Evening star., 1922-10-22
IF form and luck were eliminated.
Harvard Gets Breaks.

A comparison of the first touchdown
scored by each eleven gives an lndi-
cation of the contrast and the breaks-
Harvard opened the contest by kick.
ing the ball across the southernr:S
line. and Centre began with scrim-
mage on her own 20yard line. On
the second play Snowday. in an e.
fort to circle Harvard's right wing
ran wide across the field. Crimson
tackler partly checked his dash and
the collision caused him to drop the
ball.
Following the inflated leather like
hounds keen on hot scent came the
Cambridge players. ever alert to seize
upon the slightest Slip of their op-
ponents. Fits was on the rolling
sphere like a fash as it crossed the
side line 5 yards from Centres goal
Owens went over on the first lineup
for a touchdown on well conceived
and concealed line plunge.
Late in the period the southerners
started on their march to touch
down which was made almost imme-
diately after the opening of the final
quarter. Harvard had been held in
side its 40-yard line and was forced
to punt The ball sailed into Quar-
.erback Covington's arms. and he
dashed and twisted his way from his
own 15-yard mark to Harvard's "a
ward line-a run of close to half the
distance of the field. Capt. Red
Roberts threw his huge bulk IN the
Crimson forwards. Covington circied
the ends. and Halfback Tanner slip
ped through openings made in the
Crimson forwards until finally ths
bill reposed upon Harvard's 1-yard
mark as the third period closed
Three times the home eleven
massed and repulsed the charges "t
had wilied to score and would not b"
checked. CovingtoH finally went
over on the fourth try for touch
down. made at the end of as consist
ent an attack as has been seen on an
eastern foot ball this season
ColoneIs Outrush Crimson.
Statistics of the game show that
Centre gained more yardage by rush
ing. outpunted Harvard and gained n
slight advantage in run back of
punts when Covington's long sprint
is included. Each made one COM
pleted forward pass. but it was Har-
wards that proved the real winner.
The Colonels had one pass intercept,
ed and grounded six. Harvard had
one incompleted pass and none inter
cepted The table of fumbles tells
its own tale. The Crimson fumbled
but once and recovered the ball.
Centre fumbled FIVE times and lost
possession of the ball four out OF the
five times Had Capt Roberts and
Quarterback Corington been eliminated
early in the game the ground gaining
statistics of Centre would not have been
so impressive, for while the whole Dan
willie combination played a sterling game
it was these two knights of the golden
Jerseys that stood to the fore all through
the struggle both extensively and de-
fensively These two could not. how
ever, hold in check the smooth and alert
eleven which Harvard placed upon the
field, and when it is considered that the
magnitude in Fits, Buell.. Chapin ana
Gerhke. the rally of the southerners in
the latter part of the game was all the
more impressive.
The shrewdness and keen foot ball
sense and education of the Cambridge
players was demonstrated when after
being almost stunned by Centres line
shifting tactics they soon mastered the
puzEling shift. When Centre uncovered
the shift the players lined up in their
regular positions, but turned at right
angles and marched with arms on shout-
ders and in lockstep to the right or left.
This marching was reversed from one
to three times until the one or the other
end player had all but passed the ball
reposing on the turf. Then suddenly.
he would scoop it up and toss it quickly
to the backs, who had also marched III
line a few yards in the rear Of their
forwards. Then the entire eleven play
ers would hurl themselves upon the one
side of the Harvard line.
The Crimson quickly learned to shift
back and forth with the Colonels and
thus opposed virtually the full
strengt OF the Harvard team against
the rush.
Earns Second Touchdown.
If there was an element of luck in
Harvard's first touchdown. there is no
question that the Crimson's second score
was the reward of straight foot ball
tactics. Buell. took Covington's punt on
the Crimson 40-yard line. running the
hall back IA yards before he was
tackled, Owen and Gerhke tore through
for first down on Centres 2S-yard line.
The Crimson backheld smashed its way
to another first down on the Colonels
l0-yard mark and Owen brought the
ball yards nearer the Kentucky
goal by ripping through left end. Capt
Roberts forestalled Owens next two at
tempts to score, but on the third try
the weight of the Harvard eleven was
too much for ,the versatile Centre star
and Gerhke carried the ball over. Buell.
kicked goal.
The third touchdown came quickly.
Covington caught Gerhke's kick-or
on his own 3e-yard line and carried
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