Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-24

OF the first two periods had fought
Harvard, the score standing /! to -
The exertion and suspense OF such
a gruelng battle under strange con-
-. ditions and environment told. now
,rever. in the closing half of the con-
.fict and the power and finish OF the
Harvard team triumphed over me
desperate efforts of Capt. DO NC
Millin and his teammates TO turn tne
tide of defeat. There was no question
in the minds of the 40, 600 spectators
who completely filled every avalla pie
foot of space in Harvards 1901 pan
au,phitheater as to which was the
better team
Make Crushing Progress
II was a slow. resolute crushing
:. nroeress which finally developed the
= crimson team as a winner. but LETT
ample honors for the hardy south-
erners, who had braved one OF .ls
greatest foot ball coaching systems
and teams in the entire country III
the Iatter's lair and emerged beaten.
= but proud in demonstrating that .,e
reports of their previous play
z not exaggerated or without ioui'"
ton. a,,-
That an institution with an enroll
,,ant of about 500 students and with
but one coach to prepare the Ioo'
hall team for the puzzling ana per-
fected play of rival team
. almost unt1mlIeu uHdhNit'i
struction facilities should be apie W
,,,atch a historic and established on
moment Throughout the first thlrl!
minutes Of play stamps the oehtI pr,
College eleven as one worthF VI ~ ~
1be nraise which had preceded 1t. W
fnnsivsIy the "Colonels" showed
came fully equal to that of Harvard.
hut il was the lack of strong DE-
Tense that finally differentiated De
tween victor and vanQuished.
II was most remarkable game:
filled with dazzling individual and
team feats which kept thousands OF
g snecta+ors on edge for almost every
minute of the play. Clean. naru iuoe
hall featured the contest from tie
onening to the closing blast OF the
uafarea's whistle. Long. brilliantly
executed forward passes. spectacular
broken field runs. quick dashes
through smartly made hoies III tn1
line. interspersed punts ana nero so
tries lifted the conflict far above tne
ordinary gridiron encounter between
tta bast of the eastern and middle
western eleNens.
Latent Power Tells.
7, was in the fearful final thirty
r,,nutes that the Crimson machine
really demonstrated It's iatenI 'nu
attack and defense. ana one
it was working smoothly centre ~
chance to win passed away McMli
. Ian. Weaver. King and Roberts al,
their ability more than TO holo
their own with the pest of the nome
team in forward passing broken neiu
running and tackling. as wen DIS ~.
diagnosing their opponents play But
the Centre offense had been develop,
ed far beyond it's team defense ana
the Southerners were unable 10 cieck
the steady grinding team attack ol
Harvard or to follow the pan VIII
the alertneSs that marked lhe WI
~ ha Crimson
While Harvard's attack was appar-
emily irresistible from Centre stand
point the Crimson was early IN the
game baffled by it's opponents over
head offense and broken field running:
The broader gridiron education OF
Harvard. however, enabled them 70
solve this puzzle early in the third
period. while Centre never 1ound the
way to check the mass drive ana con
cealed ball play that Harvard oe
veloped into almost seasonSSend form
in the closing session. g.,
Centre players had come on the field
after the teams customary prayers III
the dressing room with Coacn Moran
college Defeat did not imply faiiure
of their PRAYER, one of them said after
the contest, as the team praSs, not 70
win but that its members may do their
best.
PLAY was less imam ffNe id'e''
way when Harvard scored us nrst
touchdown. Owen twisted through the
-open defense of Centre, Churchli work
ing with him in open-runhlhs to,opSih
zion for an advance that TOOK the pan
from Harvard's 35-yard line 10 'oucn-
down. Faxon. with a record OF never
having failed to complete a touchdown
INV goal. kicked the first of Harvard s
four goals from touchdown "A minute
or two later Centre. under the drlVe OF
Capt. McMillin, tore 70 YARDS Gown tne
cold in a series of forward passes, line
nJunees knitting runs and crlss-crosS
snlavs to a touchdown by Roberts. WeaV-
or kicked the goal. as he did on his
onIy subsequent opportunity
This came unexpectedly Inc seconu
~. touchdown came Standing on his
s2.yard line. McMillin received the BAH
from center, tented to his le1t tneh
tossed it to his right. 80 yards down tne
field. Whitnell, substitute BACK. cauent
the hall. Down the field he raced, fena-
10 of two attempted tacklers, evading
another pair. and crossing the line Win
three men on him.
Centre 1. OverzealOux.
Centre College was ahead, but not Ior
long Oyerzealousness by centre lot
wards caused a penalty OF 10 yards.
which nulNied PUSHES netting tnal
amount in the succeeding play ana
when a forward pass failed. Centre was
forced to kick. Harvard did not re
Iinnuish the bail until it had evened the
iss,ie owen plunged. Churchill con-
tributed open field runs. and Hor"een
shot through the Centre line 1or gam
.,f,er gain. The southerners three tunes
stemmed the Crimson rushes. but nnaliy
Churchill crashed through for a touch
down. 10
With the start of the second hair
the Crimson went out TO WIN har-
wards defense rolled back three
centre rushes and Centre. forced TO
Kick. suffered the penalty OF Dad
boot when the ball went outside on
us own 30-yard line. A forward
pass and a long run by Churchill pre-
coded a touchdown by Horween.
NcNillin raced 80 yards through
the Harvard defenses. and after line
plunses had failed and he tried
forward pass owen detected the ball
from Centre receiver to HorWeen.
,vra ran 25 yards, Two PUSHES and
q forward pass failed to help Harvard
Horween dropped back and kicked a
field goal from the 32-yard line.
Get Final Touchdown.
The next score came when Have
never intercepted a forward pass and
Harvard started advance which
HorNeen crowned with u touchdown.
After the kickoff McMillin. by for
ward pass and short rush. sent Centre
down the field A Crimson penalty of
10 wards for holding aided Centre
and another, few minutes later,
brought the ball to Harvard's 20
ward line. Another rush by Roberts
gained only 2 yards and McMillin
forward-passed to King on Harvard S