The Washington times., 1924-11-22

Captain Ed Garbish, Of West
Point, gave one Of the greatest ex.
hihitions Of defensive center play
in the Yale game. This Army
leader is an experienced lineman.
He played three years at Wash.
ington and jefferson College before
entering the United States Military
Academy. No doubt the experience
he gained under the good coaching
Of Dave Morrow at w. and ]. and
John J. McEwan at West Point
helped to make him the great player
that he is today.
Defensive center play a diagnos.
tician calls for football intuition. A
man to excel at the point position
must be able to sense plays. That
Is, he must be able to guess just
send their next play. If he is a
slow thinker It IL likely he win
seldom get to the right spot in time
enough to stop the opposing team
from gaining valuable ground.
1t h the center that Is found in
the right spot at the correct mo-
lment that is the great control
man. Garbisch Is just such
player. His position play on
field is perfect. HIS fine defen-
sive playing has helped the Army
team from crumbling time and
again.
Captain w. M. Lovejoy IL Of the
same type and character Of player
as the Army leader. Lovejoy plays
the typical Yale style OF defense.
He backs up the center OF the rush
line in a manner that leaves little
room for criticism. The Tigers did
not find worming their way through
the Blue rushline the. easy task 1t
proved to be up at Cambridge a
week earlier. Lovejoy was the
answer to this riddle.
1t has seldom beer. the lot OF a
Blue captain to play a more shining
role than the one Lovejoy played
down in the Palmer Stadium. He
was the inspiration to his mates.
when the final analysis OF that
contest is written much credit will
go to the, Yale leader. He was all
over the field making tackles that
surely took much OF the fight out
Of the men who were thrown
1t is tackling OF that grade that
does much to disrupt the attack
az any team. Halfbacks are not
likely to be ambitious to carry the
ball after being hit as Lovejoy hits.
When a back is hit hard it takes
something out of him. That was
the case down at Jungletown.
Joveioy hit with the force Of a To-.
connective. Seldom did he make any
arm tackles. Most all were Of the
uiledriving sort. No team could
stand UP under such tactics.
Johnson, Of Pittsburgh, Is an.
other. center that has shown above
the others in games. Pittsburgh
has always had q fine pivOtman,
Herbert Stein, BOwser and Bob 4
Peck are some Of the stars that
have been developed down at the
SmOketOWn seat Of learning,
Many authorities picked Stein rs
the greatest Of recent centers. 4
The present. Pittsburgh pivot man
is star Of the very first magni-
tude. Many authorities down
around Pitt state mat johnson IL
every bit as versatile in his play
ing as were Stein. Peck and
Bowser. He has played excep.
tionally well in all of his games to
date Few teams have gained
through Jock Sutherland's line. 4
The fact that Johnson was behind
the forward line cut down the yard
age gained to minimum figures. He
is an excellent passer, and must
be taken into consideration when
All-American honors are being dis
tributed.
Chick Meehan, up at Syracuse,
has center that the Salt City
mentor is very proud Of. When
Meehan stated that he has q first
class player the critics must pay
attention to the declaration. Meehan
is not the sort Of coach to boast.
He is a quiet individual who be-
lieves in allowing his record to
speak for itself.
Fivaz is the man that Meehan
puts forth for All-American honors.
In every game played by the Salt
City lads this season this husky
lad has played an important part.
His passing has been above criti-
cism, while his defensive ability
made him the talk of the gridiorn
world. So far as defensive ability
is concerned, few rivals have ever
shown anything that might be- rated