New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-12
PITTSBURG Team
STRONGEST in EAST
Defeat Of W. and ]. Places Eleven
at Top Of Ladder

room for doubt now that the Pitts
burg football team is the strongest
in the East. The impressive manner
in which Glenn Warmers eleven de-
feated Washington and Jefferson last
Saturday dispelled whatever little
doubt there had been as to the cali
Der and rank of the Pitt machine.
With West Virginia, Pennsylvania. Sy-
racuse and Washington and Jeffer-
son among it's victims Pitt has the f1n-
est record in the country.
The defeat Of W. and j., the set
back suffered by Dartmouth at the
hands of Pennsylvania and the trounc-
ing Georgetown got from the Navy re-
duced the number of indicated eleV-
ems in the East to only three--P1tt,
Stevens and Williams. Obviously
neither Stevens nor Williams ap-
proach the class of Pitt, so the field
among the topnotchers is left TO the
Panthers alone. The Navy in It's
present form might be able to give
Pitt hard argument, but the Mid
, shipmen were eliminated from consid-
Grafton for top honors when they lost
to West Virginia early in the season
by Z to 0.
| Pittsburg and Washington Jeffer-
in which both elevcns displayed re-
markable football and playing spirit
The Fanthers finally emerged victors
; by the narrow margin of three points,
! but the game was in doubt until the
! closing minute of the contest Both
| teams showed sensational streaks of
offensive and defensive work, but the
efforts of Pittsburg were better sus-
| tanned and this was the winning fac
tor
Considered broadly it was Il loose
ball game, forward, lateral and double
passes being frequent and the gains
| from this method of play large. The
Panther attack was more varied and
deceptive than that OF Washington
and Jefferson, but the defensive
strength OF the latter team at criti-
cal moments nuilified much of the
power of Pittsburg. McCreight and
McLaren were the individual stars Of
the game, which from all angles was
one Of the very best Of the entire sea-
son.
Day of Heavy Scoring.
Not in many seasons had there been
a day when topheavy scores were so
prevalent as last Saturday. Some idea
! Of the number of touchdowns made
| CelI1 no Sd1ICu 1IO11l L1lc ldCL LINdL III
twenty games, selected almost at ran
dom, the combined score of the win
ming teams was 678 to the losers 81.
In addition to the Pitt-W. and j
game one other Eastern contest stands
! out in the riot of scoring with start
ling vtvidness owing to the closeness
of the struggle and the final result.
That game was the Penn-Dartmo uth
contest. Pennsylvania fought Dart
| mouth to standstill and won in the
closing period of play by determined
| attack which the tired Hanover elev-
en- could not stem, even with the aid
of fresh substitutes. AS usual How
ard Berry was the scoring factor but
considered as whole the Pennsyl
vanit team outplayed it's opponents.
The Quakers' offensive was better
sustained and more varied than that
of Dartmouth, and the latter eleven
could neither break up the Pennsyl-
vania passing game nor make con-
sistent gains against the Red and Blue
defence when in possession Of the
ball.
The Army and Navy emerged vic
tors in their respective contests, the
soldiers defeating the Carlisle Indians
rather easily in a game in which OIL
plant and Knight starred with a great
exhibition of team work and open field
sprints for touchdowns. Georgetown
put up a stronger battle against the
Middies, but was forced to be salts
fed with the small end of the score,
as the all around power and ability
of the Navy was too great to be over
come by even the we'll balanced and
coached combination of the collegians.
Disastrous Defeat For Cornell.
| Michigan's AZ to rout of Cornell in
one Of the most important intersec-
tional contests of the season demon
strated that Coach Yost has developed
one of the most powerful teams that
ever represented Michigan. Veteran
| critics of the Wolverines declare that
Michigan has the fastest line in its
history.
! Starting the season with a team Sc
riously crippled through enlistm ents.
| Coach Yost moulded green material
: into q machine that in seven games.
has scored 274 points, while only II
! have been registered against 1t. me
team Is expected to go through the
season without defeat, as two more
games are scheduled, one with North
western and the other with Pennsyl-
vania
The triumph Saturday was the first
the Wolverines had scored over Cor
nell in four years. Five minutes a1ter
the whistle blew it was obvious that
Michigan was the better team. Archie
| Weston the lightest quarterback
Michigan ever had, played sparkling
| game. Weston, who scales about 145
pounds, scored three Of the touch
downs and displayed remarkable skill
as an open field runner.
! Brown IN It's game with the Sec
ond District Naval Reserve eleven
captained bv Cupid" Black, formerly
of Yale, was completely outclassed by
| the service team, which played like