Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-06
GLENN WARNER
HAS HARD WORK
Material Poorest in Years;
Coach Will Have Big
Squad in Camp

Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. 6.-The Uni
versity of Pittsburgh football candi-
dates will be assembled by Coach
Glenn s. Warner September S. at the
Universitv engineering camp at Wind
ber, Pa, and the following day the
Panthers will start their practice
grind. Engineering students of the
University nave been working in camp
there all summer and everything is in
ship shape for the reception of the
gridmen.
The coming season is going to be
an unusual one in many ways and
the Panther rooters aren't too opti-
rnistic as to the outcome. The materi-
al is the poorest in years, with few
tried performers available. and
the schedule is the hardest Pitt ever
arranged. While the return of Hast
ings, Dehart and Morrow from the
service bolstered up the backfeld con-
siderable, the line material is very
green and Warner will have to do
lot of figuring in order to prepare a
defense which will take care of the
opposition
Last year 10 men received their
Varsity letter in football at Pitt and
Of this number 13 were lost by gradu-
alton. Included in the six who re-
main are only 3 regulars-Davies, the
sensational halfback, who was picked
by Walter Camp for his first ALI
American team; Stein, center, ana
Nervis, tackle, Horner, sub-quarter-
back McCracken sub-fullback, and
Harman, sub-tackle are the other
three. These, with Dehart, Hastings
and Morrow, all backfeld men, give
Warner a nucleus of only veterans.
Men in Camp
A total of 43 will go to camp, 70 OF
these having been members of the
Varsity squad at some time, although
not winning their letter. Almost all
of them were in the service. The
coach figures that in this squad
there are about 10 or IL men who
have the stuff in them to be developed
into Varsity class.
Four men who have played on the
1917 Freshmen team are back, the
best known being Merle Hileman,
:. captain of the team, who has been
with the Army of Occupation in Ger
many He got his discharge only a
few days ago. Eight men who have
not been out for any of the Univer-
sity teams but who are eligible under
the one year residence rule have sig
nified their intention of trying for
the team, although there is not an eX-
perienced man in that list.
Warner Has Big job
1t IS generally felt that Glenn War
ner has one Of the biggest jobs on his
hands that he ever tackled to shape
a team to meet Penn, Georgia Tech.
= w. and j., Syracuse, Penn State and
West Virginia and if he can come
through with even a fairly successful
team he will have accomplished a
real feat The Panthers haven't lost
a college game since the Comedian
took charge here four years ago.
Jimmy" Dehart, who was Lieu
tenant and Ii structor at Mather AVi-
alton Field, California. is the new
captain His election came as result
of a letter last week. Dehart Is the
only man who ever won his letter in
four branches Nof major sport here.
The schedule follows:
october /, Geneva College, at Beav-
er Falls, Pa; October IL. West Fir-
ginia at Pittsburgh; october Is, SYRIA
Cuse at Syracuse. n. Y; october rs,
Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh; Novem-
Der /, Lehigh at South Bethlehem
November s, W. and J. at Pittsburgh
November Is. University of Pennsyl-
vania at Philadelphia; November 22,
carnegie Tech at Pittsburgh; Novem-
Der 81, Pennsylvania State College at
pittsburgh.