The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
CENTRE A HIT IF
SHE WAS BEATEN
Fight Buoyantly and Hope
fully, but Unable to Handle
Crimson Attack.
CAlNTABS FINE TACKLING
Harvards, Ellis and Tigers All
Show Considerable Punch
Gossip.

The Harvard-Centre football game
contained reminder of the old days.
the good old" days when possession of
the ball meant more. theoretically. at
least. than now. Both teams held on to
1t for long stretches, II not long periods
Every touchdown. four for Harvard. two
for Centre, was the result of an advance
of respectable length. nothing under
twenty-five yards and some more than
half the length of the field. One. Cen
tres forward pass and attendant run.
was accomplished in one play, 1t is true
the others were series Of plays
But thss was none of the monotony
of attack OF the old game. There was
none OF the steady plugging. plugging for
short but sure distances of the old game.
The progress at Cambridge was accom-
plished by varied. flashing tactics, open
and overhead and all sorts. Apparent
ly In stopping the crunch and grind OF
savage. wearing, blanketing line play
the Kentuckians were IMMERSED and
hadn't the football experience to cope
with that sort OF attack. Had 1t been
Yale or Princeton facing the Harvard
offence we'll. quite likely they would
have been much more at home and much
less puzzled by such tactics.
The Kentuckians made a distinct hit
in two ways Their own style OF play
was interesting and spirited, and, out
played and worn down though they
were. their spirit was splendid. They
never allowed themselves to become
stampeded. They played with buoyant
and hopeful spirit even when they knew
they were beaten. They exempl1hed as
well as any team that's played football
the spirit of ''for the games sake"
The Centre line was pitted against
better line, extensively especially. Inc
Centre forwards were not through
quickly or hard enough to keep the
Harvard plays from gathering impetus,
and the Harvard forwards had way
of blocking and smothering opposites so
as to allow their own plays to get in
motion This job of folding back and
shutting off the other side was done IN
hard, merciless style by Harvard and
with the technique Of coordinate accu-
racy.
A big. fast and Furnishing line. this
one of Harvards but showing to less
advantage on defence. Had 1t had more
opponents Of the quick grasp OF the
rivals mannuvres of James OF centre
il would have had more trouble In get
ting its own plays under way. James
and Snoddy were Centres best line
men, though King was capapie emu
the short time he was in.
OF the backs, McMinin and Whitnen
are genuine stars, high class In every
particular and would add strength TO
any team I do not regard Roberts as
OF the quality Of numerous line breakers
I've SEEM among whom may be men
toned Coy, Butterworth, Maulbetsch'
Ad Kelly, Jim Mccormick. MacLaren.
Bill Hollenback. Percy Wendell Thorpe,
fyoI, OlNnhlnt
and various others. In his twofoid role
OF end on defence and line breaker on
offence he didn't do very well at either
but he and McMillln can throw the Tor
ward pass with a dizziness and an easy
natural baseball skill which is In con-
trast to the labor many Eastern backs
make Of the specially.
II there, been any tackling as con-
sistently sure and hard as the Cantabs
did Saturday the writer hasn't seen IT,
II was better than he has seen Yale or
Princeton do. The backs have precision
OF movement, but not the speed OF tne
Yale backs or the knack of keeping
going. Strictly from the standpoint o.
material Mt least 50 far as physique APP
meals TO the eve. Harvard outdoes them
all. but judging from Saturdays as
MAY quarterback, II no other posltlon,
il not as we'll provided for at Cam
bridge as at New Haven and Princeton.
The Bulldog and the Tiger are much
better off in this position, at this writ
ing anyway The quarterback exhibit
ton in the stadium on the Harvard
side was mediocrity and by each or Its
representatives.
Harvard. II seems, has n more clearly
defined idea of what It wants to do at
present than Yale--this refers to the
nlayers on the field and mostly to the
men of the line, but impressions from
seeing the three teams are that Ell and
Nassau have a sharper. stronger ana
more penetrating defence, cleaner ana
more effective charge. All three. taking
the whole game OF each into considera-
ton, delivered a lot OF impressive stuff
Saturday. and when they get TO scrap
ping among themselves attacking
strength above the average is promised
Each has considerable kick. Looks as
II defence was going to have the time
of it's life in this series.
Two other points i'm Harvard's play.
The men got the hang of Centres for
ward passing and adapted themselves
TO II In manner decidedly clever.
What wasn't 80 clever and was without
excuse was time wasting after lining up.
one Harvard man tackled a runner out
OF bounds, and that was stupid busi-
ness. A lot of time was wasted In this
game. but not greatly noticed because
the action was rich with interest The
penalzng was heavy, and the causes
therefor quite inexcusable for both sides.
Centre was penalized so often that the
offside playing and holding for which
that team paid the penalty were no
small contributing factors to the size OF
the Harvard score.
The Navy has tackled four tough
teams so far. North Carolina State,
Bucknell. Lafayette and Princeton. The
Army has not met a team yet in It's
class. Next Saturday the-West Pointers
programme devates sharply from what
Il has been. Notre Dame IL coming for
It's annual game and display OF speed
and aerial fireworks. The Army sched-
ule aside from that game and up to the
Navy game Is soft. There has been
pronounced trend among leading college
elevens to get away from soft schedules.
the stiff ones being considered the bet
ter preparation. What effect hard
schedule for the Navy and an easy ono
FOR tho Army will have in the game.
which IL all in all to each. will be told
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