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T he P ortland O bserver • J uly 27, 1994
HUCKSTERS GOING TO NATIONALS
Members of the Northeast Community Tracksters who qualified for USA Junior Olympic Track and Field
events. The club is headed to the national competition held this week in Gainesville, Fla.
HEAVY HANDED
PURITTY NEW
OPPONENT VS.
MORRISON
Ross P uritty, a 6 ’4 ” 250-
pound braw ler from O klahom a,
is T o m m y
(T h e
D uke)
M o rriso n 's new opponent on
E S P N 's T op R an k b o x in g
doublehander at the A tlantic
City C onvention Hall on T hurs
day.
Puritty (8-8, 6 KOs), re
places P h ilad elp h ia’s W illiam
M orris(1 3 -1 0 , 1 K O )in th e 10-
round bout. No reaso n w as
given for M orris’ sudden w ith
draw al. The other co -teatu re
rem ains the sam e, with form er
W orld B oxing O rg a n iz a tio n
champion (M erciless) Ray M er
cer (23-2, 16 KOs) m eeting
heavyweight M arion Wilson (7-
9-2, 3 KOs) in a scheduled 10-
rounder.
In an ad d e d a ttra c tio n ,
form er In tern atio n al B oxing
Federation ju n io r w elterw eight
V aries (The N atural) M urray
32-2, 19 KOs) returns to At-
antic City for the first tim e
ince losing his crow n in Feb-
u ary to Jak e (T h e S n a k e )
(odriguez. M urray m eets Paul
AZalker (10-8-4, 3 KOs), from
Norfolk, V ir., in a 10-round
WOMEN’S THIRD ANNUAL
GOLF INVITATIONAL BENEFIT
The th ird annual P ortland
Women’s G olf Invitational, a benefit
for Women’s Cancer Services at City
of Hope National Medical Center and
Beckman Research Institute, will be
held at the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club,
Thursday, September 8, 1994.
Nancy Marshall & Carol Falk of
Portland are this year’s chairs, along
with honorary chairs, Norma Paulus,
Kathy Smith, and Molly Crowley.
Last year the event raised $32.000
for City of Hope and the volunteer
organizing committee needs your
support in reaching it’s $50,000
goal.
Proceeds from the event will ben
efit Women’s Cancer Services, which
includes breast cancer education at
City o f Hope National Medical Cen-
jout.
AMATEURS WIN
JPPORTUNITY TO
PLAY GOLF WITH
PROS AND STARS
Two Northwest golfers won a
?ot to play alongside the likes o f golf
reats Peter Jacobson, and Craig
tadler, and actor Jack Lemmon next
lonth at the Washington Mutual Pro-
m i at the Fred Meyer Challenge in
Vest Linn, Ore.
W ashington M utual aw arded
Vayne B rooks, 54, o f G aston,
)re., and Carl Schlossm an, 35, o f
ieattle, “ Play with the P ro” slots
vorth $4,500 each. The contest
vas free to enter.
Four am ateur golfers and one
’GA p ro fessio n al c o n stitu te a
earn in the W ashington M utual
’ro-Am . to be held Sunday, Aug.
21, at the O regon G o lf C lub in
West Linn A m ateurs are placed
an team s based on their handicap
to make team s as evenly m atched
as possible.
Alongwiththeroundofgolfwith
the PGA pros, the winners receive
VIP admission to the three-day Fred
Meyer Challenge golf tournament for
and a guest, admission to related events
and various other gifts.
ter and Beckman Research Institute.
Founded in 1912 City o f Hope is
recognized as a world leader in the
advanced research and treatment of
cancer including leukemia. Bone
Marrow Transplant, as well as diabe
tes, Aids, Alzheimer’s and many he
reditary and genetic disorders.
Individual and team registration
is now being accepted. Cost for the
entire day’ activities is $150 per per
son, and includes a full day of golf,
use of a cart, lunch, both live and
silent auctions, team awards and tee
prizes.
For more information on the golf
outing, committee involvement or to
have an invitation sent to you, call the
City of Hope office at 1-800-934-
9196.
UNDEFEATED HEAVYWEIGHTS
DONALD AND GOLOTA CLASH
IN THE SPORTSLIGHT
WITH RORIN ROBERTS
In the SportsLight with Robin
Roberts, a new ESPN series of
SportsCenter spec ials, w il 1 prem iere
Monday, July 25 at 7:30pm ET.
