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Page 4 Portland Observer Thuraday, September 28 1978 Wrestling program stresses participation by B ill Schaefer Roy Pittman considers participation more important than winning. * Because Roy Pittman and Mark Sprague shared the views that maybe w inning w asn't everything after all, an e xtra o rd in a rily successful wrestling program has blossomed at Peninsula Park. The program for grade school and junior high school youth has been so successful, in fact, that three o f its participants are world champions. Why the program began six years ago — without any assurance o f suc cess — was explained by Pittman. “ Mark and I had this idea that it would be nice to have a program for kids who were kind of small, you know , too sm all fo r fo o tb a ll, basketball and some o f the other traditional sports,” he said. “ Well, M a rk, who used to wrestle fo r Washington High School, has a son who’s kind o f small so we thought it m ight be a good idea to start a wrestling program in the smaller weight brackets.” Pittman and Sprague had trouble selling the idea to other parents. “ The first couple o f years were the hardest,” Pittman said. “ It was hard to convince people o f what we want ed to do. But Mark did a great selling job. We had only five wrestlers the first year and eight the next. Now we’ ve got about fo rty kids p ar ticipating." Each participant pays an annual fee o f $20. They receive in return their A A U and U.S. W restling Federation cards, robes and singlets and year-round AAU and Federation insurance coverage. W restlers compete in v irtu a lly Day care assistance available every weight class and are members o f the Oregon M etro W restling Association, a group o f teams from Scappoose. T illam ook, H illsboro, Forest Grove, Mt. Hood, Scio, Lin coln C ity and the Columbia Boys Club (Portland). “ We wrestle among ourselves and every Saturday we have a dual or quadruple m eet,” P ittm an said. “ We score the winner o f the match but we don’ t keep team scores. Win ning and losing, as such, put too much pressure on the kids. They’ll get enough o f that when they're in high school.” Nevertheless, the Peninsula team has enjoyed remarkable success in national and in te rn a tio n a l com petition. Anthony Am ato, eighty pounds, Kurt Hirota, ninety pounds, and young Mark Sprague, 100 pounds, a ll have won U.S. and w orld titles, Sprague having turned the trick four times. He and Hirota won last year in Mexico City while Amato claimed his cham pionship the previous year in Albeqerque, New Mexico. But winning is not the name o f the game, insists the 34-ycar-old Pittman who also heads up women’s con d itio n in g , tennis and gym nastic programs at Peninsula. “ P a rticipation is the key,” he said. “ We look at it as a kind of family sport where every kid, regard less o f his size, can participate. There are no losers here. T h a t’ s because we d o n ’ t ju s t look at wrestling. We teach a boy first how to lose, then how to win, then how to become a gentleman. That’ s what it’s really all about.” The N eighborhood O ptions In C hild Care Project, an American Friends Service Committee program, announces the sponsorship o f the USDA Child Care Food Program in the North/Northeast area. Free and reduced price meals w ill be made available to children meeting the ap proved eligibility criteria and w ill be provided w ithout regard to race, color or national origin. Family day care home providers w ill be reimbur sed for feeding nutritious food to their day care children. I f you are a certified fam ily day care provider and want to find out more about this program, call the NOCC Office — 289-5746 or contact Brunette at 283- 1037. YOU LOVE FOOD. WHY WALK OUT OH IT? Juicy cheeseburgers with real ketchup Hot com on the cob Franks on buns Baked potatoes Watermelon Spaghetti and meat balls You don't have to turn your back on these foods |ust because you're on a diet With today's Weight Watchers* Food Plan, you can e n p y them all, wit tun limits Desserts, too In fact, at a Weight Watchers meeting you'll learn everything you need to know about losing weight and keeping it off. So come to a meeting today instead of walking out on many of the foods you love, you can sit down and eat them Losing weight never tasted so good The Authority SpotíA "Jalk by Ron Sykes Sports Editor Crummy game o f the week? Try this Saturday’ s contest between the hapless 0-3 Ducks from Eugene vs. the