Show 2D Sunday June 26 1988 The Salt Lake Tribune Draft Select in Center Backu to Tuesday's jazz Expect Indiana which owns the No 2 pick draft seems set to take the 7- foot-Smits Selkaly too will be gone by the time the Jazz pick So what about Perdue (70) Leckner (611) 2nd Lang Will they be around? Layden Is doubtful about Perdue skeptical about Lecknor and prctly sure abeut Lang Of Perdue Layden said "I guess he didn't have a grent Olympic camp But next year well have two more expansion teams and it's going to be tougher and tougher to get big guys So I doubt whether hell be there" Of Leckner Layden said "There a chance he'll be there yes But you look at it realistically and see how drafts have gone in the past and you ask yourself 'Bow can a sevenloot guy who can shoot and who has good hands still be there at No 171 So were not counting on it" And Lang? "I'd be surprised if he was gone when we picked" Layden said "Ile's a big guy You look at him and teo a big big body But he still a late first round pick So there are certainly some questions about him" Layden downplays the theory that Jazz need to use their the Green-les- s No I pick for a point guard who can play behind John Stockton "The year we drafted Stockton in the first round 119841 we were look ing for a guy who could play half the time because of Rickey4 age" Lay den explained "But now we have an ironman point guard Were looking for a guy to play only a few minutes a night And I think there are other ways of getting a guy like that besides using a first round pick There's the CBA There By Steve Luhm V role" Probably And probably at center ' Even though the Jazz have a need for a backup point guard since Rickey Green was taken by Charlotte in this week 'S expansion draft Scott Layden Indicated Saturday the Jazz are thinking in terms of a center who can help out behind Mark Eaton Remember Coach Frank Layden has said there's little chance that underachieving overeating Mel Turpin return "if we see a big body there — like !Eric! Leaner or (Willi Perdue — I don't see how we can pass him up" said Scott Layden The top five centers in the draft according to the Jan's chief scout are Rik Smith of Marist finny Seikaly of Syracuse Perdue of Vanderbilt Leckner of Wyoming and Andrew Lang of Arkansas - ' 1 4 1 t 1 i :I it 1 Erie Rik Smits Datmy Manning are free agents And there's a chance we could find somebody we like in the second round" As for the rest of the first round looks here's one opinion: nippers: Even the Clippers who won 12 games in 1986-8and 17 games last season can't mess thim up forward They're going to take Danny Manning of Kamm who along with power forward Michael Cage and Reggie Williams the No 4 pick in last year's draft give LA' "other team" a reasonable MICIPUR 7 0 Paerrt Pacers General Manager Donnie Walsh made most Of his peers angry two years ago when he swore 4 Will Perdue LICILIIPt 6-- 3 ft Smits post-seaso- n Nets: At first the Nets appeared ready to select 8 forward Chris Morris of Auburn But lately New Jersey seems hedging toward Pittsfor burgh's Charles Smith a ward who was the Big East's Player of the Year Either way the Nets can't go wrong They need help at forward since they still must be be concerned Over the future of but Orlando Woolridge 6-- 9 4-- 3 Milwaukee Witt 7 threw the first pitch of the game with no center fielder behind him but held on to complete his fifth game in 16 starts Ile struck Out seven and walked none allowing two earned runs Milwaukee starter Tom Filer lost his second in a row after four straight wins since being called up from Denver on May 23 in his last start Filer's winning streak spanning six seasons ended California tagged Filer for seven runs on nine hits as he pitched into the seventh The Brewers got two of their runs oft a seemingly shaken Witt in the first inning to end the righthander's scoreless string of 21ali ionings An gels center fielder Devon White was still In the dugout when Witt threw a strike to lead-of- f batter Jim Gantner Gantner eventually singled to center and stored one out later on Robin Yount's double 6-- major-league-lea- d