European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 05, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday june 5, 1991 the stars and stripes sports wire Yankees pick hard thrower no. 7. From wire reports new York a the new York Yankees selected High school Pitcher Brien Taylor As the no. 1 pick in the Amateur draft on monday. The Yankees chose Taylor Over Arizona state outfielder Mike Kelly in making their first Overall no. 1 pick since 1967. Taylor is a 19-year-old left hander from East Carteret High in Beaufort . He has thrown As fast As 98 Mph. He struck out 172. In his first 73 innings this season allowed 10 hits and pitched consecutive no hitters. Some scouts said Taylor could be another Roger Clemens or Dwight Gooden. The Yankees Hope the lefty will be another Ron Guidry. He becomes the seventh Pitcher chosen no. 1 since the Start of the Amateur draft in 1965. The others were David Clyde Texas 1973floyd Bannister Houston 1976mike Moore Seattle 1981 ,. Tim Belcher Minnesota 1983andy Benes san Diego 1988 and Ben Mcdonald Baltimore 1989. 2 Atlanta used the second pick to take the 21-year-old Kelly. He batted .373 this season with 15 Home runs and56 rib. J. _ Minnesota picking third took Stanford first baseman Damp Sid Mccarty who hit .418 this season with 23 homers and 61 rib and was named baseball americans player of the amp year. St. Louis selected Dmitri Oung a 17-year-old Short Stop outfielder from Rio Mesa High school in Oxnard Calif. Young considered the Best High school hitter in the draft batted .419 with nine homers and 29 rib. The last time the Yankees had the top pick in the draft was in 1967 when they selected Ron Blomberg. The next season they used the fourth pick of the first round to take Thurman Munson. Since then most top Yankee draft picks have been busts. Kelly is the latest slugger from Arizona state where Reggie Jackson Barry Bonds and Alvin Davis also played. Arizona state coach Jim Brock said Kelly is even better than Jackson and Bonds at this stage. The e mets made Kelly a 24th-round pick out of High school in 1988, but the Money Wasny to right. Now he might get a signing Bonus for As much As $750,000. Taylor has been High on the Yankee list for some time. A a we be had a really Good feeling about him since last summer a said Brian Sabean Yankee director of scouting. A the was very impressive. He throws 90 at the Knees and there a not Many pitchers recently who have done that. In fact there a not Many big leagues who can do raced paper says Boston a Boston red sox left fielder Mike Greenwell reportedly drove a Stock car in an exhibition race in what was said to be a violation of his contract. A i know nothing about it a Greenwell said when asked sunday about the Stock car race. The Herald printed photographs it said were of Greenwell climbing into a Stock car for the five Lap race at Seekonk Speedway on saturday night and of him driving the car during the race. The newspaper said two local businessmen also drove cars in the race. The car Greenwel reportedly drove was owned by Tony Delicio of East Providence r.i., who said a a. He did very Well remarkably Well to be honest a a a we la definitely talk to him a said red sox general manager Lou Gorman. A a that Sall we can do about it Quot right now Well Check it and Issue him a severe warning about doing it suit killed new York a one of the three lawsuits filed by Felder hit .448 on 13 for 29, including two triples and a double. He drove in five runs scored eight and stole three bases. Other candidates for the awards were Paul Molitor of Milwaukee Jesse Barfield of new York Manny Lee of Toronto and Roy Smith of Baltimore in the american league and Paul of Neill of Cincinnati and Juan Samuel of los Angeles in the National champs in trouble the san Diego sockets May not be re league it. It Law i a a Ujj or a a. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a vap Brien Taylor the Yankees top pick throws a pitch during a recent North Carolina playoff game. A a a. A a a a a a a. A George Steinbrenner and Yankees officials following baseball a investigation of the new York owner was thrown out of court monday. . District judge Robert Sweet said Steinbrenner had been unable to prove a stenographic firm that transcribed interview in baseball a investigation tampered with transcripts illegally or that changes affected commissioner Fay Vincent a ruled last that Steinbrenner a dealings with admitted Gambler Howard Spira were not in the Best interests of baseball and Steinbrenner agreed to give up control of the team. A the has failed to present evidence indicating that any of the changes materially altered the substance or tone of the transcripts or that the alterations might reasonably be considered to have affected the commissioners decision a the judge said in dismissing the suit against Esquire reporting co. Quot y Steinbrenner a attorney Paul Curran did not immediately return a Call for comment. The lawsuit had sought $530,000 from Esquire to cover expenses and Legal fees Steinbrenner incurred in comparing the stenographers original notes with the transcripts ultimately submitted to Vincent. Winfield Felder honoured. New York a two hot hitters a Dave Winfield of the California