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.
" I'v e fought against guys like Tim
Witherspoon, Jimmy Young and
M ike Dokes in the gym. I think I
have
as
much
experience as
Holm es,” said Marvis.
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A fte rV
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problems facing the world. 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."
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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.
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