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Page 8, Portland Observer, January 2, 1985
by K oy L t r Jrmigan
Sports Editor
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It all began Thursday morning at
11 o'clock at the Jantzen Beach Red
Don. The Fred Meyer Far West Clas
sic T ip -O ff Luncheon introduced all
eight head coaches and the to u rn a
ment was underway. G overnor Vic
A liych and fo rm e r M a y o r Frank
Ivancie were in attendance and seated
at the head table.
Head Coach Ralph M iller of OSU
was the first to speak as the comic
procession began. Coach M iller has a
very arid sense o f hum or but he
seemed to enjoy what he had to say.
M ille r explained that his team had
recently arrived from H aw aii and it
was the first time in history that the
host school traveled farthest to
reach their own to urnam en t. Penn
Head Coach, Craig L ittle page, fo l
lowed and explained his team's 0-3
start. Littlepage, the only black head
coach in the field, explained that his
team has six players that are paying
their own way through school.
Boyd G rant, head man at Fresno
State, quipped, " I try to pattern our
tournament after the Far West Clas
sic, you know ; the host school a l
ways gets to the finals.'* Jack Avina
o f Po rtlan d confessed, " I ' m not a
good coach, but I am humble.” Dick
Kuchen of California was just glad to
he here.
Coach Bobby Hussey of Davidson
took all the fun out o f my day when
he jokingly proclaim ed, " T h e re ’s a
correlation between the S A T scores
and the vertical jum p, the higher the
S A T score, the low er the ju m p .”
M ayor Ivancie found the statement
very amusing and Gov. Atiyeh looked
directly into my eyes for a reaction.
Davidson finished last in the tourna
ment I
Don Monson was the last speaker
and the funniest. He quickly observed
that, " I t 's easy to spot the Beavers
that are am ong the press, they all
flash their class ring w hile picking
their noses."
I f success is measured by hard
work and thorough preparation this
Classic ranks right up there with the
best in the country All o f the people
behind the scenes deserve praise for a
jo b well done. T he selection com
mittee can't possibly predict the qual
ity o f individual teams because the
schedule is made up years in advance
o f play so I w o n 't b ad -m o uth this
year's field of participants.
The cham pionship game looked
like a piece o f cake for O SU at h alf
time. The Orange Express led by as
many as 14 points in the first half on
the way to its 13th Far West Classic
championship, but they almost let Cal
back into the game in the second half.
Former Benson star. A . C . Green,
continued his to play a strong game
inside and played equal halves scoring
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flying across the paint all night. Take
the firsi quarter away and Portland
played a good game bul you can 't
can't take quarters away so Portland
lost. B illy C un nin gh am rallied his
troops w ith pleas o f u n d em an din g
the situ ation on (he flo o r and his
T o u rn am en t Leaders
Total Points
A. C. Green. OSU. 62 points
Leonard Taylor, California, 49 points
Rebounds
The H a rle m G lo b e tro tte rs w ill
make their annual Portland appear
ance on Sunday, January 20, at 7
p.m. in Memorial Coliseum.
The G lo b e tro tte rs , w ho have
Assists
Darryl Flowers, OSU. 18
Oereck Rucker, Davxlaon, 17
Steals
Mitch Arnold. Fresno State, 10
Karl Racine, Penn, 8
Blocked Shots
Blair Rasmussen, Oregon. 8
Greg Traop. Oregon, 7
Fred M ey er Far W est Classic
All T o u rn am en t Team
A. C. Green. OSU
Steve Woodside. O SU
Darryl Rowers. OSU
Chris Washington, California
Kevin Washington, California*
Blair Rasmussen, Oregon*
Mitch Arnold, Fresno State*
* Three way tie for fifth spot
MOSES M ALO NE
troops always responded. A l one
stretch during the third period Billy
jumped up to protest one o f the many
terrible calls and ripped the seat o f his
pants. The fans gave him all sorts o f
trouble and laughter but Billy had the
last laugh. I grew up with Billy and
watching him handle this team up
dose was fantastic. Inside of 5:00 Bil
ly saved his team a crucial turnover.
Moses was trying to rebound the ball
but was running out o f time and that
pained look o f anguish crossed his
face, the Philly bench began to holler
ai Moses to get the ball in and Billy
calm ly hollered tim e-o u t fro m the
bench and the referee blew the whis
tle. Time-outs can't be called from the
bench but the referee missed that and
Philly saved a critical turnover. It's an
old move Ibut it still works.
