The sun., 1916-12-10
PITTSBURG ELEVEN
HIGHEST DEVELOPED
Coacl, Warner Produced Best
Football Machine in Years,
Says Sol Mctzger.
HAD FINE INTERFERENCE
n, SOL METzGER.
v~sshinston and Je1ersOn Fsstha11
Coach.


One o! the great iestons o. ."e jas
football season was mat sheer power
and drive viii win out nine 'imes IN zen
games. Those elevens OF the has. wnien
6aye stood foremost. Brown Coieate'
Pitt and. S~a''--ano am NOT atte'npv,ms
Tnsy played slashinG football both on
ehence Al" ae'. IL vi" nd
and reneo. y" 49, 49, -, ,hs
more ar.uaI -, "a. ~.
others .hous" IS 49,, ia 90.
hind nror" W 49, 80 .unrsms
ceseo IN ',ona. in hroL.n asid.
ao'Ny u, iaa 1000 n
whereas ,lu. =, n.ch,n. n,.y
hienes' oe's'op u"' w,anm. "a,
II was tne AMY .,a. "a
nsn INTO 'ne ,n'er, "a - ~.
plays po.n -. r,,s t.. no-ar r.
Nserse t"a. - r..
'Aet hs ~, on.nsd w. x,av Tor the
preAo. +" W. 49,. nj, . 80, CO...
hne smasn,"s ~ ,sra - ron
aule ruIn', liz. s..I ~ ,sn.ro,.h,n i,
mere "Ns "'.e ~" Ln,n,n 80.
nhnpns SUI sT.n u.a. s"o,cisn,
een' ot -
"EAn than any o,b.r coach
ws"., a.. .,,ac, IN Soo,hau ,his
oes' su"en sr.st hact. i,Ia us..
nn. """s nstI.r, nd Worrou
0ns'' ~. ~, ,aan, tsks rank AZ
sho . az ~, =, IN ,,,n. ar the con.
one OF une - ~ ooonar.,,on NJ every
WY. r.ow r,nrx sachsd a
"a. -, =, r;,,
Nsti p'"' '"
~ ne,, Machine Ever,
II is not my purpose TO attempt 10 rank
FOOTBALL ele'ens' 40 nor KNOW wnetner
Pitt IL better or worse man one or many
shers' nut ! 40 KNOW warner nag pro
luoed the best machine IN many years.
4 ] think TINS years fWt eleven on = par
\ With any ! nave ever seen, anu !. recaI,
Harvard IN lsoi, faIe IN isos ana many
good elsvens OF these ana o,ner coiieses
since 'hat time. ana ! a'.riou.e me sue
cess OF Pit 10 Hiehh >. warner is
oaeh'
TUE warner nao Nhe ma'er'a' anu
vii have II next year. Tor mat matter
IN iact no coacn can meet WIN success
without u. Ihcse VINO th'hK diHe'en',y
nave NOT studied footoa,i. u nave oul
u 90 BACK 10 lsl4. when mueh OF tnis
anne material AZ Pitt was IN other
$40 nor SUCCESSFUL. yer. al tha,. " was
more than GOOD enough TO the
carlisle Indians. then coached by war.
nr and then lacking material indeed
ne attack or the Pitt team TINS " is
Msed on the same formations used pS
Warner last year with The Indians. II
tned then because II lacked power
II had Just this needed power.
49," III ",ss Uo.n
-. -. IL Co"n.n
"ssna,a 800 ,sa nnu ~.
eosNahN 'tsss vi S cSRs'f A'f'
40
I ..eisn.s o. "eorss ~ ~
4 - seas',s u piouue- uW
f,"a.ewn COS !. o..
o. anu io.e "e waS NU"n
- " n"'tv '"eie WI "n "s 80
49, w" Ie"ns.N s"'", "n.en "S
a"' = ne ny =
",drl'Sie anu 'th~nheo'a'eiy Pu. Tue IN,
eans on me ,oo'oaIl map !hey nau
| pa'el a. me DIG teams up 10 thal me
n y ,hn never won. ms eieVeh ue'
fa'ed teNnsyiVahia 10 10 . III ire ua!s
sen rare ana McCrac~eh were maN'ns
.V..'a'' nsto'! AZ fenhs!iVaI'a anu
.neN oNerwheimed Coiumoia ~ TO atter
VI, We" lort boys had ~h'Tped f"Ie'
'Th lso- the Indians again caused
.ouue WIN Inc pig ie'ioMs, ina.
80" oeal rem ~ Two 'ne EuaNeIs
80 "xaan ~.anau,sneu anu 49,
-. "",,"."H oa,..e, - snn
A.,, , ga, ""I'sa ,.""ns n' 1850
,h,. anI. on ,.no,h
a, ,ho a., ' ~
!.
" ,o,.h.s C....u a.. lana
,''rneI got Warner back in 1909. For
nre' years he worked 10 overcome
aN season at cornell was the oest as
IL. From 1907 To 1915 Warner was
With the indians.
Tt,sbury 20. him in 1918 and has
beer among the leaders since. In fact
Warne, has been signed TO coach through
1870 because OF the remarkable record
o. the team the past two years.
The football outlook at Pitt for 1917
~ par, yulariy bright, Capt. Peck.
centre Heron. end SoppItt. guard, lnd
!nornhilI, tackle, are the only men lost
nom the varsity. and as but two SUB
.tutes graduate there Is ample ma
"nal TO MI In the vacancies,
warner is the most experienced coach
me East and mas served longest. Ills
| euaek has always been foremost and II
y = original. He mas never been bound
V precedent. but has conceived new
one OF the tirst to make telling use or
We open game and won some OF his most
no'aole Indian successes with this style
o. offence, Warner was particularly
fortunate In being able to gain an In
sqe knowledge Of the great Eastern
,e'ems Of play when at Carlisle, winch
ne ala by engaging various college grad
Yates to assist him from time to time,