The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-24

2 AANAl c oIIIdlI CO1lSSC GIGNcU l . wards calibre.
 In individual and semi-team play dur ! ing the first half of the contest, the
 Centre College combination showet gameness and football ability whicl
 gained them the support of thousands of
 spectators who came to witness the game without partisan sympathy or allegiance The Praying Colonels,'' as the southern
 players are known in their home sec.
 tion, matched effort for effort with the
 Crimsons, and at the close of the first
 two periods had fought themselves into
 an even break with Harvard, the score
 standing IA to 14.
 STRAIN TELLS
 The exertion and suspense of such a
 grueling battle under strange conditions
 anG environments told, however, in the
 closing half of the conflict, and the
 power and finesse of the Harvard team
 triumphed over the desperate efforts of ? Capt. "Bo' McMillin and his team
 mates to turn~the tide of defeat. There and environment told, however in the
 4O0o0 speeta tors who completely filled
 every available foot of space in liar wards football amphitheatre, as to which
 was the better team It was SLOW, resolute crushing progress which finally developed the Crimson team as a winner, but left ample honors for the hardy tsoutherners, who had braved one of the greatest football coaching systems anu , teams in the entire country in the lat ters lair and emerged defeated, but proud in demonstrating that the reports of their previous play were not exag-
 gerated or without foundation
 That an institution, with an enrolment of about 300 students and with but one
 coach to prepare the football team for
 the puzzling and perfected play of d rival team with almost unlimited finan- ciaI and instruction facilities, should pc able to match an historic and estap- lished opponent throughout the HTS.
 thirty minutes of plan stamps the cen ire College eleven as one worthy or all the praise which had preceded It. oi- fensively the "Colonels" showed gahns fully equal to that of Harvard, but II
 was the lack of a strong defense that finally differentiated between victor ana vanquished.
 INTERESTING INCIDENT
 That the Harvard captain and coaches realized the really remarkable spirit ana play of the southerners was demon strated by scene which took place almost immediately after the game, when the teams met in the Harvard tralnlls quarters. There Captain Horween or the winning eleven went up to Capt. Alvh McMilln and congra .ulating him upon his team and wonderful individual play ing. offered the ball used ill the game as a trophy.
 McMillin. dust covered and well-nigh exhausted by his efforts personally to wrest victory from the Crimson purs' into team and refused the ball, with tne remark that ito the victor belong the spoils.
 PRAISE FOR M'MILLEN
 The Harvard leader endeavored to per suade McMillin to accept the paii' W'h inc statement. You deserve it, You arc the greatest backfield player l ever saw" .,e
 Centres quarterback persisted m his refusal. however, on the grolfhd that ms team had not won a game Whlch, ne said was the best and cleanest It nal ever. taken part in, and therefore did nos deserve the ball for it's trophy case.
 The statements of the rival captaihs tvpified what was undoubtedly ino's remarkable game filled. with dazziins .;n d;yia,al and team feats which kept thousands of spectators on edge Ior ar most every minute of the play. Clean hard football featured the contest iroih inc opening to the closing blast or .he referees whistle. Long, brilliantly eAS cuted forward passes, spectacular prohen field runs quick dashes through sihai.'S made holes in the line. intersperseo "i.n p,lnts and field goal tries, lifted the con flct far above the ordinary gridiron en- counter between the best or the eas'e'' and middle western elevens.
 If was in the Hateful final thirty mn utes that the Crimson machine really demonstrated it's latent and powerful at tack and defense, and once It was "orn- ing smoothly Centres last chance to Whi na sseds away. McMillan, Weaver Nins and Roberts all proved their ability more Than to hold their own with the best of the home team in forward passing, broken field running and tackling' as well as in diagnosing their, opponents play. But the Centre offense had been developed far beyond it's team detehse, and the Southerners were unaple 10 check the steady grinding team attach of Harvard or to follow the ball with {he alertness that marked the work or the Crimson. While Harvards attack was apparently irresistible from Gen. tre standpoint, the Crimson was carry in the game baffed by its opponents overhead offense and broken field run hing. The broader grdiron education of 1 Harvard however enabled them to solve | this puzzle early in the third period, | while Centre never found the way to | check the mass drive and concealed ball | play that Harvard developed into almost | season-end form in the closing session. |
 CUSTOMARY PRAYERS
 Centre players had come on the field | after the teams customary prayers in | the dressing room with Coach Moran | and President w. A. Garfield of the col l lege. Defeat did not imply failure Of their prayer, one of them said after the | contest. as the team prays not to win, but that it's members may do their best,
 Play was less than five minutes under | way when Harvard scored it's first touch- | down, Owen twisted through the open defense of Centre, Churchill working | with him in open running cooperation for an advance that took the ball from 35-yard line to a touchdown.l Owen carried the ball over. Faxon, with a record of never having failed to con- plete a touchdown by goal, kicked the first of Harvard's four goals from touch down.
 X minute or two iater. Centre unde, | the drive of Cantan McMillin. tore 70 | yards down the field in a series of for ward rasses, line plunging knfing runs l and crss-cross plays to a touchdown bv Roberts Weaver kicked goal as he 1 lid on his only subsequent opportunity | This came unexpectedly. The second period had barely opened when a Centre touchdown came. Standing on his s2- 1 ,ard line. McMillIn received the ball from septre. feinted to his left. then tossed 1 { n his right 90 yards down the field Ahitnel. substitute hack. caught the 1 ,ai Down the field he raced, fendins | 'h two attempted tacklers. evading an. ,ther pair. and crossing the line with hree mem on him
 Centre College was ahead, but not fot