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Stock tables 6.7D Business 8D ROCHESTER, N. WEDNESDAY. JULY 24. 1974 Lancers coach: He's not what they say he is remainder of the North American Soccer League season. Lancers' general manager and majority stockholder John J.

Petrossi described Dumitru as "an outstanding professional coach" with "outstanding credentials." The Lancers list Dumitru's credentials as being a former University of Texas intercollegiate soccer coach and a former coach of pro teams in Romania and Turkey. The club also said Domitru By JIM RICKEY Sportswriter A former "hard-working maintenance man" at the University of Texas was named yesterday to replace Bill Hughes as coach of the Rochester Lancers soccer team. Theodore Dumitru, a 37-year-old Romanian who coached a club soccer team at the University of Texas, was appointed the Lancers' interim coach for the Aaron says he'd accept I 4 1 tt IV fit) There's no organization received a leave of absence from his job as an instructor at the Albany Recreation Department to take the Lancer job. In fact, he coached the Longhorns's club team in the Texas Collegiate Soccer League left without notification, and there is no record of his employment in an Albany recreation department of any kind. Hughes would not comment on his successor other than to say "I've never heard of the man." "I've coached professionally for seven years," said Dumitru, who left Romania for the United States in 1971.

I have learned much as a player and a coach Dumitru said his playing career ended 10 years ago because of an injury. He since has coached several teams in Romania, including the Romania National Youth Soccer Team and National University Soccer Team. He also was coach and method instructor in the Turkey National Professional Soccer League where his club compiled a 28-8-6 record. He says he also has had a number of books and articles published on soccer. Dumitru also holds a degree in physical education and has studied in Paris at the International Course and Seminar for European Soccer Coaches.

Ted Howard, assistant to league com- missioner Phil Woosnam, remembers Dumitru. "He sent us his resume, and Please turn to 3D Larry Greybill fe The Rochester Lancers' press conference yesterday would have made a great situation comedy for television. There was general manager John Petrossi, telling everyone how he was misunderstood, how "there are no hard feelings" between fired coach Bill Hughes and himself, and how new coach Ted Dumitru is going to save the season. There was Dumitru, telling reporters how he wanted all the things Hughes had advocated as coach, agreeing that their philosophies are similar, then saying perhaps the only difference is that he is a better diplomat. And there were the other members of the board of directors of the North ''y 'i' 'V it General manager John Petrossi v-fll Garvey powers National League to All-Star win While Atlanta Braves slugger Hank Aaron says he would accept the job of managing the Braves, "because, there are no black managers in baseball," The Atlanta Constitution reports that Clyde King, the leading candidate for the job vacated when Eddie Mathews was firde Sunday, would be the Braves' new boss.

Aaron also says, "If the owners say they are afraid of the repercussions that might come when they fire the first black manager they can make it easier for themselves, just hire four or five black managers." The Braves have called a press conference for this morning, presumably to name a manager. The wef look Cleveland's Gavlord Perry, last nishfs starting pitcher for the-American League All-Stars, said prior to the start of the game that. "I might tnrow one in on old Hank to make him feel "at home." The suggestion was that Perry, admittedly a reformed spitball pticher, might toss a wei one at Hank Aaron for old time's sake. "I didn't sav I'd do it," added Perry with a grin, "I said I'm thinking about it. Prognostkaior If nothing else, the new com missioner of the American Basketball Association brings a lot of optimism to the office.

Tedd Munchak. who succeeded Mike Storen for the post last week, predicts a merger Between me ABA and Rational BasKetoau Association as soon as tne nba -picks it's new commissioner later this year. For the details, please turn to 4D. Avon called James Kennerson, baseball Coach at Canisius College in Buffalo the last three vears. has been named athletic director at Avon Central.

He succeeds Jess Furlan. who retired after 31 years as director. For details on this and other nign sqnooi coacn-ing changes, please see 3D. They don't mind I There are some people in the countrv who do not believe the National' Football League players strike is all that bad. In fact, these people are enjoying it.

They are the free agents and lightly- regarded players who seldom make the clubs' tinai rosters, tse. raiise of the strike, thev are be ing given golden opportunities to exhibit their skills, nor aeiaus, please turn to 5D. All-Star Game National League 7, American League 2 Lacrosse WLT Pt. GF GA Rochester 16 8 1 33 398 350 Philadelphia 16 10 0 32 396 348 Montreal 13 li to avo -ait 12 14 0 24 389 393 11 14 0 22 385 402 9 17 1 19 344 384 Maryland Toronto Syracuse Yesterday Rochester 21, Toronto 10 Philadelphia 21, Montreal 13 Maryland 14, Syracuse 12 Today Montreal at Syracuse Please turn to 2D Rod Carew his head second as Joe Mor9an tries for American Soccer League club. They weren't saying much at ail.

