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Make no mistake, PSD's Delgardo is back
News Tidbits in the World of Sports
The N .B .A ’s preseason sched
ule, which this year includers 111 games,
gets underway tonight with three con
tests, including the NY Knicks repre
senting the league at the fourth annual
M cD onald’s Open in Barcelona, Spain.
The Knicks will face Scavolini Pesaro,
the Italian League champion, in the
opening contest. O ther games slated for
tonight are Orlando hosting San A nto
nio and Phoenix playing host to the
Denver Nuggets at Arizona State U ni
versity in Tempe. The defending W orld
Cham pion Detroit Pistons open up to
morrow against the Clippers (U. of
Nebraska) and the TrailBlazers open in
H aw aii against a much-changed Los
Angeles Lakers. The Scavolini Pesaro
team features tw o ex-NBA players.
Darren Daye, 6 ’8", played with W ash
ington, Chicago, and Boston. He aver
aged 6.8 points in 328 games. Former
University o f Portland standout Darwin
Cook is the other American on the team.
His 19.8 scoring average is second to
D aye’s 24.0 average. Cook averaged
9.5 points per gam e playing with New
Jersey, W ashington, San Antonio, and
Denver. He played eight years 9612
games).
Rumor has it (so do wire serv
ice reports) in Los Angeles that Magic
Johnson took a pay cut to put the Lakers
under salary cap in order to solidify the
Terry Teagle trade with the Gold State
W arriors. The Lakers, in great need to
improve their bench production, secure
Teagle without com plications thanks to
Johnson’s lack o f ego. Teagle averaged
16.0 point per game for Don Nelson last
season. He w anted to play for a con
tender and Magic wants to stay a
contender-great com bination.
The 1990 Q-Rating, a survey
com piled once a year that rates popular
ity and appeal of professional sports
athletes, was released recently. In a list
ing o f the Top 12 athletes, the NBA was
represented by six former and present
players. Michael Jordan was number
one, Magic Johnson was number three,
Isiah Thomas was num ber five, Julius
“ Dr. J ” Irving was num ber six, Dom in
ique W ilkins num ber eight, and Jam es
W orthy number nine. Six out o f twelve
spots is not bad. It also says something
about how popular the NBA is and the
market o f articulate athletes.
Pat Riley, who led the L.A.
Lakers to four NBA titles as head coach
and has since joined NBC for coverage
o f the NBA, was recently presented with
the Jack McM ahon Coaches Award at
the league’s annual meetings (Boca Raton,
FL-Sept. 13-16) by M cM ahon’s widow,
Kay. The annual award is presented on
behalf o f the NBA Coaches Association
to am NBA coach in recognition o f his
contributions to the league. It is named
in h o n o ro f M cM ahon, who died on June
11,1989 after more than 36 years in the
NBA as a player, coach, and adm inistra
tor. It was McM ahon who drafted Riley
for the then San Diego Rockets in 1967
and served as his first professional coach.
Riley, the winningest coach in playoff
history (102), also won the Red Auer-
back Trophy as D igital’s NBA Coacj of
the Y ear this past season. He retired this
summer.
Steve Jones
Saturday, October 13: NBC
Sports will telecst the Knicks game live
beginning at 3:30 EDT, when New Yok
faces either Barcelona or POP 84 Split.
Marv A lbert will handle the play-by-
play, M ike Fratello will serve as the
analyst and Portlander Steve Jons will
cover the courtside activities. N BC is
associated with KGW-TV 8.
AUSSIE FOOTBALL 90
FOSTER’S
CUP
PORTLAND CIVIC STADIUM
OCTOBER 12 • 8 PM
b> A A R O N FENTRESS
Failure to be prepared for cold
weal her driving can lead to costly
anti dangerous breakdowns. So here
are some hot tips from the experts
at the non-profit National Insti
tute for Automotive Service Excel
lence (ASE) to take the chill out of
w inter driving.
Plan ahead. Fall is an ideal time
to get ready. Read your owner's
m anual and follow the m anufac
tu re r’s recommended service in ter
vals.
Replace worn wiper blades and
keep lots of w asher fluid on hand to
Fight road salts, grit, and other
windshield grime.
Replace balding tires with all
season radials or snow tires, as
conditions w arrant. Don’t forget to
check your spare and make sure
the tire jack works.
Have a qualified mechanic check
the condition of your battery and
cables, plus the radiator, hoses and
belts.
