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nip PITTSBURGH'S DRAMATIC CRITIC CHARLES BREGfi, DAIfcV AD IN THE SUNDAY GAZETTE TIMES. PITTSBURGH FINANCIAL MEN JOLI.OW BM.I.IN AQ IN THE SUNDAY GAZETTE TIMES. A JL 1VA Hi SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 1919 PAGES 11 TO ANT FO CHEDULE TODAY THE GAZETT MPO 0T1AI GAME -4 Bout YALE-HARVARD 'Dowdf Shades Gibbons in Vicious PITT AND TECH CL ASH FOR CI TY i PARTISANS JAM COACH AND TWO STARS OF PITT'S FOE TODAY Popular Decision BATTLE CITY CHAMPIONSHIP 1 pt Over Clever 1 1 w- Townsman In 10-roundl liattle at St. Paul.

By HARRY KECK, Sporting Editor. ITTSBQRGH'S next to last intercollegiate football game of the season will be played at Forbes Field this afternoon, with ST. PAUL, Nov. 21. Mike O'Dowd, world's middleweight chain- itt and Carnegie cch, 'across the holler rivals, meeting for the' city- championship.

i of This game is an annual affair and always a very interesting pion- and Mike ibboils- botn one, too. While Tech neyer has won from the Blue and Gold, it i tausht a terrific, bloody i round bout here tonight. I5y 1IAKKY CKOS8. By Gazette Time Private AVireJ Xcir Tork Times Pervict BOSTON, Xov. 21.

This city is congested tonight with the greatest crowd which has ever assembled here on the eve of a Harvard-Yale football battle. I Iivthe long stretch of years that Harvard and Yale-have been waging gridiron warfare the interest in the game has never been at such a high pitch. There is no speculating in tickets here for the simple reason that there are no tickets with which to speculate. Harvard men who were unable to get their usual allotments are offering as high as $50 a pair for seats, but they are not to be had. The ticket situation is desperate for the supply of tickets visit before the big battle was John does not begin to meet the i Timothy Callahan, the Eli captain" seyeral times has managed to throw a scare into the big team, ,.,1 ..1......

I as tor instance, in lylb, whenf the wav and, although s-everal of the i the Plaid held the Panthers to a ringside experts called it a draw, the PITT-TECH LINEUPS majority gave O'Dowd a slight shade. 14-6 score. I Unless all sisns fail. Tech should FOR riACUF! TnnAYSi Examination of Gibbons' right It -sN-0 if showed it was badly bruised 'and that possibly small bones were FitV. McDonald Markowitz Meanor-Kratzert Oir.n-Stein Carnegie Tech.

Wittmer Williams Hehdersbn Ersvin Roberta Mcon Gojden Loomi3 Baldwin broken. Gibbons hurt it in the sixth round. George Barton of Minneapolis and 1 Kd L. Shave of St. Paul, sport writers, who acted as secondary referees, both gave the fight to.

O'Dowd. Sport writers were agreed that Gibbons is far from the tighter he McLaan Bond Hersicowita Hambergcr Davles Laughran KG Q. R.H. give Pop Warner's men one of the i closest chases in the history of the relations between the two schools in this afternoon's game. Tech did not play Hist Saturday, following its 1 game with Cornell, while Pitt had a I lough afternoon of against Penn Philadelphia, pulling out only a 3-3 Tech is rested up and in good shape physically, Pitt is any- thing but primed, and several of its regulars will not start because of in- I Juries which will have to be nursed I If the men are to be fit for the an- nual classic with Pen a State in the season's' finale next' Thursday.

Tech I wfil be able to play itself out today, as the game is its last of the season. eleventh-hour demand. Far from this maddning crowd, the Harvard and Yale elevens were resting tonight. The Yale team at the Belmont Springs Country Club have not been thinking much about football. A number -of friends or relatives cf the players were at the club tonighf and there was dancing and music, in fact everything was done to keep the men in good spirits.

The subject of football was taboo. The A fine giant of a man was Callahab.J After the game tomorrow evening Capt. Callahan is going to be en- tertained at diner here by William G. McAdoo and President Wilson's-daughters. Mrs.

McAdoo and Mis4 Margaret Wilson. The only position of doubt on th Yale eleven was Allen at right end; He will start the game because his defensive work, but Robinson will be able to take his place at the first i Marshall Fletcher I i was three years ago. The tight by Breman-Hastinffs P. S. 1 1 rounds: ret Referee Andley McFarland.

W. Vmplre J. C. Holderness. Lehigh.

Head Godcharles," Lafayette. 1 1 Round One The men clincned and Gibbons forced O'Dowd to the ropes. O'Dowd lafided a right and left to the body. Gibbons made no effort to box i the champion; but stood toe to toe and i slueged. Gibbons made O'Dowd miss linesman F.

