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Portland Observer, July 14, 1982 Page 7 OBSERVER SPORTS Portland meets Seattle in alumni game Basketball stars o f the past will shine w ith stars o f the future in M em orial Coliseum on Wednesday night, July 21, when the P ortland T ra il Blazers wind up their 1982 rookie camp. In a double-header this year, the Portland Alumni team will meet the Seattle SuperSonics* A lum in in the first game starting at 7 o ’clock. This clash w ill be follow ed by P o rtla n d ’s annual Rookie G am e, featu ring , it is hoped, Lafayette Lever, Arizona State guard, who wa P o rtla n d ’s N o . I selection in the 1982 college draft. The T ra il Blazers* A lum ni team includes such stars as G e o ff Petri, highest scorer in Portland history, plus former Blazers Rick Adelman, LeRoy Ellis, Danny Anderson, La rue M artin , Dale Schlueter, Darrall Im h o ff, H erm G illia m and Greg Smith. The Seattle A lum ni squad is ex pected to include Charles Dudley, A l Flem ing, A l H airsto n , Slick Watts, Bruce Seals and a couple o f ’’ ringers” — Norm Van Lier, long a tough guard with the Chicago Bulls, and Zelmo Beaty, a star in both the N atio n al Basketball Association and the American Basketball Asso ciation. Portland 1982 draft choices, most o f whom are expected to play in the Rookie G am e, are Levery; L in to n Towners, 6-6 forw ard from James M adison; A udie N orris; 6-9 center from Jackson State; P h illip Lock ett; 6-9 forw ard from A labam a; Eric Smith; 6-5 guard from George town; Cherokee Rhone, 6-9 forward from Centenary; Leo Cunningham, 6-11 center from U tah State; Terry Long, 6-2 guard from Lamar; Dave P o rte r, 6-9 center fro m Western Oregon; M a rk D ea rb o rn , 6-3 fo r ward from St. Joseph’s, and Grant Taylor, 6-8 forward from California at Irvine. The Alum ni teams will meat in a rematch on October 8 in Seattle. The A lum ni game w ill be played in four eight-m inute quarters. The Rookie Game will be played in two 20-minute halves. Portland’s rookie camp workouts will begin July 19. Tickets for the July 21 double- header are priced at $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students through high school age. Tickets will go on sale Saturday at M em o rial Coliseum and at Fred M eyer stores at Raleigh H ills , T i gard. Gresham , In terstate, S .E . Foster A 82 and M ill Plain. M onkey w renches got their nam e from Charles M oncke, a London blacksmith, w ho made the first one. • The first phonograph record in history to sell over 1 million copies was Enrico Caruso's "Vesta Las Guib- ba." It was Alfred Vail —and not Samuel Morse —who invented the Morse Code. Vail, not caring for fame, named the code after Morse. Wa do not do business with South Africa. BRUCE SEALS American State Bank AN INDEPENDENT BANK Head Office 2 7 3 7 N. E. Union Portland, Oregon 9 7 2 1 2 J I MAKE A NEW HOME AT THE OLD ADDRESS W ITH A NEIGHBORHOOD PROFESSIONAL Wm. D. Herboth Remodeling HERM GILLIAM RICK ADELMAN CALL: 289-1600 SLICK WATTS In te rio r« E xterior A d d itio n s • W a a th e riza tio n s Many pros, but no black owners by Donnie R. Tuck Black athletes comprise 50 per cent or more o f the participants o f the National Football League. Black players dominated the National Bas ketball Association and are numer ous in major league baseball. But, when it comes to ownership in professional sports, blacks have yet to scrape the surface. In recent weeks, both the N B A ’s Houston Rockets and Denver Nug gets franchises were sold for roughly $ 1 1 m illio n each. The benver sale was completed a fte r the team had been on the m arket for almost a year. This past M ay , the United States Football League (U S F L ) was born. It is a new 12-team professional football association which plans to begin play in March 1983. The league already has a two-year television contract with A BC worth $20 million and has a national cable contract. Its principal criterion for ownership is the ability to invest $6 million in the team for two years. “ I f there were a group o f blacks w ith the economic w herew ithal, now seems like the ideal tim e (to (gain ownership) since they're ped dling franchises,’ ’ observes Spencer Boyer, a professor in the H ow ard U niversity School o f Law , who teaches entertainm ent and sports law. Boyer points out that professional sports have expanded tremendously. “ All o f the leagues that are flourish ing have a national television con tract. Hockey is struggling because it doesn’t have one. He adds, “ Blacks should be in ter ested in the new league. I d o n ’ t think the U S F L would deny black ownership." D avid D ix o n , founder o f the U S F L , was even more positive about the league’s receptiveness to black ownership. ” 1 think it is an excellent oppor tun ity fo r blacks who are looking fo r ownership o f a professional sports franchise. I f you only knew how fru stratin g ly I bounced my head o ff the wall trying to get black ownership in W ashington and in Houston.” W ith professional sports making new m illionaires o f black players every year, it would seem that some o f them would be fin an c ially able and interested in becoming owners. Furtherm ore, w ith 100 black busi nesses having gross sales o f more than $6 m illion in 1981, according to Black Enterprise magazine, why haven’t a group o f blacks sought to purchase a pro franchise? “ Basically, there are three prob lems which have hindered black ac cess to o w n ersh ip ,” Boyer notes, who teaches one o f the few courses in entertainm ent and sports law in the country. “ One is the ’ ole boy’ netw ork and the question o f whe ther they will allow certain persons to come in. “ A n o th er is getting the line o f credit together. It takes an awful lot o f money to run a pro franchise. Most sports organizations will take a loss for the first couple o f years. “ S till another problem is that sports is really show business. Blacks have most been interested in Professional Pest Control Supplies the entertainm ent part and not the business part o f it .” According to D r. Gattis N ow ell, a professor in the Howard School o f Business, the reason blacks have been apprehensive about purchasing pro sports franchises is that it is an extremely high-risk proposition. “ It is purely an economic deci sion. There are blacks with money, but not the kind o f money that they can afford to lose millions o f dollars by investing in a franchise.” Boyer says a way o f m inim izing one’s losses is by form ing a syndi cate. For instasnee. the owner o f the U S F L ’s Washington franchise has said he expects to have 20-25 general and limited partners to help provide financing for his team. D avid D ixon says he still hopes that black m ajority ownership will materialize in the expansion policy o f the U S F L , which plans to add two new teams a year. ” 1 am hoping that a real qualified black group w ill purchase a fra n chise. 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The big celebrations started with an exciting Destruction Derby spon sored by Sandy B arr and Boyd Phelps, owner o f the Flea M arket at Portland Arena. Trophies and spe 15°?, Braidersl Braiders! Braidersl cial honors for drivers were spon sored by W ad e’s T ire Center. The top 14 best timers in six races quali fied for the finals held that evening. B u lk 100% H u m a n H air 1/8 lb. *15” « 1/4 lb. *29” W e also carry h u m an hair fo r w e a v in g . T o highlight the evening Frank Wade displayed a generous amount o f musical talent with his Country & Western Band, singing songs from the past and present that drove the r” '~.g far.-••■ild. t M R S . C ’s W IG S 707 N.E. Framont 281-6S25 Drivers and atartere at the starting Una preparing for big race. (Photo: ViAnce Easter) Cleeed Atm. A Me«. 0F IN Tses, thrv t a t 11;30 AM te A.*00 FM ?
