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
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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
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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.
(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.
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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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