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Sports Talk
by Ron Sykes, Sports Editor
Two contrasting fo o tb a ll teams
collided last Saturday in Pullman as
Oregon—only three months ago
thought to be a team o f d e s tin y -
played WSU. a team that has taken
that title fo r itself with a stunning
39-7 win over Oregon.
The Cougars did little to diminish
their amazing season last Saturday,
as they carried the Tight to the less
than pow erful Ducks before a
crowd o f 30,000 plus. The Cougs
walloped the hapless Ducks unmer
cifully, to leave their record at 7-1-1
and 4-1-1 in the PAC-10.
Oregon, meanwhile, continued to
add to its woes. The Duck offense is
simply non-existent. Last Saturday
they amassed ju st 263 yards. A
good high school team could do bet
ter. And this team was considered a
Rose Bowl contender. Oregon is a
mystery, one that this writer doesn’ t
pretend to be able to solve. Unlike
Oregon State the talent does exist on
this Duck team.
The coaching is solid, the desire is
apparent, but does a quarterback
make that much difference?
Against Coach Rich Brooks’ team
the Cougars did everything they
wanted to do. The only thing they
didn’t do was take prisoners.
The U niversity o f Oregon an
nounced last year that the school
was dropping their baseball p ro
gram. Maybe the University gave up
on the wrong sport.
Oregon State continues to show
up each Saturday and their oppon
ents continue to punish them for do
ing so. Last Saturday, S tanford,
playing like the San Francisco 49ers,
crushed the Beavers, playing like
George Fox, 63-9.
“ I was much more pleased with
the way our team approached this
game,” Avezzano said. “ We had an
Alpenrose
City Champs
Alpenrose Dairy coached by Greg
W illiam s won the Pop Warner
championship last Saturday by de
feating Western Wire 35-6 in a game
played at Walker Stadium. Alpen
rose was led by tailback John Eas
ton’s two touchdowns.
Alpenrose will meet CYO cham
pion O ur Lady o f the lake this
Thursday at 7:45.
Scoring by quarters:
1 2
Alpenrose
6 15
Western Wire
0
0
3
8
0
4
6
6
Alpenrose: Easton 1 yd. run, kick
xd., 2 pt conversion; Bryant 2 yd.
•im I iislon 2 v<l run ? pt tu rn e r
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attitude o f agressiveness about this
game that our team likes.”
W ebster’ s Handy College D ic
tio na ry defines "aggressive” as:
tending to attack or be hostile. The
only thing these Beavers dared at
tack was their pre-game meal, and
as far as h o s tility goes I ’ ve seen
more in a convent. Avezzano o f
fered praises for Stanford, that John
Elway was the top QB in America,
that D arrin Nelson was surely the
best back in the PAC-10. Did you
hear that, Marcus Allen? But wasn’t
this Stanford team 1-7 before
stomping the Beavers. And isn’ t it
true that Stanford isn’ t that good,
only that the Beavers are that bad.
Tony Dorsett, on Monday night,
became the first player ever to gain
1,000 yeards in his first 5 seasons.
But really how im portant is 1,000
yards as a milestone. When Jim
Brown played in the NFL the sche
dule only called for 10 games. Even
tually it was moved to 12, then later
to 16. Now i f a player in Brown’ s
era gained 1,000 yards it meant
something because they only played
10 games. But 1,000 yards in 16 tries
can no longer be a milestone.
Racing fans are well aware o f the
importance o f a track’ s condition.
But nothing is absolute and a track’s
condition can change several times
during a single day.
Dale Duspiva o f the Daily Racing
Form explains the differences:
Fast-. “ A normal track, but there
can be variations,” says Duspiva.
Those variations form what handi
cappers call the "track variance” —
a numerical value placed on the
times o f a day’ s race. You take a
sum total o f all times during a day
and compare them with a scale time
o f what each class o f horse should
cover the distance. The result is the
track’ s variance.
Sloppy: " A great deal o f water
sittin on top o f the track means it ’ s
sloppy. The times can be just as fast
as on a fast track because there’ s
s till a solid base. F ro n t-ru n n in g
horses have an advantage on a
sloppy track because nothing is be
ing kicked into their faces. Other
horses and their jockeys get discour
aged, and sometimes they can get
weighted down from the mud.”
