fall. That the Carlisle coach was considering a tempting offer made by the local school was admitted by the Pitt athletic authorities last night, but it was declared that Warner had yet to sign a contract. The story leaked out in a roundabout way, and the announcement is rather premature. Warner, it seems, told a Dickinson player that he had been dickering with the Blue and Gold. This Dickinson man was not too busy to tell a Pitt player about it during the Pitt – Dickinson game. The Pitt player spilled this story, and the athletic authorities, charged with this misdemeanor, owned up. One of the members of the Pitt athletic committee last night declared that the proposed change was not because Pitt is dissatisfied with the work of Joe Duff, but because it is believed that Pitt would be even better off with Warner than Duff at the head of affairs here. "We believe we have the greatest bunch of football material in the country at Pitt now, and we want the greatest football general of the country to handle them for us." is the way it was expressed. And Warner is a wizard at bringing out latent ability in his proteges, whether red or white." Carnegie Tech On November 14, the fifth city battle with Carnegie Tech was played at Forbes Field. Pitt had played and beaten Carnegie Tech four times previously and out scored them 94 to 0. The two neighboring schools had not played since 1910. Tech hired former University of Chicago All-American quarterback Walter Steffen as coach for the 1914 season and Tech's football fortunes improved. Pitt's lineup for this game was missing Captain Wayne Smith (fractured ankle) and Andy Hastings (broken finger). Guy Williamson was still questionable for this game but would be ready for the Penn State game. Pitt won the game 14 to 0 but the newspapers praised the Tartans for holding the score down. L.G. Boggs of The Pittsburg Press noted: "An intercepted forward pass and a fumble were the main reasons for the defeat of Carnegie Tech at the hands of the Pitt eleven at Forbes Field yesterday in a game which was close and hard-fought, and which kept the rather small crowd on edge during the entire playing time." The Pitt Weekly agreed: "Pitt defeated Carnegie Tech, Saturday, by a score of 14 to 0. The Plaid warriors sprang