Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 13

Section 3 1 yiOJLi Carlesimo in line at Kentuclcy? Baseball B4 B6-1 2 Hockey B4 Morning B3 Scoreboard B2 B5 Monday April 24 1989 B3 Herald Review Review Illinois Decatur, Life) Rex Spires Commentary Cornerback first selection I lie Finally, the call arrives D. Woolford T. Armstrong the Bears selected linebacker John Roper of Texas then used their own second-round pick to take offensive tackle Dave Zawatson of California. With the third-round pick from Miami, they chose offensive guard Jerry Fontenot of Texas Ditka seemed satisfied with both Woolford and Armstrong. "They fit a tremendous need for us," said Ditka.

"Armstrong gives us a pass rush from the left side. Woolford can line up and compete in the National Football League. He is also a punt return man." Both Woolford and Armstrong indicated they expect to be impact players. "I think I can do that," said Woolford about stepping in immediately as left cornerback, a position that could be wide open. "I love work, I love challenges." Woolford's personality will provide balance to a team known for its vocal players.

"I'm more of a quiet guy. I do my talking on the field. I don't wear a lot of jewelry," he said. Armstrong, who transferred to a new school his senior year, called himself "a tough, intense player who likes to rush the passer. I'm a good person and a good student, not someone who will get into trouble." LAKE FOREST (AP) The Chicago Bears, drafting to shore up their renowned defense, picked cornerback Donnell Woolford of Clemson and defensive end Trace Armstrong of Florida in the first round of Sunday's NFL draft.

Then the Bears swapped their third first-round pick to Miami for the Dolphins' second and third-round selections. Coupled with their trade earlier in the week when they swapped their third-round pick to Philadelphia for seven choices in the later rounds the Bears will have a total of 21 players in the draft. Coach Mike Ditka and personnel boss Bill Tobin pushed aside questions concerning the early rumors that quarterback Jim McMahon would be traded to San Diego for the Chargers' first-round pick, No. 8 in the draft. "I didn't hear anything about it," said Ditka of the rumors.

"The Bears had nothing to do with it." Tobin, pressed on the issue, said "Yes, we talked with San Diego, but we also talked with a lot of other people. "We talked with Green Bay and Minnesota. We talked with 20 clubs." "Probably as good as we could have expected," said Ditka of picking Woolford and Armstrong Dallas Troy Aikman, QB, UCLA Green Bay Tony Mandarich, OT, Mich. St Detroit Barry Sanders, RB, Oklahoma Si Kansas City Derrick Thomas, LB, Alabama Atlanta Deion Sanders, DB, Florida St. Tampa Bay Broderick Thomas, LB, Nebraska Pittsburgh Tim Worley, RB, Georgia San Diego Burt Grossman, DE, Pittsburgh Miami Sammie Smith, RB, Florida St.

Phoenix Eric Hill, LB. LSI) Chicago (from LA. Raiders) Donnell Woolford, DB, Clemson Chicago (from Washington) Trace Armstrong, DE. Florida Cleveland (from Denver) Eric Met calf, RB. Texas New York Jets Jeff Lageman, LB, Virginia Seattle (from Indianapolis) Andy Heck, OT, Notre Dame New England Hart Lee Dykes, WR.Okia.

St. Phoenix (from Seattle) Joe Wolf, OG, Boston College New York Giants Brian Williams, OG, Minnesota New Orleans Wayne Martin, DE, Arkansas Denver (from Cleveland) Steve Atwater, DB, Arkansas Los Angeles Rams Bill Hawkins, DE, Miami, Fla. Indianapolis (from Philadelphia) Andre Rison, WR, Mich. St. Houston David Williams, OT, Florida Pittsburgh (from Minnesota) Tom Rlcketts, OT, Pittsburgh Miami (from Chicago) Louis Oliver, DB.

Florida LA. Rams (from Buffalo) Cleveland Gary, RB. Miami, Fla. Atlanta (from Cincinnati) Shawn Collins, WR, N. Arizona San Francisco Keith DeLong, LB.

