PM* 8 Portland Obtcrver
Thursday, June 22, 1978
Raye will be missed
by Bill Schaefer
Sometime later this year, if members
o f Jefferson High School class o f *58
gets together fo r a 20th reunion, the
talk w ill sooner or later get around to
that year's football team, perhaps one
o f the finest high school teams o f all
times.
Timbers capture league record
by Da*e O'Toole
The Portland Timbers succeeded in
capturing the N orth American Soccer
League record for most consecutive
wins, Friday, as they defeated the New
England Tea-M en 2-1 fo r their ninth
straight victory.
It was the fifth straight shootout win
for the Timbers, all five o f which have
been in the Civic Stadium.
Portland had scored only once in the
past tw o games, but T im b er Coach
Don Megson, in order to add strength
to th eir struggling o ffen se, moved
Stewart Scullion from the m idfield to
forw ard position in the second half.
Scullion, who considers the forw ard
position his home in soccer, proved
such when he shot through a wall o f
Tea-M en and scored at 60:31, after the
ball was tapped to him by Jim m y
C onway on an indirect kick.
New England’ s unpredictable striker
M ike Flanagan tied the score with five
m inutes re m a in in g in the gam e.
Flanagan leads the Am erican C o n
ference in scoring.
T h e tw o 7 H m in u te o v e rtim e
periods were scoreless, and it was up to
keepers M ick Poole and Kevin Keelan
to decide the game.
M ik e Flater scored first for Portland
in the shootout. Tim ber keeper Poole
had four saves in the shootout before
Scullion stepped to the hne for P ort
land.
Scullion, once again matched against
Tea-M en goalie Keelan, chipped in the
fourth and final shot to win the game.
The fans went wild while Portland
ran their victory lap.
The next Tim ber game will be played
June 30th at the Civic Stadium against
the Minnesota Kicks. Gam e tim e is
8:00 p.m .
Sports Talk
Ken N orto n robbed? D ow n
south (L A ) my favorite columnist and
counterpart M r. Brad Pye o f the L .A .
Senxmrf. a man I ’ ve long admired, and
who has certainly been an inspiration
to me . . . has openly stated so. Brad
writes, “ There have been some famous
bank robberies. Famous bandits too.
The wild, wild west — including this
desert paradise — has produced some
o f the biggest in history.
“ But there has never been a bigger pen
and pencil bandit than the two o f
ficials who robbed Ken N orton o f his
W B C heavyw eight title fig h t here
Friday night at Ceasars Palace.”
Now this is where 1 jum p o ff the
bandwagon. Norton was not robbed.
He was soundly whipped. M r Holmes
convinced everyone, including N orton,
that he is for rod.
This writer scored it unanimously
for the challenger.
On my scorecard N orton won the
first. Holmes the second, the third and
fourth were even, then Holmes com
pletely dominated five through ten.
Dominating in a sense that he scored so
effectively with his ja b and keeping the
champion terribly o ff balance Holm es’
biggest round o f the fight was ob
viously the 13th where he almost put
the “ super” champion away.
Give N orton credit t h o u g h , because
he gamely fought back, and after the
trouncing he took in the 13th . . . he
dearly dished it out, and taking the
14th big round.
N o rto n ’ s corner to ld him not to
gamble and to come out strong in the
final round. Their thinking that he was
ahead on points was truly nonsense.
The 15th was a magnificent display o f
courage by both fighters with Holmes
getting the edge and the decision
Judges’ H a ro ld Buck and Joe
Swessel both scored it 143 for Holmes
and Lou Tabat, the third judge, had it
143-142 Norton.
M y counterpart. Brad Pye, had N o r
ton winning ten. Holmes three, and
tw o even.
Hogwash
This w riter
believes nine rounds for Holmes, five
for N orton and one even.
Now it must be said that M r. Pye,
whom 1 read weekly, gets carried away
at times and will let favortism interfere
with his journalistic skills.
B rad was very high on James
"S h a c k ” Williams the ex-Ram quar
Straub presents Oregoa flag
Governor Bob Straub w ill present an
O rego n S tate fla g to th e O re g o n
A ssociatio n o f C o lo re d W o m e n ’ s
Clubs, which will be part o f a parade
o f state flags at the N ational Biennial
Meeting in Seattle.
Governor Straub w ill be the lun
cheon speaker at the O A C W 66th A n
nual M eeting on June 2 4 th , 12:30
p .m ., at M t. Olivet Baptist Church.
Also on the luncheon program is the
presentation o f a plaque o f the H arriet
Tubm an C om m em orative Stam p by
W alter M o rris , U .S . Postal Service
E E O O fficer, representing Postmaster
Benjamin Luscher.
