European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june �8.1988 the stars and stripes Pago 27 sports wire Manning tops Aba Draff from press dispatches new York the los Angeles clippers select Danny Manning or  that will be the first announcement of David Stem the National basketball association commissioner at today s College draft at the Felt forum. No Surprise. The fi-fool-10-Inch Manning the col lege player of the year has known since last month when the clippers won the lottery where he Wilt begin his pro career. Rik Smits a 7-4 Mcnier who came from the nether lands several years ago to play at Marist College where he averaged 24.7 Points a game is Likely to play for the Indiana faces who pick second. After the pacers won the second pick in the lottery there were questions about whether Donnie Walsh the pacers general manager would select Smits or make a Trade Walsh has been on the Telephone talking Trade. Herb Williams and Wayman Tisdale have been discussed he said. Through All the discussions however it has become More apparent that players of Smits size and potential Don t come along very often. I m leaning toward Smits Walsh said. I think he is going to be a real Good player. He is very athletic for someone 7-4 and stronger than a lot of people think. He can catch the Ball score and has great desire. He weighs 250 pounds and i foresee him going to 285 and 300 within the next three  after Manning and smile Are taken the draft will turn into a guessing game with the Philadelphia 76ers picking third. Charles Smith 6-10 of Pittsburgh Tim Perry 6-9 of Temple Rony Shikaly 6-11 of Syracuse Chris Morris 6-8 of Auburn Mersey Hawkins 6-3 of Bradley Mitch Richmond 6-5 of Kansas state and Rex Chapman the 6-4 guard who left Kentucky after his Sophomore year figure to be in the next group of players chosen. Postlewait beats Sheeham Wilmington. Del. Kathy Postlewait whose aching Back limited her to Only several rounds Over the last five weeks rallied with a of under Par 70 sunday to win the 1500,000 Mcdonald s championship by one stroke. Postlewait 39, shot earlier rounds of 69, 68 and 69 before completing the tournament at 276,8-under Par for the 6,366-Yard Dupont country club course. She finished one snot ahead of Patty Sheehan who three putted the final Hole. Poll wait who began the Day three strokes behind Sheehan look advantage of a two stroke swing on the i Ullh Hole to move into the Lead. Poll wait Sank a 12 fool pull for Birdie while Sheehan who would finish the Day with a 74, bodied the Hole logo from one shot ahead to one behind the Victory Worth $75,000, was Only the third in 15 years for poll wait who won once in 1983 and once last year. She started the tournament 17th on the Money winning list at $77,605. Player wins Silver pages playoff Oklahoma City a Little adjustment resulted in a big paycheck for Gary player on sunday. Player who earlier had used a 7-Iron to Par the Par 3 16th Hole changed to an to Iron on the same Hole the first in sudden death play winding up with a Birdie that gave him a Victory Over fellow South african Harold Hanm no in the $250,000 southwestern Bell Silver pages classic. Player who started the Day two shots behind Ken Ning finished at 13-under Par 203 at Quail Creek Golf and country club. Henning shot a 4-under 68 sunday. Thomson tops at n. Berwick North Berwick Scotland Pelcer Thomson shot a Par 70 sunday to beat South Africa s Denis Hulchiy Noii by two strokes and win the this House Forte pea seniors Golf championship at North Ber Wick. The 58-year old australian who has won dozens of tournament in Europe including five British opens finished the tournament at 7-Over-Par 287. Moses posts Best time in 88 Irvine Calif. World record Holder Edwin Moses won the 400-meter intermediate hurdles in 48.27 seconds sunday at the Southern California association tag championships his Best Lime this season by More than one tenth of a second. Moses was an easy Winner Over Dray Hargrove of san Diego who was second in 51.55, and David Washington of the los Angeles track club third in 52.93. Moses had run 48.38 at a meet in Tucson ariz., two weeks earlier in his outdoors debut. In the women s 100 meters newlywed Gail Devers Roberts beat Alice Brown in a photo finish both clock ing 11.21 seconds. Valerie Bosco a triple Gold med Alist in the 1984 olympics was third in 11.30. Nil officials Union far apart new York contract talks Between the nation Al hockey league and its officials Union Are off to such a bad Start that both sides say the 1988-89 season could begin without regular referees and Linesman according to a published report monday. Testy is the word that comes to mind to describe  Larry i Point i can t Sec a Resolution but it s Early and you be cat to think the rhetoric of june leads to the reality of  the officials contract empires aug. 31, negotiations began june 16 and arc scheduled to resume tuesday with the Union respond ing to league proposals and offering its own demands. Talks will then be sus Pended until August. Soviets is. Nil Sites set new York two top teams from the soviet Union will play 14 games against nil teams in the 1988-89 season the rational hockey league and the nil players association announced monday. Games will be played in Boston Buffalo . Cal Gary Alberta Chicago Edmonton Alberta Hartford Conn. Los Angeles Uniondale . East Ruther Ford no. Pittsburgh Quebec St. Louis and Vancou ver British Columbia playing against the nil squads will be the Central red army team and Dynamo Riga. The matches tentatively Are scheduled to begin dec. 26 at Quebec with the red army against the Nordi ques and end Jan. 9 at Buffalo with the red army playing the sabres. Miller appointed a state and Manhattan Kan. Steve Miller a former coach and associate athletic director at Kansas stale was named the school s athletic director monday. Miller 44, wh9 left Kansas state last year to become president and chief executive officer of the Pennsylva Nia special olympics was chosen to succeed Larry Travis who resigned in april. Milter takes Over a program that has the lowest Bud get in the big eight conference. Look for some changes we would like to thank our readers who participated in last month s stripes . Readership Survey. What did we learn on the plus Side we found out that our read ers want us to continue the . Edition they say they want to read about last night s stateside sports and news today. 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