West Virginia at Pittsburgh

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  Evening public ledger, Philadelphia [Pa.], October 16, 1922, page 18

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  GarnetS Crushing Defeat Surprise of Grid Season Glenn KHlingers Dickinson Eleven Springs Real Upset in Overwhelming S,cmthmore q to Pitt Sue. cumbs to West Virginia litter 10 Years of Victory playing Of the Hamilton colleginns. Thu Tigers won 10 10 o. Colgate was on its way to an nppar. ent touchdown in tho second perio when tleaves inserted his thrilling run and saved the Tigers. The star Prince. ton back Intercepted n forward pass on ms own lo-yard mark and suuirmina and twisting his way through the en-. tire Hamilton team. he broke through 10 n clear field and sprinted over the ~ yards for the score. II was the most brilliant BIT of individual playing ID date this season. HhRIARD mas hcM to I5–⁠0 - score by Bowdoin. but three Of ~” ‘umSon dcpcndnblcS, Edptdin B””H OtccH nnd Cl0rk. rcrc ut Hdnorer Wdfchin1 Udrtmouth and .ho tn” play of tn” substitutes ~as slip. Le,igI Beaten 7 E1llGlI wobbed through the Gc,tys. - burg game. which opened the grid iron campaign for the Bcthlehcmitss and then ran through ST. Francis, Nh l’aldwin’s boys fell before Rutgers l3-I. II looks as If the Brown m, White were in for rather sorrowfn season. AIHbamn Ioly led tho Army, Go until the iira period. when the Cadet brmrcd on the verge of ,lcfpat an, ripped th” SouthornorS 10 pieces. Thre, t”uchdo~ns wcr” put over and Wrs Point survived with n 1916 triumph. Lafayette. State. Cornell. Gcttys, burg. Dartmouth and +. and VI. hnt no trouble winning. The Eastoniam ran up n high score on MuhIcnbcrn wnIlopins tho Allentown athletes GO NilIanova put up game bn,,l, against Holy Cross ana held the Wor. ccSter warriors 10 tive tourhdowns Albright defeated Pcnnsylvnnin Mill. tnry College. 1876, and Delaware ben’ Crsinus. 12-G. Nirginia Military Institute gave Cen. r.” fight. but tn” PRAYING Colonel, emerged with a 1O-f victory. An. banla, the team which meets Penn latc, IN tn” season, was smothcred by Gcorg, Tech. 33-I. n THE West, Minnesota started rih n 20-O rictorv orcr Indiang IN conference 0nmc. nnd Chica90 dCtcdted NorHwCStcyn I5–⁠7. Nofre Dame and Wisconsin ron casiIy.

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  The New York herald, October 15, 1922, page 56

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  Mountaineers Beat Pitt for First Time in 20 Years Tubby Spears’s Rejuvenated Machine Wins by 9 to 6. PITTSBURGH, Oct. 14.-Tubby Spears brought n rejuvenated football machine to Pittsburgh to-day and the West Virginia Mountaineers defeated Pitt by a score of to for the first time in twenty years. The Warner machine was shot to pieces a number of times by a series of fumbles just when about to score and the Snakes came through with hardly mistake. The visitors scored their one touch down in the second period, when Mere dith blocked punt by Johnson on Pitts 80 yard line and Martin grabbed the ball and ran over the line. The try for point failed when the kick was blocked by Anderson. The third period was evenly played each side being forced to punt out on the fourth down after numerous attempts at forward passing had failed, but the Panthers braced materially in the third quarter and carried the ball to the West Virginia 3 yard line on q series Of line smashes of Colonna and Anderson, the former being pushed over for a touchdown. The try for point failed and the score was left at 6–⁠6. Pitt looked dangerous q little while later when forward pass from Shuler to Ciwoeden who carried the ball 10 the West Virglnia 23 yard line. Colonna’s tumble eliminating an opportunity to score. The Mountaineers succeeded in carry ing the ball to the Panther’s 3 yard line on a series OF forward passes. but the line held and Pitt secured the ball on dcwns. Mahit electrified the crowd by booting the ball over the goal posts from the 3s yard line, giving West Virginia a to victory just before the whistle blew. The lineup:

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  The Birmingham age-herald, October 15, 1922, page 14

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  Mahrt’s Field Goal CiueS M0untaineers Win Ouer Pittsburg Pittsburg, october 14.-The right foot Of young man named Mahrt spelled defeat for the Pitt Partners today at the hands of the West vir- ginia university football team. With the score deadlock in the last pe- riod, Mahrt kicked field goal from the s5-yard line, and University of Pittsburg was vanquished. 9 to 6. It was West virginia’s first victory over Pitt in 1s years. Line-ups Pitt: Jordan, left end; Simpson, left tackle; Seidelson, left guard; Bowser, center; Sack, right guard; Murdock, right tackle Gwosden, right end; Shuler, quarterback; John- son, left halfback; Anderson, right halfback; Hewitt, fullback. West Virginia: Graham, left end; Meredith, left tackle; Setron, left guard; P. Hill. center: Mahan, right guard; Davis. right tackle Taliman, right end; Nardacci. quarterback Martin, left halfback; Mahrt. right halfback; Ekberg. fullback. Score by periods: Pitt O O 6-S west Virginia ........ 0 3–⁠9 Pitt scoring: Touchdown. Colonna. substitute for Hewitt. West Virginia scoring: Touchdown. Martin. west Virginia scoring field goal, Mahrt. Officials: Referee, Thompson, Georgetown. Umpire, Murphy Brown. Head linesman. Merriman. Geneva

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  The West Virginian, Fairmont, W. Va., October 16, 1922, page 6

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  ! MONDAY EVENING OCTOBER 16, 1929. TOO MUCH FUN HE returning multitudes from the Pitt-w. v. i ~ game look, as II they had been partcipat. ing riot. After years of patient and ever hope tll waiting, the trick was turned Saturday and the close OF magnificent football battle found w. “. .. victor by score OF 9–⁠6. Needless to say West Virginia sympathizers became, so to speak, one spontaneous outburst. Probably many Of those present at the game had not had such thrill since the declaration of the armlstice The, game was fairly honorably and honestly Won. Playing football was what secured the VIC Tory. The score was not won by fluke or accident, “ was not w. v. us game because of any bone Head stuff pulled by the other side. 1t was iusi. ness Ike trimming that Pitt received, while Pitt was playing the best kind of game she knew how to play and the victory is splendid bit of plum age in the cap Of West Virginia University The West virginian extends It’s heartiest congratilattons to the team, and It’s coaches, and 20 the entire school at Morgantown upon the posses sion pfs such q, splendid body of football players. Morgantown Is no prouder or happier than Fair mont over the outcome.

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Officially, Pittsburgh leads 63–⁠42–⁠3; as played, 61–⁠37–⁠3 in the 101 games on file; the official count covers all 108 meetings, counting the 90 since this game.