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O .K., so the bull, Roberto Duran,
trium phed over the m agnificent
m atador. Sugar Ray Leonard.
Trium ph, no! Decision o f judges,
yes. I don’ t know what effect the
o u tdoo r stadium at M o n tre a l’ s
O lym pic Stadium had on the
lighters but both gladiators can be
happy they didn’ t have to endure
what a jam packed Expo-Center
audience did.
The smoke and lack o f ventilation
left the nearly 4,000 fight fans dren­
ched in a sea o f sweat Realizing
that every other facility in y ^ n was
booked solid, the Expo Center was,
on this night, the absolute pits for
Portland fans.
Why did Sugar lose? Wasn’ t he
the odds and favorite at 9-5? Many
think the end came at the beginning
o f the first round, when after an­
swering the bell, Leonard stood flat
looted at ring center and defied the
Panamanian to know him out.
Sugar is a great fighter who forgot
to do the things that made him
great.
To beat Duran, he had to stick
and move, stick and move. In the
past these were things that usually
left Roberto desperately frustrated.
What the fans did get however was a
great action filled fight that both
men should be proud of. Leonard
wanted to prove, which was his big
mistake, that he didn’t have to stick
and run. By doing this he strayed
away from his strength and into
Duran’s, then there was the referee,
apparently he must moonlight as a
wrestling referee because he allowed
Duran to get away with some tactics
that w ould have done justice to
Gorgeous George and Toney Borne.
The rematch should be very in ­
teresting.
Kelvin Ransey, blazer number
one draftee, and last year’ s sen­
sation Billy Bates arrived in town on
the same plane last week, and Blazer
fans should see a lot o f these two
young men during the upcoming
N BA campaign. Kelvin has been
quite impressive d u rin g rookie
camp, and we all know what Billy
Ray can do.
Ransey, from Ohio State, is the
lead guard Portland needs so badly
after perm itting Lionel H ollins to
slip away. A nd B illy Ray, ex-
Kentucky State, will be hard to beat
as the o f f guard. D uring rookie
camp, Billy has acted like any other
rookie, which we know he’ s not.
He’s usually the first to arrive and
the last to leave. A nd nobody
worked any harder.
Bates is eager and hungry and in
my opinion w ill soon develop into
one o f the N B A ’ s finest. Speaking
o f finest...the Oregon Ducks w ill
soon have one o f the finest young
runners in the co u n try, David
Mack, the brilliant freshman ran a
1:46.6 to finish sixth in the Olympic
trials. A ll David needs is maturity to
become the best middle distance
runner in the U.S.
Although B illy Ray and Kelvin
Ransey are sure to be invited to fall
camp, another almost in that
category is David Lawrence, 6-10,
F-C from McNeese State. David was
the outstanding player in the
Southland Conference a year ago.
The 6-10 Lawrence can do it all.
A starter for the Cowboys since
his freshman year, he was the only
player in the nation to rank among
the N C A A D ivision I leaders in
three categories: scoring, reboun­
ding and field goal percentage.
How did David feel when given
the news o f the N BA d ra ft.
“ Y e a h ...I'm excited about it. I
don’ t know about going to Portland
and being up there in the cold and
all that! But. I guess it’ s okay.” Lets
hope that David knows more about
playing basketball than he does o f
the weather in Portland.
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PCC offers alternative to outdoor jogqinq
V
o lc a n ic ash
rn h lp m c may
m a v cur­
Volcanic
ash n problems
tail outdoor jogging for Portlanders
this summer, but Bill MacDonald,
chairm an o f the P ortland C om ­
munity College physical education
departm ent,
said
swim m ing,
racket ball, running Bights o f stairs
and rope skipping are all methods
which can maintain fitness in the
committed runner.
An indoor heated swimming
pool, racketball courts and gym­
nasium are open to the public at the
PCC Sylvania Center, 12000 S.W.
49th Ave. A gymnasium at the PCC
Cascade Center, 705 N. Killingswor-
th, is also open to the public. For
hours call PCC information.
“ Jogging outside when there’ s
ash in the air is just crazy,” Mac­
Donald, who calls himself a com­
mitted jogger, said. “ People can
run outside with a cannister filter
MacDonald recommends swim­
ming and racketball at PCC for
people maintaining fitness.
"Those are the only two which
really maintain fitness and possibly
basketball if you play hard,” Mac­
Donald said. MacDonald suggests
running stairwells only for the very
fit person.
“ But before you run stairs you
had better have a basic fitness
exam ination because there really
isn’ t anything more strenuous,”
MacDonald cautioned.
“ Walking and jogging the stair­
wells is just lor the jogging nuts, not
somebody just starting,” he added.
PCC jogging and fitness classes
have used a four Bight indoor stair
area in the Sylvania Center Health
Technology b u ild in g fo r fitness
running, but MacDonald said this
puts heavy stress on the knees even
fo r joggers who have not ex­
perienced knee d iffic u lty in track
and cross country running.
