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1st ED. 'American Way' Is Proving To Be a Liability for Bicentennials What is wrong with the Hartford Bicentennials? players irotn Europe. The Bicentennials did something aoqui li Dui eaaea up wun nouung 10 snow tor it. American-born players like Peter Chandler and Bob Garcia have been called upon to perform a task of competing against the top world class players. "We were always a step behind the other teams," Schellscheidt said.

"I think if the league said to use the players signed by May 1, we would have held our own." The Bicentennials tried to get some foreign material to bolster their attack. Their time and efforts attempting to sign Italian players Glaccomo Bulgarelli, Giorgio Chinaglia ami Ferniprift MflTmln went far nannlit irrsaaafci Things just began to pile up on us," says Bicentennials' coach Manfred Schellscheidt. "We've been dragged deep into the mud. The Toronto game (the Bics lost wrthe worst loss this season) was the worst game I have ever been associated with." The Bicentennials are the only expansion team in the North American Soccer League which has not shown a successful product on the field. Portland and Tampa Bay, both expansion teams, currently lead their respective divisions (Western and Eastern).

Chicago and San Antonio are coming along as well, also after slow starts. But the Bicentennials are digging themselves into a deeper and deeper hole with every passing game. They have lost their last 11 games for a lowly 3-13 record. They will hope to break out of the slump this weekend with a two-game West Coast swing to San Jose and Los Angeles. It will be tough.

Simply, theBicentennials have not been able to pull the trigger. When they do get near the goal, ttiey refuse to put the ball where it counts. And at times when they do score, the referee has found an offside or another violation to nullify the goal. "It is a case of nervousness," Schellscheidt said. "We get the shots off but the concentration doesn't carry through.

It j5fK tt.jalLr- rtt a. In BulgarelU's case, he reportedly wanted to be paid by iZLJlE JJllLTUtiTu iatSVLlndLlU. The ltewilals couldn't do it. So Bulgarelli M.MV WmHIU boarded the and is running his car dealersnipin THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1975 IU, What the Bicentennials will have realize in the future, is is mst as if the players are closing their eyes. And that re- that in order to compete with the best, they will have to get suits an internal breakdown (morale, confidence).

Ever- the best. fortunately, the league rule does not state that the American players have to play. At the NASL meeting in St. Louis during the weekend, there was some talk of limiting the number of foreign players on a roster to six. But Bicentennials' General Manager Michael Bosson said no action was taken on it and won't be until the annual league meeting in October.

"A proposal was made to have an active roster of 17 players for next season (11 Americans and six, foreigners), Bosson said. "But it would be tough doing it overnight. You would lose a lot of Duality in the league." Next season, the NASL teams will be required to have six American players on the roster. But the question is, truly, how many Americans will actually play? CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT NOW The season is drawing to a close for the Bicentennials and it's too late to do anything about it now except maybe win a game along the way. There will have to be some changes made next season.

"We are going to have to get out and look for players." said Schellscheidt, who will leave for Germany following the season. "An evaluation will.have to be made of the present players who is capable of playing and who is not." It has been a very shaky maiden voyage for the Bicentennials, to say the least. Slavs Ousted In Water Polo Doping Scandal juuuy iiccuB iu icMwiiu iu sums Kmu oi success. Aiier a Money talk is a universal language. IS THE NASL TO BLAME TRYING TO AMERICANIZE THE GAME The Bicentennials have been to Americanize the game while the other clubs in the league went ahead-and gave their rosters a shot in the arm er, foot, with top Perhaps, the NASL is the guilty party.

The league has a rule where a team must have five Americans on the roster. For instance, take teams like Portland, Tampa Bay, and Seattlethey are loaded with top players from England. Un- Emlen Tunnel Is Dead PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.. (AP) Emlen Tunnell, one of the National Football League's all-time great defensive backs and its first black coach, is dead at the age of 50. Named to, pro football's Hall of Fame in 1967, the durable defensive ace, who played 11 years with the New York Giants and three with the Green Bay Packers, was stricken at the Giants' pre-season training camp at Pace University here.

He died in the dormitory shortly before mid- night Tuesday. Tunnell apparently suffered a heart attack. He had suffered a mild heart attack last October. Tunnell was one of the scouts attending the workouts. A graduate of the University of Iowa, he had joined the Giants in 1948 to become a member Steve Owens famed "umbrella defense." He played with the Giants through 1958, setting all-time league records for pass interceptions and punt returns, and closed out his career under the late Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers in 1959-61.

