Pittsburgh at Syracuse

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  The New York herald, October 22, 1922, page 58

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  INTERCEPTED PASS DEFEATS SYRACUSE Hewitt. Pitt Fullback, Races 20 Yards in Last Period Score Fl to A. SpsetaI Disp1tch to THE New York HERALp. SYRACUSE. N. “. Oct 21.-Spearing a forward pass tossed by Simmons, Syraeuse quarterback. late in the fourth period. Tiny” Hewitt, 200 pound full back of the Pittsburgh University eleven. became a here this afternoon when he sprinted 10 yards behind excellent interference which was formed hurriedly for him and won the game for the Panthers from Syracuse by score Of 81 to II. Only few seconds before the giant fullback of Glenn Warmers team made his sensational dash to victory defeat stared the Panthers In the face, but they put up a grim battle and held the Syria cuse players on their own ] yard line and took the ball way from them. Pittsburgh punt followed and the Syracuse tried shooting forward passes. Hewitt was In the way of one and when 1t nestled In his arms he was off like a flash for the Syracuse goal line. Three Panthers gathered around him and he did not have much difficulty In covering the last 20 yards of his journey, Williams booted the extra count, watch sent $4,000 supporters of the Orange eleven home in sad frame of mind. With seven minutes to play In the last quarter Syracuse worked tho bah close to Pitts goal line. and with two yards to 60 on the last down Frugons made up his mind to try a goal from the field, but a switch was made and when the assault came on the Panther line for the distance the plunge failed and Pitt took the ball away. .a-- The game was one OF the most spec tacular and toughest ever staged In the Arehbold Stadium. There were several, near fist fights and the Pitt players were none toe gentle In their tacklins. Pitt got or to a flying start, for in less than four minutes they had scored touch down. Zimmerman. who was In the, backfeld to catch one of Johnson’s punts allowed the ball to slip through his fingers and u was recovered by Pitt in side Syracuse’s 25 yard line. Pitt opened up It’s broadsife and In less than half dozen plays the ball was on the two yard line, from where Colona crashed into center for touchdown. Williams kicked the goal Late in the period Syracuse started g a rush for the Pitt goal line and Just before the whistle blew for the end Of the quarter mad the ball on Pitts yard mark. At the start OF the second quarter Syracuse was held for downA After a punt by Johnson. Syracuse again worked he ball down to the Pitt goal line and finally f,’llback Anderson smashed center for a touchdown. Nc Bride kicked the goal, which knotted the score at points. After four minutes of play in the third quarter Mcbride recovered fum- BILE for Syracuse on Pitts 30 yard line, and from there by short plunges SYRIA cuse took~the ball to the six yard line. Then Kellogg went around right end for touchdown. But Syracuse was not 10 stay out In front long. for on the next kickoff Flanagan. PITT eubsi’utc, carried the ball back thirty-hve yards to midfeld Then followed two rvshes and forward pass from Flanagan to j. C. Anderson. and the ball was on iyracuses 20 yard line. Hewitt got three – rHF Frn ro y snu’rmed and fought his way for the other nineteen va DIS through The right side of the line. Williams PROVED equal to the occaslon and kicked the goal, which again tied the score. In the last quarter Syracuse complete lv outpiayed Pitt but Hewitt broke loose after taking Simmons’s forward pass and won the game The Pitt team was without the advice of Glenn Warner, Panther coach. who was Ill at his home in Pittsburgh. The team was in charge OF Alec Stevenson, line coach. line

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  New-York tribune, October 23, 1922, page 14

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  Powerful Football Teams in Eastern Disfr; Syracuse Eleuen Again Fails To Shake Off Pittsburgh lin, Orange Apparently Headed for Victory. p;., Itself Suffering Another Defeat When Hex;, ;s Intercepts Pass and Runs 80 Yards for .. In this advanced Of civilization, where still o being and M Sikh is the idol of Paris seem ot suggest that such thing Hoodoo could exist Yet meeting Pitt the right when Pitt her might well their collars as for the They where the blow will land

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  Evening star, October 22, 1922, page 81

