Page 12 Portland Obeerver, February 8,1984
Sport Talk
SAVING B A B IE S...
QJ) March of Dimes
by Ron Sykes. Sports Editor
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A n d is a ll t h it ta lk a b o u t Jim
B row n co m in g out o f re tirem en t
just talk? Brow n, appearing on the
P h il D o n ah u e show w ith W a lte r
Payton and Franco Harris, did more
than just allude to the fact. “ I w ill
race B oth H a rris and P a y to n ,**
B row n said, “ and i f H a rris beats
me, I will remain in retirement.**
Brow n is p articu larly irked with
Harris* running style o f going out of
bounds to a v o id being tac kled .
Brown believes that a runner should
give more than he takes. Jim Brown
was a punishing runner in his day.
A t 6*2*’ and 235 pounds. Brown
had the speed to run around defen­
d ers, w h ile also possessing the
power to run over them. N aturally,
Brown would show disdain toward
Franco's running out o f bounds to
avoid the hit.
N o w , co u ld Jim B ro w n , the
greatest running back in the history
o f the g am e, re a lly m a ke a
comeback at age 48? N o w ay. The
game, as it is played today, doesn't
allow for plus-40 running backs.
It doesn’ t really allow very many
plus-30 running backs. The average
life expectancy, for a running back
in the N F C , is only four years.
Brown, who never missed a game
due to inju ry, would probably have
that string broken if he ever tried to
resume his playing days.
L et's hope that a runner as great
as Jim Brown w on 't put him self in
such an em barrassing s itu a tio n .
Brown should remember records are
made to be broken and w ill always
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be broken.
Bob Beamon's leap o f 29*2” in the
long jum p was thought by many ex­
perts to last th ro u g h o u t this cen­
tu ry. U p u ntil then no athlete had
ever reached the 28 fo o t p la tea u .
W e ll, we a ll know th a t I t ’ s just a
matter o f time now, until C arl Lewis
w ill shatter B e am o n ’ s in c re d ib le
leap. Lew is opened the in d o o r
season with a 28' 10H ” jump. Brown
should be satisfied to shake F ra n ­
co's hand when he finally does sur­
pass h im . It re ally d oesn't m atter
that it took F ran co some 14 years
compared to Brown's eight. And the
amount o f games played each year is
o f no significance. Each runner will
ultim ately be judged by his ab ility.
M r . B row n is, then and n ow , the
greatest ru n n in g back th at ever
played the game
Beaver basketb all is on a ro ller
coaster ride as evidenced in their 70-
66 win over Oregon and their 46-4)
loss to Michigan State.
Ralph M iller, Beaver head coach,
h a t com e under a good deal o f
c ritic is m la te ly , an d , perhaps,
deservedly so. Ralph certainly can't
be c ritic ize d fo r his w in over
O reg o n . He led his team sky high
for that one. The game was played
on an up tem po : he co m p letely
abandoned his low risk, dull offense
and the team excelled. But just as
baffling to me as Chinese math, was
his co m p lete change fo r the
Michigan State Spartans. Ralph, for
some strange reason, decided to
ab an d on the up tem po fo r the
slower game N o w , some w ill ask
what's wrong with that.
W h ile
M ille r
c o n tin u o u s ly
preaches that the game is played by
five m en, his slow tem p o game
co m p lete ly excludes the guards.
Everything is designed to go inside;
leaving the guards out. As a result,
s ta rtin g guards A la n T a il and
D a rry l Flow ers o nly put up five
shots between them. T a il going 0-1,
while Flowers was 2-4.
M ille r tells us the gam e hasn’ t
changed in some forty years. And, if
you want to believe that, then you'll
also believe the earth is flat. M iller is
a fine coach, his record w ill prove
th a t. S om e, th ou gh , w ill say that
tim e has passed him by. W hatever
the case, it's hard to envision O S U
w in n in g against the b etter teams
when opposing coaches know exac­
tly what O SU is going to do without
exception. They know that his guar­
ds are reluctant to lake the outside
shot in fear o f Use wrath from M iller
that will surely come. It seems only
A .C .G re e n and C h arlie S itton can
take the outside shot w ith o u t
drawing the coach's ice.
Ralph has surely taken his knocks
lately. A ll this criticism may seem
unjust to some. W hy are these
people knocking a coach that is the
T a x P r e p a r a tio n
sporting a very good record. H e had
a total o f 557 wins. O nly De P au l’s
Ray M eyer(697) and W ashington's
M a rv H a rs h m a n ()9 6 )h a v e m ore
wins.
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In 32 years o f coaching. M iller has
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far aay ether ta i tandea
won 6 4 % o f his games. W h ile at
Io w a , fro m 1965-1970. Ralph was
chosen B ig-10 Coach o f the Year in
1968 and ag ain in 1970. W h ile at
O S U , M ille r has had num erous
coaching honors.
In 1975 O reg o n State finish ed
second in the co n ference; and
R alp h . Dist. 8 Pac-8 Coach o f the
Year. In 1979, it was third place and
an invitatio n to the N . l .T . M ille r's
teams have made five N . l .T . trips,
two at O SU and 3 while leading the
Hawkeyes. Since taking the Beaver
helm, M ille r has finished no lower
than third. . .that being in his first
year as Beaver coach. Ralph’ s Pac-
10 record is indeed impeccable.
There are three straigh t c h a m ­
pionships in 1980. *81 and '82. Only
one thing has eluded R a lp h ; th at
being a trip to the final four Ralph
has been able to get to the edge, but
never over the hill.
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Special K " night set
K e rm it W ash ing to n, one o f the
most popular players ever to wear the
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evening appropriately designated as
“ A Special Night for Special K .”
Fher' will hr more than ceremonies
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Golden State W arriors.
W ashington, with the support of
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W ashington has co n tribu ted his
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This, of course, is Portland's sellout
figure-w hich has been published an
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H a rry G lic k m a n , executive vice
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In describing Washington as a per-
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Blazer officials are hoping that fans
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“ It is our hope to raise an addition­
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fa n ,” said Glickman.
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