Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-10-31
WHOLE STATE REJOICES
IN CENTRES VICTORY
Danville "Goes Wild As She Has
/. a Right To Do, Over Triumph
Over Harvard


Danvillc today i'll the wonderful
victory OF Centre Colleges gal
liant loot ball team over the Grim
son warriors of Harvard Satur-
day by 4 score of q to 0.
Danvillc has quit all business
Monday morning to welcome her
returning heroes home at II :+O
o'clock. The town has gone wild
reports from there say. The BOYS
were welcomed at the depot by
almost the entire community.
They were ridden ON fire wa
gun from the Southern depot tu
the heart OF the town where 9th
cr welcoming ceremonies were
held
The cold bare dope" rs given
in the story of the game. play by
play. or the usual press Dispatch
e.. do not put the real story of the
game before the football fans who
have followed Centres fortunes.
a. doc, the story written by Geo.
Joplin. Jr.. of the Danvillc Mes
~cn"cr stan. who wired story oi
the great victory back To- the Lou
i~vllc Herald. Here are some
cNtract> from Joplin'S story that
give an insight into the heart ui
thc game:
For just a few minutes. lets 20
back one year ago. The scene i
laid in the Harvard locker room.
centre has been downcd but not
di>graccd by fair Harvard. 81 to
u. Captain ilorwccn ruShcS up
To- Bu AiCAlilljn and offers linn the
greatest quarterback that ever
trud 4 gridirOn the bail Bu.
with tears streaming down his
mud-Smcarcd checks. thanked
u ~ iur the courtesy and between
~"h~ informed him that ''tn the
victor hclonS> the Spuil>. but inst
a minute. cried Bo. I'm coming
back nest year and then will
take the ball"
Bo kept hi. promise and to-
nigh, nc i Juggling the old pig
skin back To- Kentucky
FIFTY wears from now" de
clarcd 30 YOU will sec my kids
booting the same ball around.
Forty-fivc thousand grid en-
thu>ia>t> saw Coach Fisher, !,
Crimson combination humblcd bv
the pravin'. tightin' ColuuclS. The
powerful Harvard team PLAYED
everything they had. They hurled
fresh men into the battle time al
ter time to check the Moran on
laugh, and tu build up their de
i-n~ivc gamr Every man on their
varsity squad was called upon tu
stop the stout hearted kcutuck-
iau>. Near ,hc end Coach Fisho~
look his bunch over to sec when
hC might use. there remained only
two individuals ON the bench. Ed
die Mahau and Charley Hricklcv.
turWcr Harvard aces. and Fisher
would have given twenty-five
wears oi his life lie to have scut
them i'm. Even tho two all
americans could not have gained
over that Stalwart Centre defense
Moran used only sixteen men
ion the fray and every one of them
fought. and cried every minute
they were out there. They were
fighting for Captain Armstrong
Old Centre. the coaches and old
Kentucky.
harvard up to tOday'S game
had not suffered defeat i'll five
wears. The Vale bull dog tore
through the Crimson dcfcu>c IL
the Harvard stadium in 1910. The
defeat this afternoon completely
Stupcficd llarvard's staunchcst
supporters.
The elusive 30 McMillin WAS ;
target this afternoon and three
Crimson men were OH him at CIV
cry turn. However. their ctcrna
vigilance and watchiul waiting
gained nothing. because the "hu
man eel" cvadcd their entire ele
ven bv his brilliant sidc-stepping
his clever broken field running
his powerful straight-arming an'
old dazzling interference as II,
crossed the Harvard goal line 10
the only touchdown OF the game
VI was the crown;ng climax q
Bo's gridiron career. Bo turnc'
over $1,000 offer to manage tn
Canton professional team thi
year. with just two big ideas il
mind--to beat Harvard and to sc
his degree from Old Centre.
Before the game. Coach Mora
Athletic Director Meyers. Lin
Coach lhornhill. Captain Arm
strong and McMillin got togethe
III conference and decided tha
Centre would not open up her rea