The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
Tilden Wins In Dispute
0. B. Newman, Local Boy,
 Stars As Carnegie Pilot

It's far cry from Pittsburg to Bir- mingham. Likewise, it's a long jump, but even with its eight hundred miles between here and there, Carnegie Tech of Pittsburg had to make that cry Tn order to get captain for their 1924 football team. O. B. Oboe" Newman of East Lake. Howard college, Oshkosh and Phillips High. heard that call. and took upon himself the long jump four years ago, and as a result played hlm- Y, self through three arduous campaigns to i. the football captaincy during his fourth ; term as a wearer of the Carnegie Plaid. But in regard to Capt. o. E. Newman, ! 1t ought to fill Birmingham's cup of joy < to overflowing to read the glowing praises bestowed upon their native son by the newspapers of her northern, coal, iron and steel center rival, Pittsburg. The writer could tell it in his own words, but it would not have the weight of those of another paper. Anyway, It is known fact that home town nat urally boosts its own products, and therefore, it might be taken with a grain of salt. But when another paper sings of his praise, it surely can be taken without salt, and swallowed whole. That's why the scribe responsible for this article is going to do a whole lot of quoting For instance, see what the Carnegie Tartan, student weekly news paper, has to say:
 School Paper
 "This is Obie's fourth year in school. He is a senior in the drama department of arts school, and is probably the best known man at Carnegie. Obie halls from Birmingham, Ala, and is a dis tinctly southern type. Tall and rangy, he makes an ideal football player. He played end for two years on the team, but last year was switched to half back, the position he is holding down ! this season. Captain Newman does the bunting for the team, and so far has out-punted everyone of his opponents. "In addition to being star football player, Obie is crack baseball and basketball player He has made his was forced to drop that sport on ac- count of lack of time. He was the regular first baseman and cleanup hit ter on the baseball team.
 "Obie is very prominent in activities on the campus. He is q member of the student council and president of the arts school senate. Last year he was mem- Der of the athletic council. He belongs to the Druids Sophomore honorary so- ciety); Delta Skull Gunior honorary society,", and Dragon (seniOr honoary society,". Newman is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha national fraternity"
 Along Other Lines
 The above quotation from the school publication is given because it is Il source of pride that while Obie is great football player, he is great in other channels. For man to be great in only one channel may stamp him as one-horse and narrow-minded but for him to step forth and take part in non- athletic activities and to be elected to important undergraduate positions aside from starring on the football team, ab- sOlutely stamps a man as being above the average.
 But to get back to his football sea- son, before quoting further of him, let us delve into the past season record of Carnegie's football team. Coach and Judge Walter F. "Wally" Steffen, as sisted by Robert x. Waddell, and Will liam NJ. Marks, found upon their ar rival at training camp last fall that most of the 1925 team had graduated, and that they had real causes for pessemstic outlook for the season. But, they did not rocken with the indOmi- nable spirit of such men as Captain Obie Newman, Dwight Beede, captain elect for 1925, and all the rest of that squad who had heard of the dauntless spirit of Carnegie Tech men.
 Have Great Season.
 With this green squad to work with the coaches set to work and succeeded in molding together one of the great est teams in Carnegie history-one that defeated the University of Pittsburg for the second time in succession; one that scored three touchdowns against the wonder team of all time, Notre Dame, a feat which no team in the country has been able to do; held the powerful Quantico Marines to a 80 score; and lost to Washington and lief ferson only after terrific fight; and forced Penn State to play her best game of the season-all of this with a team composed, with the exception of three men, of sophomores. All of which listens good for the next two years to come.
 And in all of the above, one man always stood out above the rest, and that man was Captain Obie Newman of Birmingham. Listen what Regis Welsh, sporting editor of the Pittsburg Post, has to say of his playing in the Uni versity of Pittsburg game.
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