European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1977 the stars and stripes Page 25 Chison land jobber tops Aba ail Star selections their pick in Erving miss first team majors draft new York a no baseball owner was More Active than Bui Veeck in last Winters free agent Weecks Chicago while employing some technical twists in the were Able to Corral four of the less expensive choices in that grab bag of mostly potential Star when the sox had the 1 selection in tuesdays Les exciting Amateur Veeck knew How to handle the he simply headed for his Home in and then detoured 10 Miles Down the Road to or a Little talk with Hal a first baseman Outfield or who hits baseballs great a cock spent the afternoon with us old and the trip paid immediate dividends when he wound up his visit by sign ing the youngster for no terms were Chison were Only the White of Are the Only team in the 13year history of the Amateur draft who Ever failed to sign a 1 Selec that was in 1971 when Catcher Danny Goodwin passed up their four years after starring at Southern universe Goodwin was the 1 pick again and that time he signed with California but you cant blame that foul up on who didst own the Chison at the he was watching Little and one of them was who grew into the left handed slugger that Chicago picked after the White sox drafted Montreal went for a 200pound right handed William Gullickson of Joliet Catholic High school in Orland considered by most scouts to be the top pitching Prospect in the then Milwaukee selected Paul slugging shortstop for the University of who batted with six homers and 36 runs batted Fondy lands Molitor Dee the Brewers director of called Molitor the most advanced Middle infielder in the Hes a Lin drive the Type of Guy that can get extra base hits for and Hes an excellent Molitor was drafted by Louis in the 1974 draft but passed up the cardinals offer to play College Ball at Atlanta had the fourth selection commissioner Bowie Kuhn unsuccessfully tried to take away from the braves in the Ted Turner tampering the braves used the Choice to draft left handed Pitcher Tim Cole of two sons of former major leagues went in the drafts first Catcher Terry Kennedy of Florida state son of Bob the Chica go cubs vice president of baseball opera was picked by As the drafts sixth shortstop Craig Landis of son of a outfielder Jim went to the san Francisco giants and was the 10th player thirteen rounds were conducted and 338 players selected in five hours the draft was to continue new York Walton led the Portland Trail blazers to the National basketball association championship and Julius Erving was praised this season As the Best Allaround player in Bas but both failed to make the official Aba Allstar first team announced tues los Angeles Center Kareem Abdul making the team for the sixth time in his Lightyear topped All players with 107 Points in by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters from All league at the conclusion of the regu Lar new Orleans Pete who became Only the fourth guard in Aba his tory to average More than 30 Points a game As he led the league with a average this tallied 104 Points to earn a guard spot for the second consecutive Paul who had his finest season in the Aba this year with a scoring average for the Phoenix joined Maravich in the backcourt with 55 is More than George Gervin of san Antonio and 22 More than his former team mate Jojo White of West Hals Allstar selection was the first in his Elvin Hayes of Washington and David Thompson of Denver were the choices at even though Thompson spent More than half the season playing making the team Lor the second time in his collected 82 Points in the Abduljabba Westphal Hayes led the league in minutes was eighth in scoring sixth in rebounding and third in blocked shots a third year pro playing his first season in the Drew 62 four More than Thompson was the leagues fourth Best scorer with a 25 9 a Erving headed the second team Allstar squad and was joined by teammate George Gervin and of the 10 players selected for the first and second Allstar four played in the now defunct Aba last year Thomp Mcginnis and the voting first team Abdul Center 107 guard in Paul guard so Eivin Forward a David Forward m second team Bill Center 4 George san award m Jojo guard is Julius Forward m George Forward it celtics Heinsohn signs a multiyear contract Boston up Tom a important cog in 10 Boston celtics Champion agreed tuesday to sign a multiyear contract to continue coaching the club president red following a two hour meeting at Boston Garden with Heinsohn and owner Irv made the ending two months of speculation about the 42yearold coach Heinsohn will sign a contract in the near Auerbach the negotiations in essence took very Little about 10 to 15 Auer Bach said at his the rest of the we were talking about the draft and Trade and we kept getting interrupted by other general managers who called to talk about their free president of the Aba coaches reportedly had sought a three year contract at an but the terms and length of the agreement were not i dont think signing a new contract was a Heinsohn All 1 can say is that its a multiyear contract that in Happy since succeeding Bill Russell As the Boston coach in Heinsohn has com piled a 416240 regular season record and a winning percentage of in leading the celtics into the playoffs the past six Heinsohn teams have won two Aba titles and compiled a 4733 postseason Heinsohn was handed an aging and crumbling championship Winner in the fall of the celtics had finished fourth in their but had won their Lith Aba title on the final gasps of Russell and Sam with Henry Finkel starting at the 196970 celtics limped to a 3448 their Only losing season in the past with Rookie Dave Cowens assuming to Heinsohn signs multiyear pact the Pivot in the 197071 the celtics finished third in the Atlantic they went on to win the division title the next five years before dropping to second last Heinsohn called 197677 his most challenging season As a with the loss of Paul a two month sabbatical by a two month injury to Charlie Scott and the addition of five new Heinsohn was forced to juggle his lineup throughout the season while trying to stay in playoff the Maneu vers paid off As Boston finished the season with 21 wins in the last 32 games and whipped san Antonio in two straight playoff games before falling to Philadelphia in a seven game quarterfinal prep Cage superstar tabs Maryland new York up High school basketball superstar Albert King has decided to attend the University of to was reported or ctr in Washington and the new York Post reported that King had selected Maryland Over Arizona slate University and would make the announcement at his High school awards banquet wednesday the 6foot6 the son of a Sanita Tion attended fort Hamilton High school in Brooklyn and is the most highly prize prep Cage player in the country King scored 36 Points and grabbed 23 re Bounds in his i fish school debut and went on to average 30 Points and 20 rebounds per his which attracted scouts from nearly every major College in the a Good student with a solid b kept most of the coaches on tender Hooks throughout the but finally said he had narrowed his Choice to Arizona state and Kings is a standout Forward at the University of who was declared As a hardship Choice for fridays National basketball association he is expected to go 3 offers gain hockey Hall Montreal a two former National hockey league Detroit ked wings Center Alex Delvecchio and defense Man Tim Horton of Buffalo and the new York were named tues Day to the hockey Hall of Delvecchio and Horton were selected in the players named from the builder owner category were John Francis Bunny who ran the inter National ice hockey federation for 18 the late Joseph a former part owner of the Nils Montreal and Harold presi Dent of the Nils Toronto Maple the five men will be inducted to the Lynll of Fame in Delvecchio is Only the second player to play More than 20 seasons for one he retired to coach the red wings after playing 22 full seasons and parts of two others for in 10 of those Delvecchio scor Ixl 20 or More completing his playing career with 456 goals and 82s assists in 549 who was dismissed As red wings coach this played for three Stanley cup winners and was a two time who died in a car crash played 22 seasons and was a six time in he had us goals and 403 he also played on four of Toronto Stanley cup Ahearne became Secretary of the British ice hockey association in 1933 and retained that position for 40 he was elected i1hf vice president in 1954 and president in 1957 and served Conli Sously in one of those positions until his retirement in Hernandez will play with red sox Boston up the Boston red sox have announced that newly acquired Relief Pitcher Ramon who initially walked at being traded by the Chicago had changed his mind about report ing to the Al club a 36yearold was traded to the red sox for outfielder Bobby Darwin after both players had cleared waivers in their respective who has played for Atlanta and Pittsburgh As Well As the began his career in 1967 with the this season he appeared in six games but recorded no