El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-24
TEAM
ANXIOUS To
MEET PITT
Was Defeated Last Season
by One Sided Score; VIII
Play Saturday.
COACH HEISNAN
Has STRONG TEAM

/ DLIISBURG, Pa, Oct 24.-The eye
1 OF American football fans are 70.
cused today upon the gridiron battle
between Georgia Tech and the Uni
versity q PittsburE. which takes
( place At FORBES field. Pittsburg. sat
urday- For weeks down below tins
1 lIason-Dixon line football things
were humming as Georgia Tech pre-
pared for this battle. The Colder
Tornado intends and hopes TO Wye
cut the singing defeat administered
By Pitt last year when the elevens
clashed.
Has Nice Team.
Georeia Tech. under coach John W.
Heisman, had built up an eleven
which sailed serenely through sew
erai seasons without suffering de-
feat They cleaned up everything IN
the south with such ease Kat the
dotinE Tech men soon got che idea
they were unbeatable
Pitt. meanwhile. under the d.
rectiou OF the incompatible vet
rrnn eooch- ssPop5 Warner. had
also gone through three seasons
without q licking. A match was
arranged between the two for
the football championship Of the
United states.
The celebrated Heisman Jump
shift" and g strictly open game we're
the main stock IN trade OF the south
ern boys. Despite the fact that they
had lost the services OF several OF
the star players who had entered the
bigger game overseas Tech came
here with all confidence OF victory.
Upset the Dope
The result was one Of the greatest
uusets o. football dope IN the nistory
OF the american sport Pitt smashed
the Wanted 'jlmp SHIFT 20 smlther-
Gems and scores an oTerH nelnils
victory. Tech res0rted TO the over
head game. which had been the
means OF turning in many a win but
AGAINST Pit- the aerial attack was for
nauEht Occas' onally gains we're
made. but ia the main the Golden
Tornado was toned down TO well
behaved breeze By the heavy crashes
cf the PittsburE hacks-
With the possible exception OF
the NElc-Harrrrd game the con
test between Georgia Tech ana
PITT Is the most imuOrtuuf % the
football season- On the game last
se1xcu more money was bet By
wild football fans than ever be-
fore IN the history Of tire sport.
present Indications point 10
lzeener rivalry between the fac
tionss which undoubtedly VIII re-
MuLl IL NuG 4HAHW -aaallllie1 OF AlAaAr
respective iudgmcntE.
srengtheled By the return OF al
their stars and with last years
freshman eleven keyed 70 top form.
Georgia Tech started this season
with All its old-time vim The first
contest against Furman. resulted in
q one-sided victory and critics lmme-
diately hailed the Tornado as having
ragained all its pristine kick Then
followed the clash with Clemson.
To be sure. Tech trimmed Glenn
son by four touch1orTuE, but the
game clearly established the fact
in the minds Of southern football
critics that Tech would have 20
develop practically a new line 10
insure a victory over Pitt
Tn Andy Hastings, Jimmy De Hart.
captain 5immy Morrow and the vet
eran Tom Davis. all stars OF the great
1917 team. Pitts5urg has one OF the
fastest action backfields OF any team
in the game.
Heisman. besides strengthening Up
the Tech line. viii have TO develop
new line Of attack for this struggle,
and he undoubtedly has because he
has yet 70 be caught mapping