Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31


Saturday. Great boy. Hope you
know"
The cab driver chartered on
pointing in a general way toward
the river with the explanation:
"Albie used to live right over
thataway, played with the kids in
this neighborhood for years
Raised with a foot ball In his
cradle, you might say"
Up here they're trying to coin a nick
name for Booth. but all efforts fall
short. Dispatch" Booth seems to come
the closest. although some would call
his "Payoff Booth" 1t is altogether
piobable that If committee proposed
atty Hall be turned over to Albie, with
che municipal administration to wait
Hpon him. the mayor would not approve
aud Immediately 60 into a huddle with
town council to arrange the matter.
Albie Booth owns New Haven.
And all because last Saturda. Albert
j. Booth. jr.. weight 144 pounds, ran
Wild in the Yale Bowl with Il husky
cadets chasing behind. Result: Yale,
81; Army, 10.
Brother Yale Grad.
With eulogies ringing in my ears, I
sought the Yale athletic department.
there to learn first of all the facts on
Booth. He was born 81 years ago, the
second son of three An older brother,
Bill, also Yale student, was graduated
three years ago. Bill, too, was athletic,
but he had no time to make the varsity.
He played on the squad, however, giving
what time he could spare. Bill was an
outflelder on the Yale base ball team.
The third boy, Fred, sophomore in
New Haven High, is also athletic. The
father and mother and youngest boy
live at 626 Dixwell avenue, a little street
two miles from the campus. Albie has
q room in one of the Yale dormitories.
Albert Booth, ST.. who has watched
his son perform many time, earns the
family bread by polishing rife stocks
and parts in the Winchester Arms fac
tory, one of New Ravens leading indus
tries. He is not wealthy man, but the
family is in comfortable circumstances.
So much for background.
Perhaps you'd like to get the rest
from Albie," suggested Paul Barnett of
the athletic department. He rooms
in Van-Sheff dorm" So went over.
waiting at the head of the flight of
stone steps for the economics class to
let out Soon I met him.
Booth? That's me- he said gruff1y.
And We liked him at once. A Harvard
man might have improved the grammar,
but hardly the handshake that Albert
gave.
Gives Credit to Others.
you're even smaller than I expected"
I grinned.
Yep, I'm not so much. Come on in
tographer finishes?"
He excused himself and posed in no
fewer than 20 different ways. Finally
he went down stairs to pose in the sun
light. The youth with the camera
PACKED up presently and in an aside
Say, you can just put it down in your
note book, here's one foot ball hero
who's no snob'
gan. I nodded. We'll, then, you'll un-
derstand when I tell you that I'm not
100 keen on all this individual praise"
ne said. You know, I know and the
coaches and good many of the spec
tatorS know that unless our line had
opened up out there Saturday, and that
II the interference hadn't taken the
Army tacklers out, couldn't have made
those runs.
Before you ask any questions, I'd like
10 say that it was the boys In the line
and our wing backs who interfered for
me that licked Army. Put that up in
front, will you please?"
what was your longest run?"
he thought moment
ABOUT 70 yardS-that was the one
Ned austin helped me on. He took out
me next to last tackler. He'd have got
ten me sure"
Going to practice, Albie?" somebody
clattered down the steps.
catch up on this Geo." he called back.
Say maybe the profs don't lay it on,
he added.
No Breaks" in Classes.
well how about you players-dont
they ease up little?"
Ease up? That's a laugh No. sir,
no breaks like that. But I'm up pretty
we'll in studies" Inquiry at the Office
revealed his average is good" or about
IS. He is studying business admin
istration in the Sheffield course.
Hinged about on the walls, over the
Yale bulldog that decorated the room
were framed pictures of Yale fresh
man SQuads. One figure held the ball
and Occupied the same central posi-
ton, the captains, in each-Albie
Booth. Base ball--he plays shortstop;
basket ball-he's a forward
At Hillhouse High Able captained
the grid team in his senior year, led
the United Workers Boys Club eleven
year and captained the Milford Acad-
envy team. A leader, Booth, and no
mistake.
Il went four years to high and found
I didn't have the right subjects to pass
the board exams here" he said. Il al
ways dreamed of going to Yale, of
course, and so l started at Milford.