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SPO RT TALK will live up to its
nail»* and touch on quit« a h r *
topics m the wurld ol sports It was.
a busy week but a few stones did
evolve that require attention
NBA DRAFT
Stu Inman and the Blazer brass
have dona it again Tha Blazers
had tha 24th and 25»h picks m tha
annual college draft and opted to
go for a point guard with their first
choice Tarry Foster, from Wis­
consin Stavans Point, was tha first
plover chosen by tha Blazers and to
ma that means goodbye Darnell
Valentine Although I have never
seen Portar in action, his scouting
report does sound impressive The
tact that Portland spam their No 1
choice on a point guard, with a full
guard roster does not surprise me
Blazer history clearly indicates that
point guards only last in Portland for
an average of 3 years
Tha No 25 pick was a canter,
M ike Sm rek from Camstus. who
was promptly traded after the tlosa
of tha second round Smrek went to
Chicago for the rights to Ken John­
son, 6- foot 8 from Michigan State,
and Ben Coleman, 6 -foot 9, who
played last season in Europe.
George
M ontgom ery,
6 -foot 9,
from Illinois was the third Portland
choice That puts tha heat on Audte
Norris to hold dow n his power
forward position. Glickman is not a
Norris fan so Audie’s late season
heroics may wall have been his final
appearance in tha Blazers colors.
A C Green was taken by the
W orld Cham pion Los Angelas Lak
ers with tha No 23 pick and elimin
ated tha possibility of A C playing
for tha Blazers I think tha kid was
fortunate Pay Riley and Jerry West
are looking to the age factor in tha
Laker front court and drafted for
that Boor position. Running the
Boor and rebounding are Green's
strong suits and they fit the Laker
needs perfectly
PinkJon Thomas rotatn* hi*
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champtonahip *»**• ****** KO
M k e Weaver was game but h *
chm couldn't take it W BC heavy
weight champ. Pmkkxi Thomas,
showed a devastating right hand
that sent chakangar M k e Weaver, to
tha canvas for tha fuk count, at 1 4 2
of tha 8th round, m than title fight at
the Riviera Hotel m Las Vegas. Ne­
vada Weaver want down once m tha
first round but got to his feat and
gave tha re g m *g WBC champion
a fight
Tha fight was loaded with action
and punching power by both fight
ers Rarely have two heavyweights
used the left tab more effectively than
Thomas and Weaver Pmkkxi Thom
as may wall ba tha next man to unity
tha heavyweight title picture and to
hold tha belt for some time While he
showed that he can punch with any
one, he displayed for me an excel
lent defense Sugar Ray never did
mention how masterfully Thomas
used his elbows to block Weaver s
heavy body shots Sugar tkdn't even
mention how expertly Thomas kept
h«s head away from that good >ab of
Weaver s. The fight was fantastic,
but tha teaser that HBO showed
prior to tha bout was insulting Ah,
the REAL Sugar Ray Alexis A/yueOo
Rnberl Duran and Joe Louis were
referred to j s former champions that
ckd not know what to do with their
money Rocky Marciano and Max
Schmeling were the examples of
former champs that did kixiw what
to do with theirs People of color
don't and white men do. was dearly
the pomt of the story Jimmy Jacobs,
a fight manager and ring historian
sted. Great fighters who come out
of poverty generalty don't understand
how to handlt money "
I don’t dare write my initial reaction
to that statement using the same
logic, however, I must assume that,
"generally." most affluent white men
want to believe that they know more
about people of color than they ac
When the poet fight interview
started Larry Marchant attempted to
cut off Pmky m the mrddk of a com­
ment and was poktefy told to be quiet
and to let tha champ continue fee
statement Larry Marchant played it
off but Pmky vnpteaeed ma with f*a
reaction to what wes be* g attempted
by Marchant The young brothers
are cetcfxrg on. When a few other
athletes of color start cetchmg on and
begin to hire agents of color tv ispre
sent them, we may someday learn
how tv hat M ke money
Stem Dunk contest
BAy Ray Bates wA slam dunk m
Portland - for one right
Bates, one of the most spectacular
players m the Portland Trail Blazers
history wA p arhcipate m a Siam
dunk contest at the end of Portland’s
annual Rex**» Game July 17 at the
Memorial Cokseom
Bales, who stA owns the highest
(.layoff scoring average 126 71 in
Portland history wA be roved in the
slam dunk contest by current Blazers
Clyde Drexier and Jerome Kersey
and former Blazer Michael Harper
It • p c se A ls that a 1986 draft
chotee wA rom th « group
Bates played last season m Switz­
erland. and Harper played with the
Antibes m France
The slam dunk contest wA ckmax
a rookie camp that wA be held July
1316 pnor to the Rookie Game
Frye lodges for the contest wA be
Dave Gambaa, former Oregon State
and professional basketball star who
e now president of Western Inter
national Forest Productions. former
TrisJ Blazer LaRue Martin. Karen
Howell, basketball star at St. Mery s
Academy who wA play next season
for DSC; R»ck Metsger sports dr
rector of KOIN TV. and Steve Oum.
sports columnist with the ( » K W
Tickets for the rookie game and
slam dunk contest wA be sold by
members of the Downtown Rotary
Club and wA be on sale at G I Joe s.
tickets are priced at $5 and $3 and
no seats wA be reserved They wA
go on sale June 18.
Game time July 17 wA be 7 p.m.
Four lO nxnute quarters wA be
played
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The widest pyramid ever erected is the Quetzalcoatl
located 63 miles southeast of Mexico City. It is 177 feet
tall and its base covers an area of nearly 45 acres.
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preparing hx tha sgnwiHM sw»
sexi, bang the boards hx tha
rebounds. See schadute bek>w
(Photo: JeoMgan)
3SB5 Summer League
official schedule
The widest single window ever manufactured is lo­
cated in the Palace of Industry and Technology in Paris,
France. It has the extreme width of 715.2 feetl
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The world's widest hotel lobby is that of the Grand
Hotel Taipa in Taiwan. It measures 154 feet by 114 feet
and is 31 and a half feet high.
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Thursday 6 00 Nets
vs Pacers
June 22 Saturday 4 30, Jazz vs.
Suns, 5 4 0 .
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6 50 Cavs vs Nets
June 23: Sunday. 5 0 0 , Bucks vs
Pacers, 6: TO. Lakers v Rockets
June 25: Tuesday. 5 3 0 . Jazz vs
Cavs. 6 40 Pacers vs Sixers
June 26 Wednesday 5 30. Bucks
vs. Nets, 6:40, Lakers vs. tuazers
June 27: Thursday, 6:00. rockets
VS Suns
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S u n s - 2-1
Jazz - 2-2
Rockets - 1-2
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help participants trim o ff inches and
weight has been scheduled at the Pori-
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Campus, 705 N Kilhngsworth, dur­
ing summer term.
The class begins Tuesday, June 25,
and runs Tuesday and Thursday eve­
nings from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. in the
Cascade gymnasium. Cost o f the six-
week class ts $15.50. Dorothy Weidcr
hold is insiructor.
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