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Wednesday, June 20, 1984/The Battalion/Page 9
NBA draft goes as expected Red hot son Diego
blanks Houston 2-0
on Show's 2-hitter
United Press International
NEW YORK — The Houston
Rockets drew up blueprints for their
skyscraper frontline Tuesday by se
lecting center Akeem Olajuwon of
the University of Houston as the top
choice in the NBA draft.
In making the anticipated pick,
the Rockets assured themselves one
of the league’s most promising front
courts next season.
Announcement of Olajuwon’s se
lection was made by NBA commis
sioner David Stern before a crowd of
some 3,000 at Madison Square Gar
den’s Felt Forum.
Making the No. 1 choice has be
come somewhat routine for the
Rockets. Last year they chose 7-foot-
4 Ralph Sampson, who went on to
become Rookie of the Year. Now the
twin towers will be teamed, with
Sampson shifting to forward and
Olajuwon, a 7-foot, 250-pounder
from Nigeria, patrolling in the pivot.
“Now I know I’m going to Hous
ton,” said Olajuwon, dressed in for
mal black and a red bowtie. “I am
very happy and confident in know
ing I’m going to be playing with
Ralph.
“I have not talked to Ralph about
playing together. I am the luckiest
player in the world. I want to play in
Houston and I’m going to. Playing
in the NBA will give me the oppor
tunity to play my game. In college
they play zone — the NBA is wide
open.”
Olajuwon, one of the nine under
graduates in the draft, powered the
Cougars to the Final Four in each of
his three years. Last year he was per
haps college basketball’s dominant
figure, leading the nation in re
bounding, Field goal percentage and
blocked shots.
The first seven picks held to form.
Portland chose second and took Sam
Bowie of Kentucky, the 7-1 center
who missed two seasons with a frac
tured leg. Chicago, unable to find a
quality center, selected All-America
swingman Michael Jordan of North
Carolina, the Player of the Year.
And Dallas, also searching for pivot
strength, named Sam Perkins, North
Carolina’s All-America forward.
Philadelphia, which had three
first-round picks, took Charles Bark
ley, Auburn’s beefy forward, with
the fifth pick. Washington then
named Melvin Turpin before un
loading the Kentucky center in a
three-way trade with Cleveland and
Seattle. San Antonio followed with
Alvin Robertson, a cat-quick guard
from Arkansas. The Clippers then
stirred the waters a bit with the un
expectedly high selection of Louis
ville guard Lancaster Gordon.
In the rest of the first round, it
was: Kansas City — center Otis
Thorpe of Providence; Philadelphia
— guard Leon Wood of Fullerton
State; Atlanta — center Kevin Willis
of Michigan State; Cleveland — cen
ter-forward Tim McCormick of
Michigan, who was subsequently
traded; Phoenix — guard Jay Hum
phries of Colorado; Clippers — for
ward Michael Cage of San Diego
State.
Dallas — guard Terence
Stansbury of Temple; Utah — guard
John Stockton of Gonzaga; New Jer
sey — forward Jeff Turner of Van
derbilt; Indiana — guard Vern
Fleming of Georgia; Portland — for
ward Bernard Thompson of Fresno
State; Detroit — forward Tony
Campbell of Ohio State; Milwaukee
— forward Kenny Fields of UCLA;
Philadelphia — guard Tom Sewell
of Lamar, also sent away in a trade;
Los Angeles — center Earl Jones of
District of Columbia; and Boston —
forward Michael Young of Houston.
Denver, Golden State, Seattle and
New York did not select in the first
round.
In the three-way deal, the Bullets
acquired guard Gus Williams and
forward Cliff Robinson. The Cava
liers wound up with Turpin and the
SuperSonics obtained guard Ricky
Sobers and McCormick. The 76ers
sent the rights of Sewell to Washing
ton for a 1988 first-round choice.
“The key to the first round was
Lancaster Gordon going to San
Diego and Utah, with the 16th pick,
taking John Stockton,” said NBA
scouting director Marty Blake.
“That opened things up.”
