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IP The Pittsburgh Press Section Sunday, September 29, 1985 Tanner advises coaches to find new jobs By Bob Hertzel The Pittsburgh Press Stymied in his' attempt to purchase the Pirates, Manager Chuck Tanner yesterday took the first step toward his departure from the organization as he informed his trainers and coaches they are free to seek work elsewhere at the end of the season. At the same time, longtime Pirates star Willie Stargell said that, if Tanner resigns when new ownership comes in, he would be interested in filling the manager's job. Tanner and his partners from suburban Philadelphia, James Peruto and Vincent Piazza, have been unable to obtain the concessions they sought from the city; concessions they felt were necessary to make a profit on the troubled franchise being sold by the Galbreath family. Asked if his group is still in the running for Stargell, who came out of unemployment to coach first base this year, when asked if he would be interested in replacing Tanner, said, "I'd listen." Asked if he is ready to manage, Stargell said, "That's a tall question. I wouldn't be too quick to say no.

Stargell also said that if he isn't named to manage the Pirates, he would be interested Please see Tanner, D3 the team in Pittsburgh. "My main object has been to keep it (the team) in Pittsburgh," Tanner said. "It has been an honor to manage here. But new ownership is going to come in and make a clean sweep. I'll be included in that." Tanner has a contract to manage the Pirates through the 1987 season but said he does not expect to be back, prompting him to advise his coaches and trainers to seek employment elsewhere.

Candelaria discovers new game, D3 Mets get revenge on Pirates, D3 Major-league roundups, D4 the franchise, Tanner said, "I don't like our chances. I'd have to say no at this time." Although Tanner has not formally withdrawn from the competition, it would seem to leave the public-private coalition as the only viable purchasers interested in keeping It all for knot wvu catches I i i 4JS ill fir jjj -Smm iiTii i-MnrT'-irT "'''smtimAmAtiim-'' tninri Penn St. weathers Rutgers, 17-10 By Mike DeCourcy The Pittsburgh Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -The weather reports insisted Hurricane Gloria was done snacking on New Jersey early yesterday afternoon. Penn State, stung by windburn, isn't buying it.

The sky was clear and the sun was shining, but the wind refused to take a blow. John Shaffer would throw a football to one place and, magically, it would wind up in another. In such an atmosphere, it is a struggle to operate an effective offense. This worked well for Penn State (4-0), which pulled out a 17-10 victory against Rutgers (0-2-1) yesterday before a crowd of 54,360 at Giants Stadium. The Lions had learned in previous games how to win without one.

No. 1 Auburn falls, D6 Washington beats UCLA, D7 IUP tops Slippery Rock, D9 "It was difficult to throw the ball, and maybe even more difficult to catch it. A lot of the passes weren't coming down as spirals," Lions quarterback John Shaffer said. "We didn't throw the ball well, and we didn't really run that well. But we got a couple of big plays.

You have to get points on the board when you need them, and that's the sign of a good offense." Penn State gained 11 first downs and 312 yards. Only 64 yards came on pass completions, and two running plays that ensured the Lions' victory accounted for 139. Backup tailback David Clark set up the first touchdown with a 76-yard run in the second quarter. He was caught at Rutgers' 4, and, on the next play, Kevin Woods got through the line untouched for the score. With 3:15 left in the fourth quarter, fullback Steve Smith was the beneficiary of an ill-timed Rutgers blitz.

He shot into the secondary and on a 63-yarder. After victories against Maryland, Temple and East Carolina, Penn State's players and coaches expressed an intense desire to be more consistent on offense. It seemed like a good idea at the time. But instead of building a large first-half lead and sustaining their performance through the second half an elusive concept for the Lions they built a small lead and sustained that performance through the second half. "We have not really improved as a football team since the week before the Maryland game," Coach Joe Paterno said.

"I don't think we're ever going to improve, until we get healthy again." Paterno lasted the entire after- Please see Penn State, D8 Pitt, 10-10 By Gerry Dulac The Pittsburgh Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Pitt and West Virginia did something different yesterday. They tied. They had not done that since 1909. It was an appropriate footnote to the 10-10 affair staged before 62,453 at Mountaineer Field since the game may have set football back at least .76 years.

There were 10 fumbles, 191 yards in penalties, two missed field goals and a disputed touchdown by West Virginia quarterback Tony Reda with 4:38 remaining. All that did not please Pitt Coach Foge Fazio. Especially the touchdown. Pitt runners looking good, D8 "1 hope to God he was in," Fazio said, angrily. "If he wasn't, that borders on being criminal." touchdown capped a sec- bnd-half comeback by the Mountain--eers (2-1-1), who had gone six quarters without a point and eight quarters without a touchdown.

Pitt wasted another fine performance by its stable of tailbacks. Freshman redshirt A.B. Brown, making his first start for injured Charles Gladman, had 105 yards on 16 carries while freshman Brian Davis had 78 yards on 18 carries. The loss dropped Pitt to 1-2-1 and" marked the third consecutive year the Panthers have not defeated West Virginia. "I was pleased with our team, because we were down 10-0," West Virginia Coach Don Nehlen said.