Kick-off at 2:38. Pftt Freshmen. C'lawstm dancing didn't last long and the foot- Tech Plebes. sign of a renewal of Allen old m-l Jack Desmond's leg is in sucli ball players were Dea at Fischer Criffln I and landed several blows in return. SackloTVsky s.

ttK tame round. 4. is Hedgrin Pitt probably will start with a pair Snyder of hew ends. McDonald and Hersko- I Me-ran-aii 1, Harvard is tucked away in the quiet bad Enape that he will be unable to country club at Manchester-by-tne- start at end for Harvard and Sea, where they are out of the reach Pninney wm start the -game. Arnold of everybody hut their relatives and 1Iorween wui open the hostilities for the coaches.

The Harvard squad en- ithe Crimson at fullback. joyed itself with music until bedtime, Boston is pretty confident that Trainers Johnny Mack of Yale and narvarci is going to win. They piii L.T... R.O.. R.H..

i Round Two O'Dowd drove tworishts to the Jaw. Gibbons landed a light i right cross. O'Dowd was cautioned for hitting in clinches, fiibbons began to i box the ehamoion and O'Dowd missed again and again. Gibbons landed right and left to the jaw. and his speed puz-sjzled the other Mike.

Gibbons' round. Round Three Gibbons landed a left i to the jaw and O'Dowd missed one. lachenstein SfcLean McCormick Witzell Gibson Kmory Anderson Brumbaugh Clark Williams Hartnett Hendrlan Anderson Holieran Hewitt witz; Ginn, a sub, at center; and two subs, Bamberger, at quartet-, and Abe Br em an, at full, in the backfield. McDonald started the. game with Lehigh at Bethlehem several weeks ago.

Tech will use its best lineup, with the exception of Abe Levy, the quarterback, who is out because of inju Pooch Donovan of Harvard confined physical exorciW of the players to brisk hikes over the country roads. this belief on the fact that the Crimson plays a more modern game than the Blue. The betting today made Harvard favorite at 10 to 7 and to-- son of the two varsity teams which Yale Player in Tip-Top Shape. The Yale players are in tip-top Gibbons landed the first hard blow, a right to the kidneys. O'Dowd began to break ground but Gibbons outboxed him.

O'Dowd landed a righi on Gib- bo p.s eye. Gibbons began to bleed and O'Dowd drove rights and lefts to the i ries received in an automobile ncci-j twill meet this afternoon follow: I LLIAMS WALTER P. STPFPEM PWIL MARSHALL night there were many wagers placed I at 10 to 8. The Harvard followers argue that the Crimson had not dent. Jjoomis "will start his place.

iTech of Thorne Both teams had their final light C3P the exception 4 i 33 Bethany workout "esterdav. w. lis Case IH West Virginia. 0 3 Syracuse 24 body. Gibbons landed a bard right cross On O'Dowd's chin.

Round even. Round Four Gibbons bored in and I Murphy, the brilliant backfield player, found itself in the tie game with whose great work 'was suddenly Princeton and will be -a much halted when his left ankle was stronger aggregation when it faces IS 0 Lehigh made no effort to dodge 9 Allegheny 0 Cornell li -Georgia 6 14 7 W. 5 3 Penn 3 laie tomorrow. The Pitt freshmen and Tech plebes will meet in a. preliminary, which will start at: o'clock.

Thereis consider-ftble Interest' and feeling in this contest. Theeomplete records for the sea- uowa swings. in an enort to i'i close to his opponent, O'Dowd swung a dozen times and landed twicer Tliey wrenched in the game at New Haven against Roston College. The picturesque figure of the Yale players when they came to 1 Cam- The conservative Harvard men, however, are whispering about to beware of the Bulldog. The sting of 02 Totals 39 Kickoff will be at 2:30 o'clock.

traded swings to the O'Dowd i again opened the cut over Gibbons- left I i eye. Dowd landed a stiff right to bridge this morning for their final the jaw. Gibbons responded with a right to the jaw. Gibbons' round. t'onllnned Next Pane.

MmiHHHmmimNHiiiiimiiiiiimimimittiMiHiitii Scholastic (Tri-Slate). 15-slvale an meeting To ShowfViietliod.stsStatus ByTOM ANDERSON, Staff Correspondent. I Special to The Gazette Times. WASHINGTON, Nov. nounced fit to do- battle today after first hnrd football test jthe effects of the medicine had worn f-ince the Pitt game will come io-j off.

