The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-14
NEALE'S MEN
NOT SURE OF
MNNINGGANE
Pitts Season Fizzles Out
With Defeat at Hands
of Wash-Jcff.
BY LARRY.


Fur the first time IN seven yearT
Pitts cup Of JOY is running oveI
out OF the bottom.
After six successive cetcats AT
the hands OF the Pitt Panther, the
last victory having been recorded In
1914, Wash.JeH under the leader.
ship of Earl Neale dragged the Pitt
machine through the mud TO defeat
at Forbes Field Saturday after
noon 70, while 10000 fans looked
on.
From all accounts the lest team
won and It is the better team by
about the margin that the score in
dfcates.
our hat is off to NeaIe-he made
good where others failed for six
years.
He "outfoxed" Warner In the final
minutes OF play; played L patient,
waiting game; watched for the
break; saw 1t; grabbed It; won the
game.
A Mediocre Pitt season has been
made disastrous for defea: by Wash
JefE Is the hardest blow that can
befall a Pitt outfit. One more game
pemains with Penn State on Tur
key Day, and while Pitt may upset
the dope and capture this contest, it
avalIeth nothing. Hope OF a
cessful season is gone beyond recall.
with the defeat Saturday,
Now what will be the result Of
the w. & J.West Virginia contest
on Turkey Day? 1t strikes MS on.
hand that West Virginia's chances
afenot at all reduced by the victory
OF the Red and Black on Saturday,
and we feel that the battle on Tur.
key Day at Morgantown will be a
close one and that West Virginia
Will give Wash.Jef the severest test
Of the entire season.
There Is bound to BIO a certain
reaction at Wash.Jeff following the
Pitt game, while we figure that the
Mountaineers will be in better
shape and in a better fighting hu.
NOR on Thanksgiving than at any
other time this season.
Yale showed great form in tho
game with Princeton on Saturday
and with a stronger rush line over
came the smoother technical play
Of the Jungle tribe. 1t was a great
battle n Of the most vigorous it
the history OF the games between
the teams representing the two in
stitutions. With Princeton out o!
the way, we figure that Yale will
be able to take the measure of Har.
ward IN the final big Three" con
test
with a patched up team. West
Virginia took the measure Of Nir.
ginia 10 after a hard fight. The
makeshift team presented by this
Mountaineers IA due to the fact
that the Freshman rule enforced
oy the Virginia school, and the
Freshfes on the Mountaineers were
barred from the game.
Penn. State, which from all iudi
cations, is far. and away the best
gantzation-in the country today.
look the measure Of the Navy 49,
after the Navy had scored in the
opening minutes of r1ay. Unless
Penn State is defeated on Turkey
Day by Pitt, which is hardly posi-
bib, she should be awarded the
crown Of the east considering the
tesms she has played.
Poor old Dartmouth and poor old
Penn played n great old game Sat
nIday in New York and the final re
Byit was 14-14. With oal% 4 few
minutes to play Dartmouth srade a
touchdown and seemed TO have vic,
Tory secured, but Penn fought back
incorporation during the final min
ntes and seconds and tied the
oodnt. It Is said to have been one
oftthe bitterest and most stubborn
IoFght battles in the cast this year.
Publications are that the Western
Conference title Will have to he
shared this year by Ohio State and