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THIRD SECTION PAGE TWO' THE PITTSBURGH GAZETTE TIMES, NOVEMBER 13, 1921. 7 POTT mm, M'LAUGHLIN, W. RUNS LEFT END FOR THREE YARDS IN SECOND QUARTER FOnUARD PASS SCOflES ohlv Toucijooun of IflRQ-FOOGIlT COHTEST Brenkert's Toss From 19-Yard" Line to Kopf, Who Races fpr Goal, in Fourth Quarter, Re-v suits in First Triumph for Red and Blade Over Panthers Since 191 4 Stubborn Battle on Sloppy Gridiron Witnessed by Close to 30,000 i Bv Frank E. By Frank Binraman Staff Photographer. STRUGGLE IS PUNTING DUEL; COACH NEALE HERO IN VICTORY By HARRY KECK, Sporting Editor- GREASY NEALE and his W.

players put it over yesterday. y-'' V- After six consecutive years of defeat at the. hands and feet of University of Pittsburgh elevens coached by the wily, Glenn Warner, the Red and Black finally came into its own and outgeneraled and outplayed the Panthers for a 7-to-0 victory before a crowd of between 28,000 and 30,000 persons at Forbes Field. Played on a sloppy gridiron, with the North wind blowing iits icy breath down upon the enclosure, now sweeping the snow-flakes before it fiercely and now letting them drift lazily to the ground, with the sun breaking through the gray clouds only at long intervals and then only for a moment or two, the contest was staged with a wonderful setting. It was a bitter fight from the first whistle to the last and will go down in the history of Sorrowful Tale For Pitt, Yet the Victor, Long in Defeat, Wears the Laurel Honorably lltlttllMslllUttlltlHlltlMIItMMllltlltiIMIItltmillllllltlllllltllUltlMIMtHIIHlIH i i t- these historic battles between the two traditional rivals as one of wits.

He matched the grizzled veteran of many a bitter campaign in the mat- the greatest of them all. So "tense was the struggle that the crowd was almost unmindful of the first taste of real biting1 football i weather, with its light accompani- nent of snow and the frozen, slushy Held. "ct three quarters and through i the early part of the fourth, the throng- hun on every play, waiting for the "break." Neale Big Factor. Greasy Neale, W. J.

coach, paced nervously up and down the sidelines, signaling frantically to his warriors out there upon' the field. He had a sign language all his own. It consisted, of finger talk and shifting of light yellow cap. He wore no over-J coat, and, though he trod the wet field up and down many, many times, seemed as unmindful of the cold any person in the stands. On the other side of the field.

Coach Warner ot Pitt was just as anxious. It was anybody's game so long that the snapping was long- overdue when it arrived. FYt three quarters and the early nmHWiNimmititi Hewitt made three at right guard. Winterburn made two at left eno. Davies' forward pass on the run Holleran wai incomplete.

Davies dropped back to tne yard line, and it looked as II no might attempt a drop sick lor neld goal. Instead he threw a ion forward pass, which was lnterceptea by ituss Wteln on the 20-yra una and returned 11 yards. Erickson rait left end for 10 yaras at first down on the wan-jen ti yard line. It was Wash-Jeff's initial first down of the game. Kopf went througn rignt guara.ror five yards and Brenkert failed to cain at right end from rront formation.

Brenkert punted to the Plte i-yard line, where the ball was downed. interburn slipped at leu ena ana lost two Colonna replaced Hewitt at fullback for Pitt. Colonna made three ysras at ie guard. Davies punted to Brenkert. who made a pretty catch and returned one yard to the Pitt 4T-yara line.

Keliey replaced Mcbun at rigm tackle for Pitt McLean was helped off the field. Stein made two yards in tne una. Erickson ran left end for 21 yards and first down oa the 24-yard line. Ewing replaced Pie Williams at right end and Jordan took Bowser's place at left end for Pitt Kan of ajaarter. Score Pitt O.

Wash-Joff a. Fourth Quarter, Wash-Jeff's ball on Pitt's 14-yar line, first down. larickson lost two yards at risht end and Stein regained them through center. Erickson made three yards through left tackle from punt formation. It was last down and seven yards to go.

Stein dropped back to the 31-yard line to try for a field goal from plaea ment, with Brenkert holding the ball. The kick was low ana was blocked. but a Wash-Jeff man recovered ths ball on PMt's 11-yard Una. Tho play gained eight yards and first down for Waah-Jeff. Snowflakes were falling at this time and it was getting dark, making; It hard to distinguish the players.

