Evening star., 1937-01-02
THE SPORWIGHT
Pitt Efectually Erase. Blot on 1t. Rose Bopl
Escutcheon by Walloping Washington Huskies.
GRANTIAND RICE
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

crack that Washington wall for a
yards in three plays as he catapulted
his way across the line. He might
have been something shot from q gun.
In the meantime, Pittsburgh's de-
Tense kept Washington bottled up con1-
pletely along the damp turf.
With such stars rs Daddi0,
Hoffman, Daniel, Matisi and
others at work, the Huskie
ground plan soon crumpled mp.
It had to be through the air
Or nothing.
Caught in this emergency, Wasko-
witz opened up . brilliant passing at
tack with Haines on the receiving
end. Twice the Huskies gathered in
from 40 to so yards on these air line
maneuvers, but when the danger zone
was reached, Pitt hurried the passer
too often to give him q shot at the
scoring zone.
Outside of two short passes. both in
tercepted, the Panthers left the air al
most complteiy alone until the. closing
minutes of the game when Pitts Sec
ond and third stringers almost put an
other touchdown over.
Perfect Foot Ball Weather.
IT WAS perfect foot ball weather,
= cool and clear with . chilly wind
blowing down from snow-capped
mountains that were shining white in
the sun. But 1t was . startling day
for the Rose Bowls all-time record
crowd when Pitts unexpected power
began to tear Washington's line into
. series Of shreds.
The biz crowd rot iS sample
Of effective blocking In the first
period, with 10 Pitt supporters
working for the ball carrier,
every man ON top Of the job.
There was new hope when Washing
ton went to the air for aid. but those
hopes waned and faded out in the third
period when Pitt recovered . Huskie
tumble on Pitts 25-yard line and then
began booming down the field. There
they came-Stebbins and Goldberg and
Larue. Larue had . long lead in an
open field when Nowogroski caught
him from behind in a desperate dive
after the Panther had clawed away 43
yards.
The cry from the stands was "hold
'em Huskies," but the Huskies couldn't
hold this vlld clawing outfit. Once
again it was om-boom- boom, as
Patrick, holding his feet like q fast
moving grizzly, moved on his way
across.
1t was evident right here that
Washington's Anal chance was
gone. There was still danger in
her passing attack, but her team
was too badly overpowered along
the well known earth.
Power, co-ordinated as this power
was, was more than any team could
have stopped on this occasion. It had
lift and q rush that meant the Jump
by a wide margin and it kept this
jump from start to finish.
The funny part Is that washington
was even out-kicked, in one depart
ment where its superiority seemed to
be assured.
Now Pittsburgh can go back East
the Panther can return to his lair
with the old slate wiped clean-sure
Of its place as one Of the finest repre-
sentatives Of Eastern foot ball that Sec
tor ever sent to the outside wars.
1t was team perfectly coached and
drilled in all the fundamentals that
take and hold complete control of the
ground, and it was along the ground
that Pittsburgh came back to power,
as Washington, after q fine season, fell
apart
This Pittsburgh team was cas-
lily the best balanced outfit I've
seen al year In line play, hard
running, deadly blocking and
equally deadly tackling. There
was No disputing these qualities
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