The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-18
HARVARD Is READY
FOR CENTRE COLLEGE
Team Came Out of Saturdays
Game in Good Shape and
Is Confident.

Special Despatch TO THE New York HERALD.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. 17.-Harvard
apparently passed through Saturdays
game with a few sore spots here and
there, but there was no new addition to
the hospital list, and Trainer "Pooch"
Donovan is of the opinion that the Grim
son will have its entire squad in shape
for the acid test with Center College
Saturday
From Coach Fisher down, the powers
to-be here are making it their business
to talk down anything that could be con-
strued as over confidence. The alumni
publication. the Harvard Bulletin, edi-
torially declares that signs of overcon-
fidence are already apparent and warns
solemnly against such an attitude. But
undergraduate Harvard has heard this
same cry year in and year out so long,
only to see a triumphant Crimson. that
they are willing to radiate optimism now
and let the future take cars of itself.
The wonderful work off Winnie
Churchill. substitute halfback, in Satur-
days game, should certainly earn him
consideration for a permanent position
behind the line. The coaches almost de-
cided to make the blond running back
a regular last week, but there was a
midweek sudden change of heart, and
his work Saturday may bring about an
other shift in official opinion.
Churchill seems to evade the opposing
defence without slowing up his gait. lis
work is so clearly accomplished that the
onlooker is at a loss to know just how
the young sophomore back makes his
startling gains unless 1t is he is wearing
the shoes that belonged to Eddie Casey
last year. One 40 yard run he made
against Williams was mighty impressive,
and he had a number of other long gains
to his credit.
In addition Churchill threw the for
ward pass which Joe Fitzgerald, second
string quarterback, took fifty yards for
a touchdown, and also snapped out an
other which Clark Macomber carried
for twenty-four yards His punting
could stand Improvement, and he is
practising daily to make up for this
deficiency.
Harvard had plenty forward passing
Saturday to prepare her for Center this
week. Williams tried at least seventeen
overhead charges and got away with
seven Of them. Only two were inter-
copied. For the most part the gains
were small, but three of them yielded
first down for the visitors. Whether
Harvard will profit by this experience
Saturday, when team of Center's cali
bre is in the Stadium must await the
week end result. They certainly allowed
Williams lots OF freedom in this respect,
but the incompleted passes often were
the result OF the visiting players being
rushed at their work.
Jim Tolbert, shifted from tackle to
guard, will probably be a fixture in his
new position. This will give the Grim
son two husky forwards, both weighing
over 200 pounds-an active pair-for
Tommy Woods steps every whit as lively
as Tolbert and is the more experienced.
Such a move will leave the tackles for
Duke Sedgwick and Wynant Hubbard.
The former has been out of the game
for almost a month with bad neck.
He was the outstanding lineman on the
Harvard team last fall. Hubbard Is an
"TI" man, and in the Valparaiso game
played guard. He Is better fitted for
tackle however. and there 1t looks as If
he will remain.
Johnson the veteran quarterback,
seems smoothered in the glory of Buell.
and Fitzgerald, who preceded him into
Saturdays game. Buell. drop kicked
one goal, but made no exceptional show
ing otherwise Fitzgerald seemed to
buck up the team little better, but is
far from finished performed.
Dick Humphrey made some splendid
runs, George Owen bucked the line to
telling gains, and other backs showed
splendid form occasionally.