European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes Friday March 29,1991 . Soccer coach is Short on English Long on humor by Pat Calabria new Day. New York a the United states soccer federation wednesday named As its new National coach Bora Milutinovic who Speaks three languages a hone of them English a quotes Vince Lombardi arid has a sense of humor which hell evidently need. But Milutinovic 46, insists he is aiming for the Over matched . Team to win the 1994 world cup for which it is Host. A a 1 a a a a. C. Still he deflected most of the questions during a morning news conference at the Waldorf Astoria with punchlines that were translated by an interpreter a such As a a a j what kind of style of play do you pre Fer style winning. I which team will give you the most trouble in the next world cup All of them. Do you like an attacking style when we have the Ball yes. Milutinovich a humor is no secret in the worlds soccer officialdom. Neither is his background. He and Brothers Milos and Milorad were members of Yugoslavia a 1964 olympic team. Bora coached Longshot Mexico to a resounding sixth place finish in the 1986 world cup and led underdog Costa Rica to a surprising second round finish in 1990. He remembered that his 1986 mexican team won its first 10 training games All by shutout. A we thought we were the cats meow a Milutinovic said. Then the team was beaten 5-0. A everyone thought it was a catastrophe but in reality it was Good for us because it showed just where we were How much we needed to  in 1990, the Costa Picans lost their first four training games and Milutinovic said a i was Lucky i did no to get  but Costa Rica upset Scotland 1-0 in the world cup dropped a 1-0 decision to mighty Brazil and reached the second round with a 2-1 Victory Over Sweden. So when . Officials began the task of replacing Bob Gansler a we went looking for a Man with Bora a experience a federation president Alan Rothenberg said. Then Rothenberg quoted poet Robert Browning _ a a Many a reach should exceed his grasp or what a a heaven for a and then Rothenberg added a out goal is to win the world cup in 1994, but ill admit in a willing to Settle for something less than  Milutinovic that comedian disagreed. A winning is not the most important thing a. He said quoting Lombardi nearly perfectly. A a it a the Only  the remark was delivered in Spanish but Milutinovic also Speaks French and of course his yugoslavian Tongue. In broken English he said he did no to expect his English to present a problem when he communicates with his players. Neither does team Captain Pete Vermes of Rutgers. To sure after a while hell pick up the language and be speaking English a Vermes said. A wok of. Hell be speaking  Bora Milutinovic meets press and says he Aims for . World cup title in �?T94. Valenzuela receives pounding by the associated press Vero Beach Fla. A the los Angeles Veteran left hander Fernando Valenzuela was pounded for eight runs and eight hits in 3 a innings wednesday As the dodgers lost to the Baltimore orioles 17-9. Craig Worthington Randy Milligan and Mike dec Ricaux All hit three run homers for the orioles the first two were off Valenzuela 1-2. A i was a Little no make that a lot wild a said Valenzuela who walked four and hit a Batter. A i really think i had terrible control. I Felt Good. I just Wasny to throwing the Ball Over the plate. A the Good thing is games like this done to mean anything. We re just in them to get the work in. In a getting myself ready for the  Baltimore had 21 hits off five pitchers. Worthington had three hits and four Bis Cal Ripken or. Also had three  10, Phillies 4 fort Myers Fla Chili Davis had his second straight two Homer game hitting a Solo Homer off Jose Dejesus in the second and a two run Homer off Darrel exhibition games Akcer folds in the seventh Davis has four homers a double a single and nine Bis in his last eight at bats. He is hitting .333 this Spring with five homers and 14  sox 9, reds 4 Winter Haven Fla. Jack Clark and Ellis Burks homered on consecutive pitches by Norm Charlton. Clark singled twice in addition to hitting his third Spring a Homer and drove in two runs. Jody Reed capped a four run eighth with a two run single off Randy Myers. Luis Quinones hit a Pinch Homer off Rob Murphy in the  2, cardinals 1. Kissimmee Fla. Luis Gonzalez singled in the winning run in the ninth inning. Eric Anthony singled with one out off Ken Hill and Gerald Young Pinch ran and stole second ahead of Gonzalez a  2, Yankees 0 West Palm Beach Fla. Charlie Leibrandt Doug Sisk and Kent Mercker combined on a two hitter and Andres Thomas and Greg Olson had rib singles. Leibrandt struck out five in six innings allowing a double to Steve sax and a single to Jim Leyritz. Sisk pitched two innings and Mercker pitched the ninth. Blue jays 8, tigers 7 Lakeland