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WsiIfr.KitesDoBiisi The Village Smithy The West Beckons So That Means Trip To Arizona Camps Five Major League Clubs Train There; I Some Experiences Of Olden Days Recalled By CHESTER L. SMITH, Sports Editor I'm heading west to take a Jook at the clubs training out in that direction, and in some ways it's going to be like turning back the clock. Back in the days when San Bernardino was the Pirates' home during the late winter and early spring tt was routine to stop by in Phoenix and Tucson to get a load of the Giants and Indians, but once the Bucs shifted Mst to Florida we saw no more of the desert and the moun- Assistant Coach Had Been Ailing For Long Time By PAT LIVINGSTON Walter Klesling, Steeler assistant coach and a pioneer of professional football who had served thre times as Steeler head coach, died today after a linger; ing illness. He was 58. Death came to Kiesling, a fun-loving mountain A) (1 fa i Jt ySW -J r.

(: rri A tains and their people. It will be cood to see them again. A i 'i I The Press SPORTS PC. 30 Fri. March 2, '62 PAUL BENEC'S ARMS go high to block shot of Seton Hall's Al Senavitis at Modi-son Square Garden last night.

Watching play, left to right, are Don Klein and Dan Coombs of Seton Hall and John Cegalis of Duquesne. which won. 94-80. whiz over in station wagons, convertibles and gay sports cars. The Lou Angeles Angels, now going into their second year, have latched on to Palm Springs.

The only disadvantage of that would seem to me to be the fact that almost anybody in town who didn't like the team has enough money to buy It and make some changes. To be honest about it, they probably could have picked someone better gaited to the West for this assignment. I scream when a Western comes on the television screen. I look frightful in a sombrero. Horses and I have a mutual dislike for each other.

The only horse I ever rode ran all the way from Congress Lake, which is in Ohio, to a small town some five miles away before I could get him stopped. Ride On Burro Lasted 100 Feet I did accept the burro they offered me to go down the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon, but dismounted after 100 feet and walked. Because of the narrowness of the path, the creatures were taught to walk as close to the outside edge as possible so the passenger's legs wouldn't rub against the sheer stone wall, and when you look over one knee and see nothing but fresh air a mile down you get goose bumps. So I walked all the way to the Colorado River at the bottom of the canyon, but I did climb In the saddle and let my burro haul me back to the rim. By that time I was so Tech Ends Season In Loss To Geneva Tartans Bow, 71-69, And Finish With 4-21 Mark, Hope For Future By BOB DRUM At the beginning of the season; Coach Mel Cratsley of Carnegie Tech figured his team might go through the season without winning a game.

Some others thought. Tech might not even finish the of a man who came to Pittsburgh from St. Paul, 25 years ago, at Divine Provi-dence Hospital shortly after midnight. His death was due to a respiratory ailment which had hospitalized him several times in recent years. He was admitted to the hospital early last month.

He Is survived by his wife, Irene. Although he had spent practically the last quarter century of his long pro career as a coach and player in Pittsburgh, Kiesling was a veteran of the football wars by the time he reached the city in 1937. He had broken into the game 11 years earlier with the Duluth Eskimos, a 22-year-old rookie fresh from the St. Thomas College campus in St. Paul.

He spent two seasons with the Eskimos, 1928 and 1927, and another season with the Pottsvllle (Pa.) Maroons, before he developed into a star in the young professional league. Kiesling's greatest successes were scored from 1929 through 1933 when he was an annual All-Pro selection at guard while playing with the Chicago Cardinals. But his greatest thrill and his greatest personal achievement came in 1934 with the Chicago Bears. That was the fabulous Monsters of the Midway team, a brilliant collection of the game's finest stars which ran through a 13-game season without a defeat or tie. It was the only peace-time team in NFL history to achieve a perfect record.

Ironhally, however, the Bears lost, 30-13, to the New York Giants, beaten five times in the Eastern Conference, in the 1934 playoff. Kiesling's star as a player started to wane after that season. Traded to the Green Bay Packers In 1935, he spent two years with that club until he joined the Pirates as an assistant to Johnny Blood in 1937. From then on, Kiesling's career was limited to coaching. Three times he took over the Steelers as head coach, replacing other coaches during the season on each occasion.

