Page 10 Portland Observer, April 13. 1983
Sport Talk
Notice Of Public Hearing
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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
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the UMT Act of 1984. as amended, thia transfer of fund* will not jeopardize
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Alberto Salazar, form er U . o f O.
runner, suffered his first marathon
defeat in R o tterd a m , The N e th e r
lands. Australia's Robert de Castel-
la finished in 2:08:37, short o f Sala
zar’s record. Salazar, who dropped
behind in the last mile, finished fifth
with 2:10:08.
N o n e w record
M ila Boil o f Kenya ran the fastest
mile in history at 3:28:36 S u n d a y -
19 seconds faster than the o ffic ia l
world record set by Sabaslian Coe in
1981 (3:47:33). The run, which took
place in A u c k la n d , New Z eala n d ,
w ill not count as an o ffic ia l record
because the course is downhill.
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