Stem went through lelt guard for five yards and the Wash-Jeff cheering section was in an uproar. Jordan and Harmon tackled Kricjc-on tor a loss of 11 yards at right end from punt formation. Hartnett replaced Winterburn at runt halfback, for Pitt. Kopf raaajM a forward aaaa fieaa Breakert oa the 10-yard la aaal raa to the ganl lla for a taaeh- dawa. Stela klrked Kal.

Krarri Wwilrf. 7. Pitt Brenkert kicked off to Davies On. the 26 and he returned to tha Hi. coionna hit right guard lor tocr yards.

Colonna mads two mors st lert guard. Hartnett failed at left tackle. Davies punted tn Mclaughlin la miarleld and he went out of bounds alter returning one yard. Clark replaced Peters at right Cantlsaed oa Page St aeetlaa S. MELIHELD TO 14-0 SCORE BY SPRINGFIELD Bt Associated Pass to Gaxstts Times- ITHACA.

N. Nov. It On a gridiron which was a mire of mud and snow Cornell defeated Springfield College here this afternoon by a score of li to 01 lltlltftttMtV THE TIDE TURNS. W. J.

T. Pitt 0. Kopf L.E.R....Pie William'! R. Stein McLean Neal L.G.R....: Peters Crook Vince Wiederquist Konvolinka McLaughlin Erickson Brenkert H. Stein Seidelson Harman Bowser Holleraa Anderson Davies Hewitt Basista Score by quarter: W.

and Pitt Touchdowns Kopf. Stein. Missed goal 8 9 7-7 5 0 0 0 Touchdown goal. from placement Stein (11-yard line; blocked and re- covered on 13-yard line). Substitution Jordan for Bowser, Fredetto fox Stein.

Clark for Peters, Kelley for McLean, Ewing for Pie Williams, Poke Williams for Davies, Winterburn for Anderson, Hartnett for Winterburn, Colonna for Hewitt. Officials Referee N. A. Tufts, Brown. Umpire Tom Thorp, Columbia.

Linesman James Molfatt. Princeton. Field Judge Fed Murphy, Brown. Time of quarters 15 minutes. He pulled off runs of 11 yards and 20 yards for two of Pitt's three first downs, the other coming from an 11-yard forward pass from Davies to Bowser in the third quarter.

Beth Cain 101 Yard: The forward pass first down fol lowed immediately on the heels of Winterburn's 20-yard run and carried the ball to the 33-yard line for first t-own. On the final down from this point, with five yards to go, Stein of W. J. intercepted a forward pass and ran the ball back 10 yards to the SO-yard line. It was not until the next play after this one that W.

J. made its initial iirst down of the game, Erickson breaking away, for a 10-yard run. W. J. made two first downs in this quarter and two more in the fourth for a total of four in the game against Pitt's three.

A singular feature of the game was hat both teams gained exactly the same number of yards froril scrimmage, 101. Pitt had the edge in the first half, 35 yards net against 10, but In the second half W. J. gained 91 yards net against 66. Pitt gained a total of 52 yards in the first half, but lost 17.

leaving its net gain, 35 yards. W. J. carried the ball only once in the first quarter and lost it on a fumble. Thereafter it punted on the first down.

In the second quarter it gained 10 yards and lost none. In the, second half, Pitt gained a total of 69 yards, but lost three yards, making its net gain 66 yards. W. J. meanwhile rushed the ball 105 yards, but lost 14 yards, 11 yards of this loss coming with the ball on the eight-yard line just before the touchdown was scored.

Pitt's biggest individual gains wre Winterburn's 11-yard run in the first half, and the same player's 20-yard run and the 11-yard forward pass in the second half. W. largest gain in the first half was a five-yard plunge through the line by Basista, the former Fifth Avenue High School fullback, who played a fine game, both offensively ard defensively. Bi the second half, Erickson's runs of 10 and 21 yards and the 19-yard forward pass play for the touchdowns were the principal single gains of the Presidents. W.

Sc. J. fared worst in ths matter of penalties, being set back 15 yards twice ard five yards twice. Another penalty of five yards for offside on a punt was declined by Pitt, which preferred to take the ball at the point vhere its was downed. Pitt was penalized only once and then for offside.

