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The OSU Beavers sent a select
group o f athletes to the T w ilig h t
meet in Eugene last Saturday in an
effort to get ready for the upcoming
Pacific-10 championships. The T w i
light meet held annually in Eugene,
usually draws a class field o f compe
titors from around the country.
The PAC-10 meet looms as one o f
the most competitive in recent years.
Both U C L A and W ashington State
are among the top level meet teams
in the n a tio n , but in a big meet,
q u a lity athletes count as much as
depth. Oregon, A rizona State and
California all have standout athletes
and could make a run fo r the title as
could USC, w hich actu a lly w ould
have won last year, but was forced
to fo rfe it the championship fo r us
ing ineligible athletes.
The chase fo r the title gets under
way this week with qualifiying races
beginning the 18th-20th and finals
on the 21st and 22nd o f May.
Oregon State, though beaten
soundly by both Oregon and Wash
ington State, has a number o f peo
ple w ho could challenge fo r a top
spot in the meet. OSU dropped a
108 'ri to 47 Vi meet to the Cougars,
while taking a 115 to 47 Vi loss at
the hands o f the Ducks. The Beavers
finished the dual season w ith a 4-3
record.
Senior Kasheef Hassan, a form er
N C A A and W o rld Cup cham p at
400 meters, has the fastest tim e in
the conference in the one-lap event
with a 45.40.
He has a career best o f 45.18 and
has said that he would like to break
45 seconds this season. Hassan, a
superbly conditioned athlete, is the
fa v o rite to capture his th ird 400-
meter championship.
OSU’ s undefeated M ark Fricker
has the fastest time in the Pacific-10
in the 1,500 meters. But he w ill face
a stem challenge form the U. o f O .’ s
Jim H ill, w ho has the second best
tim e at the 1,500 m eter distance.
Last week in the T w ilig h t Meet H ill
ran an impressive 3:39.5, a PR, and is
our choice fo r the title i f he decides
to compete at that distance.
U. o f O. coach B ill Dellinger has
said he would leave the decision to
H ill and believes that his young dis
tance ace w ill choose the 5,000.
Oregon State w ill send defending
PAC -10 cham pion Shannon S u lli
van in quest o f his second pole vault
crown this week. Sullivan is current
ly ranked th ird in the conference
with a best o f 17-7. Sullivan narrow
ly trails David Kenw orthy o f USC,
17-9V4, and A n th o n y C u rra n o f
U C L A , 17-8. OSU teammate Scott
Davis has a best o f 17-0 V i.
Fricker, the junior from OSU, has
run 3:38.3 in the m ile; he has lost
o n ly once at 800 meters and that
com ing last week at the P a c ific
Coast Invitational. While OSU prob
ably w on’ t have the depth o f O re
gon, WSU and USC, look for some
strong performances from the Beav
ers.
W ashington State must be con
sidered the fa vo rite s, but Oregon
and USC w ill be close behind.
Freshman power forw ard D arryl
Neal, 6-8, from Verbum Dei in Los
Angeles announced Monday that he
is leaving OSU fo r Alabama. Neal,
hightly touted, played ju st 28 m in
utes last season and scored 10
points.
Ralph M iller used only six players
throughout the 81-82 campaign and
that is the prim ary reason Neal left
the program.
“ 1 have n o th in g p e rsonally
against Ralph,’ ’ Neal said. “ It's just
that 1 think I have to do what’ s right
fo r m e.” Coach M ille r chose to do
what he thought was right, now I ’ m
doing the same.”
W hen asked how he could keep
everyone happy while playing so few
Ralph said, “ M ost players are able
to handle it, it ’ s only the ‘ Dreamers’
who com plain.”
Like all good coaches M iller does
probably have a few “ dream ers,”
but M r. Neal is certainly not one o f
them.
Neal was one o f the most sought-
after basketball players in southern
C a lifo rn ia and turned down offers
fro m U C L A , U SC , N o tre Dame
and DePaul fo r the Beavers.
In
high
school
the
6-8
phenomenon was all-C IF and rated
a Blue C hipper by area collegiate
scouts.
A t OSU the talented forward was
expected to wait his turn, to pay his
dues lik e so many others before
him.
N eal’ s jo b was to sit and watch,
w h ile Freshman A .C . Green and
second-year man Charlie Sitton did
the playing w ith occasional re lie f
fro m Senior Rob H o lb ro o k . Neal
chose the Beavers because he was
to ld that OSU was in a re building
year and the minutes (playing time)
would be there.
“ I felt that I was victim ized, so I
got out. It's just that sim ple,” Neal
lamented.
A t Alabam a D a rryl w ill have to
sit out a year but his future with the
C rim so n T id e looks fa r b rig h te r
than it would be in Corvallis.
OSU, already loaded, signed a 6-
10 a ll-A m e ric a n Steve W oodside
whose credentials w ill demand play
ing time.
R alph M ille r is a great coach,
OSU has a great program, let’ s hope
he can keep his players from leaving
the program like rats jum ping from
a sinking ship.
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fense is such a p roposal were a l
lowed?
