New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
|Harvard's Team
Play Is Feature
of Centre Came
By w. B. Hanna

The Harvard Centre football game
had two outstanding features-the
Harvard team play while the first.
string men were in and while Harvard
was after winning number of points
and the new Centre shift. Under the
head of Harvard team play come the
clean cooperation between line and
back field and the accurate, sharp
striking work of the Harvard backs
The men, in brief, were carrying out
their assignments well, and I've seen
Harvard teams OF greater individual
capabilities than this, but none so far
along in team work.
"Pooch" Donovan says the Harvard
squad is good one day and not good
the next, that it's good team on the
whole, but not SO good as some people
think 1T Is, and no such array as the
one of few years back, composed of
Mahans, the Bradlees, tho Hardwicks,
the Trumbulls and the Soucys. Robert
FISHER, the head coach, says one Of the
tasks Harvard has is to bring itself
up to form for several real hard games.
The Crimson was in most pleasing
form for Holy Cross and played good
football that day. But for Bowdoin
the players simply would not bestir
themselves and regarded that game as
someth!ng which had to be done---like
pulling tooth. Result: Although Har-
ward won that game, 1t was not
through my any particularly good work Of
theirs. They were lucky.
Then came Centre, for which tho
Crimson had to arouse itself, and did.
Next comes Dartmouth. then Prince
Ton, then Brown, then Yals, and Tor
each Of these the team must be brought
to form. It's cinch they ali nre
pointing for Harvard.
Lane Not So strong as Baekneld
The Harvard limo against Centre
gave the impression Of being net 90
strong a unfit as the back Acid. The
forwards. like the others, had taken
hold OF we'll for this particular game
and were In winning mood. They had
been we'll coached and had that nice
understanding that goes with Harvard
teams. Which for this game applies
more to offense than defense.
The yards gained by Centre. either
from that new tangled shift, from reg
ular formation, or from the forward
pass-which was threatening touch-
downs in the last five minutes-were
entirely too many for anybody TO en-
thuse over the Harvard defense. The
right side Of the Harvard line was the
greatest source Of Centre revenue, and
at tackle and end, not to mention other
spots, the Harvard line on defense was
from shaky to wavy.
All Of the Harvard backs are capa-
Die lot, though it was clearrthat with
out Owen and Buell. the offense lost
some ethlng OF catapultlc qualities, and
without Owen must have lost some a
0efanaa Qfron 9th -.
va4ds position was not dissimilar to
Yale's without Jordan, though Owen ia
better back than Jordan. Harvard
mas also a slashing good back IL
Gehrke. Add Chaplin and Churchill and
Rouillard, and there isn't better hack-
neld IN this neck of the woods.
Centres compact Quarterback Gov.
ington, was the hit Of the piece. An
endless amount of work Of all kinds
punting, catching punts, running fhem
PACK, directing the team, CARRYING fhe
naii more than any other player. ali
1nis did not seem to reduce his energies
or dim his faculties. 80
Centres Tricks Fail
He carried the ball oftener than tha
gigantic Roberts, who, incidentally. re-
mem Ders early precepts and falls FIR
ware, when carrying the ball. "a In
var1aDiy, 80 to speak, as any carr;ar
I've ever seen. Two Centre tr;cLs
showed that Harvard was keen. rovs
,ngton bluffed at letting kicked hsil
2 nic sne ground, then suddenly grabbed
u. on another occasion he blufYed a.
2 drop kick only to forward pass tha
pail The Harvard men were not fooIsS
a particle either time. -Sos0u
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