Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-10
BILLIARDS
Undefedted w. and J.
Grid Team of East
Coached by NedLe
Ball Player Makes Good as
Football Mentor With
Great ELeUen.

While we hear much Of Charlie Moran
and his success with that football team
that halls from Danville, KY, represent
Greasy Neale ask that he be remem-
bered as a deserving coach of gridders,
even if he's not so much in the limelight
rs his enemy" the umpire. Neale is
coaching Washington and Jefferson Col
lege, located near Pittsburgh, and as near
as his 1921 schedule allowed, he did
about as well as even old Uncle Charlie
Moran himself. AS a browning feature to
the w. and ]. grid year, the Neale team
will meet California in the Tournament
of Roses game at Pasadena New Years
day.
Indeed he did so well this year as a
coach of college foot ball-and he has
done so well in the past-that one ad-
mirer boosts him as a prospective man
ager of some big league baseball club.
This admirer is Charles J. Doyle Of the
Pittsburgh Gazette Times, who spins the
following half column boost for the re-
nowned Greasy:
Speaking of great leaders, which nearly
everybody seems to be doing these days,
don't be surprised, fans, If you see Greasy
Eeale at the head Of a major league club
some day.
Pittsburgh people who have watched
Earl on the baseball lot over the past few
summers may have underestimated the
remarkable qualifications possessed by
the young man. 1t is only natural to
get the wrong perspective on Neale from
casual study al a baseball game for the
good reason that Neale's value Is not
reflected in batting figures and the like
which very often give the public an en-
tirely wrong view of athletes who are
considered topnOtchers but who, some
times, are more OF q hindrance than a
help.
Neale's fame is the result of persistence.
In an athletic way Neale recalls these
The heights by great men reached and
kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
For they while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night"
The light hearted West Virginian is
blessed with resOurceful traits that work
wonders when they are linked up with
the two sports mentioned. In baseball.
Greasy Is one Of those bad mer In
pinch" Give him something big TO ac-
compltsh and he rises up to the emer-
gency.
The football fans Of western Pennsyl-
yania saw him trick the Pittsburgh team.
The Pitt players were playing TO Offset
a possible drop kick which, If successful,
would probably have won the game. They
appeared to be so absorbed on keeping
Nash-Jen from scoring by a kick that
they could not recover when Kopf darted
back out OF the line Of scrimmage Just
as the ball was passed to take that now
historic fling. Greasy's strategy is seen
In the play. Greasy's baseball experience
tells him that he has a fine chance to
win If he can pull the unexpected The
surprise attack Is the winning factor in
almost any line of competitive eudeavor
from selling dry goods to winning foot
ball games.
Neale has an essential tribute-he can
and does handle men correctly. If Hugo
Bezdek had played ball In the majors
only a short time he stood TO be one of
the biggest figures IN this sport on ac-
count Of his other qualifications Bee is
still regarded by National League play
ers as n good manager, but they knew
that he would be unmeasurnbly better
with the. experience Of actual play. Hugo
Is a wonder among men and boys; they
know he will fight for them and they
just naturally like him. Neale also Is
universally popular. He would often
have a field argument with Pat Moran
but Moran made capital out of these YER
bal quarrels often bv taking Neales ad-
vice. In other words, he courted con
troversies with Neale, as he was smart
enough to accept the constructive theories
that Greasy offered toward the ultimate
goal
The one big thought with Neale is to
vim. He encouraged Eddie Roush into
making a dangerous catch that helped to
win the 1919 flag. Roush might have
been hurt seriously In the effort, but
Neale wanted him to get that ball re-
gardelss Of injuries. He would and has
taken the same chance himself Greasy
loves his boys and in return he wants all
Yes, Greasy's successful leadership
makes him a fine candidate for a man
agerial Job I'm the majors. lie would
be the youngest in the two circuits. But
perhaps he would spurn the offer.