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May 17. 2006
P ori land OL s e r v e r
2006 Dodge Charger R/T
K athleen C arr
The 2006 D odge C harger is the
latest in a rem arkably long line of
certain hits from the Chrysler Group.
The new C harger has all the neces­
sary ingredients, from an im pres­
by
sive line o f engines to state-of-the-
art electronic technology, to the
right mix o f suspension and wheel-
and-tire com po entry, to standout
styling. The C hrysler G roup has
done a great jo b o f bringing back
them usclecarerain its model lineup.
The 2(X)6 Dodge Charger is a fun
drive, especially considering its
size. Make no mistake, at more than
16 feet in length and tipping the
scales near two tons, this is no
sporty coupe. It’s a big. heavy, full-
size sedan. The V 8’s most advanced
and socially responsible feature, a
m ulti-displacem ent system that
conserves fuel by shutting dow n
four cylinders when th ey ’re not
needed to m aintain the c a r’s m o­
mentum, is invisible. The VSengine
d e liv e rs p o w er sm o o th ly . T h e
C harger handled well along the
winding, two-lane roads around the
coastal range o f Oregon.
Tested Vehicle Information: Price: $36.640; Engine: 5.7L Hemi
Multi-Displacement; Transmission; Eive speed automatic.
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Boxing Great Patterson Remembered
Undersized
heavyweight won
title at age 21
Floyd Patterson was small for a heavy­
weight, but that never stopped him from taking
on the giants of his time. Good enough to
become the first two-time heavyweight cham­
pion of the world, he wasn't big enough to
avoid taking beatings from Muhammad Ali and
Sonny Liston.
Patterson died Thursday at his home in New
Paltz, N.Y., at the age of 71. He had Alzheimer’s
disease for about eight years and prostate
cancer, nephew Sherman Patterson said.
Patterson’s career was marked by historic
highs and humiliating lows.
He emerged from a troubled childhood in
Brooklyn to win the Olympic middleweight
championship in 1952.
In 1956, the undersized heavyweight be­
came at age 21 the youngest man to win the
title with a fifth-round knockout of Archie
Moore.
But three years later, Patterson was knocked
down seven times in the third round in losing
the title to Ingemar Johansson at the Polo
Grounds in New York City.
Floyd Patterson strikes a pose in 1960.
3-on-3 Tournament Set
The V ancouver hunger and housing organi­
zation Share and the M avericks Sports Club wi 11
host Hoops on the River, a two-day, 3-on-3
basketball benefit on Saturday, Aug. 19 and
Sunday, Aug. 20 at V ancouver Landing, lo­
cated just w est o f the Red Lion Hotel at the
Quay along the C olum bia River.
The tournam ent will raise money for Share
clients and program s, as well as raise m oney to
start a scholarship program for low-incom e kids
to play league sports or attend sports camps.
Team divisions include: adults, youth, wheel­
chair and Special Olympics. Volunteers are also
needed to assist at this event, including score-
Patterson returned with a vengeance at
the same site in 1960, knocking out Johansson
with a tremendous left hook to retake the
title.
“They said I was the fighter who got
knocked down the most, but I also got up
the most,” Patterson said later.
He fought Ali in 1965, lasting until the
12th round despite taking a beating from
the champion, who was angry because
Patterson called him by his given name,
Cassius Clay.
During the fight, Ali toyed with Patterson,
peppering him with jabs and right hands, all
the time asking, “What’s my name?”
Former Ali business manager Gene Kilroy
said the two reconciled in the early 1970s
when Patterson came up to Ali while he was
eating and said, “Hello, Muhammad Ali.”
They embraced and remained friendly after
that.
“Ali always thought he was a real nice
guy,” Kilroy said.
Patterson’s last fight was also against Ali,
who stopped him on cuts and swelling on
his face in the seventh round in 1972.
Overall, Patterson finished 55-8-1 with
40 knockouts. He was inducted into the
International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.
A memorial service is scheduled for Sat­
urday, May 27 in Albany, N.Y.
Detroit Pistons' Rasheed Wallace pleads his case with
referee Bennett Salvatore while Cleveland Cavaliers s Eric
Snow claims possession in the NBA playoff game Monday, in
Cleveland. (AP photo)
Cleveland Ties Series at 2-2
(A P) — R asheed W allace’s
right ankle was heavily taped.
M aybe his mouth should have
been, too.
W allace's perfect record o f pre­
dicting Detroit playoff victories
w as sn a p p e d M o n d a y w h en
LeBron Jam es scored 22 points
and the C leveland C avaliers dug
deep on defense to beat the Pis­
tons 74-72, evening their second-
round series at 2-2.
“ Everybody was counting us
out,” Jam es said. “Even people in
our own backyard were counting
us out. T h at’s extra motivation for
us. We d o n ’t listen to nobody."
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captains, litter and recycling patrol, w ater sales,
referees and individuals to assist with set-up
and tear-down.
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F ollow ing D etro it’s loss in
G am e 3, W allace had pledged the
Pistons would not only win G am e
4, but that the C avaliers w ould be
playing in front o f their fans for
the last tim e this season M onday
night.
He was doubly wrong.
T he C avaliers, em ploying Pis­
ton-style defense and getting big
shots from everyone, are back in
a series that began lopsided and is
as tight as it can be. For the sec­
ond straight gam e, Cleveland won
a low -scoring defensive struggle
- the kind of gam e that has typified
D etroit for years.
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