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Page 10 Portland Observer, April 13. 1983 Sport Talk Notice Of Public Hearing Notice la hereby given that upon request by any interested person a public hearing wiM be held by the Tri County Metropolitan Tranaportation District of Oregon (Tri-Met) at the Tri Met Administration Building. 4012 S.E. 17th Avenue. Portland. Oregon at 10:00 a.m. on Monday. Moy 1«. 1983 for the purpose of considering Tri-Met'a interest to utilize 81,288,000 of Tier IV Capital Assistance funds available under Section 6 of the Urban Mass Tranaportation Act (UM T Act) of 1984. as amended, for operating asaist ance with a diecount penalty of 8844,000 Because of the availability of other federal capital assistance fund» under Section 3 and Section 9(A) of the UMT Act of 1984. as amended, thia transfer of fund* will not jeopardize the agency'» Capital Investment Program. by Ron Syttes, Sports Editor For the Portland Trailblazer* the moment o f truth is at hand. In this 1983-83 season there are few tom or rows left. They must now look the Tiger in the eye, reach down in the well one m ore lim e, and hope like the dickens that the w ell’s not dry. There are four games left in this bat tle with Denver and Kansas C ity for the last two playoff spots. The Blaz ers, tw o m onths ago seem ingly a cinch, must now struggle, scratch and cra w l i f they are to gain th at berth. Oh, sure, if one should peruse the schedule it does appear that the Blazers hold the upper hand. They have G old en Slate and San Diego left this week, both teams with los ing records. They then must travel to L .A . fo r the season fin a le on Sunday, A pril 17th. Portland should have little tro u ble w ith G olden S tate, a troubled team sporting a dismal 28-50 record. But one should also rem em ber it was this same rag tag W arrio r* that handily defeated the 43-35 Blazer* when the (B lazers) were in a dog fig h t w ith Seattle fo r the fo u rth p la y o ff position But that was yes terday. The Sonic* finally woke up fro m their mid-season dream and now are playing like a c h am p io n ship contender. T h e Sonic* have now won 13 o f their last 14, they’ r e 4 7 -3 1, playing good sound b asketb all and w ill make the Western playoffs exciting again. So, where does all this leave Port land? After the smoke clears Jack Ram say should have his sixth p la y o ff team in his seven years in the Rose City. Missing only last year when his team ch o ked, sputtered and c o l lapsed a fte r getting o f f to a good start. W hat lies ahead for the B la zers i f they should make (he p lay offs is not very encouraging. W h a t’ s out there lu rkin g in the shadows is the Phoenix Suns. And that's bad news. Portland has beat en the Suns only one tim e in six meetings. A nd that one only when W alter Davis was injured and being played in the frie n d ly confines o f M em orial Coliseum. Around town this week most talk has been about whether or not the Blazers w ill make the playoffs. So what if they do. The Portland T ra il blazers can hardly be expected to go anywhere even if they should make post season play. Except for the ’76- *77 championship year the team has never survived the mimiseries. Even if they should make it this year, they can hardly expect to whip the potent Phoenix Sun*. Why? This is just a mediocre Trailblazer squad. In o r der to be successful, a good team should have more than two players sharing the scoring. The Phoenix Suns have Larry Nance, 18.6; Alvan Adams, 15 ;I , M aurice Lucas, 18.1; Dennis Johnson, 15.2 and W a lte r Davis, 20.5, all scoring in double fi gures. Jack Ramsay ha* been c o m fo rt able in running play* fo r only Jim Paxson and C a lv in N a tt, and has strongly taken M y c h a l Thom pson out o f the offense. W h ile Pax and C a lv in are both good scorers, two men just cannot carry a team in today's N B A . And the way C oach R am say treats h i* starting players after coining o ff in juries is absurd. M ost coaches around the league w ill not perm it a player to lose his starting status due to injury. I f you were in the starting lineup when the injury occurred, when ready to play you go right b a c k .. .regardless o f how well your replacement played. In Phoenix