Cripples were kept out of the morrow afternoon when the Red and Rethany game and are in first-class Mock will meet the West Virginia ci.ndiiion. Wesleyan here. Dave Morrow's out- Vsieyan has been idle for two nciifyuu nas i The Probable Lineup. Round Five Gibbons landed riRht I Schentey and left to the jaw. O'Dowd missed.

Sew icki. O'Dowd drove a terrific right to Gib- ijlassport tons' eye. which staggered the phan- afton torn. O'Dowd landed a straieht left to Asplnwall v- J.i-EiizuUeth 34 Sarnvirie A 47 fjeti Avon Mar-yard Favored in Yale Oasli Eecause of Record re i the hearf anH rimve Gihlw tn th. 1 ropes.

Gibbons was Weeding bao.lv. i battered Gibbons in a neutral corner. Dowd drove Gibbons into the latter's 1 outfighting Gib- Uomi1- NineGibbons beean to force corner. Dowd was bons. O'Dowd's round.

By WALTER CAMP, Noted Sports Authority. TirvnH rncs Into the it is some advantage to know some advantage to know tne fit was sorely depressed at the result weeks and also is primed for the weeks and also of the annual fracas with the Panthers and besides was crippled by a position Left End Left Tackle Left Guard Center Right Guard Right Tackle Right End Quarterback Left Halfback Right Halfback Fullback Tale I I Acosta I Callahan Walker Allen Neville Lay Braden 1 Round Six Both fishier, took things jeft and sent him to the easy at the start. Gibbons landed a ropes O'Dowd kept on top of Gibbons right uppersut to the jaw and they and uepi the Phantom O'Dowd clinched I or the fli-st time during the orashed a rigid to Gibbons' Jaw. At hght Gibbons was applauded for his: stilge of the battle O'Dowd hail a clever foot work. Gibbons' round.

jsiisrht lead. They trailed wallop. O'Dowd Round Seven O'Dowd began to rough landed two straight lefts. O'Dowd's it and Gibbons kept ewav- from bis! round. wd Round TenTev shook hands for rush with a left to the iaw.

bbons (,.. t.fr footing and, especially in the Harvard stadium, the wind Players About on Par. As to the teams and the quality of fray. The team, accompanied by a large number of, adherents, spent last night in Wheeling and will "ar- rive at Washington early today. The lineup: game today a considerable favorite, aiid for the following clearly defined reasons: Her defense has' been such that no team has scored upon her except Princeton, while Tale has been I 'Harvard'" I Pliinney Sedgwick Woods Havemeyer.

Clark Kane 1 Steele 1 Murray. Casey Humphrey A. Horween Referee W. 1 Field judge V. I son, Georgetown.

number of severe injuries. The low score rolied up on Bethany a attributable to that as much a. Bethany's late-season form. the individual players, if we concede W. J.

Thev clinched. went to tne ropes. scored upon by not only Princeton, tllat alj tile mea wjn pay up to their Today's engagement will determine, Jtiouna about even. but also Carolina ana ijoston. arh.sch to the jaw.

Gibbons again beat Dowd to I he punch. O'Dowd spit blood as he. backed into Gibbons' corner. O'Dowd missed two blows to the body, Gibbons pummelled O'Dowd's men seemed tired and clinched. Gib W.

Va. Wesieyan. I-T h)P't Ij Schnoobprrer U. RotirhoUKh R.G It.T HE D. Potter Snejleqvr b.H Slarl, K.H Beck Round Kight Gibbons' eve bothered him considerably.

Giblmns hooked a rigid to the jaw. O'Dowd landed two lefts to the jaw. O'Dowd landed two light blows. O'Dowd sank his left into Neither team has piayed anything like the schedule which faced other exponents of the gridiron sport, but nU Avt 1 I nrt no r-r Vs rf Jailtrail already exhibited possibilities, there is not a great deal to choose. Callahan of Yale is a more experienced man and has shown -better work in the center than -has his Harvard op- the center than -has his Harvard indirectly.

the place West Virginia Weslean in the tri-state standing as well as its strength with relation to its bitter enemy. West Virginia University. West Virginia and Wesleyan will not meet this year on Straw Hmry I i ic Langford, Trinity. Umpire D. L.

Fultz, Brown. 1 Murphy, Brown. Head linesman M. J. Thomp-' 1 Time of periods 15 minutes each.

bons landed a left to the jaw. They km ih- rdnel in, In Hit. op-1 Gibbons' stomach. Gibbons landed a i were fighting vigorously when the final vard'B favor" Harvard also has scored ponent, Havemeyer. Clark and Woods "sm uareo tne jaw.

ODowd-bei! slx guaia ior narvaru are Hiaicueo i 212 points, while Yale has scored only up against Gait and Acosta of Yale 145. Harvard fought Princeton to a the gridiron, but W. following Mnith its game tomorrow with Wesleyan mi Thursday. Thanksgiving Day. will I stack up against West Virginia, thus; affording comparison.

Wesleyan sympathizers sire accord- rtjssziZTsi.i fc zirm curiam the game. Yale was beaten by little the shad of the others. Seder- and the winning a star To Be Lowered Today 4V, ri of Harvard at bis best if points by Princeton came in the final TT tackle. He did remarkable ivork in the Princeton game. Steele of Har- vard and Rinehart of Yale ill be watched as promising ends.

I Back of the line Braden of Yale, Princeton's goal line for a touchdown and this Yale was unable to accomplish. TV. tltto lv tm lien ft rnm- If THE MEN'S STORE OF PITTSBURGH 1 TWO LOOVTTONS: A' II Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Wood and Diamond Sts. I parative while Harvard de- Bamf' shown more as feated Boston, 17 to 0.

and Yale was By DANNY DONOVAN. The curtain. will be rung down to-, Coach Burton, realizing the strength day on the local scholastic football Pea body with its regular The final games scheduled field available for the game, has been driving bis squad at a terrific wdl bring together four evenly- J)ace the pa8t with lhe hlPa of matched elevens. Allegheny closes copping the East End sectional title beaten by Boston, to i Yale on the other hand defeated Tufts, S7 to 0, and Harvard defeated Tufts only 23 to 0. It will be contended against this that Harvard played more substitutes has also made good at his drops, all the scores of Yale in the Princeton game coming from his unerring toe.

Casey of Harvard and Kempton of ingly deeply interested in the meeting tomorrow and tire banking their and a large share of their worldly wealth on the outcome. Wesleyan has had a checkered season, winning its easy games easily and losing its hard games by low margins. Then it took on Greasy Neule's Marietta: crew and got trimmed roundly. The. dose was hard one to swallow, fori Marietta had been rolled in proper' fashion by West 'Virginia a few weeks before.

Wesleyan has a pony back-! field, but a fast one, and the whole eleven constitutes a scoring machine; to be feared. W. J. will the same team that defeated Syracuse. 'Nuf sod.

A diphtheria scare yesterday for a time caused a fear the encounter I with Wesleyan might be called off. Kiki'At-al of ihA nlavprs. inclndinc- with Wilkinsburg and W'estinghoiise plays its final game with Peabody. It will mean an undisputed claim to the championship of the citv lor Yale will be two men to draw the and runners-up honors in the city. Considerable interest has been aroused in the contest and the Brushtonites will Vie out in full force.

Coach Pen nock and his Peabody eleven, fresh fom a decisive victory- The Wilson Stores Feature The Pemberton Model in against Tufts. In the Brown game, pyes of the ctwd for briuiant per. nowever, iJ.ie nun, iu aim -1 tt .1 ill Casey did not get going Allegheny to win over the Holy City nt.l Into in the Prinr-Pton pnme and eleven. The North Siders will be IS able to present a fairly strong iine- over Wilkinsburg last week, are con-up, but will have at least two of Indent that they will add the Brush- cn her own grounds and while the ton never fairIy started in amount of enthusiasm in one of these hia Princeton contest, so that each big games Is pretty well distributed vm be watche1 with tne greate8t i interest. Casey is the more experi- aggregation to their list of their most dependable stars out of ton KIRSCHBAUM OVERCOATS A DESIGN COMBINING SMARTNESS AND UTILITY enced and the less likely to get hurt.

victims. Peabody's great showing in its last game haa aroused the spirit of both the students and players and the game owing to injuries received in the recent hard clash with Fifth Avenue. Even so, Coach Tillotson i Kempton has flashes great bril-'jliancy, but his team has depended too much npon him. There are a believes his team will walk all over an enthusiastic following will travel to Brushton. Captain Carroll and Fat Henry, who reside in a frat house, were nearly caught when the house was quaran fined, but were headed off, regaled with anti-toxin and were pro- Wilkinsburg.

Regarding the talk of "post -season (good lot of other fine backfield men! on both teams, both first string and 1 second string. Braden Beat Kicker. 249 Fifth AvmM games. Coach Tillotson states nis team will break training after today's contest and only by suggestion of the Syracuse authorities H'ill he consider a post-season clash. He claims his team has won the honors by winning every game on its schedule in the W.

P. I. A. L. Captain Keller and Royal will be in the Wilkinsburg lineup today and GOLF MATCHES ON CARD TODAY When it comes to the kicking game in drop-kicking.

