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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
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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.
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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.
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8. Lester Flemons, RB
9. Todd Steele, RB
10. Jamie Harris, QB
11. Egypt Allen, QB
12. John Williams, RB
13. Bob Buckowski, DL
14. Anthony Byerly, RB
15. Hassan Jones, WR
16. George Smith, TE
17. Ed Boone, OL
18. Mike Perrino, OL
19. David Griffith, OL
20. George Almons, WR
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Southern Cal.
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Georgia
Houston
Notre Dame
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TCU
Florida
Pitt
Texas
Georgia
Georgia
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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. San Diego, Cleveland, In d i
ana, Kansas C ity, A tla n ta , U ta h —
a ll could have used W o rth y to
strengthen their team and provide
gate appeal. Soon some teams w ill
close bccauc the above-m entioned
teams w ill no, be able to compete
with the rich franchises.
C om m issioner O ’ B rien should
call all the owners together and close
a ll loopholes in the N .B .A . Stop
tra d in g d ra tt choices, close down
some o f the under-financed teams
and make the N .B .A . a league
where any night any team can beat
the other. Some pro teams now are a
joke. The fans need to speak ou, by
withholding their money from some
teams who cannot play in this mag
nificent league. Then each team w ill
have a Dr. J. or a Magic. W ouldn’ t
that be great?
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Atlanta, GA
Lufkin, Tex.
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Blue Island, IL
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Dallas
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Gateway, PA
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W hile Oregon and USC were the only Pac-10 schools to land a player in
the top ten, others picked in the top 100 are listed below:
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