Panther Threatens Early. Pitt got a break at the very start of the game which placed it in a scor ing position, but tne Panthers were unable to advance and their best op porrunuy or tne artemoon was I squashed. Davies kicked off to open timittttttMtltlltlMtMimittttttttttMfitMttttM thusiasts. That threatened would yet be fought off, they reckoned. In fact, it looked for all the world as If the Red and Black had been hopelessly set back.

Warner sent in Mike Hartnett to replace Winterburn at right halfback for Pitt. The Scoring Play. Then, like a flash from the sky, so quickly that many of the spectators scarcely had a chance to follow the ball in the gathering dusk, came the scoring play! Erenkert. the punter, went back. The play might be almost anything, lor there were still two downs.

The ball was snapped back. Brenkert tossed it over left end, and Kopf, who snatches forward passes, especially when ihe goal line is near, as an outfielder gathers in a fly ball in baseball, was standing all alone on the 10-yard line waiting for the pigskin to come to him. It sped true to the mark and he clutched it in and then turned and headed for the goal line such a short distance away. As already chronicled, he was not molested until he was in a position to fall over the final chalk mark for the touchdown that sent the Little "Washington delegation home in joy and brought gloom to the Pitt sections. And deep-seated gloom it was.

too, for Pitt, for it was the third defeat ofsa season which at the outset promised to be one of the greatest in the institution's his tory, and another loony in the meet ing witn penn state on Thanksgiving Day, when the curtain will be rung down on the campaign. Victorm Play Smartly. W. J. had its defense tested suf ficiently in the first half, with the ball almost constantly in its territory, to prove that there was no weakness in that department of its game.

And, when it got its big chance, offensively, it pulled the right play at the right time and got away with St. There can be no discounting the victory of the visitors: no more than the fact can be denied that it was a tough old battle all the way, and that Pitt was in it right up to the finish. Russ Stein was a mighty factor in his team's play. Listed in the lineup at left tackle, he played a good deal of the time at right end while on the offensive, and on defense he played a roving center, opposing his brother in the latter position. He also called the signals and carried the ball through the line on end-around plays.

Similarly Kopf, playing left end, ran with the ball, bucking the middle of the line. Coach Neala shifted his lineup so that, on defense, Stein jumped from left tackle or right end, wherever he happened to be playing at the time, to roving center. Neal, left guard. moved over to left tackle; Crook moved from center to left guard. and Konvolinka was stationed at right end.

Besides using his ends to carry the tall, Neale showed some other tricks hat aren't used by the majority of teams. For one thing, he sent a back around behind the kicker on nearly very punt, in order to have him on side and eligible to recover the ball in case Pitt, in playing it safe on the treacherous field, should let it lie loose. The two teams were constantly touching down their own punts snd this trick of Greasy's showed that he was wide awake and taking advantage of every little winning siunt in the category. The Pitt team played well as whole, with Harman and a few other stars standing out in the line, Ewing, who got in late in the game, piayed particularly well at right end. McLean, right tackle, was Injured and had to be assisted from the field while Anderson never returned to the g.ir.ie after being supplanted by Win terburn after the first.

few plays. Davies was well guarded and it was up to Winterburn to make the most spectacular dashes for the Panthers. part or tne iourtn tnis situation ei-isted. And then the break came. A forward pass to Kopf, left end brother of Larry Kopf, shortstop of the Cincinnati National League Club, 't or which Coach Neale plays an out- field position Th the summer time, was caught out in the open.cn the 10-yard" line.

Kopf 'made the catch fa'eing his own goal line, and then turned quickly and headed for the Pljt goal. Pitt was caught napping and Kopf was wholly unguarded jvst as- he has been several other times this season on the same play. xtto riu. secondary aeiense took up the chase immediately, but Kopf was i ar the goal line when he was tackled and he fell over it for the only accre ot the game. Capt.

Russell Stein Wash-Jeff 49. Davies ountert to the 31-vard line wnere ine ball was downed. Basista failed to gain at center when he stepped out of bounds. Krickson also failed to gain at center. Erickson punted to Davies who made a fair catch on the Pitt 49.

Winterburn made a vard at right guard. Winterburn made three at left end. Davies punted to the nine-yard line where the ball was downed. Brenkert punted from the goal line to Davies. who was downed in his tracks by Wiederquist on the 34-yard Hne.