The 1978 O A C W scholarship will be
awarded to a graduating high school
senior.
Portland members serving National
C om m ittee appointm ents are: M rs.
V iola Johnson — Consumer Interest;
M rs. M arie Smith — Historical; Mrs.
B e rn a d e tte P lu m m e r — M e n ta l
Health; M rs. Betty Thompson — Press
and Publicity; Mrs. Betty Thompson
— Public Relations; and M rs. H a m e
B e lk Paris — Workshops.
te rb a c k an d c o n tin u a lly a tta c k e d
the L .A . press and fans for the unjust
criticism leveled at W illiam s.
Reminds me somewhat o f the stance
1 took in Portland in behalf o f Sidney
Wicks and later Lionel Hollins.
Can certainly understand the Black
press rallying behind the Black stars . .
because sometimes they do receive un
ju s t an d c ru e l c ritic is m fro m the
" o th e r” press.
But getting back to the Fight . . . it
seems th at a ll the L .A . fans were
picking N orto n, but Kenny had to feel
a little worried when his picture ap
peared on th e co ver o f S po rts
Illustrated and then to top that ex-great
Joe Louis came out and predicted
Kenny the winner
Louis was a great fighter, but as a
Fight prognosticator . . . he was a bust,
prom pting M u h am m ad A li, a man
Louis always predicted to lose every
big fight, to say . . . " I f there were
twelve horses in a race, and Louis had
bet on eleven, then the twelth horse
would w in .”
So much fo r Joe as a judge o f talent.
Some quotes on the Fight: Eddie Futch,
Prtitio, s m a tk
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The third petition has had the most
success. It would amend existing law
to shorten the process fo r fo rm in g
public utility districts (P U D ’s). The
P U D petition has been supported by
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didn't take advantage o f easier P U D
laws in the 193O’ s and establish more
P U D ’s. They say customers served by
private, investor-owned utilities such
The fashions that will be modeled
The Portland section o f the National
as Portland General Electric Company
Council o f Negro W om en, Inc. pre
were made by non-professionals and
or Pacific Power &. Light Com pany
will be worn prim arily by members of
sents its fourth annual “ Sew and Show
pay as much as twice as the customers
Fashions and Taste and T e ll” on Sun
the new ly-fo rm ed ju n io r and adult
o f either the Clark County P U D in
day, June 25th, from 4:00 p.m . to 6:00
g ro up s.
In a d d itio n , high school
V a n c o u v e r, W a s h in g to n , o r th e
graduates will be honored.
p.m. at the St. Andrews C om m unity
Eugene W ater A E lectric Board in
Center at 4940 N .E . 8th Avenue.
President o f the Portland section o f
Lane County, Oregon.
T he N a tio n a l C o u n c il o f N e g ro
the council is Ms. Ann Garnett. C oor
C urrently, groups wishing to form a
Women was organized on December 5,
d in a to r is M s . B e tty Stephens.
P U D must circulate two petitions and
1935 by D r. M a ry M cLeod Bethune
P resid en t o f the young a d u lt and
pass two bond measures in order to
ju n io r groups are Ms. Riba Allm an
who saw the need for harnessing the
establish the boundaries, set up a
and
Ms.
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llen,
respectively.
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b oard o f d ire c to rs , and purchase
Proceeds from this event will be used
m inority women through a national
existing generation and d istrib u tio n
in furtherance of the council’ s com
organization.
facilities.
The N C N W has worked to advance
munity activities. Tickets are availabk
The proposed measure would shor
from any member o f the council or will
opportunities and improve the quality
ten the procedure to one petition and
be available at the door. Donation S3
o f life for and through women in every
one bond measure.
adults, SI .50 children under twelve.
walk o f life.
The circulators o f the petition have
co llected
a p p ro x im a te ly
4 0 ,0 0 0
signatures state-wide, and need 15,000
more.
W .C . H arris, master o f the Oregon
S tate G ra n g e , says he is sure the
SEE SPOUTS O N G IA N T SCREEN T V.
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only way to get low-cost power from
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is to have more public utility districts.
This am endm ent would make them
easier to fo rm .”
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form er trainer o f N orton. "1 scored
the fight for Holmes. N orton was the
aggressor all the way. Holmes made
him miss a lot o f shots and kept him on
the receiving end o f many left ja b s .”
Bossman Jones, N o rto n ’s assistant
trainer and sparing partner: “ 1 thought
we, by being the champion would have
got the decision. 1 don’t know what
fight the judges were watching. ”
Spiaks Arrested
As the world turns so does the Spink
fam ily turn.
