The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-25
PITT TEACHES ALL
SOUTH A LESSON
Panthers Victory Over Geor-
gfa Tech Proves Advertising
Does Not Make Team.
ny DANIEL.

ny DAsNlEbs
Georgia Techs overwhelming defeat
by Pittsburg was the big feature OF foot
uall last Saturday. II cost Southern
followers OF the game a pretty penny
ana Impressed on them the futility OF
thinking that a great coach and a lot
OF highly advertised plays and several
scores beyond the hundred mark against
small pun1pkina'' are all that are re-
CURED to win football games
AS we pointed out In Our forecast, Il
IS foolish to believe that n lot Of tried
veterans, with greater weight, playing
before home crowd and backed by tho
splendid coaching Of man like Glenn
warner could be beaten by a toam
composed largely OF inexperienced ma
teriaL Georgia Tech suffered from too
much and overzealous advertising, and
Tor the sake of John Heisman we regret
II. We can say that he shared none OF
tho optimism OF Georgia Techs ad-
hefents and the South at large.
In spite OF the setback by 30 big n
score, % to 0, It must be said to the
credit OF Heisman and hs charges that
ne presented far better coached team
than had been expected. The Tech line
played like lot OF veterans. Pittsburz
thrusts OF tackle and into the heart OF
the line. The Tech boys stood up under
the testing out like true stalwarts and
Pitt for the nonce was nonplussed.
Warmers system Best.
But the Warner system was no, to
be denied. Pitt began to pick at every
point. but pick fast Finding no preg-
nable point on the line Pitt started 70
open up Wide. and Tech was doomed
Wide sweeping runs around the ends,
through the fleld. sclntIllatng efforts by
rom Davies the 1918 edition Of Ned
Mahan. forward pawes straight ever
the line and from back to end. double
passes and a shifting OF the backs that
left Techs line unbalanced all con-
tributed In the Georgian downfall.
AS the rout progressed Tech. under
the roaring OF a crowd that exceeded
Dy perhaps 10000 any Tech man ever
had seen before at a football game
and roaring that was meant to force
l'itt 70 relentless pursuit OF the score
the eleven from Atlanta fell to pieces.
reward the end they lined up on the
hfty yard limo for the kickoff and so
dsz,d were they none knew the mistake
until an official ran out and woke them
from their trance.
Perhaps next season Tech will be IN
a position 70 do better but when first
class Northern eleven meets a FIRST class
southern team the chances always are
to against Dixie Football has made
giant strides In the South. and Southern
college football teams no longer are
composed OF players from Massa chusetts
and Connecticut. but the big factor OF
fundamental education In the game Is Of
vital Importance.
Northern Younssters Excel.
In the North school player gets tho
beneht OF coaching on a par with tho
average IN the colleges. When the
Northern school star comes to college he
In In a position to challenge some OF the
veterans for place on the varsity.
When Southern school player comes
to college he Is perhaps n worse player
than TX he had had no experience at all,
for he must unlearn a lot OF funda-
mentally bad football
SO for some years to come dreams
such as Georgia Tech must have har-
bored probably will be doomed TO dis
appointment.
The defeat of the Navy BY Great
Lakes. to 8, was not In line with our
expectations. and once more the FOOLISH
meas OF the goal from touchdown was
emphasized. Here was a Navy team that
outplayed the sailors pretty much all the
way. had scored one touchdown and
was within ten yards OF another. Came
a tumble and dash--a score and goal
from touchdown. and the midshipmen's
superiority went for nsught. 1t is true,
II h all In the fortunes of war. but some
how II does not sound right. The goal
from touchdown Is a relic from the pleo-
Gene era OF football and should be legls-
lated out of existence.
The rather peculiar stunt OF n Navy
substitute running out and tackling the
Great Lakes runner on his way TO the
Navy goal stands without parallel in
major football games. We have seen
runners tripped by substitutes and spec
tators on the side lines In minor col
lege games. but as far as we can re-
member the accident at Annapolis
stands alone IN the annals OF moro i'm
portant gridiHon struggles.