New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05
A Mighty Attack

her. The Wanted line of Syracuse Uni
versity was torn to finders by the
mighty attack Of the Smoky City war
riors We have never seen greater
power in a football eleven, and 1t was
the power that drives machine along
smoothly and with little apparent eff
fort.
PENNSYLVANIA, which subdued Penn
State in convincing style, was beaten
with remarkable ease. Here again the
relentless force of the Pitt attack was
apparent in every play. and the first
line of PENIS defence was pried apart,
bent backward and broken. The Navy
alone has put up fight worthy of the
name against Pitt, holding her to 20
to 10 score.
This wonderful success is due to two
perfectly good reasons: Pittsburgh has
a student body of 1000 from which to
call her material, and in Glenn Warner
coach who owns no superior Every
team that Warner has ever coached has
taken the field perfectly grounded IN
the rudiments of football. Every play
calls for special duties on the part OF
every man, and Warner sees TO 1t that
every last detail is carried out.
Hours and hours in the early weeks
of the season are spent by his teams IN
FL
linemen and backs are drilled in these
all-important departments of football
until they are letter perfect A pre-
MUM is placed upon speed, and IT is no
wonder, then, that the interference
forms so quickly and works with such
deadly precision.
The day of the Syracuse Pittsburgh
game one of Pennsylvania scouts went
10 Warner and said: "Well, Glenn, here
am with a notebook and pair of field
glasses. We're going to beat you this
year"
"Glad TO see you. But why wait until
the game I'll show you our formations
explain them TO you, and If your team.
or any other team can stop them, why
go right to it," said Warner.
Not a Bluff
Warmers speech was not prompted b.
any egoism. II was not in the nature
Of n bluff. either. He insists that there
are certain plays which, If executed
properly. with every man performing
his specific duties with careful atten-
ton to detail, cannot be stopped with
out a reasonable advance. HIS teams
are noted for the wonderful perfection
in detail. and so success is won. The
wonderful Carlisle teams teams that
Dragged of Thorpe and Guyon, OF
Powell, Calac and Brackin-are sur
] passed by this eleven of Pittsburgh.
II has been whispered here and
there that inducements are offered TO
athletes entering Pittsburgh, and that
this team has been gathered from the
highways and byways of the country.
This is not in accordance with the
facts. There is not man on the
squad with the exception of Seldel,
who ever played college football before
entering Pittsburgh. Seidel played Mt
/ Muhlenberg for one year. lie was on
the scrub eleven last season, but by
furious playing won his place on the
/ varsity this year. Indeed, most Oh
the players come from the prepara-
tory schools of Western Pennsylvania;
Nothing succeeds like success, an
the remarkable advance of Pittsburgh
in the athletic world has caused nun
dreds of prep school lads to matrlcu--
late there rather than go to some OF
the Eastern colleges TO make their bid
for athletic fame. The university IS
l29 years old, has approximately 4,UOO
students. and an alumni body OF e,VOo'
On this years eleven there are sew
eral men Of All-America timber.
/ George McLaren, Nhe i"'i""NN - VI"
Of the greatest line breakers we have
ever seen. He is sophomore. with
two wears more before him. Bob Max
we'll former star of Swarthmore elev-
ems. and a keen student of the game,
declared McLaren to be one of the
greatest backfeld men he had ever
seen. With two more years in which
to develop he should rank with the.
great Ted Coy, or Bezdek, or some Of
those other heroes of the gridirons.
Bob Peck was chosen on the An
America team last year, and careful
student of the other centres on the
field this fall dscloses no dangerous
rival to him. Red Hastings is star
Of first rank. and Heron has few SUI
periors as an end.