He won his first head coaching assignment in 1939, after Owner Art Rooney fired Blood; he took over again in 1941 when Aldo (Buff) Don-elli, given his choice of coaching Duquesne or the Steelers, decided to remain with the collegians. Kiesling's third and most productive tenure as Steeler coach came after he replaced Joe Bach shortly before the start of the season in 1954. Winning four of Its first five games that year, Kiesling's Steelers were tied for first place when, unexplaln-ably, the bottom suddenly dropped out. The team lost six of its next seven games, winding up with a 5-7 record exhausted I didn't care whether I pitched off Into the abyss below or not. They tell me the West has become so civilized that even the TV people have a hard time keeping the gunslingers from washing with detergents and the rowdiest of cowhands would not think of riding herd without applying under the arms that stuff that combats perspiration.

I am informed that it will be perfectly safe to walk down the main streets of Phoenix, Scottsdale or Tucson, the greatest danger being that you will run into a real estate agent who will peddle you a lot off behind yonder ridge that on exposure will prove to be of little use except a hideout for rattlesnakes and cactus. But I have hopes of uncovering a ballplayer or two along the way. Train Inspected By School Children Dukes' Win May Improve Seeding Bid Bluffites Score 94-80 Victory Over Seton Hall Special to The Press NEW YORK, March 2 While Duquesne Coach Red Manning was not happy with his defense which gave up 80 points to Seton Hall last night, there were few in the crowd of 6000 at Madison Square Garden who were not impressed with the Dukes as they won easily over the Pirates, 94-80. Duquesne's performance certainly did nothing to deter the possibility of a seeded berth in the National Invitational Tournament, the annual post-season affair that gets underway in two weeks. Making their first appearance In the birthplace of big-time basketball since 1956, the Dukes showed no signs of the jitters that Manning feared prior to game time.

In fact, Senior Paul Benec, who stumbled through several games prior to a reawakening in the second half of last week's game with St. Francis, continued his onslaught and seemed to revel in the applause of the audience. Benec, with help from Willie Somerset and Mike Rice, scored 27 points on a combination of drives and jump shots. While Benec was clearly the standout he led the reboundingSomerset lived up to his advance billing as a "sensational sophomore." Benec, Somerset and Rice combined for 34 of the Dukes' first 36 points and by that time they had a safe 36-19 lead. There were nine minutes left In the first half at this point and Seton Hall's Nick Werkmen, who now ranks as the nation's second leading scorer, had-but six points in- eluding one field goal.

1 picked third jad left the gane. Pirates proceeded to fua off 10 -straight points in the two minutes and, wlviie the Dukes were in no trouble, their armor was slightly dented. Prior to this Somerset had made seven of his first eight shots and two free throws for 16 points, and Benec had 17 points. Bill Stromple's two free throws with two minutes left in the first half gave the Dukes a 52-38 halftime lead which stood up throughout the second half, despite 22 points in the last 20 minutes by Werkman, who wound up with 37 points. Rice's substitute, Dennis Cuff, took over the chores of guarding him and later Benec stepped in.

Finally, Rice took over again late in the game and at this point it was how much Werkman could score against the Dukes. It was the first appear ance in the Garden for each player, but the Dukes never lost their poise. As soon as Seton Hall got remotely close the Dukes easily widened the gap. With 13 minutes to go Werkman hit on a three-point play and Dom Klein followed with a field goal to bring Seton Hall within 14 points, as close as it came except for early in the game. The Dukes then put on the steam again and increased their lead to 22 points in the next seven minutes.

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SHOO lUmimt score: DUQuetnt HM 3 Shootinf BerctntMf: St'n Hall 45. Official: Dollr Klnr and Julia Perkins PHILAI EdAVferV-iri''! Chicago Dv.il., far-' FHIA, 2 WALT KIESLING i Taken by death. after Its Incredible start. It was shortly after this that Kiesling's health started to fade. After several trips to hospitals in various cities, Kiesling resigned as Steeler coach in 1957, turning the reins of the team over to his successor, Buddy Parker.

He remained with the team as an aide to Parker until his death. Kiesling, who had a 23-33-2 record in five full seasons as head coach, enjoyed his finest individual campaign in finishing second to the Washington Redskins that year. Often he wondered how that team would have made out had it not been dismantled by the manpower draft in World War II. Beaten in its first two games, it; won seven of its last nine and had a solid nucleus of young players upon which to build. Requiem high mass will be sung at 10 a.

m. Monday in St. Peter's Church. Friends are being received at the Devlin Funeral Home, 602 Sherman Ave. Burial will be in North Side Catholic Cemetery.