If you don’t have a regular me
chanic, a popular way to find a good
one is to look for certification. The
National Institute for Automotive
Service Excellence i ASEi conducts
the only national, industry-wide
testing and certification program
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Aussie Football Comes to Portland
7 he Australian Football League
(A FL) anu Foster’s Lager have chosen
Portland as the American site for the
1990 Foster’s Cup Australian rules
Football match. Tw o of the top teams
currently performing in the 1990 A us
tralian Rules Football League season
will travel to Portland and square o ff in
a battle for the third Foster’s Cup cham
pionship on Friday, O ctober 12 at 8:00
p.m . at Portland Civic Staduim.
“ To be the chosen city for this
entertaining event is something the citi
zens o f Portland should be proud o f,”
said Mayor J.E. Bud Clark. “ We look
forw ard to showing the Aussies a good
tim e-Portland style-come O ctober.”
" W e ’re extremely excited and elated to
be host Australian Rules Football in
beautiful Portland,” said Tim Fennell,
m anager of the Portland Memorial C oli
seum Complex and Portland Civic Sta
dium . “ W e’ll evenentertain thoughtsof
an Aussie expansion franchise!”
In 19X8, Aussie Rules made its
United States debut in Miami’s Joe Robbie
Stadium as the Collingw ood magpies
defeated the Geclon Cats 124-78. Last
year, the Foster’s C up returned to Mi
ami and saw the Esscndon bombers defeat
the Hawthorn Hawks 124-110. Teams
for the 1990 Foster’s Cup will be chosen
follow ing the Grand 1 mal, the “ Super
Delgardo also upped his
touchdown output from nine in 1987
to 18 in 1988. Under offensive
coordinator A1 Borges the Vikings
offense is patterned after that of the
San Francisco 49ers.
And like
Roger Craig of the 49ers Delgardo is
a focal point both rushing and
receiving. Delgardo came into the
1990 season with 116 receptions for
1,262 yards and seven touchdowns
thus far in his career.
"I like the style o f offense
we play," said Delgardo. "It gives
me a chance to really do what I do
best and that's to get into the open
field and try and take on defenders one
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bow l” of Aussie Rules, which takes
place during the final week o f Septem
ber.
Aussie rules, or ‘ ‘footy” as it is
known in Australia, began in 1858 when
Thomas Wentworth Wills, a young Aussie
from M elbourne, decided that football
would be an ideal sport to keep cricket
players in condition during the off-sea
son. Now governed by the Australian
Football League (AFL), this hybrid be
tween soccer and rugby has developed
into a national sport, with gam es at AFL
Park in Victoria regularly attracting
crow ds in excess o f 80,000 fans. The
G rand Final, which takes place prior to
the Foster’s Cup, draws more than 100,000
footy fans each year. The league’s 14
teams battle through the regular season
for the opportunity to play in the Grand
Final.
Aussie Rules is a fiercely
com petitive and physically demanding
game that combines the ability o f soccer
with punishing strength and toughness
found in rugby. The gam e is built around
the kick. A goal can only be scored with
a kick that is guided successfully be
tween two of four goal posts at either
end of the field. Not only are m ost
players proficient at kicking the ball
with either foot, they can also kick it at
least 60 yards-often on the dead run.
for autom otive
technicians. ASE
technicians have
p asse d
tough
tests. They wear
distinctive blue
and white shoul
der insignia; th eir employers often
post the blue and white ASE sign
near the shop entrance.
Engine performance problems
such as rough idling, poor accelera
tion, or hard starts should be cor
rected. In addition to peace of mind,
you’ll see better fuel economy.
Make certain your heater and
defroster are in good working con
dition.
Carry emergency gear: flares,
boots, gloves, ice scraper, blanket,
shovel, flashlight, tire chains, and
a few tools.
For a free
bnxthure about
certified auto
te c h n ic ia n s ,
w rite: ASE,
13505 Dulles
T e c h n o lo g y
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MBF. Herndon,
VA 22071.