Tennessee as the No. 11 and 12 players chosen. "We were filling needs." Those two choices came to the Bears from the Los Angeles Raiders for the Willie Gault trade and Washington for signing linebacker Wilber Marshall. As for trading their own first-round pick, No. 25, Ditka said, "There were a bunch of guys on the board, and none of them jumped up at us." Defensive back Louis Oliver of Florida was still on the board and the Dolphins used the trade to choose him.

Oliver and Michigan State wide receiver Andre Rison, selected by Indianapolis as No. 22, had slipped perceptibly from pre-draft predictions. Ditka said the Bears would have selected Rison instead of making the trade if Rison had still been on the board. With the first pick from Miami, AP 9 i a foirmra ton to vi i Query taken by Green Bay Complete team-by-team draft selections B2 I MAROA When you think of Jeff Query, you think of motion. Either of him sprinting down the field with a football tucked under his arm, or of blazing his way through a 100-meter race.

So, seeing him immobile on the living room sofa Sunday with his eyes glued to the screen of a television set hour after hour during live reports of the NFL draft in New York seemed drastically out of character. It was. And it was killing him. "I can't stand this. You know me, I don't like waiting for things to happen," he said during a mid-afternoon break.

So true. Instead of waiting, the record-setting Millikin wide receiver out of Maroa-Forsyth ordinarily makes things happen. During a commercial, he walked out onto the deck of the two-story white farmhouse situated on his family's 900-acre farm northwest of Maroa. Talking to coaches Tom Jensen and Doug Neibuhr helped break the suspense. Before the fourth round was over, ESPN concluded its live draft coverage and radio reports were sparse.

Jeff and his fiancee, Keri Punches of Clinton, huddled on the sofa talking quietly. "THIS HAS been a long day for all of us. I know he's going to be awfully disappointed if he doesn't get that call today," Jeff's father, Carol, said as the clock ticked on to 8 o'clock. Then, the phone rang, setting off a chain reaction. "It's Green Bay," shrieked Keri, after swiftly transferring the phone to Jeff.

The crowd hushed until Jeff was through with his brief conversation. "Was that IT?" someone said. There had been other calls during the afternoon, all false alarms. "I'm going to Green Bay," Jeff responded loud enough for everyone to hear. Much hugging, handshaking and tears followed.

"Wow, I can't believe it. Green Bay. Keri and I have been talking about how nice it would be to get drafted by a warm weather team like Florida, California or Arizona," he said a little later. "We'd been joking all week that we'd probably end up in Green Bay, where it hits 30 or 40 below." An hour or so after the original call from Green Bay Coach Lindy Infante welcoming him into the Packer family. Query received another call.

This one was from receiver coach Buddy Geis. "He told me he and the other offensive coaches had been doing cartwheels because I was going to be with them. "That sure made me feel good," Jeff said. EARLIER, he'd expressed disappointment at being the 11th choice of the fifth round, the 123rd player overall to be drafted. "I'd been projected higher, so I'm disappointed I didn't go in the third or fourth round.

"In the overall scheme of things, though, I guess the fifth round isn't so bad. "Now, that the news has sunk in, I'm excited about being with the Packers. "They have a great tradition, a lot like the (Chicago) Bears. "Best of all, they seem to be a team on the move. I guess they've had some quarterback problems, but they drafted a couple ahead of me." At last, the agonizing wait to find out his pro football fate was Over for Jeff Query.

"Now, he can get some sleep," Keri said. "And eat something beside chocolate chip cookies. He says Jie's been too nervous to eat anything else." Rex Spires is a sports writer for the Herald Review. NEW YORK (AP) The first round of Sunday's NFL draft was a simple matter for the league's downtrodden. They grabbed the top eight players and hoped they would spin some magic.

