The Washington times., 1929-12-03

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and what-not, is on.
And naturally enough. because
they are the outstanding I'm.
beaten teams Of the nation, Pitts
burgh and Notre Dame are be-
ing mentioned most frequently
for the mythical national laurels
1t is interesting to note, there
fore, that two men we'll qualified
to venture opinions, Walter Oke-
son, commissioner Of Eastern
football, and Jim Crowl, famous
official and former Lafayette
coach, are both certain that the
Pitt Panthers could beat the
Notre Dame Irish.
Okeson is a Lehigh man and
CroWl former Lafayette man, so
it Is also of interest to note that
Judge Steffen, Carnegie Techs
coach, who is we'll versed with
football in Pennsylvania himself,
leans the other way and thinks
the Ramblers would win If they
tackled the Partners.
He recently described an
imaginary game between the
two unbeaten elevens, and
gave NOtre Dame the edge by
a 1871 score.
OF the three men, Judge Stef-
fen, Crowl and Okeson, Crowl is
probably the best qualified to
speak. He has officiated in games
played by both the Irish and the
PantherS, and he can't see how
the Pitt eleven could lose to any
team in the country.
Here is how Crowl figured the
game out at a dinner in Bethle-
hem following the Lehigh-Lafay-
cite game, at which we were both
delighted guest and an "ears-
open" listener.
Pittsburgh would win on the
sheer perfection Of it's team work,
the power of It's line and the un-
matched strength of It's back
field" said Crowl. "sutherland's
eleven~ls a superteam.
Those Pitt players never do
anything wrong. If ever they
do tumble the team Just
stops, RECEIVERS its balance,
and goes right on ahead"
"And talk about your reserves"
I Lat
"Notre Dame may have a second
team which is almost as good as
its first, but Pittsburgh has a
second team which is almost
better than its first. When
Sutherland sends in his men you
can't tell whether they're varsity
players or Second-stringers by the
way they play. You have to
know who they are to distinguish
varsity men from reserves.
You can tell Pitts class by
the fact that the Panthers are
almost never penalized. It is not
common to see Pittsburgh go
through an entire game with 40
more than one or two off.side
penalties called against 1t. Those
Panthers know their football
and how they play it,"
IF Pitt does play Notre
Dame. which I don't expect" said
Crowl, then the seat I want is
on the 50yard line. with a pipe
III my mouth, with nothing TO
do but watch them play. What
a game that would be-"
Walter OkesOn is just as en-
phatic in his opinions about a
Pitt-NOtre Dame game-if it
could be arranged.
Okeson doesn't get all his foot
! bali knowledge Just from con.
facts made through his position
as commissioner of football,
either. He used to play for LIE
high three decades ago, and he
knows whereof he speaks.
"Notre Dame may have a ST.
perb team, with lots of class and
fine reserves, but Pittsburgh also
has a superteam, with Just as
much class and just as good re!
ServeS-and what's more the
Panthers have more power" is
the way Okeson puts it.
Switzerland doesn't get the
credit for coaching that Knute
Rockne gets. but don't let any
body tell you that ole Jock
doesn't know his stuff. He's
drilled that golden-Shirted eleven
of his until it is as perfectly
Synchronized a machine as you'd
like to see. Notre Dame would get
the surprise of its life it if played
the Panthers."
While it is just about impossi-
BILE that the Irish will play the
Panthers, it is interesting to specu-
late on some of the individual
battles which might arise from
such a meeting.
Such as Cannon. Notre Danes
star guard, smacking up against
Montgomery. Pitts great guard,
and Jack Elder meeting Toby
UanSa. What eye-fillerS those
Sidelights would be.
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