So what is lett to do to keep the
jogging legs ready for non-ash days?
"Skipping rope inside is excellent,"
MacDonald said. “ It's cheap, i t ’ s
tun, and you can do it at home, in­
side and keep fit.”
Beginning M onday, June 23,
racketball and fitness w ill meet
Monday through Thursday from 9-
10 a m. at the Sylvania Center
Gymn. Aerobic dance classes will be
o ffered at Sylvania, Cascade,
Stadium , and Rock Creek PCC
Centers. Sw im m ing, dancerize,
swim conditioning, volleyball, and
jogging and Illness are offered at
the PCC Sylvania Center.
Physical co n d ition ing, tai chi,
and hatha yoga classes w ill meet
weekday evenings at the PCC
Cascade Center during the summer.
The PCC Southwest Center w ill
o ffe r eight dance classes summer
term in the evenings. And for non-
ash days a jogging track is available
at PCC’ s Sylvania Center.
Summer term registration con­
tinues through June 27.
Book review
"Almost a Famous Person", by
Bob Presley, Harcourt, Brace
Jovanovich Books, Inc., January
1980.
by Ullysses Tucker, Jr.
C olonel Russell C. D avis has been a p p o in te d E xecutive O ffic e r to
th e C h ie f, N a tio n a l G u a rd B u re a u , e ffe c tiv e M a r c h 1. In his n e w
p o s itio n C o l. D a v is ' d u tie s w i ll e n t a il th e c o o r d in a t io n an d
m a n a g e m e n t of th e jo in t A rm y and A ir Force N a tio n a l G uard B ureau
o ffic e s in th e P en tag o n . These o ffic e s , in c o n ju n c tio n w ith th e A rm y
and A ir Force N a tio n a l G uard s ta ffs , o versee th e fe d e ra l fu n d in g and
tra in in g of th e 53 s ta te and te rrito ria l N a tio n a l G u ard s as w e ll as
p ro v id e th e c h a n n e l o f c o m m u n ic a tio n b e tw e e n th e s ta te s an d
S e cretaries of th e A rm y and A ir Force
Kareem A b d u l-Ja b b a r, W ilt
Chamberlain, Bill Russells, Julius
“ Dr. J .” Erving — all are famous
Black athletes. Their names are
illustratious; all are shining success
stories. But what about people like
Big Bob Presley? Who? He was
not as famous but he also chased the
dream o f becoming a pro. U n fo r­
tunately, Bob failed.
Herb M ichelson’ s “ A lm ost a
Famous Person” is the heartbreak­
ing biography o f Robert Nathaniel
Presley, a Black basketball player
who attempted in the 1960’s to suc­
ceed in the white-dominated world
o f sports.
Presley fell just short o f "m aking
it " , but the fall was fatal. On the
m orning o f Tuesday, M arch 25,
1975, his 6-11 '/j body was found in
the W illamette River in Portland.
A fte r all the evidence had been
compiled, only one conclusion was
plausible: suicide.
“ A lm ost a Famous Person”
chronicles Bob Presley’ s life from
his troubled youth in the D etroit
ghetto through his troubles as an
athlete in w hite educational in ­
stitutions; his years at the University
o f California-Berkeley as the center
o f the basketball team in 1967-68;
his attempt to make the pros; his
sado-masochistic relationship with
his wife and other white women;
> -T /s -
I would like to thank all those who
supported me in my campaign effort.
and, all else having failed, his futile
struggle to Bnd employment outside
o f basketball.
“ Alm ost a Famous Person” is
more than just a study o f a basket­
ball player. It is a complex portrait
o f an urban kid who, height being
his only apparent asset, saw basket­
ball as his way out o f the ghetto and
into fame and money. It is a picture
o f a victim, a victim o f white men­
tors who — intentionally or not —
exploited him; a victim o f a society
which his background had not
prepared him to understand; and
ultimately, a victim of his own self
image.
Louis completes
basic training
San A n to n io , Texas — A ir
National Guard Airman Priscilla L.
Louis, daughter o f Nannie L. Penn
o f Portland, has been assigned to
Keesler A ir Force Base, Miss., after
completing A ir Force basic training.
During the six weeks at Lackland
A ir Force Base, here, the airman
studied the A ir Force m ission,
organizatio n and customs and
received special training in human
relations.
In addition, airmen who complete
basic training earn credits toward an
associate degree in applied science
through the community college o f
the A ir Force.
The airm an w ill now receive
specialized instruction in the ad­
ministration field.
Airman Louis is a 1979 graduate
o f U.S. Grant High School, Port­
land.
I look forward to your continued
support in behalf o f our common en­
deavor.
James Loving
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mask, but they should check with a
doctor first to be sure they don't
have a respiratory problem which
the mask won’ t help. Just a plan
cotton mask or face cloth is no good
fo r runners. I ’ ve seen people out
w ith them on when the ash was
falling and they just are not using
good sense. Those don’ t keep the
small particles out o f their lungs. 1
plan to get a cannister filter mask
because I plan to run.”
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