Braden has made good in big games on a higher average. In punting" Harvard has- the edge, though neither team has a kicker that can get the distance that AI Shubert Beat Joey Fox. BALTIMORE, Nov. 2K By holding, locking, running and dancing, Joey Fox. who claims to be the featherweight champion of Knglnad, managed to stay 12 rounds with Al Shubert, the New Bedford.

bearcat, here tonight. Fox never hod a chance for the laurels, and' despite his unwillingness to make a real fight of it he was forced to take quite a lacing. Although Shubert. who never was known as a bard puncher, was unable to damage his man badly, he had liim exhausted and even groggy several times, and the Briton flew the signals of distress in the sixth, tenth and twelfth sessions. In the ninth he wns staggered by a right hand punch to the- jaw, after he made his one aggressive campaign ofihe mill.

their presence will help the morale Scheerer of Princeton accomplishes. I v. 4 1 Lines of sweep and spirit. Two-piece belt in back. Slanting pockets.

Double-action collar and sleeve tabs that button. For business or for dress, the man who wears the Pemberton can be at ease as to his appearance. And he will be fittingly clothed for the roughest winter weather. Yale will have to show more variety 7Z. U.UI in niv i i i 1 uuu vciHutiiu) ul piay lhii cauiuucu i The in the Princeton game or in her other j.jjgn contests if she'is to match up with Westinghouse and Peabody elevens clash 'at Brushton JCiclcoff is scheduled for 2:30.

Despite the lateness or the season golf mutches are still being Three are carded for today, at the! Oakmont Country Club, the Pitts-j liurgh Field Club nnd at the Stanton Heights Golf Club. Ideal weather pre- VaBing is being taken advantage of Harvard's wider attack. Defensively i Yale's line should have something the iimiiMallititrtiiiiiiiittliMliititiil)illnpliilliltifiilittitilitf(ifiilifiilltl TODAY'S FOOTJ5ALL better of the two, although, Casey's I quick turn when he goes out toward nnd even at clubs where no special matches are carded largo fields are expected to be on hand to pluy golf. The card for this afternoon is as fol i Every day more men, who good shoe shining service are visiting bur Shine department on the first floor, where only expert shiners are employed. lows: I tackle and then comes down through the alley across the middle of the line may catch it unawares, lf.it I does the secondary defense will have all it can do to stop the fleet Har- vard back.

i -In forward passing neither team i has the highly developed methods ex- MJ (hikmonl t'ountry i lnl l-our-nail, best ball medal score cmilest. IS hnlt-s. Each plaverwill receive seven-eighths of his regular handicaps, the strokes to be applied us to play against par or bogey, the best ball net scores to count for trophies presented by J. K. li v.

ort.i W. Hlnckhurn. In ad iditlon there will be a galf bail sweep- Will be covered, as are all during ilie nea.son, Tn the most complete manner by The Gazette Tinus. The Harvard-Yale classic at Cambridge will be taken cre of by the Associated Press and the New York Times and special The Ohio State-Illinois contest at Columbus, which probably will decide the winner of the Western Conference, will be covered by a special correspondent. Harry Keck, sporting editor, will handle the ljtt-Carnegie Tech frame at Forbes Field.

Tom Anderson, a staff corresjHmdeiit, will be on the job at the Wash-Jeff-West Virginia Wesleyan engagement at Little Washington. All the oilier games of any importance whatsoever will be covered from nil angles by the Associated Press or special correspondents. For the best run, the football devotees must read The Gazette Times tomorrow. hibited by West Virginia and several other star aggregations. Xor is the run from kick formation gained 'on both of them, for neither Casey nor Kempton is a star kicker.

The I threat, when either goes back, is more likely to be a ran or forward. pass. stakes. Pltbnrti Klcltl "luh I holes medal play contest under handi-iicaps for a trophy. In the evening stuw dinner will be served at the club 5 1 bouse, after which there will be a inir st which chonucs In the bv- Demand for coats like thesi far exceeds the supply and we advise you to buy NOW Copyright.

1919, A. B. Kirachbaum Company But bear this in mind, either one of these men can kick fairly well, and laws' will bo discussed Plans fi.r the 1 i i I YOUNG'S HATS NONE BETTER MADE i may do so in the game. i 249 Fifth Awiuc. 'Copyright.

1919, Otis F. Wood.) winter sports program win also conn-up lor consideration. stiintnn HcIkMh lnb Kight-een holes medal iilav contest under handicaps for a trophy presented by a memher of the club. Uolf ball weeps takes. Harvey A.

A. plays Atterbury A. A. tomorrow at North Sj.de Board of Trade, grounds. Kickoff at 3 p.

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