with high quality human services unpar alleled anywhere in the world. 1. The Clean Team concept which teaches youth the philosophy and practice of cleanliness and safety through community respect and responsibility. 2. Alcohol and drug treatments services. 3. Alcohol residential treatment center. 4. Mental fitness classes including DUI1 classes. 5. Special youth education classes. 6. Special youth summer programs. 7. Community information and referral center. 8. Final wisdom guidance consultations. We would like to thank the following for their continued sponsorship: P O R T L A N D T R A IL E R A N D E Q U IP M E N T , D O N BERG ER D E S IG N , J.C. P E N N Y C O ., J U D IT H W YSS, J. T H A Y E R C O ., V IC T O R A T IY E H , M A L E T IS IN C ., A N T H O N Y E. G A L L O M .D ., W A R E H O U S E FLO O R S, PE G G Y H E R B IG , V IP S , S E R V IC E T IR E C O ., M RS. JOST, A L A D D IN E E N T E R P R IS E S , L A R R Y K A Y E , R E F L E X O L O G Y C L IN IC , D A N IE L ’S DO CK , P R IE R W H O L E S A L E P L U M B IN G , G E O R G IA N PRESS, G ENES C A R B U R E T O R , A U T O M O T IO N , T A M A R A C K E N G IN E E R IN G , W .G . M O E & SONS, N O R M A H A Y E S , R E X C A F F A L L , K E N T C O X & ASSOC., O E C O C O R P ., S T E N N O C A R B O N , S IR S P E E D Y P R IN T IN G , P O R T L A N D T IM B E R S , A M E R IC A N P E R S O N A L P L A N N IN G , RO BERT B E N N E T M .D ., H . D E X T E R G A R E Y , R U T H A . M O R E L A N D , D U B A L H A R R IS , G R E S H A M T O Y O T A , J IM A . S E IT Z , J .T . S T E E B & C O ., F O U G H T & C O ., N E N A S A U T E R , T H O M A S B U H L , K R A M E R G A L E N , G .B . P L U M B IN G , F L O M A T IC M F G ., M O N T A V IL L A L U M B E R , R E X W A R R E N , B R E W E D H O T C O F F E E , F R A N K W ID M A R , A L IC E B R U N S O N , S H E R ID A N B A R R IE , P IP S , L IG H T T R U C K P A R TS , S IM P L IC IT Y T O O L , T O M A H A W K IS L A N D M A R IN A , T H E R M A L L O C K IN C ., P O R T L A N D P A C K IN G C O ., M A R IE T O O Z E , K E N N E L S O N E Q U IP M E N T , O R E G O N A U T O IN S U R A N C E , B L A C K M E T H O D IS T C H R IS T IA N R E N E W A L , J.K . G IL L , B.J. K E R R , C O R N E L L S W O O D L A N D P A R K L U M B E R , M U R IE L R E E D E R , G R A P H IC D E S IG N , C .H . M U R P H Y IN C ., S T IM S O N L U M B E R C O ., H E A R D C O N S T R U C T IO N C O ., C H A R L E S S T A R D E R , IN T E R M O U N T A IN IN C ., D Y N O D E N T LA B , A M E R IC A N T R A D IN G , O X Y G E N E Q U IP M E N T R E P A IR , SEN- T E R T O O L S E R V IC E , M A R Y L E T S O N , U L T R A T A N , L A C K B E R N S T E IN , K A T H I K E A R N S , E .R . B O O K K E E P IN G S E R V IC E , F R E M O N T U N IT E D M E T H O D IS T C H U R C H . Let us add your name as a regular sponsor o f the House o f Exodus com munity services, and receive a copy o f my final wisdom guidance chart. Make checks payable to: House o f Exodus 1639 N .E . Alberta Portland, OR 97211
