The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-20
Harvard, Yale and Princeton
Refuse to Schedule Games
With Warmers Eleven Big
Three Backs Inferior,
Az FRANK @. MgNkE.

NEW YORK Nov. 20, And now that
the University ot Pittsburgh threatens
TO duplicate It's unbeaten record OF lphi
some totally unfair sport writer's ma
football experts are trying TO classify
n among the western colleges,
That's a little subterfuge to prevent
them from awarding tho eastern char
pionship to some college other than
Yale. Harvard or Princeton. There is a
certain clique Of narrow minded ,olks
who spool the doing OF every eleven
other than the big three" and who be
grudge even few words Of praise for
any college other than Yale, Harvard
or Princeton
But the trick won't work this yea
pittsburg geographically. is an eastern
city, the college belongs nowhere eso@2t
IN the east All Its gridiron foes are
easterners Andfso, N Pit should keen
its record unsullled until the end OF the
season. II must be accorded an undls-
puted championship, unless some other
major eleven also goes through the year
without suffering setback.
Tho Panthers have come forward with
such an amazing rush IN tho football
world during the past three seasons that
they are the collegiate sensations Moth
ing like their meteoric rise has over
been seen before And because Of this
some biased critics look upon them as
''fluke" performers,
Is II a fluke to do what Pitt has done
II has gone through two seasons with
out suffering defeat In the last three
years II has been beaten but once, And
In that time It has played Corn,ll
uwicc,, Carlisle W and j. tih-e,
times). Penn State twice), Georgetown
Westmi minster tthree tlmosl. Allegheny
Carnegie Tech,
Why hasn't IT played Yale, Harvard
stntle peruser, that none OF them vii
sFfNe Pitt game. Pitt wants to pa,
each and every one OF them--has begged
for the chance. But It has been denied
They play safe" In Yale and Harvart
and Princeton. They won't schedul,
games with teams that look too good
And Pitt, 30 say all those who have
seen the eleven In action this year, ha,
the most powerful eleven in America.
Ansnt Au.Amer,eans.
And as Il Ia In ranking the elevcns
90 II has been in the past In naminS
members for the mythical all-Amcricai
elevens Some folks are so medieva
In their thoughts that they still bel,"v'
star players can come from only II ale
Harvard or Princeton Rarely does tha
crowd concede that whiriwind playe
on another eastern eleven, or on west
ern team, Ia as GOOD or better than tn
Yale. Harvard or Princeton performers
II he doesn't belong to Yale or Har
ward or Princeton he isn't any sood
And u he belongs to Yale. or f.arvar,
or Princeton. he's all right.
'ple Three" Lacks stars.
After seeing Yale. Harvard an
Princeton In action so far this year
v our humble opinion that not one o
those elevens has backfield man who's
all yesr doings entitle him to n place o.
the first or second all-American eisv
ems. But you'll find few there whc
you look over the fair selections O
that cotsrie Of experts"
Pollard Of Brown, Hastings Of Pi.ts
burgh, Gerrish OF Dartmouth. Hubble
of Colgate, Oiphant Of Army, MoIAre
Of Pittsburgh, Thielscher Of rartmoutf
shwsrick Of Cornell. Hillhouse Of Brow,
each and every ono Is n better all
around bnckfield man that We have rec
opersting this season for any Of tn
big three"
hut watch where they'll land wnm
tho clique OF foggies begin dealing on
their all-eastern and ALL American
halfbacks and quartcrbacks.