University o f Wisconsin Badgers. Now i f you’ re looking fo r good com petitive fo o tb a ll, then by all means tune this one in. and use them to think and not to field punts as attempted in the TCU game. The loss o f wide receiver Kenny Page, who suffered a leg fracture af- first quarter hurt. It was after Page’ s loss that the Ducks experienced their that the Ducks experienced their problems fielding punts. Sophomore fu llb a c k , Vince Williams, again showed his outstand ing skills as he came up w ith his second 100-plus rushing performance o f the season against TCU with 106 in 19 carries. Although the Ducks should be favored I ’ m picking Wisconsin by six. Ken Page w ill be tough to replace. Oregon has lost all three o f its games, losing to Colorado (24-7), Southern Cal (37-10) and Texas Christian (14-10). Wisconsin is (2-0), but their record is deceiving. They’ve defeated Richmond (7-6) and Northwestern, which along with Illinois would have to rate as two of the crummiest major college teams in the land. Oregon a fte r lo o k in g decent against po w e rfu l C olorado and Southern Cal should beat Wisconsin . . if they get their heads together Lyman Bostock, 27, and dead. 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Lym an Bostock was ra pidly becoming one o f the best hitters in M a jo r League baseball. It seems that Reggie Jackson is a late starter, or better yet perhaps an autumn player. Who can forget the slugging e xh ib itio n put on by Jackson in the W orld Series finale of last year. For those o f you that were stranded on the Sahara, or on a years sabbatical to the deepest, darkest part o f the jungle and didn't get the news, well all Reggie did was clobber three consecutive homers o ff three different pitchers, and then went on to be awarded the M V P fo r the Series. And now since Billy M artin’s departure Jackson is doing what he’s always been known to do . . . and that is hit that ball. It’s interesting to note that “ The Reg” is hitting a whopping .316, in the past M artin days. The entire Yankee team has picked up since B illy ’ s firing. And now have just about (six games rem aining and leading by one) pulled o ff one o f the most miraculous comebacks in the history o f the game. As late as "July the Yanks were sixteen games behind league leading Boston Red Sox. Go, Reggie, go!!! And how about those Blazer rookies. The m agnificent seven: Mychal Thompson, Clay Johnson, W illie Smith, Kim Anderson, Keith H e rro n , Ron Brewer and Clem Johnson. A ll have impressed and performed exceptionally well under pressure. So what’s going to happen when the vets return? With the roster set again for eleven that means that if none o f the vets are beat out o f their jobs, then only three rookies can be kept. Who goes? Clem Johnson at 6’ 10” can surely be used. But so could the super quick W illie Smith out of Missouri. For sure to stick w ill be the two first round choices, Thom pson and Brewer. Keith Herron at 6’6” is too good to go. He could play both guard and forward, has good speed and can shoot. Look for at least one vet to go. My choice . . . Larry Steele. J O IN A N Y C LA SS A N Y T IM E I Daughter M abie B. Neal, Past Commandress o f Mina Court #142, was asked by the Im perial C oor dinator o f NAACP to solicit mem bers in our area for the organization. On return from the annual Im perial Session in Mina Court #142, the Illu s trio u s Commandress Daughter Lela Alexander appointed Daughter Mabie B. Neal as Chair person o f Community Service. Carpenters Hall 2225 N Lombard S t. Mon. 7:00 p m T h u n . 9:30a.m . Em anuel Hospital Maranatha Church 1222 N.E. Skidmore Sat 9 30 a m For further information call Collect Portland 15031297 1021. Weekdays - 8 30 5 30 2801 N Gantenbein 'Emanuel Eaat. Room B-1 Thura. 7:00p .m . ■ O N O tS T lN tD TOAONM AM S t X W tlO M T WAT CM« AS I T N T «W N lO M T W ATC M NM «NTDOWATIONAL '»78 EXODUS 1518 N E KILLINGSWORTH PORTLAND. OREGON 9 7 21 1 2 8 4 -7 9 9 7 FACTS OF IMPORTANCE V O L U M E IV SEPTEM BER 1978 SERIES I During the entire month of September you may register for evening, Saturday and Sunday classes. This is EXODUS' first series of community ser vice classes. TOPICS ARE: 1. Is Alcoholism the PROBLEM or the RESULT? — 2 hours 2. What is the difference between the alcoholic personality and others? — 2 hours 3. How to relate to spouse and children under conditions of alcoholism. — 2 hours REGISTER AT: EXODUS 1518 N.E. Killlngsworth Portland, Oregon 97211
