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Page 12 Portland Observer, November 30, 1963 PHIL'S Cyclery Since I9AS SCHWINN Right or W rong: W as Russell th e beet? And the beat goes on, as it did in the past, as it is now. and as it will be in the future. W ho is the greatest center ever to play the »«me? Re cently a syndicated columnist wrote that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did not measure up to the game’s greats. Now, this writer just has to won der what measuring stick was being used and by whom. T o say Kareem doesn't rate with today’s greats is tantamount to saying M t, St. Helens' eruption didn't measure on the Richter scale. Jabbar passed the 30,000 career points scored plateau in a game played two weeks ago in Portland and is a good bet to even tually beat W ilt Chamberlain's all- time mark o f 31,419. Jabbar and Chamberlain are surely the best of the last two decades. It's been some 14 years since Bill Russell laid them up, and even as good as Bill was he was not the best. Bill Russell. 6-9. 215 pounds, could not dominate the game today as he did then. Bill Russell had only one legitimate center to face during his career and he certainly didn't dominate W ilt. Sure, Russell had the better won-lost record, but that can be easily attributed to a better supporting cast. Statistics will show that W ilt dominated Russell. It's beyond comprehension that even Boston fans could believe otherwise. When Chamberlain averaged 50.4 ppg during the 1961-62 season it was said that all W ilt could do was score. So what happened was that W ilt decided to concentrate on rebound ing. The outcome was 27 retrieves a game to lead the N B A in that cate gory. Next it was said that W ilt wasn't a team player, so Chamber- lain left the league agog by leading the N B A in assists. The first and last center to do so. Bill Russell would rate far behind both Chamberlain and Jabbar. This mystery writer says, "Be assured that Bill Russell would dominate rival centers today, just as he did in his prim e." No way— Russell stood just 6-9 and to day's centers like Moses Malone and San Antonio's Artis Gilmore would have muscled Bill right out of the Boston Garden. Jabbar has been criticized for his lack o f rebounding. But that's only because some people think the 7-3 giant should garner every errant shot pul up. A careful check o f the records will show that Kareem's life time average is better than 12 boards a game. Kareem is the best offensive center the game has ever known, Chamberlain the most dominant and Russell would rate somewhere behind Moses Malone. At 6-9, Bill just didn't have the size to match up with the real legitimate pivot men of MOTOCROSS PARTS g ACCESSORIES RTPAKS O N A U M AKIS bar has never played on a losing team. That's failure. But then this illustrious writer from the East also claimed Bill W a l ton was better than all three. Just wonder what he has to back up that statement? 2 8 1 -4 0 3 6 TO I N 8 B B O A O W A T S IP STSSS Maer T ks C e o fr Boxing There's rumors that ex-welter weight champion Sugar Ray Leon ard will end his retirement by fight ing an exhibition match this month. Leonard is not hurting for money, but it’s the glory and adulation that drives these great athletes to return to the arena. Sugar Ray is reported ly worth somewhere around 30 m il lion. He seemingly has everything . . .except the title. After watching Roberto Duran lake Marvelous M arvin Hagler to the end. Sugar must have thought that he could undoubtedly whip the Marvelous one. And he probably can. After defeating young Marvis Frazier in the Friday night massacre at Caesar’s Palace, heavyweight champion Larry Holmes spoke of retiring. The feeling here is that it's not Holmes who should give it up, but Smokin' Joe Frazier. You see, old man Joe is trying to recapture his fighting days through his son M ar- vis. Frazier should step down as manager-trainer and turn the job over to someone who could be more objective. It seems that everyone knew the 10-0 Frazier was eons away from the champion, that is, except the challenger's manager/ traincr/father. So the greatest mis match o f the decade was allowed to go on. Frazier, at 6-0, 200 pounds, was no match for the 6-4, 219 pound champion. Holmes threws a total of 39 punches and Frazier caught 35 of them, while mounting zero offense. It was a farce witnessed by a huge television audience. The W B C re fused to sanction this fiasco and N B C should have as well. And why is Larry Holmes so infuriated be cause the W B C has insisted that he fight Greg Page, who is ranked No. I , before fighting South Africa's Gerry Coetzee? Could it be that Holmes knows he's on the decline and is trying to make all he can be fore meeting a legitimate challenger such as Page? W ell, if so it’s prob ably a sound financial practice, and one that is being closely emulated by lightweight champion Ray Mancini. Mancini absolutely refuses to fight the best in his division. And he will not even consider a mul tim illion dollar fight with fellow Ohioan Aaron "T h e H a w k " Pryor. Boom Boom's handlers are not from the Joe Frazier managerial school. They know that Alexis Arguello destroyed their man in the 14th o f a championship fight, and history tells us what Pryor did twice to Arguello. today. This mystery writer was down right absurd when he stated, "Kareem must be marked as a failure. He is 7-3, or whatever. He has marvelous coordination, but his results have always been lacking." R idiculous.. Jabbar's results have always been as a winner. From high school to the pros Jab Last Tuesday marked the begin ning o f something big for Duck basketball. It was the coming o f the Don, that is, Don Monson, as head coach. 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But OSU could make a strong challenge. The Bruins and Beavers split two contests last year. The Bruins winning 99-77 on their home court and the Beavers winning 69-65 at G ill Coliseum. The Bruins return starters Kenny Fields, 18.0 ppg; Ralph Jackson, 8.1 ppg. and all-conference center Stuary Gray, 7.7 ppg. Rocket Rod Foster and Darreu Days will be sorely missed by Coach Farmer. Both men are currently doing well in the pros. Foster is with Phoenix and Daye with Washington. U C L A had an ex cellent recruiting year. They've add ed Freshmen Montel Hatcher, 6-1 guard; Dave Immel, 6-3 guard from Hillsboro; and widely recruited Reg • The first moving picture theater was the Electric Threater on South Main Street in Los Angeles, which opened in 1902 with an hour-long presentation. Admis sion was two cents. • At any given month there are more than 2,000 thun derstorms brewing in the earth's atmosphere. is going to be a good one. Flowers averaged 26 minutes per game as a Frosh and started every Conference game. Tentative play hurt his game early, but once he set tled down he became a strong player during the latter part of the season. The 6-214, 170 pounder averaged 4.8 ppg, with a season high of 14. Flowers toured Russia last summer with the Pac-10 all-stars. Coach M iller is high on Rick Berry, the 6-7 guard-forward from Morgan H ill, C A . Berry came to OSU because his father. Bill, coach o f San Jose State, thought it would be best if his son played elsewhere. Needless to say the Beaver coaching staff was de lighted. M iller is going with a back court o f Flowers and Alan T ait. T ail played well last year but his lack of speed will hurt. O SU must find a running mate for Flowers. Darrin Houston, 6-2 Sophomore from C h i cago, could help, along with Greg West, 5-10 Junior from Portland’s Benson Tech. The Pac-10 should be a race between the nationally ranked Bruins (9) and Beavers (10). 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