Washington and Lee at Centre

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 25, 1923, page 17

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  ARMY AND VA “ PLAY TO SCOREL1ESS TIE Prayin’ Colonels Down “. & [. By Score, 19 To 0 LOUISVILLE. Ky. Nov. 24.-Colo- nels proved mightier than Generals here today when Centre sent Wash ington and Lee down to 19 to de- feat on an ankle-deep muddy field thereby spelling the old Dominion players hopes of being ranked as the possible 1928 southern gvidiron champions Centre has one more game to play before il can claim that honor, nee -nss Georg’ ‘a Decem- Der 1. Washington and Lee, cespite a touchdown scored on them in the first period, clearly out2iayed Centre in the first half hut with the open took the> offensive and continued to add to their total, completing 8 beautiful 25-yard forward pazs just as the game ended. covington, Centres quarterback. was the outstanding star of the game, his side stepping, twisting, lodging and reversing his field on q muddy gridiron bringing applause from supporters of both olevens. He scored both touchdowns and once made 60-yard dazzling rua for a touchdown. but was called back when it was ruled he had stepped out of bounds. Lemon and Thomas son, his teammates. also played a large part in the victory, Leon mak- ing two field goals, while Thomas son seemed to have no trouble in often breaking through the Gener- als’ line and stopping the play be- fore it got under way. Cameron. Washington and Lee $ captain, carried the burden of the Generals attack. ripping Centre $ line to pieces during the first half. Covington scored a[ touchdown four minutes after play began when he carried the ball 25 yards and dashed over the goal line almost un- hindered when Washington and Lee players failed to tackle him after the referees whistle had blown for an off-side play, Centre choosing the touchdown instead of the penalty after the penalty after the play. There was no further scoring in the first half although Washington and Lee had the Kentuckians on the de- fensive most of the time. Centre assumed the offensive in the third period and Lemon place. kicked from the 26-yard line and 20-yard line in the fourth period. Soon after Centre worked the bail to their opponents 7-yard line from where Covington again zigzagged across. A forward pass failed for the try for point. Lineup and sum mary: Centre-Lemon, left end; Skidmore. left tackle: Ruthbart, left guard ; Kubale co, center Lynch, right guard; Chinn, right tackle; Thomas son. right end; Covington, quarter back; Summers, left halfbacli; Rab- enstein. right halfback; Gordy, full back. Washington and Lee-Davies, left end; Tilson. left tackle; Bemis, left guard; Hatcher center; Terry. right guard; Stemmons. right tackle Thomas, right end; McMillau, quar- terback Hamilton, left halfback Burke, right halfback; Cameron co, fullback. Score by periods: Centre ............. 0 , 9–⁠19 w. and l.. ...... 0 o C. U Touchdowns, Covington ?; points from try after touchdown, Lemon l goal from field (placement), Lem or, drop-l<ick, Lemon. Referee, Lambert. Ohio State; um- pire Swain. Ohio State; head lines man. Johnson. Michigan. Time of periods, 15 minutes.

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Centre leads 5–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the three since this game.