fogoAtenomos respects" : With Minnesota leading 21 in the White Sox 10 Rangers 5: At Ar lington rookie Dave Gallagher hit two home runs in a game for the first time in his career to power the Chicago White Sox to win over Texas Gallagher who has three homers this season helped make a winner of Dave La Point Chicago had Mate with two on and two out Can put the ball five rows into the 1eftfield bleachers for a gamewin'ling home run : The home run was all Bob Welch oeeded to record his first victory in tis starts dating to May 25 Welch 9- 4 allowed three runs and seven hits in Its innings Dennis Eckersley worked "1 innings striking out three to tarn his majorleagueleading 23rd save am lima 7 Jays 2: At Toronto Gary homer and Pettis belted a three-ruDoyle Alexander scattered eight hits 2-- 3 6 c 4 4 4 I‘ 'bo 4 ' '4' '' iA0110 0°7 --- 111— i - k k tö ' ' ) — r Ilk - ' ) 4 ( - " 10 N ' f' I '1 ' -- " ::‘- t ' A ' : 4 :t 4 ' S4'"1 ‘ ' At : ' ! 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4 If 10' - e !!- - - A post-gam- - ' w"' 0 5-- - 4i - ' - Sandberg Grace Help Cubs Score :4 1 4 I 3: At Seattle pair of two-ru- n doubles and Kansas City took advantage of three errors to store five runs In the ninth inning while posting a victory over Seattle Right-bandBret Saberhagen 10- 6 worked the first eight innings allowing five hits and two runs He walked tour and struck out five Jerry Don Gleaton and Steve Farr pitched the ninth when Seattle scored on Glenn Wi IsOn's RBI double 2-- 3 " '—'777 " I 0A left-hand- ' tt scored an average of just three runs per game in La Point's last 15 starts but the White Sox produced four home runs and 14 hits against the Rangers 5-- 2 ''!"7"-'''- 1 k '1 6-- 7 Mariners Kurt Stillwell hit a ' ' 4 3-- 0 Royals 7 '' 'Ir'VP"'' 10' 7 Baltimore Bob Stanley pitched 212 inrelief for the win nings of one-hi- t 5 Mark Williamson lasted Only three batters into the Boston eighth n 4 : t ning that carried Boston past YinkteS 4 Indians 1: At New York homer in Jack Clark belted a two-ruthe third inning to lift the New York Yankees to a vietory over Cleveland allowed eight Tommy John hits over 715 innings for the victory walked The none and struck nut five Cecilia Guante went 1 innings for his ninth save 'bird inning Canseco strode to the It Ilk '4)P: s ' n e playing better than him in all inWq1f''"1''''''''''f''''''' 8 0 Red Sox 10 Orioles 3: At Boston Jim inRice singled through a drawn-ifield to drive in two runs breaking a tie and igniting a sevenrun eighth in- 4-- 2 e This team needs more its guards than an occafrom punch sional night by Sleepy Floyd So look for Houston to take a mime-te- r player who can score (Remember they talked to the Jazz about Darrell Griffith last year) The choice might be between Missouri's Derrick Chic-Se- e D-Column 1 Rockets: State-Kansa- 7-- 4 leading California past sions will probably guard Jeff Grayer by default They have the No 10 pick and every list of top 10 players includes this muscular scorer who Coach Larry Brown baw a lot in Iowa s games the past four years' Knicks: The Knicks would like a small forward-typ- e who could give the Warriors will probably grab him Otherwise watch for Coach Don Nelson to take forward Tim Perry of Temple He was the MVP in the post season Orlando Classic and he gives a team that already has Ralph Sampson and Manute 1301 in the middle what it needs: some muscle over eight innings leading Detroit past Toronto Alexander struck out six and walked one Guillermo Hernandez pitched a hitless ninth The Tigers ended starter Dave Stiehl winning streak at nine games inStieb 10-- 4 lasted only three-plu- s nings yielding six hits walking four and striking out five left-hand- k 6-- 6-- 5 Wardell: if Richmond slips this far Four RBIs Spectacular Catches Help Oakland to Win took the loss despite Anderson yielding just one earned run in seven Innings The hard-luchas a 133 ERA but a 22 record in his last four games Angels 10 Brewers 3 At Anaheim Mike Witt completed a for his fifth victory in his last six deci- SuperSonies: The surprise of the SeatOlympic Trials might end up