The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-31
REAL STRENGTH OF
CENTRES ELEVEN
KEPT UNDER COVER
Weak Line of Last Season
Successfully Bolstered
For Big Battle.
By JACK NYE.

DO" McMilin carved a lasting
niche for himself in the gridiron hall
Of fame, along with the rest Of
his ighting mates from the Ken
lucky bluegrass, when Centre Col
lege erased the name of Harvard
from the list of unbeaten teams In
the East. The courageous South
erners. fighting against big odds, de-
serve all the praise that is coming
their way.
But as yet nobody has occupied
the rostrum to pin sprtg of laurel
on the lapel OF one Charlie Moran,
who prepared the Colonies for their
victory. Moran becomes q aoraDie
parsonage, because he is the first
gridiron mentor In many moons who
has clearly put one over" on Har-
ward
Football men will tell you that
they have q wise bunch in charge
of Harvard gridiron affairs. A won
derful scouting system, brainwork
in arranging their annual schedule,
and unexcelled coaching methods
have made the Crimson almost I'M
.beatable in recent years. The d.
etion of their teams Is the nearest
ling to statesmanship that is
Known. in football" remarked one
tootball veteran not long ago. And
he was right.
Moran puts One Oyer.r
But Centre undoubtedly caught
the Crimson fat-footed and the foxy
gentleman who did II is Mr.. Moran.
After last seasons failure at Har-
ward, the Centre coach realized the
teams shortcomings. The line was
weefully weak. He remedied that
this year. The running attack was
below par. This season the Ken
tuekians clearly outgained their op-
ponents.
Reports from the scene of hos
tilities are that Harvard was out
played in the line by a wide mar
gin, that Red Roberts and James
made the Crimson f1ankmen look
weak and that the backfiAd was
strictly up to snuff.
Perhaps in DanviIle there was
a good idea of the real strength of
the team. but not elsewhere. The
games played in the early part of
the season indicated no powerful
attack. Tulane was beaten by two
touchdowns and V. P. ]. lost by
Tie same SCOEe- 81 AANlerp "neEe-
ever that is, lost by a slightly
larger margin. and Centre ran up
30 points on Pennsylvania, but
probably couldn't help it.
In view of all these facts, the
Harvard coaches announced that
they would make no preparations
Tor the game. Holding out their
stars. they started second string
men. They expected Centre to
fail back on the passing game
and knew they could beat it.
There must have been some shock,
however. when the Colonies showed
a strong running attack that
proved mighty hard to stop. 1t
was this attack that brought the
winning touchdown. with McMillin
carrying the ball and Roberts do
ing the interfering.
ss Roberts Returns to Form.
Roberts,yby the way, returned to
his AIl-American form of two
seasons ago, and there were other
capable performers Tor the Ken
tuckians. Covington, a substitute
haiTback. ripped OFF long gains
around the Crimson ends and Bart
lett and Snoddy were good ground
Esiners-
Harvard probably salves the
sting of defeat by the thought that
had all its stars faced Centre, the re-
suit would probably have been Diff
ferent. That sounds reasonable, but
it does not lessen the enthusiasm
OF Centre. With the Crimson stars
absent, Centre still entered as a