Press Journal from Vero Beach, Florida • 19

All-Star Feeling Grows On Griffin ByBILLBOEDING PMi Journal Staff Writer After three years in Clue A ball one might think Marc Griffin lant too thrilled about his second appearance In the Florida State League All-Star Game But to hear Griffin tell it nothing could be further from the truth a big deal You always want to play In those said Griffin one of seven Vero Beach Dodgers named to Phillies Top VB Dodgers By Press-Journal Staff CLEARWATER Tom Nunevil-ler opened the eighth Inning with a single off pitcher Bin Wengerfs arm and later scored the winning run as the Clearwater Phillies beat the Vero Beach Dodgers 5-4 in Florida State League basebafl Wednesday night at Jack Russel Stadium With the game tied 4-4 Nunevil-lers Iner glanced off Wengerfs right arm and Into foul territory Pat Brady singled Nunevifler to third and Leroy Ventress hit a slow roller to short that knocked In the go-ahead run Please See VERO2B the National League team for Saturday's game at Holman Stadium "What I like Is that the managers pick the team I might not be hitting 330 or hit a bunch of home runs But the managers might see the little things you do like moving a guy to i ond base or taking a pitch so a guy steal a It's those little things that have been Grinin's strong suit this season Through the first half of the season Griffin hit 264 But Just as Important In 57 games Griffin got 53 hits drew 26 bases on balls and stole 27 bases my job to get on base" Griffin said "rm not going to hit a bunch or home runs I need to get on base and help our team score Being selected to an all-star team In no small feat In Itself but It Griffin's case It borders on remarkable A native of Quebec City Canada Griffin didn't start playing baseball until he was In high school Bui But he was a quick next season was assigned to Vero Beach That season he hit 282 drove In 52 runs and stole 33 bases That performance earned Griffin his first all-star selection He was l-for-5 as the National League lost a 9-2 decision at St Petersburg A1 Lang Stadium Since then Griffin has gone full circle Last season he expected to go to Class AA San Antonio Texas learner Three years after taking his first at-bat Griffin was named to the Canadian Olympic team that competed In Seoul South Korea In 1988 A short time later he signed with the Dodgers and the Praw-Jounwl staff photo by KaSy CoBra These six players were among the seven Vero Beach Dodgers selected for the Florida State League All-Star Game (clockwise from left): Ray Calhoun Michael Mimbs Matt Howard Adam Brown Chris Morrow and Marc Griffin (holding bat) Calhoun and the Dodgers' seventh All-Star Pedro Astado have been promoted to Class AA San Antonio so they wil miss the game See GRIFFIN2B Section IS pXDirtl fHtsg Sournal Thursday June 27 1991 1991 NBA Draft First round selections -x ifcr Heat Charlotte Larry Johnson UNLV a Ookta 8 ESRy Owont syracuM 4I Dfcemb Mutombo Gtorooftown Hr IWTBI HtlWMi 9IT LMMWII i'lllami'ISilSSjlt 4 Washlngtonffftwn Detroit 5MVO offlRn MCNQin 5UIB DttfaV Afltf DallaSftiSSl LaBradford Smilh Louisville! DougSmMi MssouiU HouetolitiStSfS Minnireota iillllillli John Tumor PhHpe Unlv New M8Xi00' 0 (jjp Denver (fnm Wtohjtof'llill Erie Murdock Providence Muk Macon Temple (g ifiem Phoenix Stacey Augmon UNLV La Ron ENe Syracuse Orlando AniortfM Brian WiBamt Arizona Stanley Roberto Real Madrid Joumrt iliff photo by John liHsn Not In The Neighborhood wasn't in time to retire the batter The 39ers (17-18) went on to win 12-4 Friday at Vero Beach High School Gore went 3-for-5 with an RBI Matt Gifford was the winning pitcher Please see story on Page 2B Fort Pierce American Legion Post Carl Pizza-relfo is safe at second base as Vero Beach Post 39 second baseman Rob Gore prepares to throw to first base Gore wasn't dose enough to second to force out Pizzardto and the throw to first Terrel Brandon Oregon Rick Fox Carolina YorkSHSlil Golden tffitori Greg Anthony UNLV Shaun Vandiver Colorado Chicago mmmm Date Davit Ctemson Mark Randal Kansas I SeattMffJlll Sacramento (krnfmm Rich King Nebraska Pete Chilcutt Cardna Capriati Squeezes Match In AP By The Associated Press MIAMI For the third consecutive year the Miami Heat used Its top draft choice to take a wlngman from the Big Ten Steve Smith a 6-foot-7 guard-forward from Michigan State was selected by the Heat with the fifth pick In the first round of the NBA draft Wednesday night Last year Miami's first pick was guard-forward Willie Burton of Minnesota Two years ago the Heat took guard-forward Glen Rice of Michigan "I have a great feeling going to Smith said moments after he was selected "I like the players there because a lot of them are from The Heat roster also includes power forward Grant Long who played at Eastern Michigan