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Page 8 Portland Observer, November 23, 1963 Sport Talk by Run Sykes Sports E ditor They must be rolling in the aisle* around the Pac-10 after learning that Oregon and Oregon State played to a 0-0 tie. 1983 was a down year in the Pac-10, that's for sure But it is a disaster for the state o f Oregon I mean the worst football, major college, in the world is played right down in the W illam ette Valley. Why? I f Jim W alden can lure top talent to the wilderness we know as the Pa louse, then why not the beauty o f the Valley? Is it the coaching? Is Jim Walden o f W SU that much better than Rich Brooks and Joe Avez- zanno? Brooks, in his seven years at Oregon, has shown flashes o f b ril liance. In 1980, during the Reggie Ogburn years, the U of O had back to back winning seasons o f 6-3 and 6-3-2. Seemingly the program at Oregon was heading toward new heights. Then tragedy struck in the form o f grade fixing, illegal phone usage, etc., that rocked the program to its foundation. As a result there were untimely dismissals o f key per sonnel. So instead of moving fo r ward the U o f O football ship was floating helplessly in the water. Something can be said in Brooks' behalf. "R ic h Brooks is now, and has been , for a few years , only a quarterback aw ay," summed up Lou Harris. An extra year could give Brooks the depth he so badly needed. But that just isn’t the case over in Corvallis. A v eu an o has had four years and made little improvement. N o, not little— none. Sure, Joe will argue that he's now becoming com petitive, but, really, Joe, just how competitive can four wins in four years possibly be. When the cloud clears Joe must go. O SU alums can't afford to stare at all those empty stadium seats week after week. The ultimate is dollars and cents. Empty seats will not produce either For Rich Brooks success could be just over the horizon. For Joe the sun has finally set. W om an in sport During the first ever W orld Track and Field Championship the women performers showed the world that they now have arrived. The East German team in particu lar was superb. W hile the U .S . team is rapidly closing the gap, it is still eons away from the good European teams. The underlying accusation constantly hurled at the Eastern bloc is the usage o f steroids. Czech- oslovakica's Jarmila Kratochvilova, winner o f the 400- and 800-meters, was the subject o f several feministic conversations. It seems that due to her extremely muscular body, some were doubting her genes. This writer must admit that at time* M is* Kra tochvilova looked like she was more ready to challenge Carl Lewis than M ary Decker. Nancy Lieberman, M artina Mau- ratilova's roommate, believes that if M artina played basketball every day for the next six months she could gel a scholarship at any major univer sity in the U.S. The 1983-84 basket ball predictions are out and a* ex- piected U S C ’s Cheryl M iller made all (he All-Am erica teams. Cheryl was picked All-Am erica last year as a freshman before she even played one varsity game It is fairly safe to say that the 6-2, sophomore is the best female player playing the game today. And the cute C alifornian, barring serious in jury, will probably become the best ever. The U .S womens basketball pro gram is developing so fast that they're now in a position to chal lenge the Soviet Union for the Olympic Gold. The Soviet advan tage now is their size. The Soviet national team has a seven-footer and three girls over 6- 6. M ore realistically, our girls will probably battle Argentina and China for the bronze. The look o f the female athlete, for better or worse, is now muscular arms, strong thighs and small breasts. It seems that no extra fat is wanted. Ready or not that indeed is the " i n . ” It's no wonder lhat America's M ary Decker is so popular. She does offer a different look. Decker proves to all that women need not have to look like men to be success ful. 19B4 Buaineea. E c o n o m ic O u tfo o k C o n fe re n c e . 8:30 a m . - 1:30 p m .. M onday. Dec. 12th, at the H ilton Hotel. 921 S.W Sixth Avenue Herbert Stein, senior fellow o f the American Enterprise Institute, and chair man o f the President’s Council o f Economic Advisers under Presidents N ix on and Ford, will be the keynote speaker Reservations must be made in ad vance: contact Business O utlook Conference. School o f Business Adminis (ration, Portland State University, P .O . Box 731, Portland, O R 9720?. Cost o f the entire conference is $50 per person, and includes lunch. For more inform ation call (503) 229-3729. Unbeaten heavyweights put records on line Larry Holmes, the undefeated (44-0, 31 KO S) W B C Heavyweight Champion put* his title on the line against unbeaten 23-year-old Marvis Fraizer in a 12-round super fight on Friday evening, November 23th, at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. Holmes captured the title on June In c a n d e s c e n t T on es, 8 p .m ., Dec. I , 2, and 3, 3:00 p .m ., Sunday, Dec. 4. Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N . Interstate. For inform ation call 284-7773. P ie d m o n t N e ig h b o rh o o d A a so clatio n M e e tin g , 7:30 p .m .. W ed., Nov. 30, H oly Redeemer School, 127 N. Portland Blvd. N o rth P o rtla n d C itizen s C o m m itte e M e e tin g , 5 p .m ., Tues., Nov. 29, Neighbors N O rth , 7508 N. Hereford. Potluck. Sebln C o m m u n ity A a so clatio n M e e tin g , 7:30 p .m ., M onday, Nov. 28, Sabin School. 4013 N .E . 18th. M ee alah S in g -In , 3:00 p .m ., Sunday, Dec. 4th, at Portland State U n iv ersity's Lincoln H all Auditorium , 1620 SW Park. Bring your own score, if possible, and, though admission is free, donations to the Music Scholarship Fund are requested. Call 229-3105 for more inform ation. A o f t * / f L O u tt S H M t o n g TREASURE 9, 1978, winning a 15-round deci sion against Ken Norton. He has de fended his crown an unprecedented sixteen times, this year defeating Lucien Rodriquez and Tim W ith er spoon in twelve-round decisions and polished o ff Scott Frank in five rounds on September 10th. Holmes has had spectacular wins against M ike Weaver (K O 12) and Earnie Shavers (K O I I ) in 1979. Among his victims in 1980 was Muhammad A li (K O I I ) . In 1981 he disposed o f Leon Spinks (K O 2) and got o ff the deck to knock out Renaldo Snipes in the eleventh. Last year Gerry Cooney became a cele brated victim. Frazier has had a spectacular amateui career (51-1), and had two wins over James Broad and Joe Bugner respectively earlier this year which earned Marvis a chance to meet the W B C Cham pion. Marvis expects to come in at 200 pounds and may give away as much as 15 to 20 pounds. " I ’ve been fight ing bigger guys all my life, and you know that famous line, the bigger they are the harder they fa ll,” said the son o f former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier. Frazier suffered the only loss of his career, amateur or professional in the semi-final o f the 1980 United States Olympic Trials to the Armed Forces Cham pion James Broad. He avenged that defeat earlier this year in stunning fashion. Marvis had an operation in 1980 for a pinched nerve in his nec. “ I f I got hit on top o f my head it paralyzed my whole body. Now everything is fine,” said the Philadelphia native. Marvis feels inexperience will not be a factor against Holmes. 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In Octo ber he wrote the United Nations with a solution for South Africa. " A fric a just had a drought. I f the U .N . could sponsor a water pipeline to be built by Bantu people this could benefit all o f Africa and give the people resources." McCree said he does not support a boycott of entertainers who per form in South Africa. "Instead they could use their money to build hous ing for the homeless.” W ith the use o f his hands im paired McCree is provided with a note taker, which eases the educa tional process. " I work by different hours. Sometimes I'll get up early in the morning to study or read late at night. The handicapped services here at PSU have made education more accessible to the handi capped.” Is McCree ever angry that M S. struck him and not someone else? "Yes, sometimes I do. 1 calm down when I realize how much work there is to be done. Right now I ’ m too busy to be upset.” The self-sufficiency "walkies” take for granted is treasured by McCree. "R ig ht now I can do things for myself. I enjoy putting some thing away and looking for it later. I like to find where I left it and not find it where someone else has put it." McCree sees hi* future through the avenues provided by education. "Education holds the freedom for the Black man Knowledge is power and education is the key to the knowledge. I may not have the phy sical functions that I used to but I can still use my mind. For that. I'm th an kfu l." Hock Shop THE MERER PEOPLE. 713 S.W. 12th Street Call 224-BEEP for a free demonstration. I r Buy, Sell or Trade Anything of velue G800 N .E. Union 287 6330 Mrs. Rev. Davis Housewife I wouldn't miss a night at church to watch it. There was too much hype about the movie. I learned a lot from the movie. We need to be more pre pared so as not to let anyone else get ahead of us. A nuclear attack would catch us with our pants down. Some o f those guys with a college education do not have as much common sense as a guy with an eighth grade edu cation. However, the Bible predicted such a war in Revelation." Pearl Anderson Retired The movie was all right C h il dren nowadays know about things like nuclear war. It is written in the Bible and it is on its way. kWo. Mark Carter Printer Yvette Byrd Student I talked with a few o f my friends and they were scared. The authorities say that a nu clear strike will never happen and I don't believe the world will end with a bomb. I thought it was a good movie. It makes a person feel that we are headed for that type o f disaster. Russian missiles are pointed at our strategic loca tions and our missiles are point ed at theirs." Richard Vlalpando Unemployed I don't think it portrayed things as bad as they would be. I think the situation would be worse. By Uself the movie wasn't that good. It brought out issues which need to be brought out. I
