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Portland Observer, Sport Talk CURL SALE b y Ron Sykes S pora Editor The Fight Marvelous M arvin Hagler suc cessfully defended his title against Roberto Duran last Thursday night at Caesar’s palace in Las Vegas. Hagler, a 4-1 choice, had to go the route in outpointing the cagey Pana manian. The decision was unani mous but close and M arvin must now understand how Larry Holmes felt when he was only one point ahead o f Gerry Cooney before he (Holmes) finished Cooney in the 13th round. One Japanese judge called the 13th round even, and that is astounding. Hagler opened the round with a furious attack to Ro berto’s body. Then a quick combin ation sent the challenger reeling into the ropes. Hagler, sensing the end, quickly followed with still another left, right to Duran's head. The challenger was able to dance away and survive the round. But it was clearly a two-point Hagler round. And how anyone could call the 13th a draw is far beyond my realm o f understanding. Duran had two things going for him last Thursday night: H e was in superb condition and Hagler gave him too much respect. Through six rounds the fight was even, but Hag ler took charge after that and stead ily wore down the challenger. There’s talk o f a Duran-Hearns fight in the future. I t ’s inconceiv able that Duran at $-614 could mount any kind o f attack against Hearns who stands 6-2. D u ran ’s re surgence is only momentary. He got a break against the inexperienced M oore, and was able to take com mand after he thumbed the then- champion Davey M oore in the sec ond round. Roberto Doran has enjoyed his last hurrah. H e has a history o f not liking the tough rigors o f training. He worked long and hard for Marvelous, he was hyped and the feeling here is that at age 32 he will not want to pay the price again. The Game C all it the Toilet Bowl or w hat ever you may choose but 37,000 fans are expected at Autren Stadium to witness the 87th meeting o f O SU and U o f O . The Oregon Ducks are 14-point favorites to make it nine in a row over Coach Joe Avezzano's O SU Beavers, I t ’s questionable what kind o f game the fans will see from the 4-6 Ducks and the 2-8 Bea vers. W hat they w ill see, however, is the last game for Avezzano as Bea ver head coach. Last M onday, the O SU athletic board held a meeting to give a recommendation to president Robert M acVicar. M acVicar must peruse the four-year record o f Avez zano and then huddle with Athletic Director Dee Andros before an nouncing his decision. Avezzano's four-year record is 4- 38-1 and 1-28-1 in the P A C -10. Avezzanno's victories include Stan ford, M ontana, Portland State and Fresno State. PSU, a division II team, should go in the record book with an asterisk alongside. Oregon defeated Stanford 16-7 last Saturday in Palo A lto , while O SU was losing 38-3 to Arizona State. Avezzano, positive as usual, con cedes the favorite role to the Ducks, on paper, but believes that when Saturday rolls around the Beavers will have a better than average chance. Avezzano may be short in his ability to assess talent but he’s long on positive thinking. Joe is not a quitter, by any means, but will surrender the reins after Satruday's game with the Ducks, win or lose. O SU has given the football program more than a chance, but now must face the fact that w in , produce rev enue. and only come from putting people in the stands. This civil war game will not be one o f your classics. Oregon will once again go with their freshman, Chris M iller, at quarterback. Their offense will be simplified to not con fuse their young signal caller. O S U ’s offense has now disappeared and the defense is ripped apart due to in juries. Oregon will probably win by ripping holes in the Beaver interior line and provide the Duck backs with room to operate. Beaver tailback Bryce Oglesby will have little opportunity against Oregon Saturday afternoon. The Ducks defend well against the run, they're ranked third in the PA C -10 gtving up an average 179 yards per game The pick here is Oregon 20, OSU 3. The Shame Chicago Bear quarterback Vance Evans has signed a multi-year con tract with the Chicago Blitz o f the U SFL. Evans, ex-USC great, was benched recently by Coach M ike D itka in favor o f B Y U ’ s Jim M c M a hon. The shame in the Bear situa tion is that coach D itka just gave the job to the crying M cM aho n Evans, the better athlete and quarterback, had no choice other than to leave. D itka and the Bears are the losers here. M cM aho n , even before com ing to camp, was saying to the media that he should be number one. That does a lot for team morale, doesn't it? Coaches make decisions on the starting quarter backs all the time, right? But how many will come out and say M cM ahon is my quarterback and he will play unless he’s hurt? What does that do for competi tiveness? Nothing— it only caused Vince Evans to go where he's wanted. The U SFL Blitz has prom ised Vince a shot at the starting job. That's all he can ask f o r . . .the rest is up to him. There were six undergraduates taken in the first two rounds o f the 198) N B A draft. Russell Cross. 6-10 center by Golden State; Clyde Drex- ler, 6-7, forw ard, Portland T ra il blazers; Derek Harper, 6-4, guard, Washington Bullets; Glenn Rivers, 6-4, guard, Atlanta; Byron Scott. 