Evening star., 1963-04-30
Royals Select
Thacker,N.Y Y.
Gets Heynlan


NEW YORK, April 80 (AP)
The Cincinnati Royals opened
the National Basketball Asso-
cations annual draft today by
selecting Tom Thacker of the
University of Cincinnati as
their territorial pick.
The New York Knickerbock-
ers selected Art Heyman, Duke
All-America, as their first
choice in the regular draft.
The Chicago-Baltimore team
picked Rod Thorn of West Vir-
ginia and San Francisco chose
Nat Thurmond, ell center
from Bowling Green, Ohio.
ScOtches Trade Reports
Coach Eddie Donovan of the
Knicks said he planned to keep
Heyman. scotching reports that
the 6-5 All-America who was
named player of the year by
the Associated Press would be
traded to Cincinnati for Jerry
Lucas.
Heyman, 22-year-old from
Rockville Center, N. Y, scored
1894 points to set a school
record at Duke.
The NBA completed its first
round Of the annual college
draft in the record time of IL
minutes as Detroit selected
Eddie Miles of Seattle. St
Louis took Jerry Ward of Boston
College, Syracuse plucked Tom
Hoover of Villanova, Los
Angeles grabbed Roger Strick-
land of the University of Jack
sonville and Boston picked Bill
Green of Colorado State Uni
verSity.
Hoover was a schoolboy
star at Carroll High In
Washington, D. c. The 6-foot-
10 center later dropped out
of Villanova and played for
Camden of the Eastern
League.
Knicks Tap HarkneSs
Cincinnati was bypassed in
the first round of the regular
draft because of the Royals
territorial pick of Thacker.
The Knicks selected their
second All-America, Jerry Hark-
ness of Chicago Loyola, in the
second round.
Chicago-Baltimore made Gus
Johnson of Idaho its second
selection.
Other second-round picks
were Gary Hill of Oklahoma
City by San Francisco. Jerry
Smith of Furman by Detroit
Herschel West of Grambling
College, La, by Syracuse, Le-
land Mitchell of Mississippi
State by st. Louis and Mel
Gibson of West Carolina Col
lege by Los Angeles.
Cincinnati and Boston traded
their second picks, the Royals
in turn swapping their rights
to Los Angeles. which chose
Jim King of Tulsa. The Gel
tics gave up their rights to
st. Louis, which took Ken Say
lors of Arkansas Tech.
THIRD ROUND-New York, Bill
.O'Connor. Canisius: Chicago Baltimore.
Tom Bolyard, Indiana; San Francisco,
steve Gray, st. Mary's Calf; Detroit
Jimmy Rayl, Indiana; st. Louis, Bill
Burwell, Illinois; Syracuse, Jerry
Greenspan, Maryland: Los Angeles
Lyle Harger, Houston: Boston. Bill
Kriston, Valparaiso.
Fourth ROund-New York. Matt
Cloud, Delaware: Chicago-Baltimore
Nolen Ellison, Kansas; San Francisco
Dave Dovney, Illinois; Detroit, Dav'
Erickson; Cincinnati. Ken Charlton
idence; ST. Louis. Waite Bellamy. Flor.
ida AIM: Los Angeles, Layton Johns
Auburn Boston, Connie Mcguire
Southeast Oklahoma.
Fifth round: New York. Joe Nc
Dermott. Belmont Abbey. N. c.; Chi
cago Baltimore. Ron Glaser. Mar
uuette; San Francisco, Don Turner
Southwestern Of Kansas: Detroit, Bill
Small, Illinois; Cincinnati, Maik Hern'
don. Bradley; 81: Louis. Tony yates
Cincinnati: Syracuse. Tony Cerkyenlk
Arizona State; Los Angeles, Larry
Jones. Toledo; Boston, W. D. Stroud
Mississippi state.
sixth round: New York. Jim Ker-
win. Tulane; Chicago Baltimore. Ken
Siebel. Wisconsin: San Francisco, Gene
Shields. Santa Clara; Detroit. Reggit
Harding, Detroit East High School;
Cincinnati, Jim Mccormick, West
Virginia.; Syracuse, Vince Brewer
Iowa State; ST Louis. Al Santio
Maryland state; Los Angeles, Warren
Salata. Westminster. Pa: Boston
Winnie Ernest. Providence.
Seventh round: New York. Bot
Woolard, Wake Forest: Chicago
Baltimore, Larry Brown. North Caro-
lima; San Francisco, Don Clemetson.
Stanford; Detroit. Ira Harge.. New
Mexico; Cincinnati. Hunter Beckman,
Memphis State; St. Louis. Ken Rohl-
off; North Carolina State; Syracuse
Tex, Los Angeles, Gordie Martin. Uni
versity OF Southern California; Boston.
Herb Meoee. Philadelphia Textile
High School.