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Washington said "I wasn't one of the toughest I |ust tried to survive Today, there's a lot of woo fin' going on It's a dif ferent world now Washington is among Thursday's inductees nt the GTF Acadernk All-America Hall of Fame A graduate of Amerit an I diversity. he is one of just seven players to average more than 20 points and 20 rebounds per game for his college career In the NBA, Washington was a workmanlike player for nine years, a rugged presence under the hoards at fcfoot H, 210 pounds His basketlxtll abil* itv never gets mentioned, though His KO of Iom lanovit h always does 1 was an average player.” said Washington, w tio now hosts a radio talk show in Portland and is president of a company marketing fitness and conditioning gear "I could have lasted longer d I didn't play injured In my day, if you could walk, you played, I probably wouldn’t be remembered, though, if not for the Tomjanovich thing. " The Tomjanovich tiling occurred Dei 9. 1977 in Los Angeles when a brawl broke out during a game between Houston and the Lakers Out of tfie i orner of tiis eve. Washington saw Tnmjanov u li running toward him In the wild west spirit of shoot first and ask questions later. Washington landed a hay maker, never simper ting the guy on the run was Irs mg to make peace Tomjanovich suffered a fractured skull, broken nose and ( ra< ked eye six ket Washington was fined 510,000 — an enormous sum in those days — and suspended for 60 days "It was bad judgment, ' Washington said, "a mis take I paid lor and i oritinue to pay for Him is a guv running at you and you don't know why You feel threatened You art |ust like today 's NBA. "Art* you kidding?" Washington said. "This is lame < ompared to what went on then It was a haif c ourt game in those days, much more dangerous. These guys are not dangerous. They are non-threat ening entities ' Bill Launbei-r. fined three times this season for a total of $26,(HX), not threatening' How about Charles Oakley, fined $10,000 for a flagrant foul? Or Shaquille O'Neal, also assessed $10,000 for throw ing a punch? They don't scare Washington "The guys I played with put you in the hospital," lie said "I remember Willis Heed beating up the whole baker team and Bill Bridges beating up the whole Seattle team. This is nothing One time. Adri an Dnntley went into the toiler room to get Dave Mesers "Detroit with Bob Lanier. Guys like Lonnie Shel ton, Mnurit Luc as. Paul Silas, Clifford Ray. Truck Robinson You didn't mess with Dave Cowens or even little Calvin Murphy They'd heat you to death. Lseryliody had tough gins You feared for your life We had monsters Washington thinks today's spats get more atten tion because television is everywhere, watching even game "We played in pnvat s." he said. "You'd hit somebody, niavlie get fined $250. and that was it." Don't get him wrong. Washington believes there are players he named Karl Malone and Charles Barkley — who would fit into the old knockdown, drag-out style of the league. "Today's players are aggressive and they're more talented," he said "But they're not tough. The game is better, more entertaining. These guys are so good." And when the woofin' turns serious, Washing ton has some advice "if you walk away, s our career is over,” he said. "If you don't retaliate, you tan pack sour him h and go home II soil sit Iwi k figuring the league will take care of it, forget about it The only thing that holds the other gus bat k is if he knows you'll come bat k at him.” The University of Oregon Creative Writing Program and the Walter Kidd Tutorial Program announces THE 1993 WALTER KIDD WRITING PRIZES TWO 1ST PRIZES OF $1000 TWO 2ND PRIZES OF $300 TWO 3RD PRIZES OF $200 Competition rules: 1 Prize competition is open to alt currently enrolled University of Oregon undergraduates. 2. Bach contestant may submit only one story and/or up to five poems. Fiction entries must be no longer than 5000 words. Entries must be typewritten, double-spaced (not poetry), on one side of 8 Vi x 11 paper, and delivered to the Creative Writing Program Office, 341 PI C. Include your name, address, phone number and student ID number on the first page; all succeeding pages must be numbered and must include only your student ID number. Please note "KIDD PRIZE" on all delivered entries. Entries must be received on or before Friday, May 7,1993. Entrants should retain a copy of any submission. Manuscripts will not be returned unless accompanied by a sufficiently stamped self-addressed envelope. 3. Three winners will be selected in each genre for overall literary excellence. Final judges will be the novelist Frederick Busch and Creative Writing Program Director Garrett Hongo. The prizes will be awarded on May 28, 1993 by Mr. Busch at his public reading in Gerlinger Lounge. The decision of the judges is final; winner(s) may not be chosen if in the judges' discretion no entries merit award. m — A