The Battalion SPORTS jg spor^ Flurry of trades, underclassmen highlight draf Eusebio hits slam, Astros sweep Cardinals HOUSTON (AP) — Mike Hampton allowed five hits over eight innings and continued his mastery of St. Louis as the Houston Astros beat the Cardi nals 9-0 Wednesday for their fourth straight victory. Hampton (2-3), who struck out sev en and walked two, improved to 4-1 career against St. Louis and lowered his ERA to 0.42. He is 1-6 against the rest of the National League. Rookie reliever Pedro Martinez pitched the ninth to complete the shutout as the Cardinals lost their fifth straight and ninth of their last 11. Tony Eusebio capped the scoring with a grand slam in the eighth, his second homer of the season and sec ond grand slam. Mike Morgan (3-3) got the loss. □ Three SWC players were selected in the two-round draft Wednesday night. Mantle released from Dallas hospital DALLAS (AP) — Baseball great Mickey Mantle was discharged from the hospital Wednesday after showing significant improvement from liver transplant surgery nearly three weeks ago, his doctor said. "He was doing very, very well," Dr. Robert Goldstein said. "We had a long talk (Wednesday morning) and decided to release him. He was very anxious to get out of the hospital. "Because of his notoriety, he's been rather isolated," the transplant surgeon said. "He's ready to spread his wings." Cowboys' Williams not indicted by grand jury TORONTO (AP) — Even more than usual, the NBA draft be longed to the young. The first five selections Wednesday night were players younger than 21, including four who left school after their sopho more years and one straight out of high school. The Golden State Warriors made Joe Smith, a 6-foot-10 for ward from Maryland with silky inside moves, the first pick. The Los Angeles Clippers followed with another forward, Antonio McDyess, a player largely un noticed during his two years at Alabama until his strong post season. Later, the Clippers traded the rights to McDyess along with Randy Woods to Denver for the 15th pick, Brent Barry of Oregon State, and forward Rodney Rogers. Philadelphia used the third choice to take North Carolina’s Jerry Stackhouse, a forward ex pected to play shooting guard. The fourth selection belonged to Washington, which went for another sophomore Tar Heel — Rasheed Wallace, a 6-10 center- forward who shot 65 percent McKINNEY (AP) — Erik Williams emerged from the two-month legal shadow Wednesday when a grand jury declined to indict the Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle on sexual assault alle gations. The Collin County grand jury found insufficient evidence to indict the former All-Pro and a friend in the alleged sexual assault of a 17-year-old woman at Williams' home. The decision came after the teen ager reached a civil settlement with Williams and asked that Williams and Roderick Carson not be prosecuted. Details of the settlement have not been disclosed. SWC Players Taken in the NBA Draft ♦Kurt Thomas: Power forward / center from Texas Christian University. Selected by the Miami Heat with the 1 0th pick in the first round. ♦Terrence Rencher: Shooting guard from the University of Texas. Selected by the Washington Bullets in the second round with the 32nd pick overall. Traded with Rex Chapman to the Miami Heat for Ed Stokes and Jeff Webster. ♦Mark Davis; Forward from Texas Tech University. Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round with the 48th from the field. Minnesota went fifth, produc ing the biggest question mark of the draft, Chicago high schooler Kevin Garnett. The rail-thin 6- 10 forward is only the fourth high school player ever selected in the NBA draft. “I’ve seen a lot in my 19 years,” Garnett said. “I do not think I’m the average 19-year-old. Given the chance, I’m going to prove to all of you that I am man enough to take what is given and mature enough to give it out.” McDyess, Stackhouse and Wallace are 20, and Smith will be 20 next month. Despite their tantalizing talent, all come with questions about how soon they can make an impact. Not until the expansion Van couver Grizzlies took Bryant Reeves, the best true center of the draft, at No. 6 was a four- year player selected. The NBA’s other new fran chise, the Toronto Raptors, made Arizona point guard Damon Stoudamire a surprise seventh choice. The Raptors already had a point guard, former Chicago Bull B.J. Armstrong, from the expansion draft, but general manager Isiah Thomas said Armstrong would be traded. The selection of Stoudamire drew a mixed reaction from the crowd of 21,268 fans in the Sky Dome. Smith became the third sopho more selected No. 1 overall, fol- lowing Magic John son in 1979 and Chris Webber in 1993. Smith also was the first No. 1 pick from Maryland since John Lucas, selected by Houston in 1976. "When I got to Maryland, no one expected me to have as successful a sea son as I had,” said Smith, who was not heavily recruited out of high school. In Oakland Colise um Arena, about 2,000 fans cheered wildly when Smith’s name was announced. Last year with the Terrapins, Smith averaged 20.8 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.9 blocks a game. For the Warriors, he fills a void up front left by the departure of Webber, top pick of the 1993 draft who was traded to Wash ington early last season after a dispute with former Golden State coach Don Nelson. “He’s a guy that has im proved every year, we think there’s still a tremendous amount of growth to him,” Twardzik said. “He brings us size and mobility, he can defend and he can score. He has a great presence on the floor.” Stackhouse, who was projected as the second pick but didn’t want to play for the hapless Clippers, was thrilled to slip to third. “When I heard McDyess at No. 2, I was as happy as if they had called my name.” “It is a better program and situation for myself,” he said. “I will be able to learn a lot from (center) Dikembe Mutombo.” Portland, which had traded with Detroit to get the eighth pick, took shooting guard Shawn Respert of Michigan State. The Trail Blazers traded his rights to Milwaukee for 11th selection Gary Trent of Ohio, and a 1996 first-round pick. New Jersey followed with UCLA forward Ed O’Bannon at No. 9, and Miami took Texas Christian power forward Kurt Thomas at No. 10. The 12th pick went to Dallas, which selected Duke center Cherokee Parks. Sacramento se lected Arkansas forward Corliss Williamson 13th, and Boston chose Eric Williams of Provi dence with the 14th pick. University of Texas guard Terrence Rencher was selected by the Washington Bullets with the 32nd pick, then was part of a package deal that sent to him to the Miami Heat. Rencher is the third player in two years taken in the draft. Last season, guard B.J. Tyler and forward ALbert Burditt were taken. Texas Tech’s forward Mark Davis was taken by the Min- Kurt Thomas (left) blocks a shot by Texas A&M's Tony Ms Thomas was the 10th pick in Wednesday's NBA Draft. nesota Timberwolves with the 48th pick overall. Thomas was the highest pick from a still-Southwest Conference team since Southern Methodist University’s Jon Koncack went fifth in the 1985 draft. 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