For some Super Bowl hopefuls, however, it was a chance to trade and hope for a quick fix. And for Millikin wide receiver Jeff Query, the entire draft was nerve-wracking wait until he was selected on the fifth round by Green Bay. Query was the 123rd player taken overall. Starting with Troy Aikman, the UCLA quarterback signed last week by Dallas for $11.2 million over six years, the first eight picks were no surprises players who can provide instant oomph to the downtrodden. It was so predictable, it took just 20 minutes for the first six players to be chosen, a process that has sometimes taken more than an hour.

Cleveland, which barely missed going to the Super Bowl in 1986 and 1987, was wheeling and dealing in an effort to finally get there. So was Washington. The Browns moved up from 20th to 13th on the first round in a trade with Denver to snare running back Eric Metcalf. Then they traded away their first-rounder next season to take 6-foot-4, 223-pound wide receiver Lawyer Tillman of Auburn. A few minutes after Cleveland's second trade, the Redskins made their move one characteristic of a team that had just three No.

1 picks in 19 years. They traded away next year's top pick along with this year's second for Gerald Riggs, Atlanta's 28-year-old, eight-year veteran running back. The teams capped the day when the Browns sent another heavy-duty running back, Earnest Byner, to Washington for Mike Oliphant, a small speedy running back who was Washington's second pick last season. The Redskins hope Riggs will be able to fill for a year or two the need for a heavy-duty running back in their one-back system. The team that may have gotten the biggest boost from the draft was Miami, choosing Another near miss Texas Ranger Nolan Ryan again just missed his sixth career no-hitter.

Ryan carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning Sunday against Toronto, but had to settle for a one-hitter and a 4-1 win. Ryan also lost a no-hitter two weeks ago. B4 Not perfect enough San Francisco's Will Clark went 5-for-5, but it wasn't enough to stop Los Angeles from posting a 10th-inning win. B4 Mathews' return Left-hander Greg Mathews is scheduled to pitch for St. Louis Class AAA Louisville farm team this week as part of 20-day rehabilitation program.

Mathews, who has been sidelined with a sore elbow, threw 53 pitches and allowed one unearned run in an extended spring training game Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla. Tigers ink Ward The Detroit Tigers signed veteran outfielder Gary Ward, who was released last week by the New York Yankees. The Tigers made room for Ward by sending infielder Billy Bean to Toledo. ninth.

The Dolphins got two players considered before the draft to be in the top dozen. Both were local products running back Sammie Smith of Florida State and safety Louis Oliver of Florida, who was taken with the 25th choice, which the Dolphins got in a trade with Chicago. Aikman led a draft in which running backs and linebackers were most in demand four of each went on the first 14 picks. Overall, however, offensive linemen were the prize commodity of the first round six were chosen overall. One of the early linebackers was a huge surprise 6-5 1-2, 240-pound Jeff Lageman of Virginia, considered a second rounder, who instead was the shock of the first.

He went to the New York Jets with the 14th pick. Until then, things went about as expected. Green Bay, picking second, took 315-pound Tony Mandarich of Michigan State, rated the top player in the draft regardless of position. Detroit then took Heisman Trophy-winning running back Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State, the first pure junior ever taken. Alabama linebacker Derrick Thomas went to Kansas City; Florida State cornerback Deion Sanders to Atlanta and Nebraska linebacker Broderick Thomas to Tampa Bay.

The Pittsburgh Steelers then let the 15-minute clock run down to 35 seconds before they did the expected and took running back Tim Worley of Georgia. San Diego let the clock run down to zero before taking Pitt's talented but somewhat offbeat defensive end, Burt Grossman. Defensive tackle Tracy Rocker of Auburn, Photo by Herb Slodounik ANXIOUS MOMENTS: Millikin's Jeff Query (right) and fiancee Keri Punches wait for news on Query's status in the NFL draft. winner of the Lombardi and Outland awards as the nation's best college lineman, wasn't taken until the third round the 66th pick overall by Washington. Quarterback Rodney Peete of Southern Cal, the runner-up for Heisman Trophy, wasn't taken in Sunday's five rounds, although seven other quarterbacks were chosen.

