The Washington times., 1922-11-29

Ue nsted.
Many experts contend that
Warner has done moro for the
betterment Of football In the
Eastern section Of the country
than any one else connected
with the game. He developed
combinations at the Carlisle In
dian School. Cornell and Pitts
burgh.
Hugo. Bexdek came out Of the
West few years ago to take UP
the coaching Job at Penn State
College.
The keystone ,staters had fine
material. However. the fact that
Bezdek was tied up with a con-
tract as manager of the Pittsburgh
Baseball Club kept him from ar.
rfying at State College in time to
get the Blue and White team into
good enough. shape To- defeat Dart
That was the only game that
Bezdek lost while at the helm of
the football craft at Penn State
until Bob Powell's Navy pupils de-
feated them at Washington, IA to
o. this fall.
That is a record that any coach
could well be proud of. The team
stood the test of almost four years
without cracking. Since then. Bez-
dek has accomplished wonders with
his eleven.
He got 1t in shape to snow un.
der Carnegie Tech and later played
a strong game against Johnny
Heismann's Quakers. The latter
contest they lost by one point.
Penn kicked their goal and State
missed its opportunity.
Bezdek accomplished wonders
with his material ~ Penn State.
He gave the keystone Staters
some Of their best teams. He
season by defeating Pop War
ner's highly touted Panther ma.
chine chine By the score Of 20 to Q.
He developed many sensational
players Mt State College. Glen Kill
linger. picked by many football
authorities as the greatest quarter
bark of all time, was a lad whom
Bezdek taught all that he knew
about the game. Charley Way, a
sensational running back, won All
American recognition. Hinkie Han
les. fast running back, was another
player mentioned by experts as an
All-American star. We could add
must be given credit for being
great mentor.
The fact that both Pitt and Lafay-
ette are going to play post-season
games out on the Pacific Coast
makes their coming game Of greater
importance than any previous clash
between them.
Pittsburgh meets Stanford at
Palo Alto on December 80. Penn
State has been selected as/ the
Eastern, representative for the
Tsg.nament Of the Roses contest
Both coaches are crafty. Each
has an offense that contains enough
deception to make 1t effective when
!. the opportunity comes to score.
Pittsburgh has made a trifle better
record to date than its State rival.
Warmers lads have scored victories
over such formidable teams as Wash.
ingtofi and Jefferson, Pennsylvania,
Bucknell and Syracuse.
The Panthers have scored 1b9
points against 80 by their opponents
Lafayette and West Virginia are the
only teams that have victories to
their credit over Warmers team this
season.
Both games were lost by poor
,headwork ON the part Of Pittsburgh's
field general. Since then the Smoky
City quarter has shown Improvement
IN his running OF the team. Pitts
burEh today Is one of the strongest
teams in the East. It's victory over
washington and jefferson makes Il
. strong contender for championship
honcrs, .- ...
Rsnn State lost many Of its
stars by graduation. Killinger's
DOso was . sod blow to Bexdel. He I
man % take his place. For this
reapen Penn State has failed In
some Of its big games. Syracuse
he'll the Keystone Staters to .
scofeless tie.
The Navy defeated them by q IA.
too count. Pennsylvania won its
annual game against Bezdek's lads
BY; q. too. count the week after
warmers pupils beat the Quakers by
the same score. This would Indicate
that Pitt will enter the game slight
favOrite over State. ~
Pittoburgh has q well balanced
team Tiny Hewitt ID about the best
fuIlback IN the East. He 10 line
pluneer Of great strength. Against
w. and J. he carried half the Presi-
dents over the goal line for Hitt's
firsk SCORE :. He stands six feet, in
heiG1ht and weighs about 336 pounds.
To atop him one must !, hard and
low. Few Eastern elevens have been
abIo to halt him this season. ~
Anderson. Flanagan. 4 Bohren,
Johneon, Winterburg and Captain
Tommy Halloran are fine backs.
Anderson u f1ashy runner. He 10
hard 70 stop after he gets Into his
str1des Flanagan h q hard plugeer.
He y never stopped until he 10
pinned to the ground. ,1alloran 10
a fine field general. Injuries have
kept him out of most Of the impor.
tant games. &C., 80 &
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