The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-24
BY FRED TuaeYvILLE
Il. IA. Snorts Writer.

| Centre College gets down on It's
knees and prays and cries and then
goes cut and wins another football
game.
But Centre College has something
besides a prayer and hesdgear when
lit steps oato the field of battle. 1t
probably has as good q football team
maybe batteT-as any college il the
land today. Its record speaks for it
self. The team is unbeaten AID prob
ably will finish the season So How
many other t:ams will have a clean
slate at SSe finish?
j The sport world wonders how lit
tie college Of 203 students can turn
cut football team capable Of beat
ing Indiana, Virginia and West. Vir-
ginia by decisive scores. 1t is be-
cause on no other football squad in the
country today is there such teamwork
and fighting spirit. Every game is a
death struggle for Centre College.
They pray before every game and
briny tears course down the cheeks. OF
the husky athletes as If this combat
they were going into meant the saw
ing Of tseir country. Before the game
with West Virginia at Charleston they
rot down on their knees and were lead
in prayer by Dr. William a. Garfield,
dignified president OF the college. He
cried with them and when they stepped
onto the field they had played half the
game. :,
1T was something new to me-" said
DR.. Garfield. 1--WE prayed before, Of
course, but | never prayed for q loot
ball team. But the fight that showed
| in my boys that day got in me. too, and
| wanted to go onto the field with
them and lineup against those West
Virginia mountaineers. l felt sort OF
foolish crying with the boys, but the
tears came. have never seen col
lege with such spirit as Centre. A
successful football team is: first, ma
terial; second, coaching, and third,
spirit. We have al"
There is nothing miraculous about
Centres football team. 1t is collec-
ton of first.class football material,
good coaching and = splendid spirit.
The collection OF material is due to the
unccasi1g efforts OF Director Of Ath-
latics Boo Myers and Head Coach
Charley Moran. They've been collect
! ing this 1910 team for three seasons
back. They've got eleven regulars
who'll be back again next year. 4
The institution is one OF the strict
est in the country IN its scholastic re-
cuirements. Three Of the football
players, James, Van Antwerp and Da-
Wis, are among the best students in
the school.
Centre is member Of the Southern
intercollegiate Athletic Association
along with such schools as Vanderbilt,
Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Georgia,
Tulane, Auburn, Kentucky State, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama, etc. The require
ments Of the association are lived up
to in every game Centre plays.
The members of the team are not
hill bollies," as one eastern writer
hints, collected and instilled with
football. They are products Of high
schools and prep schools. Most Of
them come from well to-do families In
the south. Some come from Ohio,
Texas, Arkansas, besides Kentucky.
Centre College, though small, is not
poor financially It is located In the
heart Of Kentucky's aristocracy, at
Danville, one Of the Oldest cities in the
state. Centre Is 101 years old and is
mighty proud Of It's achievements.
Some Of the biggest men in the state
and nation are products Of Centres
learning. fs
made quite a long trip to Danville
to see this team. Charley Moran,
coach, and Bob Myers, athletic direc-
tor, were nightly pleased to see me.
Centre has had very little publicity