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■Stars coming in droves for Pre Classic today
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Marly Liquori, one of the country 's finest distance runners ever, will be one of the starters competing in the
Prefontaine Classic tonight at Hayward field. Others include Mac Wilkins, Edwin Moses, Dwight Stones
and AJ Feuerbach.
Bullets tie series in overtime
SEATTLE (AP) — Guards
Charles Johnson and Tom Hen
derson scored six points each in
overtime before a record crowd of
39,457 at the Kingdome Tuesday
night, giving the Washington Bul
lets a 120-116 victory over the
Seattle SuperSonics and a 2-2 tie
in the National Basketball Associ
ation championship playoff series.
The Bullets erased a 15-point,
third-quarter deficit, tied the score
midway through the fourth period,
and led 106-104 after Bobby Dan
dridge hit a three-point play with
20 seconds to go.
But Seattle’s Fred Brown sent
the game into overtime by sinking
a jump shot from the right corner
with 14 seconds on the clock.
Then Johnson, who had just
r
eight points in regulation time,
took command. He scored the first
basket of the overtime on a fast
break layup, then beat Seattle's
defense downcourt for a short
jump shot that made it 110-106
with 3:35 to go.
The Bullets led the rest of the
way.
Henderson clinched the victory
by sinking four free throws in the
final 13 seconds of overtime.
The loss snapped a 21-game
homecourt winning streak for the
Sonics, who will host Washington
Friday night in the fifth game of
this best-of-seven series.
The crowd was the largest ever
to watch a single professional
basketball game, surpassing the
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By MARK STEWART
Of the Emerald
The third annual Prefontaine
Classic gets underway this after
noon featuring some of the
nation’s best amateur track and
field athletes, including pole vaul
ter Earl Bell, discus world record
holder Mac Wilkins and distance
runner Marty Liquori.
The Classic, which was called
the Bowerman Classic until 1976,
is held in the momory of the late
Steve Prefontaine, one of the
nation's best ever distance run
ners and former Oregon track
star.
Meet director Al Tarpenning,
track coach at Lane Community
College, says this year’s entrants
compare to the best the Classic
has seen, and like other years, will
have some very strong events.
“The pole vault is as good as
we’ve had in the past, the 5,000 is
outstanding with three good run
ners in Liquori, (Craig) Virgin and
(Jeff) Wells entered, and the high
jump is also good,” Tarpenning
said. “This compares to the best
we’ve had before. It’s bound to put
life back into Hayward Field.”
The Classic will be the first meet
run at Hayward since the Twilight
on May 6 due to the resurfacing
and renovation of Stevenson
Track and the installation of the
$80,000 scoreboard donated to
the University by Osaga. The
scoreboard will be dedicated to
the memory of Prefontaine to
night.
“Putting together a good meet
is not an easy task,” Tarpenning
said. “We put on one of the best
meets for premier athletes in the
country. In the past the Classic
has drawn respectively and al
though down the past few years, is
still one of the highest attended
meets in the country."
"We try to bring in the athletes,
not buy the athletes in,” Tarpen
ning said about the meet’s budget,
which is in the neighborhood of
$10-12,000. “We give no under
the table money, just per diem ex
penses and flights. We want to
keep the meet in the memory of
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The top events of the Classic
are likely to be the men’s pole
vault, 5,000, 800 and steeple
chase and the women’s high jump
and 3,000. Tarpenning has also
arranged a high school all-star
sprint medley between the state’s
eight AAA leagues, with a team
from each league.
The best event is likely to be the
5.000 with Liquori, Wells and Vir
gin competing for the top spot.
Tarpenning said Liquori is the
nation’s best 5,000 runner now,
but Virgin, one of the best at
10.000 and this year’s runner-up
in the Boston Marathon, Wells, will
give Liquori stiff competition.
The pole vault features the top
post-collegiate vaulters in the
country today. Pacific Coast
Club's Earl Bell has gone 18-6 and
his teammate Dan Ripley has vaul
ted 18-0 indoors. Larry Jesse
from Philadelphia has gone over
18-0(18-5) as has Jeff Taylor from
Seattle.
The steeplechase includes
three entrants from the Eugene
based Athletics West club. Athle
tics West’s George Malley was the
country’s best steeplechaser last
year and will compete against
teammates Doug Brown, a metric
miler and Don Beckwith.
The high jump looks to be very
good with Dwight Stones and Tom
Woods entered. Both have
cleared 7-5 indoors along with
Kyle Arney, another entrant. The
fourth competitor is 7-21/2 (in
doors) jumper Rory Kotenik.
World record-holder Mac Wil
kins, competing for Athletics
West, will put the shot in addition
to throwing the discus. New York
Track Club’s Al Oerter, the
40-year-old three-time Olympian
who’s trying to make a comeback
for the Moscow Olympics, was
expected to compete but is not
ready and has withdrawn.
The women’s high jump field
features Joni Huntley, from Sheri
dan, Oregon competing for the
Pacific Coast club, who has
jumped 6-4 indoors. Others in the
event includes Debbie Brill, a 6-2
jumper and Pam Spencer, who
has gone 6-1.
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