European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 8,1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports giants Nixon caught stealing twice in sixth san Francisco a san Francisco outfielder Donell Nixon became the third player in major league history wednesday to be caught stealing twice in one inning. In the sixth inning of the giants 2-0 Victory Over the Chicago cubs wednesday Nixon led off with a single but was apparently picked off when Pitcher Jamie Moyer threw behind him to first baseman Mark Grace. Nixon who stole 144 bases at Bakersfield in 1983, broke for Sec Ond and was Safe when Grace s throw was dropped by second baseman Ryne Sandberg for an error. Even though he was Safe official scoring rules say that Nixon was caught stealing. Nixon reached third on a sacrifice but was caught trying to steal Home. The other players to be caught stealing twice Are Don Baylor in 1974 and Jim Morrison in 1987. See Roundup of wednesday s baseball action on pages 22 and Ozzie Smith top Star no Al starters named Kelly trying to pass test Orchard Park . A quarterback Jim Kelly of the Buffalo Bills threw passes half the length of the football Field thursday trying to squelch rumours his throwing Arm May not be ready for the 1988 National football league season. With about 20 reporters and camera men recording nearly every throw Kelly tossed Long and Short passes to four receivers at Rich stadium then pronounced himself fit. It gets a Little sore but that s part of it a perspiring Kelly said after the half hour exercise in temperatures in the High 80s. Overall it feels pretty  Kelly s Elbow was injured when a pass rusher hit him As he dropped Back into the pocket to throw during the pro bowl game at Honolulu feb. 7. The injury was diagnosed As an irritation of the ulnar nerve and two months later he was still having pain. Complete rest was ordered. As the nil season loomed there were rumours Kelly was still having problems. The Bills let him throw but with nobody from the Media looking on. New York a Ozzie Smith of the St. Louis cardinals led All vote get ters for the second straight year collect ing 2,106,757 votes to become the National league s starting shortstop for theall Star game the commissioner s office announced wednesday. Smith will Start at shortstop for the sixth straight year. He is the first player to repeat As the top vote getter since Rod Carew did it three consecutive years 1977-79. Oakland outfielder Jose Canseco easily led the american league with 1,765,499 votes for the game at Cincin Nati s riverfront stadium on tuesday night. Canseco was one of three athletics voted to Start. Joining Smith in the National league starting infield will be first baseman will Lark of san Francisco 1,128,048sec Ond baseman Ryne Sandberg of the Chi Cago cubs 1,196,386 and Pittsburgh third baseman Bobby Bonilla 966,390. The no Outfield has new York s Dar Ryl Strawberry 1,683,588chicago s Andre Dawson 1,124,694 and St. Louis Vince Coleman 871,263. The no Catcher is Gary Carter of the new York mets who got 825,407 votes and was selected to Start for the eighth straight season tying Philadelphia third baseman Mike Schmidt s record which ended with Bonilla s selection this season. Joining Canseco in the american league Outfield Are new York Yankees Dave Winfield 1,737,729 and Rickey Henderson 910,573. The Al Catcher will be Oakland s Terry Steinbach 690,438 Wade Boggs was the leading vote get  among Al infielders the Boston third baseman receiving 1,252,976 votes. He will be joined by Oakland first baseman Mark Mcgwire 1,255,858 second baseman Paul Molitor of Mil Waukee 847,278even though the designated hitter has not played an inning a that position this season and injured Detroit shortstop Alan Trammell 917,213. Trammell was placed on the disabled list tuesday with a broken left  was named to his eighth All Star starting berth including six straight and seven Overall As a Yankee. The for Mer san Diego padre is hitting .347 with 15 Home runs and 62 runs batted in. Henderson has been named a starter four straight years and also was selected As a starter while with Oakland in 1982. Up photo shortstop Ozzie Smith. Sixth straight Start he is batting .318 with a league High 42 stolen  total of 6,146,477 v9tes were cast by fans this year the most since 1984. Several players will collect contract bonuses for being elected All Star Start ers. In the american league Mcgwire the 1987 Rookie of the year gets$20,000, Molitor collects $25,000, Boggs $50,000, Canseco $20,000 and Winfield $50,000.in the National league Clark gets $25,000, Sandberg $10,000, Bonilla $15,000, Dawson $50,000, Strawberry $25,000 and Coleman $ 15,000. The acrobatic Smith Long has Bee known As the game s Premier Fielding shortstop. His offence has t been bad either and he was hitting .281 with 27 stolen bases