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Page 12 Portland Observer, December 3, 1981 Sports Talk by Ron Sykes, Sports Editor The Jefferson Democrats opened their 1981-82 basketball campaign by downing the Sweet Home Huskies 60-45. The Demos were led by senior guard Michael H o rn bu ckle ’ s 22 points. However, Jefferson coach Bobby Harris could hardly be pleased with this lackluster win. H ornbuckle’ s deadly outside shooting kept Jeff in the game dur ing the firs t h a lf and enabled the Demos to take a slim 25-22 lead at the half. S. Mitchell, plagued by fouls the first half, came o ff the bench with six th ird -q u a rte r points and the Demos were never again in serious trouble. But this Jeff team will be in seri ous trouble during the season be cause once again the Demos are missing the big man inside. The tall est man on J e ff’ s roster is senior center Chris Holliday, who stands 6- 3. Three-year starter M ike Horn- buckle should be the top scorer and rebounder at a mere 6 feet. The Jefferson guards, except for Hombuckle, are missing the outside shot, and their speed is question able. They w ill surely miss senior guard Kenny Johnson, who is out with a broken ankle. Jefferson w ill make their sixth consecutive visit to the Annual State tournam ent, but only because they’ re in a very weak division. As usual the Demos are well- coached and play a good team game. Harris’ influence will help. The University o f Oregon Ducks were beaten by the Cal-Irvine Ant- eaters in the ir home opener, but don’t feel sorry for the Ducks. This was an experienced Cal-Irvinc team led by 6-8, A ll-A m e rican Kevin Magee. A ll Magee did last year was to finish th ird in scoring (27.5), fo u rth in rebounding (12.5), and second in fie ld goal percentage (.671). On top o f all this he also was most valuable player in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference. Magee was unstoppable inside where he scored 29 tough points be fore fouling out with five minutes left in the second half. Cal-Irvine re turned seven seniors, w hile the Ducks can list only two seniors on their entire squad. Oregon is young for sure, and w ill lose a few games this year from lack o f experience. Oregon started Jerome Williams, 6-8, Jr., and John Greig, 6-7, Sr., at the forwards. Freshman Blair Ras mussen, 6-11, at center, Fred Co- field and Gary Gatewooc, a pair o f 6-3 sophomores, at guard. The Anteaters were hotter than a firecracker during the firs t h alf, shooting a torrid .727 and building a 17-point lead. The Ducks scratched and clawed back within two several times during the second half only to fall victims to their own mistakes. By season’ s end this squad w ill beat a few peo ple. Calvin Natt is fast becoming the work horse o f the Blazers. Against Utah last Friday he scored 23, Tues day night against Denver he had a team leading 28 points and 13 re bounds. He’ s currently the club’ s top shooter at .573, he is second on the club averaging nearly 10 boards a game. A ll this from a man the Bla zer brass spent the entire summer tryin g to trade. Can you believe that? Well, believe it. Jack Ramsay came w ith in a hair o f destroying Calvin’ s confidence as he did both Maurice Lucas’ and Lionel Hollins’ in the past. Remember that playing time is all Calvin lacked last year. Now he’ s getting it and now he’ s producing. Joe Montana had to throw 39 times. That. Dickey says, is far too much. Can you imagine someone com plaining about success? Especially since these same forty-niners were 6- 10 just a year ago. Dickey thinks that teams that are lopsided toward either the pass or the run do not very often do well in (he playoffs. How quickly we forget. The fo r ty-niners should enjoy this year o f success, because it ’s certainly been a long time coming. Perhaps someone should tell Jack Ramsay why B illy Ray Bates per forms so well in the playoffs. The answer my friend is not blowing in the wind, it’s called playing time. Cuba lost its Central American boxing title to the Dominican Re public by a single point, and instead o f taking the defeat with honors, the press gave the fo llo w in g explana tion: Cuba sent what we (Cubans) might call a second-class team and in some divisions it was third class. Remember (hat this has long been a policy o f the U.S., to send young men into international contests to give them valuable experience in non-Olympic years. But never once did U.S. officials proclaim them as being second or third class. To win is fine, but one should learn to ac cept defeat with dignity. Apparently the Cubans haven’t so learned. B