in forward Dan tle That would be Maderle of Central Michigan He could add a little finesse to a physical brawling team like the Sonic& San Antonio Sprit States d ”W010V9105P 6-- 9 post-seaso- n high-scorin- g drug-plague- 6-- Heat: Miami could get what it needs with this pick — a marque player Kentucky's Rex Chapman fits the bill He's an underclassmen And he hasn't been playing well in the Hut he starred collegiately in Southeast Conference country and he's got a load of potential Did someone say he reminds them of Jerry West? 6-- :' Canseco Lifts A's Past Twins 4-- 5 6-- 7 6-- con- move and the templating free agent trade of Bol to Golden State Washthe Muggsey ington hopes to forget a year ago by pickof disaster Bogues take Will Pering a center When they due it will have plenty of implications for the Jazz Bucks: Officials for the aging Bucks are calling this the teams most itnportant pick in a decade Nice way to take pressure off a kid huh? Anyway it looks like the Bucks will want a out at swing player who can help do they If forward they and guard 7 Willie might decide on Georgeia's Anderson Suns: The Suns probably would have preferred Anderson But if he's gone they'll continue building their frontcourt by taking Seton Halls forward Mark Bryant A physical future front line of Bryant Seikaly and Armon Gilliam would give this tattered franchise some hope a 1 ners: Philedalphia is apparently trying to deride between Bradley's Hersey Hawkins and Kansas States Mitch Richmond Both are shooting guards and that's where Phi Ily needs help Hawkins was the nation's leadThe 5 ing scorer but he's only Richmond has played exceptionally well in camps and the Olympic Trials Because of his size the guess is that the Viers will take Richmond Malone Bullets: With Moses Slat The Suns need a center With Smits long gone that will probably mean they'll turn to Syracuse's Rony Selkaly If the Suns pull any surprises they might take Kentucky guard Rex Chapman They can also use a shooter to go along with point guard Kevin Johnson Hornets: This team took only one in the expansion player taller than draft So they'll probably go for size with their first-eve- r college draft pick That could mean Seikaly if he's available The next bet would be Chris Morris the forward from Auburn who has slipped this far after not being picked No 4 by the Nets I 40-Ft- 111110WOMIMMityrf Tribune Wire Services With the kind of numbers Oakland's Jose Canseco is producing it slould be easy to call him a franchise player The A's budding superstar however won't allow it "1 don't want to put myself in that foie" said Canseco who led the AM both on offense and defense Saturday tit a victory over the Minnesota Twins "A ball club or an organization ‘hould never put that kind of pressure on someone especially a guy ho's only 23 years old" Canseco hit his trig 19th home run drove in all four Oakland runs and deprived three hits with spectacTwins of extra-basular catches - "when you've got his hitting ability it can be easy to sit bark and forget about the other pieces (of the game)" Oki Oakland manager Tony LaRassa" but he doesn't ' : Defense? Canseco leads the As in outfield assists Speed? Cansecn leads the As in stolen bases And at the plate Canseco paces the As in runs BBL home runs and walks "When he pays attention to the ihole game like he has been doing te's a real force" said taliussa don't think anybody in the league is J 0 he'd take William Bedford with the No 5 pick and then grabbed Chuck Person instead Ile explained the switch by saying "1 lied" Well unless Wa leh is lying again the Pacers will take Rik Smits Reportedly Walsh liked the way another center (Eaton) bothered the Lakers in the playoffs And maybe the Lakers rumor noticed too One says LA has approached the Pacers about giving up Byron Scott Mychal Thompson AC Green or some combination of the three for the rights to pre-dra- 'a AMON ?' 