Paul W. Stewart, founder and
curator of the Black American W est
Museum in Denver, Colorado, will be
the guest speaker at a reception for the
Friends o f Black Studics/Portland State
University. The event will be held on
Friday, N ovem ber 30, 1990 at the Red
Lion/Lloyd Center. The hors d ’oeuvre/
no-host bar reception will begin at 5:30
p.m.; at 6:00 p.m . Paul Stewart will
narrate a slide show featuring the history
of black cow boys and pioneers. Stewart
has written two books, entitled “ W est
ward Soul” and “ Black C ow boys” . He
has received the Black Educators United
Award, the G eorge W ashington Honor
Medal and is in “ W ho’s W ho in Black
A m erica” as well as “ W ho’s W ho in
Intellectuals o f the W orld” .
Documents, letter, scrapbooks, pic
tures, regalia...all com prise the Black
American West Museum collection, which
The statistics for Delgardo
are impressive but what's equally
impressive is the fashion in which he
has reached those numbers. At 5-6,
175-pounds Delgardo is not exactly
your prototype running back in the
size department. Speed has always
been thought to be his saving grace
having been timed as fast as 4.45 in
the 40-yard-dash. But those who
believe speed is his only weapon can
easily find themselves lying on their
hacks with Delgardo's foot prints on
their chest. Delgardo packs power.
"I may be small but I'll get
the job done," said Delgardo. "If you
have the heart and desire then your
size won't be a factor."
With six games left in the
regular season the Vikings are odds
on favorites to make a fourth
consecutive trip to the Division II
national playoffs.
According to
Delgardo such accomplishments are
not a focal point just a reality when
the oilier things are taken care of.
"I just want to play my best
and give everything I have in my last
year," said Delgardo. "Then when I
do that all the other things will just
fall into place like they have in the
past."
When
Delgardo's
final
season is over he plans to try the
N.F.L. but has a definite fall back
plan. Delgardo is studying Physical
Education and Administrative Justice
at PSU.
"I'll see what happens with
the draft when it's over," said.
Delgardo. "If it works out it works
out. If it doesn't then I plan to get
into teaching or counseling."
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Right now the only thing
Delgardo is teaching is the rest o f the
football world that he's back.
began as a personal interest and devel
oped into a hobby. Over the years, Paul
Stew art’s hooby has evolved into a na
tional center for research, education, and
cultural resources on the history of Black
Americans in the West. Stew art’s favor
ite exhibit is the one focusing on the life
o f Ferdinand Shavers, a bodyguard to
Abraham Lincoln.
The Friends o f Black Studies at
Portland State University is a newly-
formed affiliate of the PSU F o u n d atio n ,
The Friends o f Black Studies promoted'
excellence in the teaching and study of
Black history within the University and
strives to increase aw areness of this re
source in the community. Funds raised
will be used to support activities such as:
supplementing references in PSU library;
community outreach; supporting fac-
ulty/studcnt research activities; and funds
for an annual visiting scholar/speaker.
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and get a degree."
Now that his ankle is fixed
Delgardo says it's better than ever. "It
feels great,” said Delgardo. "I have
no worries or fears about it at all."
In three years Delgardo has
become PSU's most prolific rusher
with over 3,000 yards. In 1987
Delgardo broke PSU's single season
rushing record with 1,046 yards only
to re-set the record in 1988 with
1,251 yards.
Last Saturday PSU running
back Curtis Delgardo exploded for a
personal high of 225 yards on 24
carries against
Sacramento state.
After five games the Vikings stand at
4-1 and Delgardo has already
compiled 698 yards rushing and eight
touchdowns.
For Delgardo times
couldn't be better. But a year ago
this month times couldn't have been
worse for the all-american running
back who experienced a career
threatening injury.
Having had compiled over
500 all-purpose yards in the first two
games o f the 1989 season Delgardo
was off and running. Then, just as
quickly as the season had began for
Delgardo it ended. During the third
game, in the second quarter and on
the first play Delgardo broke his
ankle. The injury left Delgardo with
a lot of things to think about.
"I tried to keep my mind
straight and think about school," said
Delgardo. "But it was hard being on
the sideline watching my teammates
play when I couldn't be out there
with them."
W hile concentrating
on
school Delgardo sat and watched the
Vikings go through a successful 8-3
season before being eliminated from
the Division II national playoffs in
the second round.
Following the
1989 season Delgardo had to make a
decision to either enter the 1990
N.F.L. draft o f return to the Vikings
as a fifth-year senior for the 1990
college football season.
"My first thought was to
just go ahead, fix my leg, and play
pro." said Delgardo.
"Then I
thought, no, I need something to fall
back on so I decided to stay in
school. My main goal is to graduate
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