The Washington times., 1937-09-24
BY I-WIs BURTON

Dy ! WIG
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. "a.
If there was ever year to take
a chance consigning a team to tne
Rose Bowl before its members nao
their shoes properly broken in
this is it. Pittsburgh, last New
Year Day winner by 2l-o
over Washington, opens its season
tomorrow against Ohio wesleyan
with six holdovers from its cham-
pion team in the line-up-and TWO
others on the bench.
No squad ever had a better out
look and, conversely, no SQUAD S
coach was ever more directly on
the spot than Doc Jock Suther-
land. The team most feared by
Pittsburgh is the Pit. second
varsity. The fact may paFalyzee
a host Of people with mirth' out
it is decidedly no joke whatsoever
to the Panthers' nine foes or
Sutherland.
SQUAD THREE DEEP
The guns will be trained on Pitt
every Saturday this year, and con
ceivably the team may go stale
physically or in spirit before the
siege is over. 1t is difficult, how
ever, imagining a squad three deep
with good players falling prey to
physical WEAKNESS. Only last Sat
urday. the varsity had its hands
full beating the seconds by IA to g..
In q pinch, Sutherland could give
his regulars a week of rest and let
the understudies handle the as
Signment. =,
Marshall Goldberg, powerful
halfback; Bill Daddio and Fabian
Hoffman, ends, and Steve Petro,
a guard, all starters in the Rose
Bowl game, were brilliant sophie
mores then. They are expected to
be greater this year. Patrick, at
fullback; Matisi, guard; HenSley,
center, and Nicholson, quarter
back, have also returned for this
fall.
EIGHT VETERANS
That makes eight out of II
veterans still serviceable. Only
Ad Daniel, tackle; Bill GlaSSford,
guard, and Bobby LaRue, half
back, have graduated. Seemingly,
Sutherland's only requirement
would be to pick three men from
the reserves, drop them in the
lineup and let them go. An album
dance of reserves makes the situa-
ton even more satisfactory, how
ever. Sutherland has them fight
ing not only for the vacancies but
for the regular spots.
One change has been neceSsi-
tated because Hoffman has not
yet returned from a world cruise
and, if he checks in for the open
ing game at all, will do all his
work sliding up and down the
bench. Nicholson has been
Shunted to the second varsity be.
cause Chickerneo has plea d
Sutherland more with his block
ing and signal-calling. These two
were alternateS to a degree last
season, and probably will switch
off again with regularity this year
The starting lineup next Satur-
day probably will consist of Daddio
and Shaw, ends; Matisi and De.
Itch, tackles; Petro and Raskowski
Cor Dale Tezze), guards; Henley,
center; Chickerneo, quarterback;
Goldberg and StebbinS, halfbackS,
and Patrick, fullback.
WATCH GOLDBERG
A year ago Sutherland kept
Goldberg incommunicado when
the press attempted to see the boy
His explanation was that he had
brought the young fellow along
slowly, that he hoped to make a
great player of him by 1887, and
that he didn't want to have him
lose his sense of proportion OF
= his confidence as result of I'm
due publicity.
The main point there, of course
is that Sutherland was predicting
great things for this season. Prob
ably no back will be watched more
closely than Goldberg this fall
That should allow Stebbins anc
Patrick to canter to fame. Patrick
for two years has been one of the
country'S most dangerous line
buckerS. In that department the
soze and drive of the Pitt line ha!
been a tremendous help. Thi.
Jear it is as big and strong as ever
The schedule:
September 5, Ohio Wesleyan
October 2, West Virginia, at Wheeling
October 9. Duquesne; October l6 Ford
ham, at Polo Grounds; October 49, Wis
consin October 80 Carnegie Tech.
November s, Notre Dame. at South
Bend; November 49, Nebraska; November
20. Penn State.