Page Tev THE MICH IGAN DAILY Saturday,, Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, iune111~ June 11, 1 97 GROTE, ROB ALSO SELECTED Golden State drafts Green By DAVE RENBARGER All three graduating seniors from Michigan's Big Ten cham- pion basketball t e a m were drafted into the professional ranks in the opening five rounds of yesterday's NBA draft. T h e Cleveland Cavaliers made Steve Grote, Green's running mate at guard for the past two years, their property in the third. In the fifth round, the Los Angeles Dodgers se- lected former Wolverine for- ward Johnny Robinson. Green, who has ignited Mich- igan's explosive fast break since the day he first put on a Blue jersey two years ago, expressed bsth surprise and pleasure with his selection by Golden State. "I was surprised because I hadn't heard anything from them," said Green. "I was talk- ing to a few teams like Milwau- kee and Los Angeles and I thought that I might be headed their way. "When I heard that Golden State drafted me, I was sur- prised, but I'm glad they picked me., "They got a real good team and they'll be in the playoffs next year. That's something that I'm looking forward to-be- ing in the playoffs right away." Green also expressed a strong desire to be on the West Coat. "It'd be nice to get out of the snow for awhile. I've never been to San Francisco." Although he expects the tran- sition from college to pro ball to mediate plans for their new ington and Don Ford for a job be difficult, Green-remains op- guard. Green has been request- The Detroit Titans, knock timistic about his chances. ed to show up at rookie camp out of the NCAA Tournament b "It's definitely gonna be a at the end of this month to get the Wolverines last March. ha tough challenge where ever a head start on the season. two players drafted. Guard De you go because you're gonna Grote will be joining former nis Boyd went to New Orlea be a rookie. Plus Golden State Michigan teammate Campy in the fourth round, while c got a lot of good guards. Russell at Cleveland. The rug- ter/forward Ron Bostic w "But I feel that I'm just as ged guard will be trying to grabbed by Milwaukee in ti good as any of them, and I'm break into a lineup that al- seventh. looking forward to going out ready includes Austin Carr The Detroit Pistons mad there." and Foots Walker. Central Michigan standout Be Already in the Warriors back- In L.A., Johnny Rob will be Poquette their second round s court is high-scoring Phil Smith, competing with former Wolver- lection. Bob Chapman fro plus Gus Williams. ines Cazzie Russell and C. J. Michigan State went to Kansa The Warriors have some im- Kupec, along with Kermit Wash- City in the fifth round. Benson -picked first Warrior Rickey Green Rickey Green was the 16th choice overall, plucked off the market by the Golden State Warriors in the initial round. The lady is a cager NEW YORK--The World Champion Cincinnati Reds and the league-leading Los Angeles Dodgers have three players each who are- leading at their voting position after the conclusion of the first round of ballotting for the National League All-Star team. Steve Garvey of the Dodgers is the leading vote-getter, with 334,407. Third baseman Ron Cey and outfielder Reggie Smith are also the leaders at their respective positions. At second base, the Reds' Joe Morgan holds a large lead over Dave Lopes of the Dodgers. Catcher Johnny Bench and short- stop Dave Concepcion lead at their positions. -DAILY SPORTS All-Stars tabulated NEW YORK-The New Orleans Jazz picked Lucy Harris Ste- wart of Delta State on the seventh round of the NBA draft, but Stewart says she doubts shelcouldtcced in men's basketball. "They're a whole lot bigger than I am," she said. "On the women's level, I can kind of rough them around, but not there in the NBA. I know I won't be any good." Mrs. Stewart