New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-29

AHA Saturday for the same reason the
hsr went over the mountain-to see
xhat he could see. II was what they
sdur see that gave them pause and
almost apoplexy. Baseball has long
cracked the whip of uncertainty in our
ears, but football has unexpectedness
al It's own.
From end 10 end the Panther began
u. game with a line that aggregated
1877 pounds. or $50 al pounds to the
un. Even in the days when Captain
kidd was conducting his line plunges
81 a plank that would have been con-
,dered a fairly beefy gathering. Men
have gone on diet for less.
Against this billowy beefiness Penn
presented line that. over all, weighed
l.2O9. or 172 ST pounds TO the man.
The margin Of beef a Ia molessin IN
Pitts favor was exactly 10 81 pounds
per individual unit.
Seventeen-Pound Handicap
Seventeen pounds. athletlcally
dressed and ready Ior the PIT, Is con-
coded to be a corner OF the markG'.
The well advertised straw buSted inc
esmel's crank-sEaft; Benny Leonard
was the toast Of the town when ne oeav
. man weighing only six pounds more
war himself and in ath-a-let-ic circles
generally a seventeen-pound advantage,
Z is considered. can only be neutral
;ysd bv q pair OF brass knuckleS or
4 l.ft-haudcr's luck.
In the backfeld Glenn Warner start
a = ouarte. that averaged los pounds,
As against Penn's 1884. That was an
advantage greatly less than Pitt en-
ioved-slim enioyment--on the line,
hut nevertheless incorporated IN that
an mounds Of backfeld beef were the
no pounds Of personal property that
b.lunged 20 George McLaren, who. one
Of these days. probably will be drafted
Fl By the marlborough as subway
81 guard. ,. &c
81 h,.f m the hoof, Pennsy had Howard
p,rrv as the extra cut. and he weighed
but isO pounds. Joe Straus. with 10
ropnds. compressed into an approx
-r,te resemblance Of a veal roast, was
n ,bs heaviest man In the Penn backheld,
II srd when the time arrived for him 10
n rss those l73 pounds he did so like a
II gentleman and a Roman scholar With
m eirht wards Of Pitts goal. with only
u n. is2i.pound line intervening, he
II made three desperate assaults on the
3 bssf market and carried the entire
works with him on his final try.
II PITT NAV have had an of day--it IS a I
,baroion's perouisite-but barring thai I
Y one Of two things is certain, Bob FOL /
A well and his assistants are mlrac4e
II workers or Warner and the Pantners /
have been oyerrated. It may be bit /
! Of both.
Penn for a a TO victory. Since then /
the Red and Blue has not played with /
A any unusual impressiveness F.
y Swarthmore 10 TO 0 and Bucknell 20 to /
{. Pitt. with a run Of victories on her /
home field, turned in a 3 TO card |
against the dashing Syracuse eleven .
one week ago. but took long chances
and got away with them 20 do 1t. A /
II delayed pass in the shadow Of her own /
goal bold attempt, worked success /
fully for q 92-yard run and touch /
down.
Single Track Football
In the game Saturday at Philadelphia I
there was little deception or ingenuity
10 Pitts attack. The Panther was OBJ /
sesssd with the idea Of annihilating I
psnn's line with NcLaren, and for sixty /
II luinutes she played single track foot /
N hsu. Il was an odd trick of chance I
,lst her scores materialized from plays /
not even remotely connected with the 1
II Kind o. game she was trying TO put |
over.
Against the old army style Of the /
Panther Penn exhibited game which /
varied line shifts, double and triple /
! passes and short and long forward /
passes with the customary straight /
football Even though plays were hur- |
RED BY the knowledge that her line /
A was light, Il not weak, there was pre-
esion and dizziness TO the work OF
Penn's bsckfeld that was prettier by
I far 10 watch than the valiant assaults
4 Of NeLsren, aimed time and again !
straight into the line.
NcLsren and Berry are different
types Of fullbscks, and il is our opinion
mat Of The two Berry is superior. 10
oegn with, he is faster afoot and
better kicker Working behind line
nat held as firmly as Pitts did Satur- !
Cay, he would be capable of rising TO !
giest heights. lie picked the few holes
,ha, we're made for him with unerrlng /
instinct, threw forward passes Ike |
Aosr Peekinpaugh losses baseball, /
ne At times when posing for KICK ,
o. pass, with the Pitt forward charg- |
ns down upon him, he busted away /
n'osgh a broken field and outfooted
III p0nrtrs until spilled by the enemy
M,td further up the line.
Aelsren is typical oldtime fullbsck /
% otenee who incidentally plays q
4 so'king defensive game. His work on
ne secondary line Of defence was one
Ihe De luke features Of the afternoon.
attack he holds his feet well, !
'aAshes the line low and seems TO rely |
~ sheer strength TO carry the line be.
"s hin. For short gain he would /
safer than Berry, but as between I
wo the Pennsy back has greater /
II valuable
4 M Is likely TO 20 through the sea-
without & defeat, and Saturday L
nay have been disheartened by the |
,isnaed rumor that at home the
n s..S ea receiving poor support; in
80 may abandon the season il the
s,S. With Washington and Jefferson
e,. saturday does not mark an in
uease in attendance But with $4,000 |
b e,'.sN'orS on Franklin Field and many |
& II. Judging its intrinsic strength. |
arinr Penn. ''''' . " P'N'
ara wrMela, az expected, missed How
IN uers kicking and his experience
On ..ang On eleven. Williams. with |
fOo,bssnveh capable Of good, if erratic,
.S,.' was fortunate in pulling out
beti., ,polnts winner. Union played |
a Junk. PAL than she did against CO.
lie. 70 hold N. Y. U. TO a scoreless