Portland observer., June 30, 1982, Page 7, Image 7

Portland Observer, June 30, 1982 Page 7
OBSERVER SPORTS
Oregon women enter
Jr. Olympic volleyball
K Er G LANDSCAPING
M o w in g , w ooding, edg ing, tilling,
fen cin g and m inor co n stru c tio n .
Call Gordon Spink, Jr.
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E U G E N E — T h e U n iv e rs ity o f
O re g o n w ill be am o n g 2 0 sen io r
w o m e n ’ s e n trie s fo r th e W e s te rn
Z on als o f the 1982 J u nio r O ly m p ic
V olleyball Cham pionship beginning
next T hu rsd ay a t the U n iv e rs ity o f
C alifo rn ia -D a v is in Sacramento.
C oach C hris V o e lz said the O re ­
gon team w o u ld be c o m p ris e d o f
three current members o f the Duck
squad and seven re c ru its w h o w ill
jo in the team next fall.
T h e J u n io r O ly m p ic p ro g ra m is
fo r athletes w ho have not reached
their 20th birthday during the calen­
dar year.
C h e rie E llio t t an d R o n d a D a l-
th o rp , O re g o n v a rs ity players last
fa ll, and redshirt Sue H a rb o u r w ill
be joined on the team by Los A ngel­
es re c ru its C o n n ie R ie l, S h a u n n a
K o e n ig , J ill K o s c in s k i, L iz E a k in
and S tep h an ie T a m b e , M e d fo r d ’ s
Shelley A shpole and Janette H a rt-
sell o f San Francisco.
T he senior girls division has been
d iv id e d in to fo u r fiv e -te a m pools
for eliminations. The champion w ill
be crowned Sunday night.
Q“ "»«OA
Sugar Ray Leonard and hla w ife Juanita share a playful hug In
thalr suburban Maryland home.
Sugar Ray's Toughest Challenger
T h e toughest challenge o f S ugar
R a y L e o n a r d ’ s 2 6 -y e a r-o ld life is
w h eth er he should continue boxing
or retire.
As the p o p u la r c h a m p recovers
fro m his recent eye in ju ry , both the
public and his fam ily are urging him
to come out o f the ring. I f he slops
fig h tin g it w ill give Sugar R ay the
o p p o r tu n ity to spend m o re tim e
with his fam ily and possibly increase
it. H is w ife Ju anita says she w o n ’ t
agree to giving brothers and sisters
to L ittle Ray unitl Sugar Ray ’ ’quits
boxing and w ill stay hom e and help
raise th e m .”
It remains a mystery as to whether
the three-tim e boxing cham pion w ill
risk more injury and go fo r the m id ­
d le w e ig h t c h a m p io n s h ip t it le . I f
not, he plans to expand what he’s a l­
ready d oin g on te le v is io n , get in to
m ovies, and becom e in vo lved w ith
radio and T V station ownership.
Palmer heads all-star card
Defending cham pion A rn o ld P a l­
mer heads the list o f the 43 exempt
entries announced this week fo r the
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was s ta n d in g in a c o u rtro o m
alongside a teammate. Both were to
plead no contest to ta k in g a b o u t
$ 200 w o rth o f lu m b e r fro m a
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T h e pleas led to a tw o -g a m e
suspension fo r the players, a move
that Colem an publicly denounced.
" T h e y d id n ’ t catch us at the
place, and they d id n ’t catch us with
any w o o d ,’ ’ says C o le m a n . " I
d id n ’ t think th at story should have
ever h it th e fa n . I f it had been
anybody else but me, you w o u ld n ’t
have seen it in the newspaper.”
O th e rs lo o k e d at the arrest in a
d iffe r e n t w a y . M a n y p e o p le ,
including Colem an, saw it as it was:
bad p u b lic ity , th e k in d th a t can
destroy a d ra ft prospect, or at least,
diminish his w orth.
B ut
V in c e n t
C o le m a n
has
survived all that. There has been no
trouble from him since a judge gave
h im p ro b a tio n on the b u rg la ry
ch arg e. H e re tu rn e d fo r th e fin a l
tw o games o f th e fo o tb a ll season
and played superbly.
A n d som etim e this sum m er, i f a
baseball career d oesn ’ t in te rfe re ,
C o lm a n w ill finish his degree w ork
in physical education.
Colem an, however, w on’t mind if
baseball calls.
"I
th in k m y fu tu re is in
b a s e b a ll," he says. " A n d 1 th in k
that is definitely where the money is.
A to p p u n te r in the N F L m ig h t
m ake $40,000 a year. The potential
in baseball is far greater.”
C o le m a n has been getting some
good ad v ic e as fa r as fo o tb a ll
salaries are concerned. H is cousin,
G re g , p un ts fo r the M in n e s o ta
Vikings.
" H e tells me to fo rg e t ab o u t
fo o tb a ll,” Vincent laughs.
In th is case, th e b aseball team
fo rtu n a te enough to d ra ft V in cen t
Colem an w ill have the last laugh.
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Coleman looks to draft
N o b o d y ever accused V in c e n t
C o le m a n o f la c k in g guts. Last
football season, at a critical point in
a cru c ia l gam e, C o le m a n unwisely
ig n o re d o rd e rs fro m his F lo rid a
A & M coaches an d ra n w hen he
should have punted.
L ater, after coach Rudy H ubbard
blam ed a rash o f blocked kicks on
C olem an's three-step punting style,
C o le m a n shrugged his shoulders
and s a id , “ I have n o th in g to
apologize fo r .”
It m ade fo r q u ite a co ntro versy.
But the story th a t sw irled aro u n d
V in c e n t C o le m a n last fa ll has
d is s ip a te d . F o rg o tte n are the
headlines: " C o le m a n A rrested For
B u rg la ry ” and "B lo c k e d Kicks Foil
R attlers.”
Those stories, says Colem an "a re
h is to ry n o w . L e t ’ s leave ’ em
b uried .”
In C o le m a n ’ s m in d , i t ’ s a new
day,
C o le m a n , you see, is one o f the
best athletes in all o f black college
sports, som ething pro scouts have
not overlooked.
The
W a s h in g to n
R edskins
re c e n tly in v ite d C o le m a n to the
n a tio n 's c a p ito l fo r a tr y o u t, but
C o le m a n is n ’ t to o in te re s te d in a
c a re e r in
p ro
f o o tb a ll.
For
C o le m a n , a native o f Jacksonville,
F la ., baseball is where it ’s at.
W h e n the m a jo r-le a g u e d ra ft is
held in Ju n e , C o le m a n ’ s nam e is
sure to be c a lle d . B aseball scouts
fro m v irtu a lly every m a jo r-le a g u e
team have come to Rattler Field this
spring to watch C olem an , a 5 -fo o t-
I I , 1 7 5 -p o u n d s e n io r. C o le m a n
finished the baseball season w ith a
nifty .402 career batting average and
117 sto len bases — in c lu d in g a
N C A A reco rd seven in one gam e
earlier this spring.
One thing about Colem an has the
scouts drooling - speed.
C olem an is a 'b u rn er*, the scouts
say.
I don 't think there is any question
he’ ll get d ra fte d ,” said a West Coast
baseball scout w ho asked th a t his
name not be used. " A n y tim e you
see a kid that has the kind o f speed
he has, yo u ’re interested. There are
some things he needs to w o rk o n,
but he seems to have the tools.”
For a while, it seemed those tools
would do Colem an little good.
It was late in the fo o tb all season,
and C o le m a n , an a ll-s ta r p u n te r,
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