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  PITT DEFEATS SYRACUSE IN A THRILLING CONTEST ~YRACUSE n. October 2-With the IA to IA late in the period desperately fought foot ball here today ~ snatched forward OF the air and which University Pittsburgh 2-to-4 victory Syracuse The witnessed by 2 Pittsburgh first period when Zmmer Syracuse backs crashed through Orange of Colon 1or

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  Evening public ledger, Philadelphia [Pa.], October 23, 1922, page 22 (results column)

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  Maroon A m ong Leading Title Contenders After 28.7 Win OUer Buckneu; Gebhardt Stars PRINCETON IMPRESSES MYTH each passing Saturday, Jock w Sutherland’s record as Lafayette coach becomes brighter and bit nearer the brilliancy Of Glenn warmers feats at Pittsburgh. And with each week end the Maroon impresses moro firmly upon football fans its right to a high position among the contenders for the 1922 COL legiate championship. Lafayette crushed Bucknell on Saturday, 26–⁠7, for its sixteenth consecutive victory. The string Of successive wins began after q day in late October, 1920, when the Panthers last scored triumph over the Maroon. Dopesters anticipated q close game at Easton,. but Lafayette ran through the Bucknell team like an April shower through a bargain counter raincoat. Pete Reynolds has a veteran squad and a record Of 100 points scored in four games. The week previous the Navy was fortunate to win out in the last period over the Lewis5urg collegians. Bots Brunner, the Bobby Roth Of football. Is unquestionably one of the best backs in the game. Bots, who has played with almost as many college elevens as Roth has with different major league clubs, scored three touchdowns against Bucknell. Gebhardt and Ga really responsible for Lafayette’s strength. From tackle to tackle, the Maroon has an impregnable defense and woe to the backs who attempted to gain around the ends qua rded by Berry and O’Connell. HEBHARDT has turned out to BE- ~ as good line -plunger as Doc Elliott, out here again the Hnemen play an important port. Gebhardt has crushing po,cer in his drive, but the f0r”ord’ max. tn: holes. Big Three Shine VALE, Harvard and Princeton all L scored impressive victories. The Crimson gained revenge on the Praying Colonies from Centre College, getting 24’0 decision. Yale had no trouble with Williams, running up $50 walkover. and Princeton had to use only straight football for three Of it’s four touchdowns against Maryland, winning 28-O. When it is considered that Penn had to give everything to cross Maryland’s goal twice, the power Of tho Tiger offense looks doubly strong. Next Saturday Roper’s athletes bat tie Chicago at Chicago, and they are In shape for the struggle, for every one came out OF the Maryland game in good condition. Stagg also has the Windy City players ready. He did not have to use his regulars to beat Purdue, 12-O. Saturdays games ran according to form with few exceptions. One was the unexpected fight of Swarthmore against Penn. and another was the 6–⁠3 victory Of Vermont over Dartmouth. YER mont’s half dozen points came on field goals by Driscoll and Gooch. 4 SAFETY prevented q defeat Of n Iora, conqusrors Of Yale. BY Illinois. Ro.card Jones elsven ,con after hard-toa9ht game. 81. Navy Stops Tornado THE whirlwind attack Of the Golden L Tornado was stopped BY the Navy, 1870, and this win over Georgia Tech is not CHEEKY news to Pennsylvania men, whose gridiron representatives must face the Middies next Saturday ut Franklin Field. The Folwell fighters outplayed the Southerners in every period. although they failed to score In the last half after putting over touchdown in each of the first two periods. The brilliant work Of TAYLOR. whose gains were mainly responsible for the two touch downs. and the open field running Of Varchett and Conroy were features. Pitt got back into the winning class after two consecutive defeats, when Tiny Hewitt. sub halfback. intercepted forward pass and ran 70 yards for a touchdown in the final quarter. This sensational dash enabled the Panthers to. defeat Syracuse, 21–⁠14. It was the first reverse the Orange has suffered this year, although Brown held the New York Staters to a scoreless tie. The Providence eleven continued its success by humping OF Lehigh, 6–⁠2. Both Cornell and W. and J. knew they had been in titanic battles before they would take triumphs by the same

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Officially, Pittsburgh leads 46–⁠32–⁠3; as played, 46–⁠33–⁠3 in 82 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.