For longtime followers of San Mateo County sports, it is with considerable sadness that we report the death of Ron Reid, who chronicled the local athletic scene with a flourish between 1961 and 1972 at The Times. He left the Peninsula newspaper to pursue his career on the East Coast, first with Sports Illustrated and, later, the Philadelphia Inquirer. Reid passed away last weekend in New Jersey at the age of 72. The cause of death was colon cancer. Funeral services were scheduled for later this week.