Evening star., 1952-10-27

When use whipped California Saturday extended
the Troans winning streak this straight
they the that likely play Rose
Bowl. Hills team only beating the ranking
the Nation but that the time
Pappy Waldorf held scoreless coaching
California in 147 The Bears had scored in 80
games.
NEITHER HILL NEALE was an outstanding balpayer
but both legitimate big leaguers both
Neae lasted nine with the Cincinnati Reds and Phes
Hills tenure somewhat shorter but this partially
little chance to play
regularly over period of years. he returned to his first love-
track.
Hill had track football baseball star at use
When he graduated the Yankees grabbed him and the trim
speedser did all right for rookie 2s3 batting average
But Jesse wasn't natural hitter exceptional base
stear despite ms blazing speed Inc Yankees were looking
for that homerun hitter and when Clark Griffith expressed
interest in Hill they traded him to Washington.
Hill the type for the Mats big park. a
good outfeder and lnedrive hitter. Washington
batted 3O5 in 1886 but the following after start
he shipped to the Athletics He did better Philadelphia
winding with 293 but that the extent of his
career here was no great appeal to star IN the high minors
with perhaps occasional the big
Hill returned to use as track coach
THAT'S WHAT HE doing until alumni demands for
winning Trojan team forced the custer of jeff Cravath follow
ing the 1850 Some of the best coaches in the land
reported under consideration
Hill was selected the surprise general The reaction
at USC something like this: couldn't win
with all his years football coaching behind him. can Hill
be expected to do better? balplayer track coach He's
never been a head football coach"
lmmedldte success
Waldorf last we'll last Saturday. got
the Trojans well along TRAIL although
and the more dangerous UCLA lie ahead
The could well be twofold. young ball
player Hill the average intelligence Secondly
he has personality to match The latter
enabled him to land the football job to keep
with the changing trends of modern football
succeed.
NEALE NOT ONLY successful college coach, but he
became of the best professional coaches we'll
who GreasyS genius and this
not to dispute especially after watching his
Philadelphia Eagle teams But Neale tyrant after the
fashion of the late John par per-
tormanceS he could abide. He's playing good game
golf these days and needs benefits for OF Greasy.
Only technically could HalaS Chicago
be linked with Hill and Neale AS pro COACH
but his big league baseball highly suspect
Back in 1919 the Yankees gave the old University
football and organizer the Chicago
George played in dozen game batted 091
his way.
Chances that major league umpres and a manager
who were bigme football coaches outnumber the players
who must in honesty be confined to Hill and Neale.
Qgey the old National League umpire coached football with
but not with the dramatic quality Charlie Moran
the umpire who tossed Henie Manush out of 1888 World
Series game unprecedented Moran coached the leg
Mln and beat Harvard when beating some
thing.
Then there the late Hugo Bezdek player
but The immigrant Czchoslovakia died
recently managed the Pittsburgh Pirates. Then he
football coaching greats at Penn State But the moment
only Hill and Neae recalled bone de former big league
players who have done all right football coaches.