In fact, you could say they were trying to blend in with the decor to avoid making any comment. Petrossi has been telling people that his firing of Hughes was met with great acclaim by the players and team of- Please turn to 3D tion. 'Any time you lose a player of any stature, anyone who's in the starting lineup, you're gonna miss him," Fisk said, at the suggestion that his loss could cost the Red Sox the American League East title. "It's hard to say what my contribution was. Maybe more than anything it's that I'm a steadying influence, whether you call it leadership or being a heady catcher or whatever.

Paralyzed from the waist Fisk admits injury was costly Photo by Jay Reiter (right) introduces Theodore Dumitru. Gaylord Perry, pitching for the American League, struck out the first two hitters he faced, Pete Rose and Joe Morgan. Hank Aaron, baseball's all-time home run king, then hit a long fly to left Please turn page Griffins rp Tomahawks Special to the TORONTO When scorers Rick Dudley, Dave Wilfong and Kevin Parsons and goalie Merv Marshall are playing their game, the Rochester Griffins are a formidable team. That was the case last night as the Griffins routed the Toronto Tomahawks, 21-10, for their third straight victory after a four-game losing streak. Turning in what coach Morley Kells called "our best performance of the season," the Griffins took control midway through the first period before a crowd of 1,715 at Maple Leaf Gardens.

Rochester was leading, 4-2 when Wilfong scored four straight goals in a seven-minute spree. Three came on breakaways started by Marshall. Marshall had five assists. The victory kept the Griffins one point ahead of the Philadelphia Wings in first place in the National Lacrosse League. The Wings beat host Montreal, 21-13, last night.

Paralysis no handicap By JIM RICKEY Sportsturtter George Smith owns and operates his own auto repair shop in York and races dragsters on It all seems common enough, until you consider that George Smith is paralyzed from the waist down. It was nine years ago when the now 26-year-old Smith was critically injured in an automobile accident in the Town of. Perry, only a month before he was to graduate from York Central School. "I wasn't very familiar with the area," says Smith, "and I got lost. It was during the daytime and I was trying to find out where I was.

Somehow, the car went off the road and struck a tree. "It took me months to finally get going. But soon after I got out of the hospital I thought I could still race I. always wanted to be a drag racer." Smith began racing in the Super Stock class at 18, using his everyday road car equipped with hand controls. But after a few years, "it got too fast for the road," he says.

"The car always Please turn to 3D PITTSBURGH (AP) Ron Cey and Most Valuable Player Steve Garvey of the Los Angeles Dodgers drilled run-scoring doubles that helped the National League continue its domination of the American League with a 7-2 victory last night in baseball's 45th annual All-Star Game. Reggie Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals homered in the seventh inning and Don Kessinger of the Chicago Cubs tripled a run home in the eighth while five pitchers limited the American League to four hits. Garvey singled and scored on Cey's double in the second inning and doubled home the tying run in the fourth. Cey's infield grounder then brought home the go-ahead run.

Ken Brett of the Pittsburgh Pirates, a former American Leaguer, was the winning pitcher with two shutout innings of relief and Luis Tiant of the Boston Red Sox was the loser. He allowed three runs in two innings of work. The National League grabbed a 1-0 lead with two out in the second inning on Steve Garvey's single and Ron Cey's double. The American League edged in front 2-1 in the tr of the third with the help of the NL'f first error in 11 All-Star Games and Dick Allen's run-scoring single. Both teams went down in order in the opening inning, with each pitcher picking up a pair of strikeouts.

Rod Carew, the American League's leadoff batter, grounded to second on the first pitch of the game. Andy Messers-mith, the National League starter, then struck out Bert Campaneris and Reggie Jackson. Photo by John G. Walter Plymouth with hand contro Is. bad throw from Johnny Bench-(Ap) "More than anything, in my particular case it's that I am the aggressive type.

I like to get things done, make things happen. It's all pointed toward a winning effort for me. Some good ballplayers can get the job done without being overly aggressive, but I can't." An example of Fisk's aggressiveness is the way he was injured. The catcher refused to yield as a Cleveland runner Please turn page down, George Smith operates his By LARRY BUMP Sportswriter PITTSBURGH Carlton Fisk will remain in limbo at least six weeks, and hough he denies it, the Boston Red Sox will be also. The cast was removed from Fisk's left leg yesterday, and he says it will take at least six weeks for his knee to heal completely.

Even if he plays then, he won't be able to make his greatest contribu- Braves to train at Geneseo The Buffalo Braves will conduct their fifth preseason training camp at Geneseo State this September, it was announced yesterday by the Braves and school officials. The Braves will open camp on Friday, Sept. 20 at the school's new $5.6 million sports complex, the Schrader Building. Braves head coach Jack Ramsay and assistant Bob MacKinnon will hold workouts twice a day until the camp closes Oct. 3.

The final hour of the evening workouts, scheduled between 5 and 7 p.m., will be open to the public. The dates of two intrasquad games at the Louise Kuhl Gymnasium, part of the Schrader complex, will be an-nounced at a later date. The games will be open to the public without charge. Robert Riedel, athletic director of Geneseo State, said the Braves' camp means nothing financially for the school. "It's an opportunity for us to service the student body," Riedel added.

It gives them and the community the chance to see a professional sports team in action.".