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Sport Talk
by /ton Sykes
Sports Editor
Running for the Money
As the '* 4 Olympics draw near,
our track stars are beginning to
yearn for gold. And it ’s not neces
sarily in the form o f a medal. We
are living in changing times. Yester
day athletes were paid in watches,
radios and sometimes if you were
fortunate to win a really big race
you could receive a T V . But now
that's indeed changed. Good run
ners make big bucks.
Track and field athletes make big
money running on the European cir
cuit. Alberto Salazar and Rob de
Castclla, the fastest two marathon
ers ever, each collected over $60,000
for their Rotterdam marathon. The
fact that Alberto won was insignifi
cant given the monetary reward re
ceived by each.
Michael M usyoki, winner of the
last two Cascade Runoffs, received
$10,000 for each race. And that
does not include travel and hotel ex
penses for both himself and his
paling in both road and track race*.
Maree, while on the va n ity track
team at Villanova, received little
money and many prize«, tome of
which he waa able to convert into
money. N ow , a* a result o f his tre
mendous ability, he can demand
and receive big bucks.
Sidney Maree is married and has
one child. He and his wife Valerie
live in a beautiful split-level home
outside Poughkeepsie, N .Y . They
drive a B M W . each. And just re
cently Maree purchased a four-bed
room home for his mother who lives
in Pretoria, South A frica. And the
only job Maree has is running the
1.500 meters in le u than 4 minutes.
W hile it’s true the distance men
make the most, the premier sprint
ers such as Evelyn Ashford and Carl
Lewis command some handsome
figures. Lewis can usually get any
where from $5,000 to $7,000 per
meet. M ind y o u .. . these top prices
only go to the lop runners.
MErMs make blggeet bucko
" Amateur" status
W ho makes the most money in
track and field? The two M s, milers
and marathoners. The mile has long
been the glamour event and big-time
promoters pay dearly for an attrac
tive field. I t ’s needless to say that
B ritain’s Sebastian Coe and Steve
Ovett are the top money winners
among the milers. Both men have
alternately shared or broken the
1,500 meter world record. Both Coe
and Ovett were offered $50,000
apiece to run in New York's now
famous 5th Avenue M ile. Both men
turned it down and America's Syd
ney Maree was the eventual winner.
Maree, who in A p ril 1984 will o f
ficially become a U .S. citizen, is one
o f the more highly paid track and
field runners in the business, pertici-
The most significant change in
U.S. Amateur athletics came in the
Amateur Sports Act o f 1978. It gave
the U .S. athletes equal opportunity
with the Eastern block countries,
which have for years subsidized
their athletes.
The Russians, for amateur pur
poses, would simply draft their top
athletes into the army. There they
receive room, board, training facili
ties and a salary.
From 1977 thru 1979 there has
been a constant battle between the
IA A F (International Am ateur A th
letic Federation) and T A C (The
Athletic Congress) on the definition
o f "A m a te u r.” The IA A F allows
athletes the freedom o f making
commercials and being paid to wear
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How will ho pay tha Mile?
Rumor has it that world record
holder Reynaldo Nehemiah actually
took a pay cut when he stopped run
ning the 110-meter hurdles to chase
down football passes.
The San Francisco 49ers reported
ly paid Nehemiah a six-figure sal
ary, plus a nifty $500,000 bonus to
sign. That sort o f money is not there
for most track runners. But for the
stars, the living is good.
in double elimination play with the
championship game on Sunday,
August 7th. The winner will repre-
sent Oregon at the Western Region
Tournament in San Bernadino and
then perhaps on to the Little League
W orld Series.
Eight teams from throughout the
state, each with 14 boys ages 11 and
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Oregon hopes to follow the ex:
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1983 Little League State Tournament slated
The I983 Little League State
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July 31 to August 7th at Lakeside
Little League field, N .E . 52nd and
Columbia. The tournament will be
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The week will include daily games
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1982 Ironman Champion 8cott Tlnley, 28. of San Diego, will ba
among tha top triathlataa compering at tha Portland atop of the Bud
Light U S. Triathlon Series on Saturday. July 30, at Hagg Lake near
Forest Grove. Mora than 800 triathlataa era expected to swim, bike
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