is a 6-3 center who led the Delta State team to three consecutive AIAW national championships. Mrs. Stewart is the second woman to be drafted by the NBA. The first was Denise Long of Iowa, who was drafted by San Francisco nine years ago but didn't play. In another surprising pick, the Kansas City Kings chose Olympic decathlon champion Bruce Jenner in the seventh round. Jenner played basketball at Graceland. -DAILY SPORTS UCLA coach making a move? BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Strong rumors continued yesterday that UCLA Coach Gene Bartow will take on the job of inaugurating a basketball program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. There were reports that Bartow would be here yesterday to sign a contract with the school, which has only club and intra- mural sports. There were other reports that he was coming merely to give school administrators advice on how to start a program. Bartow, who was in New York Thursday, said of the report he would become UAB coach: "It is just a rumor. I've talked with those people. I know they are interested in setting up a basketball program, but that is all I know." -AP Tolan signs with Pirates PITTSBURGH-The Pittsburgh Pirates, in need of bench sup- port, said yesterday they had signed free agent outfielder Bobby Tolan. The 31-year-old Tolan, released this season by the Phila- delphia.Phillies, batted .261 in 110 games last year. After missing the 1971 season with two Achilles tendon tears, he batted .283 with the Cincinnati Reds in 1972 and was named Comeback Player of the Year by The Sporting News. -AP NEW YORK - The Milwaukee Bucks came away the apparent winners in yesterday's draft, notching two-time All-American Kent Benson and Marques Johnson of UCLA in the first round. Benson, a 6-11, 245 pounder, was described by Backs executive Wayne Embry as "the best man available." BENSON IS active in the Christian Athletes fellowship and there had been rumors he might pass up an NBA career to work for the organ- ization full time. He admitted he seriously had considered alternatives to basketball. "There are many things I want to do in my life, but the more I became aware of the Mil- waukee situation and the people who represent the Milwaukee Bucks, the more I wanted to be- come part of the team," Benson said. The Bucks alsb had the No. 11 pick in the opening round, and they used it on Grunfeld, the smooth 6-5 forward who averaged 22.8 points per game and particularly impressed pro scouts with his hustle, poise and selfless attitude. IF THE BUCKS were the big winners in the draft, the Los Angeles Lakers came in a solid second. The Lakers also had three first-round picks, and they were looking for young talent to fit around superstar center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. They came up with talented forward Kenny Carr of North Carolina State, one of seven undergrad- uates eligible for the draft, and a pair of guards: junior Brad Davis of Maryland and Norm Nixon of Dtquesne. The Washington Bullets also did well, taki rugged forward Greg Ballard of Oregon with t No. 4 pick in the first round and then land 6-9 Bo Ellis of Marquette with the 17th phc Denve- and Golden State also had two fir round choices apiece, the Nuggets going I center Tom LaGarde of North Carolina and fa ward Anthony Roberts of Oral Roberts wh the Warriors took playmaker Rickey Green Michigan and forward Wesley Cox of Louisvil First round picks 1. Mlwaukee, Kent Benson, c, Indiana. 2. au City from New York Nets, Otis Birdsong, . ,Houst 3, Milwaukee from Buffalo, Marques Johnson, f, tUc 4, Washington from Atlanta, Greg Balanrd, f, Oreg S, Phoenix, Waster Davis,,, North Carouina. 6, Las Angeles eam New Orleans, Kenny Carr, North Carolina state. 7, New York Nets from Indi Bernard King, f, Tennessee. 