21.   The team also selected speedy Russian center Sergei Samsonov with the eighth pick in the draft and hope to have him under contract by the start of the season.

22.   The Twins and the Cubs lead their divisions, making this the first draft in which first-place teams selected first and second.

23.   The U.S. team has selected three Georgia farms as pre-Olympic training centers.

24.   They assume that when you are selected by a big league team, you will be playing in the majors the next year.

25.   Whichever team selects him will get a player determined to move in and make a name for himself.

26.   Both teams selected spinners as the dry pitch is expected to get a good deal of turn, particularly in the later days.

27.   Elgin Baylor, the Clippers vice president of basketball operations, said he knows who the team will select this season but he would not identify the player.

28.   He says he has no preference for which team selects him, but he is eager to sign a contract and get to work on the field.

29.   French rugby league team selected to face North Harbour on Tuesday in Auckland.

30.   French Rugby League team selected to play Waikato in New Zealand on Tuesday.