'4 Palmer Plays At Baton Rouge: BATON ROUGE, March 2 (UPD Golfers teed off in raw 40-degree weather today for the first round of the 000 Baton Rouge Open. A frigid drizzle forced offl cials to postpone the start yes-terday, but the delay allowed Defending Champion ArnolJ Palmer to recover sufficiently from an ear infection and 'compete. A revised schedule for the tournament called for 18 holes today and tomorrow, with a 36-hole marathon finish Sunday. Palmer underwent a final check this morning, and his doctor gave him the green light to play. He'll be shooting for an unprecedented third straight tournament win in the 11-year-old tourn.

ment. yml 4 My last expedition through country caravan engineered by the Pirates and Wa banded together aboard a private train fat-Los Angeles and stuttered all the way to before bekir.f ttp. It was a memorable trip. At Bisbee. tiasfZ-- yT hope it There are five clubs in Arizona now, and one in California.

The Giants and Indians are still there. Some years ago Mr. Wrigley took his Cubs to Mesa. The Red Sox shook off Florida and went to Scottsdale and the new Houston Colt 45s are at a wide spot in the road called Apache Junction because it is on the vail tha A nahfl TnHianQ IICaH t0 travel on horses but now the West was with a 5 Lr. the first pullmans that Mountaineers the lead for good.

WVU then broke open the game by scoring 22 points to Richmond's eight during the remainder of the half to take a 45-31 halftime lead. West Virginia will tackle George Washington and Virginia Tech will clash with VMI in the semi finals tonight starting at 7:30 p. m. Wtsr VIRGINIA RICHMOND Thom Waif) Lowry (atlrtt Dubois Shuc Weir Bo1e Wolff 12 30 Tflfpo 17 FUd 11 Crmlilcki 7 Eilck IS HL'iml 2 Dlnm 1 Kllnl 3 VliKhio 10 Burton 7 cron AWclsw' i. backed us up a mo station that mouth of the ar.swv in the wJ.

-at SgSOTfcssed and out to the park to play a game, the thiols were closed and the efiiliiren take, down and shown through our train. It was explained that we were been in town for at least 10 years. We ran Into a sandstorm that even the two-ply windows In our cars couldn't keep out of our hair. Because we lived on the train and never saw a hotel, we did our own washing and It was no surprise to us when we reached West Texas and the vultures began to circle overhead when we slowed down. Some of the parks we encountered were slightly less than sumptuous.

Fences around the outfield were a rarity and in many cases the length of the left and right-field foul lines was measured by the distance to the horizon. With a good roll, a long-ball hitter had no trouble at all getting a mile or two on his drive. Today, they say, the southwestern fields are models of comfort for the customers and are tailored to the degree that is found in major league plants. Just to be on the safe side I have packed a dinner jacket in with the levis, water canteen and scorebook. Hornet Centers Looking Better Baz Thinks Team May Sting Indians Special to The Press SPRINGFIELD.

March 2 Improved play at center is one of the big reasons Coach Baz Bastlen figures his Hornets may surprise the league-leading Indians here tonight. Norm Corcoran, who recently moved to center after a long career at winfi better every arneK' according tn RastirtfO-'-The oniv tear Ba-stjttjjp-The aj-coran isaVcr' a "groin -Mtr which pulled in Wednesday's 3 0 loss to Cleve- may hamper him Cece Hoekstra, early season hot-shot for the Wasps, still has not regained his scoring eye but is "skating 100 per cent better," says Baz. The surpris-ing thing about the third center, Ray Brunei, is that he ever was al lowed to es- Hoekstra cape to the Hornets. Brunei came to the American Hockey League with the reputation of having led in scoring every team for which he ever played. The 26-year-old skater made a gooa start with yueDec mis season but suffered a injury, was placed on the in active list, and found his Job taken when he returned to the squad.

Pittsburgh through negotiations with the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks finally landed Brunei at least for the season. He has been one of the bright spots In the Hornet offense in recent weeks. The Hornets Springfield dime will be televised at p. m. by Channel 2.1 Sports On The Air Radio TONIGHT WPIAL Section 3 wrestling at Canonsburg, 7:15 p.

m. WJPA (Washington). West Virginia vs. George Washington in Southern Conference tourney at Richmond, 7:30 p. m.

WWVA (Wheeling). WPIAL basketball, Midland vs. Ford City at Pitt Field House, 8 p. m. WPQR, WBVP (Beaver Falls).

SATURDAY WPIAL basketball, Farrell vs. Springdale, Pitt Field House, 7:30 p. m. WPQ Case Tech at Wash d. m.

WI5rrif xs ton). -sour m. wwsw, Television TONIGHT West Virginia vs. George Washington In Southern Conference tourney at Richmond, 7:30 p. 7.

AHL. Pittsburgh Hornets at Springfield, 8:30 p. m. 2. SATURDAY Junior championship bowling, 12:30 p.

m. 4. Pro Bowlers Tour, 2 p. m. 9.