"I think our team grew up a little in the second half." Reda, who replaced starter John Talley after four series, drove West Virginia 57 yards in 13 plays for the, tying touchdown. On fourth-and-2 at' the Pitt 18, he kept the drive alive with a 14-yard pass to tight end Gary Basil. After fullback Chris Peccon earthed twice to the 1 and fullback John was stopped for no gain, Reda sneaked in for the touchdown. "The second surge made it close, "but there's no question I scored," said Reda, a senior from Mt. Lebanon.

"I broke the plane. That's all they want. I'm not going to com- Elain. I thought we scored on the play efore that." Fazio was more emphatic, but 'less restrained. 7 "If the films don't show conclu-- Please see Pitt, D8 Vince MusiThe Pittsburgh Press Pitt's Dennis Atiyeh (40) Ducky Lewis and Bill Callahan (31) celebrate a fumble recovery This is one tie that should be returned rORGANTOWN, W.Va.

OF THE several ways to graphically describe 'what happened here yesterday be GENE COLLIER the principles. It was just. Neither deserved to win. Tony Reda, the resourceful backup quarterback who coaxed 10 second-half points from the Mountaineers to erase Pitt's 10-0 lead, said of the game's shaggy profile, "Everybody makes mistakes." Of course, but rarely have two teams taken one of life's harmless little bromides and turned it into a battle cry. Pitt's lost opportunity to even its record at 2-2 was probably the bigger waste because its Please see Pitt, D8 tween the football teams of Pitt and West Virginia, none goes especially well with a Sunday family breakfast.

For the intensely interested, it did not go down well even with a pint of Jim Beam. More than 62,000 gathered to watch some big-time college football and saw instead the Panthers and Mountaineers expose themselves for what they are Pitt in a ditch racing its engine of great tailbacks and going nowhere; West Virginia a team of swollen emotion yelping and hand-slapping but adrift on an iceflow offense. Together they went shoulder to shoulder yesterday and worked up a giant shrug. In a backfire of convoluted justice that the event wholly deserved, a 10-10 tie was visited upon McGinley unnoticed as Steelers partner No comparison Simpson not another Lemieux By Ron Cook iUE SIMILARITIES between the two young men are numerous. Both are bigger than the average hockey player.

Both are centers. BOB SMIZIE Fans Panel selected, DIO Odd quarterback moves, Dl 1 Namath bouncing back, D12 District. In his spare time, McGinley collects dividend checks from his family's 32 percent interest in the Steelers. And you probably thought only Art Rooney Sr. owned the team.

"That's the way it goes," McGinley said, content as a silent partner. He is not from the same mold as, say, George Steinbrenner or Ted Turner." "I'm not that interested in getting my picture in the newspaper. When I was involved with boxing, I got a lot of that because I was a matchmaker. But it never bothered me one way or, the other. "I've had many happy moments with the team and some great relationships over the years.

I enjoy Please see McGinley, DIO The Pittsburgh Press There is little in the tiny office at" 36th Street Allegheny Valley Railroad to indicate the occupant is part-owner of the Steelers. There is a lamp, made from a Steelers helmet, and a Steelers wall plaque. But there is more Steelers paraphernalia in many offices in this football-crazed city. And there'are five pictures of the-distinguished-looking businessman, in various disinterested poses, making Miller Lite Man of the Year presentations to Rocky Bleler, Mel Blount, Lynn Swann, Mike Webster and Jack Lambert. But that is not unusual for someone who is a major distributor of Miller products.

That Is how John R. (Jack) McGinley makes his living, along with' partner Fritz Wilson, in an warehouse in the Strip Both were selected in the first round by the Penguins. Both were widely considered to be the finest amateur hockey players in North America at the time of their selection. Both reported to their first training camp at 18 years of age. One of them, Mario Lemieux, went on to have the kind of National Hockey League rookie season that inspires legends, comparisons with Wayne Gretzky ana an abiding belief by long-suffering fans that, at last, the savior had arrived.

What, therefore, should we expect from the other, the one with credentials that seem so similar? A 100-point season? Frequent comparisons with the Great One? Rookie-of-the-Year honors? If truth be known, a 100-point season is out of the question, and comparisons to Gretzky will be made only by those unfamiliar with the shape of a puck. Rookie of the Year? That is a possibility. The facts are these: Craig Simpson might have credentials strikingly similar to Lemieux' but his skills are only remotely similar. This is not to suggest that Simpson will not be a marvelous hockey player, but rather that players the caliber of Lemieux do not come along every season. It would be wise for all concerned read that Penguins fans expecting the coming of a second savior to accept this right from the start.

Although Simpson was acknowledged as the best player in the draft by everyone except the Toronto Please see Smlzlk, D5 Craig Simpson Another Tom Lysiak? DM.