Winterburn made four yards in the line. Tijne out was taken to allow the players to wipe off the mud from their limbs, head and clothes. Hewitt made two yards at left guard. Davies made two yards at right end. Davies furhbled a bad pass for a nine-yard loss.

It was Wash-Jeff's ball on downs on its own 83-yard line. Basista made a yard at center. Mc Laughlin made three at left end. Brenkert punted to Davies, who fell on the ball on his own 34-yard line. Davies slipped going around left end and was thrown for a loss of three yards.

Davies punted low to the 'Wash- Jeff 49-yard line, where the ball was downed. Basista went through the line for five yards. Erickson made a yard at rifiht guard. Mclaughlin's forward pass was grounded It was last down and four yards to go. Brenkert punted to Davies on the lS-yard line.

The ball was brought back and Wash-Jeff cenalized for offside, putting the ball on Pitt's 49-yard line. Brenkert punted to the Pitt 29 ard line, but was offside Pitt. iowever. declined the Denaltv and took the ball on its own 29-yard linn. winterburn made four throurh cen.

ter and Hewitt one In the same nlacii. Davies punted to Erickson, who was aownea on tne 26-yard line. Brenkert Dun ted to Da lea the Pitt 45-yard line. Tom picked up the uau ana tnea to run witn It but was nailed in his tracks. Hewitt made two yards through center.

Hewitt made three yards thrnusrh renter piacmg oaii in miaueia. End Int half. Seorc Pitt O. Wash-Jeff Third Quarter. The teams returned to the field 3:35.

There Were no changes at in eimer lineup. urcnKerl kicked off at 3:39 to Da vies, wno tumbled the catch on the 4i-yara line. Hewitt recovered for fin. Pie Williams was hurt on the piay. but remained in the game.

Hew ltt just tailed to make first down on ine next piay. it was last down ana less mun a yard to make. Davies' punt was hurried by Kopf ana ne Kickea nign to his own 41, nrro Ddsitia aownea tne ban. stein carried the ball for a one yard gam through center, and Kopf, left end, made two yards at center. Mclaughlin made a yard at right end ana ran out oi bounds.

Herb Stein picked up Brenkerfs punt ana returnea 10 yards to the Pitt 34. Brenkert was hurt on the piay, but remained in the game. winterburn made three at left tacKie. winterburn made two more at left tackle. Hewitt made four at lett guard, it was last down and one to go ana Davies went back.

lie puntea to the 34-yard lin wnere ine Dan was aownea. Brenkert made Mva yards at left end. tsasista made three at center, iasista lost a yard at right guard it was last down and three vards to go. Brenkert punted to Holleran. who made a good catch on the 30-yard line ana returned four yards, winterburn made three at lett tackle.

Winterburn ran lett end for so yards and ttrst down for Pitt on the Hewitt last a yard at rignt lacaie. Davies forward passed to Bowser who caught the bail for a gain of 11 yaras lor nrst down on the 33. right. A all friends. various found -ft I 4 then kicked goal.

Two years ago, Pitt defeated W. A J. in another hard game, 7-6, when festivities to Frickson. who fumbled on the six-yard line, but picked up the ball and returned to the la-yard line before he was forced out of bounds. Brenkert punted On the first down to the Pitt 49-yard line, where the ball was downed.

Davies lost two yards at right end on. the first play and Hewitt made four yards at right tackle. With eight yards to make in two more plays on the slippery underfooting, Davies punted and the ball was touched down on the 20-yard Then came the break. Brenkert tried a run at right end and fumbled. Peters, right guard, recovering for Pitt on the 19-yard line.

Anderson made two yards at right tackle and then lost one at left end. A forward pass, Davies to Holleran, was grounded and it was last down and nine yards to go. Davies punted and the ball went just over the goal line. Thereafter during the quarter W. J.

kicked onjthe first down and took no further chances of fumbling near its goal line. Another Pitt Threat. On one exchange of kicks, Pitt punted to the 15-yard line and Brenkert got off a poor boot, the ball going across the fleTd to only the 30-yard line, where Holleran got it. Tommy rushed back two yards to the 28-yard line before being downed. Here was another tight pinch for W.

J. However, the ultimate victors got out of it when the first two plays gained only three yards and wvon- volinka then rushed through an.l smeared Davies for a 12-yard loss on an attempt to forward pass. Davies then punted to the seven-yard line and W. J. kicked hack to the Pitt 46.