6-- 9 this selection That might mean Richmond but hell probably be gone So make it Hersey Hawkins who averaged 363 points per game as a senior Ir - : t nywcts14 V 4 ' I j' 4 ' : them more than Kenny Walker has the last couple of seasons That could mean Pittsburgh underclassman Jerome cane but the guess here is that Harvey Grant that the Knicks like of Oklahoma a little better Clippers: The Clippers will probably use their second lottery pick to take a guard It could be Michigan point guard Gary Grant but more likely the Clippers will try to find a scorer with ' 4 n Will ? in the Tribune Sports Writer : If you're a Jazz fan anxiously awaitfix known as the ing for the college draft remember these names dates and places: Ronnie Murphy (1987 by Portland) Harold Pressley (1986 by Sacramento): Uwe Blab (1983 by Dallasi Jeff Turner (1984 by New Jersey) Those are the last four No 17 picks in the college draft The Jazz pick 17th in Tuesday's grab bag Still excited? "We're looking for a guy who can come in and give as some good solid minutes" says Assistant Coach Jerry Sloan "it'll probably be in a backup MIPA 04 Ms SP sIn itm sm Ms MA ms MA -- - osksssk PPM In that case there might have been a different outcome to Saturday's took over for game Aguilera Ojeda at the start of the eighth when the Cubs rallied for three runs Shawon Dunston singled to open 0-- the eighth and one out later stole second Dawson was walked intentionally and Sandberg followed with his single to center After Vance Law flied out Randy Myers came in and Grace hit his first pitch to center for a two-rutriple They tteammates1 told me to look fast ball for the hardest in the league" said Grace a blossoming rookie "He threw it and I hit it" Manager Don Zimmer said Grace's triple "didn't surprise me but it sure made me happy" n d Zimmer wouldn't comment on being hit except to say: ''When I played I always felt I knew hen someone was throwing at me" Dawson Dodgers 6 Reds 4: At Cincinnati the Dodgers were rocked in the bottom of Eer-the first inning when nando Valenzuela was chased after left-hand- - allowing three homers and four runs But they put together six hits of their own in the second to score five runs and went on to a vitory Mike Mar shall had three hits including a key two-rusecond single in the five-ruto help Los Angeles overcome Valeta auela's shortest Majorietigue start The Dodgers have won seven of eight The Rods have lost five of six n Pirates 5 Expos 1: At Montreal and John Smiley pitched I Barry Bonds doubled to spark a four-ruthird inning as the Pirates defeated the Expos The Pirates rallied against Brian Holman making his major-leagupitching &but !la five-hitte- r n MA Aft pa man a r old righthander was recalled form the Expos' Triple-- affiliate in indihnapolis to start in place of Floyd Youmans suspended intle finetely by Commissioner Peter Ue berroth earlier in the day for failing to comply with his drug testing pro struck out six and gram Smiley walked none in pitching his third complete game Braves 8 Padres 4: At Atlanta Dale Murphy drilled a twoquo single durfifth inning and the ing a four-ruBraves beat the Padres n a game The victory was the Braves third straight matching their longest streak of the season Sao Diego lost its third in a row Trailing Atlanta scored four times in the bottom of the fifth which was interrupted by a rain delay Four singles including one by Murphy knocked out Jimmy Joni' Re Bever Charlie Puleo got the victory 8-- rain-delive- 4-- 5-- 7 Cardinals 4 Phi ilies 3: At St Louis Jose DeLeon pitched a r and rookie Luis Alicea and Willie McGee each got three hits as the Curdinals beat the Phi !lies DeLeon retired 17 of the final 10 batters and won for the first time since May 29 DeLeon who leads the Cardinals in victories struck out seven and walked two in his first complete game since last Sept 5 with the Chicago White Sox Kevin Gross 83 gave up 11 bits In seven innings four-hitte- 5-- Giants 4 Astros I: At 11011M0n Mike Kruhow pitched a threehitter and Jose Uribe doubled and tripled and drove in two runs as the Giants de feated the Astros Krukow struck out four and v4alked one as he compitched his first regular-seasoplete gain(' since last July 29 Danny Darwin gtas the loser 6-- 4 3-- w—11? 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