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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday. June 12. 1980 warriors select Carroll no. I in draft Catiti Ufa front Page 21 last Simoum and finished in the Pacific Divi Sion cellar he last three years bolstered their fron court by acquiring Ihrcke first Rater founders. Carroll figures to in Cirii Par ish s starting Center position while Brown and Smith May Battle for the Power for Ward Job. Brown is a College Center who is projected As a Forward by the pro scouts while Smith led the nation in rebounding last season with a 15.2 average. Warriors coach Al allies was elated at the selections. He described Carroll As devastating Force  said Brown May be the outstanding shooting big Man in the draft and said Smith probably works harder on both ends of the floor than postmen in the  Utah picking second took Clamour guard Darrell Griffith whose Brilliant All round play led Louisville to the Mcaa championship. I m going to do As much As i can to try to make Utah a Winner too Carney Lansford. Bumping the ump Angel Lansford suspended Anaheim. Calif. A Cali fornia Angels third baseman Carney Lansford has been suspended for three games and fined $250 for bumping an Umpire last sunday the american league team said tues Day. , informed of the decision in a Telegram from Al pres Didcot Lee Mcphail. Started tuesday night s game against new York but will miss wednesday night s Gam against the Yankees and games against Boston thursday and Friday nights. Lansford was ejected for bumping Umpire Al Clark twice in the fifth inning of sunday s 13-8 loss to Balti More. The argument stemmed from Lansford being picked off second base. I could Appeal it bul i Don t want to drag it out said Lansford. He bumped me u much As i bumped him. Umpires Are not supposed 10 provoke stuff they re supposed to Slop  said Griffith. Later in the first round the jaw picked up another guard John Duren of George town. He s an outstanding play maker who set school records with 228 assists last sea son and 583 for his career and could team with Griffith in an All Rookie backcourt. The Boston celtics picking third took 6 11 Kevin Mcl Lale a Center from Minnesota who was expected to play both Center and Forward in the pros. Mchale joins Parish Larry Bird. Dave Cowns Rick Robey and Cedric Maxwell a free agent to give bos ton extraordinary depth up front. I think i la fit in Well with them said Mchale. It s always better to be going with a winning team and it should be fun playing with Larry  the Chicago bulls picking fourth took play maker Kelvin Janscy of Ohio state. But less than an hour later they dealt ran Scy to the Portland Trail blazers for another play maker Iowa s Ronnie Lester who Portland had taken with the both pick of the first round. Chicago also will get a first round draft Choice from Portland in either 9klorl9kz. Ronnie is a pure Point guard a very Good All around player who knows How to get a team into its  said bulls Gen eral manager Rod Thorn. He knows How to control the Tempo of the game and is a very Good Middle Man on the fast  Lester was rated the second Best guard in the draft by most scouts but he missed is games during the regular season because of a knee injury and aggravated it during the Mcaa tournament and this dropped him Down the list. Ransey was rated just a Shade behind Lester but has had no injury prob lems. The acquisition of Lester Means the bulls May look to Deal Ricky Sobers the five year Veteran who was their play maker last season. Denver picking fifth took 6-9 Forward James Ray of Jacksonville an outstanding shooter. Later with the final pick in the royals Down tribe for 7th straight win Brett injures ankle by Fred Mcmane Dpi sports writer manager Jim Fry of the Kansas City royals put on the steal sign tuesday night and got robbed of his Best player. George Brett one of the hottest hitters in the american league suffered Liga ment damage in his right ankle while stealing second base in the third inning and will be lost to the royals for an indefinite period. Prior to his injury Brett had staked the royals to a 1-0 Lead with his eighth Homer. Talking about stolen bases said Frey Brett is the one Guy i wish i had t sent. He is an excellent base runner and very Al Roundup aggressive. I had some bad thoughts when 1 saw him rolling in the dirt. When i got out there 1 heard somebody say they heard it pop and that we might lose Brett for 6 to-8 weeks. But i Hope he s Back in  with Brett out Willie Aikens provided the royals with left handed Power and sparked an 8-4 Victory Over the Cleveland indians by driving in tour runs with a two run double and a two run Homer. It was the royals