Portland Observer, March 20, 1905, Page 7
SPORT TALK • SPORT TALK
$20,000 mile premiers
Jason's
[Jrummci,
winner
of
$125,(XXI lifetime, has arrived at Port
land Meadows to prep for the $20,000
Portland Meadows M ile scheduled
Saturday, March 30. Nominations for
P M ’s premiere race o f the season will
dose Saturday, March 23.
Nick Puhich, racing secretary,
said he has talked with trainers of
Travelling Victor, who was named
Canada's horse o f the year in 1984
and Chum Salmon, winner o f the
1984 Portland Meadows Mile and
Washington State's Champion handi
cap horse last year. Puhich is also
seeking M ile prospects from Exhibi
tion Park and from Golden Gale and
Santa Anita.
Sam's Table, a winner at Holly
wood Park in December, finished sec
ond in an allowance race at Portland
Sunday, as he started his PM Mile
prepping. Courageous M ajo r, win
ner o f that six-furlong sprint, is ex
pected to nominate along with pos
sibly Lark's Legacy and Danalot.
out o f that same race.
Muckledeedun, owned and trained
by veteran Portland horseman Walter
Purcell, is another M ile prospect
o ff his front-running win in the $15,-
(XXi-added Salem Handicap Sunday.
Another solid M ile hope is Apache
la rk , winner o f two races at Golden
Gate for owner-trainer A . T . (Tex)
Irwin o f Battleground.
" W e ’ll know more Saturday when
the nominations close," Puhich said.
"F ro m the interest expressed in the
Mile from trainers I've talked to
around the coast, I believe we will
have the best Portland Meadows Mile
field in years."
Mile Day will coincide with Hat
Day as the first 5,000 paid admis
sions will receive a free Portland Mca
dows sports cap.
Portland Meadows’ new wager —
the twin trifecta — proved a piece of
cake for Sunday's players as I I hit it
— each sharing equally in the $21,080
total jackpot. Each ticket was worth
$1,916.
Portland Observer
PIL Coach of the Year
Thomas McKenna — Grant High
Coach McKenna took the Coach of
the Year honors without much com
petition because o f his aggressive
coaching altitude and leading his
(.irant (iencrals into the stale playoffs.
McKenna’s team was short on talent
but long on spirit and team desire.
Defense w as the king suit of this squad
and Coach parlayed that attribute
into wins that could well have been
losses.
Coach McKenna's hard work didn't
slop o ff the hardwood either; his
concern and dedication to his players
goes beyond basketball The young
ladies that are leaving this program
will be well prepared for what life has
to offer.
Portland Observer
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You’ve come a long way, baby.
LESLIE ANITA CONE
Medical student kicks
her way to the top
by Yvonne P. Brown
She kicks the anxieties out o f her
life as a medical student. And she
does it well — unusually well.
That’s one of the reasons why leslie
Anita Cone, a student in the Howard
University College o f Medicine, is
often in high spirits, flashing her
broad smile — the smile o f a winner
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Indeed, she is a winner: a United
States Tae Kwon Do (pronounced
Tie Kwon Doc) Team champion.
Cone says participating in this mar
tial art, which primarily consists of
kicks, has enabled her to compete
successfully with a very common
adversary in medical school — stress.
"Some people cry, sleep and eat; I
use Tae Kwon D o ."
Breaking away from her textbooks,
(he second-year medical student now
practices several hours per week. Her
T K D workouts in medical school,
however, don’t come quite so often as
they did when she was a Howard
undergraduate.
Back then she could be found in the
gymnasium most evenings and week
ends swimming, running or, more
frequently, practicing T K D under
the expert eyes o f the internationally
renowned Tae Kwon Do authority,
Dong Ja Yang. A professor in H ow
ard’s department o f physical education
and recreation, he was recently elected
president o f the Pan American Tae
Kwon Do Union.
Yang, whom Cone regards as " in
structor, father and friend," has
been her mentor since her undergrad
uate junior year, when she first put on
the novice’s white belt as a member of
Howard’s Tae Kwon Do club. Re
maining an active member o f the
club. Cone is now a second-degree
black belt, twice a member of the U.S.
team, and twice a District o f Colum
bia regional champion.
Cone, who has won a gold medal
for the past two years in the U.S. N a
tional Tae Kwon Do Championships,
is proud o f being a part o f Howard's
predominantly Black club. "W hen we
go to meets, we are the largest group
o f Blacks participating."
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