all-star guard Dennis Johnson missed six games due to an in ju re d a n k le , w h ile reserve Kyle M acy played extremely well during Johnson’ s absence he had to take a seal once Johnson returned. D a r nell Valentine is probably w onder ing why he’ s now relegated to a re serve role. I t ’s got to be shattering the young man's confidence. I f Portland is a better than medio cre team, as Harry Glickman would have us believe, then just w hat is wrong? Ray W illiams, long-time Portland barber, and astute Blazer fan, said this: " I believe it's the lack o f team defense, and togetherness. Some players are looking to score them selves on o ffen se and co m p letely giving up on the defensive end." T his could be true at the guard position. Jim Paxson at 6-6 has 168 rebounds in 77 games, while the 6-1 V alentine has collected 105 in just 43 games. But even more astonishing is that Rooke Fats Lever. 6-4, has grabbed 211 boards, while playing far fewer minutes. T h e co n ten din g team s— L . A . , Phoenix, Seattle and San Antonio— all get adequate rebo u nd ing help from their big guard. W h ile Ph oenix send* the 6-4 Johnson to the boards fo r h elp, Ram say is sending Paxson dow n court hoping (or au ettsy (gst break basket. Since the other team's big guard usually is matched against Paxson, and scouting reports tell them Pax w ill release e a rly , the opposing team's big guard is free to hit the o f fensive boards, w hile the speedier point guard can drop back to cover the break. W o u ld n 't the sm aller, q u icker point guard by the logical choice to release early? And w ouldn't the big guard be mote a propo in helping on the boards? And isn't Jack Ramsay the best coach in the NBA? Thanks to good friends George John R Poat, Director Engineering and Contract» I™ Sub-Bids Requested The Jefferson West Apartments IRL/HAP/SRO Project Bid Date: April 25,1983 at 4:00 p.m. Hoffman & Hoffman Inc. 1888 SW Madison, Portland. OR 97206 (503)228-2800 IFe are an equal opportunity employer and request sub-bids from women and minority business enterprises. Sub-Bids Requested Biltmore Hotel Renovation Portland, Oregon Bid Date: April 22,1983, 3 p.m. Silco Construction Co. PO Box 337. Tualatin, OR 97062 Kareem A bdul-Jabbar outreeches Blazer W alter Cooper but failed to save the A pril 7 gam e for th e Lakers. P ortland 107, Loa Angela» 101. (Photo: Dan Long) " J r .” Speller and Chuck Ham m on, yours tru ly ventu red dow n to the M a rrio tt hotel to see a boxing card presented by D o lores M c N a lle y . The m ain event featured an over- the-hill heavyweight match between Scott Ledoux and Ken A rlt. Maybe it would be unfair to pul Arlt in the over-the-hill class because the (12-9) P o rtla n d fig h te r has yet to even make it to the h ill. A r lt lasted the full ten rounds and was impressive at times. But the heavier and more experienced Canadian had the best o f things from rounds one to ten. Except fo r a cut opened by LcDoux's head butt, there was little damage done to either fighter. A rlt, out o f G ran t High School, was the aggressor th o u g h o u t. T h e c ra fty C anadian, however, refused to be tagged by A rlt's w ild, looping right hand and threw very few punches himself. LeDoux stated earlier that this was a good way to get a w ork out, and that's just what it was. And A strong C u b an boxing team smashed the U .S .A . team 12 to 0 in Havana Saturday. Five U .S. boxers were knocked out. O n ly C lif f o r d G ra y (1 3 2 ) and Craig Payne (201 + ) o f the U.S. o f fered any resistance to the Cuban fighters. G ray stayed in w ith two- time Olympic champion Angel H er rera and lost a decisio n. Payne flo o re d su p er-h eavyw eigh t Jorge Gonzalez but G onzalez returned to demolish (he unfortunate Payne. Jose R o sa rio , considered the U . S . A . ’ s best 106-pounder, never came close to C u b a's 18-year-old world champion, Ralael Sainz, and M ich ae l C o llin s (1 1 2 ) could not reach C u b an new com er Pedro Reyes. Sherman G riffe n (178) fell b efo re P ab lo R o m ero and H enry Tillm an was no match for Hermen- gildo Baez. T a rry C u m m ln g a (le ft) . th e high »coring forw ard for tha Ban Dlago Cllppara. haa been named tha M illar High L ifa /N B A "Rook- la of tha M o n th " for hla auparla tlv a p e rfo rm a n c e s In M a rc h . C u m m ln g a . w h o a tta n d a d D a- Paul University in Chicago, aver- agad 24.8 p o ln ta and 11.7 re- b ou n d a In 16 g am aa fo r th a Cllppara. U .S .A .’ s 147-pound world cham pion M a rk Breland was not a v a il able because o f sore hands. Also missing was super-heavyweight Ty- rell Biggs, who is still nursing brok en ribs su ffered d u rin g his 2nd- round knockout by Cuba's T eo filo Stevenson in Reno. Cuba fielded several new fighters. Candelario Dusergel, who made his international debut with a defeat by Breland in Reno, easily decisioned Ron Essett. Stevenson, attempting a comeback after a severe automobile accident in ju ry fo llo w in g the 1980 Olympic games, was out with a sore foot. (503) 692-0810 We are an equal opportunity employer and request sub-bids from women and minority business enterprises. why not get paid along the way. It appears that M s. M c N a lly has a good thing going at the M a r rio tt. The crowd was good— an estimated 1500 plus and the atmosphere great. T h e fig h t crow d seemed k n o w ledgeable but a little rowdy at times. W h ile this card was m ediocre I'm to ld that most o f them are much b etter. T h e s e m i-fin a ls m atching bantam Bryan Tin ker (9-3) against M o n ta n a 's W illie M o n ta n a (1 -0 -1) supply the crow d w ith m ore than ample action. W illie M o n ta n a , m aking his de but in P o rtlan d , was really impres sive. H e displayed a loose boxing style packed with plenty o f power. From the opening bell (he young man fro m M o n ta n a quickly estab lished his s u p e rio rity by belting T in k e r w ith tw o q uick punishing right hands. M ontana so dominated that the referee called it o f f after five rounds. Cuba-12, U .S.A.-O Newcombe speaks here Former Brooklyn Dodgers' pitch er Don Newcom be w ill be the spe cial guest speaker at the Salvation Arm y's Adult Rehabilitation Center (A R C ) awards banquet, April 25, at 7 p.m . Newcom be, w ith Dodgers team mates Jackie R obinson and Roy Campanella, broke the ;olor barrier in major league sports. H e now is a spokesman fo r the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. He also is the cur rent advisor on alcohol and drug re lated problems to First Lady Nancy Reagan. Newcombe will testify to his own struggle and vic to ry over a lc o h o l ism. Also during the banquet, sobriety awards will be presented to A R C re sidents w ho receive w ork therapy treatment at the center. Special aw ards fo r alcoh olism awareness will go to K A T U -T V , for its January ca m p aig n , " B a ttlin g The B o ttle ." and to Oregonian re porter Jann M itch ell for her fo ur- part series, “ Alcoholism: The H o r- or. The H o p e." N atio n ally, The Salvation A rm y operates the most extensive residen tial alcoholism treatment program In P o rtla n d , tw o S alvation A rm y o fficers, the A R C and the H a rb o r I ight Center, work to help alcohol ics. For more in fo rm ation , call Cap- lain Robert Engel at 235-4192 Anyone interested in requesting that thia hearing be convened for public testimony should contact Cynthia Weatpn. Planning and Development Di vision. by phone 238 4920 or in writing, 4012 S.E. 17th Avenue. Portland. Oregon 97202 by Friday. Apnl 29, 1983 A copy of the application for federal funding is available for public inspection in the Planning and Development Division Stevenson's second, A ngel M il lan. has retired— giving his spot be hind Stevenson to G on zalez. G o n zalez, 21, has boxed internationally since 1980 and won the N o rth A m erican F in als in 1982, decisioning Warren Thompson o f the U .S .A . The match was the tenth in a se r ie s -a ll won by Cuba. Salazar loses Group Home ALL AGES WELCOME Homemade food 7 days/ * Group activities * * Reeaonebla rataa * REAL ESTATE For Information call: VETS 239-0338 Zero d ow n /closing A little paint is all you need to move in. Large 4 Bed-possi H O M E S FOR BALE ble 6 Bed family home % -ACRE zoned light Good SE neighborhood industrial near p ro Won't last long at posed Tektronix plant. 134 x 253 corner lot. 4 bedroom home, 34 x 40 shop, lies, 605 H arri C a m e o H o rn e t son. 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