Angels and Mike Felder of the san Francisco giants a were named players of the week in the american and National leagues monday. Winfield won the Al Honor for the second time this season. He hit .458 with 11 hits in 24 Ai bats last week. He also had four Home runs drove in 12 runs scored four and had a 1.000 slugging percentage. San Diego. Around to win another major soccer Ron Fowler,.who has owned the sockets for four seasons announced monday that his group championship indoor soccer ltd., will not operate the sockets past june 30. Mil commissioner Earl Foreman has set a june 15 deadline to find a new majority owner. Otherwise the a sly a most successful franchise will join others that have succumbed financially. T Fowler said a group or groups would need to commit at least $750,000 annually for three years to keep the franchise going. He added that his group is willing to continue As a minority owner at no More 20 reunion delayed Cooperstown . A this months negro t league reunion has been delayed because the event proved too popular a National baseball Hall of Fame official said monday. A a a it a been such a Success we get enough hotel rooms to accommodate everyone who said they were coming a said William j. Guilfoile the Halls associate director. 7. The affair which had been planned for june 20-21, will probably be rescheduled for sometime in August with the exact dates to be announced Guilfoile said. Although Black leagues were in existence As Early As the 1880s, the. National negro baseball league officially began in 1920 and disbanded in 1950, three years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball a color line As a member of the Brooklyn dodgers. Sponsors of the two Day event had set aside 50 hotel rooms. But the unexpected response from More than 80 negro league old timers exceeded the availability of rooms he aces in Heidelberg Heidelberg Germany a Bradley Mueller of Wiesbaden scored his first Ace on the Heidelberg Golf course tuesday. Mueller used a 6-Iron to score a Hole in one on the 167-Yard Hole no. 2. The feat was witnessed by Stephen Downs Michael Gillett and David player files suit fort Worth Texas a former Texas Christian University football player Kent Waldrip paralysed in a 1974 game has filed for medical benefits he claims arc due him under the states workers compensation Law. The claim was filed last week with the workers compensation commission of Texas in Dallas the fort Worth Star Telegram reported. The Waldrep Case could have far reaching of facts on the relationship Between Texas institutions of higher learning and student athletes who Are on scholarships. The heart of the question is whether scholarship athletes Are certified by the commission As employees of the institutions that award them scholarships the Star Telegram said. 7 a a. A _ Waldrip was injured oct. 26, 1974, at legion Field in Birmingham ala., against the University of Alabama. The spinal Cord injury left him a , Agassi Advance to semis Paris apr a game away from defeat third seeded Gabriela Sabatini reached the semifinals of the French open today with a Gritty 5-7, 7-6 12-106-0 Victory Over Jana Novotna. Arantha Sanchez Vicario the 1989 Champion also gained a semifinal berth. The fifth seeded spaniard overpowered no. 4 seed Mary Joe Fernandez 6-3, 6-2. Andre Agassi became the first menus player to reach the semifinals. Playing As if he had a plane to catch he raced to a 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 Victory Over Switzerland a Jakob Hlasek. Boris Becker the no. 2 seed Defeated Michael Chang ranked 10th, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in the other menus quarterfinals and in the women a quarterfinal Steffi Graf topped Nathalie Tauz iat of France 6-3, 6-2. A a Sabatini trailed 5-2 in the second set before rallying to draw even. In the tiebreaker she twice saved match Points and wasted six set Points before winning. That seemed to demoralize Novotna the sixth seed who succumbed meekly in the final set after seeming to have an Edge in the first two. A a it a Good to have this kind of match a Sabatini said a it makes me ready for the next. I never stopped the other women a semifinalists were to be decided later today in matches pairing top seeded Monica Seles against Spain a seventh seeded Conchita Martinez and no. 2 Steffi Graf against no. 13 Nathalie Tauz iat of France. Agassi a finalist last Yeal and the no. 4 seed this year beat the unseeded Hlasek in 1 hour 15 minutes the fastest vie tory of the week involving a top players. Several times Agassi was Back on the court ready to resume play before the Umpire announced the end of a break. Hlasek ranked 20th in the world appeared helpless against Agassi and Drew derisive whistles from the Center court crowd Early in the third set when he made a string of unforced errors. A i was expecting a Tough match today a Agassi said. A i done to think he was playing up to his game. I was just keeping the ban. In play.�?�. In the semifinals Agassi will play the Winner of a match later today Between second seeded Boris Becker and loth seeded Michael Chang the 1989 Champion. A i certainly take either one for granted but id be pretty confident going into it a Agassi said. Quot _