Muddy: "Q uite a bit o f moisture
on the track, but some o f the water
has worked its way down. The bot
tom is slowly softening. Times are
quite a bit slower, and front-runners
have less o f an advantage because
the track is more tiring.”
Kelvin Ransey, Blazer point
guard, is currently tied for second in
assists in the NBA with an a vet age
o f 8.2. Through the first 6 games the
brilliant playmaker from Ohio State
has dished out 29 assists. However,
Ransey came under attack last week
from a local scribe for not passing
enough to running-mate Jim Pax
son.
"Ransey continues to make one
bad mistake,” Steve Dain says. “ He
seldom passes to P a xso n ." W ell,
now, Mr. Dain, where did you ever
get that idea? A t last look Paxson
had put it up 82 times, Calvin Natt
Racing news tells us that there are
85, and Mychal Thompson a team
three other track terms but for Port
leading 97. Ransey, himself, has at
land these are the only ones fans will
tempted 77 shots, five less than Pax
encounter.
son.
You have to figure since Natt and
Thompson lead the team in re
The Class A A A H igh School bounding, that the difference could
fo o tb a ll p la y o ff picture is s till be their ability to grab the offensive
muddy, but it ’ s crystal clear for the boards. Paxson, at 6-6, only has 15
P I.I------ they’ re all out. The first
rebounds.
round ended with Jefferson falling
Ransey should not be blamed for
48-13, Grant losing to Forest Grove Paxson’s unwillingness to mix it up
23-20, South Salem edged Benson 9- inside. The way Natt and Thompson
7 and 8th ranked Madison trampled are playing it would be a big mistake
by C h u rch ill 27-13. The M etro to feed Paxson outside rather than
League’ s Central Catholic was the go inside for the higher percentage
only city team to win. CC prevailed shot.
over third-ranked North Eugene 7-
Thompson is c u rre n tly h ittin g
6. The Rams next face Dallas at Dal .546 from the field; Natt is shooting
las, Oregon.
a lo fty .565, while Paxson is .537.
For the P .I.L ., however, it’s wait Who dares alter success.
until next year.
You can’ t blame B illy Ray Bates
“ It took me four years o f playing
fo r being frustrated. Sure, going vice safety and strong safety before
in to the Denver game BRB was I made it to the corner. I would have
shooting less than 30 per cent from
been scared to death i f Coach
the field. But the problem with Billy Landry had put me on the cover my
was, and is, lack o f playing time and rookie year.”
i f there’ s anything certain in this
—Mel Renfro
troubled world o f o u rs .. . it ’ s Billy
Ray’s offensive ability.
Whenever the Blazers are forced
to start Billy, i.e., the playoffs, he
has responded well. When BRB can
go onto the court and feel com fort
able that he’s going to play, then the
caliber o f his play is always o u t
standing.
Save money
on your
insurance.
This week in boxing
The Ali-Berbich Bahaman fijght
has been moved back to Dec. 11.
There’s a great undercard, featuring
Greg Page vs Scott LeDoux in a 12-
rounder. Thomas Hearns will make
his first appearance since Sugar Ray
Leonard showed him what power
punching was all about. "H itm a n ”
Hearns will take on Marcos Geraldo
in a 10-rounder.
Rumors around the fig h t game
are that Don King and Caesar’s Pal
ace, tight buddies till now, have had
a misunderstanding. I t ’ s reported
that Caesar’ s had offered $3 million
to r
B e nite z D u ra n
and
w an te d
took Holmes-Snipes to Pittsburgh
instead. Caesar’ s then told King to
take Benitez-Duran elsewhere, too.
A King spokesman then said,
"F in e with us because they didn’ t
have the Benitez-Duran fight any
way.”
Wherever the Benitez-Duran fight
is held it w ill draw a good, healthy
gate.
Who w ill win it? Well, as o f now
Benitez is 21-5 over Duran.
Jerry Cooney w ill now become
the favorite over Larry Holmes for
their March fig ht. W ord is that if
Renaldo Snipes can knock Holmes
down, then Cooney can knock him
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