Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-11-02
HOW CENTRE LOST
To- GEORGIA TECH
Diftiest Branrs of Football Ever
Seen Was Played BY Atlanta
Eleven

Hundreds of admirers of Centre
j Colleges great football team were
stunned by the overwhelming defeat
they met at Atlanta Saturday, when
Georgia. Tech. beat them % to O..
However, few expected them to put
up n game indicative of their real
qualities only a week after their
gruelling battle at Harvard.
Newspaper men who saw the game
at Atlanta. however,, tell story
which shows what the KentuckianS
were up against-the dirtiest brand.
of football ever seen in the south.
Bruce Dudley, sporting editor of hte
Louisville Herald, writes this kind of
game that the Georgians played:
| Centres engagement Saturday with
called q football game, for it was not.
Centre lost by 4 decisive margin. The
score was "a to o.
The story of the defeat Will not be
an alibi. Centre despises alibis and so
do all lovers of clean sport. An alibi
an insult to a sterling football team;
excuses are to be frowned on in foot
ball history. Centre did not play the
brand of sport which went under the
guise of football Saturday afternoon
at Grant Field and lost. Refer ring
to the mess as football is to smilch
the name of the countfy's greatest
collegiate sport.
A number of Atlanta newspaper
men interviewed McMillin after the
encounter
'Do you think Centre would have
been able to have beaten Tech. last
Saturday," they asked.
''Afterseeing the Find of football
Tech. plays, | doubt it very much"
McMillin replied. "I don't see how
any football team in the world could
hope to beat Tech. at Grant Filed if
Tech used the kind of tactics it used
this afternoon"
"Would you be willing to play Tech.
again ?" 4
Eyes" snapped Bo. "I'd give every
thing own to play them again to-
morrow"
"The Centre team today" he added
''was only about 20 per cent as eff;ci-
ent as the Centre team which match
ell wits and speed and weight with
Harvard last Saturday. But pray, do
not make the mistake of believing
that | make this statement to account
for our defeat. We We're beaten and
beaten badly, but no one knows bet
ter than you that we We're not beaten
fairly.
Gentlemen, it is bad sportsman
ship is most cases to say anything
against triumphant team, but just
want to say that / can't understand
how the people of Atlanta can sup
port football team which resorts tel
such dirty and despicable tactics rs
the Tech. team used against us this
afternoon. The Centre team was
warned by dozens and dozens of
southern fans familiar with Techs |
style of play to look out for unfair
methods, but we paid no attention to
the warnings. We believed that any
college team in this civilized age
could not be guilty of offenses which
We're charged This is all have to
say except that it is my sincerest
wish that again may be permitted to
play against Georgia Tech.''
"We're not going to squeal one tiny
Bit" vouched Uncle Charley Moran.
eve came down here to play foot
ball, but everything but football was
unfolded. This is the first town /
ever saw where the coach and the
captain of the team and college off |
Gals would permit the student. body
and band to unite in screams and din
to prevent the visiting team from
hearing its signals. When Tech. had