Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-09

When the Au-America teams are Se-t lected and the football championship versity of Pittsburgh may not be rec ognized. The argument may be ad- vanced that Glenn Warmers proteges did not play Yale. Harvard or Prince ton, or other teams of the Big Six. In deed, it is to be regretted that those games could not be arranged, for Pittsburgh is represented by one of the strongest teams of the year. if not the strongest, says Frank O'Neill
 Pittsburgh has not dipped her colors since 1914. Then Washington and Jefferson. coached by Bob Folwell, who of the University of Pennsylvania, won a thrilling game by a score of 13 to 10. That, however, was before Glenn War ner was placed in command of Pitt.
 Last year Pitt swept through a schedule of eight games, including the Jefferson and Penn State, winning them all, and scoring a total of 247 points against 26 for the opposition. The Navy scored 12 points against Pitt. more than any other team.
 A Mighty Attack. g
 Thus far this season Pitt is tearing along, sweeping all opposition before her. The vaunted line of Syracuse university was torn to flinders by the mighty attack of the Smoky City war; riors. We have never seen greater power in football eleven, and it was the power that drives machine along smoothly and with little apparent ef- 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 Penn's defense was pried apart, bent backward and broken, The Navy alone has put up 9 fight worthy of the name against Pitt, holding herSto 20 l to 19 score. 2 E", S 5f [ This wonderful success is due to two perfectly good reasons: Pittsburgh has | a student body of 4,600 from which to | call her material, and Glenn Warner 1 a coach who owns no superior. Every | team that Warner has ever coached has taken the field perfectly grounded ir the rudiments of football. Every play calls for special duties on the part o1 every man, and Warner -sees@to it=tha' | every last detail is carried out.--. | Hours and hours in the early weeks of the season are spent by his teams 1T l tackling and taking out practice. The | linemen and backs are drilled in these all-important departments of footbal until they are letter perfect. A pre- mium is placed upoh speed, and it is no wonder, then, that the interference forms so quickly and works with sucl | deadly precision.
 The day of the Syracuse-Pittsbur | game one of Pennsy1vana's scout: went to Warner and said: Well | Glenn, here I am with a. notebook an( a pair of field glasses. We're going tt beat you this year.
 Clad to see you. But why wait un til the game? I'll snow you our for nations, explain them to you, and il l your team or any other team can stoI 1 them, why, go right to it." said War 1 ner.
 Warmers speech was not prompted by any egoism. It was bot fl the na- | ture of a bluff eitherrA II Ier insists there are certain plays, which, if executed | properly, with every man performins his specific duties with careful atten. ton to detail cannot be stopped with
 out reasonable advance. His team: are noted fer the wonderful perfection
 in detail. and so success is won. Iii,
 wonderful Carlisle teanls--teains taa
 bragged of Thorpe and - Guyon, c
 Powell. Calac and Bracll1ir-are sur
 passed by this eleven of Pittsburgh
 It has been whispered here ant
 there that inducements are offered t
 athletes entering Pittsburgh. and tha
 this team has been gathered from tn highways and byways of the country
 This is not in accordance with tn
 facts. There Is not a man On e tn.
 squad with the exception of Seidel