Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-25

PITTSBURGH, Nov % up = The
spirit Of carnival crept into Pitts
burghs smashing undefeated eleven to-
day and helped subject Penn State to
one of the most uncomfortable after
11oorlsN the Penn Lions of Nittany ever
have experienced in over 80 years of
football conflict with the Pitt PantherS.
With the goal of real carnival ahead
the carnival of roses in Pasadena,
Calf, early in the new year-PittS-
burgh rode her historic rivals. all over
the greensward of the huge Pitt stad-
ium and into a 80 to defeat while
10000 chilled spectators, including
1 Pop Warner, coach of Leland Stan
ford university, looked on.
s Warner had come all the way from
Palo Alto, Calf, to watch the Pitts
burgh machine that had crushed all
but the Presidents of Washington and
Jefferson in triumphant drive to
equal claim with Yale for the myth
cal championship of the east He
wanted to see his teams probable op-.
ponent in the rose tournament game
and especially the fleet-footed "Gibby"
Welch of the Pittsburgh backfield.
What Pop himself, a former coach
at Pittsburgh, saw of the famed "Gibby''
WEIGH must have set him Immediately
to devising defense against the
casts most prominent contender for
all-American ihonorS For Welch
ripped the Penn State line to shredS,
bent the Lion ends almost double with
his. wide sweeping runs and kicked and
passed in almost uncanny form when
necessary fGibby" tailed one touch
down himself and that in the third
period. Thrice in the first period Pitt
Stormed toward the Penn State goal,
only to balk and falter through penalt-
j les and the vicious tackling of Delp,
Nfttany end and other Penn State
linemen. After Booth missed a 23-
yard placement try the Pittsburgh ire
arose, golden jerseys were sullied,
white stockings dirtied and the Panther
offensive was on in earnest.
After an exchange of kicks drove
Penn State deep into home territory,
Jimmy Hagan chased Miller behind
his own goal and downed him for a
safety. Vieing for glory with his more
illuStrious captain, Hagan took the
next kickoff and raced % yards to
Penn States 33-yard line Welch
lugged the leather 26 yards on the next
three line SmaSheS
From that point on, the game was a
Pitt procession, with Hagan and Welch
supplying the fircworks in spectacular
dasles and teanling in neat for
ward passing exhibition while Booth,
the big fullback applied the necessary
goal line pressure.
AS soon as the game was over, "Pop"
Warner left for California But before
he departed, he had this to say of
Pittsburgh:
''That is the best team I have seen
this season, and I've seen a lot Of
them. The backfield is well-nigh per-
feet, the line is powerful with tre-
mendous charge, and Welch and Hagan
are real stars
The lineup and summary:
Pittsburgh: Donchess, le; Kern, 1t:
Fox, lg; Cutler, c; Roberts, rg; Was
muth, rt; Guarino, re; Edwards, qb;
Welch Co., lib; Hagan, RIB; Booth,
fb.
Penn State: Delp, lie; Greenfield, 1t;
Kicker, lg; Mahoney, C; Martin, rg:
Pannacion, rt; LeSko, re; Pincura, ub:
Roepke( c), lib; Miller, rhb;; Hamas,
fb.
Score by periods
Pittsburgh .....O 1870
Pittsburgh scoring: Touchdowns:
Booth 2, Welch, Hagan. Points after
touchdown: Booth 4. Safety by Hagan
(tackled Miller).
Referee, w. ]. Crowell, swarthmore;