He served both the Giants and Packers as a scout, centering his attention principally on the predominantly black colleges in the Tunnell gained his renown as an "iron man" performer with a remarkable faculty for picking off enemy passes and returning punts. He set National Football League records in both categories. He was an important cog in the-Giants' defensive foursome which included Tom Landry, current head coach of the Dallas Cowboys; Otto Schnellbacher, and Harmon Rowe. He played in 158 consecutive games, which stood for years as an NFL record, and played a total of 167 games, which for a time was second only to Bobby Layne's 175. In 1952, he racked up 924 yards on interception's and kick returns, 30 yards more than recorded by Dan Towler, the league's leading rusher.

A year later he set a record of 38 punt returns. Tunnell set career records in pass interceptions and punt returns, both in number and yardage. He returned 258 punts for 2,909 yards and intercepted 79 passes for 1,282 yards. On Feb. 7, 1967, he was inducted into pro football's Hall of Fame along with players Chuck Bednarik, Bobby Layne, Ken Strong and Jay Stydahar.

EMLEN TUNNELL South, before being named an assistant coach with the Giants in 1963. At the time, Coach Allie Sherman of the Giants said Tunnell's wide experience as a player and his inside knowledge of the pro game were CALI, Colombia (UPI) -A major doping scandal rocked the World Swimming Championships- Wednesday when officials disqualified the Yugoslavian water polo team because a strange substance was found in a urine sample of one of its players. The Yugoslavs charged sabotage and walked out of the meet. Delegation chief Milan Muskatriovic said his team, the pre-tournament favorite, would take the next plane home. Yugoslavian players charge that the disputed urine sample of Rato Rudic had been sitting around on a table for 30 minutes without anybody guarding it and that someone may have put something into the bottle.

The Slavs also said no concrete accusations had been made against them, only that a strange substance was found and that is was similar to a known stimulant. "This is very ugly business," one of the players Swimming officials said medical tests showed conclusively that Ratko Rudic took an illegal stimulant before the Monday game between Yugoslavia and West Germany," which the Yugoslavs had won 9-7. The game was forfeited by Yugoslavia and awarded to the West Germans, 5-0. THe change also meant that Yugoslavia must now play in the losers' group of the Water Polo Tournament, while West Germany moves up to the winners' group. Play had been under way for two days already when the decision was announced.

Water polo organizers immediately announced a revised schedule with several make-up games but pointed out that toe new program is unfair to some teams because they will have to play more games. The new alignment meant that West Germany will play with Cuba, Romania and Hungary in Group I of the winners round. There was no change in Group which consists of the United States, the Soviet Union, Italy and Mexico. Rudic was signaled for a spot urine test Monday after the game against the West Germans. When the first test proved positive, he was called back for a second test on Tuesday and it also proved positive.

The first indication of trouble came when the organizers suspended Wednesday's water polo competition even though the two scheduled games did not involve either Yugoslavia or West Germany. Cuba defeated Romania, 4-2, in the winners' round, while Spain beat Canada, 9-5, in the consolation series. In the disputed game Monday, Rudic scored a third-period goal. Harvard Star 'Ned' Mahan Dies at 83 Nuts in the Outfield Paul Lindblad, veteran relief pitcher of the Oakland Athletics, plies Us metal detector over the grounds in Detroit's, Tiger Stadium to see what he might find. Lind-Wad has what might be described as an unusual hobby.

He is an amateur prospector and mines all the ballparks in the Ameidcaii League. "Detroit is one of the most interesting towns of all;" he said. "Fve found washers and nuts in the outfield, and even some spark plugs. I've also found all kinds of rings, even wedding rings" (UPI). Major League Baseball Nationd League American League NATICK; Mass.

(AP) Edward "Ned" Mahan, a three-time All-America football player at Harvard, has died at age 83. He died Tuesday after a long illness. Mahan was an AU-American in 1913, 1914 and 1915, on teams which lost only one game, to Cornell in 1915, his senior year. i Although he weighed only 165 pounds, Mahan played every minute of his three varsity games against Yale and the complete freshman Harvard-Yale game. A native of Natick, Mahan had intended to enroll at Yale after, propping at Andover but changed his mind and entered Harvard.

climaxed his football careerby scoring four touchdowns and kicking five extra points in a 41-0 victory over Yale. In. 1951, when the great Jim Thorpe was asked to name the most outstanding player he had ever seen in college or professional football, he "Eddie Mahan." Mahan also was an outstanding baseball pitcher and outfielder at Harvard. In a 1916 exhibition game against the world champion Boston Red Sox, he pitched the first five innings of Harvard's 1-0 victory. He served in the Marines in World War I and remained in Europe as a member of Herbert Hoover's Food Administration after the'war.

Later he was in the investment business in Boston and worked in the state Department of Natural Resources before retirement. WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Atlanta at Philadelphia, n. Houston at Montreal, n. Cincinnati at New York, n. Pittsburgh at San Diego, n.

St. Louis at Los Angeles, n. STANDINGS East Division I Pet. GB x-Pittsburgh 48 37 .611 WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Califomltfat Baltimore, n. Oakland at Detroit, n.

