Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14
HOW CENTRE
BEAT HARVARD
30 M'MiIIian Gives Some In
side Facts for Game Play
ed Last Year
BY 30 MMILIIN

Football rams were stunned laSL
fall when the wires flashed the 6
to 0 defeat of Harvard by Center Ccl-
lege.
The defeat of the great Harvard
eleven by insignificant little Center
was the big upset of the 1921 foot
ball aso
carry the ball in the play that scored
the lone touchdown of the game. 1
will always carry with me the men,
ory of that play.
How did you score that touch
DOWN."
How did Center manage to de-
feat the great Harvard eleven?"
Those two questions have been
fired at me hundreds of times during
the past summer.
If Center had defeated Harvard in
1920 it would not have been such a
great surprise, as many football
fans believed we had a chance.
Not So One-Sided
Harvard defeated Center that
year, 81 to IA. The game, however,
was not nearly so one-sided as the
score would indicate. Only in the
final minutes of play did Harvard
triumph. The reserve strength Of
the Crimson was too great.
Basing their dope on the Of
the 1920 game, a majority of foot
ball fans expected Harvard to run
rough-shod over us. The 6 to 0 VIC
tory came as a great surprise.
Now for how 1 scored that famous
touchdown,and the dope on how
Center put over the big thrill. 1
attribute Center's victory to three
things:
Ffrst-By securing "Tiny' Thorn
hill, a former University of Pitts
burg star, who is well schooled in
the Warner system of football which
Center uses, who is an efficient line
coach in every respect, and who was
well liked by the boys. Along with
him were added a few new linemen
. which made our forward wall strong
enough to Withstand the Harvard at
tack.
Surprise at Harvard
Second-Instead of using an open
attack as we had been doing all sea-
son and as We did in the Harvard
game in 1920, I resorted to a driv-
ing game. always kicking before the
fourth down.
This was a great surprise to the
Harvard team Is they had been
coached against open game and
were only playing six men in their
line of defense.
We only used three forward passes
during the entire game in compari-
son with twenty odd in the battle
of 1920.
Third-But most of all do I at
| tribute our victory II the team spirit
| and cooperation that was lacking in
| the Harvard game the year before.
This team spirit I will cover in one
of my later articles. In hat game
the fellows were begging not to run
with the ball, but to be allowed to
block the tackle or end, etc., as the
case might be.
It was by this spirit of self-sacri-
fee in begging to interfere by my
teammates that enabled me to make
the run that eventually Won the
game.
Games Only Score
The only score of the game hap
pened just after Bartlett made q
daring running catch and return OF
a Harvard punt.
Harvard was penalized Is yards
for piling on, putting the ball in our
possession on their 35-yard line. l
cdiltu time Out, i6ottASASN thN S0S~
around me and said:
This is the break we have been
looking for. If we ever expect to
do anything we must do it now!"
Every fellow went back to his po-
sition as though he was inspired.
Snowday asked for the privilege OF
playing the position where it would
be his duty to block the tackle.
Armstrong was to block the end.
Roberts was to lead outside tackle
with me carrying the ball.
Every fellow did exactly what ne
was supposed to do. I followed
Roberts off tackle, reversed my
field. Gordy cut down their right
halfback and I ran into a touch
down. Wonderful intelligence on
the part of my teammates made
| possible the run that beat Harvard.