8, Seattle, Jack Sic c, Illinois Wesleyan. 9, Denver from Kansas city, T LaGarde, c, North Carolina. 10, New York Knicks, I wiinams, g, Minnesota. 11, Milwaukee from Cleveland, Ernie Grunfeld, Tennessee. 12, Boston, Cedric Maxwell, c, North Ca lina-Charlotte. 13, Chicago from Buffalo from Milwas tram Buffalo tram Chicago, Tate Armstrong, g, Do] 14, Atlanta from washington teom Detroit,Ways, R lias, c, Clemson. 15, Los Angeles from San Anto Brad Davis, g, Maryland. 16, GoldenS tate, Rickey Gre g, Michigan. s7, Washington, no Ellis, f, Marquette. 1t, Golden State from Buffalo from Houston, wes Coo, fLouisille. 19, Portland, Rich Laurel,, t aofst 2a, Philaderlphia, Glean Mosley, f,,Seton Hlail,m1Denv Anthony Roberts, g, Oral Roberts. 22, Los Angeles. No Nixon, g, Duquesne. pistons picks Ben Poquette e, Central Michigan 2, John lrvi c, Hofstra 3, Bruce King. f, Iowa 4, Jim Kennedy, Missouri 5, Herb Nobles, f, Kansas 6, Robert Lewis, Johnson C. Smith 7, Tim Appleton f, Kenyon S. A's change managers-agair By The Associated Press OAKLAND - Bobby Winkles jumped on the Oakland A's shaky managerial merry-go- round yesterday after Jack Mc- Keon was fired and said, "If you go into a managing job worrying about longevity, you're in trouble." TEAM OWNER Charlie Fin- ley fired McKeon early Friday but it was revealed later he had been considering a change for several weeks. IT WAS THE 15th change of managers - and one of the most surprising - by Finley in the 18 seasons he's owned the American League baseball team. The club, relying heavily on rookies and castoffs, was 26- 27 under McKeon, fifth in the Western Division but just six games behind leading Minne- sota. Finley said, "I'm not going to go into details why the change ivan made. But I like Bobby Winkles' enthusiasm and knowledge of the game." McKEON WAS offered a job as administrative assistant to Finley, but there was no indi- cation whether McKeon would stay with the club. "I thought McKeon did a good job, but I thought he could help me more in the front of- fice," the owner said. "IN MY HEART. I know I did a good job" McKeon said. "I asked him what I had di wrong and he just told me felt a change had to be mad "But I'm going to go out li a pro. I'm not going to him." Major. League Standings AMIERTICAN LEAGUE NATIONA1 1 1ACEt East East W L Pet. Gi wLl New York 33t4 .579 - Csica go4i19 Bositon 30 24 sat6 I1/,> ittsburgh 30t 213 Baltimore 30 25 .545 2 St. Louis 31 2. Milwaukee 28 30 .483 5r = Philadelphia 30 24 Cleveland 23 26.469 6 Montreal ?_29i Detroit 22 30 .423 8 New York22 ' Toronto .t1 35 .404 91:. Wes't West Los Angeles 19 Minnesota 33 22 .6400 - Cincinati Chicago 30 24 .545 2 San Francisco Tesas 26 25 .510 4'. San Diego ?2,34 11 Caifaornia 2t 20 .500 5 ouston Kansas City 26 28 .481 6 Atlanta 21 St 1 Oakiand 26 27 .491 5 Seattle 24 33 .407 501 Yesterday's Pltti,tt sa .ate games not included Phiadelphia . Atiauia Yesterday's Chicago 3, San Frans ln 1 oaltimore 6, Chicago 1 cincinnati 13, MontreaI 1 Texas at Boston, ppd., rain Pittsbnrgh 10, San Ditea New York 4, Minnesota Ilionston 4, NewYork i Milwaukee 4, Kansas city 3 Today's Comes Taday's Ga~nes Chicago (Brett, 6-3) at Baltimore s gts t(May, 7-5), a San Diego (c~rtcia. 3-5)1215 Minnesota (Glt( 5-3) at New burgh (Candelaria., 7) aC York (Hunter, 2-3). San Francisco (lDarr, 7) a Texas (Alexander, 6-3) at Boston cago (Burris, 5-5). a (Tiait 3-4). Montreal (Brown, .-I) a Kansas City (Leonard, 3-6) at cinnati (Nolan, 4-0). Milwaukee (Sorenson, 0-0). New York (Todd, 2- and S Deteait, (Fidrych, 1-2) at Oak- 3-4) at Houston (B= 51c1.O.0t land (Ellis, 2-5). 1-3 and Richard 4-5) 2,t Toronto (Garvin, 7-3) at S attle Philadelphia (Christensen. 5)4 (Abbatt, 2-4), a Atlanta (J. McLaughlin, at Cleveland (Bibby, 4-3) at Cali- CosAngeles (Hootan. a-"')at fornia (Ross, 2-3) n Louis (Denny, 7v0), S.