Kansas City at Milwaukee, n. New York at Chicago, n. Boston at Minnesota, n. Cleveland at Texas, n. A STANDINGS Easf Division Pet.

GB x-Boston 55 39 ".585 -x-New York 49 45 .521 6 x-Baltimore 47 45 511 7 x-Milwaukee 49 47.510 7 x-Cleveland 42 51 .452 12V4 x-Detrait 42 52 13 x-Philadelphia 54 41 .568 4 wo i X-IWW TOrt 47 44 .511 x-St Louis 47. 46 44 53 x-Montreal 39 51 .433 16V4 West Division West Division x-Cincinnatl 63 33.656 x-Oakland 60 35 .632 Montefusco Pitches, Bate Giants by Cubs SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -Rookie John Montefusco burled a six-hitter and belted a solo home run and Chris Speier had a three-run homer, boosting the surging San Francisco Giants to a 10-2 victory over the Chicago -Cubs Wednesday. MoWefusco, 9-4, posted his third straight victory and the Giants won for the sixth time in seven games, tearing into loser Steve Stone, 7-5, with a five-run onslaught in the first inning. The rookie right-hander struck out nine. One-out walks by Derrel Thomas and Bobby Murcer started the first-inning scoring, for the Giants.

After4 Gary Matthews and Willie Mon-tanez ripped run-scoring singles, Speier connected for nis fifth home run of the baseball season. The Giants' attack included 10 hits and II walks off five Chicago hurlers. x-Los Angeles 51 46 526 San Francisco 47 49 .490 16 x-Kansas City x-Chlcago x-Texas x-California -Minnesota 49 46 .516 45 48 .484 46 51 .474 43 55 .439 41 54 .432 x-San Diego 44 53 .454 19V4 x-Atlanta 42 53 .442 20Vi x-Houston 34 64 .347 30 (x-Night game not included) Hi'dMii'i iaCTSS Getting Ready It's Ours Again (x-Night game not included) TODAY'S GAMES (EDT) Oakland (Perry 441) at Detroit (Coleman 7-12), 12:30 p.m. New York (Gura 3-2 or May 8-6) at Chicago (Wood 9-13), 2:15 p.m. Boston (Wise 12-6) at Minnesota (Decker 1-2), 2:15 p.m.

Baltimore (Grimsley 6-11) at Milwaukee (Broberg 9-9), 8:30 p.m. Cleveland (Eckersley 6-3) at Texas (Hargan 66), 9 p.m. (Only games scheduled) TODAYS' GAMES (EOT) Cincinnati (Norman 5-3) at New (Seaver 144), 2:05 p.m. Chicago (Bonham 8) at San Francisco (Halicki 4-6), 4:05 p.m. St.

Louis (McGlothen 10-7) at Lbs Angeles (Hooton 6-S), 4:15 p.m. Atlanta (Niekro 9-7) at Philadelphia (Christenson 5-1), 7-35 p.m. Houston (Dierker 8-10) at Montreal (Renko 4-7), 8:05 p.m. (Only games Ben Hatskin, Ief. World Hockey Association chairman of the board, presents the 1974-75 Eastern Division Championship Trophy to Howard Baldwin, center, New ting-land Whalers' managing general partner, and Jack Kelley, Whalers' coach and general manager, during press conference Wednesday at the Hotel Sonesta in Hartford.

It marked the third straight year the Whalers-bad won the trophy. The gathering also marked the premier showing of the Whalers 1974-75 highlight film, "The Winning Combination" (Courant photo by Annan G.Hatsian). Nearly 55 sailboats simlliar to this one will converge on the small Maine community of Friendship today through Saturday for the 15th annual Friendship Homecoming Regatta. The small armada of gaff-rigged boats will race over a triangular course, beginning each day at noon. Above, a fiberglassed sailboat from the Bruno and Stillman yard of Newington, N.H., undergoes sea trials off York, Maine (UPI).

Bill Mallon Takes Two-Shot Lead in New England Amateur Golf By GEORGE SMITH and Lindsev Rpjivpn nf Ciraat on the next hole nut him six- qualified for today's 36-hole The 21-year-old Douglass said he hit the ball "horrible" in Wednesday's round. "The 73 could just as easily been a 78. I didn't keep my head down. I hit a real rqpe-a-dope shot on 11 (he took a double bogey 7). When you're hitting it badly, you want to see where it's going," he said.

N.E. Amateur Golf Scores QUALIFIERS BIN Mallon, Mass. 7348-141 Bruce Douglass, Mass. Jim Piccolo, Recabrook 73-73-115 Johi Wheeler. Mass.

