Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-01-27
EDGREN TELLS OF
CENTRES CUSS WORDS

WIDE reputation, sent the follow
ing story OF the Centre-Arizona
football game to a large number
OF big daily newspapers:
Saw Centre play that subma-
rine game with Arizona. Subma-
rinc is right. Nothing else could
describe it. \ solid week of rain
turned Southern California into
a lake. Bridges were out and
roads were washed away. Trains
stopped running; the great con-
crete stadium at San Diego
looked down on 4 field the Ro-
! mans would have used for a sea-
fight between galleyS.
No turf-juSt ponds OF water
and a watery, slithery soft brown
mud. The game should have
been played in bathing suits.
/ Centre men compromised by.
leaving off their stockings. 1t
wasn't football. 1t was water
polo with variations.
As they don't have water over
in Arizona the Arizona. team
didn't know how TO behave. but
the Centre team padded through
opposition To the $50 score with
out needing 4 pulmotor.
After the game I asked referee
Evans. what, in his opinion. was
itS outstanding feature. AS he
was down there in the swim he
got lot of inside stuff that
couldn't be seen from the grand
stand because OF the splaShing.
We'll" said Mr.. Evans. the
thing / noticed most was the
cursing. I've refereed lot ct
games. but never heard any
thing like it before. Arizona
was Just average nj cur>iug
They had 4 few novel expires
! sions from over in the horned
toad country. but nothing at ali
startling TO the trained ear. ]
don't know but that Stanford OF
some OF the coast colleges could
have laid over them II bit IT,
originality and emphasis.
But Centre! That's what
struck me. Not a map i'll the
lineup used a single cuss word
, Bo Mcmillan did all the cussing
- for the Centre team. never
heard anything like the line 30
= pulled. The strongest word he
= used was marvellous but every
: time he snapped it out you could
= see the whole Centre team qu;v-
er as if he'd whiplashed them
When he wanted variety he'd
= use wonderful All the cussing
| I've ever heard was mild as milk
beside the insulting, sarcastic
J bite Bo could put into these two
words.
"When Centres line cracked q
few times i'll the second half and
let Arizona break through down
after down to Centres five YARD
line, Bo was fairly raying. The
Arizona bunch would smash
! through and start to climb over
BO. and as he made the tackle
| he'd yell:
Marvellous ! Marvellous ="
Then as they lined lip again
Bo would say sarcastically:
Wonderful. wonderful
There isn't cussword in the
language that would have sound
ed half insulting to his men, and
pretty soon they were so mad
they tramped Arizona into the
mud and walked on 'em. You.
saw it.
! 30 Is some general. I'll saw
went on Evans. ''iIe sees every
thing and he criticises every man
who doesn't play his position.
After some plays he'd veil:
Marvelous-you didn't play.
out far enough on that end
you're up too higii-you can't.
stop 'em that way
1T was funny the line OF talk
Centre had. They'd call to each
other take the mail to town. ori
take this one up North Boz
kept up a line OF talk on the Of
fensive. He'd say: look out, I'm
coming around left end and I'M
swinging wide this time; here Il
come, and he'd do it
IN the third period Bartlett
went in for Armstrong. Centre
had the ball seven yards from
Ariz9na's goal. 30 was calling
the plays instead OF the signals.
Roberts, he said. you go back
and take this over. No, wait a
moment, said Bo, Bartlett YOU
haven't made touchdown yet.
have youS' Mo- said RarfIett