The Washington times., 1921-11-06

,sBo" Mcmillan, who throws a forwa
real speed and agility. ~
The Centre line knew absolutely
rothing about defense and In the sec
ond half the HaI ward backs romped
through at will. Centre left the field
badly beaten and demoralired and
shortly afterwards Georgia Tech put
the finishing touches to an unsuccess-
ful season.
Charlie Moran, "Bo" Mcmillan. and
r, the rest of the Centre bunch were
made of the right stuff. They took
their beatings without a whimper and
started I'm this fall to develop a real
football team. Moran Is a great tacti-
clan and backfield coach, but II is too
much TO ask anyone to coach an en-
tire team and look after the Individual
work of the line, too.
Last fall the Centre line was awfully
green. This year they have bully
good line coach and the line knows
how to play football.
Against Harvard, whom they de-
feated 60, Centre put on the field
team that knew the game thoroughly
and played to win. Their offense was
no flash in the pan, but splendidly
conceived and well executed. Their
generalship was Of high order. The
tackling of the ends was fierce and ag-
gressive. Their kicking game is not
good, but at that, Roberts places his
kicks very well.
Able To Reverse Field.
Centres offensive play Is built
around an open formation. Red Rob
erts, the heaviest man on the team,
is put at end. He plays quite dis
tance from the tackle. who is also out
about four or five yards from the
guard. The backs line up in tandem
formation with Mcmillan about eight
yards behind the center. The strong
plays are either run or a pass.
Roberts is very effective in boxing
a tackle. Mcmillan starts as II on
wide end run and goes back. reversing
his field with a great deal OF speed
Against Harvard, he ran to the rishs,
cut behind the line of scrimmage
and cut back.
There Ia no more difficult play in
the world to stop than q wide swinging
run. with the back deliberately reVers-
ing his field. The defensive line sees
the back start and goes over as fast as
A. can. They are off their balance
and a runner who can reverse MS Iieiu,
IS going to have a big opportunity "
gain a lot OF ground.
TIe is very quick on his feet and side
.teps beautifully, and is one OF the
hardest men to bring down, playing
todav. His play warrants all the sooo
wings that have been said about hin'
Ne throws a forward pass with great
, accuracy and speed, and in addltlon'
has a splendid football head.
While the whole Centre team are
bunch of fighters, Red Roberts Is the
other outstanding star. he weigns
about 200 pounds and Is fast ana sniity
on his feet. He is splendid man i.
the interference and can box an emu
or tackle as well as anyohe n,ar
ever- seen. Roberts is a fair punter
for a man Of his size and weight, ana
Kicks off over the goal line WIN mo
s,otonous regularity.
Roth he and Mcmillan have great
football spirit and would De trenen
do,,s assets TO any team. In the first
nlace they are wonderful players
and know the game thoroughly anu
secondly, they are distinctly team
play men and help encourage every
one else.
Danger Signals for Tigers.
While I am naturally sorry TO see
Harvard or Yale defeated before they
play Princeton, knowing that defeat
makes them all the harder to beat at
the end of the season, no one could
have seen the Centre-HarVard game
last week, except tn most raDiu paru-
san. and begrudged them their VIC
tory. e. ~.
Last fall these boys were under
tremendous handicap. There are
hardly three hundred students in the
entire college and no prlma donnas
ever received the same amount OF
publictty. While It hurt their play,
IL didn't turn their heads and the
team came back this fall determined
TO wipe out last years defeat.
They wanted to have mass meet
ing before they came to Cambridge
Mcmillan told the students to keep
the meeting until after they got back.
They were in a great frame Of mind
when they went into, the Harvard
game. They hadn't forgotten last
year and their mistakes. team in
this attitude is the hardest team in
the world to beat
happened to be I'm the Lenox Hotel
in Boston an hour or SO before the
game. The Centre College team had
Just dressed and / saw the men as
sembled in large room at the end
of the hail. The door was open and
j looked in. There they were grouped
in little circle with their yellow
covered blankets.
Someone was praying, and It was
really the most impressive few min
utes before q game that l have ever
seen. had heard lot about the
praying Colonels but didn't think
much about this particular feature,
but when those Centre boys passed
by me out of the room, / felt Il would
take a pretty good Harvard team to
beat them.
Copyright. 1891, by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.
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