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P o rtlan d O b server, J u ly 7, 1982 Page 9 Sport Talk * f M e t Court Ratty , by Run Sykes Spurts E ditur Membership Stay Physically Ht and dHave Fun Ball M achine T o urnam ents M o n th ly And the Sooners are expected to make a run in the next couple o f years for the national title. Rated number two in the nation, and really very close to Dupree, was Kevin W ilhite o f Rancho Cordova, C a lifo rn ia . W ilh ite was Parade Magazine's Player o f the Year. The man fro m Sacram ento a v erages 8.2 yards per carry. W ilh ite turned dow n the h ig h ly regarded Washington Huskies to matriculate at the University o f Oregon. W ilhite has ambitions o f reaching the 1984 U .S. O ly m p ic team and cited that as the m ain reason fo r choosing Eugene, Oregon, the un disputed track capital o f the United States. Kevin, howevr, was injured ÇlQMe» Group and d idn't compete in the C alifornia A A A A track meet. “ I hurt my leg and did n ’ t want to take a chance on it , ” said Kevin. And I ’ m sure the Oregon coaches would readily agree. The number three pick, according to our source, is Beaverton’s James Fitzpatrick. James is regarded as the top prep lineman in the country. F itzpatrick at 6-8, 245-pounds is given an outside chance o f becom ing a starter in his freshman year. I f he does he’ ll become the firs t freshm an linem an to accom plish that feat in over two decades. Select ing the top three picks was relatively easy since these three young men were in the top five on all ballots re ceived. A All Stroke» Video Taped Private A lbina Tennis T o u rn a m e n t Located inside the National Guard Bldg WE'RE HERETO HELP A m e rica 's to p 20 players and w h e re th e y 'll be a tte n d in g school: Name/Poaitlon CURTIS RAMSEY I l has happened so often in this town it never fails to bewilder the local sports fans. Failure happens to be the ever present nemesis o f Port land boxers, never mind mentioning the local professional teams. Thad Spencer, Denny and P hil Moyer, Eddie Machen, James W il liams, and Kay Lam pkin arc P ort land fighters who have missed great opportunities to enhance their pugil istic careers. The most recent addi tion to the list is lightweight/weltcr- weight Curtis Ramsey. “ How is it , ” a man asked, “ that no one from our city can become a professional boxing cham pion? W hy is it that so many good P o rt land fighters never make it over the hump to become a champion?" First it was Thad Spencer fighting in the heavyweight elimination tour nament to crown a champion for the title that was stripped from Muham mad A li. Spencer outpointed Ernie Terrell in the first round only to lose to Jerry Quarry. Then it was a young Denny M oy er ta k in g on Jordan in a m id d le weight championship fight staged at Portland Meadows. He, too, would also lose to the champion. And who can forget the gallant e ffort put forth by Ray Lumpkin in his championship fight with cham pion Roberto Duran? Lam pkin gave Duran one o f the toughest fights that he was to have as a lightw eight. Ray was killed in the thirteenth round when the ma jo r it y o f the judges had him well ahead in points. Another Portland miss. In the early '60s, P ortland’s Ed die Machen was ranked number one in the heavyweight d ivivisio n , but after losses to Ingcmar Johannsen and a young Joe Fraizer, he, too, quickly tumbled out o f sight. Curtis Ramsey, who many believe is the best boxer pound-per-pound in the Portland area, recently lost a close decision to undefeated Tony Ayala in San Antonio, Texas. Ayala currently sports a 17-0 rec ord and along with Bobby Czyz are regarded as the top tw o m id d le weight prospects in the land. Ramsey lost a close decision in A y a la ’ s home tow n but won the hearts o f the Texas fight fans. C u rtis is a boxer w ho possesses many skills. His greatest skill, how ever, is his heart, which some say is as big as all outdoors. Ramsey fo u g h t w ell enough to earn a re tu rn m atch w ith A yala w hich is scheduled fo r A ugust I, 1982 in San A ntonio. This time the fight w ill be covered by NBC. I f Ramsey should turn the tables on Ayala, he then would vault into position to challenge middleweight champion Marvin Hagler. Then Ramsey would jo in the list, like the others before h im , as he w ould come up short before the superior M a rv in H agler lik e the other local fighters before him. What Portland fighters need are m ore experienced tra in e rs. M ost trainers and managers in this city have reached their po te n tia l eight years ago. Ray L a m p kin d id n ’ t lose in the ring that hot, steamy afternoon in Puerto Rico. T o fin d out why he lost one should only examine the way mana ger Mike M orton handled Ray. P rofessional baseball is in fu ll swing, pro soccer is winding down, pro basketball’s d ra ft is now com plete and on the horizon is that fab ulous spectator sport, namely, fo o t ball, both professional and collegi ate. Each year thousands o f high school players throughout the land don pads and go at each other. And picking the top players among many is no easy task. But fro m a ll the in fo rm a tio n I could gather over the last six months the general consensus is that the top prep player is M arcus Dupree o f P hiladelp hia, Miss. M r. Dupree's stats arc electrifying. The 6-2, 220- pound ru nning back gained 5,284 career yards, a whopping average o f 8.2 yards per carry, and scored 87 TDs. Dupree, after giving coaches many sleepless nights decided to sign with Oklahoma. r — — — — . 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Georgia TCU Florida Pitt Texas Georgia Georgia Penn St. Illinois West Va. Iowa St. Wgt. Hgt. School 255 180 225 250 215 215 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-6 6-2 64 Southern Cal UCLA Stanford Wash. SC SC NBA draft by A t M cGilberry The basketball draft is over and I sec the trend o f “ rich getting rich er” very evident. What is the d ra ft for? O riginally it was se, up to allow parity in the league. A fte r each sea son the low er team w ould have a chance to pick the to p players to strengthen their team. But owners are greedy and m is m anagement has caused b o tto m teams to trade th e ir spots on the draft pick away. Why have they let this happen? Jus, the other day the Los Angel es Lakers picked James W o rth y w ith C leveland’ s No. 1 pick. W ith such players as M a g ic, S ilk . K a r eem, Coopers, etc. already on the team why should they be allowed to pick the No. I player in the country? The N .B .A . has many weak fran chises. 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