Pittsburgh at Navy

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1916, page 45

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  P|TTDEFEATSNAW BY ONLY ONE POINT Midshipmen Put Up Brilliant Game Against PennsyIvanians Losing, 19 to 20. WHELCHEL STAR OF TEAM ANNAPOLIS, Md, October 14-Brilliant play by the ends and flashes of defensive power which exceeded even the expectations of its own followers enabled ;he Naval Academy to come within one point of tie game Il, the powerful University of ,ttsburgh eleven here today. The score was 10 to 20. The tral touchdown of the game was made by the Midshipmen in the last quarter and the point from the goal following it was all needed to cause an even score. Hoffman failed in the trial, though, missing the count by not more than five inches. The Navy lost, it is true, but from its standpoint the game was all that it could have hoped for-and more. Pittsburgh presented a heavier, older bunch of men, an aggregation much more experienced in gridiron work. The Pennsylvanians had well balanced eleven and two half backs of national reputation, yet with all their splendid rush ing of the ball and ground-gaining, they were unable to finish with a margin of more than one . point on the Midshipmen. Middies on the Alert. Call it the breaks” or Tuck” or any, Thing one may please, the Navy PLAYED . b splendid uphill struggle and failed TO get tie by the barest margin. 1t was the astuteness Of the team in general and the alertness of the ends In particular which gave the Navy opportunities to score two of its touchdowns. No Navy hankers have ever acquitted themselves better than Won Heimberg and jackson, and. also. the men substituting for them at in tervals were little less effective. True. they were borne back at times by the sheer power of the plays against them. Out, with all that, to them the Navy owes the greatest credit for its fine showing. And IL ever fine work by quarter back earned a position for a man, Whelchel. last year star athlete at western High School. gained a place only did he direct the play of the Mid shipn,en capably for one starting hts nrst year of collegiate foot ball, but his work would have earned distinction for man of far greater expert ence. Besides directing well the energies of his team, Whelchel broke loose for several long runs and caught forward pass on Pitts 10-yard line and ran the remainder of the distance to the goal. Fumbling Of punts by Meadows and Miller Of Pittsburgh came near proving gather in Won Heimbergs long kicks. and Navy ends were quick to fall on the ball. Two of Nays touchdowns were due directly to this lack Of abil- 10y “ hahuic the plSSkIu, ana IL was lucky for Pitt that a slight wind defected the last Navy trial at goal from touchdown. The Navy scored its first touchdown within three minutes after the play had begun Pitt held Navy in the mid die of the field and forced 1t to punt The ball dropped through Hastings arms and Meadows made a Jump to recover it, but failed. Jackson, the Navy left end, was down under the ball. grabbed 1t and. although Meadows had him In his grasp. he failed to drag him to the ground until after the 10 yards to the goal line had been nesotiated- Pitt kicked OF to the Middies then, and, after forcing them to punt, started a slashing attack which car rfed II direct to the goal and q touohdown. Shortly before the end of the first quarter a double pass netted Pitt 20 yards, placing the ball within 16 yards Of the Navy goal. Just after the opening Of the second quarter Pitt scored again, taking tho ball over without Q halt after the teams had changed from one end Of the h>ld to tho other. Navy made . squirt near the end Of the half. being successful with long forward pass which put the ball within yards Of Pitts goal Time was called before the ball could be put over. The half ended with the count II to 8 in Pittsburgh’s favor.

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 15, 1916, page 1

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  NAVY LOSES TO PITTSBURGH IN CLOSE CONTEST Hoffman Misses Easy Goal, Which Would Have Tied the Score Annapolis, Md, Oct. i4.-Although playing a much stronger game from general standpoint, and covering about twice as much ground in rushing as their opponents, tho University of Pittsburgh barely won from the An nspolis midshipmen in their annual football game here this afternoon. The score was 20 TO 10. Hoffman, of the Navy, missed an easy try for goal following the Nays third touchdown, otherwise the final score would have registered 20 all. Hastings, De Hart and McLsren, the trio Of players in the Pitt backfield, were the stellar performers Of the game. Their end running and line plunging we’re the best that have been seen at Annapolis for a long time. Pittsburghs attacking machine worked with q degree Of smoothness equal 20 that which marked last seasons game at Annapolis, but there we’re several miserable fumbles, and misplays Of this character contributed 70 two Of the midshipmen’s touchdowns. Meadows and Miller, who slternated in the quarterback position, we’re the faulty players in this par ticular. Miller, who replaced Meadows early in the second half, was hardly any stesdier. One Of his fumbles Of punt By Won Heimberg contributed to 9 Navy touch down. Speaking generally, Pitt played q hne defensive game. The players tackled sure and hard, but they could not stop the Navy punch after the middies got within striking distance following the lucky breaks Of the game. The middies drew first blood early in the opening period, when they recovered tumble inside Of Pitts ten yard line, and from that point carried the leather across the goal line. The line-up:

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  Bisbee daily review, October 15, 1916, page 3 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL RESULTS At Galveston-Texas A. X NJ. D; Louisiana State 13. At Norman, Okla-University of Oklahoma 0; Henry Kendall College 16 At Dallas, Tex.-Baylor 37; Trinity At Newbrunswick, N. J.-Washing- ton X Lee 13; Rutgers l3. At Hartford. Conn.-Springfeld 26; Trinity 0. At Andover. Mass.-PhilIips Andov- CT 10; Harvard Freshmen 2. At Orono. Maine-Rhode Island State 13; Maine o. At Schenectady, N Y.-Union 2; Worcester o. At Washington. Washington x Jefferson 47; Marcetta College 6. At Middletown, Conn.-Wesleyan University 19; Bowdoin 19 At Baltimore-Johns Hopkins 34; Washington College 6. At South Bend, Ind.-Notre Dame 26; Haskell 0. At Anneville, Pa.-Lebanon Valley 13; Villa Nova 3. At Hanover N H-Dartmouth 62: Massachusetts Aggies O. At Charleston, w. Va.,-West Virgin ia 20; Virginia Poly O. At Omaha-Creighton IA; Nebras- ka Wesleyan O. At Laramie-Denver University 19; Wyoming 10. At Albuquerque-Uni of New Mexico 0: Colorado School of Mines 27. At Pullman, Wash.-Oregon Aggies 13; Washington State College 10. At Moscow, Idaho-Gonzag Univer- sity 27; University of Idaho 6. At Vermillon-South Dakota 55; Wesleyan Mitchell O. At Sioux City-Morningside 27; Buenavista O. At Tucson-University of Arizona 30; Twenty Second U. S. Infantry O. At Annapohs-Navy 19; Pittsburg 20. At West Point-Army IT; Holy Cross o. At Logan, Utah-Colorado Aggies 53; Utah Aggies O. At yetteville-University of Ar kansas S2; Oklahoma School of Mines |

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Pittsburgh leads 22–⁠15–⁠3 in 40 meetings, counting the 35 since this game.