Show One Tackler Tackier Couldn't Down Tiny Chic Har HarSey Harky ey By y Harry Grayson NEA EA Sports Editor In 1919 at Wisconsin the Badgers ers rs dominated play throughout staged long grinding marches to within the shadows shad- shad F I ws of the Ohio State goal posts Of 0 a J The Buck Buckeyes eye s would hold for SerIes c iS er downs Charles W. W Harley the greatest around all-around halfback Dr John ohn W. W Wilce has known in 40 years ears of contact with football and 20 years of active coaching would kick ick out of danger and Wisconsin would march again Finally in the last six minutes of f play wisp will Chic Harey Haricy Harley Har- Har icy ley ey broke loose from the Ohio State tate 20 ran to Wisconsin's 30 On the next play Harley passed to o Pete who crossed the he Badgers' Badgers goal line Officials ruled that Harley was less than five ive yar yards s behind the line of scrim scrim- mage when he passed however so the ic play was called back and Ohio state tate penalized five On On Ontie the tie nex next play Harley cut cutback cutback back jack through tackle and dodged his is way 35 yards and across Wisconsin's Wisconsin's Wis- Wis goal line Again the play was called back a arid and d Ohio te penalized five for being offside On the ithe next play Harley dropped back ack to Ohio States State's 47 41 and calmly the Buckeyes to a 3 0 victory Chic Strung Out Tacklers' Tacklers In three years at Columbus East and nd three more at Ohio State HarIcy Harey Harley Har- Har Icy ley ey appeared in just two losing games the games the final of both his high school chool and college careers In 1916 and 17 this almost unbelievable unbelievable un- un believable player sparked Ohio State to its first Western conference conference confer- confer ence nce championships He was Inthe in inthe the he army air corps in 18 Harley 5 feet 8 and weighing from rom to pounds aimed to string tring out his field of tacklers so he ic could meet them one by one No single tackler tackier ever brought him lim down in the open Dr Jack Wilce who coached him recalls how Harleys Harley's judgment judgment judgment judg judg- ment in running after a threat of ofa ofa ofa a pass forced delay and resulted in remarkable touchdown runs uns against Illinois in 1916 and Northwestern in 17 His speed and change of pace were unsurpassed says Dr Wilce Wilee I and in the Northwestern run he even used the running field judge as interference part of the way I In 1916 Illinois led 6 0 in the closing minutes On a soaked rain I field in a driving rain Harley broke loose for his touchdown run Then with the game and Big Ten title at stake and following the kick out he called for time while h he sent for a dry kicking shoe spectacularly spectacularly spectacularly spec spec- changed shoes and kicked I the hc point which won for Ohio State 7 Other Harley thrillers remembered remembered remembered by Dr Wilce WHee are two won- won 1 f. f f I INo No single t f tackier a c k I e r rever ever brought Chic Harley down downin in open field punt returns tha that t beat Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- in 1916 but the famous coach cOn considers his straight slant off tackle run through four tacklers tacklers tack tack- lers ers for 40 yards and Ohio States State's first victory over Michigan n in 1919 as the fabulous and tragic homegrown's homegrown's homegrown's home home- growns grown's greatest individual play Chic was a clean living iving modest personality with a fascinating smile which endeared him to thousands thousands thou thou- sands relates Dr Wilce He had beautiful steel trap muscles was an instinctive player in the sense that nearly all top stars have superior superior su suo su- su natural endowment of reaction reaction reaction re re- re- re action time speed strength endurance endurance endurance en en- durance and intelligence or what is is' called football sense He had the knack defensive ability matched what he had on offen offense e. e He was wasa a grand competitor sparked teams learns la simply by the confidence his presence presence pres pres- ence gave teammates |