Portland Observer,
Sport Talk
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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 ....
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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. We will not
allow business to continue as
usual.”
The rally finished with a benedic
tion by John Schwiebert, minister at
Lincoln Street United Methodist
Church, followed by a candlelight
vigil.
A few
“quit tips”
H id e all ashtrays, matches,
etc
Lay In a supply o( sugahess
carrot sticks, e tc
lots of liquids but pass
up c o ffee 6 alcohol
Tell everyone you re quitting
tor the d a y
W hen the urge *o smoke hits.
tc * e a d e e p breath, hold it
tor 10 seconds 8 release it
slowly
Ixercise to relieve the tension
Try the P u d d y system, a n d
ask a friend to quit too
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