The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-18
PRAYING COLONIES
 TO HAVE STRONG TEAM THIS YEAR
Plan Revenge On Auburn In Annual Game At Rick
 wood Field

DANVILLE, Ky, Sept. 1I.-With the coming of Coach Charlie Moran and Chief Meyers the training of the grid iron warriors of Centre college began to take on serious aspects. For a week previous to the coming of the athletic director and Uncle Charlie, Cheek Field had the appearance of an athletic meet More than. 50 candi- dates were out the first day and since then the new arrivals have brought that number up. to the unprecedente d total of 6S For the first week the work consisted of bunting. passing and formation drill, mostly condition ing work for the strenuous season which faces the Praying Colonels.
 Uncle Charlie Moran faces one of the hardest tasks of any of the southern grid mentors, for it i5 neces- sary for h:m to develop 2 man to take the riaee of the All American, Red" Roberts. Red" was a team in himself. and there was not position on the team not familiar to the sor- rel-topped star
 In addition to the loss Of Red" Roberts. Hump Tanner, Bartlett, called the surest passer in Dixie, and Snowday, one of the surest receiv- CTS of passes in the game, are all lost to the team by graduation.
 With excellent prospects from the freshman squad of last year, Centre may De dDle to OGNSIOp strength to fill the shoes of hese star performers. In addition to these men, Moran may depend on George Chinn, returned star and veteran, to care for one of the vacancies in the line, his position being guard and he was rated one of the best In the game when he left school.
 IL is the freshman material of last year that Uncle Charlie IS depending on perhaps more than any other one thing among the most outstanding of these men being Spurlock, Raben stein, Wallace and Summers.
 The combination of Covington, All American quarterback, and Green in the back field, gives Centre d four man back field that can run, pa ss and kick with equal facility.
 For the first time in many years Sewanee is on the card of the Colonels; Carson-N Newman, another Tennessee college, coached by Tom Moran, the son of Uncle Charlie Moran, will be played as the curtain raiser of an extremely heavy and difficult schedule.
 Against Auburn the Colonels are especially bitter, for 1t must be re- membered that it was Auburn that recovered a Kick from the boot of the redoubtable Red" Roberts last sea- son and wrecked the aspirations of Centre, to be the Dixie champions. Centre is out for revenge this year and means to get it if it humanly possible to turn the trick. And it must be remembered that Centre will have strong eleven notwithstand-. ing the loss of many of her star per pormers. Covington Is still there and will be for another year as will Kubale, center, both of these men received honorable mention on the AllAmerican selections last year, while Covington, especially, was the choice of a large percentage of those making selections for the post as C1arterbaek of the mythical eleven.
 The complete schedule follows:
 Dotober - Carson Newman at Danville. n,
 October 13-Clemson at Danville. j
 October 20-Oglethorpe at Danville
 October 27-University of Pennsyl- vania at Philadelphia.
 November 3-University of Ken lucky at Danville.
 November Observance at Memphis.
 November 17-Auburn at Birming- ham.
 November 24-washngton and Lee at Louisville.
 December 1T7University of Georgia at Athens.