altim ore coach M ike M cC o r mack is finally going to bench quar terback Bert Jones. McCormack is said to have finally tired o f Jones’ remarks directed to ward his teammates. Jones, who had an on-field argu ment with star running back Curtis Dickey a few weeks ago, is said to have some social problems. Jones gave Dickey quite a tongue- lashing after Dickey missed a block. And how about those 49crs? San Francisco clinched a division title last Sunday by defeating a stubborn N.Y. Giant team 17-10. Despite all the good things, the San Francisco Press is already dw elling on the bad side. Glen Dickey Despite ail the good things, the San Francisco press is already dwell ing on the bad side. Glenn Dickey writes: Against the Giants in the d i vision clincher, 49er quarterback Remember when Leonard made his devastating move in the 14th round to take out Hearns? Also, re member how the judges had Leon ard so far behind that only a knock out could win it for him? Remember how Hearns was awarded the same amount o f points fo r his close rounds as Leonard received for his tremendously big rounds? Okay let’s take round seven o f the Holmes vs Snips fight to show the injustice given to Leonard by the fight judges. The following is how one judge viewed the round: Holmes is down from overhand right. Larry up at count o f three. Snipes rushes across ring to try and finish champ. Holmes out o f it for a moment. Snipes lands hard one-two to head as Holmes holds both hands out. Holmes seems to have recov ered now and throws hard combina tion to head as Snipes walks away cockily. Holmes blocks hard over hand right. Snipes pins Holmes to ropes but seems too tired to do much. Holmes throws one-two to head then one-two to body. Holmes bangs both hands to body. Holmes is com pletely recovered now. Holmes uppercuts head and throws punch combo to head. Snipes has Holmes on ropes and is banging away at him at the bell. Judge gave (his round to Snipes by two points^ (Ed. note: Leonard never won a round by two points over Hearns.) MEADOWS P ick up y o u r fre e copy of th e P o rtlan d O b server fo r racing reeulte. PORTLAND MEADOWS j____ lOOI^North S c h m e e r Road P o rtlan d . O reg o n 97217 Dave ( uw an found that he we» "babt- in c ' the enfine in hn Red I otM er B M W M - l and that was the reason he was espenenonf motor problems. But once he pushed the power plant to the time. he started w tnfhnf races and n e n tu a lh the ( amel G T O cham- ptonship series sponsor. Last year, the Coward-Kem per M iller team suffered engine failure after engine failure in the Red Lob ster-backed BMW M - l. Cowart searched for a reason for all his en gine failures and came up w ith a wide-brimmed fedora. The hat proved to be a lucky charm. In fact after two dismal races (Daytona and Sebring) he won the next six races. The streak ended at the C a lifo rn ia track when a slower car punted Cowart’ s machine o ff the course on the next-to-last lap o f the event. He followed this second place fin ish with a win at Portland to clinch the Camel GTO championship with five races still left on the schedule. “ 1 guess you could say winning the championship has convinced me S la c k ^ M a n ’s S h a v e r Cord Shaver1 Model BMS- aooc OIQSS Rechargeable 6 only A L íí eñ ' s Stakes-winners Deception De cision, King H ark, Apache Lark, and Big Cougar head a list o f eight nominees to this Saturday’ s $9,000- added Oregon Breeders Champion ship at Portland Meadows. The Breeders Championship, a 1 1/16 mile event for older Oregon- bred runners, is the feature attrac- i i d 8 «i in s ii? tion o f P ortland Meadows’ sixth weekend o f racing. Added attrac tions are the workout show set for Saturday morning at 8 a.m. and the second Senior Day o f the season on Sunday. On November 21, Deception De cision increased his lifetime earnings to $38,245 w ith a victo ry in the $9,850 Portland Sophomore Handi cap at I 1/16 miles. The N.E (Nub) " ' - ‘K S I I 2 8 • I Mf * n o AS CLOSE AS THEY COME—The photo finish of the week shows a near dead heat between Cyn, scoring her second win of the sea son. and Macho Ms.. (9), piloted by Dave Shepherd. Close behind is Jay Gee Jay, riddeen by Shari Knapp, a junior at Jackson High School. Veteran jockey Jorge Estrada rode the winner for trainer Wayne McDonnell. Norton-trained three-year-old has a victory in last A p ril’ s Oregon Derby on his list o f accomplishments, as well as a win in a six-furlong allow ance dash at Longacres on May 2. King H a rk ’ s most lucrative vic tory was his trium ph in the 1981 P ortland Meadows M ile. Owned and bred by