73-72-145 Mark Plummer, Maine 73-73-145 Warren Tlbbetts. N.H. 74-72-146 TYNSBORO, Mass. -Former Duke University star Bill Mallon of Framing-ham played the first six holes in six-under and finished with a four-under 68 'Wednesday to grab a two-shot lead over first-day leader Brack Douglass of Brockton in the. New England Amateur Golf Championships at Vesper Country Club.

Mallon 's 68 cave him a two-day total of 141; Douglass, who had a 70 Tuesday, shot 73 Wednesday for a 143 total! Forty-one of 177 entries Larry Martin, Mass. Allen O'Nell, R.I. Pete Teravalnan, Mass. Howard Terban, Mass. Jerry Coren, Mass.

Paul Cortese, Mass. OlckHasenlus, Mass. Bob Caorere. Mass. JoaVloetta, Mats.

Olck Welgold, Torrlngton John Calf, Mass. John Sancet, Mais. Norman Lufz, R.l. Bruce Carter, Maine Fran Marello, Wotortown Paul Young, The Fermt Dave Brilliant, Mass. Bruce Zlemtkl, Mats.

Mike Pnendergast, Mass. Bill Buttner, Mass. David Snyder, Mass. Tom Gleeton, Waterbury Joy Johnstone, New Canaan Tom Sutter, Mats. MlkeColandra Goodwin Park Jeff.Pomarantz.

Patterson Jim Sullivan, Mess. Alien Heller, Blrclmood Kevin Clary, R.l. Poul Murphy, Mats. Dana Seed, N.H. Bruce CtalavMest.

71-76-147 71-76-147 73-74-147 75-72-147 71- 76-147 73-75-14 75- 73-IU 73-73-141 76- 72-141 77- 72-149 73-76-14 72- 77-141 73-76-149 75.74-144 73-77-150 73- 77-13 74- 75-150 75- 75-150 74- 7(1-153 75- 75-150 76- 74-150 76-73-151 74-77-151 74-77-151 73- 71-151 74-77-151 74-77-151 76-75-i-151 76- 75-151 77- 74-151 76- 75-151 77- 71-151 Wnrren Nelson, Mass. 78-73151 John Bradley, Mass. 76-75-151 Ronsld Rupp, R.l., 74-77 151 OTHER CONNECTICUT SCORES John Sulsmen, Tumble Brook 76-76-052 Kevin Perms 721152 Nick Mastronl, D.F. Wheeler 79-71-152 John Persona, Rldgewood 75-78-153 Pete Zoccagnlno. Aethers! leld 77-76-153 Stan HlUntkl, Manchester 76-77-153 JohnBaer.Woodbrldge 77-76-153 Jim Becker, Minora 73-01-154 Pele Sostong, Lyman Meadow 76-71-154 Bob Cantilena), Goodwin Park 77-77-154 Mike Morsgtian, Litchfield 76-79-155 CobGeombail.O.P.

Wheeler 77-76-153 Bill Lee, Yale 7870-156 John King, YVomersfleld 77-BO 157 Paul Melooay. New Haven 79-79-158 SeanGarrity, Smlth-Rlchordson 83-76-158 Erwln Kennedy, Manchester 78-80 158 Neal Welch, Wellington! 70-159 Top-Seed Beaten In Women's Tennis PAXTON, Mass. (AP) -Top-seeded Robin Tenney of Beverly Hills. was under and charged him up for the rest of the round. "I played real aggressive out there today, So aggressive that it cost me a bogie," Mallon said with a laugh.

Asked if the eagle on the first hole charged him up, he said, "heck no. I wanted a hole-in-one." Mallon, a two-time Mass. Amateur champ, has apparently recovered from a shoulder operation for tendinitis last April. "This is the first round I have had under par since the operation," he said. wuiuuij wun score oi lol, seven-over, making the cut.

Of 53 entries from Connecticut, eight made the cut, with Jim Piccolo of Race Brook leading the way with a two-day total of 145, four shots off the pace. The 23-year-old Mallon, who lost to Douglass in the Massachusetts Amateur last week, wasted little time in taking control as he popped a sand shot into the cup on the first greenfor an eagle. He birdied the third and then knocked in a 20-footer on five for another eagle. A birdie beaten in a three-set match in tournament tennis Wednesday by unseeded Mary McLean of Fort Worth, Tex. Miss McLean won the third set tiebreaker 5-1 to take the match 3-6, 6-3, 7-6.

Barbara Downs of Alamo, beat Nancy Orenstein of Washington, who played with an injured wrist, 6-1, 6-3. Kate Latham of Palo Alto, and Roberta Stack of Jacksonville, moved into the second round of doubles play by defeating Sallv Moore of Los Angeles Britain 5-7, 64, 7-6. The tie breaker game was 54. In other doubles action, Joan Russell of Naples, and Jane Stratton of Salt Lake City beat the Schwikert i twins, Jill and Joy, of Las i Vegas 6-1, 6-2. The tennis tournament is sponsored by Ms.

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