Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-27
PITT GRID SQUAD
IS PURELY LOCAL
All Panther Football Players
Hail From Western Section
OF Keystone State
ARRIVE HERE TOMORROW

atty Of Pittsburgh football team, which
meets Old Penn at Franklin Field Sat-
urday in the annual game between the
keystone State rivals, is entirely a
western Pennsylvania product, every
hoy on the Panther team having
nrepped for the University at West
,rn Pennsylvania high or prep school.
Center Herb Stein, who was honored
he Walter Camp as All-Americnn CEN
ter in 1920, prepared at Kiski School.
ssltsburg. This school also prepared
Captain Tom Davies. Quarterback Tom
HoIleran and End Frank Williams.
Stains home Is in Niles, Ohio. and he
a. brother of Russell Stein, captain
n the W. and ]. team. Herb was cap.
tain of the varsity last year. Tom
Holleran is a Pittsburgh boy, being
horn within few squares of the uni
ysrsity campus. Tom Davies home is
IN Washington, Pa. not far from Pitts
hurph. and Frank (Pie) Williams lives
AZ Parnassus, near the Steel City.
The two guards arc both graduates
~ Fifth Avenue High School, Pitts
hrgh, they being Jack Sacks, who was
on the varsity last year, and Harry
seldelson. who was freshman guard
In lUZO. Inc TWO tdChitS are potn
from the greater Pittsburgh district,
and Harvey Harman, who attended
Peabody High School, Pittsburgh.
Charlie Bowser, n graduate Of Johns
town High School, plays the end OPP
posite Williams.
The backticld consists Of Holleran at
quarterback, Davies at left halfback
and John Anderson, graduate of Ben
Avon High School. n suburb Of Pitts
burgh at right half. The fullback is
Oryillc Hewitt. graduate of wilkins
burg High School, also n suburb of
Pittsburgh.
No Tramp Athletes
II is notable fact that not single
man on the varsity has played football
at any other college. In fact, there is
but one man on the entire varsity
sound of thirty eight who has played
AZ any other institution, he being Fred
G, Peters, sub right guard. who played
az Pennsylvania during the S. \. L. G.
perlod. He is senior in the Dental
School at Pitt, and was in residence one
year before coming out for the team.
He is now working rs an understudy
10 Seldclson and pushing him hard for
the regular position.
lhP ncnNlpSt nun Oh tUC NuTSllS tIcNcH
isFulhack Tiny Hewitt, who weighs 100
pounds, although Harvey .Harman tips
the beam at just one pound less. The
lishtest man is CAPTAIN Tom Davies,
who weighs 155. The heaviest man on
the entire varsity squad is John F.
Miller. o graduate of Mount Union
High School. who weighs 2A pounds.
Miller is sort of proteec of "Pop'
Warner, who spotted him at student
assembly one day and decided he could
make football player out Of him.
Miller has been under Warmers watch
ful eye for almost q year now, and is
developing fast. The Old Fox predicts
that in apother year he will be making
q strong fight for varsity berth.
Coach Warner has some excellent
substitute material on the Panther
squad. Frcnchy FredPtte, KiSki
graduate; Magarrnl. Pittsburgh high
school boy, and Miller are the sub CEN
Clark. a graduate of North Side High
School, Pittsburgh: L. Il. Bryce, n
graduate of McKeeSport High School,
and L. b. Lear, a graduate of Mones-
sen High School. Leon Kelly, graduate
Of Mansfield Normal: L. NJ. Simpson,
Huntington High School. and y. G.
Ncwbakel, Of Wyoning Seminary. arc
the sub tackles.
Jordan Sub End
The end material, other than the
varsity players, consists of Jack Claw
son and Fred Ewing, both of Kiski
Cook, of Irwin High School Haines, OF
Grafton High; Young. of Pittsburgh
High, and /. =. Jordan, of Punxsutaw-
ney High. Jordan is the panthers' star
e1 fhn1 Il L., a.
ihs end. On the varsity basketball
Team last year he averaged half II dozen
goals game and his individual work
ministcring defeats to Yale and Dart
mouth on the local floor.
The backticd substitutes consist of
T. +. Byers, Turtle Creek High j. Z.
Surrie, Pittsburgh High: y. {. Co.
!!onna, Woodlawn High; Tom J. Eias,
pittsburgh High; VI. J. Hartnctt,
Johnstown High: J. !. Laughran.
BBraddoch High; Mich Shulcr, lIllwood
wy High: e. \. William. Wcllsburg
HIigh, and J. G. Wtut"rbura Elizabeth
Ils" Wint"rbUyn il pressing John
emerson hard toy the regular right
NaItback position. lie replaced the lat
Ter when lie was injured in the SYRIA
Gus" game and made one of the longest
runs in that contest, lie also did tine
WORK IN the West Virginia game.
me Panther team will leave tonight
and will rest III Philadelphia Friday.
Coach Warner will likely call off all
practice that day, although be may de-
cide at the last minute to timber up
either on Franklin Field or on one Of
u, me available Quaker City gridiroue.
tne famous Pitt band Of sixty pieces.
SSosgcd up In braEd-ncw uniforms. will
e"'o Friday morning, accompanied by
n o., ,ra'l!oad Of students. Hundreds OF
rn, n alumni from all points of the East
WIZ bc in the Stands Mt Franklin Flrld