New-York tribune., 1917-10-30
Georgia Tech
Close on Trail
Of Pittsburah
Strong Atlanta Eleven Want,
Post-Season Contest for
the Red Cross
By Morgan Blake

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. pa moveneo.
is on foot in Atlanta TO stage POST.
season game between Georgia Tech. ssa
Pittsburgh, either in Philadelphia a,
at the Polo Grounds, in New York, A
of the receipts to 20 to the National
Red Cross. The Tech. faculty and a.
rectors have always taken q stand
strongly in opposition TO post-ssass,
games, and Tech. has never played On
But with such a game as the one On.
gested with Pittsburgh. where the N
ceipts would go to the National Red
Cross, it is known that the author:si~
at Tech. would be agreeable.
Such a game ought to create . s~
mendous interest in the country, fcr
George Tech. has team this year hat
could unquestionably give PittsburrA
strenuous tussle. and there are
world of men in this part Of the eour.
try who would be willing TO wager a
nice round sum that the Southerns.
could bring home that portion Of tis
hog known as the breakfast bacon.
Coach Folwell Of the University Of
Pennsylvania. is authority for The
statement that Tech. has one Of tie
greatest football teams he ever ssv.
and in Eyeritt Strupper probably "a.
greatest halfback in the country. And
Coach Folwell ought to be good judr
for ne recently saw his Penn. ten
routed by Tech. by the score Of Il tsl
South's Best Eleven
The present Tech. team is urqus-
tionably the best that the South has
ever turned out, considerably better,
according to the experts. than the Van
derbilt, Virginia and Washington sri
Lee teams in their palmiest days.
There may be some wonder as to the
strength of the Southerners especially
in this year when the war losses hsu
hurt so many other teams. The answer
is that Tech. probably had larrr
bunch of material last year than any
other team in the country Teas
proportionate losses because Of he
war have been just as large as any
other colleges, but she was fortuhah
in having more men to select from.
Of the thirty men who were in tie
Tech. varsity squad last year sevs,-
teen are in the army or the navy
present, four more were found phyi.
cally unfit, two have their applicsiiors
in for the aviation service, and !hr~
are under age.
An example of the rigidity OF u,
army's physical test is shown in the
case of Big Six" Carpenter, captain
of the present squad. Carpenter sp
Piled for admission 20 the army az ths
outbreak of the war, but, due 10 an
injury he had sustained in a game two
years before which necessitated an
operation, he was ruled physically m
eligible. And. yet he is one Of the
finest specimens Of manhood IN the
South and one Of the best tackles tbs
section has ever known.
Strupper Better Than Guyon
In Everitt Strupper. Joy Guyon, .,
formoe Carlisle star, and Albert H.,
Tech. supporters believe that The A.
lanta college has the best trio
baeks in the country. The peoped
the East know Of the proves 4
Guvon. and Folwell says Struppsr s
FAR superior to the big Indian.
Teen. believes she can beat PiitS
tdrgh and would be glad 20 have To
post-season game arranged. Certai,.
ly it would be a great drawing card
Ii would be the first time that
Southern team had met the best issr
in the East, with equal odds prevail
ing.
And II anybody in the East dOs,rt
believe Tech. has a regular fooiAsl
team, Just ask Bob Folwell