On another exchange of kicks, Pitt got the ball on its 35-yard line and Winterburn then pipped off his 11-yard run, going through center. W. J. was penalized far holding on the play and this gave Pitt first down on the Wi J. 39-yard line.

Pitt was unable to push ahead and kicked to the 14-yard line, vwith W. J. punting back to its 43 before the end of the quarter. Several punting exchanges opened the second quarter, with Davies fin ally booting the ball to the nine-yard line. Brenkert kicked back, standing on his pial lirie, to4he 34-yard line, where Dttvies was nailed as he es sayed a runback.

plays gained eight yards and then Pitt for the first time tried to make its distances on the final down. Stein served Davies a bad pass and Tom fumbled for a nine-yard loss, W. J. taking the ball on downs on its own 33-yard line. Several punts ensued and then X- with the ball on Pitt's 49-yard lino, kicked again.

The Presidents were offside and the ball, which went to the 18-yard line, was called back and W. J. penalized. W. J.

ini. mediately punted again, but once more was offside. This time Pitt de clined the penalty and took the ball where it was downed on the 23-yard line. Two more punts followed and the half ended with the ball in Pitt's possession in midfleld. It was third down and five yards to go1.

W. J. became theaggressor with the start of the second half. Davies fumbled Brenkerfs kickoff, but Hewitt recovered on the 21-vanl lin Hewitt just failed to make first down in three tries and Davjes punted. His kick was hurried and went high and oniy to tne Pitt 41-yard line.

Three plays made four yards, and Erenk luwnru ine flit goal was short, carrying only to the 24-yard line. Holleran, the Pitt quarterback, maae a good play at this point. See ing Kopf come chasing down under the kick, he let the ball, for which he had been headed, go, and dumped Kopf, taking him out of the play. Herb Stein, playing, as usual, with out a headguard, came up behind Holleran and picked up the ball and ran it back 10 yards to the 34-yard line. An exchange of punts followed and Holleran made a good catch on Cvatiaaed a rage 5.

Serf lo a 3. PASS FOR FIRST Bvf Fr. By CHARLES J. DOYLE. OVEIIBER'S gift to the fans was a wonderful football day.

The fall of snow which met the gaze of Western Pennsylvanians when they awakened excited a fervor which was something akin to tne feelings ef a'kid when he jumps out of bed on Christmas morning and dashes toward the fireplace. Throughout the morntng the en tire Oakland district reflected the spirit of the day. In the of the Schenley Hotel the alumni ana friends of the contending teams mingled in a spirit of friendliness which has long been a feature of these heated clashes. The official headquar ters was the Fort Pitt Hotel, where visitors and natives made merry. Larry Kopf, who sat on tne Wasn.

Jeff, bench, is one of Greasy Neale closest friends. The two aggressive baseball stars are attached almost as closelv as Tommy Davies ana Tommie Holleran. The four Kopf boys had a wonder ful day after getting together in Pittsburgh. The three brothers on the sidelines could not oe oiamea tor having sympathies. Rube Bressler, another member of the Heds.

came up with Kopf from Cincinnati. Hressler is Pat Moran's handy man. He can pitch, play the outfield or first base and he is a dandy hitter. The Fitt band marched to tne peia about an hour before erame tfme, stepping briskly to their own snappy march air. The Panther band is one of the big features of the big spectacles at Forbes Field.

THE WASa-JEfK squad came on the neld at and received a trrrnr nvftilon. N'eale's. Hustlers mmediately went into a practice ses sion. The Pitt boys raced out eight min utes later and the stands broke loose again. Capt.

Davies and hig pale were socn in action. First Quarter. Capt. Russ Stem of wash. -Jeff, won the toss and elected to receive the kicko, defending the home-plate goal.

Davies kicked at 2:31 against the wind to Krickaon on the six-yard ine. iiirickson dropped the ball, but picked it up and returned to the 15- ard line, where he went out of bounds. punted on the first down to the fitt 49, where the ball was downed. Davies lost two yards at light end. K.opf made the tackle, Hewitt made four at rjKht tackle.

Davies punted to the 2U-yard line. wneie tne ball was downed. Hrenk ert tumbled at right end and Peters recovered lor Pitt on the 19-yard line, Anderson made two at right tackle. Anderson lost one at left end. Davies' tor ward pass to Holleran was incomplete, it was last down and nine to go.

