Syracuse at Pittsburgh

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  The New York herald, October 23, 1921, page 48

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  SYRACUSE ELEVEN SMOTHERED BY PITT Panthers Surprise Rivals and Beat Them 35 to 0-TOm Davies Stars. PITrsBUReH, Oct 22.--The University Of Pittsburgh outciassed the Syracuse Uni versity football team here to-day. and the Panthers> blanked the New York State. team, 35 TO 0. The Pitt backs gained at will through the line or around ends; working a perfect double pass many times. On the other hand, the Syracuse backfield men were unable TO gain at all through the Pitt line. the visitors being thrown Tor losses praotically every time they tried for a run around the ends or Off tackle. All the Syracuse advances. and they were few, were registered on forward passes Ability to solve their opponents attack and costly fumbles. by Syracuse backs brought the victory to- the Panthers. Tom Davies, captain of Pitt bewildered the visiting players time and again by twisting and squirming his way through their line for big gains. Herb Stein, the Panther centre; Holleran quarterback. and Hewitt. fullback, were prominent In the home team victory Stein was In nearly every play, tacliing and giving Interference. while Hewitt plunged through centre for good gains many times. Pitt registered twenty-three first downs during the game against two for Syracuse. Kellogg, Anderson and Jappe who carried the bail for Syracuse most of the time. were thrown for losses ranging from five to ten yards time after time, and Zimmerman was forced to punt. Zimmerman fumbled on several occasions and In each instance a Pitt man fell on the ball. The Panthers scored twice in the first vYoo pIunges, Davies carrying the ball each time Syracuse braced In the second period and held Pitt, but in the third the home team came back and scored twice, one Of the touchdowns being on sensational hfty-five yard run by Winter burn, and the other on double pass, Holleran to Davies. Pitt registered again in the last period when Callona went over after a drive from midfield. Davies was injured early in the Anal period, and few minutes after he left the game Pop Warner. Pitt coach sent in his second string team, which had advanced the pigskin to the Syracuse 5 yard line when the game ended. The lineup: Syracuse 90. Pittsburgh t35). Baysinger. ....... Lett emo. 80. .bowser Jappe. ......... Left guard. ........- Sacks Culver. ............ Centre ....-..-.... stem Them Thompson Rlsht F,st. fs.S1s susTS Macrea. Right end .....F. Williams Moses. ........ Quarterback ...... .Holleran Zimmerman. Left halfback. Davies w. Anderson. Right halfback. 20. Anderson Kellogg. ...-..... Fullback .......... Hewitt Score by periods: Pittsburgh ........ IA 0 IA 7--35 observation-disclosures, 3. Substitutes-Winterburn for G. Anderson, Collona for Hewitt. Goals from touchdown-Davies. a; Holleran. Referee--Maxwen, Swarthmore. Umpire Hallahan. Boston. Head linesman-Costellos GEORGETOWN.

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  New-York tribune, New York, October 23, 1921, page 19

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  Pitt Panthers Crush Syracuse Z. By One-Sided Score of IS TO @ Brilliant Playing of Capt. Davies Inspires Team TO Overwhelm Strong Foe PITTSBURGH, Oct. %. - The Pitts burgh Panthers are again on the way, having taken the measure of the SYRIA cuse University football team to-day by score Of 35 to 0. At no time were the Panthers in danger Of being scored on, even when Hewett fumbled almost in the shadow of his own goal posts, as the Pitt line always held like 3 stone wall. The New York Staters were only able to make one first down, and that because of forward pass tnat gained twelve yards, while the Warner machine made first down no less than twenty one times. The spectacular work Of Captain Tom Davies inspired every man on the Pitt team, and the leader was ably backed up by Holleran, Stein, Winterburn, Anderson. Sacks and Harmon. Pitt won the toss and elected TO take the kickoff. A couple Of minutes later they had the ball down at the SYRIA cuse goal post. Captain Guiick was all over the field trying to stop Hewett, Holleran and Davies, but without avail, as the Panthers flashed in and out of the Orange line until the pigskin was on the visitors 10-yard line, when double pass from Anderson to Davies sent the latter over for the first touch down. Davies kicked the goal. End Runs Net Yardage On the kickoff Jappe fumbled for Syracuse, but fell on the ball on his own 25-yard line. After the Orange had unsuccesstully tried to gain BY forward passing they were forced to kick. Anderson and Davies then alter mated in carrying the ball for gains, aided on occasion Sy Holleran running around right end until the ball was carried to the Syracuse 1-yard line in the fourth down. Davies barely managed to get over the line on the next scrimmage and after he had kicked goal the whistle ended the period. The Orange players showed to their best advantage in the second quarter when they held the Panther machine to no score and in general their play was on q par with that of Warmers proteges. 1t was here that the visitors made their only first down on a for ward pass from Moses to Baysinger. This carried the ball to Pitts 1O-yard line, but a tumble by Syracuse player gave Pitt the ball as Herb Stein fell on it and Tom Davies kicked out of danger. Fine Play by winterburn After the interval the Panthers | again began an assault on the SYRIA cuse fortress and before the third quarter ended had added two more | touchdowns and goal TO their total After two minutes Of play Winter

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 24, 1921, page 24

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  NAVY ONLY BIG ELEVEN IN EAST UNSCORED ON With the collegiate foot ball season at the halfway mark, the Navy eleven is the only big eastern team which has not been scored on this year. The Middies have preserved their clean slate in winning three games. Yale, Syracuse, Cornell and Washington and Jefferson had their records tarnished for the first time last Saturday. Syracuse especially so, when it lost to Pittsburgh, 35 to 0. Five elevens have won five games without suffering setback-namely. Harvard, Washington and Jefferson, Dartmouth, Lafayette and Yale Harward also played tie game with Penn State. Cornell, Penn State, Pennsylvania and Georgetown have each won four contests without any reverses. The feature of this years college contests has been the unusual num- Der of tied games. Ten no-decision contests nave been played to date, with Swarthmore engaging in two, with Pennsylvania and Franklin and Marshall Cornell has produced the best scoring machine. having tailed 237 points to for it’s opponents in four games. Fordham is second with 163, and Penn State. with 161. is third. Rutgers has been most often scored against, II points being chalked against the New Brunswick eleven. Although Capt. Jim Robertson of Dartmouth did not play last Saturday, he retained his position as lead ing individual scorer. Robertson has scored so points. including eight touchdowns, nine goals from touch down and one field goal. Zimmerman OF Syracuse. is second, with SO points, and kenyon of Georgetown and Ram sey of Cornell are tied for third. with 81 points each.

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  The Washington herald, Washington, D.C., October 23, 1921, page 9

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  TOM DAVIES STARS. AS PITT PAINTERS SWAMP SYRACUSE. Orange Beaten, IS to 0, Making But One First Down. ‘‘-. PITTSBURGH. Oct. %. - The Pittsburgh Panthers are again on the way, having taken the measure of Syracuse University football team today by a score of IS to O.. At no time were the Panthers in danger of being scored on, even when Hewitt fumbled almost In the shadow of his own goal posts. The Pitt line always held like a stone wall. The New York Staters were only able to, make one. first down and that because of a for ward pass that gained IL yards. while the Warner machine made first down no less than twenty-one times. The spectacular work of Capt, Tom Davies Inspired every man on the Pitt team and the leader was ably backed up by Holleran, Stein. winterburn, Anderson, Sacks and Harmon.

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Officially, Pittsburgh leads 46–⁠32–⁠3; as played, 46–⁠33–⁠3 in 82 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.