This on-location interview show will
present prominent and successful
individuals who trace the roots of
their success back to the fields of
their childhood sports dreams. The
30-minute premiere will feature
Senator Bill Bradley and rap artist
Hammer.
“ These specials will show
that people can achieve success
through avenues o ther than p ro
fessional ath letics,” said R ob
erts. “They w ill show th at w hat
we learn through p articip atin g
in sports can be applied to our
every day lives. With recent focus
on negatives such as salary disputes
and drug problems, it’s great to be
able to highlight the benefits of
sports.”
The program will include Bra
dley, a Princeton Rhodes Scholar
and NBA Hall-of-Famer, and Ham
mer, a former Oakland A ’ s bat boy.
Both have diverged from careers in
athletics to achieve success in non
sports related fields.
“SportsLight
with Robin
Roberts" is a
new ESPN
series of on-
location sports
specials.
Roberts has
hosted ESPN’s
Sunday
SportsDay,
SportsCenter
and contributed
to the cable
network's NFL
PrimeTime
show.
The second show w ill feature
actor Bill Cosby and New York
G overnor M ario Cuom o, and will
be televised M onday, Aug. 22 at
7:30pm .
Since joining ESPN in February
1990, Roberts has served in various
capacities, including hosting Sunday
morning’s Sunday SportsDay, an
choring SportsCenter, contributing
to NFL PrimeTime and providing
interv iews and reports from the fie Id.
In addition to covering men’s and
women’s NCAA basketball, Rob
erts serves as SportsCenter s pre
miere tennis correspondent.
B onitta B est
T hirty-five years ago, John
W o o ten w as d ra fte d by th e
C leveland Brow ns in the fifth
round. That same year another
Brown, whom some co n sider the
greatest running back ever, re
tired.
W ooten, 57, w ent on to have
a stellar 10-year career h im self
as a starting guard. He earned
two selections to the Pro Bowl,
and a berth on the all-p ro team in
1965 when the B row ns stom ped
Baltim ore 27-0 for the NFL Title.
Today W ooten is try in g to
bring not only an NFL title, but
a Super Bowl cham pionship as
well to the P hiladelphia Eagles.
In February he was prom oted
from scout to Vice P resid en t-D i
rector o f Player Personnel O p era
tions. W ooten will oversee the
team ’s pro and college scouting
departm ents, and will have the
final say on selection picks in the
draft.
“ The o pportunity to m ove up
to this position is som ething that I
have w anted and p rep ared for
since I first entered the m anage
m ent side o f football, W ooten
said after his prom otion. “ 1 had
alw ays w anted to be in a position
w here I could utilize my talents in
term s o f helping a ball club attain
and m aintain the status o f peren
nial co n ten d er.”
It’s not going to be easy. The
Eagles have been a trem endous
T ID E
DOUBLE
Olympic Auditorium.
The 10-round bout presented by Top Rank can be seen live on
ABC-TV at 5:05 p.m. ETZ2:05 p.m. PT.
Donald (16-0, 12 KOs) was a member of the 1992 Olympic team.
The 27-year-old from Cincinnati turned pro in 1993 and is the current
World Boxing council Continental Americas champion. Donald won
the title earlier this year in a fight seen on ABC with a 12-round decision
over then-unbeaten Jeremy Williams. Although the fight went the
distance, it was a clear win for Donald, who won nearly every round
with a battery of crisp jabs and sharp one-two combinations.
disappointm ent over the years,
never quite able to win that big
one. With the recent salary cap
and free agency m arket, m ore
Eagles w ere flying out than in.
W ooten, though, is looking fo r
w ard to the challenge.
“ 1 want to build this club
back into a co n ten d er,” he said
“ We have some good in g red i
ents here. The ow ner really cares
about this organization and he
sees that the people here care
about each other, too.
“ John is the epitom e o f the
term E ag les’ p resident H arry
G am ble said. “ He has seen and
lived football from every aspect.
M oreover he is extrem ely w ell-
respected throughout the NFL.
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With a combined record of 35 wins, zero defeats and 29 knockouts,
two of the heavyweight division’s brightest young stars Larry donald
and Andrew Golota square off on Saturday, August 13 at the Grand
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