M o s t V alu ab le Player A w a rd
A. C. Green. OSU
Mose« Malone full grown
13 points in each half. The Bears were
not even in the game in the first half
as A. C. started quickly and OSU ran
up a 16-3 lead as C al went scoreless
for 6:13. The h alftim e score read
27 -I9 O S U .
The second half was much better
for the Bears when guards, C hris
W ashington and Kevin Johnson
warmed to their tasks. This duo com
bined fo r 2 1-second h a lf points.
When the clock hit 11:48 in the game,
Cals guard tandem had the game
deadlocked at 36-36. Leonard Taylor,
a freshman forward for Cal, showed
no respect for the Beavers and went
on a tear that O SU couldn't handle
bul some pretty gtxid coaching moves
by M iller and a 3-point play by Green
with 1:34 left took the air out o f the
Bears' bubble. C a lifo rn ia proved
that they w ill have to be reckoned
with when the conference schedule be
gins. OSU went on and posted the win
70-39 but the game was much closer
than the score indicates. A . C . Green
led the scorers with 26 points and his 9
rebounds were second only to Steve
Woodside's I I . Leonard Taylo r led
the Bears with 22 points and Kevin
Johnson followed with 16. Team re
bounds were dead even at 33 and that
says a lot for this California team
Far West Classic Capsule
D ecem b er 27-30
A t M e m o ria l Coliseum
Thursday Reeults
Oregon 66. Davidson SO
California 56, Portland 51
Friday Results
Oregon State 80. Penn 58
Fresno State 46. Murray State 44
Saturday Results
Portland 51, Davidson 49
Murray State 66, Penn 54
California 70, Oregon 68
Oregon State 66, Fresno State 50
M alone were jusi too much to han
dle. I'm sure that Sam will spend his
Wednesday soaking in a tub of ice.
P h ilad elp h ia I I I , P o rtla n d 106.
Malone 30 points and the Dr. 27.
Globetrotters
Stave W oodvde. O SU. 32
Blair Rasmussen. Oregon. 27
A. C. Green, OSU. 25
O SU s A . C. Graan diaplaya the prize ha w aa aw a rd ed e h e r being ae
lected th e m oat valuable player In th e Far W eat Claaaic Baaketball Tour
nam ent. W ith him are tw o o ther m em b ers o f th e A ll Star T eam . Daryl
R o w ers , also of O .S .U . and Chris W ashington of California.
(Photo: Dan Long)
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" A lr ig h t, you people have made
that man m a d ." T h a t was a co m
ment from the 76ers bench late in the
game to the Portlan d fans by C lin t
Richardson and it proved io be the
truth. Moses went o ff on Portland's
fro n t line and cinched the victory
against the Blazers This game got so
good under the basket that I came
dow n o u l o f the press box and sat
on the floor next to the 76ers' bench
to get a better view and feel for whai
was going on and believe me, some
thing was going on. I l was a war zone
under the hole and that always favors
P hiladelphia. The Doc was m aking
his house calls and Moses sent Bowie
played before more than 100 million
fans since the team was founded in
1927, w ill meet the W ashington
Generals.
veteran com edian H u b ert (Geese)
Ausbie.
He w ill be joined on the court by
Lou Dunbar, Billy Ray Hobley, Larry
Gators, Chide Austin, Robert Paige,
Harold Hubbard, Ovie Dotson, Jim
my B lacklock and O sborne L o c k
hart, who was a teammate at M inne
sota o f M yc h a l Thom pson o f the
Portland I rail Blazers
The G lo b etro tters have played
more than 16,000 games in 101
countries.
ance w ill go on sale W ednesday at
M em orial Coliseum and all G l Joes'
outlets.
Prices are 5 7 .0 0 and $9 .0 0 fo r
adults and $3 .00 and $7 .00 fo r stu
dents through high school age.
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K iki came in o f f the bench and
scored 27 points for the Blazers but
his defense was still a lot shakey. Jack
is trying to Find a combination that
works and deserves credit for that at
tem pt. Valentine simply cannot hit
jumpers and until he does the front
line will see nothing but pressure. Sam
Bowie gave his all but Barkley and
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Sunday Results
Seventh Place
Penn 81. Davidson 80
Fourth Place
Murray State 72, Portland 49
Third Place
Oregon 63, Fresno State 60
C ham pionship
Oregon State 70. California 59
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