Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1913 — GIVE PITTSBURGH BIG CHANCE [ARTICLE]

GIVE PITTSBURGH BIG CHANCE

Gold and Blue Boys Show Themselves Eligible for Prominent Place on ' Eastern Schedule. Pittsburgh has shown itself eligible for a prominent place on the big football schedules. The vie 6l tory of Coach Duff’s teansl. over Cornell clinched negotiations for Pitt as a regular opponent to Cornell and it would not be surprising *4f- the pold and Blue would meet such teams as Yale and Princeton next season and Harvard is being talked of prominently. Harvard did offer Pitt a game’ this year, but not in such a manner to rate the Smoky City boys as high as deserved, writes S. E! McCarty in the Pittsburgh Leader. Pitt’s thorough football demonstration brought forth praise from the Cornell officials and from the men who officiated in the game. Carl Williams, of Penn, umpire in the Carnell game, voluntarily hunted up the writer after the game and stated: “Pittsburgh deserves a prominent place on eastern schedules. I have watched, played and officiated in many games, but I can truthfully state that I never mingled in a cleaner gam§ or watched a cleaner bunch of players than Pitt in today’s contest. Pitt has a great team. Credit must be given them. This fellow Wagner is material for all-American honors. Wagner is a wonderful player. While Pitt has several good individual stars, Wagner stands out a real bidder for the allAmerican.” Of course, Pitt followers were jubilant. Coach Duff, when asked for a statement, after the game, only smiled and would say nothing. But fellows like Alex Stevenson, A. R. Hamiton, Charley Miller and the other real loyal ginks simply smothered everyone they met with their jubilancy, All Cornell is talking of the wonderful playing of Capt. Hube Wagner. His 55 and 60-yard runs were looked upon with awe. Hube never shone more brightly than today. His tackling was great, his kicks went true and far and his gains with the ball overshadowed everything else.