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Tuesday, June 1989-Mattoon, (II.) Journal Gaiette-B-S Baltimore makes pick official By The Associated Press ffargis drafted in 5th round I 1 A' NEW YORK Ben McDonald began the season by pitching 44 2-3 consecutive scoreless innings. So it was' natural he was taken as the top pick In Monday's baseball draft by the O's. jr-j. "It's a big relief," the Louisiana State right-hander said after being selected by the Baltimore Orioles. "It's been tough on my family and me.

It affected the players, the coaches and everybody close to the team." Baltimore, the first first-place team ever to pick first in the draft, had made its Intentions known well In advance. McDonald is 14-3 this season with 194 strikeouts in 148 1-3 innings and a 2.91 earned-fun average. Atlanta used the second pick to take Tyler Houston, a left-handed hitting catcher from Valley High in Las Vegas. Houston batted .466 in 36 games "He never got the chance (to play pro). To him, this is his chance too.

His chance was to see me make it." Hargis, who spent most of the day Monday visiting a sister and a friend, returned to his father's Metamora home Just In time for a 5:30 p.m. phone call from an Expos scout, Stan Zellnsky. "He'd been to see me play a few times," Hargis said. "I hear they're a real good organization." Within a few days he expects to sign a contract and get his first assignment, which will probably be either a Rookie League in Jamestown, N.Y., or the Expos' Class A team in Rockford of the Midwest League. Hargis was picked following a season in which he led the AMCU with a .389 batting average, 13 home runs, 59 runs batted in and 18 doubles.

He had a three-year collegiate average of .341. The past year proved to most what Hargis had believed for quite a while, that he had pro potential. "I always thought to myself I did," said the former three-sport Metamora High School star who has played in the National Baseball Congress World Series. "But I'm not sure all the people believed it when I said I was going to play." He realizes he still has more to do. "I think right now I need a lot of work on my hitting," Hargis said.

"Even though I had a big year, there's a lot of difference between college and professional ball. I need a hitting instructor. And there's still a lot of work I need to do as a METAMORA The Montreal Expos made the dreams of Dan Hargis and his brother come true Monday. Hargis, who Just completed a big junior season at Eastern, was taken in the fifth round by the Ex-'pos in the first day of the amateur baseball draft. He gets his chance at pro baseball.

"It's something I've wanted ever since I started playing," Hargis said. "I started playing organized baseball when I was 5 years old and ever since I knew this, was what I wanted." Monday's draft was a reward for his older brother Doug, who was a catcher for the University of Illinois from 1979-82 but was not drafted. "He taught me a lot and put me ahead of everyone else," the younger Hargis said. Michael Chang celebrates upset of Lend! at French Open iflViancr 11 cots top-seeded Lendl with 13 homers, 66 RBIs in and 50 runs scored. Seattle then chose Roger Salkeld, a right-hander from Saugus (Calif.) High.

He was 13-1 this season with an 0.51 ERA and 174 strikeouts in 109 1-3 innings. He struck out 404 in 264 innings during his high school career. Outfielder Jeff Jackson of Simeon High in Chicago went to Philadelphia on the fourth pick. He hit .504 in 35 games this year with 16 homers, 72 RBIs and 52 stolen bases. Texas then took Texas Tech outfielder Donald Harris, who batted .322 with 10 homers and 44 RBIs.

California made it two Abbotts in a row, selecting Kyle Abbott, a left-hander from Long Beach State, the only left-handed pitcher the high school ranks in the first round of baseball's amateur draft Monday. Frank Thomas, a first baseman from Auburn, went to the White Sox, the seventh pick overall. "He's strong, with outstanding power and not that bad White Sox scouting director Al Goldis said. "He does need to lose weight, though." The Cubs took Earl Cunningham, a high school outfielder from Lancaster, S.C. Through his first 65 at-bats this season, he was hitting .446 with 11 homers and 25 RBIs.

Cardinals ST. LOUIS Paul Coleman, a in the first round. The Angels took Jim Abbott with the ninth pick last year. Montreal selected catcher Charles Johnson of Westwood High In Fort Pierce, complete the first 10. Only the, first round is made public, preventing colleges from using the draft lists to recruit high school players.

The entire list will be released in about two weeks, after teams have had a chance to' sign their players. CHICAGO The Chicago White Sox picked a college player and the Chicago Cubs selected one from teen-ager who batted .510 this spring for Frankston High School in Texas, became on Monday the first outfielder chosen by the St. Louis Cardinals in baseball's free-agent draft since 1979. "We've been looking for a power hitter, and we think Coleman is the type," Cardinals scouting director Fred McAlister said. "He's built along the lines of a Bo Jackson.