position was the one Miami officials most wanted to bolster but there was a dearth of top prospects there The Heat went for frontcourt help in the second round using the 29th pick of the draft to take George Ackles a 6-foot-9 center from UNLV Barring a trade Smith will likely find himself on the bench in his rookie season behind Burton Rice and point guard Sherman Douglas Smith averaged 251 points per game last season MIAMI Heat center Rony Sel-kaly's new contract Is a nine-year deal for about $31 million boosting him ahead of such stars as Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing In average annual salary published reports said Wednes- Selkaly's contract averages 134 million per year The Miami Herald reported The Fort Lauderdale Sun-8entlnel put the average at 3353 million ORLANDO The Orlando Magic which fashioned the NBA's most improved record without a strong Inside offensive or defensive presence selected 6-foot-10 power forward Brian Williams and 7-foot center Stanley Roberts In the first round of the draft The Magic selected North Carolina State point guard Chris Cor-chlani In the second round Johnson Heads List Of First-Round Rebels owlands Arena Anderson was a high school hero in New York City Owens finally got the call with the No 8 pick by Sacramento which coveted Anderson because the Kings are already loaded with young forwards Denver did what was expected with the fourth pick grabbing the best center available in George-Dikembe Mu- town's 7-foot-2 WIMBLEDON England (AP) Jennifer Capriati eagerly fled the backgammon and boredom of the locker room as the sky finally cleared over the Sea of Wimbledon Rivulets of runoff rushed across the concourse Fans stepped around puddles Capriati Just smiled happily as she skipped onto the dry court In the stadium where moments before the tarp had been peeled away The early evening sun cast a golden glow on the grass and stretched shadow to twice her size But there was no time to admire the scene Capriati had waited two days for this first-round irate against Shaun Stafford and now was In a race to get it In while a rolling layer of charcoal clouds pushed toward them with the threat of more rain A series of storms had already delayed play 64 hours allowing only five matches to be completed of the 100 scheduled Wednesday QfflfUia were worrying about a backlog of nearly 130 matches that were supposed to have been played since Monday and discussing ways to cram them In at the first break In the weather rers grew frustrated In their packed lounge on the floor as though waiting for a long- midnight flight at Heathrow Airport Even under normal conditions Capriati Is an Impatient teen-ager serving as quickly as a ball machine This time as she began the match at 6:50 pm she set a frenetic pace barely pausing between points In a 20-minute opening set A serving lapse In the second set she was broken twice slowed her down a bit but she was off the court In 58 minutes with a 64) 7-5 victory "I was bored out of my she said of the hours spent In the lounge when I went out there I was very excited to be playing" Gabriefa Sabtwl the second seed got the honor tombo Atlanta which acquired the Tsam-By-Tssm List SB SscondAound Picks IB NEW YORK (AP) Billy Owens was second in the hearts of the Charlotte Hornets and New Jersey Nets He was third In the NBA draft on Wednesday night behind Larry Johnson and Kenny Anderson Johnson was the No 1 pick of the Hornets winning out over Owens among the management because of the aggressive play Johnson displayed at UNLV which won the NCAA title In 1990 and went undefeated in 1990-91 until losing to Duke In the Final Four Just happy it's all Johnson said Owens from Syracuse also was favored by New Jersey player personnel director Willis Reed and Coach Bill Fitch but the Nets' ownership wanted the flashy Anderson believing the Tech sophomore point has a better chance to draw the moribund Mead- AP pinto Jennifer Capriati returns a shot in her 6-0 7-5 win of Centre Court for her evening match against Mon-Javer and started out with the same rush as ique Jave Capriati ninth pick earlier in the day when it sent guard Doc Rivers to the Los Angeles Clippers used it to take UNLV forward Stacey Augmon With the 12th pick the New York Knlcks selected UNLVs Greg Anthony marking the fourth time in NBA history three players from one team were taken In the first round It also happened to Indiana In 1976 UCLA in 1979 and Michigan last year Charging the net in her newfound scrve-and-vol-ley style Sabatinl soon found she was playing too quickly She settled down found her rhythm and swept Javer away 6-4 6-0 Sabatinl lost only nine points in the second set Two seeded women Nathalie Tauziat (11) and Anke Huber (13) and unseeded Pam Shrlver reached the second round.