The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-21
UNFAIR TO PITT.
Fasteners Try to Put War
ner's Team in Western Glass.
Old FOgies Do Not Like to Give
1t Recognition.
BY FRANK G. NrENKE.


New York, Nov. 21-And now that
the University of Pittsburg threatens
to duplicate it's unbeaten record of
1915. some totally unfair p Jrt writ
ers and football experts" are trying
to classify it among the western COL
leges.
That's little subterfuge to pre-
vent them from awarding the eastern
championship to some college other
than Yale, Harvard or Princeton.
There is a certain clique of narrow
minded folks who spool the doings Of
every eleven other than the big
Three" and who tegrudge even few
words of praise for any college other
than Yale, Harvard or Princeton.
But the trick won't work this year.
Pittsburg, geographically, is an east
ern city; the college belongs nowhere
foes are fasteners. And so, if Pitt
should keep it's record unSullied until
the end of the season, it must be ac-
corded the undisputed championship,
goes thru the year without suffering
a setback.
The Painters have come forward
with such an amazing rush N the
football world during the past three
seasons that they are the collegiate
sensations. Nothing like their mete-
eric rise has ever been seen before.
And because of this, some biased crit
formers.
What Pitt Has Done.
Is it a fluke to do what Pitt hac
done? 1t has gone thru two seasons
without suffering defeat. In the last
! three years it ras been beaten but
Cornell. Pennsylvania (twice), SYRIA
cuse, Navy (twice). Carlisle, Wash
ington and jefferson (three times),
Penn State (twice), Georgetown,
Westminster (th-ec times), Allegheny.
Why hasn't t played Yale. Har-
ward or Princeton? For the simple
reason. gentle peruser, that none of
them will give Pitt game. Pitt
wants to play each and every one of
them-has begged for the chance.
But it has been denied. They play
safe in Yale and Harvard and
Princeton. They won't schedule games
with teams that lock too good.
| And Pitt-so say all those who have
seen the eleven in action this year
has the most powerful eleven in
America.
Anent All-Americans.
And as it is in ranking the elevens.
| so it has been in the past in naming
members for the mythical all-Ameri-
can elevens. Some folks are SO med
! iaeval in their thoughts that they still
believe star players can come from
| only Yale, Harvard or Princeton.
Rarely does that crowd concede that
a whirlwind player on another east
ern eleven, or on a western team, is
as good or better than the Yale, Har-
ward or Princeton performers.
Their slogan has been:
IF he doesn't belong to Yale or
Harvard or Princeton he isn't any
good. And if he belongs to Yale or
| Harvard or Princeton, he's all right"
! After seeing Yale Harvard and
Princeton in action so far this year, It
is our humble opinion that not one of
those elevens has a backfield man
whose all year doings entitle him to a
American elevens. But you'll find
few there when you look over the
fair" selections of that coterie Of
experts
Pollard of Brown; Hastings, OF
Pittsburg; Gerrish, of Dartmouth.
Hubbell. of Colgate; D. Oliphant, OF
Army: McLaren, of Pittsbu- g; Thiel,
scher, of Dartmouth; Shwerick, OF
Cornell; Hillhouse, of Brown-each
and every one Is a better ail-arounc
backfield man than we have seen
operating this season for any OF the
| Big Three"
! But watch where they'll land when
the clique of fogies begin dealing out
their all-eastern and all-American
halfbacks and quarterbacks
Murphy King of Drivers
| Chicago Ill. Nov. 21-Thomas w.
Murphy of Poughkeepsie. n. Y. again
| leads the money winning drivers of
| the grand circuit. Murphy won $685.
557 on the circuit last season. which
was ss,6S4 more than was won by
Walter r. Cox of Dover. n. H. his
nearest competitor. Since 1903, when
the Poughkeepsie reinsman first head
| ed the list of big money winning driv-
ers. he has won s632,644-15-
Rivers StiH Has ssSome Punch
/ New Orleans, La. Nov. 21.-Joe
| Thomas is in the hospital today suf-
| fering conclusion of the brain because
Joe Rivers planted his famous right
! swing from the hip on his jaw in the
third round of their scheduled 20
round bout here. Rivers was arrested
pending developments. The blow