Portland Obaarver, September 14, 1983 Page 9
Sport Talk
by Ron Sykes
Sports E ditor
Once a fig h ter is knocked on! by
his opponent, it is most difficu lt f o r
him to nin In e remetch.
Louis H a m s
A k x ii Arguello, seeking for a
second time to become the first man
ever to win championship« in four
divisions, was mugged by junior
welterweight
champion
Aaron
Pryor
Ten months ago Arguello, then
76-J, battled Pryor. 34-0 before
being K O 'd in the 14th round.
The first encounter was one of the
best boxing matches o f the century,
it was later voted the fight o f the
year by the W B C . Pryor entered the
ring last Friday as a 2 H -1 favorite.
The odds should have been 14-1.
“ I will come out faster than be
fo re ," beamed Pryor, "a n d by the
sixth round one o f us w ill be gone."
For those o f us who saw the first
fight, it was hard to imagine Pryor
coming out faster.
In fact, when the bell sounded for
round one, last November, Pryor
met Arguello before Alexis could
walk out o f his corner. But start
faster he did. In the first two
minutes o f round one, Aaron had
landed a left right combination to
the challenger's head that left
Arguello sprawled on the canvass.
M any thought it was all over; and
for all practical purposes it was.
Arguello survived the third and
fourth rounds strictly as a defensive
fighter.
“ 1 knew, Alexis said, “ by the end
o f the fourth round that I had no
chance o f being the cham pion."
Arguello is a tough hombre and
for such a man to be completely
broken. . . just has to be a tribute to
the skill and strength o f Aaron
Pryor.
" H e is the fastest man 1 have ever
faced,” lamented Alexis, "and he is
so strong.”
Aaron Pryor is far and away the
most relentless puncher in the game
today. The man seemingly never
tires. H e throws punches in bunches
and sooner or later will simply over
whelm his opponent, as his 34 con
secutive.
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Alexis has promised wife and Ood
that last Friday's bout with Pryor
was his last. Pryor, too. says he will
retire unless fellow Ohioan and light
weight champion Boom Boom
Mancini will agree on a fight.
Bob Toledo to Join Ducks
The Oregon Ducks hired Bob
Toledo, and promised Duck fans a
new and imaginative offense.
Last year, Oregon's offensive
scored a total o f 10 touchdowns on
the year.
Simple mathematics would easily
tell us that that totals out to less
than one a game in an 11 game
schedule.
A fter two games, the Ducks arc
no more entertaining than last year.
They've scored two T D ’s in two
games Both were on fumbles by the
opponent Toledo came to Oregon
from the University o f Pacific
highly touted as an offensive coordi
nator, especially strong on the pass
ing game. A fter seeing the Ducks
against both Pacific and O hio S u u ,
one can easily lee how effective his
schematic could be. The receivers
run excellent pass routes, the
running backs go out on the short
ones, the whole thing it beautiful to
sec.
Now all that it left is someone to
orchestrate this beautiful symphony.
The Ducks need a quarterback
Junior M ik e Jorgenson, 6-1, 185
lbs. in two games is just 16-40 for a
total o f 160 yards. Too often receiv
ers are open only to find the passes
either too high or too low. Now,
common sense will tell you that this
will not work unless you have either
a Lynn Swann or a James Lofton.
The Ducks have neither.
M ike Owens, jun ior, 195 lbs.
seems to have the strongest throw
ing arm o f the two quarterbacks.
And, since Jorgensen has failed in
his bid for consistency, then maybe
Owens should be given the helm.
The Ducks, 0-2, will have a bye this
week and w ill play host to the
Houston Cougars o f the SW C on
September 17th.
Oregon senior defensive tackle Ed
Rhone suffered a fractured shoulder
blade in the third quarter o f the
Pacific game and now it ’s feared
that he just may be out for the sea
son.
in two games the Oregon Ducks
have rushed for a total o f 177 yards.
Against Pacific fullback Ladaria
Johnson led all Duck rushers with
39 yards on 10 carries. A t Ohio
State it was freshman tailback Kevin
W ilhite the leader with 34 yards on
10 carries. I t ’s obvious that the
Oregon runners aren’t causing
P A C -10
defensive
coordinators
many sleepless nights.
Portland Trallblaxara on tha
rebound w ith Washington
The Portland Trailblazers will
open their quest for the 1983-84
championship on Friday, September
30th.
The camp will again be held at
Green Meadows Athletic Club lo
cated in Vancouver, Washington.
The current Blazer roster lists 15
players vying for 12 spots.
The addition o f 6-8, 230 lb.
Montgomery Ward
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Kermit Washington could be a big
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Washington, after a year o ff,
should be hit old self ..th a t is a
strong rebounder and defender
Some may think and even sard
that after a year o ft it just may be
too tough for Washington.
But look at it this way, Kermit's
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Washington doesn't have to regain a
shooting touch, he doesn't need
that. It's only his superior strength
that's needed. And if he doesn't
have that, he'll have little trouble
gaining a place in the Blazer sun.
The pre-season roster lists eight
men at the forw ard position. Calvin
Natt and rookie Clyde Drexler can
easily be the first two penciled in at
the small forw ard position. Also,
with the trade o f Linton Townes to
Cleveland, it is believed that Jeff
Lamp is still in Jack Ramsay's
plans. Which is bewildering to moi.
I f three centers are to be carried, as
Ramsay says, then starter Wayne
Cooper will get help from both
Mychal Thompson and rookie Tom
Piotrowski.
Washington should have little
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Darnell Valentine, Jim Paxson and
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