The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP is
WON BY WARNER PANTHERS
Golden Tornado" Fails to
Withstand Smashing
Drive of Pitts Machine.
Score 81 to 0.

Pittsburgh, Nov. 23.-To the Univer-
sity Of Pittsburgh go the supreme
football hOnors Of the North and
South, and undoubtedly of the uni
verse
Glenn Warmers gridirOn warriors
this afternoon successfully defended
their claim Of these hOnOrs by hand
ing the much vaUnted Georgia Teen
eleven a crushing defeat. The score,
- TO q gives only a slight hint Of
, now completely was the Golden Tor
gadO smOtheTed.
with nearly 5000 madly cheering
fans occupying the stands in defiance
OF the below freezing temperature.
Warmers pTOtegsS swept up and down
the field like a we'll trained army,
brushing aside the feeble attacks OF
the Yellow Jackets as 50 many flies
and walking through mud To Victory.
Coach HeisnIan's greatly hcralded
Jump shirt was a failure. complete
rs So On its first trial it uetted the
SOuth-TneTs a mcasly yard. its sec.
OHd trial was knocked down and
rushed without having gained so
much as an inch. TheTea fter II was
used not too frequently by the grid
warriors Of the Southland. for, true
to prediction the foxy Warner had
drilled his men in defense for just
that PLAY End Il invariably was
broken Un before 1t had fairly started
Had Fitt played right up to tire
handle she undoubtedly would have
tati.ed more. but fumhIrs. poor pass
ing and fsw other defras. more
noticeable than heretofore. blasted
N" IONS OF pushing the score
4
the hnlf-rentury mark
Tom Davies. the pltt half back
was again the star Of the game. as
Ne was against Penn last week His
hp"n feld running was wonderful
nd twice. after receiving Punts he
dudgcd the entire Southern team
and ran for touch downs. once trav-
crsinE - yards and again making
s.
Titt won the toss and defended
the south goal TIL" golden Tor
nado kicked on and Pitt started one
OF its grand marches toward thu
goal. Techs defense. however. soon
stopped the march and III" ball went
the other way.
Tech. too. met "A StonewalI and re-
sorted to a punt to get out OF
danger. Pitt then took the ball and
carried il far down the field in line
pIungrs. then on n long forward
pass. Davies TO EaStarday, the Blu'
and Cold swept under the cross bars
for its first touch down. Davies
kicked goal For the remainder OF
the quarter the two teams struE,
gIed backwards and forwards. Al
the very beginning Of the second
period. with Georgia Techs harE
to its own EoaIposts. just 10 yards
away, Fincher pUnted to Davies and
the latter. with one OF his sterling
Snakc-Iikc runs. after taking the
oval on Techs i5-yaTd line, made
his way down tn cfeld and under
the bars for another touch down
He also kicked goal and the score
was Il 10 o.
Following this there was another
sfrugsIe back and forth. with Tech
, rravnr drawing "losc enough 10 reach
PiJr'S goal .fuo TO look dangerous
NJ the ba-iuniu- Of tho third quar-
tar though. Pitt again started OuI
with rush.
\ triple pass forward that amazrG
The crowd sent yesterday across tho
line for PITTS third touchdown.
cTizsCrOsS forward pass carried tht
hall to the fve-vard line and Nc
Taren hucked his way across for thu
fourth score. GOuEler missed the
goal
The fifth and final touchdown wa
the result of the most spectacular rur
Of the day. mad" by Davies. Il was
in the final pe~iod. ard darkness was
fast approaching. Pitt had rushed tn,
ball almost to the Tech goal line anC
had lost it when "a touchdown seemed
near. Georgia elected to hit the line
p few times. but finding 1t immoyabIe.
kicked
Guyon puntrd to Pitts forty-fv,
yard line and Davies taking the ball
rushed forwards Techs goal with
lightning speed. srdestcpDinG one after
another Of the Yellow Jackets. dOdg
ing and circIinE. but still moving
forward. until he dropped behind the
Coal line lie aEufn missed goal The
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