and 52 runs scored. Clark was hitting .269 through tues Day with 19 Home runs and 64 Bis. Sandberg was at .260, 10 and 36, and Bonilla was batting .298 with 17 homers and 57 runs batted in. Coleman the no stolen base Leader with 45, was hitting .285, while Straw Berry was at .297 with a league High 20 homers and 53 Bis. Dawson had totals of .305, 14 and 45. The struggling Carter who was t even in the lineup for new York s Gam with Cincinnati wednesday night was hitting .243 with eight Home runs and 32 Bis. The Veteran Catcher has not hit a Home run since May 16, when he got the 299th of his career. Canseco is leading the Al with 23 Home runs 69 runs scored and 65 runs batted in and was fourth with 22 stolen , a four time batting Champion including the last three seasons once again was on top in the american league with a. 3 5 8 Mark. Winfield was second in the batting race while Trammell was seventh at .330 with 10 Home runs and 40 runs batted in when he was injured. Mcgwire has struggled in his soph Omore season and was at .244 with 15 Home runs and 47 Bis. Steinbach his Oakland teammate was even worse with a .214 average in just 140 at bats he spent some time on the disabled list this  has been used As a designated hitter by Milwaukee but the do do snot appear on the All Star ballot. So Molitor was placed at second base and won thanks to a .319 average 56 runs scored and 25 stolen bases. The closest voting in the Al was at Catcher where Steinbach had 84,266 More selections than Carlton Fisk of Chi Cago. The biggest margin of Victory was by Molitor who finished More than 245,000 votes ahead of new York s Wil lie  the no the tightest race was at Catcher with Carter beating 1987 ro9kieof the year Benito Santiago of san Diego by 90,476 votes. Smith was the biggest Winner by More than 1.6 million votes Over san Francisco s Jose Uribe. Several players who Are having out standing years lost out in the fan voting. In the no none of the top six batting leaders were picked As starters. Walter Davis signs nuggets contract Denver a Walter Davis a six time a Baal Star and the All time leading scorer m Phoenix suns history became the second unrestricted free agent to change teams when he signed a contract wednesday with the Denver , a 6-foot-6 guard has played his entire Aba career with the suns. The 33-year-old Davis became a unrestricted free agent following the 1987-88 season and he signed with the nuggets one Day after Forward Tom Chambers signed with the suns after playing with Seattle for five  free agents Are allowed to sign with any Aba team without former clubs receiving any compensation or having the right of first refusal under terms of the league s new collective bargaining agreement. Pete Babcock nuggets president and general Man Ager would not disclose terms of the contract in keep ing with the club s policy but Davis said the pact was for two  the contract i signed is for two years. That s what i want to play said Davis who had announced previously that he would retire after next season. At that time i had Back problems. My Back feels great now. I think i would be Selling myself Short if i retire now. I la re evaluate it again after two  Davis said he and his agent Lee Fentress wanted Atwo year Deal from the suns or another team. The suns reportedly had offered Davis a one Yea contract to return to the team for a reported $450,000 about half of his salary last season. He also was told he would be used As a sixth Man. Babcock said Denver freed up the Money to sign him because the nuggets have decided not to re sign free agent guards . Dunn and Mike Evans. Davis said he should fit in very Well with  play the passing game which i like. I feel i can help this team. They were a hot team last year and i glad they wanted me to be a part of them. I m excited to be Here in Denver and play for the nuggets. They had a great year last year he added l have mixed emotions about leaving Phoenix some happiness some , who played collegiate Ball at North Carolina was the fifth selection in the 1977 Aba draft and immediately became one of the top scorers in the league. In his 11 seasons with the suns Davis averaged 20 Points or better seven times including the career High 24.2 per game in his first year that earned him Rookie of the year  has been ranked among the leagues top 2u scorers five times most recently in 1986-87 when he ranked 11th in the Aba with 23.6 Points per  ranks 36th on the Aba s All time scoring list with 15,666 Points averaging 20.5 Points Over 766games. He made six All Star appearances including four straight from 1978 to 1981, and also played m the 1984 and 1987  testified before a Maricopa county grand jury investigating drug use in the Phoenix area in march1987 that he started using cocaine in 1977 his Rookie season and continued using it twice a week until december 1985