Fla. Jeff Kent singled in Jerry Schunk with the go ahead run in the 13th inning. Detroit loaded the bases with one out in the Bottom of the 13th, but Rookie Center fielder Shawn Jeter ended the game by catching Mark Salas a Fly and. Throwing out Jody Hurst at the  1, athletics 0 Chandler Ariz. A Franklin Stubbs singled in Robin Yount in the sixth inning of a game called one out later because of rain. Mark Knudson allowed two hits in two shutout  5, mariners 4 Tucson Ariz. A Keith Comstock a ninth inning throwing error allowed the tying run to score and Wayne Kirb Foi Lowed with the game winning single. Cleveland which won its fifth straight trailed 4-3 entering the ninth but Joel skin Ner greeted Comstock with a single and Felix Fermin walked. Comstock fielded Stan Jefferson a bunt and tried for a Force but his throw bounced past third  Kirby then singled past a drawn in infield  5, Angels 3 Palm Springs Calif. Luis Salazar hit his team leading third Home run to break a 2-2 tie. Salazar is batting .424 this Spring with 14 hits in 33 at bats. Cubs manager Don Zimmer got into a fifth inning shouting match with Rookie Umpire Jeff Hendrichs who had called a balk on Chicago Pitcher Danny  6, expos 1 port St. Lucie Fla. David Cone pitched two hit Ball for seven innings and Hubie Brooks hit a two run Homer in the first inning As the mets beat the Montreal expos. Cone was shaky in the first inning when he walked the first two batters but then settled Down. He struck out six and made 90  10, rangers 4 port Charlotte Fla. Hot hitting carmelo Martinez homered and doubled to drive in three runs and John Smiley pitched five scoreless innings As Pittsburgh Defeated Texas. And Pink slip the next by the associated press Fernando Valenzuela a Day after a woeful exhibition game was put on waivers thursday by the los Angeles dodgers for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. The 30-year-old left hander gained stardom 10 years ago by winning his first eight major league starts and went on to win 141 games for the dodgers. The team had until tuesday to either keep Valenzuela or release him and not be responsible for his $2.55 million contract. Valenzuela had problems wednesday against the Baltimore orioles. He gave up eight hits four walks and eight runs All earned in a performance that sealed his Fate. Valenzuela was 1-2 with a 7.87 earned run average in 16 innings this Spring. Valenzuela 141-116 with a 3.31 Era since joining the dodgers late in the 1980 season rebounded from shoulder problems in 1988 to Start 31 games in 1989, going 10-13 with a 3.43 Era. Last year he was 13-13 with a 4.59 Era pitching a no hitter. After a difficult last month it appeared he would not be Back with the dodgers this  Camp news however after filing for free Agency he accepted an offer of arbitration from the dodgers and wound up settling on a one year contract. A a in a sorry he was not Good enough to be in the top five starting rotation and i talked to him and realized he could not pitch out of the bullpen a dodgers manager Tom Lasorda said. A the two bad outings against Philadelphia and Baltimore convinced us it was Lime to decide who were the top  in 1981, Valenzuela became the first player to capture Rookie of the year and by Young award honors in the same season. He went 13-7 during the strike interrupted season with a 2.48 Era. Valenzuela s Best season was 1986 when he went 2111 with a 3. 14 Era and 20 Complete games in 34 starts. That was the last year he had a winning record. He went 14-14 in 1987 and 5-8 in 1988 before4his 10-13 and 13-13 records the last two seasons. 4 a Pete Smith. Started for Atlanta in a a a by game against Montreal and pitched one inning he gave up one hit struck out one and walked none Pete Smith had arthroscopic surgery on his pitching shoulder during the Winter and is Likely to spend More time in Florida when the regular season begins. Manager Bobby Cox said Smith a looked Good today. He threw the Ball  he said Smith May pitch two innings in an Quot a game on sunday. First baseman Nick Esasky sidelined most of 1990 with vertigo also was in the a a by game. He played nine innings and went 1 for 4. A Cleveland Center fielder Alex Cote took about 40 swings in the batting Cage wednesday and should return to the indians lineup by monday. Cole has been out since separating his shoulder March 14, when he stumbled and fell while diving for a Ball in right Field in a game against the Oakland athletics. A in a front office shakeup Stuart Meyer was named executive vice president and chief operating officer of the St. Louis cardinals replacing Mark Sauer who resigned. No reason was Given for the resignation of Sauer the teams no. 2 executive since oct. 30,1989. A Meyer also succeeds Sauer As chief executive officer of civic Center corp., which owns Busch stadium