Davies punted over tne goal line and scrim maged on the 2U-yard line. tfrenkert punted and Davies downed tne bail or. his own 49-yard line. An derson made two at left guard and was hurt on the play. Winterburn tools, his place right uioack for Pitt.

Holleran made one at right tackle, liasista stopping him. Davies punted to tne 15-yara line, where the Dan van downed. iirenkert punted across the field to Hofteran on tne 30-yard line, and he was downed on the 2H. Hewitt made three through center. Hewitt made oire at right guard.

On an attempted forward rates. Kon volinka threw Davies for a 12-yard loss. Davies punted to Erickson the l-yard line and he returned seven yards. Brenkert minted on the first down to Davies on the put 46. There was no return.

Hewitt made a yard at rieht guard. Davies forward pass to Bow sr was grounded. Davies runted to the Wash-Jeff 27 where the bail was downed. Agrain Brenkert minted on the first down, this time to out of bounds on the Pitt 35. Winterburn madn It yards through center and Wash-Jeff was penalized 15 yards on the rvlay for holding for first down for on the Wash-Jeff 39.

Winterburn failed at center. Davies' forward puss to Holleran behind the line of sorimmare lost two yards at left end, UoHistu Btnppinsr the runner. Davies punted to thV 14-yard line where the ball was touched down. Brenkert punted to his own 45-yard line, the ball again lieine touched down, Davies failed to gain in tho line from punt formation. Kl of qaarlrr.

Score Pitt 0, J. O. Second Quarter. Pitt's ball on the Wash-Jeff 43-yard line, second down, lu to Davie9 made two at left end from punt formation. made one at left guard, but Pitt was rimtised ior offside, putting the.

111 im iho DOWN ttik n. Uincarnan st.Td anhr-r. stem failed to kick goal after the Presidents' touchdown. Last year, the score was 7-0 in Pitt's favor, Davies making a run of some 40 yards from scrimmage for the only tally In the -jwi'ie. As a result of yesterday's nard-fougnt battle, the two teams are worn all even in the matter of victories and defeats in their series of 22 games, sarh having won 11 games.

A Great Mommt. It was a wonderful moment In. Earl INale's life when the final whistle blew of playing everything safe from ths the start, and then got the edge. Noth ing escaped him, and his players were always under instructions from the bench. W.

T. won the toss, and before the kickoff, the Stein brothers. Herb of Pitt, captain of the Panthers last ear. and Russ of W. captain of the victorious outfit, shook handi It was their last college football game against each other.

Although the field was wet. and it was a foregone conclusion that the ball would be heavy in a very short time, W. J. elected to receive 9he kickoff and take a chance twith the oval in its own territory. There was method in Neale's "madness," how ever, for the wind was at his team's back, and he figured oh playing a kicking game and forcing a break.

Game Punting DueL And throughout the first half that was wnat the game was, a punting auei, witn w. J. gaming on almost every exchange of kicks. Capt. uavies of Pitt, never a lusty booter, did very well kicking into the wind but it was a comparatively easy mat ter for Brenkert, the J.

right halfback, to outdistance him. Al most invariaDly w. j. Kicked on the first down, while Pitt, with the all away from its own goal, tried a unning game which, failed, and then punted, never taking a chance to make even a part of a yard on a final down. There was only one first down in the entire first half, and Winter-burn, who took Anderson's place at right halfback, when the latter was injured shortly after the start of the game, made that on a run of 11 yards around left end early in the second quarter.

In the second half, it was a different matter, both teams opening up a lit tle more, with a few forward passes and other diversified stuff. W. strong from being held in reserve at the start, finished with plenty to spare, while Pitt became tired and some what weakened as the time wore on. Pitt made numerous substitutions. while W.

J. did not send a single fresh player into the game. West, the Negro fullback, was unable to start the game, but McLaughlin, the quar terback who. it was feared, would not be able to play, was at his posi tion. although Stein called the signals from1 his place in the line.

