Centenary (LA) at TCU

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 1, 1923, page 14

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  McMilIan Has Taught His Charges How Game Is Played SHREVEPORT, La, Oct. sl.-”Bo” McMillan, former Centre college foot ball star and coach at Centenary col lege of Louisiana here, has demon strated already this season that he can teach the game as well as play 1t and he has turned out a machine that its supporters believe would hold its own in almost any company in the south In the five game McMil- lan’s charges have played this fall they have run up a total of 1S1 points, while only two elevens have been able to score against them, the University of Chattanooga, which made one touchdown, and Hendrix college, which managed to squeeze in two by what centenary fans described as miracles. McMillan’s eleven Is noteworthy for its huskiness. The line averages 207 pounds, while the team average is 19s. The four mon in the back field have 8 combined weight of 746 pounds. Hubbard. at right end. tips the scales at 250; Wafer, left tackle bellies his name when he steps on the weighing apparatus, for he moves it to 215, and Miller, fullback, scales 200. Ellsworth, the right tackle. is a midget, weighing only 125 pounds but his nearest competitor scales 16O and from that figure there Is a jump to 1855. Centenary this season has de- feated Southwestern $50. Chatta- nooga 46–⁠7, Hendrix 31–⁠13, Louisiana Normal 46–⁠0 and Texas Christian uni versity 23–⁠0

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TCU leads 8–⁠4–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.