seventh straight Triumph. This is my biggest night of the year said Aikens who has not performed up to expectations so far. I think when i got traded during the season i put pressure on myself when i came Over to Kansas City i started to uppercut the Ball Early in the season and Fly out a lot. But my swing i Starling to level  reliever Marty Pattin who took Over for starter runic Martin with two out in the fifth benefited from Aikens hitting to notch his second Victory against no losses while indians starter Len Barker who departed in the fourth lost his fourth game in nine decisions. Elsewhere in the american league Blue jays 1, while sox 0 Jim Clancy tossed a four hitter in pitch ing the Blue jays to Victory. Clancy 5-3, struck out six in posting his second shutout and fifth Complete game in ii starts. Back to Back doubles by Barry Bonnell and John Mayberry in the second inning off loser Ross Baumgarten 1-3, provided inc margin of Victory. I had Good stuff from the bullpen All throughout the game said Clancy. There Are limes when i be had Good stuff in the bullpen and i can t get out of the first inning. The Ball had a Good hop on  ringers 3, Brewers 1 Al Oliver homered and singled twice to support the five hit pitching of Ferguson Jenkins and Lead the Brewers past the rangers. Oliver belted his sixth Homer in the fourth to tie the score 1-1 after Robin Yount gave Milwaukee a 1-0 Lead with his ninth Homer in the third. The rangers who snapped a five game losing Streak scored the go ahead runs in the eighth of starter and loser Moose Haas 6-5. Tigers 8, twins 4 consecutive two run doubles by Lance Parrish and Al Cowns in the third inning and the five hit pitching by Milt Wilco sparked the tigers. Wilcox raised his re Cord to 5-4 with his sixth Complete game and fourth in his last five outings. Angels 5. Yankees 4 Rod Carew singled Home the winning run with two out in the eighth after Fred pack had tied the game with a two run Homer earlier in the inning. Mark Clear pitched the final two innings to record his fourth Victory against four losses. A s 7, orioles 4 Dwayne Murphy went 4-for-4 and Rickey Henderson added a triple and two singles in helping the a s snap the orioles four game winning Streak. The a s got 10 of their 14 hits off Scott Mcgregor who suffered his third loss in eight decisions. Ken Singleton and Eddie Murray homered for the orioles. Red sox 5, mariners 4 Fred Lynn s i he inning Homer gave the red sox their Victory. Lynn s Home run came off reliever Rob dressier 0-4 and gave the Victory to skip Lockwood 3-1 who hurled 3 1/3 innings of witless Relief. Jim Rice Rick Burlison and Carlton Fisk also homered for Boston. Belgian equestrians withdraw from olympics Brussels a Belgium s equestrian federation has withdrawn from participation in the olympic games in Moscow. A federation spokesman said the decision was made largely because the non participation of More than a dozen of the strongest equestrian nations in the games has critically reduced the value of the Riding event sin Moscow. First round the nuggets picked up guard Carl Nicks of Indiana state. New Jersey had the next two picks and took 6-6 Forward Mike o Koren of North Carolina and 6-11 Center Mike Gminski of puke both of whom Are known As outstand ing team players and excellent passers. O Koren should fill the nets Hole at Small Forward while Gminski could become their Starling Center since both veterans George Johnson and Bob Elliott Are free agents. Philadelphia then picked the outside shooter it needed 6-3 Andrew Toney of southwestern Louisiana who had a four year scoring average of 23.6 Point per game. He provides insurance in Case Veter an Doug Collins does t recover from hit foot injury. Five teams did not have picks in the first round but got into the lottery later. A total of 10 rounds were held and 223 players selected with several teams passing in the late rounds. The draft began at noon and ended at 6 17 . Paddle Pusher Sheila o Dougherty an accounting major at the University of Minnesota is Law no. I woman player on the Vas. Table Ennis learn. She wants to bring the sport out of Ibe base ment and set up a College league. 0 Dougherty 22, says people do not understand the game enough to watch it properly. However she sees 1 Bright future for the sport in which she has won three National collegiate championships. Dpi photo Houston chronicle sports editor Dies Houston up Houston Chroni Csc sports editor Dick Peebles suffered a heart attack tuesday at  Airport and was pronounced dead at a near by Hospital. He was 61. He had been scheduled to Board an air is Anc to go to Springfield. . To cover the r i  
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