Pitt started with all Its regulars except Ssack, the left guard, and used Seidelson, who usuallv plays right guard, at left guard and Peters on the right slds of the line. Before the end ot tne game. Pitt made 10 substitutions. W. ft J.

showed Its real punch in the latter part or tne tmra qunr and through the last period. It got the ball for Its touchdown drive on a punt which Brenkert returnea to the Pitt 47-yard line. made two yard3 through the line and then Erickson broke away for a run of 21 yards, for first down on the 24- nrt lin Here the quarter enaeu Starting the fourtn quarter, mui son lost' two yards at end and then Stein, playing right end and dropping hanU-fiplil to carry tne uaii, UllV wi vt through center lor two yaras. Erickson went off left tackle for three nltJa finm mint formation ana it was last down and sevn yards to go, with the ball on the 21-yard line. It looked as if W.

only hope was a goal from the field. Blocked Kick Recovered. This appeared to be a logical play, and Stein, the best goal kicker on the squad, dropped back to the 31-yard line to try for a placement, witn Brenkert holding the ball. Pitt broke through and blocked the kick, which was low. and an alert Wl J.

player recovered the ball for his team on the 13-yard line. W. J. partisan groaned when the kick was blocked, but the play turned out to be a lucky break for their team, as it netted eight yards advance and gave the lied and Black a first down. Stein plunged through center for five yards and the W.

J. stands yelled for a touchdown, while the Pitt rooters exhorted their favorites to "Get that ball, Pitt! Erickson went back. He received the ball from the center and started on a run around right end from punt formation, but he ns-ver got to the scrimmage line. Harman. Pitt's re liable left tackle, fighting like a fool, broke through, with Jordan, loft end, by his side, and the two smeared Erickscn for a loss of 11 yards, put ting the ball back on the 19-yard line.

It was now third down and IS yards to to for first down on the three-yard line. A roar weat up from tbo Pitt en yesterday afternoon and ended the contest with his team ahead. The young man from Parkersburg. W. had been a star football player at West Virginia TVesleyan College, and later a coach there and then at SWEATERS Headquarters for the Famous BRADLEY SWEATER Guaranteed Sweater, suitable for' sports, and comfortable and endurable.

The. Sweater with a million A vast selection in all sizes, styles and colors will be in our stock. The Price is just PITT MAKES FORWARD BASKET BALL Marietta College before coming to W. J. had accomplished what several other coaches before him had been i unable to do he had beaten Pitt.

He was almost beside himself with joy. Vvnen the touchdown was made, Keale's jubilation was great, but when it was all over, he could not control himself. Dashing upon the field, he met his players coming in. and hugged them to him, like a mother making fuss over her children. Kach and every on of them he pressed to his heart or as close to that spot of affection as possible considering that several times ha tried to.

get his arms around Whole half-dozen at once. Then the J. rooters tried to carry Greasy off the field In triumph, but ho broke away from them and walked to the dressing room with his players. a slim, wiry athletic figure. High carnival was held by the W.

sJ. supporters long after the teams left the field. Gathering behind the home plate goal posts they sang and cheered themselves hoarse. Their joy 'Was unrestrained, and it is likely to last, with them a long time. And It never will die in their memory, Victors Undefeated.

As a result of its victory over Pitt, W. J. probably will go throueh the season undefeated. It has only one morn game to play, with West Virginia University at Morgantow Thanksgiving Day. The fast previous time a W.

team walked oft Forbes Field with the spoils of victory dangling from its belt was in 1914. when it won jj to 19. The late Lieut. Joe Duff was then coach of Pitt and he was succeeded by Warner the following season. Pitt was leading.

10-7 the end of the first half, but fumbled W. kickoff sta'rtin the second half and J. recov ered the ball and went over for tpuchdown that gave it the victory Too much credit cannoti be given Tcaxh Ncale of W. J. for his iraieev in yesterday's game.

He. de leatad Coach Warner ia a battle Ot ar prrpnred to fill your order promptly on all Bakrt Ball para-Ilicriialln. If you cannot come to tin tr. our representative will Kindly call, show samples, and giye (Witlnwue. SKATES Nestor Johnson Tubular Skates Alunminm and Nickel Plated rirKClAli Canadian consisting of black or shoe and nickel plated tkatea Hockey tan Store Open H.tturday KventngM till o'clock Outfit, Special prices for team outfits 7.75 The Dependable Kportlnn; Goods Ktore i-ui maao uireo earned nrst downs in tne gamp with W.

.1. yesterday and two of them came in succession In lh Hilr.l iiim ter. One. was a 20-yard run by Winterbura and the other a forward pum of 11 yards from Davie to Uowscr, left end. The uicture shows llowsvr ui.iii-Ing the catch of the pass.

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