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21- ills EacH Lose Key Plaiyeir asEiefflloini PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1949- I GIGS frnd GAGS Told to Take Rest, Graduation ice Iver Lightly HitsGty Neal Throws One Punch, Scores Kayo By Al Abraxns Fwt-Cirtt Sport Editor Classy Bobby Neal threw only; 1 I By VESGE JOHNSON IGesling Looks for Job Admits He's Through as Line Coach Of Packers; In Pro Came 23 Years BigWalter Kiesling, who has spent the last 23 years as player or coach in the National Football League, is hunting a job. The big fellow, who started his pro career with Ernie Nevers' Duluth Eskimos in 1926 after graduation from SL Zack's Still in the Brownies9 Hot Seat William and Charles DeWitt, who just bought control of the St. Louis Browns from Richard Muckerman, hate announced that Zack Taylor will be retained as manager. That's not surprising, for the De Witts, then minor Thomas College of SL Paul, ad-f niitted here on Thursday night that he is through as line coach Bay Packers. "Kies" has been a resident of the Northside for the past year.

MI still haven't been told outright that Tm out but it's true just the same," Kiesling said. Walter Kiesling "I have started tryine to make connections for the 1949 season." Ml I i Brock, who played center for nine years at Green Bay and was line tutor of the University of Omaha ast autumn. Previously Bob Snyder, former head coach of the Los Angeles Rams, was picked to lenda. Kiesling has been line tutor of the Packers since 1945. Previously he had played for Duluth, Pottsville, the Chicago Cards, Chicago Bears and Packers, and served the Pittsburgh Steelers at various times as assistant coach, co-coach and head coach.

His 1942 eleven which won seven and four was the best in local his- one good puncn at me Aragon Garden Thursday night but that- was enough. It was a terrific right uppercut that traveled no more than eight inches to the point of Jimmy Welch's chin and stretched him on the flat of his back for the full count of 10. The time was 2:28 of the first round of a scheduled 10-rounder. Up to the time of the kayo, Welch, of Columbus, was do ing the forcing and had landed one authoritative chopping right to the side of Neal's head. The Beaver Falls Iboy was content to back up and dance his way out of the reach of his" opponent's fists.

Welch moved in to throw a right after a little more than two minutes of action but Neal beat him to the punch with the upper- cut. He went down and was iuuy conscious while Referee Buck Mc- Tieroan counted 10. He couldn't get up and stayed stretched on the canvas for several minutes. Neal weighed 151, Welch, 150. Rugged Jackie Botnovich, 151, Monaca, bulled and banged his way to a six-round unanimous win over Chuck Gibbons, 143, EHwood City in the semi-fin John Paoletti, 145, Akron, sur prised by winning over Calvin O'Neal, 145, Hill District, in another six.

Buddy Wall. 145, Sharpsburg, and Mike Lash, 45, Duquesne, fouerht to a draw in a fast four- rounder and the four-round opener found Johnnv Ward, 131. Clairton, trimming Carl Baer, 137, Coal port, Pa. A sell-out crowd "of 1,200 con fwitori tn a cross house of $1975.03. and Sat.

'Til 9 P. M. "That's the captain of their boat poor sportsmanship Td call it Cards Name Two Coaches From Green Bay the the, J1C Sutn: Press reported that Coach Curly coPPfd eiSht and of the Packers had ad- four ln 194 vised Kiesling "in the interests of Lambeau had a rough time last his health, to take a year's vaca- autumn, fining his entire squad for tion from football." Two weeks poor play early in the season and ago Lambeau was quoted as say-firing one big name star. Halfback ing Walter was "one of the finest; Bruce Smith, a bit later. The line coaches in the country." radical moves didn't help much Even while hinting the "rest and now two assistant coaches, cure" for Kiesling the Packer boss'Molenda and Kiesling, have also signed a new line tutor in Charley 1 been dismissed.

4 I placed by Conzelman who had a National Football League champion in 1947 and the runner-up last year. Of the two new co-coaches, Han dler has been connected with the Cardinals for 19 years and Parker, who is from Hemp, has been with the club 12 years. Club President Ray C. Bennig sen said the two players have been riven three-year contracts and "will have a free hand to do things jin their own way." on youngsters who weren't even ready. There must have been times during the IMS season that he thought he was back with the Dodgers.

As Zack said: There was a laugh a day with them. Some weren't too bright and one day we blew a ball game by making a lot of mistakes. "Babe Herman spoke up and said: 'We got too damn many signals on this Robby said he didn't think three signals a day were too many, but, if the boys thought so, he'd cut em out for a while. "For several days we did anything we damn pleased. Swung on any pitch, bunted without letting the runners know and somehow we managed to win.

Then the roof caved in. We started getting two and hree guys on the same base and things like that. "Finally Robby got up in the clubhouse and said he didn't think the trouble was having too many signals, but having too many dumbells who thought they were smart managers. "'From now on," he growled, 'I'm gonna be the only dumbbell giving signals around One story Zack prefers to forget concerns an incident that took place September 8, 1923. Zack was catching Dazzy Vance and the Dazzler was having an off-day against the Boston Braves.

In the Braves' half of the second Stuffy Mclnnis opened with a single. The next two batters went down, bat Horace Ford doubled to left, sending Stuffy to third. Bob Smith rapped a single to right, seor- ing both runners. On Tom Griffith's futile throw to the plate. Smith took second.

Zack squawked to the Plate Umpire Hank OTray that Ford had run out of the baseline. VhUe Zack argued with O'Day. Smith stole third. Zack kept up his tirade and Smith stole home. And, all the time, Zack stood with his jaw open and the ball in his hand.

