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Spilyay Tymoo
Dora’s dominates tourney
D o r a ’s S m a k e sh o p of game against Satus.
Toppenish, Washington won
Named to the All-Star teams
th e H o lid a y B a s k e tb a ll were D o ra ’s S m okeshop
E lim in a tio n T o u r n a m e n t p layers Ja y K egs, D on
sponsored by the W arm Williams and Gary Pierce;
Springs Athletic Association Pendleton players Vic Sohappy
held December 4,5, and 6 at the and Rod Cowapoo; Portland
community center.
players Craig Tyler and James
Winning second place was Cabautoy; Old Duffers player
Pendleton, Oregon. Portland Delson Suppah; White Swan
(117) and the Warm Springs player Dutchie Blodgett and
Old Duffers (99) went for. the Satus player Redfern Mardel.
third and fifth place trophies in
their final game of play.
The Most Valuable Player
Medicine Valley of White award went to Don Williams of
Swan, Washington wrapped up the Toppenish D ora’s Smoke-
fourth place by winning their shop team.
Judges clinic scheduled
Don Williams of D ora’s Smoke Shop basketball team from the Yakima reservtion is shown here
making a drive against a Pendleton player for a score. D ora’s Smoke SHop won the elimination
tournament and gained a spot in the Warm Springs Holiday tournament December 30, Jaunuary 1
and 2. The final score in the championship game was 101-87. Williams was voted the M ost Valuable
Play of the tourney.
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Sid
A referee and judge's cumc
will be held in Warm Springs
on D e c e m b e r 19. A ny
interested persons are invited
to attend. Buzz Buzalsky,
chairm an of the Oregon
Association of the Amateur
A ssociation of the USA
Amateur Boxing Federation,
Inc. will be officiating the
clinic. The clinic is held the
same day as a scheduled
smoker to be held at the
Community Center.
Boxing requires practice and determination
The Warm Springs Boxing
Club is a group of boys who
wish to compete individually in
a sport requiring skill nd
dexterity. As in any sport there
is joy in winning, disappoint
ment in losing and much
practice required in-between.
T h ere is no place in
boxing club for those who
don’t feel like working. Before
a boy can get into the ring
competitively he must have the
skill to match that of his
opponents. Without this he
might get hurt.
Coaches Gerald Smith, Alvis
Smith, Jr, and Randy Smith
help the boys to develop their
boxing skills at practice
sessions four nights a week.
They won’t put a boy in the ring
without first knowing he is
well-trained. Gerald Smith
stresses, “If there is any chance
that one of my guys will get
hurt I’ll throw in the towel,” he
won’t enter the ring.
P ra c tic in g is e sse n tia l,
according to Gerald Smith.
Gym training in not the same as
being in com petition, he
claims. Before the bout the boy
will feel b u tte rflie s and
weakness. “ Everything just
drains,” he says. After the bout
b e g in s, h o w e v e r, a ll is
forgotten and concentration
remains the task on hand. But
even in training, “we try to
simulate the actual bout.”
Boxing in competition has
many positive aspects. Self-
discipline, self-development
and responsibility are the
primary features pointed out
by Smith. They sometimes
need to be pushed. Smith
added but “if they can’t accept
that maybe boxing isn’t for
them.”
“We can help them to get
where they want to go but it’s
up to them. If they want to go
n a t i o n a l I c a n see it
happening," Smith says.
The Warm Springs Boxing
Club includes boys from five
years of age to 16 years. Having
such a varied age group
provides an opportunity for
more experienced boxers to
help the less experienced. This
year Smith noted that younger
boys are involved. Any boy is
welcome to come to the
practice sessions M onday
through Thursday at the
Community Center to see
what’s going on.
C u r r e n t b o x in g c lu b
members include: 10-year-old
Corey Scott, 10-11 year, 65
lbs. division; 10-year-old Cecil
Govenor, 10-11 year, 90-lb.
division; Dixon Davis, special
senior, 112 lb. division; Joey
Ortez, special senior, 139 lb.
divison;and, 16-year-old Mark
Stacona, special senior, 112 lb.
division. These boys have been
practicing regularly and are
scheduled to travel to various
tournaments in the future.
Other boxers in the Warm
Springs Boxing Club include:
I3-year-old Carl Tewee, 12-13
year, 90-95 lb. division; Murry
Kalama, special senior, 132 lb.
division; 14-year-old Philip
Solomon, 14-15 year, 119 lb.
division; 11-year-old Reynolds
Allen, open junior, 10-11 year,
70 lb. division; David Lucei,
incapacitated because of a
broken hand; 9-year-old Ryan
Alexander, 70-75 lb. division;
8-year-old Preston Alexander,
45 lb. division; 5-year-old
Corey Suppah, 50 lb division;
6-year-old Lonnie Smith, 55-60
lb. division; and, 9-year-old
Andy Stacona, 60 lb. division.
These boys are trained in
boxing techniques by coaches
who volunteer their time.
Recently Alvis Smith, Jr. and
Gerald Smith attended the
National Coaches Clinic in
Colorado at the Olympic,
T ra in in g C e n te r. S m ith
remarked that “they were
probably the two youngest
guys there.”
Springs, Oregon, March 13-14;
Evergreen C ham pionships,
Longview, Washington, March
20-21; Northwest Meet of
Champions, Albany, .Oregon,
March 27-28; Diamond Belt
Championship, Hood River,
April 10-11; Oregon Junior
Olympics, Portland, Oregon.
He also said that they picked
up a lot of inform ation
co n c e rn in g tra in in g p r o
cedures, documenting training
information and physhological
aspects of boxing. He believes
there is a necessity of setting up
a much more rigid training
program for the Warm Springs
boxers in order to enable them
to progress faster.
Gerald Smith hopes to take
some of the boxing club’s
members to various tourna
ments during the boxing
season. Funding for travel may
jeopardize their chances, but
they hope to have sufficient
funds for travel.
The tentative tournament
schedule is as follows: Silver
Gloves Tournament, Vancou
ver, Washington, December
12-13; Warm Springs Boxing
Club Smoker, Warm Springs,
Oregon, December 19; Warm
Springs Boxing Club Smoker,
W arm S p rin g s, O regon,
January 10, 1982; Inland
E m p ire C h a m p io n s h ip ,
S p o k a n e , W a s h in g to n ,
January 30-31; Warm Springs
Boxing Club Smoker, Warm
Springs, Oregon, February 13-
14; Oregon Junior Golden
Gloves Tournam ent; Hood
River, Oregon, February 20-
21; Idaho State championship,
Lewiston, Idaho, February 27-
28;. Tacoma Junior Golden WINNING PUNCH— Winning is the result of much practice.
Gloves tournament, Tacoma, Joey Ortez will be attending many of the upcoming state-wide
W ash in g to n ; M arch 6-7; tournaments because he has put much effort into boxing. Other
Buckskin Tournament, Warm Warm Springs Boxing Club members will be accompanying him.
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk