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Portland Observer, June 30, 1982 Page 9 Sport Talk by Ron Sykes Sports Editor Portland gives up no. I pick point guard Kelvin Ransey for W ayne Cooper, who will serve strictly as a backup to M ychal Thompson at Center. Where’s the help? D allas is (he big winner in this trade. The M avs, drafting fou rth , will take college basketball's third* best power forward, coming out this year, Wyoming’s Bill Garnett. Experts all agree that Ralph Sampson o f Virginia is the best cen ter around with Georgetown’ s Pat Ewing not far behind. So the question here is did P o rt land gain or lose in the Ransey trade? The answer is: a standstill. The Blazers gained a badly needed big man. But lost a prem ier point guard. You be the judge. Is it wise to give up a prem ier point guard to gain a mediocre center? Also remember that Dallas was seriously considering waiving W ayne C ooper in December. Cooper was only w ithdraw n (fro m waivers) after Portland showed in terest in him. I t ’ s believed around the western conference that the Trailblazers are the sole reason M r. Cooper is still in the league. C o op er, who was a free agent, signed a m u lti-year contract with Dallas, believed to be worth I m il lion spread over 4 years. The 6-10 center has been traded three times in as many years. He was originally drafted in 1978 by Golden State in the second round. H e was traded last year to U tah in the deal that brought Bernard King to G old en State. From there it was to Dallas and now Portland. The Blazers needed help badly in the front court. W ith the addition o f Renny C a rr and W ayne C ooper Blazer brass believes they have gone from a weak rebounding team to one o f the best in the western con ference. But remem ber rebounds alone cannot win in the N B A . Draftees named You still must outscore the oppo sition in order to win games. The Blazers lost a prolific scorer in Kel vin Ransey (13.6 pm). W ith Ransey gone to D allas the Blazers made Lafayette “ F a t” lev er, 6-3, guard from A rizo n a State their top pick. M ost follow ers o f T ra ilb la z e r basketball thought the Blazers would go for Lester Conner, the 6-4 A ll-A m e ric a guard, fro m Oregon State. But true to form Blazer brass passed on the O SU product. It has been a known fact that fo r some strange reason P o rtla n d seems to think very little o f local talent. C onner is a far superior a ll- around guard than Lever. L et’s rate the two prospects in the fou r cate gories that point guards are needed to excel in. W e’ll use a 5-point grad ing system. C onner: scoring, 4 .0; defense, 5.0, passing, 4.5; rebounding, 5.0. Lever: scoring, 5.0; defense, 3.5; passing, 3.5; rebounding, 3.0. It seems that the Blazers arc look ing strictly for a scoring guard, while trading away their only good point guard. Lever will add scoring but w ha, w ill they do fo r defense. I t ’s true that Ransey wasn’t exactly a stalwart on “ D ” but he was ade quate. A ll previous scouting reports on Lever show that the 6-3 flash needs a good deal o f work in the defensive department. Still find it hard to believe a team that stresses defense, and team play, could pass on Conner. And, yes, Portland will miss Ran sey. At present second year Darnell V alentine is the only experienced point guard on the roster. Valentine needs work, work and more work if he’s to fill that all-important role. In the second round P o rtla n d ’s choice was 6-7 Lyndon Townes o f James Madison. That works out to two household names, Toens and James Madison. Los Angeles was true to form in selecting N o rth C a ro lin a ’s James Worthy number one in the draft. A t 6-9 Worhty will add depth to a team that’s already loaded. Jesse Owens Trophy Award Worthy at 6-9 is somewhat in the m old o f E a rv in Johnson. H e is q u ick, can handle the ball and a better than adequate passer and shooter. Firs, round picks should be a tre mendous boost to all teams. I can’t see this happening w ith P o rtla n d . Lafayette Lever is, at best, a second round selection. It should be remembered that un til now the Blazers have had only two first round selections on their roster M ychal Thompson and K el vin Ransey. W hat a difference a day makes, or perhaps a year. When Ransey ar rived fro m O h io State he was thought to be the one ingredient the team needed to become winners again. A fter one bad year he became expendable. L ife in the fast lane is tough. F I^BERKELEY Evelyn Ashford A secondary ob jective o f the Clinic is to give high school students an introduction to the basics o f row ing so that those interested in row ing on the Portland Junior C re w ’s 1982-83 competitive teams will come to the program with a rudimentary knowledge o f the sport. Those interested in the clinic may register for any o f the four sessions available. The first 40-hour session is scheduled June 28 to July 23 from 7 to 9 a .m ., M on d ay through F ri- day. Another 40-hour session will be offered July 26 through August 20. Tw o 16-hour sessions arc scheduled during the same 4-week periods on Tuesday and Thu rsd ay evenings from 6 to 8 p .m . A special rowing program for the blind is being o f fered for the first tim e, under the auspices o f Shared Outdoor Adven ture R ecreation (S O A R ), July 19 through August 13 two evenings per week. The fee for the 40-hour classes is a w a rd . Edwin Moses Owens Award winner named W hen most Am ericans think o f Jesse Ownes, they remember a man w ho was a superb exam ple o f the spirit o f athletic achievement and com radship am ong nations. It seems fittin g that a prestigious aw ard to am ateur athletes should bear his name. The first athlete to be so honored was Sebastian Coe o f Great Britian, the w o rld ’ s fastest at the classic distances o f 800 m eters, 1,000 meters and the mile. The 25-year-old student o f social history and economics surged to a rush o f 50 first-place votes with the Portland Rowing Clinic begins program Portland Rowing Clinic will begin its fifth summer rowing program on Monday. June 28 at Station L Row ing Club. The clinic is open to both men and women ages 14 and above, the p rim a ry ob jective o f the p ro gram is to give beginners a taste o f the pleasures that can be found in rowing, and to provide for both the novice and the experienced rower a coached program that will develop rowing skill and promote physical fitness. W in n e r of Sebastian Coe. $75 for students and $95 for adults. The evening class is offered at $45 for students and $60 for adults. Judy Kitzman, Coach o f Portland Junior C rew and form er coach o f women’s crew at Oregon State U n i versity, is the in s tru c to r. Becky Stephenson, two-time national row ing champion at the University o f Massachusetts and Oregon State University will assist. To register, call Judy Kitzman at 283-4078. five continent blue ribbon jury. Coe easily outdistanced Edwin Moses, the U S ’ s top 400 meters h u rd ler, who was runner up with six firsts. Inthirds place was Evelyn Ashford, the US peak women’s sprinter, who had the same number o f firsts but was outscored on second votes 26 to 9 by Moses. O th er fin alists were M a ry T . Meagher, N o ., 1 swimming star o f the US, and Olga Bicherova o f the Soviet U nion, women’ s all-around gym nastic p e rfo rm e r. They each received one first place vote. The first ell-professional U .S. baseball team was founded in 1 8 7 0 . Its members were know n at that tim e as the C incinnati Red Stockings. 8 Car-care coupon book This coupon book lets you cut the price of selected auto services precisely w hen you need them Use all the coupons and save a total of $88 - Sears price — f i n g | Engine diagnosis . 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