World of Sports (sports car races, speed-skating), 3:30 p. m. 9. a Sports Spectacular (Auto road racing), 4 p. -2.

All-Star Golf, 5 p. 7, 11. Championship Bowl ing, 5 p. 4. Boxing, Paoli Rosi vs.

Manuel Alvarez, 10 p. m. 4. rtt i Laurd Mountain near JW RoUirur Ernsn I season. But the Tartans kept firing away and came up with a sound, if not a good ball team.

Tech finished Its season last night before a campus gathering at the Tech gym bf losing to Geneva, 71-69, but not without flashing some hopes for next year, Freshman Julian Borkow-ski resurrected the two-hand set shot to give Geneva some second-half fits and almost bring Tech its fifth victory. As it was, the Tartans had to settle for four wins and 21 losses for the season and hope things get better a year from now. Geneva had one of its poorest years, too, winning nine of 24 games but the Covies held on for the final five minutes to edge Tech last night The Tartans trailed, 36-25, at halftime, mainly on the work of Dick Witherlte, the tallest Genevan, and a cold spell that saw them fall to score for the first five minutes of the contest. With Dom Perrotta's drive-ins and Borkowski's long set shots clicking, Tech passed Geneva midway in the second half and the teams traded field goals down to the final uiree nwiuies. A field goal on a fast break by Geneva's Jim Jackson put Geneva ahead, 66-64, and the visitors held on to that two-point lead to the final whistle.

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Include team rebounds. Flald Coal Tch shot 4S.7 Geneva ahot 37.5. Officials: Earl Klevlna and Cliff Fair. Title BuMi pane 9 Boxing Promoter Archie Litman lost his April 21 television show at the Auditorium today when the postponed Joe Brown-Carlos Ortiz lightweight title bout was rescheduled for that date at Las Vegas, Nev. Litman said that Teddy Brenner, who arranges the Saturday night TV fights, promised him a June 9 championship match here with either Middleweight Gene Fullmer or 1 theavvweieht Harold Johnson risking his' crown.

Brown was scheduled to de fend his title against Ortiz last Saturday but the bout was called off when the cham pion said he had tonsillitis. Ivy Oiler Candidate HOUSTON, March 2 Frank (Pop) Ivy has made formal application for the va cant head coach job of the American Football League Houston Oilers. Floor Fix Probe Hits Southwest AUSTIN, Maroh 2 (UPD Col. Homer Garrison, head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said today his agency is investigating possible fixing of Southwest Conference basketball games. Garrison said: "The matter has been brought to our attention, and it is under investigation as a matter of course." The Dallas Morning News said today It had learned that both state and federal agencies are Investigating rumors that referees and not players were involved In the alleged fixes.

Southwest Conference officials and coaches expressed complete surprise over the developments and denied knowledge of the rumors. FBI Agent E. C. Williams of San Antonio would not comment on inquiries of whether his agency was investigating the rumors. Guzik To Canada VANCOUVER, B.

March 2 Linebacker John Guzik, former Pitt star who was re leased in mid-season last year by the Baltimore Colts, has signed with the British Colum bia Lions of the Canadian Football League. Try this Distinctive 12 Green Bottle MWiP ra.ww G-W Opponent Tonight In SC Semis, i Defeats Richmond I RICHMOND, March 2 (UPD Top-seeded West Virginia, paced by All-Southern Guard Rod Thorn's 30-point shooting and Dick Dubois' playmaking, routed Richmond, 97-75, last night to move into the semi-finals of the 42nd rewed From -untain Spring Water I annual Southern Conference basketball tournament. I In other first-round games last night, Virginia Tech trounced The Citadel, 10183; George Washington outlasted Davidson, 85-81, and Virginia Military Institute whipped Furman, 76-61. Richmond shot to a 6 0 lead before the Mountaineers scored on Tom Lowry's free throw. West Virginia took the lead for the first time, 9 8, on a field coal by Dubois and the lead changed bands several times until midway through the first Ulf.

With the score 23-23, Thorn sank a long two-hand shot from side court to give the XI HEAR? WE 0WL67 A 5iX LAST Morchower jrlcl -laawvucivjl ui linn meet in a iu- wiifrtd lishtweieht bout at the Philadelphia Arena, March 21 Totall 34 25 7 Watt Vlrtlnla Bk-hmond Attendance 4500. To' ill 25 4.1 'y 'SrW' Wsi WEST rsfeasf- lest y-ii 0' 0C" y' iy iM aaQa a I Jatai a i i.