The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
Davids at Loss Without
Slingshots or Brass
Knucks.. Centre Has
Right to Be Proud Of
Showing.
BY JACK NYE.


It's a beautiful story, this one of
David and Goliath but times have
changed since the Hebrew Kid
toppled the alien heavy weight in
less than one round.
The moral to be CLEANED from this
classic bit of history is plain, but 1t
doesn't apply TO football. Cold facts
and figures indicate that the good
little man had better fight shy OF
the good big one.
Centre College was the David of
the gridigon when II journeyed TO
Cambridge Saturday. but unfortun-
ately the modern football rules don't
provide for packing a slim ngshot in
the hip pocket for emergency use.
Eleven pairs of bSass knucks would
have been handler. but they. too.
are under the ban in polite circles.
And so Goliath won.
Good Day for GoIiaths.
Yale, whose strength is probably
underestimated because ii lost TO
Boston College. did a clog dance on
the frame of West Virginia. and
Princeton. meeting a stronger foe in
the Navy team, put on a little extra
speed and finished ahead under
wraps.
In Pittsburgh the Panthers were
forced to fight their hardest to best
the powerful Georgia Tech team by
a 10-to-3 score. but they did it for
the third consecutive year.
1t would be fiattering the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania team to
class 1t among the giants" this
year. They were once great. but
the resourcefuI Johnny Heisman
comes along to put them back on
the map and they Immediately fliv-
yer. That heavy, fast and we'll
coached V. NJ. L team gave them an
awful drubbing, the only Southern
representative that turned the
trick.
Despite the decisive defeat by
harvard. the Praying Colonels"|
have right to feel proud of their
showing in Cambridge. After see
ing Harvard in action, experts
agreed that the team will rank
with the greatest that institution
has turned out in the past ten
years. That's some great
For the first time this year the
Harvard goal line has been crossed.
To prove that it wasn't a fluke. the
Colonels came back and did it
again Considering the strength of
the Crimson defense, that's quite a
stunt To quote Walter Camp. the
Harvard defense. once it gets down
to business. is "a terrible thing"
When the season has gone into
history 1t will be interesting to see
just how many teams. Yale and
Princeton included, are able to
score two touchdowns on the big
red team.
MeMiIlan's Reputation Stands.
From the majority of critics who
saw the game he heard nothing but
praise for the offensive ability of
"Bo" Mcmillan.
Hes every bit as good as he has
been cracked up to be-" says the
New York Times correspondent, who
covered the game.
"Bo' was the backbone Of the Of
fense which swept down the field
in two marches, covering nearly zoo
yards, for tOuChdOwns. It was his
running. his passing and mis- gen.
eralship that brought these scores
That was quite a stunt. 1t was
more than the famed Benny Boyn-
ton could do.
If his generalship was off color
in the last half it was evidently be-
cause he realized that defeat was
certain unless a chance touchdown
or two could be scored by the air
a close score, his resultant action i.
probably excusable and is probably
what the capable Charley Moran
had approved in advance.
Princeton fulfilled the expecta-
tions Of its followers by defeating
the big Navy team, two touchdowns
being the margin OF difference The
Tiger line failed to do anything
startling and it was the speed of
the backfield men. Lourie. Garrity.
Glroy and Murrey. which turned
the tide.
Princeton Flash Wins Fame.
Franz Murrey. the 155-pOund
fash. who substituted for Lourie
in the last part Of the final period,
was responsible for the most brill
liant run of the season when he
sped seventy-seven yards for a
touchdown through the Navy team
from a kick formation. There are
few sDeedier men o. the business
than this youth. few men more dan
gerous. and none more accurate in
drOp-kicking. His toe scored points
in both the Harvard and Yale
games last season, and he looks
like an ace card for the big three
games this season.
Back from New York. where they
trimmed FOrdham in a spectacular
game, the Hilltoppers will have an
easy game Saturday with Johns
Hopkins. after which they take on
the Navy and Georgia Tech in sue
cession- They are going to have
two hard weeks
Hap" Ward. whose penchant is
busting a hole through somebody's
line, was the bright star of the
back field against Fordham, and
impressed the coaches more than
ever with his power. Little "a
zalli played brilliant game at end,
according to those who accompa-
MED the team. and Flavin and NAL
ley showed their usual ability in
a broken field. But the Hilltoppers
fumbled in disconCerting manner,
one Of these mistakes paving the
way for FOrdham touchdown.
Georgetown is still making over
lures for a game with Centre here
on December 4, and the chances of
landing were declared last night
to be particularly bright Already
there Is some speculation here as
to whether Mcmillan is a more
capable offensive man than Flavin
or Malley. Perhaps the dopesters
will yet have the chance of seeing
them in action against each other.
Without arguing the respective
merits Of the stars. a pastime that
doesn't mean anything. it. can be
conceded that they are all brilliant
performers who are liable to do
damage AGAINST anvbodvsz taap,