The New York herald., 1922-10-17
Veteran Colonels Hope to Give
Crimson Second COnsecu-
tive Defeat.
FEAT WOULD SET RECORD
Cambridge Team Never Beaten
Twice in Succession by
Minor College.
BY DANIEL.

Yale has had it's Iowa and no doubt
Is much the wiser. On Saturday at
Cambridge Harvard may have its Cen
tre-and then Princeton may have its
Chicago. These seem to be parlous
days for our upper crust in football.
Harvard is in none too good shape to
repulse the attack of the Praying Colo
nels from Danville, Ky. who staggered
the Crimson last fall with a to 0 set
back only a week after the Crimson
had attained what appeared to be its
Matterhorn in 21 to 21 tie with the
great Penn State eleven. Centre is
hopeful of achieving singular honor
for no so called minor team has beaten
Harvard two years in succession.
Without George Owen and Esky
Clark, who were away watching
Dartmouth, which comes to the
Stadium after Centre, Harvard had a
fairly tough time beating none too
formidable eleven from Bowdoin last
Saturday, 5 to 0. True, the Crimson
did not choose to extend itself unduly
before scouts from the Blue Grass and
the hills of New Hampshire; but Bow
doin had been trounced by Wesleyan,
21 to 0. and apparently had about as
much chance to hold the Crimson
under the 40 mark as nut sundae
would have in the stokehold Of the
Mauretania.
II Harvard failed to impress agains-
Bowdoin, Centre was even a greater
disappointment against Virginia Poly
last Saturday. The Danville eleven not
only failed to get more than one touch
down, to which was added field goal.
but saw its own goal line crossed. with
the score 10 to 6.
Both VIII BE Stronger.
While Harvard will be strengthened
against Centre by the addition Of Owen
and Clark-and a forward passing at
tack for an emergency-Centre also will
have new strength in the stadium.
Gordy and Shadoan. two bright young
men who were barred by a ruling of
the Southern intercollegiate Association,
have been reinstated and will be out in
their bright gold jerseys with their hair
in braids.
Harvard Is not quite the Harvard
team which faced Centre last year, par
ticularly along the line. Bob Fisher
has been having his troubles in at least
three positions. Centre. on the other
hand. has practically the same eleven
which won over the Johnnies last year.
The great 30 McMllin quarterback, is
gone. But, as we remember the game,
30 was not very effective against the
Crimson. Harvard had McMlllin COW
cred all the time and he got away for
only one fair run. On several occasions
Re was thrown for a loss.
1t was Red Roberts, the flame haired
end. who made most of the trouble for
Harvard-and Red is back, bigger and
stronger than ever. with more football
IN his head Roberts was about as great
an end as we saw last year and any
team with a player of his great versa
tilty is bound to merit a lot of respect.
15S Points for CoIoneIs.
Centre for once, will come North
without century" showing in its
record So far 1t has done no better
than measly r. piled upon poor Car
SON Newman in the opening game.
Clemson held the Colonels to three
touchdowns, but the Mississippi Aggies
were thrown for 55 to score. Then
which was not particularly strong last
year. but gained considerable distinction
the season before by beating Pennsyl-
vania. In all Centre has made 1853
points and yielded g. Only Cornell, with
1S9 I'm three games. and Bucknell, with
$50 I'm four. show greater totals. what
ever that may mean.
In it's three games Harvard has not
passed the 90 mark. 1t was 20 to o
against both Middebury and Holy Cross
and Is against Bowdoin. But the
Crimson has kept the other fellows at
q respectable distance from its goal line.
and that means a lot
Last year there was much talk before
the game about the great forward pass
which Charley Moran nd taught to
Centre, and which IL would bring TO
Cambridge. However. Centre did mighty
little throwing. but a great deal of Off
tncl<le smashing and end running.