Pittsburgh at West Virginia

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  The sun, September 30, 1917, page 18

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  WARMERS TEAM SUCCESSFUL IN OPENING GAME Powerful Pitt Eleven Be. gins 1917 Drive With Victory. MeLAREN vICTOR’S STAR Plays Fine Defensive Game West Virginia Beaten by IA to 8. MeLAREN vICTOR’s STAR MoRoANrowS. W. Va. Sept. 2s.--Af- Ter being beaten ~ to o In the hrst half and apparently hopeiessly demoralized And In for a sound trouncing. West Vir- Sinta University’s eleven came back In ~ game with University Of Pittsburg in the second half and scored nine points while Pitt was unable to get close to vas IL TO >. The game was spectacular in the extrems and drew q large crowd. Ice and Harrick ht tackle played wonderful foot bail for West Virginia. The former blocked Sies’s punt and recovered for touchdown in the fourth quarter. Bailey also played a magniHcent game and was oil over the neid tackiins the. Pitt rum ncrs.’ Rodgers was West virAnia’s best iA the back field. His one run Of ~ yards after recovering . tumble In the third quarter was the feature. He 0fushed- on practically the whole Pitt nam In his wonderful dash. Ne1Iasen was the mainstay for Pitt. though the entire Pitt forward defence turnsd back West virginia’s repeated ettsmDts at the line with ease. Pitt made great march up the field from the thirty-three yard line to the doing most Of the plunging. and little came early In the second quarter and al most Immediately Pitt received the gift q another from West Virginia’s thirty three yard iire. From here McLaren took q on . dash OF twenty-five yards almost to the goal and Esterday scored. West virginia scored her safety In the 0ird quarter. King. standing on hts swn “a yard line. kicked clean so yards and Mccarter. when attempting TO pick up the bail on his own yard llns, was thrown over by Bailey. After the next kickoff GouGler fumbisa On his own 10 yard line and Rodgers. picking the ball up. made terrific dash Of – yards that placed the ball in scoring distance. A pass over the goal gave Pitt the baill, and when Sizes tried to kick from his 20 yard line Ice broke through end blocked the bail. The oval rolled ever the goal and Ice fell on 1t for West virRinia’s score. Pitts light back field was unable TO circle West virginias ends the fine defpnsive work Of Brooks, Ice, Harrick, King. IIenty. Heavier, Mills and Rodgers turnins back every attempt. The lineup md summary:

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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 94 since this game.