Mary Goldblatt, one of Oregon’ s most prominent breeders, the five-year-old gelding has won two other races in 1981 in addition to the M ile, including the s ix -fu r long Inaugural Handicap at Salem August 29. Apache Lark was victorious in a one-mile allowance test at Portland Meadows November 27, covering the distance in 1:39.1. Last season, the A .T . (Tex) Irw in-conditioned gelding won S printer o f the Meet honors as he annexed the $9,825 Governor’ s Speed Handicap. Big Cougar has been campaigning in Northern California recently, but the one-tim e P ortland Meadows Horse o f the Year’ s most recent northwest e ffo rt was a third-place finish in the $35,(XX)-added Long- acres Invitational Marathon at I'/j miles. The others nominated to the Ore gon Breeders Cham pionship are Lady’ s A gio, Rogue L ark, Tudor Boss, and Dobi Pay. Dobi Pay has earned over $100,000 in his career, while I udor Boss shares the fastest time for a mile (1:38.1, at the current Portland meet with Renton Hustler. Saturday’ s w orkout show, en titled ‘ ‘The Workouts,” will feature "I'm Willie surgeli At last there'! a shaver that »ulve» the »having problemi black men have Shaving lough beard» with hard-lo shave curly hairs I get the closeet. cleanest »have» with no »having problems 4 14 SW Washington Phone 22t. U2fl HOURS 9AM to 5 W DOWNTOWN Itb - 1328 LLOYD CENTER Inside NewCerrys Phone 281-2141 You n o w can have th e G re a te s t Face On E a rth ll INTRODUCING: B u tch C oors Skin Care Clinic SERVICES: Make-up 112.50 • Facials 36.00 • Eye Brow Arch 7.50 • Eye Lash Tints • Individual Lathes • 22.00 25% o ff w ith this ad G re a t X -m a s G ift S till T h e Best C u rl in T o w n A t T h e B est P ric e lll m ore 1 4 0 8 N .E . B ro a d w a y , P o r t l a n d ^ r e g o n f T O I^ ^ - 284-1897 that I can race,” says Cowart. Next year Cowart plans to move up to (he GT division where the money is better. Cowart now believes the rea son for the early engine trouble was that he was not driving the car hard enough. G ift C e rtific a te s A v a ila b le The fedora seems to have solved those problems, or at least appears to have brought the problems to light. And who would have thought that a stockbroker would fall in love with racing? But that’s exactly what the 39-ycar-old University o f Geor gia graduate did after his college days. "Stockbrokcring and racing arc a lot alike,” he says. ’ ’ You’ re on the edge o f your seat all the time in both worlds.” Breeders Championship headlines week by Mike Cusortelli ..L I REMINGTON®! Stockbroker wins Camel GTO title Dave Cowart, like the circus char acter who spins plates at the ends o f long poles, manages to keep three major facets o f his life going as one. Cowart is a race driver who has just won the Camel GTO title in his Red Lobster BMW M - l; a com mander in the Navy Reserve; and a stockbroker for Dean W itter Rey nolds Co. The part o f his life that he enjoys most now may be the racing one for 1981 has been a great year for him. W ith but one race le ft o f the year’ s 16 Inte rn a tion a l M o tor Sports Association events, Cowart has own 10 events, including a re markable seven in a row. To top it o ff, he waltzed to the Camel GTO championship; the sec ond o f his IMSA career. The title is worth a $10,000 bonus from the This coupon is good for one Free Generat Admission to Portland Meadows Sunday only. 1981 Longacres jockey champion Jody Davidson as one o f the guests. Fans wishing to attend the show, which starts at 8 a.m., should enter the track through the T u rf Club- Clubhouse entrance on the south end. Free coffee and donuts will be served, and a complimentary one- day grandstand pass will be given to each adult in attendance. Sunday’ s Senior Day promotion offers free grandstand admission to all senior citizens 62 or older, or members o f a recognized organiza tion for retired persons. Post time Friday night is 7:30 p.m ., while S aturday’ s and Sun day’ s programs get underway at 1:30 p.m. Win A Place—The first race o f the weekend provided the largest win and place payoffs, as Impatient Red, ridden by Gary Stevens, re turned $62.40 to win and $25.40 to place. Show—The largest show payoff o f the season resulted in F riday’ s seventh race as Klanoro, ridden by Abe Castaneda, finished third and returned $35.80 to show. Quinella—Friday afternoon’ s sec ond race quinella returned $270.20, as Hogger won the race and L ittle Rogue finished second. D a ily D ouble—On Friday, Hogger (ridden by Wayne Freeman) and Court C hief (ridden by Hugh Wales) combined to return a daily double payoff o f $118.80. I
