European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes june 2, 1992 Page 28agassi, Sampras Roll into Paris showdown infielder goes 1st in draft new York a Phil Nevin the third baseman for Cal state Fullerton was taken by the Houston astros As the top pick in mondays Amateur baseball draft. Nevin 21, is batting .398 with 21 homers and 81 Bis for Fullerton which is playing in the College world series. Cleveland used the second pick for North Carolina right hander Paul Shuey who was 5-2 with a 3.13 earned run average. He struck out 87, walked 40 and saved six games for the tar heels. Montreal in a bit of a Surprise next took left hander . Wallace of Mississippi state who had been projected to go later in the opening round. Wallace was 8-3 with a 3.03 Era with 123 strikeouts in 113 innings. Jeffrey Hammonds a Stanford outfielder who Many thought was the top available player was taken by the Baltimore orioles with the fourth pick. Hammonds hit .377 with six Home runs 33 Bis and 30 steals for the Cardinal this season but Houston Cleveland and Montreal a the teams with the three lowest payrolls in the majors a passed Over him fearing a Large Bonus demand. In Omaha neb., Nevin was optimistic about signing. A i done to think Money a going to be that difficult a he said. Quot its something i want to do to play major Laguc baseball and we re going to gel it  he Hopes to Start  after the cos and be signed before olympic tryouts. A a in a very excited to be an Astro and Paris apr Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras recorded fourth round victories monday in the French open to set up a quarterfinal showdown and fifth seeded Jennifer Capriati earned a match with two time defending Champion Monica Seles. Sampras seeded third routed Germany Scarl Uwe Steeb 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 and Agassi seeded 11th, beat Emilio Sanchez of Spain 6-1,6-3,7-5 in the completion of a match suspended by rain sunday. A today was the Best match in be played on Clay in my life a said Sampras who lost to Steeb in april on a slow surface in Monte Carlo. A i played really smart. I was patient. I served  Capriati the Lone american left in the women a Field beat 13th-seeded maty Pierce of France 6-4, 63 and is scheduled to face Seles on tuesday. A right now my motivation is very High a Capriati said. A a in a eager to play the next  Agassi described his current play As �?o100 percent better than earlier this season when Sanchez trounced him 6-3, 6-1 in Palm Springs Calif. A the fact that i beat him so easily gives me a lot of Confidence going into the latter part of this week a said Agassi who has lost in the finals Here the past two years. Looking ahead to his match tuesday with Sampras Agassi said a a in be beaten him every time on Clay. The court favors my Type of game. But a Guy who plays that dangerous will be difficult especially because of his  Sampras a former . Open Champion lost in the second round in his two previous French opens local favorite Henri Leconte who has Uruguay a a Marcelo 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 and Sweden a yet to lose a set beat Filippini Nicklas Kulti continued his unexpected very excited to play in the dome a he said before hugging his parents. �?o1 guess its a Little weight off my shoulders but 1 was prepared for  Norm Nevin his father said a i done to see a draft Bonus As lifetime Security. I say that As a dad and a fan. If he makes it in the major leagues the Money will come Down the  Central Florida outfielder Chad Mot Tola a player the astros considered went fifth to the Cincinnati reds. Success with a 6-0, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 Victory Over Uruguay a Diego Perez in other fourth round matches. Filippini saved six match Points in the last two games before Leconte ranked 200th in the world hammered a weak service return for the Winner bringing the Center court crowd to its feet. Leconte beat no. 4 seed Michael Stich and Kulti outlasted no. 5 Michael Chang on saturday part of a string of upsets that left their half of the draw with Only one seed no. 7 Petr Korda among the eight fourth round players. Kulti and Leconte will meet in a quarterfinal wednesday. Korda won his fourth Rounder Over brazils Jaime Onins 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. He will play in the quarterfinals against russian Andrei Cherkasov a 6-3,6-3, 7-6 71 Winner Over Cedric proline of France. Capriati 16, and fierce 17, were the two youngest players left. Pierce raised in Florida but playing for France matched Capriati a Baseline Power but made too Many mistakes. Often her Strong forehand flew too Long american Pete Sampras dismisses Carl Uwe Steeb in straight sets on monday. And twice she smashed overheads into the net on break Point. A i just gave the match away. I made too Many mistakes Quot Pierce said. In the completion of suspended matches seventh seeded Conchita Martinez of Spain beat 15th-seeded Leila Meskhi of Georgia 6-4, 7-5 and unseeded Manon Bollegraf of the Netherlands upset 12th-seeded Nathalie Tauz iat of France 6-4,16,6-2. Martinez will play third seeded Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina and Bollegraf will face fourth seeded Arantha san Chez Vicario of Spain in the  sports Sugg advances to world bowl a Page 21 Miami boots Fullerton in College series a Page 21 preview of bulls is. Blazers a Page 22 Gant wins despite empty finish a Page 25brett passes Ruth in hits As royals win by Doug Tucker Kansas City to. Apr passing babe Ruth on the career hit list left George Brett with Only one regret. Jack Brett did no to live quite Long enough to see it. Brett had a double and two singles in Kansas City a 76 Victory Over Texas on sunday catching and passing Ruth on the All time list a week after his father died. A the first Day Back after my fathers funeral was a Little Tough emotionally for me a said Brett 39. �?o1 was just going out there and for some reason i kept swinging at balls 1  usually swing at. I went Home and visited with my wife and she said 4hey, you be got to forget about it and just Start  the last two Days 1 helped the team  Pago 26 for sundays Olar games Brian Mcrae a Bloop single capped a two run ninth inning As the royals rallied to hand the rangers just their third toss in 14 games. Brett who had two hits saturday night doubled and scored in the second inning singled Home a run in the third and then singled again in the seventh. The first hit was no. 2,873, tying Ruth for 28th place. He was 0 for 4 Friday night his first game after his father died of cancer. Gregg Jefferies who extended his hitting Streak to 17 games tied with Dave Winfield for longest in the Al singled to Start the ninth against Jeff Russell 2-2. With one out Kevin Mcreynolds doubled and Brett was walked intentionally to Load the bases. Jim Eisenreich a sacrifice Fly tied the game and Mcrae a opposite Field single won it. A to pass someone Uke babe Ruth is a big thrill a Brett said. A i passed some people whose names you might have heard now and then but definitely not in babe Ruth a class. To have two More hits than babe Ruth it really makes you feel pretty Good. Unfortunately they re not All Home runs like his. Rusty Meacham 3-0 got the Victory in Relief