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Page 10 Portland Observer Thursday, November 2, 1978 Oregon Ducks best loser Z> v Bill Schaefer Call it sad, call it funny, but it’s better than even money that the University of Oregon is the best 1-7 college football team ever to don shoulder pads and helmets. Before you accuse me o f being sar castic or even downright demeaning I rush to my own defense. Rather than putting the Ducks down, 1 am con vinced that with any luck at all they could be 6-2 right now and, would you believe it, a contender for the Pacific 10 title and a shot at the Rose Bowl? D on’t laugh. I mean it. At least, hear me out. There was no way the Ducks could have avoided being 0-2. Colorado zapped them in the opener 24-7, with Oregon being unable to score until the final two minutes. In game No. 2 they were thrashed by USC, 37-10, although they did get on the scoreboard first with a field goal. Then the fun and games started in which an almost unbelievable series o f misadventures struck. Oregon had Texas C hristian down, 10-0, in the fourth period and lost, 14-10. The following week the Ducks held a 19-7 lead over Wiscon sin with seven minutes to play and lost, 22-19. Against California, Oregon bolted into an 11-0 lead at the half, and led 18-14 with 83 seconds remaining. The Ducks lost, 21-18. And U O had Brigham Young down, 16-3, entering the last quarter but lost, 17-16. So instead o f being 4-2 the Ducks were 0-6. In those four incredible games, only B YO was able to score in the firs t h a lf — the C ougars managed a field goal. It is hard to dispel the argument that the Ducks “ choked,” that they went in to a fo u rth q u a rte r deep freeze and were unable to make the kind o f plays they had been making earlier. But if you watched films o f those games the evidence leading up to each disaster was physical, not psychological. Punts bouncing o ff players when they were trying to avoid the ball. Punts that d id n 't get o ff. Onside kicks that should have been easily handled were mishandled. And then there were the injuries. One after another, in steady, clock- like precision. Ken Page, the Ducks’ leading receiver and punt returner last year, broke a lead in the T C U game. Bryan Hinkle, a sophomore linebacker who was the team’s No. 3 man in tackles made, played an out standing game against Wisconsin i I before a torn cartilegc benched him. Steve Kleffner, the starting senior center, suffered a pinched nerve in his neck in the Cal game and now is out for the year. A nd starting quart erback M ike Kennedy left the B YU game with a shoulder separation and he’ ll probably he out for at least another week. The Ducks took their 0-6 record into Seattle against the pow erful Huskies o f the U n iv e rs ity o f Washington, promptly bolted into a 7-3 lead and w ound up losing another game it might have won. this time 20-14. So it was not surprising that the Ducks socked it to W ashington State, 31-7, last weekend. They are a better team than W S U , quarterback Jack Thom pson notwithstanding. U O coach Rich Brooks knew it all the tim e. H e to ld me the Ducks w ould score at least fo u r touch downs to win it. I f Oregon had received just a piece o f good luck against Washington and won that game, and had the Ducks been able to outlast Cal as they should have, U O would be 3-1 in the Pac 10 race and still very much in the running for the Rose Bowl. And that is why the Ducks’ 1-7 record should be ignored. They are better than that. A lot better. Homeowner, rental rebate due Oregonians who have not yet received the Homeowner and Renter Refund Program (H A R R P ) check they expected should wait at least two weeks before contacting the Oregon Department o f Revenue, an nounced director John J. Lobdell. Both the department and the post o f fice are working this week to match returned check with address changes on file. Persons who have filed address changes are asked not to contact the department Those who have moved M U LTN O M A H COUNTY LAUNDRY SERVICE Bids Due: November 13, 1978, 2:00 p.m . Bid #B62 100-4285 Seated proposals will be received at the office of the Director of Purchases, 2505 S.E. 11th Ave., Portland, Oregon 97202 for: Commercial Laundry Service for Edgefield Manor & MCCI January 1, 1979 through December 31, 1979 as per specifications on file with the Purchasing Director. No Bid will be received or considered unless the bid contains a statement by the bidder as part of his bid that the requirements of Subsection (4) ORS 279.350 shall be included. M ult nomah County reserves the right to reject any or all bids. recently and have not filed address changes with the department should do so. The department has a state wide toll-free telephone number, 1- 800-452-2838 and local prefixes in Salem (378-3366), Eugene (686-71,8) and Portland (229-3116). O u t o f the m ore than 4 40,000 checks mailed October 16th, some 6 ,0 0 0 have been returned as un- deliverable. That is a considerable drop from the 20,000 checks return ed last fall. The department made an extra e ffo rt this year encouraging people to file address changes before the checks were mailed. REVEREND PERCY MANUEL Manuel graduates Reverend Percy N . M a n u e l, Pastor o f Ebenezer Baptist Church was aw arded the D ip lo m a in Pastoral Ministries on October 23rd at the fall meeting o f Interstate Bap tist Association which operates Inter state Seminary Center — one o f over 300 C enters under d ire c tio n o f Seminary Extension o f Nashville, Tennessee which consolidates the Ex tension Teaching M in is try o f six Seminaries o f the Southern Baptist Convention. Reverend Manuel began his study several years ago. He is still taking courses each T h u rs d a y night in classes open to all ministers. He hopes to earn a D ip lo m a in Educational Ministries also. 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