Akeem Olajuwon (#35), the NBA’s and Houston Rockets’
No. I draft pick, skies above the rim during a game with
Texas A&M in the 1983-84 season. Olajuwon will join with
Ralph Sampson to give Houston a “skyscraper frontline.”
Blake dismissed the notion that
the draft was thin on talent.
“The quality is there,” he said.
“Teams like Philadelphia, Milwau
kee, Boston and Los Angeles wound
up better than they were at a quarter
after 12 (when the draft began). You
have six super players in the early
picks. Players who are going to be
All-Stars.”
The draft was especially impor
tant to the 76ers, ordinarily not in
such an admirable position in the
first round.
With an eye toward the eventual
retirement of Julius Erving and
Bobby Jones, they acquired in Bark
ley an agile 275-pounder who can
play beside Moses Malone.
United Press International
HOUSTON — Eric Show pitched
a two-hitter and Carmelo Martinez
drove in the winning run to lead the
San Diego Padres to a 2-0 victory
Tuesday night over the Houston As
tros.
Show walked one and struck out
four en route to his first shutout of
the year.
The Padres took the lead inthe
second inning off Astro loser Bob
Knepper. Graig Nettles led off with
a single and advanced to third on a
base hit by Terry Kennedy. Martinez
followed with a double to score
Nettles.
In the fifth, Show led off with a
single, advanced to second on Alan
Wiggins’ sacrifice, went to third on
single and scored on a Steve Garvey
sacrifice fly.
Gwynn, who entered the game
batting .371 to lead the league, im
proved hismark to .378 with three
hits.
Other games in the National
League: Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 3; At
lanta 11, San Francisco 6; Philadel
phia 6, New York 4; Montreal 6, St.
Louis 3; Cincinnati 10, Los Angeles
4.
Rick Sutcliffe won his first start
for Chicago Tuesday night and
helped the Cubs snap a four game
losing streak with a 4-3 victory over
the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Keith Moreland tripled in a run in
the first and doubled in another in
the third off Pirate loser John Tu
dor.
Sutcliffe, recently obtained in a
trade with the Cleveland Indians, al
lowed five hits, walked three and
struck out nine.
At Atlanta, rookie Brad Kom-
minsk smacked his first career grand
slam to pace the Braves. Atlanta re
liever Rick Camp, the second of four
pitchers, tossed 5 2-3 innings to pick
up the victory and improve to 3-0,
and Jeff Cornell dropped to 0-2.
At New York, Juan Samuel drove
in three runs and left-hander Jerry
Koosman, 7-6, allowed only four hits
over seven innings leading the Phil
lies. Ed Lynch, 7-2, took the loss.
At Montreal, Tim Wallach and
Jim Wohlford drove in two runs
apiece to help the Expos to their
fourth straight victory. The Expos
jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the 5th
inning.
Other American League scores:
Milwaukee 6, Toronto 5; Detroit 7,
New York 6; Baltimore 9, Boston 7.
At Milwaukee, Jim Sundberg sin
gled home the winning run with two
out and the bases loaded in the ninth
inning Tuesday night.
With the score tied 5-5, Jim
Gantner led off the ninth with a sin
gle off Jimmy Key, 2-4, for his third
hit of the game and advanced to
third on a double by Robin Yount,
who also collected three hits.
After Ted Simmons walked to
load the bases, Dennis Lamp re
lieved and Sundberg hit a 3-1 pitch
into left field for his game-winning
hit.
At Detroit, Rusty Kuntz’s two-run
single highlighted a four-run eighth
inning leading the Tigers. Reliever
Aurelio Lopez, 6-0, got the win.
Yankee starter Ron Guidry, 5-5,
took the loss.
At Boston, Eddie Murray drove in
six runs, four on a grand slam, and
the Orioles scored eight runs in the
last two innings to make a winner of
Bill Swaggerty, 2-1. Tippy Martinez
notched his ninth save. Bob Stanley,
1-6, took the loss.
At Minneapolis, George Vukovich
had three hits, including a home
run, to pace the Indians’ 14-hit at
tack.
In later games, Kansas City was at
Oakland, Texas was at California,
and Chicago was at Seattle.
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