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Show CENTRE LITERALLY FUMBLES I VICTORY INTO LAP OF HARVARD I Crimson "H" Also Stands for Horseshoes, Ob- servers Remark, as Southerners Outplay, k Ourrush and Outsmart Foe But Lose by 24 to 10 m BY DAVIS J. WALSH (Intermit tonal News Service Spurts' FxlJtor.) STADIUM, Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 21. The 'varsity H ' was forced to' stand for both Harvard and horse-l !.hocs In an overflowing stadium ihls1 afternoon when the Crimson pulled out a 24 to 10 decision over centre! college, in the last of three lntersec-' tlonal meeting3 oetween the long and1 short or collegiate football. Any defeat de-feat Is heart-breaking to the loser. I out tho one suffered by Centre college tooay was nothing short of tragic. The Colonels from the tar-uff Ken tucky hills outplayed Harvard, out rushed outsmarted her and did everything every-thing but defeat her. Centre literally fumbled the victory into Harvard's' lap and be It said for the Crimson.1 she was a great opportunist. lus-1 nstrous mlscues by Snowday and Cov-' Ulgton appeared with startling regu-j larlty in the first hall, and every urn?' there was a loose ball there was a1 Haryard man to snatch It In this manner came two of Har-vnd's Har-vnd's three touchdowns and the Ion field goal kicked by Pfaffrnan from! the 24-yard line late In the second poriod. The other Harvard touchdown was' earned by dint of a urulsing march of 60 yards to tho goal line. Both or Centre's scores were earned and when it was not scoring, It was pushing push-ing the Harvard line from one enc of tho field to the other. BOTH HERO AND TRAMP. The victory gave Harvard the ultimate ulti-mate edge in the iow-termlnated series or tnrce games, tne crimson, winning. 31 to 14; in 1920. and losing, j 6 to 0, last year. hcn "Bo" McMillan and Bed Roberts rnl'borated In bringing about Harvard's ruin. McMillan Mc-Millan was conspicuously absent to-, day and In his place at quarterback, was a youth named Herbert Coving-1 ton, who was cast for both the role' of hero and tramp. Covington's loose : handling of the ball contributed greatly to the Crimson victory, but ho proved a great ground gainer and at times carried tue Centre attao.t along almost single-handed. He was' responsible for bou. Centre cores, and also tho longest run of tho game when he ran one of Gherke's punts back 41 yards, only to be nipped fromj behind by Qreenough, when footloose foot-loose and fancy free with a clear field before him. The game was hardly out of its swaddling clothes when Snowday fumbled when attempting to turn right end nnd Harvard got Its first lucky break when the ball rolled back to the four-yard lino and a Crimson Jersey recovered it. Then before Centre could rally around the banner, ban-ner, Owen rammed his way off right tackle for the score. KKNTUCKBXS SHOCKED. It was a sickening moment for the 10,000 Kentueklans who formed a mass of gold and whlto in the east 3tand. There was more of it to come, how ever, for Harvard got possession of the ball on Its own 40-yard line, and uainp a subtle masked attack to good purpose, carried the ball on a sustained march of 60 yards down to the goal Until this moment Centre had not had Its hands on the ball for more than a minute at a time, but it finally camo Into possession of It, only to have Covington bob up with the Inevitable fumble The mis-cue mis-cue In question occurred on the 44-yard 44-yard line and perforce a Harvard man was thero to pick It up. Followed then a forward pass, Buoll to Chapin, before the Colonels could reallzo what It was all about and the receiver skipped down the side lines and over, the goal without an alien hand being be-ing placed upon him. It looked like a rout at this Junc- turo for they had little to say for publication pub-lication But when It did start, it was most eloquent Trailing by 21: points and with the first half nearly, at an end. the Colonels, always color-j ful and bizarre, proceeded to uncoveri a new shift which by this time Is famous. It was a lock-step lateral' shift and so unusual was It that Har-I car.l seemingly had no adequate de- 'ffii I'sing Covington and the giant rV Roberts, alternately, the Coloneia t;i marched right down The field 6S W yards to Harvard's six-yard line and then only a high pass halted the ad- vanee. Following the loss of tho ball fvi on downs, (""ovlngton then stepper XL; back to the 15-yard line and drop kicked Centre's first score, a field Py HARVARD RUSHES SUBS. The second half was all Centre, r,' from the moment It appeared on the K; field, confident and cocky until the W last whistle sent the team back to p- their dressing rooms. In all Centre. H Kalned 11 first downs in this half to I Harvard's two and so fierce was the f attack that Harvard used approxl- I tnately 33 men In a vain effort to H stem the advance. Here It was Cov- H ington who took tho leading role I He ran the ball on almost every play. I and he ran It so well that the gridiron I looked like a battleground with fallen I Harvard defenders who had tried to stop the agile voung southerner and I I failed. Neither team scored In the I third period, although Centre did a I lot of gaining between the two 10- H yard lines. It would not be donled, I I however, In th last period and witn I the convict shift deploying to left end t-- ! right, Covington and Roberts bati- I ! tered their way down to within a yard I of the goal lino for a first down. At I this point the Harvard defense rallied I .and Covington did not have an inch I to show for three consecutive sortie I into the center However, on the fourth down he went around the right I end for a touchdown. I CENTRE'S FINAL RALLY. Tho came was waning nt this Juncture Junc-ture but Centre, set out for another touchdown with all th..- zeal of a team having all the afternoon In front of them. Covington and Roberts between be-tween them gained 41 yards on three knifes outside tackle and before Harvard Har-vard knew It the ball was down Inside In-side tho Crimson 10-yard line. The Harvard line braced, however, and forced Covington to resort to an overhead over-head game which was brought to an abrupt conclusion when he passed over the goal line to nobody in particular, par-ticular, the ball being grounded for a technical touchback. Sparring for time Harvard delayed its Inevitable punt as long as possible, but finally Churcldll kicked badly out of bounds on the 12-yard line. CoUngton again resorted to the aerial attack. Harvard Har-vard was vigilant and the quarterback quarter-back was forced to go back to the 42-yard line for a hasty attempted ' field goal, there being less than five set onds of play. The attempt was j not only wide, but very short and It I was all over VWore they could line up again. Lineup: Harvard. Position, Centre. Fitts le.. Gordy Fastman. It Lynch Grew . lg Jone Clark c Kubale Hubbard rg. . . . Shadoan Dunker ...rt Crogor Hartley re Lemon I Ruell qb Covington j Chapin Ihb Hudglns Owen..., rhb Snowday Gehrke... . . f b , Roberta Touchdowns: Harvard Owen, Gehrke, Chapin. Centre Covington. Goal after touchdown Buell 8; Lemon 1. Field goal Cv Ington. Pfaffrnan Substitutions: Harvard Tnvver for Eastman, Hobson for Tower; Miller for Grew Kernan for 1 iark; Bradford for Kernan. Clark for Bradford Post for Clark; Kun-hardt Kun-hardt for Hubbard; McGlllln for Hartley; Holder ror McGlllln; Lee for Buell; Pfaffrnan for Iee; Akers for Pfaffrnan; Buell for Akers; Coburn for Owen; Roullard for Coburn; Churchill for Chapin; Chapin for I Churchill; Churchill for Chapin; Hammond for Gherke Contre Thomassln for Snowday. Tanner for Thomassin; Rubarth for Lynch. Referee Ref-eree E. C. Qulgley (St. Mary's col-li col-li ge ) Urapir? C. R. Crowley (Bowdoln.) Head linesman H. G. Tlggert (University of Kentucky.) Field Judge Elmer Oliphant (West Point.) |