S till undefeated young heavy
weight Greg Page w ill take on tough
T revor Berbick o f Canada on June
11 in a prelim to the Holmes-Coon
ey fig h t. This w ill be a step up fo r
Page as Trevor is tough cookie who
can punch w ith both hands. Trevor
w ill probably go down in history as
the last fig h te r to defeat the great
Muhammad A li.
D w ig h t “ L ittle M a n ” B ra xto n
w ill defend his W BC lig h t-h e a vy
title this Sunday against Jerry Celcs-
tine, w ho is a last-m inute replace
ment fo r L o tte M o n ro e w ho s u f
fered an eye in ju r y . B ra xto n w ill
breeze th ro u g h this fig h t and the
w o rld is a n xio u sly a w a itin g the
show dow n between B ra xto n and
W BA champ Michael Spinks. And
the feeling here is that Braxton w ill
prove to o tough fo r the always
tough Michael Spinks.
to win, but Bobby has taken Bird in
to another planet. He just can’t do
a ll the things he wants to do w ith
Bobby all over him, denying him the
ball. So the ball goes to lesser shoot
ers and not to Bird. Result— Boston
down 3 to 1.
You can interview all the top fo r
wards on most o f the teams in the
N .B .A . and you w ill hear praise and
adulation fo r P h illy ’ s Bobby Jones.
The game w ill be greater when play
ers like Bobby Jones can be seen on
T .V . program s, endorsements and
magazine covers all over this land.
The message w ill carry all »he way to
the playground. The kids w ill say,
“ Gee, I w ant to be lik e B obby,
Bobby, Bobby.”
W hen the praise o f players fo r
their all-around game and not just
the shooters get the p rin t, then the
game w ill go back to being played
better and egos w ill go back to
blending into the team concept. And
when a player hustles, blocks shots,
grabs rebounds and just gives their
a ll they should be held in high es
teem as the best o f the best. And to
me the best is Bobby Jones, Bobby,
Bobby, Bobby.
P h illy should beat Boston easily
and go in to the L .A . fo ru m w ith
strong confidence that they are the
best. In the last five years P h illy ’ s
record has the m ost w ins in the
League. Only the Championship has
escaped th e ir grasp. 1 believe in
B obby. We picked P h illy to beat
Boston and take the Lakers in
seven. This is their time to be cham
pions at last.
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great Bobby Jones.
Bobby came to Philadelphia from
Denver with the o f a defensive play
er. Tags on players sometimes re
main fo r an entire career on a player
w ith o u t the w riters o f sport doing
their hom ew ork. Bobby Jones is a
coach’ s dream. He does it all: Box
out, rebound, protect passing lanes,
set picks, and hustle every minute he
is in the game. He should be publi
cized a ll over th is land so young
players would know the game is more
than p u ttin g p rin ts on the board.
M ost basketball w rite rs never
played o r studied basketba ll and
m any o f the fans understand the
game better than the press.
L a rry Bird is a great player. He
can do it all but Boston is now down
3 games to 1 to Philadelphia. Why?
Boston needs Bird to be on his game
Athlete« in action in the behamae —Top U S .
track and fiald athletes warm up with a fun egg
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The N .B .A . season is now down
to three teams— Boston, P hiladel
phia, and the L .A . Lakers. This is as
it should be. The best teams, w ith
out upsets, coming down, challeng
ing each other to the last series o f
the basketball cham pionship. Each
team has its stars who are household
w ords in every basketba ll fa n ’ s
home. The names b rin g jo y fro m
th e ir college days to th e ir present
status as star o f stars. We know the
greatness o f Larry B ird, D r. J. M a
gic, Jabbar, Silk, Dawkins e ta l. Ev
ery team has a player that makes
good copy, who makes people buy
newspapers and magazines; but
there are players who are great yet
get very little media attention, and I
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The m iddleweight title fig h t be
tween Thomas Hearns and M arvel-
out M a rv in H agler has been reset
fo r July 15, promoter Robert Arum
announced Monday. The fight pre
viously slated fo r May 24 had to be
rescheduled due to an alleged injury
to Hearns’ little finger.
T his is a fig h t th a t T o m m y
Hearns just doesn’ t need. He would
better serve his career and well being
i f he waited fo r Sugar Ray and left
tough M arvin Hagler alone.
By losing to H agler, and that is
fo r sure, Hearns w ill lose a chance
at the big money he could earn in a
rematch with Leonard.
College basketball, in its effo rt to
keep up w ith the popular pro game,
is constantly going through changes.
The Big 10 announced last m onth
that it may try the 30-second clock
and maybe the th re e -p o in t fie ld
goal. This week the prestigious A t
lantic coast conference coaches voted
Tuesday to adopt a 45-second clock;
however, league ADs are expected
to veto th a t pro p o sa l. A fte r a ll,
what would become o f N orth Caro
lin a ’s Dean Sm ith’ s fo u r corner of-
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M ike Baur and C arl Mangum were
members o f a team that traveled to
South A frica w ith OSU coach Dale
Thomas in September.
Athletes who participate in com
petition with South Africans can be
barred fro m am ateur A A U and
Olympic competition fo r life.
M ike Baur— who won the Pacific-
10 C onference cham pionships o f
1977 and 1979 fo r O S U — is head
coach o f the team, w hich includes
wrestlers from OSU and the Univer
s ity o f O regon. C a rl M angum is
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