The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

This Is the concluding part or the great football strategies as told by lead ing coaches of the country in interviews with J. P. Glass and George Byrnes; The final number will be story as toio py "Hurry-up" Yost.
 Copyright, 1924. in United States and Canada and Great Britain by North American Newspaper Alliance for The Age-Herald. All rights reserved.)
 AS TOLD BY "BO" MCMILLAN Head Coach, Centenary College, and
 Former All.American Quarterback
 At Centre College.
 Our team play was built to take ad- vantage of our speed, which was very great, right down to the center posi- tion, where we had in Weaver one of the best-built men for the place that ever played in the middlesof thesaine.l In saying this I am quoting no less an authority than Walter Camp. Weaver could play either in the line or as rov- ing center, or even combine the two, for he would take play on or outside tackle although playing in the line. He was fine passer and constantly opened up holes in the enemy line. Also he was great at spoilnig attempts at passes over the center of our line. He kicked almost all our goals after touchdown and that year had a record of having missed only one attempt out of forty seven.
 Weaver Passed Accurately
 His accuracy in passing enabled us to speed up all our plays. Thus, he never sent the ball straight back to me. It was always passed, either to the left or right, as the play demanded. I was already running as caught it, and such natural speed as I had was thus increased to the utmost.
 In Red" Roberts at fullback we had a great line-plunger and all around man, one so good that the succeeding year Camp placed him on his All American in an end position. Our right end, King, was another star, fast as a flash on his feet.
 King Received Passes
 King was the receiving end of the for ward pass combination in which was the throwning end. We depended, in our aerial game, mostly upon short passes whcih we executed like the snap of a whip. I was expected to get the ball away fast, and King, with his agility, was counted upon to get into the open and catch it. It generally turned out that bis fastness would ndd considerable yardage after he had cap tured the ball.
 Against Indiana we encountered an extremely strong line, one which Rob- crts and had difficulty in conquering when we were called upon to carry the ball. Incidentally, King was so thoroughly covered by the enemy that we didn't get far with our aerial game either.
 Indians's End Gave Trouble
 The men who figured. chiefly in thwarting our offensive were Donovan, at left end and Williams, at right half black. Donovan was one of the best ends in the western conference and a bear on defense. In this he was ably assisted by Williams, who was perhaps tho best defensive player of the Indiana squad. He backed up Donovan superb ly.
 McCaw, at left guard, was another stonewall. Risley at left tackle gave us a lot of trouble, too. The latter was the best place-kicker in the west that year. It was he who had booted the ball that gave Indiana their lead of three points. Later in the year he was to beat Syracuse, conqueror of Colgate, the eastern champions, with his place kicks.
 Center Quick -Witted
 If there was one thing that distin- gnished our bunch, however, it was our ability to solve difficulties ss they arose on the field. Subsequently, playing 4gemst West Virginia, conqueror of Princeton by a score of 25 to o, we were puzzled by their forward passes, which were lauched under tho general ship of their great star, Rogers, from the fullback position. Before we got