New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
Coach Warmers Backfeld
Co m pares Favorably
With Penn State Stars
By Ray Mccarthy

Turkey isn't the only good thing on
the menu to-day There are several
mighty fine football games listed
which will whet the appetite of the
gridiron fan more than will the celery
or the cocktail. Most Of the players
will do their eating after the battle
is over, and one crew we know that
will dine sumptuously and luxuriously
If it wins will be the Penn State
eleven.
Penn State is meeting Pittsburgh in
its annual conflict at Pittsburgh in
what promises, as it does each eason,
to be thrilling struggle. A victory
for Penn State means practically the
football championship Of the East.
Others may put forth claims to such
a title, but few will dispute the right
of Hugo Bezdek's warriors to claim
the championship IL they trim Glenn
Warmers protegcs this afternoon.
But the Lion Of the Nittany noun
tain will have the busiest and bloodiest
battle he has engaged in this fall
when he encounters that Pitt Panther
to-day. The three wounds the latter
has already received will not deter
him much in his fight this afternoon.
The Panther has had good rest, has
been preparing for this issue and is
quite prepared for the Lions ferocious
-
attack.
State on past performances looks
like the victor. But anybody who saw
Pittsburgh play against Syracuse or
Pennsylvania will not readily admit
the Blue and Gold is outclassed and
is due for beating. In Davies Pitt
has a back who when going right is
every bit as good as the feet running
Killinger.
In Hewett and Colona Warner has
two backs who are just as effective in
smashing line rs is Wilson. In An
derson Pitt has a back the equal of
| Lightner. And in Holleran, so far as
generalship is concerned the Pitts
burgh eleven has man who is quite
as capable as the quick thinking Penn
State pilot.
Hence, so far as backfelds are con-
cerned, the Pitt team is the equal of
enced than it's rival but not SO heavy.
State is better on the wing positions,
| but Stein at center is better than
Bentz. The result looks like toss-up.
Down in Philadelphia Cornell and
Penn, couple of old pals, will hold
their little tete-a-tete. Year after year
Cornell has visited the Quaker town
and year after year it has been sent
reeling back to Cornell with one of
those gentle love taps full on the cheek
that left a bright red mark, which
stood out like the Scarlet Letter.
However, Comedians one and all, as
we'll as host of others, not only are
hopeful Of seeing their team smite
Penn this year, but they are confident
Of such happening. So are we. If
the Red and Blue wrecks that big Red
machine constructed by the doleful Gil
Dobie this season, you might just as
we'll throw the dope book out the win
dow. 1t is possible, of course, that
Penn will be the victor, but, to our
way Of thinking, very unlikely.
Washington and Jefferson, an un-
beaten eleven coached by the prayer
full Greasy" Neale, is tackling West
Virginia down in Morgantown, W. Va.
This grapple promises to be fast and
furious while it lasts, but the Presi-
dents should be able to keep their rec
ord clean.
There will be a most interesting
struggle here in town this morning
between Columbia and Colgate. This
will be the Blue and Whites last
chance this season to vindicate itself
and its fine coach "Buck" O'Neil. and
it is our belief the locals will come
through. They certainly have the
ability, as they have shown in pre-
vious games to turn such a trick. It
only remains for them to save their
scores after they make them instead
of tossing them away as they have
done repeatedly this fall.
The game will start at .10:39, and il