Charges o f com m on assualt and
possession o f m a r iju a n a ,
b o th
misdemeanors, were Filed against light
heavy-weight boxer Michael Spinks
Spinks, 21, is the younger brother of
heavyweight champion Leon Spinks.
A nd to follow in his brother’s fo o t
steps seems the logical thing to do, at
least fo r Spinks. H e is accused o f
strikin g a policem an and being in
possession o f seventeen g ram s o f
m arijuana.
Spinks, the middleweight gold medal
winner in the 1976 Olympic Games at
M ontreal, is free on SI ,500 bail
power
Oregon State Grange in Portland at
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Power office in Eugene at 485-5145.
T h e th ree p e titio n s w ith the
necessary signatures must be filed with
the Secretary o f State by July 1,1978.
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Terry Baker would probably be there
and so would M el Renfro. Baker quar
terbacked that undefeated state cham
p io n team and la te r was an A ll-
American at Oregon State and winner
o f the Heisman Trophy. Renfro was an
outstanding halfback and went on to
becom e an A ll-A m e ric a n at the
U niversity o f Oregon and perennial
A ll-P ro comerback selection for the
N ational Football League champion
Dallas Cowboys.
But possibly the best player on that
team w on’t be there. Raye Renfro.
M el's older brother and J e ffs fullback
that year died June 7th. He was 38.
" T h e re ’s no question that Raye was
just as good a football player as Terry
or M e l,” said T o m D cSylvia, who
coached a ll th ree in high school.
" W h a t many people may have forgot
ten is that Raye was also an outstand
ing d efen sive p la y e r. H e was a
linebacker and one o f the best tacklers
I ever coached.”
A lth o u g h
R aye
R e n fro ’ s
achievements at Jefferson are worth
remembering — he averaged twelve
yards a carry and scored 179 points in
1958 — so were some other facets o f
his life, DeSylvia said.
" H e had asthma real bad and suf
fered a lo t,” the form er coach said.
" T h e fam ily moved here from Texas
because o f Raye’s health. But even
when he was sick and when he was hurt
he played hard. A nd he always smiled.
You just had to love him. As I said at
the eulogy — to know Raye was to love
h im .”
Raye Renfro could also make people
laugh.
” 1 remember one day when I wa
coaching at Portland State,” DeSylvit
recalled.
" W e were practicing a
W illam ette Park and we had doubl«
sessions so the guys brought their lunch
es. Raye took out a sandwich, as h<
usually did, but a teammate — Bot
Peetes — took out this eight or nin<
pound roast and a cake. Raye said tc
him, ’ A re you gonna eat all o f that?'
And Peetes said ’sure.’ And he did
A nd I ’ ll never forget the look on
Raye’s face as he watched all that food
going down.' I still laugh when I think
about it .”
The fact that Raye Renfro didn't go
to a m ajor college has been attributed
less to his athletic prowess as it was to
an unfortunate incident in which many
feel Raye was blameless.
" H e got into a little trouble once,”
Terry Baker said. " H e got involved
with some people who stole some tires.
I guess it went beyond the mischief
stage. 1 think that put the kibosh on
him so far as school was concerned
because he was b la c k lis te d as a
problem kid. Today, something like
that would have been glossed over and
Raye would have reached the same
levels M el and I did. H e was recruited
on the same level as we were, I know
that. It was really a shame. Nobody
could m ake me believe Raye could
steal anything. He was just a good
k id ."
DeSylvia concurred.
"R a y e was with the people involved
but he didn’t steal anything.” DeSylvia
said. " A n d nobody ever proved that
he did. But as T erry says, he was
blacklisted. I remember I was ordered
to remove him from the Shrine squad
that year. That h u rt.”
Raye Renfro is gone now but Tom
DeSylvia and others who knew him will
never forget him or his humanism.
“ I ’ve got this scrapbook o f those
years so Raye’s memory will be with
me for the rest o f my life ,” DeSylvia
said. “ You know, | loved that kid.
Just like he was my o w n .”
Pacific student completes
legal internship
P A C IF IC U N IV E R S IT Y . Forest
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S tra n e o f O a k la n d . C a lif o r n ia ,
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describes his career internship with a
Strane says that he received " a grea
Portland legal firm .
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Strane spent his internship with
that it was "w o rth the e ffo rt.”
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Jackson.
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managed.
club events as well as on his internship.
Because o f his internship, in part at
The long range goal for Strane is tc
least, Strane says that law school may
work in contract negotiations.
be in his future. First there may be a t
Strane says that his internship super
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