Of those seven, only Aikman was rated more highly in most pre-draft scouting books. The draft resumes with the final seven rounds at 9 a.m. today. holts. led National League shortstops in assists and total chances.

Montreal St. Louis Cubs fall to Mets ab bi Raines If 6 2 3 1 Foley 2b 5 0 2 1 Galarrg lb 4 0 0 0 Brooks rf 3 112 Wallach 3b 5 2 2 0 DMrtnz cf 2 110 ONixon cf 3 12 0 Fitzgerld 5 10 1 Owen ss 5 13 3 BSmith 3 0 0 0 Hesketh 10 10 B4 abrhbi 4 2 2 0 3 0 12 4 0 0 0 4 110 4 0 10 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 I 000 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1006 0 0 0 0 32 3 7 Coleman If OSmith ss Pndltn3b Goerrer lb MThmp cf Morris rf Oquend 2b Pagnozzi Carpntr DiPino Hemkel Day ley TiJones ph Ouisnbry Totals 42 15 8 Totals grounder into short left field, allowing the tying and winning runs to score. Smith made another error in a 7-5 loss to the Pirates the next day. "I'm satisfied with the way I'm playing and the way the team is playing," Smith said. "You can't look at just one aspect of the game like fielding." Smith, who started the season on the disabled list, is batting .393 and has hit in eight of the nine games since being activated April 15,.

Herzog said he was not concerned about Smith's fielding. "The day I start worrying about that, is the day I start thinking about going to the nuthouse," Herzog said with a laugh. Smith made 22 errors last season, his most since 1980, but Manager Whitey Herzog said. "We looked bad in the field." St. Louis made two errors, and three balls hit past or through first baseman Pedro Guerrero were ruled hits.

Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith, who has won nine straight Gold Gloves, committed his third error of the week, all of which led to runs. "I'm human like anybody else and I'm going to make mistakes," Smith said. "Errors are part of the game, I don't dwell on them, they're going to happen," the nine-time Gold Glove winner said. "I've played this game too long to worry about them. "The error I made against the Pirates cost us the ballgame, but I can't think about that anymore." Tuesday, the Cardinals were one out away from beating Pittsburgh when Smith kicked a ST.

LOUIS (AP) For the Montreal Expos, days like Sunday have been few and far between. "This is our everyday lineup, and if they hit, we re going to win," Montreal manager Buck Rodgers said after the Expos had 15 hits off five pitchers and beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3. Montreal, which had been held to four runs by St. Louis in the previous three games, held a team meeting before the game to discuss its problems.

Then the Expos came out and hit four doubles, two triples and a homer. Spike Owen had three hits and drove in three runs, Hubie Brooks homered and Tim Raines had three hits, raising his average from .217 to .242. Bryn Smith (2-0) gave up five hits and struck out two in seven innings. Joe Hesketh finished the combined seven-hitter. Montreal 101 101 20J-4 St.

Louis 100 100 0101 Guerrero, OSmith. DP Montreal 2, StLouis LOB-Montreal 10. StLouis 4. 2B-Foley. Raines, Wallach, Coleman, Owen.

3B Raines, Coleman, Owen. HR- Brooks (2). SB-ONixon 3 (8), Wallach (1), Coleman (12), Fitzgerald (1). SF- Brooks. ER BB SO IP "I was just going to pitch the best game I could," Smith said.

"I knew our hitters would come around. All I really had today was a sinker and a changeup, and I had trouble getting the sinker over the plate in the first couple of innings," Smith said. Cris Carpenter (0-1) gave up three runs and six hits in 4 1-3 innings. "He was really throwing after that triple by Raines to start the game, but the rest of the game was pretty ugly," Cardinals Montreal BSmith 0 Hesketh St. Louis Carpntr DiPino Heinkel Dayley 7 2 413 13 123 23 2 Qutsnbry HBP Galarraga by Carpenter BK Hesketh T-2 55..