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The loss of these players is expected to make the going tough for both of, the un beaten teams. Additional Sports On Page 23 Allegheny Hign, making a race of it in Section 2, also loses a val uable player in Geno Onorato and this makes the North siderr chances of overtaking South Hills a bit slimmer. Washington Vocational faces a tough assignment in starting on the homestretch in taking on Peabody on the Highlanders court. None of the Peabody players were lost at mid-term. Other Section 1 games list Schenley at Westinghouse, Allderdice at CoiV-nelley Trade and Fifth Avenue playing South High at Ormsby gym.

South Hills has a breather in taking on Allegheny Vocational at South Hills on the Section 2 bilL Allegheny faces a stiff test in playing at Oliver High, while Perry shows at Langley. Morris Harvey Victor CHARLESTON, W. Va Feb. 3 UP) Morris Harvey thundered back into first place in the State Conference basketball race Thursday night with a 90-S1 victory over Fairmont as George King unleash ed a sizzling, 42-point scoring barrage. The win was the Oolden Eagles' seventh in eight Conference starts.

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Hundreds were turned away, having journeyed to Oakland even though warned beforehand that all reserved seats were gone. Dick Fortune, the portly publicity man of The Gardens, says he had at least 150 phone calls for the Yillanova game alone and had to say no to all of them. Incidentally, the Dukes are reported to have taken away $19,000 for their share at the Craig street arena last winter. Attention of oldtime Pitt grid fans, looking at a squad photo of the unbeaten 1915 squad the other day, was called to Ralph Clicquennoi, a reserve tackle. "He had black hair, white eye-! brows, a red mustache and one blue and one brown eye," recalled Walter Ridley, ticket manager who started to work for the Pan thers that year.

"Just one member of a colorful squad." Ijaaoraj 1 1 Harvard Grid Mentor Greets Local Alumni Art Valpey Speaks Here Friday; Carlson Picks Utah Five as Tops Designed to take rough, tough treatment at an economy-wise low Sears price! Sanforized max. fabric shrinkage 1) twill cut over graduated patterns for extra comfort bar-tacked at strain points. Waists: 30 to 44. executives, put Zack in the hot seat in the first place. Fortunately for Zack, he's too Id to play any more.

If he stiH could put on a glove, the De-Witts probably would sell him. Last year the DeWitts sold Zack's ball club out from under him. A couple YLoee Johnson of the cash-register casualties were Vernon Stephens, a hardhitting shortstop, and Jack Kramer, a capable right-hand pitcher, both of whom went to the Boston Redsox. Left with a bunch of guys named Kokos, Lund and Arft, Zack still managed to wind up in sixth place in the American League. But the Brownies lost money at the gate, hand over fist.

Muckerman, a St. Louis ice man, was quick to sense when money goeth faster than it cometh. He decided to stick to the ice cube industry, here assets are still assets even when they're frozen. Zack's position with the Brownies these days is just about comparable to Wilbert Robinson's with the Brooklyn Dodgers years ago. Zack used to catch for Uncle Robby.

"Bobby never had much money to throw around," Zack recalled during a conversation in St. Louis last summer. He was always grabbing some old fellow who was just about through and was glad to play for anything, just so he could stay up another year. That's how one of the jokes about Robby started. When a fellow would slow up, the boys would yeU from the bench: "Better get in touch with Robinson.

You're about ready for Zack didn't have much money to work with, either. But, instead of taking on some oldster who was on his way down, he followed the policy of taking WPIAL Plans New Sections Class A Tournament -In Pitt Stadium The WPIAL basketball committee, meeting Thursday night in Hotel Roosevelt, planned reorgan ization of several unwieldy sec tions for 1950 and heard a verbal request from six Westmoreland county schools for a change back to a setup that was- formerly known as the "Little Six Conference." No action was taken on the request of Avonmore, Saltsbjirg, Bell Township, Washington Township, Franklin Township and Export, schools that believe a more compact circuit could be formed. At present these schools are distributed in two sections 24 and 25. Their chief complaLit was travel distance which involve icy roads. Eudore G.

Groleau, chairman of the committee, announced that the WPIAL Class A tournament would be played at Pitt Stadium starting late in February. West Liberty Beaten GLENVILLE, W. Feb 3 West Liberty lest three regulars on personal fouls and Glenville went on to take an 86-77, overtime basketball victory here Thursday night. GltoTille C. T.

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Athletic Director Buddy Over-end and Mrs. Overend are in California for a brief vacation. From the west coast Doc Carlson, popular Pitt floor coach, writes that Utah is the best college floor team his boys have seen thus far but that experts out there expect that University of San Francisco and Stanford will get bids to the Metropolitan Invitation and NCAA post-season tourneys respectively. Tommy Quialan, sophomore who was the only squad member under the six-foot mark in height, has quit the Duquesne Dukes. He stands 5 feet, 9 inches.

His departure leaves IS boopsters in cage togs. Stan Noszka, former Duquesne University and Pittsburgh Iron-men pro eager, has been taken off the active player list of the Boston Celtics of the Basketball Asso ciation of America and made a scout, The move was to help make room for Co-Captains George Kaftan and Dermie Con-nell of Holy Cross, who have just graduated and joined the pros. The Celtics are coached by Doggie Julian, former Crusader mentor. game with Cincinnati in The Gardens February 17 wiQ be another sellout. Last winter the Ohio quintet upset Coach Chick Da ies proteges in KhinHand by 55-4 L.

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