6- S, guard, Los Angeles; and Ennis Whatley. 6-3, guard from Alabama drafted by Chicago. The only ones getting any significant minutes are Drexler and W hatley. Clyde is aver aging 8.3 ppg, while playing both small forward and o ff guard. Drex- ler's high for the season is 20 scored against the Atlanta Hawks. Both Cross and Scott were late signers and are still feeling their way around. W hatley is getting good minutes in Chicago and shows signs o f becoming a prolific scorer. H e ’s averaging 12.5 ppg o ff the bench. He hit for a season high 26 against the Knicks. Glenn Rivers, taken in the second round, is currently nurs ing a bruised ham string but is com ing along well for the Hawks. Salvation Army sponsors tourney Eight class act basketball teams, representing The Salvation Arm y in Oregon, Washington and C a li fornia. w ill compete in the Moore Street Corps Comm unity Center’s fourth annual "T urkey Tourna m ent." The tournament takes place N o vember 25-26 at Portland C om m u nity College’s Cascade Campus gym. 705 N . Killingsworth. Bud Fuqua, program director for the M oore Street Center, a Salva tion Arm y facility, predicts an excit ing tourney. “ Our own team, o f course, cap tured many past honors, but we really feel the pressure each year at this particular event," Fuqua said. Action starts at 9:00 a.m . both days, and concludes with a winners banquet Saturday night. This year marks the last that the tournament will be held at PCC. The Salvation Arm y is constructing its own gym at M oore Street, an 3850,000 project to be completed in Spencer Neal. lawyer, talks to client during La- gal Aid Clinic at St. Andrews, sponsored by the January. The M oore Street Corps C om m u nity Center is located at 5430 N. M oore, at the corner of Killings Black United Front, (Photo: Richard J. Brownl Rally opposes U.S. aggression .... (Continued fro n t page I column 3/ thoughts, like freedom ,” said Ms. Dennis-Sarabi. " I f this is Reagan’s idea o f democracy, then I shudder to think what would happen if Rea gan is re-lected in 1984.” Black United Front co-chair Ron Herndon told the crowd that "that day is over” when U .S . corpora tions can ride John Wayne-style into impoverished countries south of the border and “ rape, pillage and plun der.” Pointing to the office buildings surrounding the plaza, Herndon said that the rich— whose corpora tions are run from these buildings— are the ones who have benefited from the invasion. "T hey think they can intimidate people into accepting things that are wrong. Call them on the carpet, and don’t let them get away with this nonsense . . . I think the people o f the world are saying, ’Cow boy, you accomplishments are being "b ru tal ly crushed.” “ They want to protect the Orena- dian people from disturbing . »re making your last rid e l’ ” Herndon responded to telephone threats he received before the rally: " I f that person is here today, you are going to have to do more than talk to scare people," he said. H e reminded the crowd that indi viduals do make a difference. "W e see one Black woman on the bus who said, 'N o , I will not move to the back.’ It's not the numbers, it’s the righteousness o f your cause th at’s im portant. Let me congratu late you for your com m itm ent.” Music by Kate Sullivan, Ernie Tong, the Latin group Sandunga, G ail High Pine, and including a guest appearance by folk singer Dave Van Ronk, provided enter tainment. John Kellerman said his song, “ Coffee W ars,” was written for the occasion. " D o you think when you’re drinking coffee,” he sang, " o f the land where coffee comes from? The children who slave, the poisonous spray, the soldiers, the murdering guns. You can buy it at your grocery store. The price is pov erty and brutal war. Rich planta tions in the midst o f starvation, fill up your cup w ith some m ore.” "U .S . Hands o ff G ren ada," read a protest sign. "Stop Exporting Counterrevolution,” and " D a y 730. America Taken Hostage by Rea gan," said others. Before the rally, and before any one realized what was happening, the "D eath Squad Guerilla Theatre" invaded the plaza in military garb and pounced on select ed "subversives,” carrying them o ff Central America-style amid screams and struggles. "H e re we are able to shut out the terror. W e haven’t listened for the bombs, we haven't listened for the soldiers to come to our homes,” said Diane Hess o f the Portland Central America Solidarity Com mittee. She urged those in attend ance to call the W hite House at (202) 456-1141 and leave the mes sage " U .S . out o f Nicaragua,” and to get involved in the Portland Central America Solidarity C om mittee by calling 235-9388. Other speakers included Bob Baugh, Secretary-Treasurer of the Oregon A F L -C IO , and Ada San chez, People’s Test Ban. The business as usual o f the U.S. since W orld W ar I I has been "grinding bones and blood on the war machine— the business as usual o f death,” said Sanchez. " W e need to use our bodies to in- worth. For more inform ation, contact Fuqua at 282-2572. terfere with business as usual," she said. " I f it means that fewer people might be tortured, if it means that an invasion might be averted, then it’s certainly worth it. 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