The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-22
CRIMSON CREW
PL0WS THROUGH 2
3D. COLONEL LINE
Southerners Far Outplay
Harvard After First
Quarter of Game

~ the Associated rrs.-
CANHB IDGE. Na-7. oct gl..
Overwhelmed by o. first period col.
lection NJ Fl points. Centre college
was defeated hv Harvard Doc thr
siadlum here this afternoon hv %
1inal score OF 20 tu 10, but the cold
Figures do not tell tho courage uf
the battle auEod hy tho Fouthoru' 'rr
in the later periods Of play battle.
which lIft"d tho game from drnu
defeat into thrilling H,Iul4Iu thIt
clampod 10000 spectators to their
sca's until The closing seconds OF tho
contest
FOR more than two hours l1psod
flmc considered the two eloyCus
baUlcd iu - furious mixture of bad
ana brilliant football aud 70 wac In
part careless handling Of the ball In
crucial situations that brought about
the downfall OF tho Dauvillc Nv.
combination n was tho volodictory
of tho southcrncrs iu the Harvard
stadium Tor some seasons to come.
scored THREE Times,
Three times In the first period Of
10 minutes actual play Harvard
croseed Centres goal line. duo IN
part 90 the Colouols inability 20
hold tho ball. and the CrlmsOn'H al
most uncanny sense of sphere fol-
lowing, plus super Judgment aH 90
when and how 10 strike for scores
The team, which a year ago defeated
Harvard 6 90 o. saw the Crimson
score within 2 minutes after the
opening klck-off
Yet in the face of this grldlron
disaster. Centre came back and not
only outplayed the Crimson machine
in the final periods OF the game. but
scored touchdown in addition TO
an earlier field goal II was the
wonderful spirit of courage and
battle "a the end that thrilled and
aroused the thousands Of spec tatorR.
II cannot be truthfuliy said that
Centre was better football team to-
tiay than Harvard, but there was
plot the difference In playing ability
that the score would appear 10 In
flicate II the occasional, but costly
1apses of form and luck were elm
inated.
Pushed Hall Across.
A comparison OF the first touch
down scored by each eleven gives an
indication Of the contrast and the
Breaks. Harvard opened the con-
sect by Kicking the bali across the
Eoutherners' line and Centre began
with a scrlmmage on her own 20
Nard line. on the second play,
E0pWuhgs III dl tllpIN 10 flItif nun
Nard's right wing, ran wido across
fhe field. A Crimson tackler party
checked his dash and the collision
caused him TO drop the ball. Fits
WAS on the rolling sphere like n
flash az II crossed tho side lino five
yards from Centres goal. owens
went over for n touchdown on
well conceived and concealed line
plunge.
4 Late IN the third period tho south.
erners started on their march to n
Touchdown. which was made almost
5mmediately after the opening OF the
flnal quarter. Harvard had been
IuTosa 30 G.n. The hall smiled into
held inside It's 40-yard line and was
Qnarterer Back Cowngtons arms
and he dashed and twisted his way
from his own l5yard line to iIar-
wards 34-yard line--a run OF close
90 half the distance OF the field.
Captain Red" Roberts threw his
huge bulk IN the Crimson forwards.
Covington circled the ends and Half
BACK Tanner slipped through open
5ngs made In the Crimson forwards
aintii finally the ball reposcd upon
1fnrvnrd's i-yard mark as the third
period closed Three times the
home eleven massed and repulsed
Nho charges OF Centre. but the Dam
Vile collegians had willed to score
md would not be checked. Coying-
ron finally went over IN the fourth
fry for a touchdown, made at the
end OF as consistent an attack as
has been seen on an eastern football
field this season,