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Show DEATH CALLS ! STAR ATHLETE Maurics 'Mose' Stiefel Dies After Lone: Illness; Well Known in Ogden Maurice Stiefel. Jr.. 24 yea's of -c. known ln all parts of the west In athletic ath-letic circles as Mose" died at 2 p. m , Friday at the home of his parents,, 222 Thirteenth East, Salt Laake City. Mose foiik'ht i losing battle for five ' months following an operation on h:.s tonsils, heart trouble causing his 1 death. j Stiefel for two years was named all-I all-I state Quarterback while a student at j the West High school, being a player of tho all-around caliber. Mo?e was the outstanding star ln the 7 to 6 victory of the Panthers over the- Leop-1 Leop-1 ards ln 1916. tallying the lone touch- down one minute "before the whistle I sounded and kicking the field goal just as the game ended, which turned ! defeat into victory. At tlu l'tah Agricultural college ho 'was a star on the 1917 Aggie aggre-' aggre-' gatlon. be int: chosen by some rltics for all-conference quarterback honors. An injury to one of his knees kept him out of competition for on? season while at the University oi Utah. Mose i was considered one of the best quarterbacks quar-terbacks ever developed in hicrh 6'hool ! and collegiate circles in the state. ! FOptball was his best sport. He also starred In baseball, bas- ketball and track. Stiefel played with the Pocatello club In the Snake River league in isitt and also performed at k te ond base for other teams during his career Btlefel's performances on the gridiron grid-iron are well known to icrdenites. Mose is the son of Maurice Stiefel, 'Sr.. and Mrs Isabella Stiefel. He Is I survived by his parents, his wife, Mrs Alice Rond Stiefel and a 1 I -mont hs-' hs-' old son. and tha following brothers j and sisters Frank Stlef-i of Montaana. ValJeun Harold. Helen, Virginia and Isabella of California, and Miss Henrietta Stle- fel of Salt Iike. . . nn |