The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-09
Words Sometimes Mightier
Than Strength in Football
BY FRANK G. mENKE.

NEW YORK. Dec. 9-There's tricks In
oil games. as well as all trades-and
football is no exception. All of whi'h
leads up to a discussion Of one OF the
favorlte little stunts OF Glen warmers
Ittsburg Panthers.
Team work ana Individual hrilliancy
helped much II lifting Pitt To the crest
oi football world" declares one student
of the college fTolic, but conversation
was also factor with Bob Peck, cap
tain and center OF the team, as the Of
fiical mouthpiece.
"Pecl talked Syracuse into small
hizCd panic ana what he did ~ thht
Elme he did In all otherg AS soon AS
the teams lined up In that Orange-fhh-
ther game with the ball In Puts posses
session Peak pointed his finger NJ Nhltc,
the 2b6- -podnd syracuse guard, ana SAID
Were going through you this time
right straight through. Mr. White, Ana
~ you try to stop us, FATTY wen ilhlteh
ySu-that's AL.
'rhe Panther backs made good Peck 3
threat They plunged at-and through
the surprised Whit The big syracuse
captain figured Peck merely was bluffing.
He didn't think Peck would tip MIN III
advance ss TO which way the play was
going But Peck kept his word-and
scTossed' White.
Peek Crossed" sehlsehter.
ON the next play. Peek warned armed
OF Whites He told Schlnchtcr trat the
ylay was going right at him Bu'
Echlachter thought Peck surely was Josh
irg and so Schlachter was prepared tc
oump over TO Whites side to bolster W
,hat end OF the line figuring the drive
would hc at white But once again the
Panther backs made good Pecks prog
lcatlon--they went through Schlach'
ter. who wasn't set for the play
"And 80 II went all through the earl
al.
enemy linesmcn just whore the play wa
going and nine times out OF ten th'
foemen would figure that Peck was KID
ding them They'd he set for almost
Nnything else but the play which thu
grlnning PECK predicted After a time
the Orange men began to figure thai
Peck really was going TO tip then
straight throughout tho entire game ~
they began 20 mass their defense where
Peck said the play would 30. And the
Panthers probably would send 1t else
where.
And so SyEgcuse was utterly routed
A sup~sfcr tCaf1 Beat II but the over
wheiriirg defeat was due In certain
measure TO the conversation of Icct
which gent the entire Orange line int
the ala and decreased It's efficiency at
le1st so percent"
Another little Trick.
There's more than one way, too, OF
pctung rid Of n star player In the rnnk7
OF the enemy as the following instanc,
told to us VIII show.
Georgia and Auburn were playing
sEdlust each other-some years ago. The
Auburn center was wOnder-the rca
power In the Auburn liuc Time and
n-niu plays were hurled ~ hlm AID just
al often he rolled them buck
N We could only get that guy oul
oi the way" said the Georgia captain
"Wcd win without trouble
IN get him. said the Georgia cen
ter hnd Immediately after the mex
ria6plDy he hustled over 10 the referee
and SAID The center on that other team
is slugfing Please watch him
Then the Georgia center Jumped h1rl
into the line Az soon as the next play
Wis over, the Georgia center dirc,tr,
few remarks at the auburn uiEskf
passcr. 'Tis said he called him scycra
names, I'm nowise cudcariug Naturally
they rlled the hot blood " the Auburr
player. who fell into the trap hy push.
ing orl 70 right swing which landed
flush upon the Hrczor of hiH tormculor
Hey. hey, looltit ne suggrd m,
A. ain howlcd the Georgian. rushing to-
ward the official and pointing 10 hs gor,
nose as exhibit \
You're right he did was watch
ing him" snapped the official And ~
the spot he ruled out of the game tn,
stnr OF the Auburn line