He's strong (and) hits for good power." St. Louis made Coleman, 18, the draft's sixth selection and the third outfielder to be chosen. Coleman is the Cardinals' "first outfielder selection since they drafted Andy Van Slyke In 1979. PARIS (AP) Michael Chang was In no mood to celebrate. The 17-year-old American had Just beaten top-seeded Ivan Lendl, the world's No.

1 player, to reach the quarterfinals of the French rOpen tennis championships. He did It in dramatic fashion, coming back from two sets down and overcoming painful cramps in both legs in the final set to win 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, Chang, the youngest male player ever to reach the French Open quarterfinals, had other things on his mind. (i "It hasn't really sunk in an Chang said after the 4-hour, 38-mlnute match. "I'm Just thinking now about recovering from cramps. 1 1 haven't thought about the match at all.

I Scully put in a very long broadcast weekend "I guess if you calculate, it's 45 innings in 27 hours, in two cities involving four teams. I guess that's one for the books." Scully, 61, normally has part of every weekend off from his Dodger duties because he's the play-byplay man for NBC-TV on its Saturday Game of the Week. But not so this past weekend. Louis and Houston probably represents some kind of on-air record. "When you do something that you love to do, you can go 4 long way," Scully said Monday by telephone a couple of hours before going on the air again when the Dodgers faced the Braves in a twi-night doubleheader.

"I never felt real tired, like I was in trouble. because Hall of Famer Don Drysdale, a member of the Dodger broadcast crew along with Scully and Ross Porter, was sidelined with laryngitis. So instead of flying to St. Louis last Friday for Saturday's Cardinals-Cubs game, Scully remained In Houston to do Friday night's Dodgers-Astros game. ATLANTA (AP) Vin Scully says he- knows what hard work is all about because In his younger, years, he had some tough jobs.

So 45 innings of play-by-play on television and radio in 27 hours isn't any big deal. But the longtime broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers admitted Monday that his weekend in St. Just want to get a massage and go The quarterfinal matchups will send Chang against Agenor, Wllander against Chesnokov, Alberto Mancini against Stefan Edberg and second-seeded Boris Becker against Jay Berger of Plantation, Fla. Lendl frequently complained about the court conditions, the noise of the crowd and the line calls. He even received a penalty point In the fourth set, but afterwards said Chang fully deserved to win.

"He showed a lot of courage and deserves credit for it," said Lendl, who won here In 1984, 1986 and 1987. "When you get cramps, it's very painful and jPs almost impossible to play." Chang was one of three players to fight back from two sets down Monday to reach the quarterfinals. Unseeded Ronald Agenor of Haiti, Chang's next opponent, beat 17-year-old Sergl Bruguera of Spain 2-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2. Andrei Chesnokov of the Soviet Union outlasted 18-year-old Jim Courier of Dade City, 2-6, 3-6, 7-6, 6-2, 7-5. "It was more of an emotional letdown after such a big win yesterday," said Courier, who had upset fifth-seeded Andre Agassi on Sunday.

In the final fourth-round match of the day, the No. 4 seed and defending champion Mats Wilander of Sweden beat Lawson Duncan of Ashevllle, N.C., 7-5, 6-3, 6-2. "It wasn't a great match," said Wllander, the only player who has not dropped a set in the tournament. "It was Just the circumstances. It was pretty hard to go out and play a great match after what happened in the match before." Even Wilander was amazed at Chang's fifth-set performance.

With both thighs cramping, Chang did deep knee bends and drank from a water bottle between points. During the changeovers he refused to sit down so his legs, wouldn't tighten up completely To stay In the points, Chang resorted to high, looping moon balls. He abandoned a full windup" on his serve and Just floated the ball In. back to the hotel and sleep." Lendl, the three-time French who won the Australian Open earlier this lost his chance of winning the Slam this year. "I'm very disappointed," he said.

"I was hoping to do much better in this But Lendl also was not dwelling on Monday's match. He said he's looking ahead to playing' in a Wimbledon warmup tournament pextweek. "I'm thinking about playing 'Queen's now," he said. "I will make that decision in the next couple of When Chang crowded the service line and rattled Lendl into double-faulting to end the match, he fell onto his back on the red clay of Center Court in a mixture of exhaustion and exhiliration. He" left the court in tears as the capacity crowd of 14,000 gave him a standing ovation.

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