The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-23
Centre Should Give the Grim
X son Eleven a Hard
Battle.
PRINCETON Is FAvORITE
Likely to Beat Navy-Yale
May Surprise West
Virginia.
Dy DANIEL.

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games make the most alluring and
most important October programme
since 1915. On October 23 of that year
Cornell handed Harvard a sumner in
the form of defeat by 10 to 0, while
Yale succumbed to Washington and
Jefrerson's aerial attack by 16 to T..
Princeton saved the Big Three from
total eclipse that day, when it tri-
umphed over Dartmouth. 80 TO z. Mid
season of 1914 was marked by another
big day, the feature Of which was the
Harvard victory over Michigan. to O..
But this afternoons schedule seems
to outshine anything seen previous to
November In seasons of the past. The
biggest game Of the day in so far as
national and technical interest are
concerned is the clash between Har-
ward and Centre College of Kentucky,
in the stadium at Cambridge-the first
meeting of the two institutions and
Centres first contest in it's history
with truly big team.
Pressing the Cambridge game closely
for general interest and its bearing on
the Atlantic seaboard football situa-
ton In the revival of the old rivalry
between Princeton and the Navy in the
Palmer Stadium at Old Nassau. Third
among the big contests is the Yale-West
virginia meeting at New Haven Then
come the acknowledgements game at
Hanover. the Cornell-Colgate affair at
Ithaca and the Pittsburg-Ge Tech
battle in the Smoky City.
Two All-Americans.
The Harvard-Centre game is a mighty
hard one to dope" out. The Ken
tuckians are coming into the stadium
with an eleven composed mainly of vet
erpns, eight of whom were regulars last
season, when Centre made itself famous
II Is coming with two players whom
Walter Camp last fall placed on his ALL
America team-Weaver. the centre, and
McMillin, the quarterback. Roberts, the
end. was placed on Camps third ALL
America. 1t will be remembered that
Camp placed only one Harvard man on
his first All-America, and he was Eddie
Casey, who has gone. That's fact
which has no immediate bearing on the
issue of to-day, but 1t is interesting.
Centre will bring into the arena on
the banks of the Charles the best scor-
ing record for this season--a record of
having made 245'points In three games
10 against Morris Harvey. 120 against
Howard and SIS against Pennsylvania
VT is true that none of the three. elevens
which were swamped by the Colonels
ranks in the Northern prep school class,
but II Is evident that Centre has great
anc fast scoring machine.
OF the men who won all nine games
for Centre last season. scoring ass
points against 23 and defeating Indiana
by IL to and West Virginia by IA to g.
only Bell and McCollum. ends, and
Davis halfback, have been lost and
their places have been filled by better
men All the players who were most
prominent In the development of Gen.
tres successful open attack IN 1919 once
more are available and have been Joined
by new men who are said to be pressing
the veterans closely.
Roberts Is the drop kicker ana punter
OF the team--anG very good one. too
while Weaver kicks the goals from
touchdown. He missed only one out OF
forty-eight last season. Snoddy is the
star receiver of forward passes! most OF
which are thrown by McMillin. who
also makes a speciality of long runs
both around the ends and through the
line.
Centre also still has Charley Moran.
the National League umpire, as coach,
Moran says that zone play Is Joke and
that the West and the South have made
greater progress than has the North In
football All OF these facts make the
proposition which confronts very In
ateresting one and perhaps a difficult
one. too.
On the Centre side OF the discussion
we have the fact that II made the Fiar-
ward game its big objective--ability 20
score and a we'll developed passing at
tack. But IL must be remembered that
Centre has not met even n second class
opponent this reason and so VIII come
into the stadium bit soft" Il also
must be remembered that when the
Georgia Tech Golden Tornado trotted
into Forbes Field to play Pittsburg in
1918 the sight 81 thirty thousand persons
In serried ranks which mounted TO the
skies made the Southern lads so nervous
That they we're beaten to a fragile by 30
TO O. There is n strong parallel between
the Georgia Tech eleven Of 91S and the
Centre team OF 1920.
The Harvard side.
on the Harvard side OF the debate we
have. primarily. rock bound. conserva-
tive development under a coaching sys-
tenn which has been successful against
the strongest opposition in the country.
We have n Crimson eleven which has
been tested this season and not found
wanting. 1t started with hard game
against Holy Cross which Il won by
2 70 o. and then beat Maine by IL TO o.
Valparaiso was defeated by 21 20 0. while
Williams was whipped by 3s 20 0. the
last accomplishment standing out about
twice as impressively as total of 100
against Howard.
Harvard has n baclfield which ought
10 shine in any company and a line
which Is said 10 be Of the old Harvard
type. IL has weight and strength and
great defensive power. Harvard has an
attack which ought to hold it's own
ngainst Centres offence. and n defence
which should be far too strong for the
Colonels In short. Harvard though
pointing for Princeton and Yale, right
now has the edge on Centre by a good
margin and barring accidents OF the
game---fumbles and long runs there
fron---ought 10 win by couple of touch
downs. Centre will have glory enough
" Il ecores--a feat which has yet TO be
performed against the Crimson.
The Princeton-N proposition pre-
.ents most OF the clements which enter
Into the Harvard-Centre discussion.
Princeton has whale or a team II
has a powerful. scrappy and fast line
IL has fine defence and even n
smoother attack than Harvard. IL has
n galaxy of backs who can do anything
and everything and who develop the
triple threat 60 remarkable degree IL
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