The Connecticut labor press., 1920-10-23
BOSTON COLLEGE
TROUNCES YALE


augh's weI1-oiled pigskin pushers dupli-
cate last years feat on a larger scale.
and by the time the heavy fog set solid
Hub had rolled up a victory of 81 to
49,
1t was a slam-bang, give-and-take,
survival of the fettest game of foot
ball that the Bulldog and his Boston
antagonist played. From the start to
the finish Boston fought with undated
fury. At times the savage. offensive of
the Bostonians swept the heavier Yale
team off its feet The ability of the
Boston team to follow the ball was I'M
canny. Two Yale fumbles were con-
verted into touchdowns for the visitors,
while the speed of Urban and Conner
ford, the veteran Boston ends, checked
Yale from running single punt back
any creditab1e distance.
Big Jack Heaphy, the star rowing
center of the Cavanaugh crew, who
was supposed to be we'll covered by
the Blue defense, played the greatest
game of his career Although center,
he broke through the Eli line time and
again and threw Yale back for loss,
intercepted forward passes and, on one
occasion got down under a punt and
tackled his man.
The game will go down in the hall
of roughhouse fame as a classic. Spec
tators were of the opinoin after the
contest that bell should have been
rung to start and end the periods
rather than a whistle blown. 1t was
fight and Boston College loves fight
During one of the rough moments
Malcolm A1drich, brilliant ha1fback and
punter of Yale, received a fractured
ankle. He had been playing a splendid
game for the Blue and as he was carried
writhing in agony off the field the pros
poets of him being out of the game for
ening realization to the Yale coaching
staff.
! Aldrich was first taken to the New
Haven hospital and later to the Yale
infirmary. AT the latter place it was
one and that Mac will probably be back
in time for the Brown game, if not
before.
Earlier in the game Capt. Tim Gala
han was put out of play by his famous
rival, Jack Heapy. In furious Boston
attack the Yale captain was smashed to
the ground and when assisted to his
feet found his right arm powerless.
Examination proved that the wrist was
fractured. Tim was badly battered
about the face also as he left the play
ing field. Calvin replaced him.
Jack French was considerably banged
up, and also Kempton, but they remain
ed in the fracas.
Although Boston scored two of its
touchdowns as result of his fumbles,
Frank Kelly, the ex-Rutgers star, re-
deemed himself by putting over both of
Ya1e's touchdowns. He played a great
line bucking game and was easily the
individual star for the Blue team.
The crowd of more than IS 900 per-
sons who watched the contest were Wis
IDLY disappointed in failing to note Yale
uncover one single new play. Tad
Jones has to ali appearances taught
Yale little in the line of original often
sive.
Jimmy Fitzpatrick, the Meriden boy,
who beat Yale, 5 to 8, last year by a
field goal in the last few minutes of
play outl<icked both Aldrich and French
Saturday. His punting was marvellous
and gave Capt Lou Urban and Tony
Cornrnerford the ends, an opportunity
to get down the field and nail the Yale
men receiving the punts.
Boston got its first touchdown in the
opening period when Kelly fumbled the
ball kicked by Fitzpatrick. Kelly drop
ped the pigskin on the Boston 45-yard
line and Ful1back Roderick grabbed it
up and raced around the extreme left
end of the Yale defensive, for SIS yards
to touchdown. Fitzpatrick kicked the
goal and Boston had scored first blood,
to O.
A combination of short forward
PASSES and , line plrngsS Pm Kelly ely and
shortly afterwards to Boston's one
yard line, Kelly smashed through right
tackle for the touchdown. Aldrich
missed the goal from touchdown when
the ball hit one of the goal posts.
In the third period Boston slipped
over a hard earned touchdown. After
getting the ball in midhe1d the Boston
ians worked the ball through the heart
of the Blue line on brutal crashes by
Jimmy Kennedy and LiSton until it
Liston thrilled the crowd with a IL
yard run through right tackle. Fitz-
patrick squeezed a yard more. Then
Liston picked hole between Yale's left
tackle and left end and breezed over
the Yale line Fitz kicked the goal.
Only a few minutes later a tumble
gave Boston its final touchdown. Kelly
furnb1ed kick on his own 20-yard line
and Captain Urban snatched the ball
I'D and raced 20 yards for touchdown.
Fitz again kicked the goal.
AS heavy fog settled over the Bowl
in the last few minutes of play Yale
scored its second and final touchdown.
Thorne Murphy was in the game at
this stage and worked the forward pass
dexterously. Yale got first down on
Boston's 15-yard line. Then plunges by
Murphy, French and Kelly took the pig
skin to Boston's one-yard line. Frank
Kelly was showed over for the touch
down and Murphy kicked the goal.
All of the rough play was by no
means on the Boston side. In the third
period Walker, the Yale llnesmall,
Kicked one of the Boston players IN the
head while the latter was on the ground
with the ball Although Walker could
not have deliberately resorted to such
brutal tactics the action brought forth a
storm of Kisses from the Boston root
ers. Yale was penalized IS yards but
there was holding on Boston's part on
the same play and the penalty was
ea.1alized, neither side being set back.
The Boston player, Kennedy, was not
hurt sufficiently to be taken out of the
game.
Football experts, commenting on the
game, declared that one of the out